My Favorite Deck Ever | Powered Synergy Cube Draft #5

I made this cube and got it on MTGO! It was awesome to see this archetype come together as I had planned.
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[@wyvern-report]

A mox immediately on my screen oh boy I think this could be a spicy one : ) Edit: he didn’t take the mox, now I know it’s gonna be spicy for sure

[@ellahazan-fuchs7249]

This was a joy to watch. Memorable from the hundreds of other decks. Personally I loved seeing you forget to attack because you were so excited to Scourge of Nel Toth. Having a lot of fun is a great reason to miss a few insignificant points of damage =)

[@CalebGannon]

haha that's funny that I did that. I've been wanting to cast scourge of nel toth for months as I've been building this cube. First it wasn't good enough so I had to cut it, then months later I doubled down on dredge and re-added it but I just never got to cast it in testing. Idk why, but that dragon is just one of my favorite cards ever.

[@ellahazan-fuchs7249]

@@CalebGannon that's incredible. One of my favourite cards as well. It's a joy to watch you play your own cube that made it to mtgo.

[@jarijansma2207]

I love to see the game through your eyes.

[@procyonbytes1523]

This is really a perfect description of why I love watching Caleb

[@Evan-dv1fy]

He's one of the few MTG content creators that makes plays where I go, "Woah I didn't see that at all"

[@anachronisticlaserbeams4820]

I don't know whether you read these comments, but I want you to know that this video has gotten me to install Cockatrice and start building a deck to play some Commander with my friends, when previously I never really played MTG beyond just slightly dipping my toes in.

[@wabbab]

49:12 - Yet another reason to put One with Nothing into your cube! This has been my favorite deck so far by the way! I reworked my commander cube that I tinker with for fun after seeing this. Forgot how dope Scourge of Nel Toth was. Also I know you're busy with this -- and I'm loving it -- but did you have any plans to draft New Capenna?

[@ClassicsManWithAPlan]

Caleb turn 1 game 3: "If only I could discard my whole hand..." Me: "have you considered One With Nothing?" Love the content as always! I didn't even know bridge from below was a card until I saw this video and wow is it awesome!

[@CalebGannon]

I actually did look at adding one with nothing to the cube for fun. It would've been playable in a few decks which is hilarious

[@BassBaseAce]

This is probably the single spiciest limited deck ever. Well done on making the cube and drafting this beast!

[@montygamer9287]

This was amazing! Seriously my favorite deck I've seen you draft as well. Gotta love the 1cmc tribal (almost) Also gorgeous art! I have always appreciated how you plug your other content, it's brief and informative, and honestly once those are release you might see me coming by for a commission! Cheers Caleb, Loving life hope you are as well.

[@seanhutt4621]

This was so sweet a couple of pics I disagreed with but in the end the deck came out awesome so glad you got to get one of these together as I know watching your other videos you've really tried to make something like this work and it just hasn't been open Keep being awesome dude I'll keep watching

[@rafaelcastro.01]

I was a bit skeptical of not picking that mox, but boy, is this deck fun!

[@CalebGannon]

bazaar really is that strong. There's a reason vintage has multiple different archetypes that are built to mulligan for the card specifically.

[@Kurukusu]

For my birthday once i got to play you, that was also very nice present :D

[@simonds3182]

Just want to say - I watched this video shortly after release and went back a few weeks later to find the art project you described working on here. It's so cool! Can't wait to see it in your store :)

[@mikewest7839]

It felt like the intricacies of your fun complex pauper content mixed with a draft. great to watch :).

[@TijmenDal]

What a beautiful, beautiful deck. Definitely adding Bridge to my Cube after seeing this.

[@agb2153]

youre my hero caleb

[@luidgigiordano9480]

It's genuinely lovely to see you play. Sad that I could never play with you on discord, i wasn't very available during test time, and I don't have mtgo for the moment ):

[@technyst]

ok, you were right. This is the best deck

[@MrDavidpopo]

I watch these for fun and the learn. More for though. You sir did not disappoint

[@DreamPurpleFloyd]

The spice is real, especially those Crypt Breaker interactions

[@monty125874693]

Let's go, gotta wake up in seven hours and can't fall asleep

[@irarosenblum9062]

Match 2 game 1 was so dirty, enjoying every minute of this cube you’ve devised. Keep up the good work even if your girlfriend doesn’t watch. #calebgannon

[@CalebGannon]

So glad you're enjoying it! :) and lool don't worry she's very supportive, just doesn't play mtg.

[@tettsui255]

my first 3-0 in this cube was with almost this same exact deck. didnt pull a bazaar tho. it was great dude!

[@j.m.manhard]

I like your content mostly because you always play so considerate and mindful, however you missed quite a few times where you could have played Blood soaked Champion from your graveyard to create some more value from there. Anyway, good games, was a joy to watch!

[@vladimirstewart64]

Your lament at 49:12 made me wonder about a somewhat recently-discovered broken enabler: have you considered Manabond for this cube?

[@CalebGannon]

yeah I tested it somewhat extensively actually. It was mostly in the wrong colors, and having to wait until endstep is also a big minus. Actual one with nothing I think would have played better.

[@dirtiestbomb1715]

New World Order saw this cube and immediately cried. Board complexity be damned :)

[@wizmo57]

This is by far the best thing to ever happen to MTGO, what a wonderfully thoughtful and fun cube. You have ruined other cubes for me . Incredible, they need to hire you at wotc

[@Bobby-fs3el]

Game one was amazing loved the deck 👏

[@dougdimmadomeownerof]

passing a mox pack 1 pick 1? amazing.

[@marcellopozzessere1656]

Wow, this cube looks insanely fun! I don't have mtgo and it makes me want to build it in paper XD

[@itzmasterz]

11:20 He has a bayou, but there's another bayou in the pack, should that be the case? After watching game 1: me: "What the fuck is going on LOL!"

[@shadowphoenixxx]

He added multiples to the cube especially the fixing just to smooth out gameplay

[@Evvins]

There are duplicate dual lands and fetches in the cube to make fixing easier. As far as I know it's the only thing that isn't singleton.

[@itzmasterz]

Alright cool, thank you both!

[@ElysiarunsCO5280]

Match 1 was sweet!

[@gragrim]

mid-summer christmas🎉☀️⛱️🎄😊

[@benjamincarter6095]

It's the year of the tiger, and you made a sweet lion... Just saying, there might be quite the market for a tiger composed of Chinese characters.

[@johnwilliams-is9yj]

Caleb is making up for all the times he couldn't draft black becuase reanimator was the only supported archetype.

[@CalebGannon]

it feels so good! I really don't like reanimator in limited

[@stephend6172]

Not sure if you saw, but check out Caleb D's #6 draft. Timestamp 1:23:30 Caleb has some words for you 😊

[@GamerdevilPro]

5:40 doesn't that hurt when you put your foot in the door and then shut it? :P

[@mup6897]

there was no way to combo with devoled druid as melira stops it from untaping its self. feels like the big nonbo for that dude.

[@elliotcram5452]

Hey Caleb huge fan and your art is super cool dude!! Wondering what your PhD is on and where you got it? Cheers!

[@Slackker_]

I dont ever watch the cube vids right to the end, but this one was just too cool not to.

[@Earthboundmike]

Was hoping for the squirrel general to get in with chatter

[@finedecision5639]

holy shit what. a. deck. It's so damn good i'd play it in constructed

[@ShaneMchit]

Since you built the cube, I really think you should be saying asmoranomardcadaistinaculdacar’s name every time you see/take her. Lol

[@rachskald]

In fact, he should sing it like in that Remy sketch :D

[@Kryptnyt]

Baghdad? On Mother's Day? Blasphemer!

[@spudmuffin2744]

I'm unfamiliar with cube rules but at 11:17 bayou shows up in the pack and you had one in your deck. Are there supposed to be two copies?

[@VoodooDuck]

Yes I think there are 3 of each shock and two of each original dual

[@VoodooDuck]

*3 of each fetch not shock

[@spudmuffin2744]

Ok sweet just curious. :) thank you

[@claytonnewlon3747]

So there’s no real hard rules on cube construction. While most people stick to singleton, Caleb here has decided to go singleton for everything except the mana base.

[@toyaoren772]

reclaimer for bazzar was never mentioned?

[@vy1585]

r1 opponent really just let you keep bridge eh edit: okay main phase endurance self. What is this paid actor?

[@CalebGannon]

that whole match was really weird

[@ian.rowzee2865]

At 6:47 there is a badlands in a pack right after there is one in the pack before. You can get duplicates in this cube?

[@poiri]

There’s 3 of each fetch and 2 of each shock/dual in the cube

[@quantum_beeb]

So do you get royalties?? You should

[@CalebGannon]

sadly no. This is why I'm working on my own game now

[@quantum_beeb]

@@CalebGannon Well with all the garbage games that get funded on Kickstarter, you could raise a ton of money pretty easy. I look forward to the notification!

[@rachskald]

@@CalebGannon Wait what? Tell me more!

[@shadowphoenixxx]

38:35 Exiling your grave wouldn't have really done anything in that situation would it? You drew the bridge after the fact, gravecrawler was on the board as well as nel toth and vengevine.

[@CalebGannon]

well they coulda held onto the endurance and cast it when things got scary

[@ankhi3585]

Bringing a vintage deck to a cube game seems a bit unfair.

[@andrewzimba7432]

You used to take fixing so highly. Is there a reason you draft your cube differently?

[@CalebGannon]

my cube has a lot better/more plentiful fixing so you don't need to take it as highly. Also this deck was mono colored so I didn't really need that much

[@peterstewart7332]

Some real hot takes in your last few drafts - specific to Bazaar / Wasteland being better overall cards than various Mox's. I think you're speaking rather specifically to within your cube and within specific archtypes in it... which I could maybe buy. But broadly? Not sure on that one man. Keep up the content! One of my favorite things to listen to / watch while doing other stuff.

[@daftwulli6145]

specificallyin draft I tend to agree. Draft decks often have a much weaker manabase , so wasteland can be devastating and cut them offa certain color for mutliple turns, and the ability to dig into your deck and put what you want in the graveyard from bazaar is amazing. Now if the mox is on color and you get it late then yea mox is better but an off color mox is basically a colorless mana. With how much mana decks produce these days it is less strong then it used to be in draft

[@CalebGannon]

I think it depends on the archetype. A lot of decks in vintage just don't run off-color moxen. The hogaak/vengevine deck doesn't even run black lotus, but 4x wasteland is very common. I know part of that is metagame against collector ouphe/null rod but some decks just don't have much use for colorless mana.

[@Spinefist]

I can't fathom why you'd ever run outcast in this deck, it's 1 mana 1/1 that can't block with essentially no upside.

[@CalebGannon]

I think being unblockable is definitely an upside?

[@classicrocksd]

cheap creature for vengevine, zombie for cryptbreaker and gravecrawler, 1 mana for curve, free damage matters, and what are you replacing it with?

[@t.vand.6659]

@@classicrocksd And a clamp target!

[@Spinefist]

@@CalebGannon The way your deck wins here is more or less by comboing off, so not being able to block is pretty significant downside vs being unblockable (as you'll likely be winning hard or not winning at all, instead of just barely closing out the game). Although as Classic mentioned here, zombie type is important for gravecrawler, which does push it to playable here. Maybe it was ok to run it :)

[@classicrocksd]

@@t.vand.6659 Woooo good catch :)

[@Vesdus]

47:04 "I just didn't draw right" is the lamest excuse in Magic. Not 'drawing right' precludes the notion that your deck probably just isn't built well because you need the perfect hand of 7 out of 40 to win.

[@TheDeetster]

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