I just builded a cube around the invitational time (inspired by the invitational), I found some fairly good sleeves for 2.5US per 100 (Hong Kong).. they are more like the transparent-ultra-pro one, but have a bad one every 20 u used... but can't really beat that prices.
I have a 360 pool now and had been running 8man cube twice now. I might want to make the pool bigger as there are always people want to join the cube when we played.
anyway, this is the first cube report i posted:
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did not remember what my pick order is, because I was not thinking to post a report. I ended up having a medium-UR burn deck which features:
Tinker
Fact or Fiction
Deep Analysis
Stroke of Genius
Stasis
Shared Fate (my pet card)
Morph 0/5 wall
Blue card: 1U counter target spell unless pay 2, cycling for 2
Isochron Scepter
Sword of Fire and Ice
Darksteel Ingot
Serrate Arrows
2 x ravnica block signets
Memnarch
Platinum angel
Tolarian Academy
Another land: 1: tap: untap target land
Siege-Gang Commander
Incinerate
Magma Jet
Starstorm
Pyroclasm
Fireball
I was going UW at the beginning with strong blue cards (deep analysis, stroke of genius) and some white (wrath of god, pulse of the fields), but switch to red as Isochron scepter, incinerate , magma jet, starstorm come by… also I love shared fate….
Round 1: (Vs. Oscar: Artifact Hated GBu deck)
When Oscar knew I was his first opponent, he gave me a evil smile…. Not to mention he is the guy passed me the Isochron scepter, sword of fire and Ice, Tolarian Academy, and some good burn……
Game 1: he told me that his deck is full of Artifact hate and we did not do much until he dropped iwamori of the open fist on turn 4, I happened to have Memnarch in my hand, drop it down without saying thx…he put up some fight, but without Artifact hate… the game was quick..
P.S, He kept a hand of six lands and the Iwamori of the open fist… it is the results.
Game 2: I put down a turn 4 Shared fate with Memnarch in my hand, he drew a card from my library and drop seal of doom… the game went for sometime, but it happened his hand have some goods that I can’t catch up, and I think I die to my own fireball
P.S Cube is like this… something u should not do, but u try it anyway because it look cool: 1. steal ur opponents library 2. Being burn to dead by ur own fireball….
Game 3: It was a long game, he dropped Trygon Predator turn 3 when I have 3 artifacts, I use the arrows to make it 0/1, but he have the moldervine cloak, knowing he have a stonewood invocation in hand, I waited for my chances until he tap out from kaervek the merciless. I cost starstorm for 4, to take 6 from the kaervek the merciless and I still have the 0/5 wall. It also leave me in 2 life after some beat from trygon predator. It putted me behind.
0-1
Round 2 (Vs Henry, GW beat down + (Eternal Witness, some tutor, 3/6 big green guy that get something from the grave when it comein/leave play)
I thought I can be better vs Henry, which is my left on the draft table (hate pick my Orim's Chant knowing I had isochron scepter….
Game 1. He keep using the viridian shaman again and again with some form grave-finder, eternal witness… some point , he dropped the mobilization and start creating solders after solders, when I was at 5 lifes, and keep his artifact hate busy… I used tinker to find the angel, and boom and bust all the lands with he have 5-6 creatures in play with no land + 16 lifes. I was using all of my praying skill to hope his land / remove not to come… I won with -10 life…
Game 2. I tried to do the same as last time, but henry had prepared and kept some land in hand, after I boom and bust the land with angel. He dropped some lands and destroy the angle… but I was lucky enough to topdeck the Tolarian Academy and eventually finished his with a big fireball.
1-1
Round 3 (Vs. JJ, URxxx)
I already knew he have some long range fire + counter so I knew I am facing a minor matchup…
Game 1:
We were like playing standard control, I drew my library like crazy without see any counterspell from JJ, we both have big mana, I have fireball with me but afraid to his counter spell, He death lasp(XBW, absorb x life from me) me and give me a urza rage with kicker one turn later.
Game 2:
Without seeing his counter spell, I thought He does not use any in the deck (our cube draft does not allow sideboard), so I build my mana, and try to give a big fireball, but he was holding a hinder. Lost the game with all the 1/1 he got from the Goblin Trenches with Psychatog…
1-2
The winner goes to Raymond to have 3-0 record on the draft table with BW big creature with 2-angels, 5/5 black shadow flyer + urborg, tomb of yawgmoth, take the last round win from 2nd place Simon who used Goblin welder + a lot of good artifact…..
This is the first cube draft I done, and It is very fun to play. I strongly encourage people should build their own cube set, it is easier to build the cube than I though when u only need one copy of the good cards, if u don’t have the good cards, use something good in ur own card pool instead. (I don’t have all the dualland, just use some alternative solutions instead…)
The feeling is good when you can use ur own collection instead of just let it set around your house and be another garbage things u need to clean up…
I have a 360 pool now and had been running 8man cube twice now. I might want to make the pool bigger as there are always people want to join the cube when we played.
anyway, this is the first cube report i posted:
************************************
did not remember what my pick order is, because I was not thinking to post a report. I ended up having a medium-UR burn deck which features:
Tinker
Fact or Fiction
Deep Analysis
Stroke of Genius
Stasis
Shared Fate (my pet card)
Morph 0/5 wall
Blue card: 1U counter target spell unless pay 2, cycling for 2
Isochron Scepter
Sword of Fire and Ice
Darksteel Ingot
Serrate Arrows
2 x ravnica block signets
Memnarch
Platinum angel
Tolarian Academy
Another land: 1: tap: untap target land
Siege-Gang Commander
Incinerate
Magma Jet
Starstorm
Pyroclasm
Fireball
I was going UW at the beginning with strong blue cards (deep analysis, stroke of genius) and some white (wrath of god, pulse of the fields), but switch to red as Isochron scepter, incinerate , magma jet, starstorm come by… also I love shared fate….
Round 1: (Vs. Oscar: Artifact Hated GBu deck)
When Oscar knew I was his first opponent, he gave me a evil smile…. Not to mention he is the guy passed me the Isochron scepter, sword of fire and Ice, Tolarian Academy, and some good burn……
Game 1: he told me that his deck is full of Artifact hate and we did not do much until he dropped iwamori of the open fist on turn 4, I happened to have Memnarch in my hand, drop it down without saying thx…he put up some fight, but without Artifact hate… the game was quick..
P.S, He kept a hand of six lands and the Iwamori of the open fist… it is the results.
Game 2: I put down a turn 4 Shared fate with Memnarch in my hand, he drew a card from my library and drop seal of doom… the game went for sometime, but it happened his hand have some goods that I can’t catch up, and I think I die to my own fireball
P.S Cube is like this… something u should not do, but u try it anyway because it look cool: 1. steal ur opponents library 2. Being burn to dead by ur own fireball….
Game 3: It was a long game, he dropped Trygon Predator turn 3 when I have 3 artifacts, I use the arrows to make it 0/1, but he have the moldervine cloak, knowing he have a stonewood invocation in hand, I waited for my chances until he tap out from kaervek the merciless. I cost starstorm for 4, to take 6 from the kaervek the merciless and I still have the 0/5 wall. It also leave me in 2 life after some beat from trygon predator. It putted me behind.
0-1
Round 2 (Vs Henry, GW beat down + (Eternal Witness, some tutor, 3/6 big green guy that get something from the grave when it comein/leave play)
I thought I can be better vs Henry, which is my left on the draft table (hate pick my Orim's Chant knowing I had isochron scepter….
Game 1. He keep using the viridian shaman again and again with some form grave-finder, eternal witness… some point , he dropped the mobilization and start creating solders after solders, when I was at 5 lifes, and keep his artifact hate busy… I used tinker to find the angel, and boom and bust all the lands with he have 5-6 creatures in play with no land + 16 lifes. I was using all of my praying skill to hope his land / remove not to come… I won with -10 life…
Game 2. I tried to do the same as last time, but henry had prepared and kept some land in hand, after I boom and bust the land with angel. He dropped some lands and destroy the angle… but I was lucky enough to topdeck the Tolarian Academy and eventually finished his with a big fireball.
1-1
Round 3 (Vs. JJ, URxxx)
I already knew he have some long range fire + counter so I knew I am facing a minor matchup…
Game 1:
We were like playing standard control, I drew my library like crazy without see any counterspell from JJ, we both have big mana, I have fireball with me but afraid to his counter spell, He death lasp(XBW, absorb x life from me) me and give me a urza rage with kicker one turn later.
Game 2:
Without seeing his counter spell, I thought He does not use any in the deck (our cube draft does not allow sideboard), so I build my mana, and try to give a big fireball, but he was holding a hinder. Lost the game with all the 1/1 he got from the Goblin Trenches with Psychatog…
1-2
The winner goes to Raymond to have 3-0 record on the draft table with BW big creature with 2-angels, 5/5 black shadow flyer + urborg, tomb of yawgmoth, take the last round win from 2nd place Simon who used Goblin welder + a lot of good artifact…..
This is the first cube draft I done, and It is very fun to play. I strongly encourage people should build their own cube set, it is easier to build the cube than I though when u only need one copy of the good cards, if u don’t have the good cards, use something good in ur own card pool instead. (I don’t have all the dualland, just use some alternative solutions instead…)
The feeling is good when you can use ur own collection instead of just let it set around your house and be another garbage things u need to clean up…