tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64561361243751446732023-11-16T02:41:57.456-08:00Plaid MagicMagic The Gathering Cube Design PodcastDaniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-65057619288934984722015-10-21T14:32:00.004-07:002015-10-21T14:43:04.561-07:00Cube Card Spotlight: Mirrorweave<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back for another episode of Cube Card spotlight. I'm your host, Plaid Magic and today we'll be discussing a bit of an odd card</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mirrorweave</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />2(U/W)(U/W) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instant<br /><br />Rules Text: Each other creature becomes a copy of target nonlegendary creature until end of turn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>The Rundown:</b></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our subject today I think is best described as one of the most unique combat tricks in the history of magic. I didn't say best, that's up for debate, but it is indeed unique. turning your Lingering Souls tokens into your opponents Grave Titan or Wurmcoil Engine can literally end the game. This card has been the cause of some of the most interesting board states I have seen, and is very often the last spell cast in a game. I personally consider this card the opposition to Wrath of God. This card is a blowout card for wide strategies for 4CMC, while wrath is a blowout for controllish build, especially when facing a wide strategy. I have also used this as a wrath before by targeting a Master of Waves Token, which had the advantage of killing an opposing Keranos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unpowered fun card<br /><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">Cube Tutor Stats as of Today (9/14/2015):</span></b></span><br />
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<li>Pick: 2032</li>
<li>Pass: 16798</li>
<li>Pick Percent: 10.79%</li>
<li>Cube Count: 575 - (that's not many, lol)</li>
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<li>Fun instant speed combat trick</li>
<li>Offensive/Defensive Blowout</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Collective Cons:</b></span></span><br />
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<li>Hard to gauge, but relatively high mana cost</li>
<li>Effective usage requires some play time</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Polymorphist's Jest</b>: On Defense</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dragonshift</b>: Also a blowout when overloaded</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mirror Entity</b>: Similar support for wide strategies.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A versatile combat trick for a non-powered cube that requires some skill to navigate. Generally, the card does not match its color pairing's strategy, and may have just as well been costed (2)(W)(W), it does play well in the decks that play it. This card's power level is heavily dependent on the boards states your cube creates, but can be very fun to discover its "best play". Though not to be used specifically as a "mass pump" effect, this is not a card for a playgroup that dislikes combat tricks or finds them to be underpowered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wox1510">wox1510</a></span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I run this in my tier 2 cube, and it is an all star in the format. It is a trick, but when cast during combat, it is often an overrun. In a pinch, it can be a counter or kill spell.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card really depends on the board states your cube creates. If your cube leaves a ton of guys on the battlefield, then this will find a way to shine. The effect is too powerful not to. If yours is the cube that often wins with one or two creature win cons and some planeswalkers, this is a pass.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My verdict is to try it in a planeswalkerless cube.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One final note: you will need someone with judge level rules knowledge to explain all the potential interactions.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme">Fleme</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't really have anything to comment about this card other than it seems far and away from being playable in just about any cube list that is looking to optimize powerful cards and I could list 10 cards off the top of my head that would be better in Azorius than this card. You generally have 4-7 cards at your disposal per guild and I can't imagine any unpowered list wanting this in that selection.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And honestly, that's downside enough for me to not even discuss the card in length.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PlaidMagic">PlaidMagic</a></span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not surprised by your evaluation, but I would disagree, though, only because we have been running it since the beginning of our cube. It is often actually a pretty early pick, played pretty often in White/Red or White/Green tokens more often than it is played in an Azorius build. As mentioned above, it is very often the last spell played, because you have a ton of options. In any build that goes wide, this card is crazy. I can't think of many 4CMC spells that can end the game, usually by T5.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a quick edit: just ran though our cube records (maybe we are just crazy), but this card has only been sideboarded once in the last year, it has otherwise always been maindecked.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme">Flem</a>e</b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To each their own. I can say with confidence that combat tricks like this would not interest my group (Vines of Vastwood is actually the last straight up combat trick in my list and it's on its way out) and a card like this would end up being dead last in each draft.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It (and its ilk) strike me as woefully underpowered when we're looking at cards like Ojutai, Supreme Verdict, Sphinx's Rev. on the upper end and even if we're discussing "low power" Azorius cards, I would look to steer the color pair towards fliers with cards like Aven Mimeomancer, Lyev Skyknight or Thunderclap Wyvern since those would be in line with what the color pair can alternately be suited for. (UW Fliers)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean, your cube certainly has a distinct quirky uniqueness to it (This isn't an insult, it's a compliment) so a spell like this might be right at home there but it would never sit right in mine, even at 720 cards.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SocksofGranduer">SocksofGranduer</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure that I would classify this as a mono white card, not an azorious one. Sure you can play it in blue, but you don't. You play it in boros or selesnya.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And would it fit in white in your average unpowered cube at any size any more than it does in Azorius?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unpowered cubes vary greatly in style. It could. It obviously wouldn't be a good fit in yours, as it doesn't seem like the players who play yours are interested in it's mechanic, but not taking the time to explore it's merits 'in a vacuum' (sort of, I mean... as much as possible? lol) on the internet is very different than this.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But yes, from the sounds of it it's certainly unplayable in your cube. Or at the very least, it would be a low pick due to player bias.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme">Fleme</a></span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean, I'd rather have a similar style of effect tacked on a creature and I prefer that effect to be asymmetrical. You get great mileage out of Mirror Entity (starting on turn 4) and also from Jazal Goldmane (starting on turn 5) in the same deck that could theoretically want this card and those come with a creature attached and don't require something like a fat opponent creature on the ground and you to be on fliers.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It might fit somewhere, but it seems like you're wasting a spell slot for something that's very conditional (and I do mean very conditional) when you could instead be running a consistent card that's just great no matter the situation.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I think "very" is "very" harsh. It may not work the best in your cube, but I think you may be looking at this card with a bit of tunnel vision. The above comment that this should be classified as a white card is probably correct. Also, this does not require an opposing bomb. This most often is used in a Boros build, and as such it has a lot of options. When I have Mirrorweave in hand, I am most often not having trouble finding a fantastic target, its mostly trying to hold it for the right moment for the best scenario. So, in red/white, some GREAT common creatures that this can target that you would have in your own deck that creates a crazy swing/win or just some good tempo gain would be Ash Zealot, Borderland Maurader, Plated Geopede, Soltari Champion (off the top of my head) just for creatures that cost less than 4 cmc. You also have the opponent bomb option, as well as a slew of creatures 4 CMC and above in those colors. I definitely understand you critisism, especially based on cube context, but I think this is much more flexible than you are suggesting. That said, we run a 50% creatures cube, so we have a ton more options than most.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kengy">Kengy</a> </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yeah, pretty much agree with this. I know it was included 5ish years ago in some cubes, but quickly was replaced by the glut of amazing UW cards that have been released since.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got Mirrorweave in my 4 player Political cube. It has some super duper fun applications such as Mirrorweave everything into Bronze Bombshell, then Cultural Exchange two opponents so they all go kaBOOM.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't really have time to make an in depth comment, but my gripe is that it's very dependent on drawn out games with big board states and the hoping that someone will play a bomb while you have a large number of creatures. It seems like it would be best (if it were in both U and W) in a 3 color deck or some aggro/token strategy. It's an interesting effect and if you had it as a pet card in a typical powered/high unpowered cube no one would have a problem, but as a mainboard it is just too entirely dependent on other cards in an unclear archetype to be just flat out added.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Verdict: pet card in a higher powered cube, with blowout potential in the right deck, but would likely not be played in favor of more consistent utility effects (removal, creatures, tokens, etc.).</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no doubt that it is super fun. It was even more super fun when damage stacked first before it resovled - similar to Ghostway.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However it is really tooooo narrow to consider for any cube i think.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I guess this may only be a serious consideration for a heavy creature cube (50%) like ours? I feel like this doesn't pass the vacuum test, but in reality its actually quite good in any W/X tokens build. I challenge you all too try this if you have a white core tokens build, but in the meantime, I will adjust the eval based in the feedback here, which has been pretty bad overall. What I will say is that I co-manage a cube with @crow13th, who is very much a statistical tactician, and I provide the jank. Of the 5 cards I forced him to add to our cube that were not "the best card" for the context of our cube, a year later Mirrorweave is the only one that remains. He has, based on the feedback of our players agreed that Mirrorweave is a very powerful AND fun card, and would not consider replacing it. I would suggest cube builders who have some skew towards a creature based cube to try this out and see how it goes, but I will give this review the near unanimous thumbs down for now.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used to run this. It was mediocre/useless a lot of the time, and a hilarious blowout sometimes. Not really what I want from a guild card.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd say the highlight of this one's tenure was the game my opponent went Bird into Hero of Bladehold, then lethal'd me turn 4 on the play. That's really more to do with Hero being insane, but I remember my buddy doing a lot of thinking before announcing "Fuck it... 20 damage your face?"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never been so confused to be dead.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can sometimes be used as a one and a half side mass removal when paired with 0/0 creatures with +1/+1 counter like the archbounds and polukranos</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, had a player playing it in a control deck with a batterskull germ as his only creature, targeted the germ and it wiped out all but one creature on the other side. Work well in a deck with spear of heliod</span></blockquote>
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Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-90791383502201736382015-09-15T10:18:00.004-07:002015-09-15T10:18:59.034-07:00Cube Card Spotlight: Worldknit<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back for another episode of Cube Card spotlight. I'm your host, Plaid Magic and today we'll be discussing a card you can't even put in your deck<br /></span><h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.) As long as every card in your card pool started the game in your library or in the command zone, lands you control have "Tap: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."<br /></span><h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A draft manipulator extraordinaire. If this comes out in pack three of a draft, it's probably a dead card. If you get this pack one, this is the definition of a build around me. You need to actually play with ALL of the cards you drafted, but your lands can be tapped for any color mana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Power Level:</b></span> Powered/Unpowered - Environment Dependent<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Cube Tutor Stats as of Today (8/31/2015):</b></span><br />Pick: 5555<br />Pass: 26741<br />Pick Percent: 17.2%<br />Cube Count: 1474<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Collective Pros:</b></span><br /><ul>
<li>All the fixings</li>
<li>"Free" effect. No cost in terms of slot in deck or mana</li>
<li>Enables multi-color interactions that might not be possible outside of this card</li>
<li>Basically unremovable effect</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Collective Cons:</b></span><br /><ul>
<li>Must play with all cards drafted</li>
<li>Close to a dead card in pack 3</li>
<li>Warps drafts, good cards that might otherwise wheel may not, affecting other strategies</li>
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<li>Chromatic Lantern</li>
<li>Prismatic Omen</li>
<li>Joiner Adept</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">Verdict:</span></b> Incredibly unique draft and format warping skill intensive "card". Experiences of this card in cube range from amazing to toxic. The general consensus is that if you run conspiracies in your cube, try it out, if only for a short time<br /><br /></span><h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/flclreddit"><span style="color: orange;"><b>flclreddi</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I encourage every person that likes conspiracies / wonky / powered cards to try this in a draft at least once. It is a crazy good feeling to be able to draft any cards you want, and the best cards, without color restriction.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That said, I think that anyone with half a brain that P1P1's Worldknit should win almost every one of their games, provided they draft correctly.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a toxic card for cubes. You take it early and try to make it work. There are a few things that result from this:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) You pick the best card in every pack. This means that on average, you win games because the quality of your cards are just straight up better than the quality of your opponent's cards, with relatively few exceptions.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) In the event that the cards aren't spectacular, you just default to picking lands. This makes your deck more efficient, and makes everyone else's decks more inefficient, without needing to know what colors people are going.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) You end up with 2-3 bad cards per pack on average, but with a carefully constructed curve of awesomeness, it doesn't really matter.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) It takes the fun out of the drafting process, not only for you by making every decision a pretty easy one, but by weakening the card pool for literally everyone that isn't you.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently put Worldknit into my cube as a filler spot and test card, and one of my friends picked it up in the middle of pack 2. Even that late, he was able to make it work, grabbing leftover cards that were extremely powerful but too color intensive for others to play [stuff like Necropotence and some hybrid cards]. He said it was one of the most fun drafts he has ever had, but there were a number of cards in his deck that I figured would have tabled because of color restrictions but didn't. It really messes with predicting what will come back around to you.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">End Verdict - test it out if you like, but if you're serious about a traditional cubing experience, I'd stay away from this and other conspiracies.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty much what I wanted to say, but more eloquently put. I agree with everything except the final verdict of not including other conspiracies. I feel that Power Play and Backup Plan (that I both run, and have for months now) are both fine. They're powerful for sure and they're usually high in the pick order but the decks running those have also never won a draft (I've kept track) so I've decided to keep them.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hubay"><span style="color: orange;"><b>hubay</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going to go on a slightly surprised rant here: backup plan decks have never won a draft? I have to say I'm very skeptical. It's not an auto-win by any means, but in my group's power cube the consensus is you pick it over sol ring or lotus. The card is absurd.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It probably decreases in value as the power level of your cube decreases, sure. But in power cube it gives you stupid, stupid draws. Storm, twin combo, tezzerator nonsense, channel decks all become dangerously consistent. Aggro decks don't have to worry about flood. multi color goodstuff or control decks can hit the right curve.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've kept track. Those decks have gone 2-1 but have literally never won a draft in the 20~ some drafts I've done (not all have had Backup Plan obviously, being 720 after all).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can see it being absolutely broken in 360 powered, but for 720 unpowered it has not been so good as to warrant removing it although I've considered removing the conspiracy cards to free up some colorless space but never because they've been too good.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hubay">hubay</a> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gotcha - I can definitely see that making a big difference in how broken it is.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FannyBabbs"><b><span style="color: orange;">FannyBabbs</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for the discussion on Worldknit. Somebody recently told me it was pants-on-head broken in cube and I just couldn't see it. 5 Color goodstuff decks just aren't that degenerate in my experience. It never occurred to me to hate-draft lands to lower your amount of durdle-picks and have an actual deck.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That being said, I think ruining the actual draft environment is the more crucial reason I would never run this card. If you are drafting with 8 people, sure it probably doesn't derail things badly enough, but I regularly draft with 4-5 and even one person fucking around can really trash signals for the rest of us.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SocksofGranduer"><b><span style="color: orange;">SocksofGranduer</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you kidding? If I drafted this card, I would be drafting every dual I could find. The biggest drawback of worldknit is that you have to run every card you draft. The best way to help mitigate that restriction is to draft as many non spell cards as humanly possible to keep your total count low.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ScottRadish"><span style="color: orange;"><b>ScottRadish</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the problem with this card. The correct stategy is to draft as many lands as possible. I've seen Worldknit decks running as little as 51 cards. The deck becomes super consistant, and everybody else is left without fixing.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CrazyMike366"><span style="color: orange;"><b>CrazyMike366</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it's at its most interesting in a large cube where you can't predict whether or not it'll show up and in less powerful cubes where synergy and archetypes are at a premium.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wox1510"><b><span style="color: orange;">wox1510</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card is a trap.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The downside of having to play sideboard cards and last picks really dilute the threat density of your deck. To have any kind of consistency, you need to draft a ton of non-basic lands to keep your card count respectable, and once you have all those lands, you don't need world knit anymore.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The way to make it work is to take it early, and then take ALL THE PLANESWALKERS!! This is the only situation I've seen where the worldknit deck is stronger than a 40 card deck from the same pool.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last thing to remember during draft: just because you took it doesn't mean you have to play it.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Edit: I guess that was Wox the player talking. Wox the cube owner says that if enough people in your playgroup want to make it work, then it can go in pretty much any cube. It does need a ton of nonbasics to be most effective, so make sure your cube has them. It works quite well with Strip Mine and Maze of Ith</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/C0L0NEL_ANGUS"><b><span style="color: orange;">C0L0NEL_ANGUS</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have nothing constructive to add because I've never played with this card. But I will say though, I think it looks like a lot fun if you pick it very early...</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><b><span style="color: orange;">Fleme</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel like it skews the draft too much to be an actually good card to cube. First, you're either stuck with a 70~ card deck or you're drafting all the lands which nullifies the fact that your lands are already producing all the colors. Either way you're in a trap - you choose between lower quality cards since you're prioritizing picking all the lands to cut your deck size down or alternatively you're picking all the midrange goodness you can get your hands on and sacrificing consistency by having a huge deck.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add to that the fact that the Worldknit player, whatever approach they choose, is actively screwing every other drafter by either taking cards from all decks that people send wheeling and would be likely to wheel if it wasn't for the 5-color goodstuff guy or alternatively they're ruining everyone elses draft by taking all the lands to bring their deck size down.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Either way it seems that the inclusion of this card serves nothing but to ruin the drafting experience for the whole table and as such I would never include it in cube unless it's specifically a conspiracy cube (I have no issue with conspiracies otherwise and do run 2 myself as well as some conspiracy cards).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've also heard of house rules where one can draft Worldknit and play it with a 40 card deck which straight up makes it more busted than Sol Ring, and coming from me that's saying a lot.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/silasw"><b><span style="color: orange;">silasw</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think there's a lot to be discussed about Worldknit. Some people think it's too powerful, some people think it ruins the draft. I still like it, but I'm willing to be swayed to the other side.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, the power level of Worldknit depends heavily on the composition of the cube. The more narrow cards there are in the cube, the worse it gets. It's interesting to see Worldknit players get stuck with dedicated aggro cards and dedicated control cards in the same deck. Also, people will say that it's best to take as many lands as possible; that depends on the strength of the mana fixing in the cube. Shocklands, for example, are worse than basics for the Worldknit player.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People who play Worldknit decks usually say it's fun, but it's also basically easy mode. However I disagree with the argument that it screws up the draft for everyone else. Drafting is only interesting when there's some overlap between the cards different players want. If each player has a color to him/herself, the draft is totally uninteresting. Worldknit ensures that at least one player overlaps with every other player.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the past, I've found that Worldknit decks perform about average, maybe a bit above average. I look forward to testing it more.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/transcensionist"><b><span style="color: orange;">transcensionist</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has really underperformed in my group. Even decks that drafted a ton of lands to compensate the total cards in the deck struggled to do well. And our guy that wins nearly every week tanked when he tried the worldknit deck. I see the potential, sure, but compared to just drafting a 40 card synergy deck this seems much harder to pull off.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Erikulum"><b><span style="color: orange;">Erikulum</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Worldknit is a fun card... but quickly gets old, is a dead card when not opened in the first pack and, like others explained, negatively affect the drafting experience.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That said, I'd recommend adding it to your cube, if you haven't already tried it, it's fun for a while.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/americanextreme"><b><span style="color: orange;">americanextreme</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card is highly skill testing. Bad drafters will miss evaluate what they need and have a very bad decks. Excellent drafters can have a power level and consistency that has never been seen. I particularly like this card because it forces the play of cards that might not otherwise be seen. And the combinations of cards can be really weird but funny.</span></blockquote>
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Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-76683260731851200612015-09-15T09:30:00.004-07:002015-09-15T09:30:25.583-07:00Cube Card Spotlight: Ruinous Path<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back for another episode of Cube Card spotlight. I apologize for the delay, but it was a national holiday, so... I'm your host, Plaid Magic and today we'll be discussing a popular vote winner that has not yet been released, scheduled for the much anticipated and hyped set Battle for Zendikar. Lets get a step ahead of the game with this one, shall we?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />1BB<br /><br />Sourcery<br /><br />Rules Text: Destroy target creature or planeswalker<br /><br />Awaken 4 - 5BB(If you cast this spell for 5BB, also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with ahste. It's still a land.)</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this CMC, this is a pretty interesting piece of removal. So you have a sorcery speed [[Hero's Downfall]], or an expensive mono black Dreadbore in the early game. You do, however, have the topdeck option in the late game of a nice tempo swing. Awaken 5 for the 5BB seems much more reasonable, but since the non-awaken cost of this card is 3, I still think the possible upside outweighs the down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Power Level</b></span><br />Unpowered, singleton<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Cube Tutor Stats as of Today (9/8/2015):</b></span><br /><br />Card not yet released....</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With 4 possible iterations of execution (creature, creature awaken, plainswalker, plainswalker awaken), There is some interesting versatility here</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mono Black</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Added affect of giving late game kill spell more swing, and utilizing excess land</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depending on cube build, Creatures and plainswalkers may be too restrictive, and this underperforms compared to an acidic slime or nekrataal</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Possible upside is so late in the game that it may be irrelevant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mid game spot removal or late game blow out, but not exciting in either role.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DreadBore - Same effect in Rakdos for 1 Mana less</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hero's Downfall - Same effect, instant speed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Netrataal - Removal Plus Body</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Silence the Believers - High CMC removal with options</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Verdict:</b></span> An effective sorcery speed reprint of Hero's downfall, with possible late game upside. Its not a good swap for hero's downfall, but in larger singleton cubes, the upside may be worth the inclusion, running alongside Downfall and Dreadbore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a small cube, there are better options. Working toward efficiency in removal, Hero's Downfall, Dreadbore, Vindicate are probably going to be better options in most cases, even though only one of them is mono black. If you have a spot open for a black removal spell, and run a lot of Planeswalkers, this might be an option, but otherswise this doesn't make the cut.<br /></span><h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki"><b><span style="color: orange;">Chirdaki</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If Hero's Downfall didn't exist I would probably run this. As it stands I am not going to include it at this time. Having superfluous functional reprints that are IMO much worse because of sorcery speed does not a cube list make, despite the bonus at turn 11-12 / whenever you hit 7 mana.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did mark it down to look at again once the set is released. However I have no other cards written down at this time...not sure if I am happy or worried about that.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rogue_Diplomacy"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Rogue_Diplomacy</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For seven mana at sorcery speed I want something with a little more punch. I'd compare this to Silence the Believers. Mid game spot removal or late game blow out, but not exciting in either role.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SinibusUSG"><span style="color: orange;"><b>SinibusUSG</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cards that are described that way always end up being better than they're given credit for at first. Not saying it makes the cut, but hearing it described that way is something of a (positive) red flag for me.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/flclreddit"><span style="color: orange;"><b>flclreddit</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, I think I'd almost always rather have Hero's Downfall.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PlaidMagic"><b><span style="color: orange;">PlaidMagic</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, keep in mind the value add here is the option. A 7 mana spell should certainly be more powerful, but you have two modes, each slightly worse than a single mode spell at the cost, but that's the cost of having options</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FannyBabbs"><span style="color: orange;"><b>FannyBabbs</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like this card a fair amount, but being Sorcery speed makes the front half pretty bland, and the back half is fairly unexciting for the mana. I get that it's greater than the some of it's parts, since it's just a mana sink for when you need it, but I feel like the upside of Awaken isn't big enough to justify the downside of Sorcery in most small-medium cubes.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In larger/multiplayer cubes, this card seems ok. Not exciting, but nice to have around. I think in terms of versatility Awaken is less potent than Strive or Flashback, which puts this pretty solidly in the NO camp for me, outside of the largest cubes or cubes with 20+ walkers. I'd love to be wrong, though.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/UncleMeat"><b><span style="color: orange;">UncleMeat</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Worth it for larger cube counts simply because there are only so many spells that remove planeswalkers but in my 360 cube I'm planning on leaving this one out. Instant speed is critical and the 4/4 you get from Awaken just isn't a very large threat in a high powered environment like cube.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ggop_"><span style="color: orange;"><b>ggop_</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorcery speed is what kills it here. Like Chirdaki said, Hero's downfall is more often than not better just because of instant speed.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assuming you get to seven mana, comparatively at six-seven mana is where you want to be ending the game or considerably shifting the board (cards like Elesh Norn, Angel of Serenity, Massacre Wurm, Consecrated Sphinx, etc) so compared to those cards it is fairly lacking even if you get a 2-for-1. In 540 when you need more good removal, I can see this being a very reasonable inclusion since the 2-for-1 is just enough IMO.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're at a 540 list or higher I can see this being an include and no one would bat an eye.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd argue that the sorcery speed "killing it" argument is a bit unfounded. Why is it that a sorcery speed spell that does the same but costs BR is more playable than this? I'd also be curious on what the percentage of Vindicates is that hits creatures or PWs? If I had to venture a guess, it'd be in the 70's. I mean I know that it's an answer-all which is why it earns its place but let's face it, most of the time it hits creatures or walkers. At Sorcery speed and in two colors at 3 cmc.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all also play Chainer's Edict while Diabolic Edict is the same spell at instant speed. Who here has flashed back Chainer's to get that justification? We might as well be playing Geth's Verdict to get another instant edict at 2 CMC but we justify keeping Chainer's for the flashback and 1B being more efficient than BB.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not holding my breath on resolving Ruinous Path for the Awaken cost even one tenth of the time, just like I'm not drafting Chainer's Edict just so I can flash it back. I feel like this card is great removal and just the fact that it hits walkers at 3 CMC while also being an answer to creatures makes for a good card.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Chirdaki</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't particularly like Dreadbore either, I think it is perfectly defensible to run Terminate instead. The vast majority of the time the instant speed is going to be far more relevant. So as a result Dreadbore doesn't make many main decks for us. I don't think you can run both Terminate and Dreadbore in a Rakdos section. Like if they printed another Dreadbore there is no way that would be included.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still have Dreadbore in as more of a sideboard buffer against card types but that doesn't mean it is right to run Dreadbore over Terminate. It's just something I live with.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chainer's Edict still has an effect at two mana, you don't need to get to 7 to have any kind of bonus. The mere presence of the opponent at 6 lands with a Chainer's in the yard can make me rethink whether I want to play something onto an empty board.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess it comes down to is I do not mind running arguably worse / flexible removal spells at the two mana slot, but at the three mana slot I expect more from my cards. Especially when an almost identical card already exists and its an instant.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At 540 obviously.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ggop_"><span style="color: orange;"><b>ggop_</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I agree, kills it is a little too harsh of a term. If I had to refine my comment I would instead choose to say "doesn't sell me" or something less severe. The reason why I think it's relevant is because it's too similar to hero's downfall.To me, this is an issue where it isn't with chainer's/diabolic edict simply because I prefer the sacrifice effect over "target" even if it is at times ineffective. The redundant absoluteness of both Downfall and Ruinous Path are a conflict for me and why I am not immediately jamming it in my cube.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><b><span style="color: orange;">Fleme</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sure. Cube size definitely does play into it and if I were at your size or lower, I don't think I could find the room for this card. It's a perfect and a natural inclusion at 720 which is why I'm here speaking favorably of the card but I know full well that it's not an all-star. It's a piece of removal and at that I don't think it can ever be very exciting but at least in the context of my cube, this is a playable card.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the spells to compare it to are Dreadbore, Vindicate and Hero's Downfall. Sure, it's clearly more narrow than Vindicate and technically costs 1 more than Dreadbore and slower than Hero's Downfall but the fact of the matter is that it's still a good spell. I don't think it has an advantage over Hero's Downfall in most cases but you can play it in just black or Bx rather than being WB or BR. (Comparing to Dreadbore/Vindicate - and don't take this as me berating Vindicate, I think that's one of the top spells in cube.)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't foresee it being cast for the Awaken cost very often but I also imagine that the times that it's relevant, it's actually quite nice to have that 4/4 left behind after you've removed their threat.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Planeswalker removal is at a premium. Black has straight up 1 spell in Hero's Downfall that takes care of walkers while being an otherwise playable spell. Other colors aren't much better (and some are in fact worse off) so I am gladly including another piece of PW removal that also doubles up as creature removal even if it's slower than Hero's Downfall. I'm already looking to include all 3 of the Planeswalkers from BFZ and already run a good number of walkers, so additional answers for them are always welcome.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For me, this is an easy inclusion and I'm glad that it's going to be a BaB promo which means that an alternate art shiny is going to be made available</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Chirdaki</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is your walker cap? I am no sir'ing all 3 walkers...well I may run Ob Nixilis for a short time more because I hate the 4-5cc black section than I like Ob. But planeswalker creep is a very real thing.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a very real thing and I haven't actually set a hard cap for myself and Analysis page currently reads 37 (which I think doesn't count for the 4 Origins walkers I have in) for a total of 41, or 5.1% + 0,6% density. You have 4.3% + 0.4% in yours.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm looking to cut Elspeth Tirel (she's a vestige) for new Gideon who I think is an absolutely great cube card with all abilities being relevant. If one thinks of it as a creature it threatens 7 damage on turn 5 and you can just cash it for an anthem straight up which I think is nice. Also just making bears every turn is often good enough. I find new Ob straight up boring of a card as far as design goes (I mean to draw and lose life or to kill a creature is as demonic as it gets but it's bland) but there's no denying there's power in the abilities. If the card remains on the table for more than 1 turns I consider it a good card and while for some that might not be good enough, it is for me.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I understand how some would not be inclined to include Kiora but it fits into my way of thinking about Simic and I'm looking to make that list into:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lumbering Falls (0)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coiling Oracle (2)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Edric, Spymaster of Trest (3)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shardless Agent (3)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mystic Snake (4)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiora, the Crashing Wave (4)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiora, Master of Depths (4)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the release. 2 of the same PW is a bummer but I think both those fit into tempo/ramp/goodstuff that I'm looking to define Simic as and in 720 there's a very real chance of both cards not occurring in the same draft anyway. As for new Kiora as a card - I feel like she plays really well with a rampy tempo deck that I want Simic to be. The card advantage from -2 is pretty real and assuming you "get there" off a mana dork, you can play her on turn 3 and untap a dork + land, leaving countermagic or other interaction up.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyhow, on the topic of 720, I always feel like I need some redundancy and I while I usually keep the mantra of "no strictly worse" cards in the cube, I'm not ready to agree that Ruinous Path is strictly worse in a lot of spots. I mean on the face of it there are a lot of times where I'd draft this over Dreadbore or even Vindicate (when I'm not in those colors) and those are great spells that I would never mind having and that already is a merit to Ruinous Path.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also noticed that due to the "high" number of walkers combined with the fact that I do have a bunch of token generation across colors, I'm also adding a Doubling Season in there. I have a bit of loose space in most of my colors for a little fun for the drafters and seems like that one card would make for an effortless inclusion for the player who wants to attempt Gxx superfriends or just give value for the green player. Mana Reflection hasn't been great so one piece of jank makes room for another.</span></blockquote>
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Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-18247804354135907092015-09-09T12:18:00.003-07:002015-09-09T12:23:37.274-07:00Cube Card Spotlight Vote Week of 9/7<div id="qp_all410833" style="width:100%;"><STYLE>#qp_main410833 .qp_btna:hover input {background: linear-gradient(rgb(255, 215, 169) 0%, rgb(255, 209, 157) 50%, rgb(255, 200, 137) 51%, rgb(255, 240, 223) 100%)!important}</STYLE><div id="qp_main410833" results=0 style="border-radius: 6px;border: 1px solid rgb(150, 150, 150);margin: 0px;padding: 10px;zoom: 1;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background: url(http://cdn.poll-maker.com/47507/bg.jpg) 0% 0% / auto repeat, linear-gradient(0deg, rgb(117, 122, 129) 0%, rgb(91, 95, 103) 10%, rgb(69, 72, 77) 23%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%) 0% 0% / auto repeat, rgb(0, 0, 0)"><div style="border-radius: 6px;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-bottom: 10px;zoom: 1;background: linear-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255) 0%, rgb(229, 229, 229) 100%)"><div style="padding: 10px">Reddit /r/MTGCube Card spotlight Vote Which cards should be reviewed in the cube card spotlight</div></div><form id="qp_form410833" action="//www.poll-maker.com/results410833xB9e544c5-16" method="post" target="_blank" style="display: inline;margin: 0px;padding: 0px"><div style="border-radius: 6px"><input type=hidden name="qp_d410833" value="42257.2238194445-42257.2238428704"><div style="display: block;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;clear: both" class="qp_a" onClick="var c=this.getElementsByTagName('INPUT')[0]; if((!event.target?event.srcElement:event.target).tagName!='INPUT'){c.checked=(c.type=='radio'?true:!c.checked)};var i=this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('INPUT');for(var k=0;k!=i.length-1;k++){i[k].parentNode.parentNode.setAttribute('sel',i[k].checked?1:0)}"><span style="display: block;padding-left: 30px;cursor: inherit"><input style="float: left;width: 18px;margin-left: -25px;margin-top: -2px;padding: 0px;height: 18px" name="qp_v410833" type="radio" value="1" /><div>Feldon of the Third Path</div>
<div><img src="http://magiccards.info/scans/en/c14/35.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="250" /></div></span></div><div style="display: block;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;clear: both" class="qp_a" onClick="var c=this.getElementsByTagName('INPUT')[0]; if((!event.target?event.srcElement:event.target).tagName!='INPUT'){c.checked=(c.type=='radio'?true:!c.checked)};var i=this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('INPUT');for(var k=0;k!=i.length-1;k++){i[k].parentNode.parentNode.setAttribute('sel',i[k].checked?1:0)}"><span style="display: block;padding-left: 30px;cursor: inherit"><input style="float: left;width: 18px;margin-left: -25px;margin-top: -2px;padding: 0px;height: 18px" name="qp_v410833" type="radio" value="2" /><div>World Knit</div>
<div><img src="http://magiccards.info/scans/en/cns/13.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="250" /></div></span></div><div style="display: block;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;clear: both" class="qp_a" onClick="var c=this.getElementsByTagName('INPUT')[0]; if((!event.target?event.srcElement:event.target).tagName!='INPUT'){c.checked=(c.type=='radio'?true:!c.checked)};var i=this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('INPUT');for(var k=0;k!=i.length-1;k++){i[k].parentNode.parentNode.setAttribute('sel',i[k].checked?1:0)}"><span style="display: block;padding-left: 30px;cursor: inherit"><input style="float: left;width: 18px;margin-left: -25px;margin-top: -2px;padding: 0px;height: 18px" name="qp_v410833" type="radio" value="3" /><div>Goblin Bombardment</div>
<div><img src="http://magiccards.info/scans/en/ddn/24.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="250" /></div></span></div><div style="display: block;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;clear: both" class="qp_a" onClick="var c=this.getElementsByTagName('INPUT')[0]; if((!event.target?event.srcElement:event.target).tagName!='INPUT'){c.checked=(c.type=='radio'?true:!c.checked)};var i=this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('INPUT');for(var k=0;k!=i.length-1;k++){i[k].parentNode.parentNode.setAttribute('sel',i[k].checked?1:0)}"><span style="display: block;padding-left: 30px;cursor: inherit"><input style="float: left;width: 18px;margin-left: -25px;margin-top: -2px;padding: 0px;height: 18px" name="qp_v410833" type="radio" value="4" /><div>Tinker</div>
<div><img src="http://magiccards.info/scans/en/fve/14.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="250" /></div></span></div><div style="display: block;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);padding-top: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;clear: both" class="qp_a" onClick="var c=this.getElementsByTagName('INPUT')[0]; if((!event.target?event.srcElement:event.target).tagName!='INPUT'){c.checked=(c.type=='radio'?true:!c.checked)};var i=this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('INPUT');for(var k=0;k!=i.length-1;k++){i[k].parentNode.parentNode.setAttribute('sel',i[k].checked?1:0)}"><span style="display: block;padding-left: 30px;cursor: inherit"><input style="float: left;width: 18px;margin-left: -25px;margin-top: -2px;padding: 0px;height: 18px" name="qp_v410833" type="radio" value="5" /><div>Sagu Mauler</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back for another episode of Cube Card spotlight. I'm your host, Plaid Magic and today we'll be discussing the card that had the most votes in the previous spotlight vote</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />2RR<br /><br />Enchantment - Aura<br /><br />Rules Text: Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Tap: Put a token that's a copy of this creature onto the battlefield. That token has haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">The Rundown:</span></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The namesake of a modern T1 deck, along side it's mirror breaking buddy, this card is exploited for its ability to combo off with a <4 CMC creature that can untap itself and go ~infinite, pooping out little copies. I think there are two ways to look at this card: As a combo piece/game ender, or as a "fair card" that has an incremental tempo gain and an interesting effect. That said, the 2-for-1 may hurt when using this as a fair card when the creature i's enchanting gets the DBlade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Power Level:</b></span><br />Powered/Unpowered<br /><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">Cube Tutor Stats as of Today (8/31/2015):</span></b></span><br />
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<li>Pick: 21967</li>
<li>Pass: 117448</li>
<li>Pick Percent: 15.76%</li>
<li>Cube Count: 3227</li>
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<li>Cool Effect</li>
<li>WinCon</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Collective Cons:</b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To enable the combo, you need to add cards that are barely cubable without it</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can be a draft trap</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Without the combo pieces, it's fairly underwhelming</span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - Requires more commitment in R, but combo's off with more cards, including those that are separately playable (Restoration Angel most notably), and the Doom Blade hurts less.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Verdict:</b></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An underwhelming "Fair" card, and best used as a piece of a package. The package involved, includes some cards that are also underwhelming. Auto-losing to combos is something not all cube groups are ok with. If you run the package deal, ensure that you also double up with Kiki, or break singleton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The Discussion</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme">Fleme</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Twin is a value card even if it doesn't get to resolve its infinite combo although when one drafts it, it will be for the combo. It's sort of a tricky card in that while it would net value with the various ETB creatures one would usually be cubing, those ETBs don't really exist in red (Siege-Gang?).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, enabling the combo is cheap as far as design space goes since it (I'm talking Kiki+Twin here) requires Restoration Angel, Exarch, Pestermite and Zealous Conscripts. Out of those cards Kiki, Resto and maybe the Conscripts would be played on their own in other decks and I really don't think Pestermite and Exarch are viable to be played on their own in a cube setting. Sure, we've seen some control decks use Exarch as a blocker/combat trick to buy themselves time but I would rather have better creatures in those slots if it weren't for the combo. I mean, a card like [[Mizzium Meddler]] would be a better trick than that, I feel, and that's not a card I would run anyway.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, since the combo requires you to commit 6 cards out of which at least 3 are quite playable as is, Twin/Kiki combo is an easy inclusion to cubes and imo should be there. UR tends to be a less played combo even if it's completetely viable and I think it's good for that color pair to have a trick like this up its sleeve. Assembling the combo isn't easy with singleton cards either, so I feel that it's completely balanced too. In my cube we've had people try assembling the combo but so far we've not seen it happen.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Conclusion: The combo requires a couple of very narrow cards that wouldn't otherwise be cubeable in a powerful format but since it takes so little space to include, it's a safe inclusion to cubes to help players have more incentive to go UR.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki">Chirdaki</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the record I run Pestermite with no Twin. May be a relic of cubeing for the last 6 years or however long it has been but it still pull's its own modest weight and gets in for 2. Exarch on the other hand nah.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't mind Twin that much as you mentioned the two points. Not viable in red and comes with a hefty RR commitment. Playing Exarch as a +1 enabler isn't that bad as Exarch is still serviceable as blue defense.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Personally Twin combo evokes the same sort of salt that something like dying to Jace Memory Adept does. I hate that I can tap out at a healthy life total and just die from turn 3+, very shitty. Also the main reason why I don't play modern is that it is filled with those super UN-interactive types of decks, Summer Bloom, Twin, G. Vengeance, Tron, its all dumb goldfishing. Better believe that wouldn't be in a format I cultivate.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiki is like not playable at all. RRR haste bear, if there are no good targets for Twin in red, why would I play a harder to cast worse version.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PeasantToTheThird">PeasantToTheThird</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you mean super uninteractive modern decks? And to be honest, Modern Twin moved away from being an uniteractive combo deck with the loss of ponder and preordain and has become more of a combo control deck.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki"><b>Chirdaki</b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yeah UN-interactive, let me go re-read/fix that.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regardless the format as a whole upsets me, even Infect. It feels like unless you are playing like Grixis control (and even if you are sometimes) you have almost no if any relevant game decisions before you die or goldfish a win.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PlaidMagic">PlaidMagic</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you very much for bringing this up, I was hoping someone would. While we have a couple of goldfish wincons, they are usually two card combos, expensive, but the individual cards are there because they work outside the combo. IE, we have a counters matter cube, so you could technically draft Trike and Mike, or Thune Feeder combos but Triskellion, Michaeus The Unhallowed, Archangel of Thune and Spike Feeder are definitely fine cards in our cube outside of those combos. We really try to strive for interactivity in our cube, which honestly is my biggest personal issue with these "Package" pieces. That's the reason we support what we call "Stormish" in our cube for U/R, we don't have any storm cards, just more of a spells matter subtheme where the pilot can gain substantial incremental gains by casting/recurring spells, but no dead cards or goldfish interactive play is involved.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JimmyD101">JimmyD101</a></span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I agree with the sentiment that kiki combo brings people into UR - i drafted it at my last cube night and won one match with Taldrand, a card i was pretty certain is totally unplayable and was my 23rd card.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki">Chirdaki</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I currently run Talrand but he is very medium yes. I have a hard UR player in my group so I generally don't need incentive to add cards for that combo. Generally Keranos is all you need for most people in my group. Talrand will remain until an interesting creature is printed around that CMC.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wox1510">wox1510</a></span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't give up on Kiki! I like Kiki more than twin for two big reasons.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can switch what is copied. Splinter Twin is combo or bust, but Kiki can value copy all sorts of ETB effects like Mulldrifter, Nekratal, Thragtusk, without locking you in to a specific one.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He can be in play before the copy target. Sticking in only red, turn 4: FTK, 5: Kiki+ FTK token, 6: Inferno Titan + Titan token. That's a line available to Kiki that's not available to Twin.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know the mana cost is rough, but I also know that a cube mana base can handle it. He plays well in any two color deck that has ETB effects.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jeffderek">jeffderek</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oddly enough I play Pestermite with no twin, but I DO play Kiki. RRR is a bit much, and he doesn't see a ton of play, but we see more kiki value than kiki combo. Mulldrifter, Titans, other neat stuff. Turn 5 Kiki into Turn 5 titan, copy the titan, swing gives you 3 titan triggers in one turn, and that's really cool.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiki combos really well with Imperial Recruiter, fetching him up at first then you can copy recruiter to fetch other good things. Red doesn't have a TON of great kiki targets, but Rcruiter, Flametongue Kavu, Siege-Gang Commander, Zealous Conscripts (obv), Inferno Titan, and even to some extent Abbot of Keral Keep are all perfectly fine things to copy with him.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Benny08302">Benny08302</a></span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Splinter Twin is currently sitting in my on-deck binder... right next to Kiki-Jiki, Pestermite and Deceiver Exarch...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All were in the cube in my original build, and stayed in for quite awhile. But as I powered down my list (I took out Sol Ring, Balance, True Name Nemesis and some of the cards that needed one or two other cards to function, like Progenitus/Emrakul/Blightsteel) and cuts started getting more and more tight... I eventually took out the Pestermite/Kiki combo.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm slowly dragging (some of) my playgroup into cubing, so having infinite dudes insta-wins led to some feel bads.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do still run Zealous Conscripts however.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hubay">hubay</a></b></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure i agree that twin requires you to play "barely cubeable cards." Its possible i over estimate exarch / pestermite , but both seem perfectly viable in aggro/tempo and sometimes in control. Conscripts is good in aggro and as a way to steal walkers or a show-and-telled eldrazi/blightsteel. And just like in modern, any opponent who sees eother half of the combo will live in fear of it, playing around the combo.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One advantage of kiki , which you allude to, is that he works well with pod and tooth and nail.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PlaidMagic">PlaidMagic</a> </span></b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's what these discussions are for! I guess the question i would pose in response is, do you/would you run PM or DE in a cube without Twin? We had Pestermite in our cube, but it just never made maindeck. That's our cube/group.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think pestermite is best in a fairy-style shell (disruptive aggro, not necessarily the tribe). It's good in a geist+swords deck because it flies, can flash in, and beat down. U/R beats is also a thing, and it performs well there. Definitely not an all-star, but a good role player.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exarch seems like it would be a pretty low pick unless you're in peasant. He can't really beat down, and there are much better defensive creatures out there.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically, If i was forcing twin and didn't get kiki/twin, I would probably run pestermite but not exarch.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tastier"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Tastier</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pestermite is great in UW and UR aggro/tempo.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/preppypoof"><span style="color: orange;"><b>preppypoof</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pestermite is a great card that makes it into most of my blue decks. Deceiver Exarch is definitely a lot worse and only makes my cube because of Splinter Twin / Kiki-Jiki</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jeffderek"><span style="color: orange;"><b>jeffderek</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm with the rest of these folks, I play Conscripts, Pestermite, and Restoration Angel in my cube all of which I played without either Twin piece (even though right now we have Kiki in).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm always happy to play Pestermite in a tempo deck where I can hold up mana for countermagic and then flash him in, and it's a great way for blue to clear a blocker for an attack which can be very relevant.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MrConfusion"><b>MrConfusion</b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wouldn't run Pestermite or Deciever Exarch without the Twin-combo present, but I will play them in decks that are not trying to to Twin, as they are fairly decent tempo creatures.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also think it is wrong to set Twin and Kiki up against each other, I would play both, or neither. Redundancy is the number one factor to make combo viable, and so having two enablers is a must. With Twin/Kiki + Pestermite/Exarch/Conscripts/Resto in my 540 unpowered, the twin-combo comes together fairly well once every 4-5 drafts - but it never feels overpowered or unfair. I think it is perfect. (Also, Imperial Recruiter is very good in this deck, as it can tutor both Pestermite/Exarch as well as Kiki, so it adds a lot of redundancy).</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/admon_"><span style="color: orange;"><b>admon_</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pestermite tends to make U/R and U/W tempo decks in my cube. Its not the strongest pick, but it does its job in slowing down the opponent from responding to your board.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exarch isn't in my cube, but it just looks underwhelming outside of its combo.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This also technically works on Zealous Conscripts, but something has seriously gone wrong for your opponent if you can either cast both in one turn, or cast conscripts and have it/you survive until next turn.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ran Kiki over Twin because the reasons you mentioned and its added flexibility. With kiki, you can choose a different creature next turn if it somehow survives and the game isn't over. You are kind of locked into creating a copy of the same creature with Twin.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ScottRadish"><b><span style="color: orange;">ScottRadish</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Splinter Twin doesn't need to be used in the combo to be amazing. Putting it on Venser gives you a soft lock, and using it on things like Muldrifter or Snapcaster can generate huge card advantage. Sun Titan and Acid Slime have also been used. It often gets picked up in our U/R builds, but it has been played in builds without Pestermite.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PeasantToTheThird"><span style="color: orange;"><b>PeasantToTheThird</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For these reasons though, I like Kikki a lot more because, despite the RRR cost, Kikki makes facing removal much better and is a better late game top deck.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FannyBabbs"><b><span style="color: orange;">FannyBabbs</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pros: Risky incremental value card.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cons: Randomly ends games for no good reason when paired with otherwise unexciting cards. Doesn't actually 'combo' with anything commonplace besides Zealous Conscripts, so it could be safe to include without support but it's basically a worse version of Mimic Vat, an already borderline card.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Verdict: Garbage outside of dedicated combo cubes or cubes looking to mimic Constructed environments (modern). I try to two card game-ending combos in cube for the most part... while cute the first few times it gets really fucking old to randomly lose a game you were in the driver's seat of just because your opponent got his rocks off (see: every repeatable mill card in limited ever).</span></blockquote>
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Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-46022356207341923412015-09-01T11:55:00.002-07:002015-09-01T11:57:14.952-07:00Cube Card Spotlight: Thassa, God of the Sea<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back for another episode of Cube Card spotlight. I'm your host, Plaid Magic and today I'll be taking advantage of this thread and asking about a card I have argued about for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5/5<br />Legendary Enchantment Creature - God<br /><br />Rules Text: Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each Blue in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. 1U: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Rundown:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, here we have an enchantment with upside. Low curve, and doesn't affect the board immediately, but has upside every proceeding turn. Top deck efficiency increased by 50% with the auto scrye. Added plus side of making creatures unblockable is not nothing. This card is certainly no chump, but there is downside, which is what I wanted to bring up here. I'm sold on it, but my co-cube creator has some valid arguments. Even if it never "Turns on" it's powerful and hard to get rid of. Is that good or bad? You decide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Power Level</b></span><br />I think this certainly could be/is included in powered cubes.<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Cube Tutor Stats as of Today (8/31/2015):</b></span><br />Pick: 23933<br />Pass: 128540<br />Pick Percent: 15.7%<br />Cube Count: 3972<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Collective Pros:</b></span></span><br />
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<li>Cheap toolbelt card</li>
<li>Indestructible</li>
<li>Topdeck fixing</li>
<li>Evasion Enabler</li>
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<li>Difficult to provide non-specific answers for other players, unless its "turned on"</li>
<li>Doesn't affect the board immediately</li>
<li>May signal to players that devotion is supported, even if its not</li>
<li>Generic "Good Card" in a color full of good cards, but doesn't fit any specific strategy</li>
<li>If reaching devotion is required for this to work in your cube, it may not be a good option unless explicitly supported</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Monastery Siege</b> - Similar in terms of CMC, being an enchantment and having multiple modes, one of which is topdeck filtering. This is, however, one or the other and chosen when cast. There is definitely an argument here, especially if you simply don't want the possibility of that 5/5 Indestructable body on 3.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Jace Beleren</b> - I like that as ab alternative as well, but it comes down to what you're looking to do. Card advantage and topdeck filtering are not the same, so its up to the cube builder</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Whirler Rogue</b> - So here's a 4 CMC that drops some flyers, so we have an effective 4 points of power on the board for 4, two points of which have evasion (either via flyers or tapping them to give the rogue unblockable). This is pretty cool, plus it scales with bigger threats as you drop them, but if the goal is topdeck fixing, this doesn't get you there</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Crystal Ball</b> - Though it doesn't help evasion, this certainly helps the topdeck</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, this is a very hard card to compare, as it's a Blue enchantment that has auto topdeck fixing and evasion as an activated ability. That is a unique combination by itself without even mentioning the indestructibility and possible body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The strength of Thassa is indeed the value she gives through a variety of ways. She's seldom turned on in my cube (with 40~ + guild cards in blue permanents) but still contributes to wins and is a great card for the cost. The times she's turned on are just gravy but the other two modes are plenty in making her a staple card. You can't really afford to run cards that grant just unblockability, or scry 1, or are a 5/5 indestructible but all those in one? Yes please.<br /><br />I absolutely love cards that do a lot of things in one package - commands, modal spells and cards that just do a lot of things well and fit in a lot of decks are just the types of things that make for interesting cube cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chirdaki"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Chirdaki</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thassa is the type of card people should be embracing. It is part of a new age style of finishers. They come down early, provide incremental advantage and then just win the game through relatively easy devotion gating. There are a ton of UU blue permanents and even if you are not a blue based deck the unblockable ability can do work.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope more of these types of win conditions come out in other colors over the next few years. Needing to get to 8 mana to resolve a win condition + keep mana up is not easy.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The strength of Thassa is indeed the value she gives through a variety of ways. She's seldom turned on in my cube (with 40~ + guild cards in blue permanents) but still contributes to wins and is a great card for the cost. The times she's turned on are just gravy but the other two modes are plenty in making her a staple card. You can't really afford to run cards that grant just unblockability, or scry 1, or are a 5/5 indestructible but all those in one? Yes please.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love cards that do a lot of things in one package - commands, modal spells and cards that just do a lot of things well and fit in a lot of decks are just the types of things that make for interesting cube cards.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rogue_Diplomacy"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Rogue_Diplomacy</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I run all 5 of the mono color gods for flavor reasons, but Thassa is certainly good enough to run without that consideration. The biggest selling point is her activated ability, which will make short work of your opponent with even the most minor of threats.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add to that the incremental value of scrying every turn and your odds of victory should increase dramatically.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Fleme</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Card selection is so good. I hate that I had to cut the temples to make my non-basics faster and I'm just anticipating cheap (CMC-wise) and effective scry-cards from BFZ to include just to get more "casual" card selection going.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wox1510"><b>wox1510</b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card has been a workhorse in my group's cube. It almost always makes its way into a deck and does its scry thing. The incremental advantage is almost invisible, but it adds up. It almost never becomes a creature; partly because blue is usually low on permanents, and partly because getting there makes it prone to white removal. The games where it's memorable is when the activated ability pushes something dumb through (like Wurmcoil).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Comparable cards are tough because the combination of abilities is pretty unique, but these came to mind: Monastery Siege, Jace Beleren, Whirler Rogue, Crystal Ball</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SinibusUSG">SinibusUSG</a> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't currently run Thassa, and while originally that was for price point back in the early days of Blue Devotion, I've often considered and then passed over it when buying new cards.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to like it, I do. But I find devotion is just too hard to reach in blue. Yes, there's some double-blue permanents out there, but blue is just not a color which focuses on committing tons of permanents to the board. Without the devotion side of things, it's too low-impact as a 3-drop to keep the blue decks alive against more aggressive decks. And against control decks it's even harder to maintain devotion. Even if the Scry is nice, I feel like I'd rather just draw cards.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thassa just feels like it's not good enough at doing the things any given deck wants it for. It's a very cool, even goodcard, but it's like a B-level card that plays as a D in most decks, and doesn't play as an A in any.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/spiderdoofus"><span style="color: orange;"><b>spiderdoofus</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't like this card for cube for a couple of reasons. For me, the most important reason is that it is just a "good card" but not a card for any particular deck. There are plenty of good cards, especially in blue, so I'd rather play something that's an all-star or something that's good AND fits into a specific strategy.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second, I think it's only marginally powerful enough. The effect is fine, but you need a few turns before it equals the power of even something like Thirst for Knowledge. Thirst is a great example of a card that is played in some cubes and not in others that I would rather play over this. They are both fine, if unexciting, cards on their own, but Thirst plays much better in its deck (artifacts) than Thassa does in hers (blue devotion? blue tempo?). I'm mostly speaking from an unpowered perspective, where I see Thassa making the cut around 540+.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think a lot of people have or will cut Thassa in the future.</span></blockquote>
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Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-7297223627259019942015-08-31T10:23:00.001-07:002015-08-31T12:44:27.610-07:00Plaid Magic August Post Tourny Round-Up<script type="text/javascript">
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">58</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">12</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">58</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">57</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">12</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">54</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">0</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">53</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">6</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">15</td>
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<br />Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-86955793143089301122015-08-28T14:46:00.003-07:002015-08-28T14:46:42.197-07:00Cube Card Spotlight: Progenitor Mimic<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome back for another episode of Cube Card spotlight. I'm your host, Plaid Magic and with me I have a very special guest(s?),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Progenitor Mimic</span></span></h2>
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<br />4GU<br /><br />0/0<br /><br />Creature - Shapeshifter<br /><br />Rules Text: You may have Progenitor Mimic enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield except it gains "At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature isn't a token, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of this creature."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a top-o-the curve Simic cloner, who's primary appeal, I think, would be to break some things that usually aren't broken in a standard singleton environment. This is certainly a build-around-me fun stuff card. The fact that this can be blinked, then target it's own token to double up is pretty funny. While this fits the general theme of Simic's value package, it's hard to drop some of the lower curves for this bad boy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't think this make a powered cube, though being able to cast this earlier with some Moxen would be nice.</span><br />
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<li>Pick: 10982</li>
<li>Pass: 88080</li>
<li>Pick Percent: 11.09%</li>
<li>Cube Count: 2045</li>
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<li>Fun Build Around Me</li>
<li>Could protect itself, depends on the target</li>
<li>Breaks creature that are often unbroken in singleton</li>
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<li>6 CMC/two colors</li>
<li>Is dependent on the board state</li>
<li>Poor Natural Order target, due to board state required to be effective - <b>ggop_</b></li>
<li>Many similar effects that are a lot easier on the mana base - <b>Wox1510</b></li>
<li>Fails the "Doom Blade test" teribly - <b>JimmyD101</b></li>
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<li><b>Followed Footsteps</b> - PlaidMagic<br />The main difference here I think is mono color VS Simic commitment and the fact that Progenitor can clone a hexproof creature on the other side of the table, since it doesn't target.</li>
<li><b>Sagu Mauler</b> - draig01<br />at the same mana cost, which I've been surprisingly impressed by. Especially in reanimator because he comes with a built-in discard outlet (cast him for his morph cost then block :))</li>
<li><b>Simic Sky Swallower</b> - ggop_<br />Comparable top end simic. Very different cards, but take similar slots as game enders. Depending on need for clone effects, a consideration.</li>
<li><b>Stolen Identity</b> - wox1510<br />is really close, but one color, can hit artifacts, and can change what is copied.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While this fits the general theme of Simic's value package, it's hard to drop some of the lower curves for this bad boy. While this is a fun cheat into play card, there are other cheat into play cards that will almost basically win you the game within a turn. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the most part, designers with this in their cube seem to have it there because they like the affect, and think its fun, not necessarily because its the best fit.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/draig01"><b><span style="color: orange;">draig01</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never played with the mimic so I can't comment on him but in terms of comparisons I run Sagu Mauler at the same mana cost, which I've been surprisingly impressed by. Especially in reanimator because he comes with a built-in discard outlet (cast him for his morph cost then block :))</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While he may be a bit dull he's easy to morph/flip if you don't manage to ramp or cheat him into play early and very hard to deal with once he's face-up. I don't think I'd swap him for the mimic.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fleme"><b><span style="color: orange;">Fleme</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to include the Mimic. I have him in my cube sideboard and I've had him in. He was a fun card but in an attempt to bring the curve lower and the cards more consistent, he was ultimately cut.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The effect is crazy fun but I think it costs one too much to be completely justifiable in a cube where you want to be lean. I mean, I cut Sagu Mauler from Simic as well because I found it to be a boring card and ultimately pretty expensive for what it does (I mean it's just a dumb fat beater with hexproof). SSS was too expensive at 7 and wasn't interesting enough for someone to want to reanimate.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My current Simic setup is:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coiling Oracle</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shardless Agent</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Edric</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trygon Predator</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mystic Snake</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiora</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Urban Evolution</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the overlapping theme is "value", to which I think Progenitor Mimic would be a shoe-in. I find Simic in general to be the absolute weakest of the 10 guilds and it doesn't really invoke any strong feelings. What would one be cutting out of the above list to facilitate the Mimic? God how boring Simic is as a guild.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm really torn here. I absolutely love funky cards like the Mimic but on the other hand I want a lean and effective cube where your 6 drops isn't conditional and dependent on the boardstate. Then again cube has tons of creatures with powerful ETB so there are a lot of creatures that you can copy and replicate for value. It's a really hard call for me.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess he would make Simic the deck to draft for the player who prioritizes fun so there's that. What would I even look to cut if I were to reinclude the Mimic?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Progenitor Mimic is probably an easy upgrade over Urban Evolution. I actually played a little bit with evolution in someone else's cube, and I was pretty underwhelmed. It would be a pretty subpar effect in one color, and I always found better cards to play than it while trying to cut down to 23.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And fwiw, I don't think either Mauler or SSS are expensive in the decks that are trying to cast them i.e. green ramp decks. Those decks are almost always able to cast cards for 5-7 mana, and having a massive better that is uninteractable is pretty stellar in cube where the removal runs rampant.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, in that case it sort of becomes SSS or Mauler against the Mimic - what would I rather have there? The thing to note is that nothing in Simic really incentivizes the player to draft into Simic whereas other guilds have some clear bombs that reward going into those colors.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was pretty lukewarm when this was spoiled. Then I played with it, and while I'm not "hot" on it for all the previously mentioned detriments (6 drop that needs any sizable board presence on either to be good at all, terrible cheat target), it is one of those cards that can pull you out of a variety of situations if it lives for a turn or two. In the smaller cubes where your multicolored sections are tinier, I wouldn't run it, but it does cool stuff and when it's powerful, it's verypowerful.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I'm a fan of the writing/vids/podcasts and this was a good post. Hope you keep doing more!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honestly, I had mimic for a while and it DID end games when it copied something like a titan. I chose to cut it in favor of SSS because I just had too many clone/steal effects in my cube. Also the board dependency it requires to be good makes it a very poor target for a quick Natural Order. If you don't have the money for a sower of temptation then I can see this being an exceptional wonky card to have.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a big fan. I've run it in reanimator decks, sneak/show/eureka decks and ramp curve topper.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plus, my playgroup is much more EDH-centric, so a six-drop that enables a wacky board state is right in their wheel house.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the main problem is that are too many similar effects that are a lot easier on the mana base. I counted six clones that get in over this guy (not even counting Clone itself). Another clone like ability is stealing, and steal auras are in the 4 mana range (Treachery is free).</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So is the 1G upcharge worth the triggered ability? My first reaction is that it doesn't work with legends at all, so no infinite Thruns for you. Sure, there are some blowout scenarios like titans, wurmcoil, battlesphere, but the cheaper copy/steal options do most of that work already.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want a direct comparison, I think [[Stolen Identity]] is really close, but one color, can hit artifacts, and can change what is copied.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He'd be killer with [[Giant Adephage]] or similar creatures.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, I would love to see a review of this guy as well.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always figured the main objective of this card is to clone and abuse big green fatties with an ETB like Terastodon or Woodfall Primus.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For something that needs to grind out value, it passes the Doom Blade test pretty poorly.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />2BB<br /><br />3/2<br /><br />Legendary Creature - Vampire Cat<br /><br />Flying, first strike, haste<br /><br />Whenever Mirri the Cursed deals combat damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirri the Cursed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vampire Cat? Yes please. Seriously though, so while this does not have an inherent ETB affect, it has haste, which I generally count as a .5 etb. It doesn't protect itself (other than being black) but it outperforms quite a few cards in it's CMC. Just to be clear, this creature gets the counter when it deals damage to a creature, and has first strike. So to block and kill Mirri, you need a flyer with either 3 power or 2 power with first strike/doublestrike. So, as far as I know (and I could be wrong) at 4 CMC there are only 4 cards that exist with flying and first strike that have 2 or more power (including Mirri) and your probably not running them in your cube. So that leaves any creature that costs 4, has flying and a toughness of 4 or greater, preferably with a power of two or more. That is also a pretty short list, most of the cards having pretty significant downside. Biggest problem is removal. While this obviously dodges removal with the "Non-Black" clause, there are lots of removal spells that can hit it (you know who you are). All this said, based on the context of your cube, I think its at least worth a look to see what you're running for 4 Drop Black creatures. This doesn't take the slot of Nekrataal, but I would run this over Desecration Demon in some cases. She's a slam dunk for us with counters matter as a subtheme, and the fact that we promote grindy creature combat games.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Power Level:</b></span><br />Probably not making it in a powered cube, but a viable option in other builds.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: orange;">Collected Pros:</span></b></span><br />
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<li>4 CMC for a black creature with 3 evergreen abilities as well as upside with the counters </li>
<li>Very few cube cards even trade with this </li>
<li>Evasion </li>
<li>Carries Equipment like "a boss" - Etchesketch </li>
<li>No Exploitable Downside (A. Persecuter, Desecration D) - Etchesketch </li>
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<li>Yes, this dies to removal and has no ETB. It's a feel bad when a 4 CMC creature gets Pathed and you have nothing to show for it </li>
<li>Depending on your cube, 4 CMC is the Nekrataalish slot, with skinrender etc. </li>
<li>Too many better options for 4 CMC in black than a "Beater" - Fleme </li>
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<li><b>Desecration Demon</b> - I've found that we have enough token gens in our cube, this guy's not even really scary anyway </li>
<li><b>Demonlord of Ashmouth</b> - Neither gets hit with Doomblade/Nekrataal anyway, they get hit with DD and exile. Demonlord wins the DD argument (since 4+ DD is more rare), but is worse against exile, plus no haste! They each have a role, depends on the cube. </li>
<li><b>Lilliana's Reaver</b> </li>
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<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;"><b>Verdict:</b></span> As a 4CMC 3/2 Hasty Flyer black creature which is the same CMC slot as Nekrataal/skinrender etc, any several other efficiently costed flyers in the slot (Desecration Demon, Abyssal Persecutor), Mirri requires the correct environment to shine. Vampires or counters as a theme most likely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, it's great that you decided to start with these topics and I hope you cover Progenitor Mimic at some point down the road.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not a fan of Mirri in any cube that is aspiring for power (not talking powered cubes) because of the fact that once we're past the 4 CMC territory, the investment in mana becomes that much more important and there's little demand for cards that are basically just beaters, even if on paper they're "ok" at it.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At 4 CMC the main contenders are Skinrender and Nekrataal who both take care of a creature when they ETB. Neither are impressive as far as bodies go but the fact that they come with a removal spell attached make them straight up superior because a creature itself doesn't need anything fancy when the board is empty. Braids defines an archetype by herself, Disciple of Bolas and Graveborn Muse are valuable card draw and when we go to beaters, you have your demon-duo of Desecration Demon and Abyssal Persecutor that both offer 6 power in the air for 4, which is in fact twice that of Mirri.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have the luxury of being able to include all of the above cards due to the large size of my cube and I would not look to replace any of them with Mirri so in order for that card to be playable I think you need dedicated Vampire support to make use of her abilities. And out of those abilities, the ability to grow won't come to play or ever be relevant.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And talking about vampires with lots of keywords, Vampire Nighthawk is the superior creature since it can efficiently get in against most things (not Mirri though!) and stonewalls almost all threats on defense. Mirri unfortunately doesn't do this and can efficiently defend against 3 toughness which works against some threats but most definitely not all.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Verdict: If you have a medium-power cube and have suppot for Vampires, this is an ok card but even then most would probably have [[Bloodline Keeper]] in her stead. Still, even if I consider Mirri a solid miss on most fronts, I appreciate you taking the time to analyze the card. Discussions like this are welcome here and I'm sure there are a lot of cubes who could utilize Mirri. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PlaidMagic"><span style="color: orange;">PlaidMagic</span></a></span></h4>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just two things I wanted to clarify and make sure I'm on the same page here.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"the fact that once we're past the 4 CMC territory, the investment in mana becomes that much more important"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think we both understand, she's not North of 4CMC, she's exactly 4 CMC. Pretty sure you know that and the argument still holds, just clarification.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"when we go to beaters, you have your demon-duo of Desecration Demon and Abyssal Persecutor that both offer 6 power in the air for 4, which is in fact twice that of Mirri."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, here's my stance on this, and I'd love to get some feedback. First of all, both come with built-in downside, while Mirri's downside is not quite being so big. Either of them had haste, we're not having this conversation, lol.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DDemon, while super cool is a self locking card that give opponents choice. 6 Our cube, and I think many others, have a reasonable amount of token generators, some which recur every turn. Sacrificing some incidental creature tokens to tap out that flyer makes this guy effectively chump blockable by BOTH flyers and non flyers. additionally, you give your opponent both a choice (provided they have creatures to spare) of stopping it from attacking as well as a possible Sac outlet. The sac outlet part is not super common, it is something you should consider, within the confines of your cube. I actually like this card a lot, i've just never been able to attack with it, though I have both Flinged it and Rite of Consumptioned it ftw. It's probably better in most other cubes though.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Persecutor - This is a different card I think. You cube wants this card or it doesn't, but I think it gets thrown into most. Though this is a great card to have against someone playing the aforementioned DDemon!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks a ton for the input, love this stuff! </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cmc and higher should be cards that facilitate a win in the next 3~ turns more or less, if we're talking aggro (that Mirri is) since those decks dont play the long game. The fat demons have downsides, but are they really a hindrance? If my opponent is saccing, then I have a rebounding edict that becomes more menacing each turn and is de facto card advantage after the second trigger is fulfilled and Persecutor just straight up gets the job done - black is so heavy on removal that a deck running this card can just swing in 3 times and wait to draw removal unless it already had it. Basically as beaters at this cmc and higher go, you want them fat and demanding answers or with some built in value/additional interest.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Haste is not irrelevant nor is first strike but the clock Mirri gives is just not fast enough and her bonus ability is no bonus at all. Dying to shock of all spells seals it and means that she has no place in more powerful lists. If she grew when she connected on the player, she'd be much better but still b tier. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very happy about the back and forth here. I am sure I'm losing this, lol, but this methodical back and forth is what should go on within a cube designer's head, so I think its useful, and I am glad for the rebuttals with all sincerity.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To illustrate my point (and yours), take these board states: Keeping in mind that the possibility for removal is not the same for DDemon or Mirri due to Direct Damage,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your opponent has <b>lets assume 3 1/1 Flying Spirit Tokens, since we're saying kill within ~3 turns you cast</b>:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mirri:</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<li>chump block for 3 turns, She's a 6/5 Flying First strike, but no damage thus far.</li>
<li>Takes it all and Mirri has done 9 damage T7</li>
<li>Some combination of chump block/allow </li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So with 3 flyers in play, she does 0-9 damage by T7, cost of 0 damage to opponent is 3 creatures.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Desecration Demon:</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take it all, 12 damage!(nice/weird)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, in this scenario, DDemon does 0-12 by T7, cost of 0 damage is 2 creatures</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ok, now we have non-flyers:</b><br /> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mirri:</b> Does 9 damage by T7</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Desecration Demon:</b> Has the exact same variables as the flyers scenario.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a vacuum statement obviously, but it think its pretty common that your opponent has either pulled together 3 creatures by T7, and more likely they weren't all flying. Only point here is to illustrate that these two cards are not as different as they seem, and (I think) Mirri give you more choice.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mirri get's an extra turn, which is not irrelevant, + she has the possibility of being a defensive creature if that's what you need, while with DDemon, its their choice. Throwing out there, thoughts? </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yeah, debates like this are fun and I'd say a good way for people to determine what's what. And for what it's worth, the point here is not to "win" but to point out what makes cards tick. You're right about some of your analysis - it's easy to lock down DDemon even if you don't have removal but that's sort of the point. Modal spells are fun and putting the burden of decision on your enemy is often times just the type of thing you want to do when you're black. Pick your poison.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically every cube across rarities plays edicts and an edict where your opponent chooses whether they take 6 or edict is just bonkers and made better by the fact that you are getting this package for 4. In the air. If the demon is on lockdown, it means that the board is getting emptier on the other side of the table which in turn means that our smaller threats can get in and often times you use your removal so that your demon either gets in or they have to sac their key creature. Bottom line however being that 6 power for 4 is a huge bargain and there are decks that just straight up don't have the tools to deal with it (thanks to 6 toughness) so it plays the attrition game as a rebounding edict unless the enemy is ready for their poison. As for Persecutor, it's not just 6 power for 4 but you also get trample. The downside is really no downside at all since the guy is a house holding down the fort even if the opponent stabilizes at below zero and at this point you're just waiting for your own removal to come up. FWIW, Desecration Demon is the more popular out of the two, appearing at 450 average list that misses Persecutor who appears at 720 average.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sure there are scenarios in which you can have Mirri outperform the fat demons but at the root of things this means that this is a debate for cubes that are at 540+ because at 360 the demons aren't as hot due to your size constraints and Nekrataal/Skinrender/Braids just being better than all 3 of the cards we're now discussing.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, as a conclusion: Cubing is a very relaxed and open format. You are allowed (and I'd say encouraged) to make your own limited environment where you include your own pet cards. If you absolutely love Mirri the Cursed, then by all means she should be featured in your cube. We all have cards like that, cards that seldom exist in cubes but we like them so they're included. There's literally nothing wrong with that so with that in mind she's as valid of a card as any. I would not run it for the reasons explained here but this doesn't mean that the prospective cuber shouldn't, if their limited environment plays with slightly less power. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She misses a lot of cubes (including mine) but I think she is strong. No exploitable downside like Persecutor or Desecration is nice, and haste is a very powerful ability. Also, she carries equipment like a boss.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think Mirri can have a place in any cube. Why her over any other of the black 4cc creatures? Just that she's a better beater than most other creatures in black at 4cc. Sure she isn't White Hero of Bladehold nor Red's Hellrider. She has Flying, Haste, and first strike which allows her great evasion and good threat. There's not much at that mama curve that can go toe to toe with her. So her weekneas is removal? Well I'd rather my opponent remove her than path my Gravetitan, and black can buy her back with [[Exhume]] and [[Reanimate]] if she's destroyed. What's hard is that, 4cc is just a really tight spot with all the options for black. She atleast earns a play testing spot. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have a good point. At 3cc, Mirri would be a good beater and powered down. I guess she just doesn't do it for most. Maybe it needs a certain cube (like you counter heavy cube) to shine well over Nekrataal or Skinrender.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have mirri as a pet card just because I am so in love with her abilities. She's more than likely going to wheel which facilitates the aggressive side of black.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, she doesn't do much when compared to other four drops, she doesn't give immediate advantage, and double black in her cost in conjunction with these factors makes it something not worth playing in a three color deck.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But overall I really just love the card. I don't know why, but I think when I was first getting into the game, I really liked Mirri, Cat Warrior. When I found mirri the cursed, that got my Magic the gathering innocence tickled. Now i'm calloused. I want to go back T_T. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a lot of articles out there that talk about this in one way or another. The variables in order of chronological selection are as follows (in my opinion/experience):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In an easily understandable sense, cube is a "Custom" magic set comprised of a (usually singleton) selection of cards and is meant for drafting. The cube designer(s) select the cards for the cube pool to create a draft environment most often to be used again and again. Two of the biggest advantages of this format are cost savings (don't need to buy booster boxes) and having a personalized draft environment that reflect your interests as a Magic Player. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Please note that the following sections indicate common cube designer theories, however we will go more in depth in future articles regarding common pre/misconceptions of cube design and what other possible options there are for you. This single article is in no way meant to dictate hard and fast rules of cube design but rather as an outline to begin to understand the general concepts of cube and the limiting factors involved in designing one. My computer science professor once told me that its very important to understand "The Rules" in order to know how to break them. You will find that this holds very true in cube design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This is the heart and the start of it as far as I'm concerned. Since cube is a draft format, you will be drafting and playing with other human beings, and as such this is a serious consideration. The group you are playing with (which is what will define your cube "meta") may be a group of players who hate land destruction, love infect (yeah right), and have an affection for aggro. They may be primarily Modern players or vintage players. They may have started playing during beta or since Dragons of Tarkir. Perhaps you don't have a playgroup and you plan on hauling this thing into your LGS when its done and just harassing strangers to play with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Plaid Magic "Counters Matter" cube, for example, was designed with the intent of drafting with a close-knit playgroup of drafters that have been friends of <a href="https://twitter.com/MrMacabreMan" target="_blank">MrMacabreMan</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Crow13th" target="_blank">Crow13th</a> for the better part of two decades. With this in mind we were able to design our cube without considering possible theft of cards and with a general understanding of the type of magic environment our players are interested in engaging in. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the point in which the intersection of who my play group is and what my goal is becomes manifest. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've mostly all owned P9, we have almost all owned and played with T2 and T3 kill decks, engine decks and ridiculous combo decks. We found that we were starting to get bored with Magic because we were no longer playing those fun creature based, swingy games with decks containing Craw Wurms, Serra Angels and Sengir Vampires.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We knew from experience (a.k.a, our first cube) that drafting when P9 is involved, for us, tended to be less engaging in certain environments and decided to exclude this as a possibility. We didn't like the auto picking of P9. We didn't like having to exclude cards we found fun to play because the power disparity was too great between them and the the most powerful cards in magic. One thing you will learn in making a cube is that power level is totally relative to the limited environment you develop. An unplayable card in standard or modern could be a powerhouse in a cube. <b>The goal of our cube was to have fun both in drafting and in playing,</b> having casually drafted many Magic sets since Ice Age, we wanted to develop an environment that was unique, something new that our seasoned playgroup had not yet experienced. Additionally there was a small sub-section of our play group that has only been playing since Innistrad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This fact meant that a standard powered cube would most likely be an environment which would give advantage to those players who had been playing for 20+ years, since they had an understanding of magic history and why certain cards are powerful (Recurring Nightmare, Tarmogoyf, Channel), that the newer players did not share. We wanted to even the playing field, similar to a standard environment, where cards are new and their effectiveness was untested. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We ditched our initial powered cube and sought out an interesting archetype that would bring new life to cards that we thought had the possibility of providing fun and interactive board states. This is how the Plaid Magic "Counters Matter" cube was born. A single card, Ion Storm, sparked an entire slew of new ideas. Granted counters have mattered before in Magic's history but developing an environment in which counters mattered <b>both intentionally and incidentally</b> was what we wanted to go for. We didn't want to force a mechanic too hard in drafting, we just wanted it to be there as an underlying glue that held everything together. One could certainly draft a counters matter deck specifically, but one way or another, we wanted it to just exist in the background. Part of the reason for this was an <a href="http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/cm123" target="_blank">article</a> posted on the Wizards website regarding a rules change how counters interacted with each other. Way back when, +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters stacked. the amendment to the rules was that moving forward +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters cancelled each other out. The possibility of a grafting a + counter from Llanowar Reborn on to an unleash creature to prevent a possible game changing block was an interesting prospect (just an example, not the apex of interaction). This is just one example and I won't go into detail here because the point of this article is not to sell people on the idea of a counters matter cube but to illustrate the thought process of understanding what an interesting limited environment is for cube designers and drafters.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collection Inventory (what I'm pulling from)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are options here, but really the best answer is <a href="http://cubetutor.com/">cubetutor.com</a> in my opinion. Its free and it is specifically designed to manage a cube list. You could do it in tappedout.net, <a href="http://deckbox.org/">deckbox.org</a>, an Excel Spreadsheet (or google spreadsheet) or on a piece of paper. These are all options, but for me, Cubetutor.com has been the way to go. Tappedout.net would be a functional close second, but the advantages I see in cubetutor are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone has their own style, I find it very useful to keep my entire inventory in DeckBox.org. Free basic membership gives you access to an inventory as well as the ability to create decks that check against the inventory, which is what I was looking for. If you are interested in the process I used to inventory my collection, and then keep it updated, let me know, but that's a whole other can of wurms. When we got our cube figured out, I created a deck and pasted our cube, then I knew what I needed to get or proxy. I'll take that template we made before and show you that process:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as you can see, my process is to move missing cards to the sideboard, then addthem back as I acquire or proxy them. Basically, that deck is basically, for me, the digital representation of the physical cards inside my cube storage box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know the normal methods. <a href="http://locator.wizards.com/" target="_blank">LGS</a>, <a href="http://www.tcgplayer.com/" target="_blank">TCGPlayer</a>, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Magic-the-Gathering-/19107/i.html" target="_blank">Ebay</a>, <a href="http://channelfireball.com/" target="_blank">ChannelFireball</a> <a href="http://starcitygames.com/" target="_blank">SCG</a>, <a href="http://www.coolstuffinc.com/" target="_blank">etc</a>. You probably know this already as well, but I literally just started using <a href="http://pucatrade.com/" target="_blank">PucaTrade</a>, and man has it changed my job as a cube curator. Send out cards I don't need, get ones I do. I would highly suggest using <a href="http://pucatrade.com/">pucatrade.com</a> if you are not already. If you are in need of purchasing high volume commons and bulk stuff, I would also suggest grabbing what you can from <a href="http://www.adventureson.com/" target="_blank">AdventuresOn</a> - They have really great prices on low end stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I'm not the best here, but I do alright. You know your options. Writing on a card, printing an imaging and slip it into a sleeve with another card all the way to removing images from foils using acetone and printing on transparency adhesive paper. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ry2r8/mtg_making_proxies_for_fun_a_guide_to_making_card/" target="_blank">This Reddit Post</a> will cover this better that I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I don't need to guide here, you know what to do. I mentioned this just to say, "Hey, here's a thing you need to do!" Create a contact group, facebook group, text message group, make phone calls, whatever. If you're going with the group strategy and not the "Show up at the LGS and recruit" strategy, get a pool of drafters that is larger than the capacity of your cube. You may occasionally need to turn a drafter down, but at least you are more likely to fill out your seats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you can set a regular schedule, that's great and I envy you. We can't, and propose dates a month or so in advance. This is where a facebook group is probably a good idea. Not all of our drafters use facebook, so we just email to keep track. We try to play once a month, since we don't have a ton of spare time after work and family stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here I think we differ from most. Most cubes get together and have either pre-shuffled the cube and separated into packs or do the shuffling and pack making immediately prior to drafting. We actually electronically draft on tappedout.net on a Friday, send everyone a copy of their draft results and request their final decklists. We pull on Saturday and meet on Sunday, at which point we are ready to sit down and play. This may be overly structured for most people, but We have some serious time contraints for cube play, and we want to get in as many games as possible. The side effect of this method is that we have a chronological set of all the decklists played each round, what was drafted in what order, what made the mainboard and what was sent to the sideboard, and who did well or poorly. Oh the data! This allows us to take a look at strategies or archetypes that are underperforming, then talk with the player that drafted it and try to get an understanding of where they felt they were being shortchanged and what wasn't working right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So each player starts with 20 life, roll dice two see who....just kidding. Really though, figuring our what tournament format you're using. Round Robin, Elimination bracket, etc. We actually switched to just three match drafts. We have 8 players (usually), grab 2 Islands, 2 forests, 2 Plains and 2 swamps, shuffle and have everyone pull one to find their matching land opponent. We do this for 3 rounds and give out "PlaidWalker Points" that carry on through the year. So we play best 2 out of 3 and a win is worth 3 points, a draw is 1 point and a lost is 0. So the maximum amount of points you could pull out of 3 games with a single opponent would be 7. This would be Win(3)/Draw(1)/Win(3). I honestly had a hard time finding good articles on options here, so I will probably do some research and write an article later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would actually love to get some input on how others do this. I highlighted how we do this, but I imagine you could do this but taking pictures of decks and sideboards, then entering it into a spreadsheet later. Tracking draft order I think would be very hard outside of a digital draft.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cubetutor.com/" target="_blank">CubeTutor</a> - What we use to manage our cube</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://riptidelab.com/" target="_blank">RiptideLabs</a> - The Best Cube Only Content site with Jason Waddell</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/" target="_blank">MTGCube SubReddit</a> - Lot of people starting/managing cubes hang out here</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Thanks to all that joined our April cube event. I think it's safe to say that everyone had a great time yesterday and things went relatively smoothly given it was our first physical draft, first time with 10 people and first time drafting a (hastily put together) 90 card extension. <br /><br />Thanks to all who contributed. A special thanks to the <a href="http://mtgcast.com/author/cmndrshq">CommanderHQ</a> guys (Alex and Nate) for coming and giving some new insight, to Jon Fromm for hosting and Steve for the after party and Andy for hosting that piece., here's the rundown:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">55</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">15</td>
<td style="border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-style: solid solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">70</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">36</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">15</td>
<td style="border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-style: solid solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">58</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">36</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">15</td>
<td style="border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-style: solid solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">58</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">51</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">6</td>
<td style="border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-style: solid solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">57</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">42</td>
<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">12</td>
<td style="border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-style: solid solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">54</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">44</td>
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<td style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;">9</td>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">This deck focused on ending the game as fast as possible at any cost. With four 2/1 one drops, on average ending the game faster is a huge advantage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Now for the Suicide side of the deck. With both <a href="javascript:WizardsAutoCard('Sulfuric Vortex');">Sulfuric Vortex</a> and <a href="javascript:WizardsAutoCard('Forsaken Wastes');">Forsaken Wastes</a>, there is no were to go but down. With Dark Confidant in play the game went into over drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Finishers were ether some variety of burn spell’s or removal to take the last blocker out of the way. If nether were drown then you just pass… no wait Hellrider for the win?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">This deck was for the most part straightforward, but it had some fun combos and interesting plays. Horobi, Death's Wail plus, Cauldron Haze or Grim Lavamancer were a lot of fun. Young Pyromancer plus Molten Birth and Hellrider created some longer game potential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was running a UB Tempo deck that was a little too far into the midrange strategy than I would have liked. Many of the low CMC black creatures were gobbled up before I committed. Fun was had, including some strange interactions with a Jake's deck.</span></span><br />
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<br />Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-6450156257007182822015-03-02T07:15:00.002-08:002015-08-27T07:55:36.874-07:00March Post Tournament RoundupHello all, it's time for another post tournament roundup! This past cube round was the most synergistic thus far, and we were able to see first hand the fruits of some of the meticulously chosen card replacements that have been made over the last few months. We saw some color combinations trailing on the support side, and as a result, just weren't getting played. Without further delay, here's the rundown:<br />
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<td align="right" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">4</td>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: 18.7199993133545px;">Red Green "Counters Monster"</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, general idea here is aggro Monsters/Ramp with Counters Matter as the sub-theme, highlighting the power of Ion Storm, one of the cards that inspired the Counters Matter Theme in our cube originally.</span></span></div>
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Control deck anchored on the spike feeder/Archangel of Thune combo for infinite life and infinitely large creatures. This was a reanimator theme for the combo enabler with a big assist from everyone's favorite Troll Skeleton, Golgari Grave-Troll. This was a big winner for the round, racking up the maximum of 18 points for the round. Additionally, it was actually interactive and fun to play against (until the combo, lol)<br />
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Straight forward aggressive strategy here with very few frills. The strategy worked around fast unleash creatures, removal resilient creatures (Fleshcarver, Wurmcoil Engine, etc) and burn/removal. Performed very well and was fun to play with/against. This is the type of aggressive interactive strategy we were really hoping to accomplish in the cube for B/R.<br />
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The idea here was to take the most efficient token generators from B/W/R/G and overwhelm the opponent with numbers by going wide instead of big, adding anthem effects to generate +1/+1 counters across the board for optimal effect. <br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: 18.7199993133545px;">Jeff: </span><span style="color: orange; font-size: 18.7199993133545px;">Black Green Counters Matter</span></div>
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This was a graveyard-centric counters matter deck, which Black Green is very good at in our cube. Scavenge, counter doubling effects etc. This was basically the opposite of Jake's deck, going big instead of wide.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: 18.7199993133545px;">Mark: </span><span style="color: orange; font-size: 18.7199993133545px;">Black Blue Tempo</span></div>
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Efficient creatures with counter/control strategy. Control the board and keep pinging life away from the opponent.<br />
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<br />Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-77836970652890758482015-01-19T21:55:00.004-08:002015-01-19T21:55:41.026-08:00The Visual Cube: Aetherling to Zombie Infestation:F (is for foil)And we're back. The cube took a long deserved break at @Crow13th 's house, but now has returned to the dungeon. Let's see what the F:
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Here's the list:<br />
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<li class="member" id="boardContainer--faiths-fetters" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span class="card card-type-enchantment card-color-blue-cost-4 card-color-red-cost-4 card-color-black-cost-4 card-color-green-cost-4 card-color-white-cost-4 card-color-white" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Faith's Fetters" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards/duel-decks-divine-vs-demonic/faiths-fetters_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/faiths-fetters/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Faith's Fetters</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--faithless-looting" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Faithless Looting" data-orig="Faithless Looting" data-quantity="1" data-slug="faithless-looting" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-faithless-looting" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-blue-cost-1 card-color-red card-color-black-cost-1 card-type-sorcery card-color-green-cost-1 card-color-red-cost-1 card-color-white-cost-1" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Faithless Looting" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Commander-2014/faithless-looting/faithless-looting_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/faithless-looting/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Faithless Looting</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--far-away" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Far / Away" data-orig="Far // Away" data-quantity="1" data-slug="far-away" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-far-away" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-blue card-color-gold card-type-instant card-color-black card-color-gold-cost-5" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Far / Away" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards/_user-added/minscandboo-Far_Away_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/far-away/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Far / Away</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--farseek" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Farseek" data-orig="Farseek" data-quantity="1" data-slug="farseek" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-farseek" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-white-cost-2 card-color-blue-cost-2 card-color-black-cost-2 card-type-sorcery card-color-red-cost-2 card-color-green-cost-2 card-color-green" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Farseek" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards/magic-2013/farseek_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/farseek/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Farseek</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--fauna-shaman" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Fauna Shaman" data-orig="Fauna Shaman" data-quantity="1" data-slug="fauna-shaman" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-fauna-shaman" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-white-cost-2 card-color-blue-cost-2 card-type-creature card-color-black-cost-2 card-color-red-cost-2 card-color-green-cost-2 card-color-green" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Fauna Shaman" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/2011-core-set/fauna-shaman/fauna-shaman_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/fauna-shaman/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Fauna Shaman</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--feldon-of-the-third-path" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Feldon of the Third Path" data-orig="Feldon of the Third Path" data-quantity="1" data-slug="feldon-of-the-third-path" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-feldon-of-the-third-path" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-legendary creature card-color-blue-cost-3 card-color-white-cost-3 card-color-red card-color-black-cost-3 card-color-red-cost-3 card-color-green-cost-3" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Feldon of the Third Path" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Commander-2014/feldon-of-the-third-path/mtg-cards/_user-added/femme_fatale-feldon-of-the-third-path-c14-14153379260_medium.png" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/feldon-of-the-third-path/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Feldon of the Third Path</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--fellwar-stone" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Fellwar Stone" data-orig="Fellwar Stone" data-quantity="1" data-slug="fellwar-stone" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-fellwar-stone" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-white-cost-2 card-color-blue-cost-2 card-type-artifact card-color-black-cost-2 card-color-red-cost-2 card-color-green-cost-2 card-color-colorless-cost-2 card-color-colorless" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Fellwar Stone" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/mtg-commander/fellwar-stone/fellwar-stone_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/fellwar-stone/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Fellwar Stone</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--figure-of-destiny" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Figure of Destiny" data-orig="Figure of Destiny" data-quantity="1" data-slug="figure-of-destiny" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-figure-of-destiny" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-red card-color-gold card-color-gold-cost-1 card-color-white card-type-creature" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Figure of Destiny" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Duel-Decks-Heroes-vs-Monsters/figure-of-destiny/figure-of-destiny_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/figure-of-destiny/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Figure of Destiny</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--firebolt" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Firebolt" data-orig="Firebolt" data-quantity="1" data-slug="firebolt" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-firebolt" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-blue-cost-1 card-color-red card-color-black-cost-1 card-type-sorcery card-color-green-cost-1 card-color-red-cost-1 card-color-white-cost-1" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Firebolt" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/duel-decks-jace-vs-chandra/firebolt/firebolt_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/firebolt/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Firebolt</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--firemane-avenger" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Firemane Avenger" data-orig="Firemane Avenger" data-quantity="1" data-slug="firemane-avenger" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-firemane-avenger" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-red card-color-gold card-color-white card-color-gold-cost-4 card-type-creature" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Firemane Avenger" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards/gatecrash/firemane-avenger_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/firemane-avenger/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Firemane Avenger</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--flametongue-kavu" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Flametongue Kavu" data-orig="Flametongue Kavu" data-quantity="1" data-slug="flametongue-kavu" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-flametongue-kavu" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-blue-cost-4 card-color-red-cost-4 card-color-red card-color-black-cost-4 card-color-green-cost-4 card-color-white-cost-4" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Flametongue Kavu" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Commander-2014/flametongue-kavu/mtg-cards/_user-added/femme_fatale-flametongue-kavu-c14-14153379430_medium.png" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/flametongue-kavu/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Flametongue Kavu</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--flesh-carver" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Flesh Carver" data-orig="Flesh Carver" data-quantity="1" data-slug="flesh-carver" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-flesh-carver" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-blue-cost-3 card-color-white-cost-3 card-color-black-cost-3 card-color-black card-color-red-cost-3 card-color-green-cost-3" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Flesh Carver" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Commander-2014/flesh-carver/mtg-cards/_user-added/femme_fatale-flesh-carver-c14-14153379550_medium.png" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/flesh-carver/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Flesh Carver</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--fleshbag-marauder" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Fleshbag Marauder" data-orig="Fleshbag Marauder" data-quantity="1" data-slug="fleshbag-marauder" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-fleshbag-marauder" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-blue-cost-3 card-color-white-cost-3 card-color-black-cost-3 card-color-black card-color-red-cost-3 card-color-green-cost-3" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Fleshbag Marauder" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards/Duel-Decks-Speed-vs-Cunning/fleshbag-marauder_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/fleshbag-marauder/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Fleshbag Marauder</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--flickerwisp" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Flickerwisp" data-orig="Flickerwisp" data-quantity="1" data-slug="flickerwisp" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-flickerwisp" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-blue-cost-3 card-color-white-cost-3 card-color-black-cost-3 card-color-red-cost-3 card-color-green-cost-3 card-color-white" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Flickerwisp" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Commander-2014/flickerwisp/mtg-cards/_user-added/femme_fatale-flickerwisp-c14-14153379580_medium.png" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/flickerwisp/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Flickerwisp</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--flooded-strand" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Flooded Strand" data-orig="Flooded Strand" data-quantity="2" data-slug="flooded-strand" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-flooded-strand" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-land" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Flooded Strand" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards/Khans-of-Tarkir/flooded-strand_medium.png" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/flooded-strand/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Flooded Strand</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--force-spike" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Force Spike" data-orig="Force Spike" data-quantity="1" data-slug="force-spike" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-force-spike" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-color-blue-cost-1 card-color-blue card-type-instant card-color-black-cost-1 card-color-green-cost-1 card-color-red-cost-1 card-color-white-cost-1" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Force Spike" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/seventh-edition/force-spike/force-spike_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/force-spike/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Force Spike</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--forgotten-ancient" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Forgotten Ancient" data-orig="Forgotten Ancient" data-quantity="1" data-slug="forgotten-ancient" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-forgotten-ancient" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-red-cost-4 card-color-blue-cost-4 card-color-green card-color-black-cost-4 card-color-green-cost-4 card-color-white-cost-4" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Forgotten Ancient" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/archenemy/forgotten-ancient/forgotten-ancient_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/forgotten-ancient/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Forgotten Ancient</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--frost-titan" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Frost Titan" data-orig="Frost Titan" data-quantity="1" data-slug="frost-titan" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-frost-titan" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-blue card-color-blue-cost-6 card-color-black-cost-6 card-color-white-cost-6 card-color-green-cost-6 card-color-red-cost-6" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Frost Titan" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/Commander-2014/frost-titan/mtg-cards/_user-added/femme_fatale-frost-titan-c14-14153379960_medium.png" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/frost-titan/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Frost Titan</a></span></li>
<li class="member" id="boardContainer--fungal-behemoth" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a class="qty board" data-board="" data-category="name" data-name="Fungal Behemoth" data-orig="Fungal Behemoth" data-quantity="1" data-slug="fungal-behemoth" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-cube-drafts/plaid-magic-cube/?cat=name#" id="board--name-fungal-behemoth" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration: none;"></a><span class="card card-type-creature card-color-red-cost-4 card-color-blue-cost-4 card-color-green card-color-black-cost-4 card-color-green-cost-4 card-color-white-cost-4" data-original-title="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title=""><a class="card-link card-hover" data-card-alt="MTG Card: Fungal Behemoth" data-card-img="http://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/planar-chaos/fungal-behemoth/fungal-behemoth_medium.jpg" data-original-title="FOO" href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/fungal-behemoth/" rel="popover" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #04a1ec; text-decoration: none;">Fungal Behemoth</a></span></li>
</ul>
Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-35448221297941228962015-01-05T06:59:00.000-08:002015-08-27T07:55:36.864-07:00January 2015 Post Tournament Review<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey all, I think we had a great day of cubing yesterday, or at the very least an interesting one. First off, Dan was playing Rakdos and Steve was playing Boros, whhaaaa? We made a few changes to the way were are going to run the cube in 2015: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We have introduced PlaidWalker Points</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving forward we will be using a points based system and tracking points over time, an award will be given out at the end of the year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Win: 3 Points</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Draw: 1 Point</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loss: 0 Points</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, up to 9 points are given up per round.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Timed Rounds</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We attempted to start with three 1 hour rounds, but since we have intentionally lowered the power level of the cube, it seems we are likely to increase this to 1.25 or 1.5 hour rounds</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eliminating the Bracket</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So since we are playing 3 rounds and giving out points, we will no longer have a bracket, or necessarily a definitive winner at the end of any given cube draft. This round for example we had 3 players with 18 points, because two of them received byes, so none of them actually played each other. This will correct itself over time, since those who received a by this draft will be immune from a bye next round.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deck documentation</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving forward, in order to better evaluate cards and strategies, we will be documenting everyone's drafts and decklists in order to see what is (and is not) getting played/doing well.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there are the changes, so lets dig into what happened this round, starting with..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andy - 5 Color Blink (Rainbow Shenanigans)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I started the draft with flametongue-kavu <a href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/flametongue-kavu/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17.0400009155273px;" target="_blank">http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/flametongue-kavu/</a> and man-o-war <a href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/man-o-war/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17.0400009155273px;" target="_blank">http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/man-o-war/</a>. So that obviously means that five color blink was way open! Basically when I draft blink I either draft ETB creatures and then I try and get at least one of the two big Blink enablers Venser, the Sojourner and Parallax Wave. I then prioritize cards in the following order: Removal, Mana fixing and card draw. This priority will change based off of the ETB creatures that I have selected already. IE if I have drafted Nekrataal, removal goes down on in priority. If I drafted Solemn Simulacrum mana fixing goes slightly down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blink Effects:</span></div>
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<a href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/restoration-angel/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17.0400009155273px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd7700; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 21.7733325958252px;">Restoration Angel</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/ghostly-flicker/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17.0400009155273px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd7700; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 21.7733325958252px;">Ghostly Flicker</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/venser-the-sojourner/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17.0400009155273px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd7700; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 21.7733325958252px;">Venser, the Sojourner</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/parallax-wave/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17.0400009155273px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd7700; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 21.7733325958252px;">Parallax Wave</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blink Targets:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blade Splicer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flametongue Kavu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Man-o'-War</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mulldrifter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Restoration Angel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Riftwing Cloudskate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snapcaster Mage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thragtusk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vendilion Clique</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wall of Blossoms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quick Note about mana fixing: Try and decide on two base colors and then draft the dual lands that has one of your main colors and one of your splash colors. Prioritize the fetches lower than the strait up RTR or original duals. Fetches are there best only when you have a lot of duals.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dan: Black/Red Reanimator (Graveburn Musings)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing too complicated here, drop something in the graveyard and cheat it into play</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Key strategies:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have our reanimation enablers in the form of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Discard Spells</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Putrid Imp</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Undead Gladiator</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is probably where it was weakest. Didn't have enough discard spells needed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reanimation Spells</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Animate Dead</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Reanimate</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Exhume</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Feldon of the Third Path</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reanimation targets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Siege-Gang Commander</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Myr Battlesphere</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Tombstalker</span> (as a third option/fallback is no Reanimation drawn)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Answers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Doom Blade</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Dismember</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Fleshbag Marauder</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Nekrataal</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Combo Pieces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mtgcard">Feldon of the Third Path</span> + <span class="mtgcard">Fleshbag Marauder</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: Blue Red Stormish</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456136124375144673.post-8927269698891413112015-01-04T19:38:00.000-08:002015-08-27T07:55:36.879-07:00Cube Tournament 1/4/2015 Rankings<div class=WordSection1> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=505 style='width:379.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=129 nowrap colspan=3 valign=bottom style='width:97.0pt;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:red'>Round 1</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=124 nowrap colspan=3 valign=bottom style='width:93.0pt;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:red'>Round 2</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=124 nowrap colspan=3 valign=bottom style='width:93.0pt;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:red'>Round 3</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Dan</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Dave</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Dan</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Jake</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Dave</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Eric</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>3</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Jake</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Jeff</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Andy</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Jeff</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Andy</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Jake</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>3</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>3</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Andy</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Eric</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Steve</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Eric</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Steve</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Jeff</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Steve</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Bye</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Dave</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Bye</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Player</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Dan</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Bye</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:white'>Score</span></b></p> </td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:white'>0</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><span style='color:red'>Totals:</span></b></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Andy</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>18</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Dan</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>18</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Dave</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>12</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Eric</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>0</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Jake</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>12</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Jeff</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>6</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.75pt'> <td width=50 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:37.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><span style='color:white'>Steve</span></p> </td> <td width=41 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.05pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'><span style='color:white'>18</span></p> </td> <td width=38 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:28.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=48 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:35.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=42 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:31.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> <td width=34 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:25.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.75pt'></td> </tr></table> <p class=MsoNormal> </p> </div>Daniel Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04599237226867807805noreply@blogger.com0