By Evan on Jul 28, 2010 in Draft Strategy, Submission | 6 Comments
This guest post is written by Usman Jamil. For those wishing to contribute to cubedrafting.com, contact evan dot erwin at starcitygames dot com. This 2-part article aims to discuss a handful of these lesser-known cards to help cube designers become informed about the existence and use of these buried treasures to use in their cubes.
By Evan on Jul 16, 2010 in Cube Updates | 12 Comments
Hello again, it’s time for some cube updates! First we’ll go over the big changes put in place last time: Removal of the Signets / Karoos – Still in place! I can safely say I’m much happier with my cube now that these are gone. I don’t miss them and I feel they better define [...]
By Evan on Jul 16, 2010 in Cube Updates | 4 Comments
Beginning with Worldwake I began to pre-ordering foils I expect to put in my cube. Here are the M11 cards I’m adding to the cube for testing. Stay tuned for my official Rise of the Eldrazi cube update soon.
By Evan on May 13, 2010 in Site News and Updates | 1 Comment
Hey everybody, while we have some fantastic content here on the site from yours truly and readers like yourself, we’d love to have some more! Find out how you can contribute to CubeDrafting.com and get a free month’s subscription to StarCityGames.com Premium just for doing so! Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to [...]
By Evan on May 5, 2010 in HowTo, Submission | 11 Comments
This guest post is written by Usman Jamil. For those wishing to contribute to cubedrafting.com, contact eerwin at gmail dot com. On his website about the format, Tom LaPille said this about cube drafting: “Go make a cube, or at least convince someone else to. That cube will enhance your life and the lives of [...]
By Evan on Apr 25, 2010 in Cube Updates | 15 Comments
Hello everybody, it’s another set release and another update to my Cube. In my last release, I spoke of what I wanted to focus on with that cube update, and I’ll do so again. This update is HUGE in a variety of ways — one, we have a huge sea change in the manafixing portion [...]
By Evan on Apr 15, 2010 in Cube Updates | 7 Comments
While my Official Worldwake Cube Update is still a week or so away (it will coincide with the actual release of Rise of the Eldrazi, as I fully playtest my changes w new sets before advocating them), starting with Worldwake I’ve begun pre-ordering foils I feel will be worth testing in the cube. After the [...]
By Evan on Apr 14, 2010 in Draft Strategy, HowTo, Submission | 10 Comments
This guest post is written by Thea Steele. For those wishing to contribute to cubedrafting.com, contact eerwin at gmail dot com. I have a confession to make- I’m a magic player without a playgroup. I’ve recently moved across the country, and my magic-playing community consists of myself and my boyfriend. The good news is that [...]
By Evan on Feb 18, 2010 in Pictures | 13 Comments
Okay, so I was bored in San Diego waiting for the Pro Tour festivities to start and thought — why don’t I have pictures of my cube? So I made some. Be on the lookout for some Worldwake updates I’m trying out as well! Enjoy!
By Evan on Feb 6, 2010 in Cube Updates, Site Updates | 10 Comments
So another three months have passed and it’s time to get all cube-updating in this hizzle. Or something. Either way, last go-around I updated the cube with M10 additions. This time we’re adding five cards per color bringing the total cube size to 580 cards. Woo! I’m happy with a growth rate of 25 cards [...]