Chief, Cube Connoisseur

Magic since 2001 | Cube, Brews Constructed, EDH, MTGFinance
Follow along for the stupidest cards imaginable being purchased

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

Cube is my favorite format. It's where power meets synergy, all in a draft environment.

It combines the most of my favorite things about magic at the same time.

This is my paper cube I own and curate. There's a Test-Draft feature, too.

https://t.co/KLXMEXvVwV

Long Live Cube!

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

$5 to $20 on this one, and ooohhh boy did I move some other pre- modern specs, too.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

One area I've been bullish on buying lately are pre-modern cards. There is a lot of nostalgia for the format (myself included) and the old versions of the cards are almost a psuedo-reserved list.

Sure the cheapest copy of a card is playable, but the players want originals.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@DougesOnTwitch Very cool! Thinking about putting this together for a friend group.

Are these the right decks I have grouped here?

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

Obviously, the brackets are manipulated by people who only adhere to the gamechangers. Which, of course, misses the spirit of the whole thing.

It's commander, who cares. You lose most of the time. I'll get competitive jollies elsewhere.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

I've seen a lot of discourse about bracket 3 decks.

I build my commander decks to lose.

I have minimal win conditions.

I don't put sol ring in them, I find it unfun.

I do something fun, people kill my stuff, and then someone gets to enjoy winning.

I'm there for the people.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@MartinJuza @Huschenmtg @kaibudde To add to this, we certainly didn't know how to say his name either, because we were so many degrees removed from hearing it. It was told to me said as "Bud", and I thought of him as Kai Bud for probably a decade before I heard it pronounced right.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@MartinJuza @Huschenmtg @kaibudde Never met him, but Kai will always have been an icon of the game from a time when information spread still mostly from word-of-mouth.

And to hear "this guy, Kai Budde" from another country far away was the best in the world really made magic feel BIG. Truly a legend.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@SaffronOlive I'd be excited to draft those formats again. But you can bet they'd make some Ravnica 2.0 that is a blend of the whole block to cut out the chaff. Which for me, would ruin part of the experience.

[J White 急啡人 @RealPokemoki]

I wrote about what it has felt like to be a competitive magic player for the past ~5-6 years

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

#mtgfinance

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@NikachuMTG @MagicOnline @DaybreakGames One of my first decks back in 2002 when I was 9 was a merfolk deck.
Couple Lord of Atlantis, Root water Thief made people very upset, Merchant loot guy, along with Daze and Thwart as free counterspells. Special place in my heart for those fish.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@Em_TeeGee Oh hell yeah

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@jabjabber_ Voted EI, but it felt close

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

The time to speculate into modern unbans is not the week of the B&R announcement. It's the quiet period in between.

Retro Deathrite Shaman at $4 is where I'm in. And if I play them or sell them, I don't really care.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

One area I've been bullish on buying lately are pre-modern cards. There is a lot of nostalgia for the format (myself included) and the old versions of the cards are almost a psuedo-reserved list.

Sure the cheapest copy of a card is playable, but the players want originals.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@DakotaCox One of my favorite memories was you and hotbid with a waiting for the 7.07 (?) Dota patch for hours and hours, with all kinds of antics like Chat picking your pizza toppings to a disgusting variety.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

So, when WotC templated Omen just like adventure, that wasn't ideal.

Adventure as a mechanic has been used multiple times, is memorable, and is extremely visually recognizable.

Peoples brains are going to shortcut incorrectly with the overlap with Omen.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@Sierkovitz One of the best events I recall them doing. I'm baffled they haven't ran it back yet!

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

@Em_TeeGee It's the vintage cube of constructed formats.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

Ultimately, he loses the game in a couple turns, and friend who was leading wins.

That was the only game we played, and the guy eliminated first probably waited an hour after getting killed in the first 30 minutes.

Everyone lost that game.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

What would you have done?

Commander game with a friend and 2 Randoms. Friend is clearly running away with the game, eliminates a random.

It's late in the game.
I draw Naya Charm for turn, tap leading friends creatures in his attack step, saving us.

Here's where it gets weird.

[Chief, Cube Connoisseur @JW_Chief]

Eventually, I let it happen.

Second main, he casts farewell.

2 people are dead, and he casts farewell, surely extending the game a long while.

I was so done at this point with this dude. Packed up my stuff.

Is conceding okay in that spot, or nah?