Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Avatar: The Last Airbender #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and again...
It's time for the Avatar: The Last Airbender #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and again...
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Avatar: The Last Airbender #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and again...
It's time for the Avatar: The Last Airbender #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and again...
Proposal: The GU SETMECHANICUBE! 🧊
A 180 card, two-color cube centered on all of the extremely narrow GU #2CUDS we've seen over the years.
The challenge is to find ~some~ synergy across all of these little niches, and... honestly, I think it can be done!
A 180 card, two-color cube centered on all of the extremely narrow GU #2CUDS we've seen over the years.
The challenge is to find ~some~ synergy across all of these little niches, and... honestly, I think it can be done!
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Proposal: The GU SETMECHANICUBE! 🧊
A 180 card, two-color cube centered on all of the extremely narrow GU #2CUDS we've seen over the years.
The challenge is to find ~some~ synergy across all of these little niches, and... honestly, I think it can be done!
A 180 card, two-color cube centered on all of the extremely narrow GU #2CUDS we've seen over the years.
The challenge is to find ~some~ synergy across all of these little niches, and... honestly, I think it can be done!
I think my favorite finding is that, when you model how much better cards (in Limited) get when put in increasingly synergistic decks, the gold signposts (#2CUDS) consistently stand out.
This is very pleasing to me.
mtgds.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/k...
This is very pleasing to me.
mtgds.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/k...
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I think my favorite finding is that, when you model how much better cards (in Limited) get when put in increasingly synergistic decks, the gold signposts (#2CUDS) consistently stand out.
This is very pleasing to me.
mtgds.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/k...
This is very pleasing to me.
mtgds.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/k...
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Edge of Eternities #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Edge of Eternities #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
July 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Edge of Eternities #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Edge of Eternities #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
#9 is BR in VOW, with 17.8% of wins. Note that the way I'm binning all decks into their closest color pair, the average archetype will have ≈10% of wins.
Similar to BLB BG, the #2CUDS was very strong, and you wanted to be making Artifact tokens (blood) and drafting Vampires.
Similar to BLB BG, the #2CUDS was very strong, and you wanted to be making Artifact tokens (blood) and drafting Vampires.
December 17, 2024 at 1:25 PM
#9 is BR in VOW, with 17.8% of wins. Note that the way I'm binning all decks into their closest color pair, the average archetype will have ≈10% of wins.
Similar to BLB BG, the #2CUDS was very strong, and you wanted to be making Artifact tokens (blood) and drafting Vampires.
Similar to BLB BG, the #2CUDS was very strong, and you wanted to be making Artifact tokens (blood) and drafting Vampires.
Tatyova was one of the stronger #2CUDS in DOM, at 59%, but is down to 53% in FDN. I don't really have a great theory on this one -- is it just color pair strength bringing it down?
November 21, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Tatyova was one of the stronger #2CUDS in DOM, at 59%, but is down to 53% in FDN. I don't really have a great theory on this one -- is it just color pair strength bringing it down?
As I secretly suspected, we're getting a double cycle of #2CUDS! Probably one is Vehicles/Mounts, one is more conventionally creatures.
Also, who knew that Nicolas Cage won an Invitational?
Also, who knew that Nicolas Cage won an Invitational?
January 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As I secretly suspected, we're getting a double cycle of #2CUDS! Probably one is Vehicles/Mounts, one is more conventionally creatures.
Also, who knew that Nicolas Cage won an Invitational?
Also, who knew that Nicolas Cage won an Invitational?
do not get me started on trying to put in 2cuds when sets from that era didn't have any.
December 5, 2024 at 3:56 AM
do not get me started on trying to put in 2cuds when sets from that era didn't have any.
I have been fortunate that the UB properties I find most cringe have thus far been relegated to Commander products and Secret Lairs, where I can just ignore them.
This #2CUDS, with the faux-Latinate name and trite FT, really has me grappling with some uncomfortable questions.
This #2CUDS, with the faux-Latinate name and trite FT, really has me grappling with some uncomfortable questions.
April 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I have been fortunate that the UB properties I find most cringe have thus far been relegated to Commander products and Secret Lairs, where I can just ignore them.
This #2CUDS, with the faux-Latinate name and trite FT, really has me grappling with some uncomfortable questions.
This #2CUDS, with the faux-Latinate name and trite FT, really has me grappling with some uncomfortable questions.
This rhino leads me to speculate that we will only have 10 #2CUDS in TDM. I'd guess this is part of a five-card three-color cycle, and that eats into your multicolor as-fan.
But I don't know whether to expect doubled-up ally pair #2CUDS, like in SNC, or just the regular set of all 10.
But I don't know whether to expect doubled-up ally pair #2CUDS, like in SNC, or just the regular set of all 10.
Skirmish Rhino
Ankle Biter
Snowball Tusker
Butcher of the Several
Ivorytusk Treefort
Kheru Lich Fella
Mantis Saddler
Rakshasa Administrative Assistant
Saga of the Inward Eye
Grumpy Knuckleblade
Ankle Biter
Snowball Tusker
Butcher of the Several
Ivorytusk Treefort
Kheru Lich Fella
Mantis Saddler
Rakshasa Administrative Assistant
Saga of the Inward Eye
Grumpy Knuckleblade
February 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
W - Salt Road Packbeast
U - Sibsig Appraiser
B - Caustic Exhale
R - Molten Exhale
G - Sagu Pummeler
nmc - Thornwood Falls
c - Champion of Dusan
2cuds - Kishla Skimmer
rare - Hollowmurk Siege
U - Sibsig Appraiser
B - Caustic Exhale
R - Molten Exhale
G - Sagu Pummeler
nmc - Thornwood Falls
c - Champion of Dusan
2cuds - Kishla Skimmer
rare - Hollowmurk Siege
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Dragonstorm #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Basically: pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 1 non-mono common, 1 other common, and 1#2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17Lands.
details👇
It's time for the Dragonstorm #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Basically: pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 1 non-mono common, 1 other common, and 1#2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17Lands.
details👇
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
W - Salt Road Packbeast
U - Sibsig Appraiser
B - Caustic Exhale
R - Molten Exhale
G - Sagu Pummeler
nmc - Thornwood Falls
c - Champion of Dusan
2cuds - Kishla Skimmer
rare - Hollowmurk Siege
U - Sibsig Appraiser
B - Caustic Exhale
R - Molten Exhale
G - Sagu Pummeler
nmc - Thornwood Falls
c - Champion of Dusan
2cuds - Kishla Skimmer
rare - Hollowmurk Siege
name for a Limited prediction contest!
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#2CUDS
This one I'm not too sure about. It's extremely not-obvious what it stands for (two-color uncommon draft signpost), it's not easy to pronounce, and it constrains me to only considering the *two* color...
mtgds.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/p...
#2CUDS
This one I'm not too sure about. It's extremely not-obvious what it stands for (two-color uncommon draft signpost), it's not easy to pronounce, and it constrains me to only considering the *two* color...
P0P1 Challenge
Here’s the idea: before this set goes live on Arena, you pick a “team” of eight unique cards that you think will be the strongest in Arena Premier Draft. Your team is scored by su…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
name for a Limited prediction contest!
mtgds.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/p...
#2CUDS
This one I'm not too sure about. It's extremely not-obvious what it stands for (two-color uncommon draft signpost), it's not easy to pronounce, and it constrains me to only considering the *two* color...
mtgds.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/p...
#2CUDS
This one I'm not too sure about. It's extremely not-obvious what it stands for (two-color uncommon draft signpost), it's not easy to pronounce, and it constrains me to only considering the *two* color...
What do you have as the canonical #2CUDS in each color pair? Here's my first draft.
Blink, loot/reanimate, sacrifice, get stuff on-board... (I am least satisfied with the UB offering here; am I missing something obvious and better?)
Blink, loot/reanimate, sacrifice, get stuff on-board... (I am least satisfied with the UB offering here; am I missing something obvious and better?)
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
What do you have as the canonical #2CUDS in each color pair? Here's my first draft.
Blink, loot/reanimate, sacrifice, get stuff on-board... (I am least satisfied with the UB offering here; am I missing something obvious and better?)
Blink, loot/reanimate, sacrifice, get stuff on-board... (I am least satisfied with the UB offering here; am I missing something obvious and better?)
...cards than vanilla sealed.
Works particularly well for my Companion Cube, in which decks are built around a #2CUDS. Synergy is really important there.
Works particularly well for my Companion Cube, in which decks are built around a #2CUDS. Synergy is really important there.
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
...cards than vanilla sealed.
Works particularly well for my Companion Cube, in which decks are built around a #2CUDS. Synergy is really important there.
Works particularly well for my Companion Cube, in which decks are built around a #2CUDS. Synergy is really important there.
W- Focus Fire
U- Cryoshatter
B- Depressurize
R - Zookeeper Mechan
G - Sami's Curiosity
C - Banishing Light
C - Cryogen Relic
2CUDS - Biomechanics Engineer
Rare: Anticausal Vestige
I've been historically pretty bad at these, mostly this is for me to remember where I went wrong!
U- Cryoshatter
B- Depressurize
R - Zookeeper Mechan
G - Sami's Curiosity
C - Banishing Light
C - Cryogen Relic
2CUDS - Biomechanics Engineer
Rare: Anticausal Vestige
I've been historically pretty bad at these, mostly this is for me to remember where I went wrong!
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Edge of Eternities #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Edge of Eternities #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
July 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
W- Focus Fire
U- Cryoshatter
B- Depressurize
R - Zookeeper Mechan
G - Sami's Curiosity
C - Banishing Light
C - Cryogen Relic
2CUDS - Biomechanics Engineer
Rare: Anticausal Vestige
I've been historically pretty bad at these, mostly this is for me to remember where I went wrong!
U- Cryoshatter
B- Depressurize
R - Zookeeper Mechan
G - Sami's Curiosity
C - Banishing Light
C - Cryogen Relic
2CUDS - Biomechanics Engineer
Rare: Anticausal Vestige
I've been historically pretty bad at these, mostly this is for me to remember where I went wrong!
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Spiderman/OM1 #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Spiderman/OM1 #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
September 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Spiderman/OM1 #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Spiderman/OM1 #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Aetherdrift #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Basically: pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Aetherdrift #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Basically: pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
February 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Think you know Limited?
It's time for the Aetherdrift #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Basically: pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
It's time for the Aetherdrift #𝐏𝟎𝐏𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
Basically: pick 8 cards (1 common of each color, 2 of any other common, and 1 #2CUDS), with the goal of maximizing their collective GIH Win Rate on @17lands.bsky.social.
details👇, and this time again...
In response to the latest LPR episode: In my opinion, there is a second big leaver to avoid 5c-goodstuff to be dominant
2 color seeded synergies! Finding the balance between the overlap between them and power of fixing allows experienced players to experiment, and helps newer drafters with #2CUDS
2 color seeded synergies! Finding the balance between the overlap between them and power of fixing allows experienced players to experiment, and helps newer drafters with #2CUDS
December 10, 2024 at 6:48 AM
In response to the latest LPR episode: In my opinion, there is a second big leaver to avoid 5c-goodstuff to be dominant
2 color seeded synergies! Finding the balance between the overlap between them and power of fixing allows experienced players to experiment, and helps newer drafters with #2CUDS
2 color seeded synergies! Finding the balance between the overlap between them and power of fixing allows experienced players to experiment, and helps newer drafters with #2CUDS
My Cube (mtgds.wordpress.com/2023/01/16/c...) is tricky for removal -- the Main Idea is that the #2CUDS are the stars, so I want to let them breathe. Thus, I don't necessarily want to run the most comprehensive and/or efficient removal. Cryoshatter gives some leeway.
July 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My Cube (mtgds.wordpress.com/2023/01/16/c...) is tricky for removal -- the Main Idea is that the #2CUDS are the stars, so I want to let them breathe. Thus, I don't necessarily want to run the most comprehensive and/or efficient removal. Cryoshatter gives some leeway.