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Rory Straubel

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I’m no expert… but if you want to pull off some typal synergies seems like you’d want like 8 creatures of the same type or more. Truly I don’t know though lol

28.07.2025 19:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think in general typal cubes can be fun! These specific cards (and ones like them) sometimes seem like the juice is not worth the squeeze.
I could just spend 5 mana casting a creature instead of the first artifact. And the second is 4 mana invested for +1 mv payoff.

28.07.2025 17:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I lean heavily on my tight play to win games of cube, so I tend to draft too “safe.” I end up with solid decks but I don’t take enough risks during the draft for my decks to be truly great. Too afraid to train wreck, essentially.

25.06.2025 18:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Looks good to me”

24.06.2025 00:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just like a real dev!

24.06.2025 00:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
CubeCon The world's largest celebration for Magic's best format!

My cube, Enchanted Evening, is up for CubeCon voting against a bunch of (admittedly cool looking) artifact cubes. But would love a chance to show the world that enchantments are sweet too! #mtgcube #cube #CubeCon2025

cubecon.org/vote

cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...

18.06.2025 22:39 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

I really liked Classic Magic, it was nice to play some fundamental Magic between the more wacky cubes (which I also enjoyed).

27.05.2025 16:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Top 8 photo cred: @joe-cube-anderson.bsky.social

27.05.2025 14:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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11-1 and 2nd seed going into top 8 is more than I could have wished for! The Top 8 competitors were all super nice. Won the quarters vs mono white by going over the top, and the semis thanks to fumigate out of the sideboard against a bigger UG deck. Finals loss to mardu control. Grats to the winner!

27.05.2025 14:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Fourth draft, decided to audible at the last second and choose Data Generated Vintage since I was confident in my ability to at least 2-1. Went 3-0 with a middling Naya deck thanks to Gut cheesing some wins.

27.05.2025 14:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Third draft, 2-1 in the bolt cube where you start at 3 life and have a 25 card deck. Lost to reanimator. Fatal Push and Cut Down don’t help much against Eagles of the North. Helion Crucible was great.

27.05.2025 14:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Second draft, 3-0 in Classic Magic. Felt at home playing an aggressive and disruptive deck.

27.05.2025 14:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Just got 2nd at Washington Cube Champs so figured I’d do a thread despite having never posted on here. First draft, 3-0 in Brawl Partners Cube. Swapped around my commanders as needed but Tamiyo + Phlage let me grind out the finals. #mtgcube #WCC

27.05.2025 14:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Love that cube will always be available! Sad to see that it is only single elimination though. It's fun to play all your matches and try to eke out the 2-1 to get your tix back. Unless you're the best of the best it'll become pretty unaffordable to jam lots of drafts.

08.03.2025 01:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ya'll over at Daybreak are killing it with MTGO I gotta say, thanks so much :)

12.01.2025 00:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When does it go live?

16.11.2024 01:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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