Granted we've only done one draft with the new cards, but we had three green players and the green decks did some exciting things. I drafted a committed ramp deck that sought to end the game with an early Vigor or Eldrazi Conscription, a timely Rude Awakening, or a large Gelatinous Genesis. Against Phil I played turn 3 Triskelion turn 4 Gelatinous Genesis for x=3, proceeding to crush crush him, and I won multiple games with entwined Rude Awakening. We'll see how green fares in future drafts.
Playing with the new cards and talking with our play group revealed some minor changes that needed to be made, and also that we're bat-shit crazy.
Diabolic Servitude in for Dark Ritual
Somehow Servitude got cut, and we've been thinking of putting it back in for a while. Ritual has been okay but not amazing.
Zo-Zu the Punisher in for Stingscourger
Been meaning to get this guy in for a while, since he is a house in monored.
Farhaven Elf in for Wildsize
This guy got left out of the changes to green but deserves to be in. Problem solved!
Sarkhan the Mad in for Void
Planeswalkers are OP, not sure what we were smoking when we took him out...
If there are other cards you want to see in or out, let us know!
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
With the release of Mirrodin Besieged comes time to update the cube. This time around though we are not just making card changes however.
We've decided that hybrid and gold as separate categories is not working out the way we would like. Firstly, that structure resulted in multiple cards that were very underwhelming but made the cut because we needed a fifth U/R hybrid or an eighth R/W gold. Secondly, with the way we build our draft pools, almost every hyrbid card was in an eight-man draft, taking a lot of the randomness out of that part of the pool. Hybrid and gold are now one category with 10 cards of each color pair, 6 tricolor cards and 5 colorless Eldrazi.
Now on with the changes!
We've decided that hybrid and gold as separate categories is not working out the way we would like. Firstly, that structure resulted in multiple cards that were very underwhelming but made the cut because we needed a fifth U/R hybrid or an eighth R/W gold. Secondly, with the way we build our draft pools, almost every hyrbid card was in an eight-man draft, taking a lot of the randomness out of that part of the pool. Hybrid and gold are now one category with 10 cards of each color pair, 6 tricolor cards and 5 colorless Eldrazi.
Now on with the changes!
White | |
In | Out |
Mirran Crusader | White Knight |
Leonin Skyhunter | Spectral Lynx |
Accorder Paladin | Kami of Ancient Law |
Leonin Relic-Warder | Harm's Way |
Hero of Bladehold | Breath of Life |
White Sun's Zenith | Fuedkiller's Verdict |
Blue | |
In | Out |
Consecrated Sphinx | Palinchron |
Treasure Mage | Plaxmanta |
Black | |
In | Out |
Dauthi Marauder | Daggerclaw Imp |
Go for the Throat | Nezumi Cutthroat |
Black Sun's Zenith | Mutilate |
Massacre Wurm | Laquatus's Champion |
Red | |
In | Out |
Ghostfire | Carbonize |
Slagstorm | Molten Disaster |
Goblin Wardriver | Sulfur Elemental |
Hero of Oxid Ridge | Hoarding Dragon |
Green | |
In | Out |
Ifh-Biff Efreet | Deadwood Treefolk |
Iwamori of the Open Fist | Kavu Titan |
Abundance | Ohran Viper |
Natural Order | Kodama of the North Tree |
Silvos, Rogue Elemental | Reclaim |
Farhaven Elf | Wall of Blossoms |
Rude Awakening | Wild Mongrel |
Gaea's Revenge | Civic Wayfinder |
Gigapede | Borderland Ranger |
Avenger of Zendikar | Bellowing Tanglewurm |
Green Sun's Zenith | Imperious Perfect |
Thrun, the Last Troll | Leatherback Baloth |
Explore | Squirrel Nest |
Terastodon | Garruk's Packleader |
Sylvan Library | Lotus Cobra |
Ondu Giant | Seedborn Muse |
Land | |
In | Out |
Karakas | Windbrisk Heights |
Soldevi Excacations | Faerie Conclave |
Contested Warzone | Urza's Factory |
Evolving Wilds | Thawing Glaciers |
Artifacts | |
In | Out |
Sword of Feast and Famine | Livewire Lash |
Thopter Assembly | Trigon of Rage |
Myr Battlesphere | Stuffy Doll |
Myr Turbine | Chimeric Mass |
Spine of Ish Sah | Crystal Ball |
Bonehoard | Empyrial Plate |
Multicolor | |
In | Out |
Glissa the Traitor | Gleancrawler |
Murkfiend Leige | |
Overbeing of Myth | |
Vorosh, the Hunter | |
Firemane Angel | |
Flame-Kin Zealot | |
Skyknight Legionnaire | |
Lightning Angel | |
Oros, the Avenger | |
Intet, the Dreamer | |
Iridescent Angel | |
Thistledown Liege | |
Mirrorweave | |
Watchwolf | |
Mystic Enforcer | |
Mercy Killing | |
Inkfathom Infiltrator | |
Moroii | |
Dimir Guildmage | |
Death Grasp | |
Deathbringer Liege | |
Orzhov Pontiff | |
Sarkhan the Mad | |
Ashenmoor Gouger | |
Blazing Specter | |
Cankerous Thirst | |
Golgari Guildmage | |
Consume Strength | |
Plaxcaster Frogling | |
Spellbreaker Behemoth | |
Fires of Yavimaya | |
Hull Breach | |
Call the Skybreaker | |
Double Negative | |
Frenetic Efreet |
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