Cube Designer | Vendor | Playing since 2009 | MKE | 24 | He/Him
Milwaukee, WI
Joined July 2022
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Hey friends, I’m switching over to Bluesky! Feel free to follow me @izzetskill.bsky.social if you would like to keep in touch! I’m planning on posting/engaging with much more Cube content over there as it more aligns with my MTG goals for 2025! 🧊
I went 3-0 🏆 the past two weeks at @TheManaVaultMKE for MB2 and ONE draft! I took a few months off MTG for my wedding, but I’m back and running hot 🔥 Can I be stopped for tonight’s x3 OG Innistrad event 🤔 Currently listening to Limited Recourses episodes from 2011 😈
P1P1 Abrade into Dragon’s Rage Channeler put me in the red seat! Picked up some solid goblins along the way, and happily came across a Muxus into a Goblin Recruiter! I never did the thing, but T2 Burning Tree Emissary into Lightning Mauler was the nuts 🥜🔥felt like 2013 again!
Did a 6 person Team Draft of @GLHF_Games ‘s Mono Red Cube yesterday at Sylvia’s Wednesday Night weekly Cube event! The vibes were immaculate and the competition was fierce as we gathered our last batch of notes before the cube is featured at @CubeConOfficial !
Went 3-0 with “Big Red” to secure the win for our team! I think Big Red is the best deck in the Cube, with combo decks as a close 2nd. The combination of early sweepers, Lifegain effects, and splashy top end creatures all add up to make a well positioned strategy against aggro
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If you have not yet purchased your badge and ticket, you need to do so by tonight at midnight central time.
Had a grand old time doing some testing for @GLHF_Games’s Old Border Foil Cube before CubeCon! Thanks for hosting a great event Jeff! ❤️ I wish I could have given more feedback but was too busy punting my drafts/games lmfao.
Ended up in Mono Red off of P1P1 Goblin Bombardment for pod 1. Went 1-2 due to strong opponents, some misplays, and unfavorable matchups. I still enjoyed getting reps in with a less familiar card pool, as well as looking at the shiny cardboard 😍🔥✨
🏆 3-0d 🏆 the MKE2023 Cube this past Sunday at @themanavaultmke with Naya Rectangle Aggro! This deck had tons of synergy and a solid gameplan. More importantly, we got a ton of great notes and will continue to tune the environment to create even better play experiences! ❤️🔥
Notes: More removal and a couple sweepers are needed, board states became large and many permanents demanded answers. We keep adding creatures that fill out gaps in each color’s mana curve and tend to create game objects that support synergy pockets. Pre draft cuts and adds ⬇️
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Thank you everyone for all the Bar-B-Cube Love!!
64 players, 8 cubes, 1 Champion: @_Mikujin. Congrats Michael for smoking the competition and taking home the trophy!
HUGE shoutout to Special Guest @BasicMountain for flying to Milwaukee, competing and supporting our store! 1/x
ALT Bar-B-Cube Top 8
ALT Bar-B-Cube Champion Michael Bilan @_Mikujin
ALT Mana Vault Owners Sam Bolender, Adam Hamdan and Jeff Green with Bar-B-Cube Special Guest Patrick Sullivan
ALT Bar-B-Cube Special Guest Patrick Sullivan playing The Mana Vault's Mono Red Cube
I thought I clinched top 8 at 5-1 but ended up in 9th place due to tie breakers ☠️ still super proud of my performance/improvement. Had a blast meeting some new homies and jamming some cube! 2-1d Combo Cube and 3-1d Mono Red Cube! #BARBCUBE @TheManaVaultMKE ❤️🧊🔥
🏆 3-0 🏆 Playing my friend Matt’s Counter Cube yesterday @themanavaultmke! This cube is a blast to play and it makes you feel smart for assembling combos or pockets of synergy! P1P1 Inti into Parallax Wave sent me down an aggressive path that ended up with a cohesive deck! GGz!
Red cards that care about being Modified are well positioned in this environment. +1/+1 Counters being as prevalent as they are make modifying creatures practically free. Multiple match wins were won on the backs of Goro-Goro and Ian The Reckless easily reaching their ceiling!
