Lincoln Davidson
@dvdsn.bsky.social
Domestic engineer, infra-cultural memetic transcriptioneer, perpetual advocate of the 能达到的小目标. Organizer of @CapitolCube. Pr: he/ta/他/君
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The performances were excellent, particularly Alexander Hurt's portrayal of Gregers and Matthew Salvidar's portrayal of Dr. Relling.
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The performances were excellent, particularly Alexander Hurt's portrayal of Gregers and Matthew Salvidar's portrayal of Dr. Relling.
STC continues to kill it on the set design and sound design fronts. Huge kudos to Lightning Designer Stacey Derosier, who managed to one up the amazing lightning she produced for Frankenstein earlier this year. Exquisite use of windows and simulated daylight in both shows.
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
STC continues to kill it on the set design and sound design fronts. Huge kudos to Lightning Designer Stacey Derosier, who managed to one up the amazing lightning she produced for Frankenstein earlier this year. Exquisite use of windows and simulated daylight in both shows.
Miniature theater review: The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company through November 16
An incredible play, a masterful cast, exquisite staging. Go see this show, but prepare to be shook.
An incredible play, a masterful cast, exquisite staging. Go see this show, but prepare to be shook.
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Miniature theater review: The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company through November 16
An incredible play, a masterful cast, exquisite staging. Go see this show, but prepare to be shook.
An incredible play, a masterful cast, exquisite staging. Go see this show, but prepare to be shook.
Yep--low floor to inclusion in a deck, high ceiling of potential. A card like this is worse than Unearth in a vacuum because of the hand smoothing power of cycling... But if you can plan around it and build a way to abuse the overload, the ceiling is extremely high.
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yep--low floor to inclusion in a deck, high ceiling of potential. A card like this is worse than Unearth in a vacuum because of the hand smoothing power of cycling... But if you can plan around it and build a way to abuse the overload, the ceiling is extremely high.
And that's a wrap on CubeCon 2025! Thanks to all the judges, organizers, and fellow cube players for making this a success!
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And that's a wrap on CubeCon 2025! Thanks to all the judges, organizers, and fellow cube players for making this a success!
Final draft of CubeCon: Dominaria! We turned in our prize points for a box of this set. Ended up 1-2 with BW historic. The UR deck piloted by @mattmendoza.bsky.social took the 3-0.
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Final draft of CubeCon: Dominaria! We turned in our prize points for a box of this set. Ended up 1-2 with BW historic. The UR deck piloted by @mattmendoza.bsky.social took the 3-0.
Can't remember if I went 1-2 or 0-3 with this but it felt 2 counterspells and 2 creatures with some kind of finishing power short of being a good deck
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Can't remember if I went 1-2 or 0-3 with this but it felt 2 counterspells and 2 creatures with some kind of finishing power short of being a good deck
Some of my favorite designs:
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Some of my favorite designs:
Cubecon, day 4: playtesting Nick's custom Adventure Time cube! Went 2-1. Cube felt very cohesive and well designed! My main recommendation was to either make it more like a cube or more like a retail limited environment--it's in a bit of an in between state right now.
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Cubecon, day 4: playtesting Nick's custom Adventure Time cube! Went 2-1. Cube felt very cohesive and well designed! My main recommendation was to either make it more like a cube or more like a retail limited environment--it's in a bit of an in between state right now.
Cube 3: run back Tiny Axe! 2-0 with RW aggro. Would have faced Brian in the finals--we compared decks and decided the winner would probably depend on the die roll (I lost our pretend die roll lol).
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Cube 3: run back Tiny Axe! 2-0 with RW aggro. Would have faced Brian in the finals--we compared decks and decided the winner would probably depend on the die roll (I lost our pretend die roll lol).
Went 2-1 after pivoting hard into black end of pack 1. This format is extremely swingy. Rares are huge bombs and removal is almost nonexistent.
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Went 2-1 after pivoting hard into black end of pack 1. This format is extremely swingy. Rares are huge bombs and removal is almost nonexistent.
2-1 with BW lifegain/drain. Lost match 1 to the 3-0 player due to keeping sketchy hands and missing on lands. Had a ton of fun with this deck. Sideboard is always relevant and games feel super tight.
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
2-1 with BW lifegain/drain. Lost match 1 to the 3-0 player due to keeping sketchy hands and missing on lands. Had a ton of fun with this deck. Sideboard is always relevant and games feel super tight.
Won a match, went 1-1 in second round, then called it a night. This cube is super fun. It's a bit steamrolly, but it's cool to see reach and haste recontextualized as even more powerful than usual
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Won a match, went 1-1 in second round, then called it a night. This cube is super fun. It's a bit steamrolly, but it's cool to see reach and haste recontextualized as even more powerful than usual
Coolest play: double vision and battle rattle shaman on board, OP has Sengir Vampire and is at 14. Swing with shaman, cast Soul's Fire targeting vamp copy to face. Hold priority, cast Sure Strike. 7 to vampire, 7 to face, shaman hits for final 7
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Coolest play: double vision and battle rattle shaman on board, OP has Sengir Vampire and is at 14. Swing with shaman, cast Soul's Fire targeting vamp copy to face. Hold priority, cast Sure Strike. 7 to vampire, 7 to face, shaman hits for final 7
Went 2-1 with the nuts RDW deck. Lost round 1 to the only other player in red, who was on RW midrange
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Went 2-1 with the nuts RDW deck. Lost round 1 to the only other player in red, who was on RW midrange
Here's what I ended up playing. Realized very quickly that this is an "aggro" deck in this format. Went 0-2 drop for lunch. This cube has a lot of potential, but there are definitely some rough edges to sand off.
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here's what I ended up playing. Realized very quickly that this is an "aggro" deck in this format. Went 0-2 drop for lunch. This cube has a lot of potential, but there are definitely some rough edges to sand off.
It was late, so I only played 1 match, but here's the deck. 1st hand had 2x rootwalla 2x sword of the meek. 2nd game went with 3x snacker 1x sword. 3rd game went with 2x hollow one, 1x Vengevine, 1x master of death. This hand felt strongest.
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It was late, so I only played 1 match, but here's the deck. 1st hand had 2x rootwalla 2x sword of the meek. 2nd game went with 3x snacker 1x sword. 3rd game went with 2x hollow one, 1x Vengevine, 1x master of death. This hand felt strongest.
Cube 3 of the day: Thom's sharpie cube at the Bar Cube event at Delta Beer Lab. Went 1-1 before we wrapped it up to get dinner. Fun cube, wide power band. Hard pivoted to green in pack 2 in honor of Gorillas Crew.
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Cube 3 of the day: Thom's sharpie cube at the Bar Cube event at Delta Beer Lab. Went 1-1 before we wrapped it up to get dinner. Fun cube, wide power band. Hard pivoted to green in pack 2 in honor of Gorillas Crew.
I wildly misread this cube--it is much slower than I expected, and random 4 mana do nothing on etb value engines are quite good. Ended up going 2-1 on the back of Traxos and free Myr Enforcers. Ended up going 2-1. Got housed match 1 by arcbound reclaimer
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I wildly misread this cube--it is much slower than I expected, and random 4 mana do nothing on etb value engines are quite good. Ended up going 2-1 on the back of Traxos and free Myr Enforcers. Ended up going 2-1. Got housed match 1 by arcbound reclaimer
IADS is busted in this cube
October 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
IADS is busted in this cube
Played 1 match and had to drop for the main event. Lost to Arbor Colossus in two reasonably close games. Awesome cube, would love to draft this one again.
October 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Played 1 match and had to drop for the main event. Lost to Arbor Colossus in two reasonably close games. Awesome cube, would love to draft this one again.
Penrose Cube is checked in for CubeCon 2025!
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Penrose Cube is checked in for CubeCon 2025!
Gorillas Crew returns to Luke's Cafe! No better way to start a day of cubing
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gorillas Crew returns to Luke's Cafe! No better way to start a day of cubing
0-2 drop. Round 1 competitive, round 2 op had T1 shadowspear both games and never felt like I had much of a chance to race that.
Goblin Engineer did a ton of work. Felt like I needed some more repeatable discard enablers, though.
Goblin Engineer did a ton of work. Felt like I needed some more repeatable discard enablers, though.
October 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
0-2 drop. Round 1 competitive, round 2 op had T1 shadowspear both games and never felt like I had much of a chance to race that.
Goblin Engineer did a ton of work. Felt like I needed some more repeatable discard enablers, though.
Goblin Engineer did a ton of work. Felt like I needed some more repeatable discard enablers, though.
Forgot to grab a deck pic, unfortunately. Standout cards:
October 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Forgot to grab a deck pic, unfortunately. Standout cards: