Should I double my cube's size?
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Posted on June 8, 2015, 5:01 p.m. by brokendwarf
One of the employees I know at my LGS said the store could use my cube if it could support more than 8 people. My current Pauper cube has the 360 cards and 250 basics (with the same art) all sleeved. I would need to add another 360 and 250 basics, plus 6 more things of turquoise Dragon Shields). Personally, I think this sounds exciting, finding another mass amount of cards. At the same time, I'd have to find another mass amount of cards, all commons, and 50 more of each basic of the same art I already have. Would it be worth the hassle to double it to let my LGS use it? I don't know what the arrangement would be but I assume I'd get something out of it.
i would make a list of the 360 additional cards you'd be interested in trying out, and make a proxy cube here or on cubetutor with the full list. try drafting it for free online for a while and see if there is a huge difference between the amount of fun you and your friends have drafting 720 instead of 360.
i have a 720 unpowered cube with no planeswalkers, and i enjoy the variety of cards i get to consider with each release, as well as the variation between drafts. other cube designers prefer to not have all the extra work/variance and only build/draft the tightest lists possible.
i think it would be sweet to design the FNM cube for the local shop. plus you'd get all sorts of input from different players to allow you to tweak things that are not working as well as you'd like. assuming of course that the players at your LGS treat your possessions with respect (i.e. not stealing or damaging them).
you can also always build the 720 cube for LGS drafts, and reduce it down to the more powerful 360 on nights where it's just your friends or the store gets 8 or less people for a draft. that obviously takes more time and effort, but it's an option.
June 8, 2015 5:23 p.m.
brokendwarf says... #4
Making the new list will be the longest part. The existing 360 I maintain through cubetutor.
The cube my LGS has is powered, and somehow the managed to make white-bordered copies of everything.
I have never managed to run my cube at the full 8 people. Most of the dudes I know play Yugioh (made a Yugioh cube also, it's friggin chaos). I could bring it when the store does their's, just need to find out when that is.
maiden77 says... #2
You can cube FNM i do believe. That would be pretty epic! If you get some nice stuff i think it wud be worth it. I am constantly updating my EDH cube so i am always happy to find and add cards :-)
June 8, 2015 5:13 p.m.