Ben Weitz

Preparing for this event is some of the most fun I’ve had, the squad is great 💕❤️💕

I’d bet against Carmen knowing what KDA is

Hell yeah

Update on discord's KDA on the weekend:
8 people
2 Regional Qualifications
4 Day 2s
1 Best of (Ornn)
5 plated cards

Not bad :)

Emerging from social media exile to say I had such a damn good time this weekend. Lost back to back win and ins for regional qualification which was brutal, but had a blast prepping and playing with friends and came out of it with a plated card. Looking forward to Atlanta.

Ggs! I think that was the only ezreal match I played all weekend lol

Finished the Riftbound Vegas RQ at 10-3 and 55th place, which fulfills the “qualifier” part! Proud to say that I’ll be attending the first Riftbound Regional! It was a harrowing day since I started with a loss but won out. Leaving with a Q and a metal card makes a nice weekend :)

Day 2 the Vegas RQ at 6-2! Really love my deck construction, though there is a lot of seal hate out in force. Game is completely impossible to play at 100%, just going to aim for about 95% and play at a reasonable pace.

Let’s fucking goooooooo

Our testing discord went a combined 25-4-1 in the event :)

Went 6-0 at the pre-RQ tournament at Vegas. Sadly the Ahri metal cards were out but I got to at least got to pick up a heavy version of my legend. Riftbound is fun as hell

Ben Weitz - Monored Cube

On this week's #mtgcube conversation on Recross the Paths, I get to sit down with @bsweitz123.bsky.social and chat about Mono-Red! Lots of great insight from Ben's role as a game designer at Wizards of the Coast.
open.spotify.com/episode/3p9A...

If you want to hear me talk about Magic design, Cube design, and how I’ve applied it to my Monored Cube, check out this interview! I love yapping and you can get plenty of it here.

Based on that description I would guess like 7ish

I did read this thread already! I found most interesting in the difference between the changelings and the hybrid commons.

NBA player? 9.999

This is an insane low ball but we are probably engaging with the scale differently.

9.99

Am I a joke to you?

Lost in top 8 sadly. Wasn’t meant to be. But I’m happy to have made a deep run with a self-made brew. Jeweled Colossus is the truth, just some nice chonk for the pump spells. Decklist here:

Top 8 the Riftbound 10k at @scgcon.bsky.social with Ahri. Aiming for that trophy and to properly represent my midlane one-trick!

Won our #wotcstaff Avatar Limited tournament today. I won the Spider-Man one too a few months ago! Perhaps only mostly washed :)

It’s 3/2 for 2, which is basically the maximum stats for a red two drop. If you blight onto it for the treasure right away then it’s still bigger than wily goblin. If you’d rather have a 3/2 you have that power!

Kinda boring, but no-frills instant-speed 4 damage makes this fairly unique in the cube! Most of the other 4 damage spells are sorceries or you have to build around them to get their 4 damage. I expect this to see plenty of play as a vegetables card.

Idk if this one is going to cut it in the long run, but I wanted to give it a shot. Changeling artifact manarock potentially has a lot of homes if the synergies are strong enough, and at least it plays defense sometimes too. I'll be watching the play rate of this one.

Less reliable Wily Goblin that keeps on wilin'. Love finding Goblins that non-Goblin decks want to draft, and this one qualifies. Probably doesn't make the cut in the most aggressive decks, but ramps you to your midrange threats while providing a decent body.

I've been waiting for a good 6/6 flier for 5 in red for a long time (sorry Hunted Dragon you're just not Him). Five mana is a lot but this gives you stats that are worth it. One of the biggest Dragons in the cube and has a sweet ability. I dream of drafting this with Fireblast.

My favorite adds to monored cube from Lorwyn Eclipsed! #wotcstaff

Putting the exiled cards on the bottom would require more words and it seemed unnecessary since they’re just lands.