If you go to Cube Tutor and search 'wtwlf' you will get a bunch of cubes where people have copied the cube list over the years, so that may be of help.
Yeah, unfortunately we don't get together as often as I would like but everyone is having fun. There are quite a few people who are completely new to cube and have only started recently so there is a lot of card reading, but I figured I might as well throw them all in the deep end
One of the things that I am loving at the moment is people seeing interactions between cards for the first time and getting blown out (we played yesterday and no one in the group had seen an Opposition deck before I put one together), getting annoyed but then wanting to try the strategy for themselves after seeing how it works (and also how just because it's good it isn't unbeatable).
It has everything to do with what you are saying. Here's some points:
1. the initial configuration of your deck will have no bearing on the final order of the cards if you shuffle sufficiently
2. from the above point, it doesn't matter if cards are 'clumped' or not - shuffling will remove any influence these clumps have on the final order of cards (assuming you shuffle correctly)
3. 'clumps' of cards in the final shuffle are not an indication of a poor shuffle
Having a final library of spell, spell, land, spell, spell, land, etc. (or however you want to see it) is (although possible) VERY unlikely and probably an indication of either a poor shuffle or cheating. Being mana screwed/flooded is part of the game (and randomness).
Here's an experiment you can do. Take a new deck of playing cards (52 cards in order) and riffle shuffle 7 or 8 times (make sure to do a proper riffle technique or approximately half the cards in each pile and the cards interlocking at approximately 1 to 1) and you will be surprised with the results.
Final note: Thousands of people who pile shuffle are not necessarily cheaters (some probably are though, but that's the case with everything). The vast majority do it to count their deck or don't know better. Nothing frustrates me more than when a player on a MTG stream piles, riffles, piles again (no idea why??) riffles...takes so long! Spend that time actually doing productive things!
If you are sufficiently randomising your deck after a pile shuffle, then the number of cards in each pile doesn't matter. You could pile shuffle face up and it would be fine as long as you shuffle sufficiently.
I was under the impression that as long as you were pile shuffling with an odd number you're good to go. Am i misunderstanding, or overlooking some basic theory here?
Could I make a technical request? I found the last podcast really disconcerting to listen to due to the total stereo separation--Usman 100% on the left, Anthony 100% on the right. I'm largely deaf in my right ear, and basically couldn't hear a thing Anthony said without having Usman screaming at me. And noone wants that...
I echo this as well - except instead of headphones it's car speakers!
Like a few others here I played in my first prereleased. Ended up opening a crazy pool and going 4-0 (2-1, 2-0, 2-1, 2-0). All my rares were in my colours (R/B), except for Chained to the Rocks which was an easy splash (and saved me in a few games).
Only change I would make it possible swap out one of the Forsaken Drifters for one of the 5/2 cyclops guy for 2RR, however didn't want to stretch my mana too far...
One of the things that I am loving at the moment is people seeing interactions between cards for the first time and getting blown out (we played yesterday and no one in the group had seen an Opposition deck before I put one together), getting annoyed but then wanting to try the strategy for themselves after seeing how it works (and also how just because it's good it isn't unbeatable).
1. the initial configuration of your deck will have no bearing on the final order of the cards if you shuffle sufficiently
2. from the above point, it doesn't matter if cards are 'clumped' or not - shuffling will remove any influence these clumps have on the final order of cards (assuming you shuffle correctly)
3. 'clumps' of cards in the final shuffle are not an indication of a poor shuffle
Having a final library of spell, spell, land, spell, spell, land, etc. (or however you want to see it) is (although possible) VERY unlikely and probably an indication of either a poor shuffle or cheating. Being mana screwed/flooded is part of the game (and randomness).
Here's an experiment you can do. Take a new deck of playing cards (52 cards in order) and riffle shuffle 7 or 8 times (make sure to do a proper riffle technique or approximately half the cards in each pile and the cards interlocking at approximately 1 to 1) and you will be surprised with the results.
Final note: Thousands of people who pile shuffle are not necessarily cheaters (some probably are though, but that's the case with everything). The vast majority do it to count their deck or don't know better. Nothing frustrates me more than when a player on a MTG stream piles, riffles, piles again (no idea why??) riffles...takes so long! Spend that time actually doing productive things!
Any sort of pile shuffling is not randomising the deck. No matter how you look at it, a pile shuffle is not sufficient (http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-general/334934-shuffling-the-truth-and-maths-primer)
I echo this as well - except instead of headphones it's car speakers!
Otherwise it's great guys, always good listening.
Only change I would make it possible swap out one of the Forsaken Drifters for one of the 5/2 cyclops guy for 2RR, however didn't want to stretch my mana too far...