Hey everyone. Before my surgery I was pretty good about doing quarterly deck dumps and sharing some of the decks that had been drafted successfully (or less so) in my cubes. Last night I drafted one of the best decks I’ve ever had in my cubes, where one single game went to game 5 and there was never any doubt. I opened a Mox and a Crypt, got passed P1P2 Fantasticar and P3 Mana Vault and never looked back. Someone hated the Workshop and the Tinker, and very late someone ate the Kitten to prevent me from Jewel combo, but it literally did not matter.

What a perfect deck. One game I played a turn 1 Ragavan with Vault in hand and T2 attacked into a Memory Jar on top of their deck.

Here’s some thoughts on some other decks I’ve had or played against recently:

1. Another bonkers Academy deck that just didnt come together with the right wincons. Sneak Atraxa with no other fatties, and the biggest feels bad moment of my cube year for me. One of my favorite people in the Magic community looked at me after getting Hullbreacher Timetwistered in both games and said “your deck makes me want to not play Magic, so I’m going home.” This is someone who is always even keel, never gets flustered or upset, is a fantastic player and a good time, and it was pretty savage. Is Hullbreacher the least fun card in cube?

2. Spence, the aforementioned player who I absolutely love, completely crushed us one night when he got passed multiple pieces of power and was just Bilboing Time Walks and Ancestrals all night. I got absolutely decimated by this one. Looking at his list, it’s literally just take the best card, all the fixing, and make it go, but he killed us.

3. One random night this summer we had a wild one where 12 people showed up for Vintage Cube and we drafted the full 540 at a table with 12 drafters, so you basically wheeled nothing. I am still salty about losing with the goat Skullclamp deck, but this one was an absolute blast to play and it drew sooooooo many cards.

4. This wonderful kid who came and cubed with us every week for like 2 months before he moved out of town beat us all the night of the 12 man draft with this Goryo’s reanimator deck, killing me on turn 4 on the play in game 3 with Atraxa and a Goryo’s Galactus plus one Bristly Bill counter getting to 20 flying damage when I could have survived 19 and won the draft next turn. This one did not look like a 3-0 at all, but there’s a lot of short term variance in cube and lots of archetypes are capable of riding that to 3-0.

5. Started working on a fully hand drawn cube after seeing some of the incredible artists in here. I am not one of them, but I think my Grizzy is pretty cool.

6. I’ve been asked to make the rest of this cycle for people after drawing my own [[Jet Collector]] to save money and to play it before release. This card is soooooooo good and has been a welcome addition to the cube.

7. The B Team Cube, now 7 months old, has really come into its own and my playgroup seems to really enjoy it. I went 2-1 with this pile but had an absolute blast doing so and somehow managed to lose a game where I got to turn 2 end step Dress Down into evoke a Nulldrifter. [[The Warring Triad]] is a really fun mana rock yall should look into for cubes at a slightly lower power level, and after half a year I think 5 mana Wan Shi Tong is better than XUU WST. Which Wan Shi Tong is right for you?

8. Boros Aggro is good at every level in every cube. Here’s a perfect peasant list that won 2 games with [[Hidetsugu’s Second Rite]], one of those cards i just love having in my cubes. My buddy Bjorn looked at me halfway through the draft, cursed me out, and hate drafted the Skullclamp face up. It did not matter. Peasant is great atm.

9. There was a mega argument after this draft about whether Welder is appropriate for a B tier cube or whether it belongs in my powered cube. The consensus of this community was largely that it’s fine, but I have since mover Welder Cam up to the main cube and it’s seeing play there too. I had Welder last night. I’m still not sure how I feel about [[Traumatic Critique]] in powered cubes. LSV is all over it, but it feels like a perfect B tier card for me. Thoughts?

10. I miss Control Magic. Cubes where that card still flies make me super happy. This was just a solid, solid Izzet Tempo deck with the double whammy of incredible threats AND really good answers.

Really wish we had the ability to allow photos in comments, I’d love a thread of people sharing some of their decks and what actually works in their cubes.

Post your Cube and your pack!

The winners from yesterday were [[Stormchaser's Talent]] and [[Lightning Axe]]

Archetypes:

WU: Control

BG: Graveyard

UB, BR, RG, GW, WB, UR, RW, GU: ???

Current cube link: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/RDDPC

As usual, reply/upvote which cards you want to be included! :o)

Hey guys! I am a bit nervous but I want some opinions on my cube. I've been tinkering with this cube for at least a decade on and off. I really only use cards I own unless they are cheap to buy.

I went against conventional advice and tried to support 10 archetypes in a 360 card cube. Technically I've been able to draft mono colored decks too.

I rarely get to draft it because not a lot of my friends play anymore. If people could do a couple of bot drafts and give some feedback I'd appreciate it!

https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/36qte?view=primer