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Yesterday I was doing a houseman draft of my Gimmicky Cube together with my brother. My Gimmicky Cube tries to seduce the drafters to explore the gimmicky side of magic while creating a lot of interesting and complex gameplay. I drafted a sweet blue and white proliferate deck. My brother drafted a very strong black and red discard deck.
During game 1 my brother had multiple moments taking his time figuring out his lines. I loved seeing this, I love it when a cube offers the type of gameplay where the correct play isn’t obvious. Where there are so many possibilities that every turn is a puzzle to solve.
In game 3, on turn 4, my brother played a Skinrender. I recovered well and created quite a powerful boardstate on turn 4. My brother tanked on turn 5. He had a puzzle to solve. He decided on playing you Jaxis. He didn’t just cast you, he Blitzt you. Then activated you, discarding an Avacyn’s Judgment. He copied his Skinender, killing 2 of my creatures and drawing 2 cards in the process. A four for two. It absolutely destroyed me. But I didn’t lose. That is the beauty of being a cube designer. Even when you lose your match to such an amazing sequence of plays, the smile on your opponent’s face for solving that puzzle lets you win every time again and again.
With love,
Hanjo
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