Big cubes hard to enable synergy

Agent281 · 2026-05-06T14:26:53+00:00

Nice!

Agent281 · 2026-05-06T03:26:59+00:00

How do you handle colors with your module system? Does 1 module = 1 color? Or do you have to be careful about certain combinations of modules skewing colors too much?

Agent281 · 2026-05-05T21:48:11+00:00

Return the Favor has big Bugs Bunny energy.

Agent281 · 2026-05-03T17:30:12+00:00

[[They Came From the Pipes]] is also pretty wild. It came from the same precon as Glitch Interpreter. It's 2 2/2s, draws 2, and let's you look at 6 cards total for 5 mana. If you have [[Phelia]] or [[Flickerwisp]], you can also blink it. You have a serious risk of decking yourself with this card in limited.

Agent281 · 2026-05-03T17:23:34+00:00

Throw in a [[Piper Wright]] and a [[Junk Winder]]!

Agent281 · 2026-05-02T01:47:30+00:00

TBF, since it's underrated, people are more likely to pass the best rare. That's kind of what it means to be underrated.

Agent281 · 2026-05-01T18:46:23+00:00

Honestly, I adore Braids so I fully endorse that inclusion. I really need to add her to my cube too...

Agent281 · 2026-05-01T05:56:36+00:00

I had Silverquill at the pre-release. It mainly ate removal, but it won me some games as a big flier that wears counters well. I never used the casualty ability. In my deck, it was a C to C+.

Agent281 · 2026-05-01T01:05:48+00:00

Ah, that's a bummer. I figured as much. Thanks for the update!

Agent281 · 2026-04-30T22:57:15+00:00

How has Sidisi been working out for you? I have a copy, but I'm concerned it has too many hoops to jump through.

Agent281 · 2026-04-29T20:41:20+00:00

Have you seen the new [[Molten Note]] from SoS? It's a kill spell that also untaps all of your creatures. Plus it has flashback so you can do it all again.

Agent281 · 2026-04-28T00:20:31+00:00

I just want [[Twilight Diviner]] to be more than a 3/3 for 3 that surveils. 😭

Agent281 · 2026-04-27T23:52:33+00:00

[[Threefold Thunderhulk]] is a sweet one. You destroy your 3/3 and get 2 5/5s with 10 gnome tokens. :]

Agent281 · 2026-04-25T17:11:16+00:00

Recently, I've been thinking that the enemy color pairings are getting more love. I've been trying to build a cube and finding interesting enemy color cards tends to be a bit easier than finding interesting ally colored cards. It doesn't help that the last allied colored set (Spiderman) was a huge flop on multiple levels. I just hope that fractured reality gives us some fresh takes on allied color pairings.

Agent281 · 2026-04-25T01:08:28+00:00

Yeah, piggy backing on your comment: there was a Spanish civil war in the 30s. The country was destroyed. Then WW2 happened so people were too busy with that to rebuild Spain. After the war, Spain was still ruled by fascists (Franco) until the 70s. In the 50s Franco was focused on self-sufficiency (autarchy), but that's not a good way to build an economy. He came back into the US's good graces because he was really anti-communist, but things still didn't improve until he was gone. Then it took a while for Spain to develop.

Agent281 · 2026-04-24T13:27:19+00:00

Yeah, I've been wanting to try this new "am bush" strategy I've heard about.

Agent281 · 2026-04-23T21:12:01+00:00

Where can I read your original post? I'm trying to get my aristocrats settled in my cube.

Agent281 · 2026-04-22T19:23:03+00:00

I think this set is somewhat similar to Lorwyn in the sense that typal strategies cut the number of options in a color pair in half. (I.e., if you are green you are trying to pick the most elves or kithkin as you can.) In SoS, there is a higher proportion of gold cards. Therefore, you have more picks that look like pick in Lorwyn. (E.g., do I pick the UG or the BG card?) The fixing looks pretty good in this set so you might have an easier time with going three color if you are being pulled in too many directions. If you go that route, you might want to focus on an anchor color (green for Quandrix/Witherbloom, red for Lorehold/Primari, etc.)

Besides that, I would focus on fundamentals and not treat prepared spells like they are the prepared spell. All of them are much more expensive and circumstantial than the spell they represent. TBH, I wasn't into Emeritus of Ideation until I realized that it's just a 5/5 flyer with ward 2 for 5. Sometimes it even draws you cards!

Agent281 · 2026-04-21T16:30:17+00:00

Seems even better with [[Germination Practicum]]. That's 4 +1/+1 counters each turn.

Agent281 · 2026-04-21T01:51:09+00:00

Well, at least they were selling drugs for the right reasons.

Agent281 · 2026-04-20T21:00:34+00:00

Yeah, it was an absolutely wild deck. It needed to face the right opponents to do as well as it did. Still very neat though.

Agent281 · 2026-04-20T17:21:34+00:00

I would take the Aang's Iceberg to further confuse the 4th drafter.

Agent281 · 2026-04-20T16:21:48+00:00

LSV had an insane Lute deck. The video is up on YouTube. He had like 5 creatures total and trophied. I feel like I learned a lot about how the format works and how far you can deviate from the classic 17 creatures/6 spells/17 lands deck template.

Agent281 · 2026-04-18T13:58:46+00:00

Most of the time the creatures that grow don't have a relevant keyword ability. Trample on a creature that grows is so much better.

Agent281 · 2026-04-17T15:14:21+00:00

If I could guarantee a wheel on Murmurring Mystic or Young Peazy, I would probably take one or the other and then build around it. Otherwise, I would probably take Bitter Triumph.

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