Saturday, March 19, 2011

Green Sucks Less!

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!

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!

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 MagePlaxmanta


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