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excellent storm primer thanks

Thank you so much for this video! best breakdown I've seen! Going through my collection of vintage mtg cards this weekend.

I first-picked Goblin Guide in my very first cube draft, and the only deck I couldn’t defeat with that mono-red build was the one that had basically all the combos in it (from Emrakul + Sneak Attack to Splinter Twin + Pestermite). Though the games against that deck were over so quickly that we just kept playing while waiting for the others to finish, and the balance began to tip in my favour, as the opponent noted. It was just unfortunate for me that the first three games with that matchup ended 2:1 against me.

I think this is because you're basically playing Vintage

One of the most insightful and well presented cube theory videos I've seen in a long time. Love this!

There is no "red problem" there is only "your cube" problem. ...as outside your cube red can do things other than ponza and burn. It has extreme strong artifact synergies with kuldotha rebirth, gleeful demo, shrapnel blast ...etc. It has strong graveyard options up to mono red living end. And it even has 2 card infinite combos in color

I like red as a control colour, plenty of cheap burn and board wipes to get to the late game, with plenty of huge threats to win the late game.

Stop making red an exclusively aggro color in cube. There are good midrange and control oriented red cards, and those deserve attention as well. When one color is only aggro and other colors are never aggro you never get interesting interplay between archetypes and you instead just get forcing a single route.

I've found monocolor ramp (i.e. extraplanar lens, throne of eldraine) do wonders

Can't destroy enchantments and inconsistent card draw.

Drafting monored is like paying 70 bucks for the new CoD then slapping a wallhack/aimbot on it. On one hand you're winning the match, on the other you're paying 70 bucks to not play the actual game, which kinda misses the point of playing a game to begin with.

From some of the example cards you gave maybe you shoehorned red to hard? Perhaps swap out some cards for more genericly good cards like faithless looting or interesting support like overmaster.

There's nothing fun about Blood Moon.

I haven't watched the video, but I already know what the problem is; When you purchase a car that's red, the insurance goes up slightly...

2:43 I think you may have misread acquisitions expert. They only ever discard one card. The number of cards you choose from is what scales based on the party size.

Mono red dragons in standard is the best way to play magic across every single set. It’s a fact.

Great video! Only been playing magic for a year and a half and participating in my first cube next week. Loved your insight

I think this idea of drafting a mono anything deck is maybe the issue. Would you really stop splashing a secondary color just to have less options when push comes to shove. Not saying your cube is terrible, in fact it has lots of options for going multiple colors like talismans and multicolor spells. I think you are missing the bigger picture of why should anyone pick mono red. The only card in the whole list that would force them into a mostly red deck is Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker because its triple red, but they could just as easy go red and black pitch the kiki and reanimate it. You also have other synergies that are stronger in the cube because its vintage. To complain about mono red not having a showing is to complain about other 'fair list' or 'fair archetypes' not having a showing. I don't see a list of humans, goblins, elves, death and taxes or zoo being spawn from much without splashing another archetype so why would anyone do the same for a mono red list? As someone who loves red and has played it in legacy for years, It exist when deck types that can't beat it are around or people are greedy with their life points. If you want mono red to be relevant you have to add a griselbrand or effects like it to make them vulnerable to mono red. You also should consider stuff like mono red prison as an archetype in the cube. I only skimmed it, but you have lots of artifact fixing so things like shenanigans can really help beat up on multicolor options trying to fight out under bloodmoon or magus of the moon.

The production quality of this is awesome! Very informative. Keep it up!

I guess it kinda falls back to what people used to say about Burn in Modern it kinda needs to be relevant in the meta to keep people in line and not to get overly creative but it cannot be out shadowing everything else and make the environment a hodgepodge of sameness since Burn is all about 2 power creatures and 3 damage burn spells so I suppose your cube does have enough variety people want to try something different and still have Red Deck Wins as a back up for whoever is not that good at drafting to have some sort of a fighting chance

Mono Red is boring

I had the same crisis so I cut back rdw only cards and fleshed out artifacts a little. Goblin wealder instead of goblin you have. Combustible gearhulk. Scrapwork mutt. Something like triplicate titan in artifacts. I also cut the red rituals because red isn't really a storm finisher. Soul scar got cut. 😢 Along with eidolon Maybe that gives you some space. I didn't red build spells matter. Seems parasitic or weaker. There's a good r/g r/g elf that adds 2 mana on entry. That plays into storm and gives rdw a boost.

Red Has an Image Problem (in high-powered cubes)

Honestly, it depends more on the other archetypes than anything, if your whole cube is about big, splashy plays, combos, hard synergies, this is gonna be the overall vibe and red aggro will fall put of place. My cube is heavily tempo based, with other colors picking archetypes like death and taxes, red based aggro like gruul and rakdos aggro are the most contested decks.

Great video, can't wait to see future installments of this.

Hey, question about a first cube: I'm looking into building a cube using the draft matters cards from the conspiracy block, do you have any suggestions as to how the list should be changed from the basic template to offset the large number of conspiracy cards that don't really fall into any normal categories? Just looking for advice on the best way to go about it, thanks.

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Imo mana crypt > sol ring > black lotus

Is there a mobile app you use for cube building before uploading to cube cobra?

Awesome

You have a great voice! Audio quality is great.

awesome

Wish you would post content more than once a month! Thanks for what you do. We need more cube content that isn’t just MTGO drafts on TH-cam.

Good list. Although I've never played with Glimpse of Nature or Kataki, their utility seems very narrow on paper. Glimpse's value comes from playing a ton of low mana creatures in a row, which makes it a build-around card. In my cube at least (vintage) it would be very risky to achieve. Kataki is good against artifacts, but he probably only works if you draw him early. In the late game, I don't see him being a problem. I love OG Kamigawa and think the perceived low power was due to it following the ultra-powerful Mirrodin block and having plenty of wallpaper cards for limited. Nowadays, I think it's the second block in Modern with most banned cards, behind the aforementioned Mirrodin. Other great cards from Kamigawa that I have in my cube: Sakura Tribe Elder, Isamaru, Kodama's Reach. I used to run Azusa and Meloku as well, but there are better alternatives now.

HypercubeMTG calls Umezawa's Jitte the most broken Equipment ever printed. Skullclamp: Am I a joke to you?

It is great to see another video out. There just is NOT enough Cube content out there. ??? I love 'Through the Breach' , it is great in a red/blk. Aristocrats build. : )

Also an important note, alpha and beta were only printed in English!

thank you for provoking a half and hour binge into Mr. Wendy and Sick and Wrong!

Dude, congratulations because this was awesome! You definitely have a talent for telling stories and I'll watch everything you release. The only early Magic lore I knew something about was the Brother's War (read the first 2 books but gave up on the series because the 2nd is poorly written) and Tempest (Rath and Storm is a very good Anthology). This was quite good and the lore seems very diverse, unlike the current generic "Justice League of Planeswalkers" schtick or the barely developed planes they have going. Also, Richard Kane Ferguson's art kicks ass.

If you make it all the way to Commander tie-ins...my condolences on the lack of lore there.

Using proxy cards is stealing

I like this a lot, keep it up!

??! I am not sure if Magic Lore is a direction for you to move into.

Wonderful video, very helpful

Ante was also in some of the few cards banned in my favorite card game, Vampire the Eternal Struggle, also by Richard Garfield, also initially published by Wizards. It probably was a normal thing in the infancy of CCGs. Tremendous game, you would like it.

Awesome video. Great audio quality. Solid content. Can't wait to see more. I love the original Innistrad set.

I love the video, I also have this type of deck and it works in a similar way but my focus is the mill strategy. I use similar combos but I use things like Dauthi Voidwalker, Leyline of the Void,Rest in piece, and Planar void to keep the graveyards empty I use cards in combination like Energy Field, Web of inertia and Solitary Confinement to keep my life total high. A card I like to use a lot is Crumbling Sanctuary, it helps me to keep my life high and to mill my opponents and hold on until I have a mill combo. Good video tho

Oath of druids could use some yugioh style PSCT.

This was fascinating! I stumbled across your video while looking to build Arcum as a commander and I ended up watching the whole thing. I love how you use the cards to tell the lore and I hope you continue making more content like this

Dude, I love your channel and thank you very much for the content you upload! I have a cube that is Legacy/Modern power level, and I am happy with it, but am a little riddled with how many redundant effects should I have on it... Cube being a singleton format is great, but sometimes a certain effect works for different archetypes and is good to have several of them (like regrowth). What are your thoughts on this? Most importantly, what is your experience with this being a problem in your cube(s)? Much love from Germany!