Comments on: Cube Draft Strategy: U/R Counterburn

By: Renato Hufana

Renato Hufana — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:28:16 +0000

Considering what’s said… I’d like to add the significance of mana-committment to the deck. Despite having cheap-efficient spells, via Counterspell, Magma Jet, and Brainstorm to name a few, if your capsize-buyback engine is held back because you’ve only got 5 mana sources, then maybe its time to go back to the drawing board. To make this deck effective, paying attention to how much land you’re playing or many signets/mana-producing artifacts, is just as important as drafting that powerful draining whelk as your finisher. I actually find myself drafting on-color signets quite high in pack 3 to ensure I have mana to dump into my iscohron-scepter with counterspell mana up.

By: eidolon

eidolon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:22:50 +0000

Definitely my favorite archetype. Since I drafted this sick nearly creatureless deck, with 5 control magic effects + 4 red sweepers, I even wanted to play U/R in constructed.
A card that I found in many cube lists, including yours, is Legacy’s Allure. I like this card a lot in slow multiplayer games, but how good is it in the cube?

By: Electrohead

Electrohead — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:13:47 +0000

I drafted this archtype (along with Black splash specifically for Nightscape Familar, Finkle, and a couple others) and it was probably one of the most powerful decks Ive ever built. I was able to run over a lot of people just by dropping a threat after countering/burning everything they played. You are right when you say that artifacts essentially run this deck, a Scroll rack on turn 1 can be the difference between a win and a loss. Good article.