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		<title>By: McHammer</title>
		<link>http://www.cubedrafting.com/2009/02/28/my-top-5-cube-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-637</link>
		<dc:creator>McHammer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Balance
Sol Ring
Time Walk
Memory Jar (one-sided draw 7)
Cataclysm is pretty insane...</description>
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Sol Ring<br />
Time Walk<br />
Memory Jar (one-sided draw 7)<br />
Cataclysm is pretty insane&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Chrono_trigger</title>
		<link>http://www.cubedrafting.com/2009/02/28/my-top-5-cube-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-585</link>
		<dc:creator>Chrono_trigger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is my top 5 ( I wont even talk about ancestral recall / time walk )

1 - jitte
2 - mind twist
3 - ajani vengeant
4 - Library of alexandria
5 - sol ring</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my top 5 ( I wont even talk about ancestral recall / time walk )</p>
<p>1 &#8211; jitte<br />
2 &#8211; mind twist<br />
3 &#8211; ajani vengeant<br />
4 &#8211; Library of alexandria<br />
5 &#8211; sol ring</p>
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		<title>By: Worldwake Cube Update : Cube Drafting Dot Com</title>
		<link>http://www.cubedrafting.com/2009/02/28/my-top-5-cube-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-499</link>
		<dc:creator>Worldwake Cube Update : Cube Drafting Dot Com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Dismiss was in before I realized I accidentally left off Treachery, one of the Top 5 Cards in the Cube. So ah, my [...]</description>
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		<title>By: fishness</title>
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		<dc:creator>fishness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All those cards are all well and good but in my cube my favorite 5 are...
1.booster tutor
2.gifts given
3.force of will
4.karakas
5.crystal shard</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All those cards are all well and good but in my cube my favorite 5 are&#8230;<br />
1.booster tutor<br />
2.gifts given<br />
3.force of will<br />
4.karakas<br />
5.crystal shard</p>
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		<title>By: Teccan9nja</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teccan9nja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sol Ring
Scroll Rack
Library of Victory
Sensei&#039;s Divining Top
Judgement Wishes (Sense we made &quot;outside the game&quot; mean &quot;rest of the cube&quot;)</description>
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Scroll Rack<br />
Library of Victory<br />
Sensei&#8217;s Divining Top<br />
Judgement Wishes (Sense we made &#8220;outside the game&#8221; mean &#8220;rest of the cube&#8221;)</p>
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		<title>By: Joe McGough</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe McGough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me describe our cube briefly...We have no power in our cube and there have been a number of cards cut for power level/fun reasons. As a pretty competitive play group this was hard to do, but the cube is the one casual format we allow ourselves, so fun is the priority. Examples of this are Sol Ring, Mana Drain, Grim Monolith, Vedalken Shackles and a few others. Mind Twist is currently on the chopping block, and Kokusho is banned in two-headed giant which has become the format we play most often.

On to my list:

1: Umezawas Jitte: The best equipment ever printed. Evan said it best when he said this was a creature dominated format, and Jitte dominates creature combat like nothing ever printed.

2: Sword of Fire and Ice: Giving your best creature added size and protection from Cryptic Command and Trechery from the control decks and Lightning Bolt, FTK and Incinerate from the aggro decks makes this card nuts.

3: Recurring Nightmare: An amazing way to abuse some of the Cubes most powerful creatures. Everything from Siege-Gang Commander and Deranged Hermit to Shriekmaw and Bogardan Hellkite can go from awesome to game-ending in the drop of a hat.

4: Bitterblossom: Combines nicely with my top three picks as well as other busted cards like Skullclamp and Mycoloth. It also allows control decks to turn the corner without tapping out and can provide some early-game defense.

5: Trechery: One of the biggest tempo swings ever printed. Turning their best blocker into your best attacker is pretty nice. As is stealing a creature with a game-breaking ability like Reveillark or Numot, The Devastator. 

Honorable mentions: 

Profane Command: One of the best limited cards ever.
Cryptic Command: Awesome in 2HG... And everywhere else.
Plow Under: Its game over if your winning.
Venser, Shaper Savant: Seemingly the best of the blue dorks. Flexible.
PLANESWALKERS: They cast free spells. Thats good, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me describe our cube briefly&#8230;We have no power in our cube and there have been a number of cards cut for power level/fun reasons. As a pretty competitive play group this was hard to do, but the cube is the one casual format we allow ourselves, so fun is the priority. Examples of this are Sol Ring, Mana Drain, Grim Monolith, Vedalken Shackles and a few others. Mind Twist is currently on the chopping block, and Kokusho is banned in two-headed giant which has become the format we play most often.</p>
<p>On to my list:</p>
<p>1: Umezawas Jitte: The best equipment ever printed. Evan said it best when he said this was a creature dominated format, and Jitte dominates creature combat like nothing ever printed.</p>
<p>2: Sword of Fire and Ice: Giving your best creature added size and protection from Cryptic Command and Trechery from the control decks and Lightning Bolt, FTK and Incinerate from the aggro decks makes this card nuts.</p>
<p>3: Recurring Nightmare: An amazing way to abuse some of the Cubes most powerful creatures. Everything from Siege-Gang Commander and Deranged Hermit to Shriekmaw and Bogardan Hellkite can go from awesome to game-ending in the drop of a hat.</p>
<p>4: Bitterblossom: Combines nicely with my top three picks as well as other busted cards like Skullclamp and Mycoloth. It also allows control decks to turn the corner without tapping out and can provide some early-game defense.</p>
<p>5: Trechery: One of the biggest tempo swings ever printed. Turning their best blocker into your best attacker is pretty nice. As is stealing a creature with a game-breaking ability like Reveillark or Numot, The Devastator. </p>
<p>Honorable mentions: </p>
<p>Profane Command: One of the best limited cards ever.<br />
Cryptic Command: Awesome in 2HG&#8230; And everywhere else.<br />
Plow Under: Its game over if your winning.<br />
Venser, Shaper Savant: Seemingly the best of the blue dorks. Flexible.<br />
PLANESWALKERS: They cast free spells. Thats good, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Fin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve only cubed 5 times, but I have had a winning record every time and won two of them. I can&#039;t get away from UWx control. Bearing in mind that the cube is legacy legal cards only, my top 5 are:

#1: Venser- I love this guy so much. He blocks and bounces or counters. He is the answer that the decks I draft need for manlands or the early Savanah Lion-esque creatures. The tempo gain from bouncing a karoo is also huge.

#2: Obelisk of Alara- In control, it&#039;s hard to lose after resolving this card. You don&#039;t even have to wait a turn before activating it, just play it with mana up. I have literally not lost after resolving this and keeping it for more than 1 turn. Not many decks can race 5 life a turn.

#3: Cryptic Command- I am never scared of anything when I have this in hand.

#4: Sword of F/I- My favorite first pick. It leaves you in any archtype, and is awesome in all of them.

#5: Desolation Angel- I played with this for the first time last draft, and I also had Treachery in my deck. Twice I had 4 lands and a karoo in play, tap for 6, play treachery untapping my karoo with one mana floating and then cast Desolation Angel. It&#039;s a blowout on a stick. (Just don&#039;t reanimate it)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve only cubed 5 times, but I have had a winning record every time and won two of them. I can&#8217;t get away from UWx control. Bearing in mind that the cube is legacy legal cards only, my top 5 are:</p>
<p>#1: Venser- I love this guy so much. He blocks and bounces or counters. He is the answer that the decks I draft need for manlands or the early Savanah Lion-esque creatures. The tempo gain from bouncing a karoo is also huge.</p>
<p>#2: Obelisk of Alara- In control, it&#8217;s hard to lose after resolving this card. You don&#8217;t even have to wait a turn before activating it, just play it with mana up. I have literally not lost after resolving this and keeping it for more than 1 turn. Not many decks can race 5 life a turn.</p>
<p>#3: Cryptic Command- I am never scared of anything when I have this in hand.</p>
<p>#4: Sword of F/I- My favorite first pick. It leaves you in any archtype, and is awesome in all of them.</p>
<p>#5: Desolation Angel- I played with this for the first time last draft, and I also had Treachery in my deck. Twice I had 4 lands and a karoo in play, tap for 6, play treachery untapping my karoo with one mana floating and then cast Desolation Angel. It&#8217;s a blowout on a stick. (Just don&#8217;t reanimate it)</p>
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		<title>By: Brodie</title>
		<link>http://www.cubedrafting.com/2009/02/28/my-top-5-cube-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-412</link>
		<dc:creator>Brodie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1- Sword of Fire and Ice. This card is probably pretty high on my list, but red and blue are both very hard colors to deal with. This card will make the cut for every list, so i pick it very highly.

2- Debt of Loyalty. If you are in white, this is the best card in your deck. Period.

3- Wash Out. Our play group was testing with this card and it gives blue exactly what it needed: a turn 4 reset button against aggro.

4- Goyf/Tog. Pretty obvious why.

5- Force of Will. Says no to broken situations.

The obvious first pick is Mana Vault/Sol Ring. I am still undecided on which is better, Sol Ring is far more reliable, but also the difference between 4 mana and 5 mana on turn 2 can make a huge difference to how the game plays out. My personal favorite is Vault though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1- Sword of Fire and Ice. This card is probably pretty high on my list, but red and blue are both very hard colors to deal with. This card will make the cut for every list, so i pick it very highly.</p>
<p>2- Debt of Loyalty. If you are in white, this is the best card in your deck. Period.</p>
<p>3- Wash Out. Our play group was testing with this card and it gives blue exactly what it needed: a turn 4 reset button against aggro.</p>
<p>4- Goyf/Tog. Pretty obvious why.</p>
<p>5- Force of Will. Says no to broken situations.</p>
<p>The obvious first pick is Mana Vault/Sol Ring. I am still undecided on which is better, Sol Ring is far more reliable, but also the difference between 4 mana and 5 mana on turn 2 can make a huge difference to how the game plays out. My personal favorite is Vault though.</p>
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		<title>By: Kira</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1- Pernicous Deed
2- Sword of fire/ice
3- Exalted Angel
4- Jitte
5- Recurring nightmare

(Taking out the obvious power cards &gt;.&gt;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1- Pernicous Deed<br />
2- Sword of fire/ice<br />
3- Exalted Angel<br />
4- Jitte<br />
5- Recurring nightmare</p>
<p>(Taking out the obvious power cards &gt;.&gt;)</p>
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		<title>By: Justin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1) Contract from Below
One-sided Wheel of Fortune for B. Buh-roken.  Yeah, you&#039;re betting the value of whatever you flip ($20 on average), but you&#039;ll seldom actually lose after playing it.

2) Sol Ring
Unlike everything else on this list, this card is nearly insurmountable and puts you two turns ahead.  I cut it from my cube for reducing games to opening hands.

3) Treachery
Huge swing in CA and tempo.

4) Bribery
The best creature in your opponent&#039;s deck for 3UU.  You usually end up with a Kokusho/Akroma etc that&#039;s a pain to answer and should cost way more than 5 mana.

5) Jitte/Survival of the Fittest/Recurring Nightmare
Overwhelming advantage in combat. &#039;nuff said.

Library and Divining top are strong, but I have a relatively &#039;fast&#039; cube which makes their tempo cost more limitting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1) Contract from Below<br />
One-sided Wheel of Fortune for B. Buh-roken.  Yeah, you&#8217;re betting the value of whatever you flip ($20 on average), but you&#8217;ll seldom actually lose after playing it.</p>
<p>2) Sol Ring<br />
Unlike everything else on this list, this card is nearly insurmountable and puts you two turns ahead.  I cut it from my cube for reducing games to opening hands.</p>
<p>3) Treachery<br />
Huge swing in CA and tempo.</p>
<p>4) Bribery<br />
The best creature in your opponent&#8217;s deck for 3UU.  You usually end up with a Kokusho/Akroma etc that&#8217;s a pain to answer and should cost way more than 5 mana.</p>
<p>5) Jitte/Survival of the Fittest/Recurring Nightmare<br />
Overwhelming advantage in combat. &#8217;nuff said.</p>
<p>Library and Divining top are strong, but I have a relatively &#8216;fast&#8217; cube which makes their tempo cost more limitting.</p>
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