Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Changes - Green

So we don't even have the cube together and we already want to make the first change:

Plow Under in - Hunting Pack out

Hunting Pack was hardly played to begin with, and neither Max or I are huge fans. Plow Under seams like a card that we all forgot about; it seams like just the sort of power boost that green could use.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Cube - Current

Here are the guidelines that we placed on our Cube:
1. Each color needs a reasonable creature vs spell ratio.
2. Each color needs a reasonable curve.
3. No cards that were only good because they were constructed combo pieces, cards must hold up in limited.
4. Colors may have off color activations. (ex. momentary blink or kird ape)
Vadalken Shackles is in blue
5. 8 sections: 5 colors, artifacts/colorless, multicolor, and lands
6. Total number of cards = 575 (70 of each color, 70 artifacts/colorless, 75 multicolor, 80 lands)
If you think a change needs to be made, post both the card you want in and what card you think should go out. Cards that are in Bold are the ones that we still need foils of, any donations would be greatly appreciated!

Cards that are Italic are ones that we have in foil (or no foil exists). The general idea is to have as many foils as possible, the preference being: old border foiling being less good compared with the same card in the new border foiling. The only time that this does not apply is with promo cards, promo cards will be addressed case by case.

White (70)

Creatures (45)
Accorder Paladin
Angel of Serenity
Baneslayer Angel
Blade Splicer
Cloudgoat Ranger
Dryad Militant
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Elite Vanguard
Emeria Angel
Eternal Dragon
Exalted Angel
Flickerwisp
Galepowder Mage
Grand Abolisher
Hero of Bladehold
Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Kami of Ancient Law
Karmic Guide
Knight of Glory
Knight of Meadowgrain
Kor Aeronaut
Kor Sanctifiers
Kor Skyfisher
Leonin Skyhunter
Mirran Crusader
Mirror Entity
Mistral Charger
Mother of Runes
Pianna, Nomad Captain
Porcelain Legionnaire
Precinct Captain
Restoration Angel 
Reveillark
Savannah Lions
Serra Avenger
Silverblade Paladin
Soltari Champion
Soltari Monk
Soltari Priest
Stoneforge Mystic
Stormfront Pegasus
Student of Warfare
Sublime Archangel
Sun Titan
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Spells (25)
Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Ajani Goldmane
Akroma's Vengeance
Armageddon
Austere Command
Balance
Crib Swap
Day of Judgment
Decree of Justice
Disenchant
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Faith's Fetters
Honor of the Pure
Journey to Nowhere
Land Tax
Lingering Souls
Momentary Blink
Oblivion Ring
Parallax Wave
Path to Exile
Prison Term
Revoke Existence
Spectral Procession
Swords to Plowshares
Wrath of God

Blue (70)

Creatures (32)
Æther Adept
Ætherling
Azure Mage
Body Double
Calcite Snapper
Consecrated Sphinx
Deadeye Navigator
Dungeon Geists
Faerie Imposter
Frost Titan
Gilded Drake
Glen Elendra Archmage
Kira, the Great Glass Spinner
Looter il-Kor
Man-o'-War
Meloku the Clouded Mirror
Mulldrifter
Ninja of the Deep Hours
Phantasmal Image
Phyrexian Metamorph
Sea Gate Oracle
Serendib Efreet
Snapcaster Mage
Spiketail Drakeling
Sphinx of Lost Truths
Sower of Temptation 
Treasure Mage
Trinket Mage
Venser, Shaper Savant
Vendilion Clique
Vesuvan Shapeshifter
Willbender

Spells (38)
Ancestral Recall
Ancestral Vision
Blue Sun's Zenith
Bribery
Capsize
Compulsive Research
Control Magic
Counterspell
Cryptic Command
Cyclonic Rift
Desertion
Dissipate
Fact or Fiction
Forbid
Force of Will
Into the Roil
Jace Beleren
Jace, Architect of Thought
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Jilt
Mana Drain
Mana Leak
Memory Lapse
Miscalculation
Opposition
Pact of Negation
Repeal
Rite of Replication
Standstill
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Tezzeret the Seeker
Thirst for Knowledge
Time Walk
Tinker
Treachery
Upheaval
Vedalken Shackles
Volition Reins

Black (70)

Creatures (28)
Bane of the Living
Bloodghast
Bloodline Keeper/Lord of Lineage
Bone Shredder
Braids, Cabal Minion
Crypt Ghast
Dark Confidant
Desecration Demon
Fleshbag Marauder
Grave Titan
Griselbrand
Keening Banshee
Knight of Infamy
Liliana's Specter
Mesmeric Fiend
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Nekrataal
Nezumi Graverobber
Nezumi Shortfang
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
Oona's Prowler
Pack Rat
Phyrexian Rager
Puppeteer Clique
Rune-Scarred Demon
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Shriekmaw
Skinrender
Vampire Nighthawk

Spells (42)
Animate Dead
Barter in Blood
Bitterblossom
Black Sun's Zenith
Buried Alive
Chainer's Edict
Consuming Vapors
Corpse Dance
Damnation
Decree of Pain
Demonic Tutor
Despise
Diabolic Edict
Diabolic Servitude
Dismember
Doom Blade
Duress
Entomb
Exhume
Go for the Throat
Hymn to Tourach
Innocent Blood
Last Gasp
Life's Finale
Liliana of the Veil
Liliana Vess
Living Death
Makeshift Mannequin
Mind Twist
Necromancy
Night's Whisper
Phyrexian Arena
Reanimate
Recurring Nightmare
Sever the Bloodline
Slaughter Pact
Snuff Out
Sorin Markov
Sudden Death
Terror
Thoughtseize

Red (70)

Creatures (37)
Ash Zealot
Avalanche Riders
Ball Lightning
Blistering Firecat
Bogardan Hellkite
Chandra's Phoenix
Ember Hauler
Firefist Striker
Flametongue Kavu
Frenzied Goblin
Goblin Guide
Goblin Wardriver
Grim Lavamancer
Hell's Thunder
Hellrider
Hellspark Elemental
Hero of Oxid Ridge
Inferno Titan
Jackal Pup
Kargan Dragonlord
Keldon Champion
Keldon Marauders
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Lightning Mauler
Manic Vandal
Mogg Flunkies
Mogg War Marshal
Pyrewild Shaman
Rakdos Cackler
Reckless Waif/Merciless Predator
Siege-Gang Commander
Slith Firewalker
Stormblood Berserker
Stromkirk Noble
Thundermaw Hellkite
Torch Fiend
Zealous Conscripts
Zo-Zu the Punisher

Spells (33)
Act of Aggression
Ancient Grudge
Banefire
Beacon of Destruction
Brimstone Volley
Burst Lightning
Chain Lightning
Char
Comet Storm
Dead//Gone
Devil's Play
Faithless Looting
Fireblast
Firebolt
Flame Javelin
Incinerate
Koth of the Hammer
Lightning Bolt
Magma Jet
Mizzium Mortars
Pillage
Red Sun's Zenith
Searing Blaze
Searing Spear
Shattering Spree
Smash to Smithereens
Sneak Attack
Staggershock
Sudden Shock
Sulfuric Vortex
Wheel of Fortune
Wildfire

Green (70)

Creatures (46)
Acidic Slime
Arbor Elf
Avacyn's Pilgrim
Avenger of Zendikar
Birds of Paradise
Boreal Druid
Briarhorn
Briarhorn Alpha
Chameleon Colossus
Craterhoof Behemoth
Deranged Hermit
Eternal Witness
Farhaven Elf
Fauna Shaman
Fyndhorn Elves
Genesis
Indrik Stomphowler
Joraga Treespeaker
Jade Mage
Llanowar Elves
Lotus Cobra
Master of the Wild Hunt
Mayor of Avabruck/Howlpack Alpha
Noble Hierarch
Oracle of Mul Daya
Pelakka Wurm
Primeval Titan
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Scavenging Ooze
Somberwald Sage
Strangleroot Geist
Tarmogoyf
Terastodon
Thragtusk
Thrun, the Last Troll
Ulvenwald Tracker
Vengevine
Viridian Shaman
Wall of Roots
Wickerbough Elder
Wolfir Avenger
Wolfir Silverheart
Wood Elves
Woodfall Primus
Yavimaya Elder

Spells (24)
Beast Within
Call of the Herd
Explore
Farseek
Garruk, Primal Hunter
Garruk Relentless/Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
Garruk Wildspeaker
Gelatinous Genesis
Genesis Wave
Green Sun's Zenith
Harmonize
Harrow
Kodama's Reach
Krosan Grip
Natural Order
Naturalize
Plow Under
Primal Command
Rampant Growth
Rancor
Regrowth
Saproling Burst
Survival of the Fittest
Sylvan Library

Multicolor (75)

-- Allied -- 

W/U
Detention Sphere
Geist of Saint Traft
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Lavinia of the Tenth
Sphinx's Revelation
Swans of Bryn Argoll
Venser the Sojourner

U/B
Evil Twin
Far//Away
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Nemesis of Reason
Nightveil Specter
Shadowmage Infiltrator
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

B/R
Dreadbore
Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
Fulminator Mage
Olivia Voldaren
Sarkhan the Mad
Sire of Insanity
Terminate

R/G
Bloodbraid Elf
Boggart Ram-Gang
Domri Rade
Firespout
Ground Assault
Huntmaster of the Fells/Ravager of the Fells 
Ruric That, the Unbowed

G/W
Advent of the Wurm
Kitchen Finks
Knight of the Reliquary
Loxodon Hierarch
Mirari's Wake
Qasali Pridemage
Sigarda, Host of Herons

-- Enemy --

W/B
Angel of Despair
Blood Baron of Vizkopa
Obzedat, Ghost Council
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
Stillmoon Cavalier
Tidehollow Sculler
Vindicate

B/G
Abrupt Decay
Maelstrom Pulse
Vraska the Unseen
Pernicious Deed
Putrefy
Lotleth Troll
Varolz, the Scar-Striped

G/U
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Mystic Snake
Plasm Capture
Prime Speaker Zegana
Simic Sky Swallower
Spitting Image
Trygon Predator

U/R
Electrolyze
Izzet Charm
Izzet Chronarch
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
Prophetic Bolt
Ral Zarek
Turn//Burn

R/W
Ajani Vengeant
Assemble the Legion
Aurelia, the Warleader
Boros Reckoner
Figure of Destiny
Lightning Helix
Warleader's Helix

Tricolor
Bant Charm
Cruel Ultimatum
Finest Hour
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Sphinx of the Steel Wind

Colorless (70)

Artifacts (41)
Azorius Signet
Black Vise
Black Lotus
Boros Signet
Brittle Effigy
Coalition Relic
Darksteel Ingot
Dimir Signet
Erratic Portal
Everflowing Chalice
Fellwar Stone
Golgari Signet
Grim Monolith
Gruul Signet
Izzet Signet
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Mimic Vat
Mind Stone
Mindslaver
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Nevinyrral's Disk
Oblivion Stone
Orzhov Signet
Prismatic Lens
Rakdos Signet
Relic of Progenitus
Sands of Delerium
Scroll Rack
Selesnya Signet
Simic Signet
Sol Ring
Staff of Nin
Tangle Wire
Thran Dynamo
Wayfarer's Bauble
Worn Powerstone

Artifact Creatures (12)
Duplicant
Epochrasite
Etched Oracle
Loadstone Golem
Myr Battlesphere
Perilous Myr
Precursor Golem
Solemn Simulacrum
Spellskite
Steel Hellkite
Triskelion
Wurmcoil Engine

Equipment (12)
Batterskull
Bonesplitter
Grafted Wargear
Lightning Greaves
Mortarpod
Skullclamp
Sword of Body and Mind
Sword of Feast and Famine
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Sword of War and Peace
Umezawa's Jitte

Colorless Spells (5)
All is Dust
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Karn Liberated
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Lands (80)

Classic Duals
Tundra
Underground Sea
Badlands
Taiga
Savannah
Scrubland
Bayou
Tropical Island
Volcanic Island
Plateau

Fetch
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Bloodstainted Mire
Wooded Foothills
Windswept Heath
Marsh Flats
Verdant Catacombs
Misty Rainforest
Scalding Tarn
Arid Mesa

Shock Duals
Hallowed Fountain
Watery Grave
Blood Crypt
Stomping Ground
Temple Garden
Godless Shrine
Overgrown Tomb
Breeding Pool
Steam Vents
Sacred Foundry

Filters
Mystic Gate
Sunken Ruins
Graven Cairns
Fire-Lit Thicket
Wooded Bastion
Fetid Heath
Twilight Mire
Flooded Grove
Cascade Bluffs
Rugged Prairie

Basic-Activated Duals
Glacial Fortress
Drowned Catacomb
Dragonskull Summit
Rootbound Crag
Sunpetal Grove
Clifftop Retreat
Hinterland Harbor
Isolated Chapel
Sulfur Falls
Woodland Cemetary

Trilands
Arcane Sanctum
Crumbling Necropolis
Jungle Shrine
Savage Lands
Seaside Citadel

Scars Lands
Blackcleave Cliffs
Copperline Gorge
Darkslick Shores
Razorverge Thicket
Seachrome Coast

Man Lands
Celestial Colonnade
Creeping Tar Pit
Lavaclaw Reaches
Raging Ravine
Stirring Wildwood

Color Activated
Karakas
Shelldock Isle
Volrath's Stronghold
Barbarian Ring
Treetop Village

Other
Maze of Ith
Terramorphic Expanse
Mutavualt
Library of Alexandria
Wasteland
Nephalia Drownyard
Mishra's Factory
Evolving Wilds
Strip Mine
Gavony Township