In this episode of Joy of Cubing, I'm joined by special guest Jack Grannan to discuss all things blue. We review what blue does best and how to draft some of the more obscure cards, and we review some strategies and cards that are overrated and underrated.

Joy of Cubing Ep. 9 – Blue Book Value

• Kranny's Cube
• Enabling Blue-Based Aggro or Bluegro in Your Cube

Kranny's Blue Section

"Blue Creatures"

• One CMC (2)
• 1 Delver of Secrets
• 1 Enclave Cryptologist

• Two CMC (8)
• 1 Gilded Drake
• 1 Looter il-Kor
• 1 Invisible Stalker
• 1 Merfolk Looter
• 1 Phantasmal Image
• 1 Snapcaster Mage
• 1 Spellstutter Sprite
• 1 Waterfront Bouncer

• Three CMC (8)
• 1 Man-o'-War
• 1 Vendilion Clique
• 1 Serendib Efreet
• 1 Pestermite
• 1 Fettergeist
• 1 Wake Thrasher
• 1 Aether Adept
• 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner

• Four CMC (7)
• 1 Dungeon Geists
• 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1 Lu Xun, Scholar General
• 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1 Tradewind Rider
• 1 Sower of Temptation
• 1 Glen Elendra Archmage

• Five CMC (6)
• 1 Body Double
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1 Sun Ce, Young Conquerer
• 1 Riftwing Cloudskate

• Six Plus (2)
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Frost Titan

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"Blue Spells"

• Enchantments (5)
• 1 Control Magic
• 1 Dream Halls
• 1 Opposition
• 1 Standstill
• 1 Treachery

• Instants (18)
• 1 Condescend
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cryptic Command
• 1 Daze
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Forbid
• 1 Forbidden Alchemy
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Force Spike
• 1 Gifts Ungiven
• 1 Gush
• 1 Mana Leak
• 1 Memory Lapse
• 1 Miscalculation
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Remand
• 1 Repulse
• 1 Thirst for Knowledge

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 1 Jace Beleren
• 1 Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

• Artifacts (1)
• 1 Vedalken Shackles

• Sorceries (8)
• 1 Ancestral Vision
• 1 Bribery
• 1 Compulsive Research
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Show and Tell
• 1 Silent Departure
• 1 Upheaval

• Lands (2)
• 1 Faerie Conclave
• 1 Shelldock Isle

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