1st pack/pick discussion CUBE! Sample D

This to me is maybe the hardest of all the ones i've posted.

Blightning
Dimir Aqueduct
Morphling
Simic Sky Swallower
Augury Adept
Terminate
Intet, the Dreamer
Sakura Tribe Elder
Restock
Unmake
Ajani Goldmane
Keldon Marauders
Juam Djinn
Kitchen Finks
Beacon of Destruction

I think I take the SSS, because it is splashable in both blue and green decks; also, since there are no blue power cards in the pack it sends a good signal. Then again, this might be the worst Cube pack I've even seen in my life. You are passing a couple of good green cards (STE and Finks), but that's OK because they are your bitch for 2 packs.

-AA

Yeah, pretty sucky pack.

I kinda like Ajani, even though he is "build-around." I find that the planeswalkers add an element of "you're screwed" to the game, and since there's only 8 or so in the cube, it's nice to have one.

SSS is crippling, however, and if you can suck up the good green (or colorless) acceleration, it's hard to lose when he hits the board.

My definite pick would have to be Augury Adept, so I could take a shit on it and then burn it.

Morphling, cause Id rather play blue than let someone else play blue, and morphling is the ultimate blue creature.

I don't think passing Morphling is anything close to a signal that blue is open; not in the cube, anyway. I seldom pick Morphling until I know I'm solidified in Blue.

-AA

SSS and Superman are roughly equally mana-intensive, and both can be game-enders because they're really hard to deal with. i take Morphy, because i like playing it and creating interactions better than just beating face with a huge monster. my theory: Cube is more for fun weirdness than out-and-out winning.