Astral says that Shark is indeed a very talented Duelist, but that is not the only reason he won
(6/22/2015) If Gideon can't be attacked, perhaps because he has left the battlefield before the creature's controller's next combat, the creature targeted by Gideon's first ability can attack you or another planeswalker you control, or its controller can choose to have it not attack at all
I also think I had too much ramp spells, so I took off a mana dork
You can only be so down on cards before youre losing most gamesthats just math
Going turn one scry land is one of the best openers in cube these days, short of a Goblin Guide level one drop, it is what you want to be doing
And Elite Four, also the Fortress Leader, imposes a mutual conditional that, it seems to me, is designed to accentuate some broad characteristic of a type: statuses for Grass, alpha strike for Electric, retreat cost for Water, and so on