Description
This cube only uses cards with the modern and post m15 card frames (the listed versions are not the versions I actually have in the box). It is designed around a narrow power band of iconic cards that can lift their own weight in many decks, and thus colour combos don't have forced identities like they might in retail limited or a themed cube. Synergies, therefore, are more nuanced, less typal, like:
- God-Eternal Kefnet+Opt+Languish
- Voice of Resurgence+Adeline, Resplendent Cathar+History of Benalia
- Mnemonic Sphere+Tarmogoyf+Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Stalactite Stalker+Stitcher's Supplier+Birthing Ritual
- Laelia, the Blade Reforged+Magmatic Channeler+Grim Lavamancer
- Stoneforge Mystic+Skrelv's Hive+Cataclysm
- Dreadhorde Arcanist+Scale Up+Fact or Fiction
This means draft picks are harder, and more open to individual play style. Fewer bombs and discreet synergies make for fewer "forced" picks. Less need for reading unfamiliar cards also speeds up draft times and gives players an innate understanding of the average role of a card and an idea of its supporting cast. The variety of formats and timeframes these cards have been taken from, however, doesn't prescribe decks but allows for some discovery as to how these iconic cards can mesh in unrealized ways.
Upon winning a draft, the drafter should pick a basic land in their deck and sign, and date it (DD/MM/YY). This presents a reward to strengthen the goal of winning and builds into what ultimately this cube is already playing off of, sharing and building on nostalgia.
Predraft
The singleton copy of Squadron Hawk represents four copies, so when it's drafted, the drafter gets access to four copies in their card pool.
There are no free counterspells, though there are some free spells, the most interactive of which being Mutagenic Growth.
There are no fetchable duals. This dissuades off colour fetches.
This cube supports a large variety of play styles, including combo, so if you're a Johnny, watch out for:
Azorius (9)
Land (5)
Creature (3)
Sorcery (1)
Black (50)
Creature (20)
- 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
- 1x Brain Maggot
- 1x Dark Confidant
- 1x Geralf's Messenger
- 1x Golgari Thug
- 1x Grave Titan
- 1x Graveyard Trespasser Flip
- 1x Griselbrand
- 1x Gurmag Angler
- 1x Hypnotic Specter
- 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
- 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
- 1x Kitesail Freebooter
- 1x Murderous Rider
- 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
- 1x Rotting Regisaur
- 1x Stalactite Stalker
- 1x Stitcher's Supplier
- 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
- 1x Vampire Nighthawk
Sorcery (12)
- 1x Cabal Therapy
- 1x Damnation
- 1x Dread Return
- 1x Duress
- 1x Go Blank
- 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1x Languish
- 1x Rankle's Prank
- 1x Sign in Blood
- 1x Stitch Together
- 1x Thoughtseize
- 1x Unburial Rites
Planeswalker (2)
Artifact (2)
Instant (10)
- 1x Bitter Triumph
- 1x Cut Down
- 1x Dark Ritual
- 1x Eliminate
- 1x Fatal Push
- 1x Go for the Throat
- 1x Murderous Cut
- 1x Sheoldred's Edict
- 1x Tragic Slip
- 1x Village Rites
Enchantment (4)
Blue (50)
Instant (22)
- 1x Brainstorm
- 1x Brainsurge
- 1x Consider
- 1x Counterspell
- 1x Cryptic Command *list*
- 1x Dispel
- 1x Fact or Fiction
- 1x Frantic Search
- 1x Gifts Ungiven
- 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
- 1x Impulse
- 1x Logic Knot
- 1x Lose Focus
- 1x Mana Leak
- 1x Memory Lapse
- 1x Opt
- 1x Remand
- 1x Spell Pierce
- 1x Spell Snare
- 1x Syncopate
- 1x Think Twice
- 1x Thought Scour
Creature (19)
- 1x Aether Channeler
- 1x Brazen Borrower
- 1x Deceiver Exarch
- 1x Delver of Secrets Flip
- 1x Ethereal Forager
- 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
- 1x Haughty Djinn
- 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy Flip
- 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- 1x Ledger Shredder
- 1x Nimble Obstructionist
- 1x Pestermite
- 1x Snapcaster Mage
- 1x Spellseeker
- 1x Thing in the Ice Flip
- 1x Tolarian Terror
- 1x Vendilion Clique
- 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
- 1x Waker of Waves
Sorcery (5)
Enchantment (2)
Planeswalker (1)
Artifact (1)
Boros (9)
Land (5)
Creature (1)
Colourless (20)
Artifact (14)
Creature (4)
Land (2)
Dimir (9)
Land (5)
Creature (2)
Instant (2)
Golgari (9)
Land (5)
Creature (1)
Green (50)
Creature (34)
- 1x Arbor Elf
- 1x Cankerbloom
- 1x Cenote Scout
- 1x Courser of Kruphix
- 1x Devoted Druid
- 1x Duskwatch Recruiter Flip
- 1x Elvish Mystic
- 1x Elvish Reclaimer
- 1x Eternal Witness
- 1x Generous Ent
- 1x Hexdrinker
- 1x Llanowar Elves
- 1x Nimble Mongoose
- 1x Noble Hierarch
- 1x Obstinate Baloth
- 1x Outland Liberator Flip
- 1x Pelakka Wurm
- 1x Primeval Titan
- 1x Questing Beast
- 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
- 1x Satyr Wayfinder
- 1x Scavenging Ooze
- 1x Six
- 1x Strangleroot Geist
- 1x Tarmogoyf
- 1x Thragtusk
- 1x Thrashing Brontodon
- 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
- 1x Tireless Tracker
- 1x Vengevine
- 1x Veteran Explorer
- 1x Warden of the First Tree
- 1x Whisperwood Elemental
- 1x Young Wolf
Enchantment (6)
Sorcery (5)
Instant (5)
Gruul (9)
Land (5)
Creature (3)
Instant (1)
Izzet (9)
Creature (1)
Orzhov (9)
Land (5)
Instant (1)
Rakdos (9)
Land (5)
Creature (1)
Red (50)
Creature (23)
- 1x Bedlam Reveler
- 1x Bonecrusher Giant
- 1x Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1x Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1x Flametongue Kavu
- 1x Glorybringer
- 1x Goblin Chainwhirler
- 1x Goblin Engineer
- 1x Goblin Guide
- 1x Goblin Rabblemaster
- 1x Greater Gargadon
- 1x Grim Lavamancer
- 1x Hazoret the Fervent
- 1x Hellrider
- 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1x Magmatic Channeler
- 1x Monastery Swiftspear
- 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1x Sin Prodder
- 1x Thunderbreak Regent
- 1x Young Pyromancer
- 1x Zurgo Bellstriker
Instant (10)
- 1x Abrade
- 1x Blazing Salvo
- 1x Burst Lightning
- 1x Lava Dart
- 1x Lightning Axe
- 1x Lightning Bolt
- 1x Risk Factor
- 1x Searing Blood
- 1x Temur Battle Rage
- 1x Unholy Heat
Enchantment (5)
Sorcery (10)
- 1x Anger of the Gods
- 1x Boltwave
- 1x Chain Lightning
- 1x Faithless Looting
- 1x Forked Bolt
- 1x Lava Spike
- 1x Light Up the Stage
- 1x Obliterating Bolt
- 1x Rift Bolt
- 1x Skewer the Critics
Planeswalker (1)
Artifact (1)
Selesnya (9)
Land (5)
Creature (4)
Simic (9)
Land (5)
Creature (2)
Instant (2)
White (50)
Creature (33)
- 1x Adanto Vanguard
- 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- 1x Archangel Avacyn Flip
- 1x Archon of Emeria
- 1x Baneslayer Angel
- 1x Blade Splicer
- 1x Cathar Commando
- 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- 1x Elite Spellbinder
- 1x Flickerwisp
- 1x Giant Killer
- 1x Giver of Runes
- 1x Glyph Elemental
- 1x Inspiring Overseer
- 1x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
- 1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros Flip
- 1x Lion Sash
- 1x Luminarch Aspirant
- 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- 1x Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1x Ranger of Eos
- 1x Recruiter of the Guard
- 1x Resolute Reinforcements
- 1x Restoration Angel
- 1x Selfless Spirit
- 1x Soul's Attendant
- 1x Spirited Companion
- 1x Squadron Hawk
- 1x Stoneforge Mystic
- 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1x Thraben Inspector
- 1x Timeless Dragon
- 1x Wall of Omens
Enchantment (6)
- 1x History of Benalia
- 1x Journey to Nowhere
- 1x Oblivion Ring
- 1x Skrelv's Hive
- 1x Swift Reconfiguration
- 1x Touch the Spirit Realm
Instant (5)
Sorcery (6)
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| Cards | 360 |
| Date added | 6 years |
| Last updated | 15 hours |
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