Gravely Barren @ Steadfast, August 8, 2025 (Sicko Draft)
5 player draft of Gravely Barren | cubecobra.com/c/gydesert | 4 packs of 15, desert cube
After we'd already played 3 rounds of Pink Sleeves (and I'd had several beers), five of us drafted Gravely Barren, a graveyard desert bar cube, which, yeah, sounds like a lot of descriptors, but they fit together like, uh, a series of nested gloves I guess?
Sultai Stuff pick order
This was my first time drafting a desert cube and I over-valued lands. The density felt higher than necessary, but that's important to prevent trainwrecks.
I won my first match on the turn before I got milled out with a Restless Vinestalk activation. For my second match, well, I shuffled my sideboard into my deck and, uh, that was bad. Sorry!
Looting felt really good (Shoreline Looter & Vohar) and Victimize was great. There were lots of ways to fill the graveyard, but I think more Flashback style effects, or cards that can otherwise be cast from the graveyard would be nice. I'm not sure if that's because of the cube or just the way the packs broke.
There were a few cards that were unfamiliar and wordy enough that I just completely glazed over. I don't think they were particularly complicated, but I just wasn't in the cognitive state for it, plus the brewery was dim, so small text is just gonna be unfriendly in those conditions. I used Shigeki, so it's not insurmountable.
This made me strongly consider making Forbidden Trash a desert cube. I think it would work. We'll see.
I always have such a fun time with rougher-around-the-edges cubes where everyone is figuring it out as they go and this was no exception.. I'm looking forward to playing it again!
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