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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · 19d

Who's vintage cube?

Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · 26d

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a Fleem should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The Fleem, of course, flies anyways. Because Fleem don't care what humans think is impossible.

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 21

I think I'd take raffiene's tower. It's almost 100% to make my deck and I haven't felt the downside of a tapland in this cube that you might be wary of in a modern vintage cube.

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 20

CubeCon is my favorite event of the year, wouldn't miss it

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · Aug 15

Our last pack for the week comes from the Ban Shuffling Cube, by Max McCall. It doesn't have anything that makes you search your library! What would you pick from among all these fine opti -- AW GEEZ

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 16

Is this a pick 2 environment?

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · Aug 14

Today's Main Event entrant is The Control Cube, designed by Kyle Ferguson. This environment demands judicious resource management, making for a lot of tough gameplay decisions! I'm definitely sure this time that *this* choice will be tough also -- how would you start this draft?

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 15

Scalding tarn is weird? Don't care. Phlage time!

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · Aug 11

Good morning, cubers! Let's recap some of the Cubes you can expect to find at CubeCon 2025. Noah Mickel's Alt History Powered Cube is a Magic-IP-only take on a vintage environment. Without the pesky initiative to get in the way of the bangers, what would you pick?

15 cards from Alt History Powered Cube:
Oath of Druids
Timetwister
Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
Punishing Fire
Expressive Iteration
Dark Confidant
Goblin Guide
Scalding Tarn
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Hangerback Walker
Sundering Titan
Archangel of Thune
Breya's Apprentice
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Burst Lightning

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · Aug 12

Our next cube to show off is the Aeneid Cube, Agarikhan's homage to Odyssey block that seeks to ramp up the graveyard synergies as much as possible. What would be your pick from this pack?

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · Aug 13

Our next Cube to showcase as part of the main event is The Chicago Cube, designed by Kyle Fouchey, Conor Salinas, and Sam Ives. This is an intricate cube with lots of cross-synergies: every pack is sure to have many interesting ways to start the draft! Which would you choose?

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 13

Can anyone tell what the card between Disruptor Flute and Renegade Rallier is supposed to be?

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 12

Scalding tarn

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 11

Always safe to pick a Scalding Tarn, but I might 🅱️oath of 🅱️ruids

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CubeCon @cubecon.org · Aug 7

There are so many things to do at CubeCon#2025 this year! Bar Cube, Value Vintage, Commander Sealed, and more! What are you most excited for?

Check out everything we have in store: cubecon.org/cubecon2...

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Aug 4

We share a name, it would be cosmic injustice to not at least interview for this.

Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Jul 17

Those are my hands

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Jul 13

Lost to Septer imprinted Ancestral Recall in the quarter finals of CubeDungeonCon. Thanks @aquaone.bsky.social for bringing the cube, and to @islandponder.bsky.social for hosting a great event!

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Jun 25

Mother of Runes is busto and Tinker is washed

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Jun 25

The fact that in some formats, for example, Consider can be a mediocre 35th-40th card, and in other formats it can be deck defining win condition (Doomsday/Murktide/Oculus come to mind) really challenges even the most experienced drafter to understand what is important in any given environment.

Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Jun 25

The hardest part of learning how to cube draft or draft in general for me has been learning how to evaluate cards in the context of the format.

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · May 19

Hey @magic.wizards.com, I see you are planning a forgetful fish event in Atlanta, seems appropriate to include the champ ;)

Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · May 2

Given that red's design space is being explored (see unbound mana dork) what are the odds of a return to a Fissure/Aftershock type removal spell in a modern set

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Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · May 2

I'm not convinced it's the only thing in the way, I think in time the One Ring(for power level/homogeneity) and Nadu(for tournament logistics) will have to say goodbye as well. It may be a year until we see legacy back to a truly excellent place and that's only if nothing happens in the meantime.

Blake DeSwarte @mtgblake.bsky.social · Mar 26

Get inners too