64 Player Vintage Cube Draft | ALL THE WAY TO CUBE WORLDS!!

[@tehchives]

First video I'm seeing from your channel and excited to see someone do well in one of these drafts (Sorry LSV haha). Love the mustache bro, you got great style

[@SnapBolt]

@@tehchives thanks! I did well in this draft but not well enough! Ended up with nothing lol

[@nicoschofield8295]

Praying for a LSV Snap-Bolt team up, could be an interesting way of getting more viewers into Vintage Cube :) I like your commentary, academy decks are poggers.

[@SnapBolt]

@@nicoschofield8295 I’m down to draft with LSV if he wants to draft with me 😎 I’ll leave that up to him if he wants to though

[@SnapBolt]

@@nicoschofield8295 appreciate the comment

[@ronaldrage2118]

15:55, taking golos over skyclave is wild. the fact it wheeled is so lucky. Besides that great vid and deckbuilding!

[@jellymelon6834]

I really enjoyed following the vintage cube draft journey. Always looking forward to more snap bolt content!

[@SnapBolt]

@@jellymelon6834 thanks a lot. Glad you’re liking the cube content 😎 I’m loving playing it

[@owenjam]

Thanks for posting this; really fun to watch. Just fyi, you can play lands from Shelldock. "Play the card" rules text allows for lands to be played, whereas "Cast the spell" text would not. A gotcha though is you can't play lands on your opponent's turn even with Shelldock.

[@SnapBolt]

@@owenjam I usually know that rule, but there’s a few things that kept me from believing that you can play land with shelldock. One, I thought that if it said play a card ‘without paying its cost’, it wouldn’t allow you to play land. Two, I could’ve sworn that I tried to play a land from shelldock, and was not able to. I did a little research, to try and figure out if you can play a land. Inconclusive, but I did see a post that said magic online is/was bugged and doesn’t allow you to play it. Some posts said you can, some said you can’t. I think if it worked properly, you should be able to play a land. Can anyone confirm?

[@Gauteron1]

@@SnapBolt I have played lands off of shelldock before. Notably karakas in vintage cube!

[@SnapBolt]

@@Gauteron1 ok nice! Good to know

[@dr_volberg]

If you have Virtue of Loyalty out, then you should always crew Esika's Chariot on your turn to get a counter on it.

[@SnapBolt]

@@dr_volberg yeah, might have missed that trying to play relatively fast

[@josecelsofreitaspianista4466]

Loving those draft series!

[@SnapBolt]

@@josecelsofreitaspianista4466 thanks! Me too honestly

[@BirdNatureView]

You are pretty good I must say. Really insightful to watch you draft. Got awarded for it handsomely, the Academy was awesome!

[@SnapBolt]

@@BirdNatureView wow, that’s over the top very nice of you to say, thank you so much

[@TheNegoneco]

Timetwister (literally in the power 9): am I a joke to you?

[@SnapBolt]

@@TheNegoneco in vintage cube power rankings - yes

[@MillStone.]

Just stumbled over your channel - I really enjoy ur content on vintage cube, as im a big vintage cube enjoyer myself! Keep it up!

[@SnapBolt]

@@MillStone. great! Welcome to my channel. I’m glad you like the vintage cube content. I’ve been having a ton of fun jamming these feeder leagues and 64s

[@MillStone.]

@@SnapBolt thx! i havent had the gut nor the time to try them out 😅

[@SnapBolt]

@@MillStone. they certainly aren’t for the faint of heart

[@brianh5844]

M2G3: I think you probably could just play and crack expedition map here, putting academy into play turn 1 and having a bazillion mana moving forward. You end up discarding the plains in order to do that (putting mox diamond into play) but that feels worth it to untap with academy and a bunch of artifacts in play. Your line ended up working out because you had mox diamond to discard to currency converter, although to be fair, just about any line would work that game as you drew straight fire from turn 1 on.

[@SnapBolt]

@@brianh5844 yeah, I think your line is better overall. I didn’t get punished there and you’re also right, I drew very well given that starting hand. We basically hit everything we needed

[@tammyevans6629]

Great run ! That was close. I think you should have palace jailered then if you find a land you can parallax wave and eventually blink the jailer with wave and use it again and keep the card advantage going with monarch but it was a tough decision not clear if it would have worked out better. Great content ! These feeders and 64 tourneys are tough the competition level is so strong great video thanks!! More please!!

[@SnapBolt]

@@tammyevans6629 yeah, I regretted the decision there. Prob had to jam jailer and hope it worked out. I don’t know if there are any more of these feeders and 64s, but definitely more content to come regardless 😎

[@tammyevans6629]

One of those rare games when parallax wave ia resolved and you still loose. Still think it is one of the most underated cards in the cube and one of my personal favorites .. it is pretty tough to beat a resolved Othari you put up a valiant fight!!!!

[@Perichoresis777]

Rough final game. GGs though!

[@SnapBolt]

@@Perichoresis777 yeah, thanks, GGs. Didn’t quite get there with the second deck - basically the second deck wasn’t very good

[@Meister_WU]

Second draft touch the spirit realm was clearly the pick over portable hole with ajani and palace jailer as two of your first five picks. Some of the best cards to flicker with potentially more to come in white I feel

[@SnapBolt]

@@Meister_WU yeah, those are good things to blink so perhaps you’re right.

[@kennydiamond8378]

Taiga seemed a bit better than a forest since it could pump up figure in a pinch.

[@SnapBolt]

@@kennydiamond8378 yeah, someone else just pointed that out to me, good call. Missed that interaction.

[@ericvancaulaert6747]

you can actually play land out of shelldock because they use 'play' as the keyword. Cast don't let you, but play does ;)

[@SnapBolt]

@@ericvancaulaert6747 there’s another comment here where I was discussing this with someone. It may be bugged on magic online, not sure

[@Jidehem1993]

Hey! Thanks for the video. @1:17:52, I think it’s slightly better to go Mox Diamond pitch Plains, Mox Ruby, Mox Opal, cast Expedition Map and activate it to get Academy, play it and cast Mana Vault. This way you are fully setup to cast anything you draw while playing around discard on everything but Damn, since your only plan is to top deck something with this hand.

[@SnapBolt]

@@Jidehem1993 yeah, you’re right. Looking back. I like your line better. Good find

[@Captain_Valentine]

If you put Samwise in the parallax wave with the last fade counter when it dies Sam returns it to your hand. Not sure if you were aware of the interaction.

[@SnapBolt]

@@Captain_Valentine missed that line! That would have been the play. Not sure I had enough mana to recast - can’t recall

[@aetherllama8398]

First deck was sick. Last game I think you needed to play Jailer. The risk is less than 50% and Wave is only delaying the problem.

[@SnapBolt]

@@aetherllama8398 yeah, I thought that too after the fact. I think jailer was the play. Wave required me to draw really well after

[@HumbertVzla]

Just started watching the 2nd draft, Taiga would have been a forest which also pumps Figure.

[@SnapBolt]

@@HumbertVzla good call, missed that interaction as well

[@hwago123]

FLickerwisp seemed really strong in that deck not sure it was right to pass it for Samwise

[@SnapBolt]

@@hwago123 wanted more two drops but maybe flickerwisp was the pick. What I really wanted was more good one drops

[@kensey007]

Well played. Great run.

[@SnapBolt]

@@kensey007 thanks! Was a really fun one

[@bobsmith-gn7ly]

don't f' with a pauper grinder in a time battle... everyone knows that... ;)

[@SnapBolt]

@@bobsmith-gn7ly HA I was like, what are they doing?? They are using so much time!? They prob could have killed me if they made a golem, trigger kappa, attack twice quickly. I may have had lethal if they attacked though

[@sl3848]

Dude do you have a bird or something? The background noises are maddening lol

[@SnapBolt]

@@sl3848 there a lot of birds always chirping around my house. Guess I have to upgrade my microphone

[@icanfinallychangemyname]

Do you think there was an angle where you could've dismembered whatever was blocking ajani to flip it? You had an unblocked figure of destiny which would've let ajani deal damage with the +0.

[@SnapBolt]

@@icanfinallychangemyname i’d have to go back and watch, to make sure, but I think you’re right. I didn’t see that line at the time. There’s probably something we could’ve done to flip ajani andping, I forgot about the red permanent from figure.

[@icanfinallychangemyname]

@@SnapBolt this was my first video of yours I’ve seen and it’s great! Super good gameplay and you explain things well. I almost won the 64 draft but fell short :( but you made me reevaluate cards like mox opal and speculating on it (the first draft)

[@SnapBolt]

@@icanfinallychangemyname thanks again. Yeah, mox opal is super narrow but when you have the right deck for it (this one) it is a very powerful card I typically find it difficult to play it / make it work

[@imyselfish]

ggs

[@SnapBolt]

@@imyselfish GGs

[@richwilliams1863]

Double mox and the ability to tutor up academy turn 1, with wrath of god backup vs the creature deck is a sketchy hand, apparently 😂😂😂

[@SnapBolt]

@@richwilliams1863 no threat though 😂😂

[@californiaplant-basedeater2761]

I'll preface by saying I played five feeder leagues and only went 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, and something else I don't remember, with having played this vintage cube only one or two times... but the way you played this first non-league draft, you seemed to have no rhyme or reason on how to beat the table. The opening pack had so many big mana cards. It just spoke to going aggro as being the better move. Kumano was certainly a boring pick but it sends a huge signal to the next three or four players that white/red is not open. If you go big mana, then you'll inevitably end up against another big mana deck and be 50/50 to win, with both decks being subpar. And taking Ajani and Esper Sentinel after Urza... you're nuking your first pick. And passing Kappa Cannoneer (can't believe it tabled), that's a card someone will pick pack one to build around and steal all the artifacts you want, Mox Opal is not, so just pass it. Cannoneer is the game winner you want. Edit: well you won the first draft so what do I know.

[@SnapBolt]

@@californiaplant-basedeater2761 I took a shot at artifacts being open, gave myself some wiggle room to move into another deck, especially with the mother of runes picks, and got incredibly rewarded with this archetype being very open. I think I drafted well and ended with all the cards I wanted. That first deck was the best deck I’ve had in any of these events Sounds like you are overthinking your picks based on the context of the pack and what you are passing

[@californiaplant-basedeater2761]

@@SnapBolt Hello. Both decks looked good, sure. The second one looked fine from a pick perspective. I might have been overthinking for the first one, true, I just don't know. For the second one I thought to pick fetch land, noble, fetch land, then ended up white green like you anyway. Library... idk. There's a lot of card draw all around, a lot of draw sevens, balance, upheaval... so I think for me I'd rather start cutting a specific strategy. I haven't finished watching yet. If you get to the final qualifier, I think it will be extremely competitive. I would not expect cards like Cannoneer to be tabling, but you take the best cards yourself so you'll probably be on the same page as everyone else, more or less. All I can say is that maybe exercise a little more caution. I was bummed the feeder league ended on Saturday, it surprised me not being up on Sunday and I wished I had played another one or started in the earlier weeks.

[@SnapBolt]

@@californiaplant-basedeater2761 for sure. I wish I had more time to play in them too. Yeah, second draft I could have gone a different direction, especially if I didn’t take palace jailer or if I took Prime Time. It’s basically impossible to determine how things would have played out though

[@californiaplant-basedeater2761]

Hey again. I had skipped past most of the second drafting, past packs two and three, to see how it all ended, then went back and finished it. So I thought to go: Verdant (Keeps open Depths, B/G self mill, g/w, g/r, Nadu, all well positioned against the rest of the pack) Noble Windswept Ajani Mother Portable Huatli (for potential splash) Rabbit Stomping (looking for bombardiers, gut, scarlet) Windswept Vengevine Virtue of Loyalty? W/G surveil Basking Brawler Huatli Copter (fliers is a viable avenue sometimes) Unexpectedly over Parallax (just looking to minimize four drops, creates mulligan equity but not sure... I know PW is great, can wheel Qasali, white did seem very open, maybe Wave comes back and a white blue player might prefer unexpectedly) Spellbinder Nadu Hallowed Flickerwisp Aven (WW is worrying though) Cathar Outland (Just a hate bear, token, flier deck at this point) Cobra Savai R. (This is sideboard, imo, maindeck priority is delivering damage and preventing combo creatures if possible) (Hallowed or whatever came back) Mana Tithe, probably maindeck Darkstar W/U/G triome Apparition over Mox (I pass off color moxes when green) Fire bolt hate draft Council's Thraben Selfless (flier, hate bear) Bloodbraid Challenger Leyline Taiga Foundation Breaker Voice (Main deck) Ephemerate (main deck) Beza (possibly main deck) G/R surveil The deck is a little light, but maybe after taking Verdant and Noble and Stomping pack one, an interesting card comes pack two, like a gut or bombardiers or headliner scarlet or something. Hating the fireblast was probably a good call. The leyline might be great in the four color deck at least, though. Didn't get a path or swords or oust or winds. Without having one of those first that's why I like the Unexpectedly absent. Ok that's it. Take care

[@SnapBolt]

@@californiaplant-basedeater2761 but the packs would change based on what cards you take because other players would have to take different cards. So it’s basically impossible to go back and repick. Regardless, I wasn’t happy with my second deck. White wasn’t as open as I thought or we didn’t really get enough of the good cheap cards to have a streamlined deck. Deck was mid, but was going to be tough to 3-0 Tough seat

[@tylercousens3467]

first time watching your channel and pack 1 pick one the first thing you say is "we didn't open any power" literally staring at Timetwister... no respect for original power 9

[@SnapBolt]

@@tylercousens3467 said it to another similar comment, but timetwister is not on the same level in vintage cube as the other fast mana cards like mox, lotus, mana vault, crypt and time walk and ancestral

[@ericface]

Timetwister is not power and hasn't been for a long time in cube.

[@Tar9p]

The players user names are sketchy AF. Daybreak is so lazy and uncreative they can't even make their bot usernames believable.

[@bobbysprague6398]

Says he didnt open power when timetwister is part of the power 9. Hard to take him serious after that

[@SnapBolt]

@@bobbysprague6398 timetwister is power but it’s not on the same level in cube as mox, sol ring, lotus, time walk, ancestral, mana crypt, mana vault. Those are the ‘power’ cards I’m looking to open

[@leokowalski2497]

LSV doesn't even have Timetwister in any recent iteration of his top 50 list. But maybe you don't take him seriously either.

[@bobbysprague6398]

@@leokowalski2497 Google the power 9 and get back to me.

[@bettorup_]

no one thinks of timetwister when power is mentioned

[@hectiso4790]

congrats making it so far; on the final game, at 3:19:40 or 3:20:27, could've dismembered your own cat token, flipped Ajani w/ red permanent in play (Figure), and pinged down the Emberheart (pawpatch can't target Emberheart for cards). since they played nothing next turn u would've won. it's high pressure tho, can't fault u

[@SnapBolt]

@@hectiso4790 hmm, didn’t see / think about that line. That might have been the play! Seems risky but maybe worth it

[@freedortch9278]

@42:08 Opponent definitely misplayed here. They could've used hexmage on the ballista.

[@SnapBolt]

@@freedortch9278 they should have, or used it on chalice. If they use it on ballista I just shoot their bloodtithe twice in response

[@SnapBolt]

@@freedortch9278 they were prob dead here anyway

[@benlittle5543]

Go go Max @snapbolt Mighty drafting super Max

[@benlittle5543]

Oh over 3 hour video is a gooooooood sign

[@SnapBolt]

@@benlittle5543 let’s freakin GOOOO

[@benlittle5543]

Oh my goodness. I am finally watching the last pack be drafted . This deck looks SiiiCK