Cube Update 07.20.10: Eventide/Eldrazi Update

Major Cube update as I add the completed Eventide set, and also work in some Rise of the Eldrazi cards congruent to Evan Erwin's latest Cube update.  47 cards added altogether, 12 cards removed.  Add/Remove list directly below; full Cube list after the jump.

ADDED

White: Essence Sliver, Militia's Pride, Mirror Entity, Preeminent Captain, Wall of Omens
Blue: Deprive, Enclave Cryptologist, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Glen Elendra Archmage, Mnemonic Wall, Sea Gate Oracle
Black: Choking Sands, Consuming Vapors, Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief, Inquisition of Kozilek, Zombify
Red: Incandescent Soulstoke, Lightning Crafter, Lord of Shatterskull Pass, Simian Spirit Guide, Staggershock, Stigma Lasher
Green: Beastbreaker of Bala Ged, Growth Spasm, Joraga Treespeaker, Ondu Giant, Vengevine
Colorless: All is Dust, Bottle Gnomes, Painter's Servant, Steel Overseer, Trip Noose
Multi: Call the Skybreaker, Cold-Eyed Selkie, Creakwood Liege, Figure of Destiny, Identity Crisis, Sarkhan the Mad, Spitting Image, Stillmoon Cavalier
Land: Bojuka Bog, Cascade Bluffs, Evolving Wilds, Fetid Heath, Khalni Garden, Rugged Prairie, Secluded Glen

REMOVED

Blue: Opportunity
Red: Goblin Chieftain
Multi: Balefire Liege, Canker Abomination, Ghost Council of Orzhova, Orzhov Guildmage, Shambling Remains, Shrewd Hatchling, Temporal Spring, Wistful Selkie
Land: Drowned Catacomb, Llanowar Reborn

My Life On Star Trek, Part 2: Exodus, Year One

(For an explanation, see the introduction on part 1 of this series.)

My Life On Star Trek, Part 1: Tribune

(Recent events have got me reminiscing about the many years I spent role playing in several Star Trek RPG communities in the late 90s and early 00s, including SFOL, TFL, and Project Delta. I thought some of you might be interested in reading a summary of my lead character's experiences during those years. This will be a few parts long, but as a bonus, the last part will be the unwritten final chapter of Project Delta that's been rolling around my head for years. No, not the whole thing as I don't have the drive to write it any more, but at least a summary of what was supposed to happen and how I was planning to end the story.)

Cube Update 06.03.10: Shadowmoor Added

I've finished the Shadowmoor set, and that adds 13 new cards to the cube.  Changes below.  Full cube list after the jump.

WHITE (1)
Added: Spectral Procession
Removed: Ghostway

BLACK (1)
Added: Puppeteer Clique
Removed: Faerie Macabre

MULTICOLOR (6)
Added: Augury Adept (W/U), Plumeveil (W/U), Oona, Queen of the Fae (U/B), Firespout (R/G), Tattermunge Maniac (R/G), Kitchen Finks (G/W)
Removed: Kiss of the Amesha (W/U), Pride of the Clouds (W/U), Inkfathom Infiltrator (U/B), Boartusk Liege (R/G), Rumbling Slum (R/G), Glare of Subdual (G/W)

LANDS (5)
Added: Fire-Lit Thicket, Mystic Gate, Reflecting Pool, Sunken Ruins, Wooded Bastion
Removed: Auntie's Hovel, Grove of the Burnwillows, Karplusan Forest, Rootbound Crag, Shivan Reef

Minor Cube Update 05.22.10

Just a quick post because I've picked up a few new cards, and made two changes to the cube.  More changes coming next week when I get the Shadowmoor set.

Green (1)
Added: Acidic Slime
Removed: Wood Elves

Colorless (1)
Added: Basilisk Collar
Removed: Crucible of Worlds

Cube Update 04.30.10 - Morningtide Added

Received the Morningtide set yesterday, and from that set added 7 new cards from the cube.  Changes below; full Cube list after the jump.

WHITE (1)

Added: Reveillark
Removed: Temporal Isolation

BLUE (1)
Added: Vendilion Clique
Removed: Dismal Failure

BLACK (1)
Added: Bitterblossom
Removed: Blind Creeper

RED (1)
Added: Countryside Crusher
Removed: Flames of the Blood Hand

GREEN (1)
Added: Chameleon Colossus
Removed: Timbermare

LAND (2)
Added: Murmuring Bosk, Mutavault
Removed: Sejiri Refuge, Vivid Grove

Cube Update 04.25.10: Major Overhaul

I didn't expect to have to do another update so soon, but Evan Erwin has released an update to his own Cube, adding Worldwake cards, and also overhauling the size and format of the Cube.  Since I try to mirror Evan's Cube as closely as possible, I have made similar changes, adding 33 cards and removing 20, for a total increase of 13 cards in the size of the Cube.  These changes are designed to promote more monocolor and two-color strategies and less 3 to 5 color builds.  Also, conscious effort was made to make black a more aggressive color in the Cube.  Changes are below.  Full Cube list after the jump.

White
Added (5): Journey to Nowhere, Kor Firewalker, Kor Sanctifiers, Loam Lion, Temporal Isolation

Blue
Added (5): Calcite Snapper, Dismal Failure, Opportunity, Repulse, Spellstutter Sprite

Black
Added (5): Blind Creeper, Corrupted Zendikon, Malakir Bloodwitch, Nezumi Cutthroat, Vampire Lacerator

Red
Added (5): Dragonmaster Outcast, Quest for Pure Flame, Searing Blaze, Skirk Marauder, Smash to Smithereens

Green
Added (5): Bestial Menace, Forgotten Ancient, Mold Shambler, Terastodon, Wolfbriar Elemental

Colorless
Added (3): Everflowing Chalice, Lightning Greaves, Lodestone Golem
Removed (8): AEther Spellbomb, Akroma's Memorial, Coat of Arms, Darksteel Forge, Long-Forgotten Gohei, Mirari, Relic of Progenitus, Trinisphere

Multicolor
5-Color: Removed (2) Sliver Legion, Sliver Overlord
Esper: Removed (2) Esper Stormblade, Punish Ignorance
Jund: Removed (2) Hit/Run, Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper
Grixis: Removed (2) Grixis Grimblade, Rise/Fall
Naya: Removed (2) Meglonoth, Uril, the Miststalker
Bant: Removed (2) Bant Charm, Crystallization

Land
Added (5): Dread Statuary, Halimar Depths, Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers, Tectonic Edge, Wanderwine Hub