Changes 04/28/2009

OUT:
desert twister
viridian zealot
stalking stones
light from within
brine elemental
mahamoti djinn
puppeteer
safehold elite
steward of valeron
trip noose
bottle gnomes
funeral charm
bant panorama
mikokoro, center of the sea

IN:
explosive vegetation
wickerbough elder
kor haven
austere command
venser, shaper savant
meloku the clouded mirror
sower of temptation
kitchen finks
loxodon hierarch
scroll rack
masticore
mind twist
grasslands
exotic orchard

Want List 04/14/09

Updated 05/08/2009

Needed Card (To Be Replaced)

Ring of Gix (Trip Noose)

Balance (Salt Blast)

Thoughtseize (???)

Chain Lightning (???)

Survival of the Fittest (Evolution Charm)

Gaea's Cradle (Pendelhaven)

Overrule (Ith, High Arcanist)

Apocalypse Hydra (???)

Stillmoon Cavalier (Necrotic Sliver)

Alara Reborn

Jenara, Asura of War (Bant Charm)

Sen Triplets (Esper Charm)

Maelstrom Pulse (Consume Strength)

Spellbound Dragon (Invoke the Firemind)

Qasali Pridemage (Qasali Ambusher)

Changes 04/13/09

OUT:
mana cylix
hideous laughter
contagion
ghost fire
volcanic hammer
grapeshot
golgari guildmage
call of the skybreaker
crag puca
keldon megaliths
shizo, death's storehouse

IN:
bonesplitter
snuff out
barter in blood
arc lightning
hammer of bogardan
char
gleancrawler
suffocating blast
invoke the firemind
academy ruins
urborg, tomb of yawgmoth
fervent charge
fungal shambler
guided passage

Changes 04/10/09

OUT:
skyknight legionnaire
pit trap
hellhole rats
grave pact
overload
evolution charm
scab-clan mauler
penumbra spider
counsel of the soratami
windreaver
cancel
edge of divinity
strangling soot
kulrath knight
galina's knight
tattermunge maniac
stalker hag
skarrgan pit-skulk
air elemental
kiku, night's flower
miren, the moaning well
think twice

IN:
balefire liege
skullclamp
fulminator mage
death denied
smash to smithereens
moment's peace
boggart ram-gang
chameleon colossus
thirst for knowledge
aethermage's touch
remand
tidehollow sculler
hymn to tourach
shambling remains
teferi's moat
branching bolt
grave shell scarab
vinelasher kudzu
ethersworn adudicator
nantuko shade
flooded strand
serum visions

Changes 04/09/09

I made these changes last night:

-Fissure
-Blind With Anger
-Mudbutton Torchrunner

+Aftershock
+Grab the Reins
+Ancient Hydra

We're gonna test Aftershock in Fissure's place for a bit. It's cheaper and does more, but at the cost of three life. Is it better? We'll see.

Grab the Reins does the exact same thing Blind With Anger does, except it gives me an option for a sac outlet. That seems a bit better to me.

I really like Mudbutt, but he can't hold a candle to Ancient Hydra. No contest.

More updates to come later.

Combined Hybrid and Gold

I combined the Hybrid and Gold sections into one massive Multicolor section. That post is below this one and also linkable under Cube Contents.

Multicolor

Absorb
Azorius Guildmage
Deft Duelist
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Overrule
Teferi's Moat
Thistledown Liege
Wall of Denial

Agony Warp
Moroii
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Psychatog
Recoil
Shadomage Infiltrator
Undermine
Wydwen, the Biting Gale

Blazing Specter
Fulminator Mage
Murderous Redcap
Rakdos Guildmage
Shambling Remains
Terminate
Void
Wrecking Ball

Assault//Battery
Bloodbraid Elf
Boggart Ram Gang
Burning Tree Shaman
Fires of Yavimaya
Giant Solifuge
Rumbling Slum
Sarkhan Vol

Armadillo Cloak
Kitchen Finks
Loxodon Hierarch
Mystic Enforcer
Phantom Nishoba
Qasali Pridemage
Watchwolf
Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers

Ajani Vengeant
Brion Stoutarm
Figure of Destiny
Firemane Angel
Goblin Legionnaire
Goblin Trenches
Lightning Helix
Soltari Guerillas

Electrolyze
Fire//Ice
Frenetic Efreet
Gelectrode
Izzet Chronarch
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Nucklavee
Prophetic Bolt

Jungle Barrier
Lorescale Coatl
Mystic Snake
Simic Sky Swallower
Spitting Image
Temporal Spring
Trygon Predator
Voidslime

Creakwood Liege
Gleancrawler
Grave Shell Scarab
Maelstrom Pulse
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
Pernicious Deed
Putrefy
Spiritmonger

Angel of Despair
Death Grasp
Debtor's Knell
Mortify
Necrotic Sliver
Tidehollow Sculler
Unmake
Vindicate

Lightning Angel
Teneb, the Harvester
Vorosh, the Hunter
Guided Passage
Fervent Charge

Naya Charm
Woolly Thoctar
Bant Charm
Stoic Angel
Hellkite Overlord
Jund Charm
Dromar's Charm
Esper Charm
Cruel Ultimatum
Slave of Bolas

Cube Pictures

I uploaded pictures of the cube to MTGS. You can check out that post here.

Changes 04/03/09

I went ahead and made the following changes tonight.

- Pongify
- Serum Visions
- Fire at Will

+ Brainstorm (how were we not running this already??)
+ Ponder
+ Soltari Guerillas

Cube Improvements

There are some items in the cube now that are good enough to serve a purpose, but not really good enough for cube. Currently they are filling the spaces for the following cards. I'll put in parenthesis next to each card what it will eventually replace.

WHITE

Balance (Saltblast)
Austere Command (Light From Within)

BLUE

Ponder (Pongify)
Ethersworn Adjudicator (Air Elemental)
Meloku the Clouded Mirror (Mahamoti Djinn)
Sower of Temptation (Puppeteer)
Venser, Shaper Savant (Brine Elemental)

BLACK
Nantuko Shade (Kiku, Night's Flower)
Mind Twist (Grave Pact)
Hymn to Tourach (Strangling Soot)
Thoughtseize (Funeral Charm)
Visara, the Dreadful (Fallen Angel)

RED
Chain Lightning (Volcanic Hammer)
Smash to Smithereens (Overload)
Hammer of Bogardan (Grapeshot)
Grim Lavamancer (Spikeshot Goblin)
Rorix Bladewing (Mudbutton Torchrunner)

GREEN
Chameleon Colossus (Penumbra Spider)
Moment's Peace (Evolution Charm)
Vinelasher Kudzu (Skaargan Pit-Skulk)
Survival of the Fittest (Desert Twister)

ARTIFACT
Masticore (Bottle Gnomes/Scuttlemutt)
Bonesplitter (Pit Trap)
Scroll Rack (Trip Noose)

We also want to combine Gold and Hybrid into one Multicolor section. Our Hybrid choices are simply not as good as we'd like for them to be. This section would probably be greatly improved by the combination.

G/B
Spiritmonger (Ebony Treefolk)
Grave-Shell Scarab (Stalker Hag)
Gleencrawler (Golgari Guildmage)

U/R
Invoke the Firemind (Crag Puca)
Suffocating Blast (Call of the Skybreaker)

R/W
Balefire Liege (Skyknight Legionnaire)
Soltari Guerillas(Fire at Will)

U/G
Simic Sky Swallower (Sturdy Hatchling)
Voidslime (Wistful Selkie)

U/W
Teferi's Moat (Galina's Knight)
Overrule (Ith, High Arcanist)
Aethermage's Touch (Windreaver)

G/W
Kitchen Finks (Safehold Elite)
Loxodon Hierarch (Steward of Valeron)

R/G
Apocalypse Hydra (Voracious Cobra)
Boggart Ram-Gang (Scab-Clan Mauler)
Branching Bolt (Tattermunge Maniac)

R/B
Fulminator Mage (Hellhole Rats)
Shambling Remains (Kulrath Knight)

U/B
Shadowmage Infiltrator (Dimir Cutpurse)
Oona, Queen of the Fae (Ghastlord of Fugue)
Psychatog (Wasp Lancer)

B/W
Stillmoon Cavalier (Edge of Divinity)
Tidehollow Sculler (Necrotic Sliver)
Deathbringer Liege (Selenia, Dark Angel)

White

Ajani Goldmane
Akroma's Vengeance
Arrest
Austere Command
Balance
Cataclysm
Condemn
Decree of Justice
Devouring Light
Disenchant
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Faith's Fetters
Griffin Guide
Hoofprints of the Stag
Martial Coup
Momentary Blink
Oblivion Ring
Orim's Chant
Pacifism
Path to Exile
Prison Term
Pulse of the Fields
Rout
Seal of Cleansing
Sunlance
Swords to Plowshares
Temporal Isolation
Wing Shards
Worship
Wrath of God

Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Adarkar Valkyrie
Battlegrace Angel
Blade of the Sixth Pride
Calciderm
Eternal Dragon
Exalted Angel
Glory
Goldmeadow Harrier
Jotun Grunt
Knight of the Meadowgrain
Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Master Decoy
Mother of Runes
Paladin en-Vec
Pristine Angel
Ranger of Eos
Reveillark
Ronom Unicorn
Savannah Lions
Serra Avenger
Silver Knight
Soltari Champion
Soltari Monk
Soltari Priest
Spectral Lynx
Stonecloaker
Voice of All
Weathered Wayfarer
White Knight
Whitemane Lion

Red

Aftershock
Ancient Grudge
Arc Lightning
Banefire
Chandra Nalaar
Char
Cone of Flame
Dead//Gone
Demonfire
Earthquake
Fireball
Firebolt
Flame Javelin
Grab the Reins
Hammer of Bogardan
Incinerate
Lightning Bolt
Magma Jet
Pillage
Pulse of the Forge
Pyroclasm
Rift Bolt
Seal of Fire
Shock
Smash to Smithereens
Sneak Attack
Sudden Shock
Sulfurous Blast
Urza's Rage
Volcanic Fallout
Volcanic Hammer

Ancient Hydra
Akroma, Angel of Fury
Arc-Slogger
Avalanche Riders
Blood Knight
Bogardan Hellkite
Dwarven Blastminer
Flameblast Dragon
Flametongue Kavu
Gathan Raiders
Goblin Sharpshooter
Greater Gargadon
Grim Lavamancer
Hearth Kami
Hell's Thunder
Jackal Pup
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Kamahl, Pit Fighter
Keldon Marauders
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Kird Ape
Kumano, Master Yamabushi
Mogg Fanatic
Mogg War Marshall
Rakdos Pit Dragon
Siege-Gang Commander
Sulfur Elemental
Taurean Mauler
Tin Street Hooligan
Torchling

Land

Blinkmoth Nexus
City of Brass
Exotic Orchard
Krosan Verge
Mishra's Factory
Mutavault
Rishadan Port
Stripmine
Terramorphic Expanse
Wasteland

Adarkar Wastes
Ancient Amphitheater
Brushland
Karplusan Forest
Llanowar Wastes
Murmuring Bosk
Shivan Reef
Sulfurous Springs
Underground River
Yavimaya Coast

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

Azorius Chancery
Boros Garrison
Dimir Aqueduct
Golgari Rot Farm
Gruul Turf
Izzet Boilerworks
Orzhov Basilica
Rakdos Carnarium
Selesnya Sanctuary
Simic Growth Chamber

Academy Ruins
Barbarian Ring
Faerie Conclave
Ghitu Encampment
Kjeldoran Outpost
Kor Haven
Pendelhaven
Treetop Village
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Volrath's Stronghold

Arcane Sanctum
Crumbling Necropolis
Jungle Shrine
Savage Lands
Seaside Citadel

Bloodstained Mire
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills

Bad River
Flood Plain
Grasslands
Mountain Valley
Rocky Tar Pit

Vivid Crag
Vivid Creek
Vivid Grove
Vivid Marsh
Vivid Meadow

Hybrid

W/U
Augury Adept
Azorius Guildmage
Thistledown Liege

G/W
Safehold Elite
slesnya Guildmage
Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers

G/R
Firespout
Giant Solifuge
Tattermunge Maniac

R/B
Kulrath Knight
Murderous Redcap
Rakdos Guildmage

B/U
Dimir Guildmage
Ghastlord of Fugue
Wasp Lancer

W/B
Debtors' Knell
Edge of Divinity
Unmake

G/B
Creakwood Liege
Golgari Guildmage
Stalker Hag

R/U
Call of the Skybreaker
Crag Puca
Nucklavee

R/W
Figure of Destiny
Fire at Will
Spitemare

U/G
Murkfield Liege
Sturdy Hatchling
Wistful Selkie

Green

Call of the Herd
Creeping Mold
Defense of the Heart
Elephant Guide
Explosive Vegetation
Farseek
Garruk Wildspeaker
Harmonize
Harrow
Hurricane
Kodama's Reach
Might of Old Krosa
Moldervine Cloak
Moment's Peace
Naturalize
Natural Order
Overrun
Plow Under
Primal Command
Rancor
Regrowth
Rude Awakening
Sprout Swarm
Stonewood Invocation
Sylvan Scrying
Tooth and Nail
Utopia Vow

Albino Troll
Birds of Paradise
Blastoderm
Chameleon Colossus
Cloudthresher
Deadwood Treefolk
Eternal Witness
Genesis
Imperious Perfect
Indrik Stomphowler
Kodama of the North Tree
Krosan Tusker
Llanowar Elves
Mycoloth
Noble Hierarch
Phantom Centaur
Ravenous Baloth
River Boa
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Simian Grunts
Spectral Force
spike Weaver
Tarmogoyf
Timbermare
Troll Ascetic
Uktabi Orangutan
Vinelasher Kudzu
Viridian Zealot
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Roots
Wickerbough Elder
Wild Mongrel
Wild Nacatl
Yavimaya Elder

Gold

W/U
Absorb
Augury Adept
Azorius Guildmage
Deft Duelist
Galina's Knight
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Ith, High Arcanist
Sky Spirit
Thistledown Liege
Windreaver


U/B
Agony Warp
Dimir Cutpurse
Dimir Guildmage

Ghastlord of Fugue
Moroii
Recoil
Spite//Malice
Undermine

Wasp Lancer
Wydwn, the Biting Gale

B/R
Blightning
Blazing Specter
Hellhole Rats
Terminate
Twinstrike
Void
Wrecking Ball

R/G
Assault//Battery
Burning Tree Shaman
Fires of Yavimaya
Rumbling Slum
Sarkhan Vol
Scab-Clan Mauler
Voracious Cobra

G/W
Armadillo Cloak
Knight of the Reliquery
Mystic Enforcer
Phantom Nishoba
Qasali Ambusher
Steward of Valeron
Watchwolf

W/R
Ajani Vengeant
Brion Stoutarm
Firemane Angel
Goblin Legionnaire
Goblin Trenches
Lightning Helix
Skyknight Legionnaire

U/R
Electrolyze
Fire//Ice
Gelectrode
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Prophetic Bolt
Razorfin Hunter
Swerve

U/G
Aether Mutation
Assault Zeppelid
Gaea's Skyfolk
Jhessian Infiltrator
Mystic Snake
Temporal Spring
Trygon Predator

B/G
Consume Strength
Ebony Treefolk
Life//Death
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
Pernicious Deed
Putrefy
Vultrous Zombie

W/B
Angel of Despair
Death Grasp
Mortify
Necrotic Sliver
Pillory of the Sleepless
Slenia, Dark Angel
Vindicate

U/R/W
Lightning Angel
Numot, the Devastator

G/W/B
Crime//Punishment
Teneb, the Harvester

B/G/U
Vorosh, the Hunter

G/U/R
Intet, the Dreamer

W/B/R
Oros, the Avenger

R/G/W
Naya Charm
Woolly Thoctar

G/W/U
Bant Charm
Stoic Angel

B/R/G
Hellkite Overlord
Jund Charm

W/U/B
Dromar's Charm
Esper Charm

U/B/R
Cruel Ultimatum
Grixis Charm

Blue

Ancestral Visions
Arcane Denial
Boomerang
Brainstorm
Bribery
Capsize
Compulsive Research
Concentrate
Condescend
Confiscate
Control Magic
Counterspell
Cryptic Command
Deep Analysis
Dissipate
Fact or Fiction
Forbid
Force of Will
Gifts Ungiven
Impulse
Jace Berelin
Mana Leak
Opposition
Pact of Negation
Ponder
Remand
Remove Soul
Repeal
Serum Visions
Take Possesion
Telling Time
Thirst for Knowledge
Turnabout
Unsummon

Aeon Chronicler
Body Double
Draining Whelk
Errant Ephemeron
Ethersworn Adjudicator
Fathom Seer
Gilded Drake
Jushi Apprentice
Keiga, the Tide Star
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Looter il-Kor
Man-o-War
Meloku the Clouded Mirror
Merfolk Looter
Morphling
Mulldrifter
Ninja of the Deep Hours
Quicksilver Dragon
Riftwing Cloudskate
Shaper Parasite
Sower of Temptation
Thieving Magpie
Tradewind Rider
Venser, Shaper Savant
Vesuvan Shapeshifter
Waterfront Bouncer
Willbender

Black

Barter in Blood
Beacon of Unrest
Bitterblossom
Chainer's Edict
Cruel Edict
Damnation
Death Denied
Decree of Pain
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Edict
Dread Return
Duress
Enslave
Hymn to Tourach
Innocent Blood
Last Gasp
Liliana Vess
Makeshift Mannequin
Mind Twist
Night's Whisper
Persecute
Phyrexian Arena
Profane Command
Rend Flesh
Sickening Shoal
Smother
Snuff Out
Sudden Death
Terror
Yawgmoth's Will

Black Knight
Bone Shredder
Carnophage
Dauthi Horror
Dark Confidant
Faceless Butcher
Gravedigger
Hypnotic Specter
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Kagamaro, First to Suffer
Knight of Stromgald
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Laquatus' Champion
Mesmeric Fiend
Mirri the Cursed
Nantuko Shade
Nekrataal
Nezumi Graverobber
Nezumi Shortfang
Nightscape Familiar
Phyrexian Rager
Phyrexian Scuta
Puppeteer Clique
Sarcomancy
Sengir Nosferatu
Shriekmaw
Skeletal Vampire
Stinkweed Imp
Stromgald Crusader
Tombstalker
Visara the Dreadful

Artifacts

Aether Spellbomb
Aether Vial
Crystal Shard
Cursed Scroll
Icy Manipulator
Isochron Scepter
Journeyer's Kite
Mindslaver
Obelisk of Alara
Pyrite Spellbomb
Ring of Gix
Scroll Rack
Sensei's Diniving Top
Serrated Arrows

Chimeric Idol
Duplicant
Masticore
Platinum Angel
Razormane Masticore
Solemn Simulacrum
Sundering Titan
Triskelavus
Triskelion

Chromatic Sphere
Chromatic Star
Coldsteel Heart
Darksteel Ingot
Fellwar Stone
Mind Stone
Prismatic Lens
Wayfarer's Bauble

Selesnya Signet
Dimir Signet
Boros Signet
Golgari Signet
Izzet Signet
Gruul Signet
Orzhov Signet
Simic Signet
Azorius Signet
Rakdos Signet

Bonesplitter
Deathrender
Lightning Greaves
Loxodon Warhammer
Mask of Memory
Quietus Spike
Skullclamp
Sunforger
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Umezawa's Jitte

Engineered Explosives
Nevinyrral's Disk
Oblivion Stone
Powder Keg