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AuthorThea Steele

Thea Steele is StarCityGames.com's residential cube drafter. Read her articles to understand the depths of cube drafting, Winston drafting, and more!

Darksteele Cube – Four Cube Myths

Monday, February 21 – Thea Steele dispels four common myths about cube drafting and design. Read about the format that lets you draft all your favorite cards from Magic!

Darksteele Cube – MoJhoSto Cube!

Monday, February 14th – The craziness of Magic Online’s MoJhoSto casual format is too good not to try in real life, with random creatures, equipments, and spells – so of course Thea tries to make it happen with physical cards!

Darksteele Cube – The Power 9, Statistics, And Cube Finance

Monday, February 7 – Thea Steele discusses common issues on people’s minds about Cube: Power vs. No Power, small vs. large cubes, balancing multicolor, financial tips, and more.

Darksteele Cube – Mirrodin Besieged in the Cube

Monday, January 31 – Thea Steele, Star City’s own cube columnist, reviews Mirrodin Besieged for all the best cards – and therefore, the best cards for your cube! Which of these will find a home in your cube?

Darksteele Cube – Draft Archetypes and Strategy

Monday, January 24th – Thea Steele discusses several cube archetypes and the strategies behinid cube and Winston and how they differ from regular Limited.

Darksteele Cube – Video Cube Draft

Monday, January 17th – Watch Thea Steele go through an entire Cube Draft using Tapped Out and Magic Online! She makes the picks and plays the games out – witness cubing in all its glory.

Darksteele Cube – Testing

Monday, January 10th – Thea Steele has five ways to test new cards for the cube in any situation and lists their pros and cons! Make sure your cube is perfect for you and your playgroup.

Darksteele Cube – Best of 2010 and a Wish List for 2011

Tuesday, January 4th – 2010 was a good year for cube, and Thea hopes 2011 will be even better! What are your wishes for the new year?

Darksteele Cube: Guild Decks Aftermath

Thursday, December 30th – Last week, I talked about
building forty-card decks out of the cube for each two-color pair. So how did that improve my cube?

Darksteele Cube – If You Guild It, They Will Come

Monday, December 20th – Want a new way to playtest your cube? Thea suggests building constructed decks out of your cube decks to both test the cube and introduce the cube to new players! Try it on your own cube!

Darksteele Cube – DIY Cubing on Magic Online

Monday, December 13th – If you’ve ever wanted to cube online with your friends, there is a way… Thea Steele provides some step-by-step instructions on how to build a cube on Magic Online, draft, and play out games!

Darksteele Cube – Cubemander

Monday, December 6th – Now that Wizards has shown its support for Commander, if they were to do that for Cube, how should they do it? What would the players want?

Darksteele Cube: You Go To Draft with the Cube You Have

Monday, November 29th – How does one take the entire set of Magic cards and form a cohesive, balanced whole for Cube Drafting? Thea talks about balance in the cube, including how to balance hybrids, colors, and rarities.

Darksteele Cube – Art Fight: Green

Monday, November 15th – Welcome to Art Fight: Part Green, where I compare the available versions of the green cards in the cube. Which versions of popular cube cards should you be running in your cubes?

Dark Steele – Making Changes

Monday, November 8th – As your understanding evolves, and you begin to think of the cube as a set, other reasons for making changes become more prominent. Have I mentioned that I love lists?