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by PhantomS
Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:03 pm
Forum: Maze of Ith (Cube)
Topic: Cube Noob Q&A
Replies: 44
Views: 20723

Calling them arbitrary is so beyond wrong. Just stop talking.
by PhantomS
Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: Maze of Ith (Cube)
Topic: Cube Noob Q&A
Replies: 44
Views: 20723

I don't buy the "balancing" argument at all. It only impacts balance if the cards you have in multiples are ones of above average card power. There's really no issue to having multiple, say, Divinations in the same deck, though it's obvious that
multiple Jace the Mind Sculptors would be a problem. I think that if you are having problems with multiples and balancing power level it's because you are including multiples of the wrong cards.
But the power difference between Divination and JTMS is much larger than any two cards in a traditional cube.
The example given isn't what you need to attack in my argument. Tell me how two lightning bolts in the same deck is too good.
That's not the problem; its certainly not too good (cube can be whatever you want it to be). My real problem with it is why would you add another lightning bolt to the cube and not add another Savannah Lions? Why not two Fact or Fictions? Why not two Griselbrands? Where is the line?
Don't be a fucking cone. Add more copies of cards to decks that are lacking in the areas they are lacking. Like, your problem is completely generated in your mind and is easily solved with a little thinking and/or applied
science. I bet you just sit at traffic intersections and wait for all the other cars to leave, too.
by PhantomS
Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:27 am
Forum: Maze of Ith (Cube)
Topic: Cube Noob Q&A
Replies: 44
Views: 20723

I don't buy the "balancing" argument at all. It only impacts balance if the cards you have in multiples are ones of above average card power. There's really no issue to having multiple, say, Divinations in the same deck, though it's obvious that multiple Jace the Mind Sculptors would be a problem. I think that if you are having problems with multiples and balancing power level it's because you are including multiples of the wrong cards.
But the power difference between Divination and JTMS is much larger than any two cards in a traditional cube.
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The example given isn't what you need to attack in my argument. Tell me how two lightning bolts in the same deck is too good.
by PhantomS
Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:25 am
Forum: Maze of Ith (Cube)
Topic: Cube Noob Q&A
Replies: 44
Views: 20723

I don't buy the "balancing" argument at all. It only impacts balance if the cards you have in multiples are ones of above average card power. There's really no issue to having multiple, say, Divinations in the same deck, though it's obvious that multiple Jace the Mind Sculptors would be a problem. I think that if you are having problems with multiples and balancing power level it's because you are including multiples of the wrong cards.
by PhantomS
Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:10 am
Forum: Maze of Ith (Cube)
Topic: Cube Noob Q&A
Replies: 44
Views: 20723

The singleton nature adds to the variance. Much like EDH the idea is to get a unique experience every time. Some Cubes I've seen use two of certain cards, most notably I saw a Cube that had 2x fetchlands to make the mana better, but for the most part it's best to have big effect be unique so you can't just do the same thing every time. That would be boring.

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