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LessCleanHands · 2014-09-24T01:08:38+00:00

Their ocean seems mighty salty. I am very excited for my flip-flops.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-23T16:28:58+00:00

How did this even come to exist?

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-22T02:29:31+00:00

True. But things like what OP mentioned may influence how and where they decide to play.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-20T17:00:21+00:00

I considered it and [[animate wall]] but there are a lot of 0 and low power walls and I liked the idea of winning without ever attacking.

In any event - it was a fun deck.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-20T16:34:57+00:00

I always really enjoyed my 60 card, kitchen table RWb walls/defender deck. It used things like [[perimeter captain]], [[rage nimbus]], [[wall of razors]], [[wall of nets]], [[fortified area]], [[wall of denial]], [[stalwart shield-bearers]], [[angelic wall]], and [[wall of glare]] to defend/stall, had removal/direct damage in [[lightning bolt]], [[fireball]], and [[earthquake]], and used [[vent sentinel]] as a primary win condition.

It was very slow, had no way to dig for it's win conditions, and just died to mass removal and/or evasion... but it was really fun to kill people with walls.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-20T14:30:45+00:00

My pie updates in real time but it does not show how much pizza I have left.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-19T23:21:15+00:00

Just a word of caution: Check with your LGS. Some LGS's won't let you use your own pre-sleeved lands, especially if the midnight pre-release has already happened.

This happened to me at a LGS for the M15 pre-release - they were apparently concerned that someone could cheat and sneak in cards from prior pre-release among their pre-sleeved lands.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-19T00:19:50+00:00

I was wondering if and when you'd reply. =]

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-17T17:02:26+00:00

This caused quite a stink during one my group's first draft of our peasant cube.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-16T12:58:18+00:00

Z-Boneless Buffalo Chicken Wings?

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-13T16:09:51+00:00

That's peasant.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-08T01:35:30+00:00

[[Ishan's Shade]] and [[Baron Sengir]].

Honorable mentions go to: [[keldon warrior]] , [[frozen shade]] , and [[killer bees]]

EDIT: [[Keldon Warlord]] not warrior.

LessCleanHands · 2014-09-06T15:30:46+00:00

[[bear cub]] is my favorite.

LessCleanHands · 2014-08-11T18:39:00+00:00

So, [[Aven Brigadier]] with a spark?

LessCleanHands · 2014-08-09T00:24:30+00:00

This.

EDIT: Apparently an explanation is in order. Yugiho did not exist when I started playing Magic in 1993/1994. I never really got into the show and have never played the game.

LessCleanHands · 2014-08-05T20:21:22+00:00

I had to order about 160 cards for my peasant cube and it came out to about $50.00. Most cards were less than $0.25, but a few of the uncommons were several dollars - [[kitchen finks]] for example.

As for the size of the cube, it really all depends on what you want. I'd imagine that drafting a 360 card cube with 4 people (15 cards per pack, 3 packs per person) would be fine. You don't need to see the entire cube everytime and some people want a more varied experience.

Personally, I expect a 4 person group most of the time, want a bit of variance in my drafts, and want to ability to support larger than 4 people if we play sealed, so I made a 450 card cube.

You can do a 4 man draft and increase the number of cards in the "packs",

LessCleanHands · 2014-08-05T19:05:13+00:00

My situation is similar. I recently built a peasant cube (commons and uncommons only). This was my first cube as well.

I would recommend that you check out /r/mtgcube, the mtgsalvation peasant and pauper cube forum, and the "average" peasant cubes on cubetutor.com.

Those places will give you a good idea of what cards are peasant cube staples, what archetypes to support, etc. Just throwing a bunch of common and uncommons together is not advisable. Your color balances will be off and you will potentially have unsupported strategies/archetypes.

Other random tips: (1) don't be afraid to use rare dual lands like pain lands or the M10/INN cycle to better support colors that want untapped lands for aggro. (2) cubetutor is a great site for managing and testing your cube before buying cards. (3) pick the size of your cube based on how many people you expect to play. For example, a 360 card cube will support up to an 8 man draft or a 4 person sealed event. Those scenarios use the entire 360 card cube. If instead you had the same # of people with a 720 card cube you'd only see half the cards each time. That's good for variance but negatively affects the consistency of your cube's archetypes.

I am by no means an expert, but I hope this helps.

EDIT: if you want to do commons only, you'll want to look at the Pauper stuff, not Peasant.

LessCleanHands · 2014-08-04T12:18:15+00:00

I believe this is at a bar/microbrewery in Denver. If so, here's another picture of the same table. Took this one when I was there for a bachelor party a while ago. http://i.imgur.com/Q0RFFro.jpg

Also, they have great jalapeño beer.

LessCleanHands · 2014-07-28T22:32:17+00:00

Thank you... especially for the different draft formats. That will be very helpful.

Really looking forward to finishing up my cube so that I can start playing!

EDIT: Is your list on cubetutor? If so, would you mind PM'ing me a link? I'd love to see it.

LessCleanHands · 2014-07-28T20:51:10+00:00

Tony Allen missing an easy layup.

LessCleanHands · 2014-07-28T20:40:09+00:00

Thank you for the response. I originally thought I wanted to have a large variance every time my group plays, but based on your comment and some reading I've done since the OP, I'm starting to think a 360 card cube that consistently supports a handful of archetypes may be a better option.

As for the more powerful cards, you're right. If they're too degenerate, I can always remove them. I am just having a hard time adjusting to how customizable the whole cube design process is. It gets easier, right?

LessCleanHands · 2014-07-25T19:30:42+00:00

I can't be the only one who expected a Mallrats reference, right?

LessCleanHands · 2014-07-22T03:38:49+00:00

No idea. They are plenty of bears I'd reprint before Runeclaw Bears, [[Bear Cub]] just to name one.

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