Comments on: Standard Spike: A Farewell, feat. the MTGO Cube

By: wow

wow — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:26:32 +0000

CF is really reaching now huh……………………………….

By: _ShipItHolla

_ShipItHolla — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:17:29 +0000

Thanks for all the support everyone! It’s been a great run and I’m really sad to go but also happy to start anew on ChannelFireball this week!!

By: CSeraph

CSeraph — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:50:37 +0000

Most people consider mono-red the best cube strategy. It is closer to its constructed archetype equivalents than any other deck type because almost all of its cards are largely interchangeable with others – all it needs is aggressive creatures and burn to work. Other archetypes like GB rec-sur, reanimator, or white weenie are much more dependent on seeing particular cards at particular times, both during the draft and during the games.

Additionally, people that are playing cube tend to be drawn to elaborate, slow, multi-colour good stuff decks, because they’re very fun to play. Mono red is by far the best archetype for punishing those awkward decks.

All of that said, if you really want to beat mono red every match you can. If you stay in green, white or both and take walls and life gain, your matchup will be very favourable. It is just a fun/power level sacrifice most people aren’t willing to make.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:47:46 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks mono-red is a terrible draft strategy? You have to draft a perfect deck to make it work. I can’t tell you how many times I have been knocked down to 5 or less life quick and then came back and won against red because it just stalls after the first few turns. If you don’t win quick, you are screwed. Done about 15 of these cube drafts and have beat every red deck I’ve come across.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:42:27 +0000

Channelfireball used to be the best place to get content, but it has really gone downhill. The video player is horrendous and everyone, except for lsv is mediocre at best. I understand that you will probably get more hits there, and I congratulate you for that, but I’m sure this site will miss your content. Even though I am not a fan of standard, or legacy for that matter, I always watched your videos. Good luck.

By: zturchan

zturchan — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:51:16 +0000

See you shipit, been great.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:32:31 +0000

GL at CFB. Shame for MTGOAcademy to lose such high quality content, but at least you’ll still be recording.