AVR + M13 Update

Some significant changes to the cube have happened and the list has been updated, but posts have not been made. For shame, us! I don't have a list of everything that has changed since the last time I posted a change, but here are the changes for Avacyn Restored and M13:

White
IN: Restoration Angel, Silverblade Paladin, Ajani Caller of the Pride, Sublime Archangel, Knight of Glory
OUT: Scepter of Dominance, Crovax Ascendant Hero, Geist Honored Monk, Sunblast Angel, Sigiled Paladin

Blue
IN: Tamiyo the Moon Sage, Archaeomancer, Talrand Sky Summoner, Deadeye Navigator
OUT: Opportunity, Delver of Secrets, Sphinx of Uthuun, Wake Thrasher

Black
IN: Griselbrand, Mikaeus the Unhallowed, Knight of Infamy, Murder
OUT: Geth Lord of the Vault, Ink-Eyes Servant of Oni, Black Knight, Silent Specter

Red
IN: Zealous Conscripts, Lightning Mauler, Krenko Mob Boss, Searing Spear, Thundermaw Hellkite, Crimson Muckwader, Hellrider, Mogg Flunkies, Magmaquake
OUT: Hellkite Charger, Crater Hellion, Skizzik, Squee Goblin Nabob, Volt Charge, Chandra Nalaar, Tin-Street Hooligan, Taurean Mauler, Greater Gargadon

Green
IN: Wolfir Silverheart, Somberwald Sage, Wolfir Avenger, Thragtusk, Yeva Nature's Herald, Flinthoof Boar
OUT: Blastoderm, Thornscape Battlemage, Vigor, Great Sable Stag, Masked Admirers, Ifh-Biff Efreet

Artifact
IN: Staff of Nin, Sands of Delerium
OUT: Juggernaut, Etched Monstrosity

Hope you enjoyed!

Innistrad Update

Time for some changes!

WHITE
OUT: Mistmeadow Skulk and Shining Shoal
IN: Fiend Hunter and Mikaeus, the Lunarch

BLUE
OUT: Careful Consideration, Probe, Exclude
IN: Counterpart, Snapcaster Mage, and Forbidden Alchemy

BLACK
OUT: Ambition's Cost, Crypt Angel, Despise, Korlash Heir to Blackblade, Twisted Abomination, Stupor
IN: Liliana of the Veil, Bloodline Keeper/Lord of Lineage, Moan of the Unhallowed, Bloodgift Demon, Rune-Scarred Demon, Sever the Bloodline

RED
OUT: Adamaro First to Desire, Arc Trail, Ghostfire, Fire Imp, Pyroclasm, Rakka Mar
IN: Reckless Waif, Bloodcrazed Neonate, Stromkirk Noble, Brimstone Volley, Devil's Play, Chaos Warp

GREEN
OUT: Ice Storm, Elvish Visionary, Stunted Growth, Silvos Rogue Elemental
IN: Garruk Relentless/Garruk, the Veil-Cursed, Mayor of Avabruck/Howlpack Alpha, Avacyn's Pilgrim, Kessig Cagebreakers

ARTIFACTS/COLORLESS
OUT: Bonehoard, Pentad Prism
IN: Manor Gargoyle, Mana Crypt

LANDS
OUT: Enemy Karoos
IN: Innistrad Lands

MULTICOLOR
OUT: Ghastlord of Fugue, Blightning
IN: Evil Twin, Olivia Voldaren

Generous Friends

Given that we have such generous friends who are willing to include some of their quite valuable cards in our cube, in order to not accidentally steal anything here is a list (currently incomplete) of what people have donated:

Jasper
Ancestral Recall

Ralph
Survival of the Fittest

Le
Karn Liberated
Red Sun's Zenith
Volition Reins
Sun Titan
Consecrated Sphinx
Baneslayer Angel
Koth of the Hammer
Bloodline Keeper/Lord of Lineage
Mirran Crusader
Avacyn's Pilgrim

Dave
Archon of Justice
Stoneforge Mystic
Mother of Runes
Swords to Plowshares
Reveillark
Eternal Dragon
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Bribery
Draining Whelk
Glen Elendra Archmage
Fact or Fiction
Mana Leak
Blue Sun's Zenith
Treasure Mage
Trinket Mage
Pestermite
Capsize
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sower of Temptation
Thirst for Knowledge
Forbid
Bitterblossom
Nantuko Shade
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Oona's Prowler
Puppeteer Clique
Ancient Grudge
Kuldotha Pheonix
Slagstorm
Siege-Gang Commander
Wildfire
Indrik Stomphowler
Arbor Elf
Cloudthresher
Ice Storm
Wood Elves
Primal Command (Chinese)
Oracle of Mul Daya
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Woodfall Primus
Loxodon Hierarch
Lightning Helix
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Trygon Predator
Stillmoon Cavalier
Azorius Guildmage
Broodmate Dragon
Murderous Redcap
Firespout
Loxodon Hierarch
Indrik Stomphowler
Pernicious Deed
Voidslime
Broodmate Dragon
Epochrasite
Dimir Signet
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Feast and Famine
Tangle Wire
Sol Ring
Umezawa's Jitte
Artisan of Kozilek
Oblivion Stone
Dimir Aqueduct
Arcane Sanctum
Temple Garden
Hallowed Fountain
Breeding Pool
Windswept Heath
Polluted Delta
Wooded Foothills
Bloodstained Mire
Flooded Strand
Scalding Tarn
Tropical Island
Savannah
Gemstone Mine
Opposition
Sarkhan the Mad
Future Sight

Neil Patrick Harris in the Cube

NPH, aka New Phyrexia is out making it time for some changes. We're making changes for the auto-includes, but for all the other cards we want other opinions before we put them in. They are listed below, along with cards from the corresponding section that are most likely to receive the axe in favor of the new card:

White contenders: Blade Splicer, Inquisitor Exarch, Elesh Norn, Porcelain Legionnaire, Mistral Charger, Stormfront Pegasus
White shitters: Silver Knight, Auriok Champion, Mistmeadow Skulk, Shrieking Grotesque, Leonin Skyhunter, Kor Aeronaut, Samurai of the Pale Curtain, Guardian of the Guildpact, Leonin Relic-Warder

Blue contenders: Phyrexian Metamorph, Phyrexian Ingester, Standstill, Forbid
Blue shitters: Probe, Brainstorm, Ponder, Memory Lapse, Infiltrator il-Kor, Domestication, Court Hussar, Telling Time

Black contenders: Dismember, Life's Finale, Sheoldred, Gatekeeper of Malakir, Stupor, Despise
Black shitters: Dauthi Marauder, Stinkweed Imp, Crypt Angel, Last Gasp, Decree of Pain, Hand of Cruelty, Smother, Kagemaro, Ob Nixilis, Twisted Abomination, Skeletal Vampire

Red contenders: Act of Aggression, Urabrask the Hidden, Volt Charge, Moltensteel Dragon, Molten Rain, Pillage, Jackal Pup
Red shitters: Flameblast Dragon, Urza's Rage, Ghostfire, Countryside Crusher, Pain Kami, Gathan Raiders, Changling Berserker

Green contenders: Primeval Titan, Arbor Elf, Fyndhorn Elves, Elves of Deep Shadow, Rofellos, Cloud Thrasher, Brutalizer Exarch, Primal Command, Ice Storm, Oracle of Mul Daya, Woodfall Primus
Green shitters: Abundance, Birds of Paradise, Masked Admirers, Ohran Viper, Iwamori of the Open Fist

Artifact Contenders: Etched Monstrosity, Spellskite, Black Vise
Artifact Shitters: Scroll Rack, Masticore, Molten-Tail Masticore, Juggernaut, Mask of Memory

Thinking of cutting down multicolor further, since it is our largest section and has a lot of filler cards that make the cut only because they are cards #9 and #10 of a color pair (*cough* U/R *cough*)

Multicolor shitters:
Deft Duelist, Ith High Arcanist
Divinity of Pride, Gerrard's Verdict, Castigate
Captain's Maneuver, Brion Stoutarm, Soltari Guerrillas
Glare of Subdual, Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
Sygg River Cutthroat, Wydwen the Biting Gale, Cavern Harpy, Ghastlord of Fugue
Izzet Chronarch, Wand of the Elements, Spellbound Dragon, Dominus of Fealty, Prophetic Bolt, Nucklavee
Temporal Spring, Coiling Oracle, Lorescale Coatl, Cold-Eye Selkie
Defiler of Souls, Torrent of Souls, Wrecking Ball, Demigod of Revenge
Deity of Scars, Glissa the Traitor, Grave-Shell Scarab
Burning-Tree Shaman, Rumbling Slum, Vexing Shusher, Vithian Renegades

Land contenders: Shelldock Isle
Land shitters: Soldevi Excavations


Green
Beast from Within in for Squall Line

Artifact
(FOIL!) Sword of War and Peace in for Aether Vial
(FOIL!) Batterskull in for Engineered Explosives

Additionally, the following foils have been added:
Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
Frost Titan
Grave Titan
Garruk Wildspeaker
Orzhov Basilica
Contested War Zone
Birds of Paradise
Hero of Oxid Ridge
Golbin Wardriver
Accorder Paladin

In: Lotus cobra
Out: Thornweald Archer











In: Blue Sun's Zenith
Out: Conundrum Sphinx











In: Mortarpod
Out: Myr Turbine

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!

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 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

Blue's little baby is all growed up!

I'm told this "Jace the Mind Sculptor" card is pretty good, so baby Jace is becoming papa Jace, officially.

Cruel Control

Due to popular demand, poor Thraxy is getting the axe in favor of ye olde Cruel Ultimatum. Right before a draft we decided to make this change, mostly at the insistence of Le, and of course Le proceeds to open it pick one pack one and draft a Cruel control deck that walked all over my B/W creature control deck. In summary:

Cruel Ultimatum IN
Thraximundar OUT

Scars and M11 Update

It's been a long time coming, but the cube has gone through a few iterations since our last post and the list has finally been updated. Lots of additions from M11 and Scars, as well as some from ROE and a few miscellaneous. For the full updated list, see the "Current List" tab on the right. Let us know if you agree or disagree with these changes, or if you feel there are any cards we don't run that you think deserve a spot.

The changes made were:

White
In	Out
Student of Warfare	Blade of the Sixth Pride
Sunblast Angel	Hand of Honor
Sun Titan	Hokori, Dust Drinker
Transcendent Master	Leonin Skyhunter
Honor of the Pure	Loam Lion
Land Tax	Sunscape Battlemage
Revoke Existence	Dismantling Blow

These changes increase the curve in white a bit, and a couple of creatures leave to make room for spells, but Honor of the Pure goes in to strengthen the white weenie deck, and Land Tax finally gets the spot it deserves.

Blue
In	Out
Aether Adept	Bonded Fetch
Conundrum Sphinx	Echo Tracer
Coralhelm Commander	Shimmering Glasskite
Frost Titan	Stormscape Battlemage
Domestication	Tideforce Elemental
	Wall of Frost

As a note, where there are more cards under "Out" it means some cards went in and out again between this update and the last. Blue's changes involve taking a bunch of unloved creatures and putting in some much better ones.

Black
In	Out
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief	Crypt Champion
Geth, Lord of the Vault	Dauthi Horror
Grave Titan	Dauthi Slayer
Liliana's Specter	Grinning Demon
Skinrender	Guul Draz Assassin
Consuming Vapors	Visara the Dreadful
Grasp of Darkness	Eyeblight's Ending
	Macabre Waltz

Visara sadly seemed the worst of the high end in Black, so she finally bows out of the cube to make room for new finishers in the form of Geth and Grave Titan. The other Black creatures coming out were not pulling their weight, and we were happy to bring in limited allstars like Drana, Skinrender, and Liliana's Specter (which I have an unnatural love of).

Red
In	Out
Ember Hauler	Caldera Hellion
Hoarding Dragon	Desolation Giant
Inferno Titan	Dragonmaster Outcast
Kargan Dragonlord	Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
Kuldotha Phoenix	Sedge Sliver
Manic Vandal	Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
Oxidda Scrapmelter	Thunderscape Battlemage
Arc Trail	Chandra Nalaar
Fireblast	Fork
Koth of the Hammer	Ghostfire
Sneak Attack	Shattering Pulse
Sulfuric Vortex	Word of Seizing

Tons of changes for Red. Ember Hauler was a gift, Koth replaces Chandra, trying Hoarding Dragon and Kuldotha Phoenix, Sneak Attack comes in as a cool combo card, and Fireblast and Sulfuric Vortex were highly requested inclusions to strengthen the monored deck. Sulfuric Vortex has been great and we've been very happy with where Red is at lately, with the monored deck being one of the strongest decks around.

Green
In	Out
Bellowing Tanglewurm	Basking Rootwalla
Fauna Shaman	Dosan the Falling Leaf
Garruk's Packleader	Molder Slug
Joraga Treespeaker	Mold Shambler
Mitotic Slime	Werebear
Pelakka Wurm	Wolfbriar Elemental
Vengevine	Exploration
Gelatinous Genesis	Greater Good
Genesis Wave	Momentous Fall
Overwhelming Stampede	Nature's Claim
Survival of the Fittest	Roar of the Wurm

Survival finally makes it in (about time). Trying Bellowing Tanglewurm as it will often make your whole team unblockable. We've felt that while Green had a lot of ramp it was lacking things to ramp into, so Pelakka Wurm, Gelatinous Genesis, and Genesis Wave come in to give green some things to accelerate into. Joraga Treespeaker is great as a green Sol Ring, given that Sol Ring is (I think) the best card in the cube. The Rootwalla was intended to combo with Fauna Shaman and Survival, but it hasn't made the final cut even in decks that contain those two cards. Wolfbriar seemed like it would be good, but just doesn't do enough. Green is still underpowered, and is always a work in progress.

Gold
In	Out
Sarkhan the Mad	Hellhole Rats
Venser the Sojourner	Sky Hussar

We've decided multicolor can handle more planeswalkers, so in goes these two!

Artifact
In	Out
Molten-Tail Masticore	Grim Poppet
Precursor Golem	Sigil of Distinction
Steel Hellkite	Vulshok Morningstar
Wurmcoil Engine	Armillary Sphere
Darksteel Axe	Chromatic Star
Livewire Lash	Darksteel Pendant
Sword of Body and Mind	Ensnaring Bridge
Sword of Vengeance	Phyrexian Furnace
Brittle Effigy	Phyrexian Processor
Chimeric Mass	Relic of Progenitus
Crystal Ball	Scrabbling Claws
Mimic Vat	Serrated Arrows
Trigon of Rage	Tormod's Crypt

Lots of strong additions, and a few cards that seemed worth a try. Mimic Vat and Trigon of Rage might not end up being good enough, but we thought they deserve a try. We took out all of the graveyard hate artifacts as they were rarely relevant and never exciting. Graveyard based decks haven't been too out of hand and we thought it would be better to put in exciting cards that make decks better rather than narrow answer cards that go 15th pick.

Big Changes

First off, I know its been awhile since I have posted. The reason being is that I was waiting for Max to come home for spring break. He has come and gone, and we were able to get some cube in while he was here. The two of us took the comments that people had been making and sat down and made a ton of changes. This latest group of changes greatly increases that power of each color as well as the cube over all. For each of these new cards, both Max and I agreed on putting them in.

In

White

Armageddon

Crovax, Ascendant Hero

Harm's Way

Mistmeadow Skulk

Stoneforge Mystic

Hokori, Dust Drinker

Breath of Life

Blue

Trinket Mage

Future Sight

Ancestral Visions

Court Hussar

Gilded Drake

Upheaval

Bonded Fetch

Exclude

Kederekt Leviathan

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Black

Entomb

Living Death

Necromancy

Buried Alive

Twisted Abomination

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade

Cemetery Reaper

Crypt Champion

Mutilate

Grinning Demon

Red

Urza's Rage

Word of Seizing

Dragonmaster Outcast

Gathan Raiders

Sulfur Elemental

Arc-Slogger

Ghost Fire

Green

Stunted Growth

Exploration

Molder Slug

Defense of the Heart

Elvish Visionary

Dosan, The Falling Leaf

Thornweald Archer

Mire Boa

Strength of the Tajuru

Seedborn Muse

Other

Firemane Angel

Flamekin Zealot

Mirari's Wake

Fires of Yavimaya

Woolly Thoctar

Golgari Guildmage

Wand of the Elements

Volrath's Stronghold

Ensnaring Bridge

Everflowing Chalice

Tangle Wire

Out

White

Otherworldly Journey

Pulse of the Fields

Soltari Visionary

Guardian Seraph

Adarkar Valkyrie

Return to Dust

Commander Eesha

Blue

Welkin Tern

Stormscape Apprentice

Impulse

Drift of Phantasms

Govern the Guildless

Horizon Drake

Boomerang

Sejiri Merfolk

Treasure Hunt

Black

Wrench Mind

Nightscape Familiar

Mesmeric Fiend

Nightscape Battlemage

Strangling Soot

Necravolver

Rise from the Grave

Phyrexian Plaguelord

Ashling, the Extinguisher

Diabolic Servitude

Red

Ghost-lit Raider

Yuki-Onna

Lightning Axe

Slavering Nulls

Stalking Yeti

Skirk Marauder

Rakavolver

Green

Caller of the Claw

Bestial Menace

Centaur Chieftain

Evolution Charm

Spike Weaver

Sylvan Scrying

Anavolver

Centaur Glade

Yavimaya Dryad

Ravenous Baloth

Other

Bull Cerodon

Razia, Boros Archangel

Mycoid Shepherd

Apocalypse Hydra

Uril, the Miststalker

Rendclaw Trow

Mindwrack Liege

Cabal Coffers

Pithing Needle

Platinum Angel

Triskelavus

Thoughts

Alright, so after playing with the new cards, it is becoming clear that some things are just not being played. In an effort to take out some cards that have been going 15th as well as making some improvements, here are some changes to consider.

False Orders out (it was short lived, just wanted to give it a try) - Ball Lightning in

Skulking Ghost out - Bloodghast in

Sengir Nosferatu out - Braids in

Aura of Silence out - Land Tax in

Swerve out - Double Negative in

Just something to try

Wasp Lancer out- Sygg in

Proxies

I have been asked for a proxy for time walk, and I also found a boatload more art for Library that I think are all better than the previous ones. Again, let me know which ones you guys are into, and they might become reality!

Proxies

The reaction to the mox proxies Justin made was good, so I thought I would take a crack at making proxies for the other expensive cards we don't have: Ancestral Recall, Engineered Explosives, Forcefield, Library of Alexandria, Mana Drain, and Tarmogoyf. I tried a bunch of different art for each, and used either normal or extended art layouts, and what follows are the ones I liked the best. Let me know what your thoughts are!

Proxies

In a completely unrelated note to the new additions, I have another topic of interest.

Justin has been working on proxies for the moxes and lotus using Volkan Baga's alternate art (see below) and has brought to my attention that it is possible to put these onto actual magic carstock according to the process outlined in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAV1WI98lKE

I went into lab yesterday and removed the ink from some junk foil commons I got doing a foil shards draft, and they look like this:
I can also remove the foiling entirely, which looks like this:
Firstly, I just thought these looked cool and wanted to show them. Second, I am going to make more, and I was wondering if people preferred foil or nonfoil? What are thoughts?

And finally, here's the alternate Mox art I promised above, made by Justin:
Volkan Baga is going to finish Sapphire soon.

Response

Justin makes some good points, in addition, so he does not think im insane:

Elite Vanguard, Savana Lion, and Sixth Pride in

Marshal's Anthem, Abolish, and Debt of Loyalty out

Plaxmanta, Welken Tarn, Horizon Drake, and Sejiri in

Time Spiral, Morphling, Rainbow Efreet, and Sift out

Hull Breach in

Savage Twister out

Swerve in

Cerebral Vortex out

Response

After looking over the list that Max posted, looking at Gatherer, and talking with the guys at GoB we came up with these 5 creatures that we liked:

Rainbow Efreet

Wall of Frost

Infiltrator Il-Kor

Morphling

Fathom Seer

I do like adding more creatures to Blue, and while some of these have come in and gone out in the past, now that we are looking for more creatures I think some of them should get another shot.

A few other changes that Max wanted:

Sylvan Scrying instead of Crop Rotation

He wanted Zealous Persecution instead of Identity Crisis, I think this is a good idea, but I like the idea of trying Orzhov Pontiff instead, it has legs.

I orded a ton of the new cards, so the Cube should be mostly finished... for the second time.

Changes - Blue

Though I agree with most of the additions, I find a major fault in the new blue. Blue is now only 44% creatures, which is far too low. I think Blue needs to get back up to 50% creatures, meaning that 5 spells need to turn into creatures. I also noted that blue has exactly three creatures that one would realistically play for less than 3 mana (Willbender never gets played face up).
Spells to come out, IMO:
Remand
Tolarian Winds (it's card disadvantage, blue has better ways to discard unused land)
Perilous Research
two of: Deep Analysis, Careful Consideration, Sift, Foresee (too much redundancy)

Creatures to consider, with my preferences in BOLD:
Aquamaeba (not stellar, but only costs 2 and is a discard outlet for recursion decks)
Sejiri Merfolk
Aven Fisher
Aven Fogbringer
Phantom Monster
Belltower Sphinx
Briarberry Cohort
Cheatyface (I snuck it onto this list without you noticing, now it's in the cube)
Cloud Spirit
Crookclaw Transmuter
Djinn of Wishes
Errant Ephemeron
Fathom Seer
Infiltrator il-Kor
Linessa, Zephyr Mage
Magus of the Future
Parasitic Strix
Phantom Monster
Phantom Warrior
Plaxmanta
Possessed Aven
Riptide Survivor
Soratami Rainshaper
Tradewind Rider
Voyager Drake
Wall of Frost
Welkin Tern

Thoughts

Alright, so after taking the cards that Max liked down to GoB, I now have a list of the new cards. I am going to expand the Current List to reflect this. Adding these new cards is going to drastically change how the cube plays, so more changes are likely to happen.

Let me know what you think of these new additions. For the main part, the idea was to give many of the colors a faster curve. We also made sure to add more removal because we are going to be diluting the removal that is already in. I think these changes are solid, and I will keep posting what I think of the new cards.

Also, things are getting real!

Thoughts

Alright, so Max gave me a bunch of cards to consider and I found some that I like as well. I will bring all these with me on Friday. Hopefully we should be able to have all new card ideas together soon I can start getting all the cards!