Description
My main cube doesn't get played much due to my fear of bringing it out in the world (expensive cards). So it interested me to create an unsleeved cube of cards that are around a dollar apiece.
It is yet untested but has a lot of influences from Kranny's cube, cubedrafting.com, and Usman's cube.
Design Notes:
Aggro: Lots of white weenies, red, black, and some green. Limited color committing 2 and 3 drops. Dual color decks encouraged. Lots of cheap finishers, cheap removal/burn. Anthem effects like Glorious Anthem, Bad Moon, and Honor of the Pure. Cheap power-pumping equipment. Cheap evasive creatures (shadow and flying).
Tokens: There are lots of token effects in White, Black and Green. Also Essence of the Wild and Increasing Devotion are interesting options for this strategy!
Counters: There are some cards that care about counters on things like Orochi Hatchery, unleash cards, and undying cards. To go nuts with this you can add some proliferate like Contagion Clasp or even better Contagion Engine!
Discard: There are a lot of black discard effects like Hymn to Tourach, Scepter of Fugue, Hypnotic Specter, and Ravenous Rats. Also some targeted discard like Duress.
Reanimate: Due to budget restrictions, there is no reanimate strategy. Quality reanimation spells are $5+ and the game-ending fatties are usually $5+ too.
Planeswalkers: Due to budget restrictions, there are no planeswalkers in this cube. Maybe one day Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded
or Chandra Nalaar will be in, but they're too expensive for my self-imposed restrictions.
ETB Effects: Lots of ETB effects with repeatable enablers. Purposeful inclusion of cards with the 'return to your hand' draw back like Horned Kavu. Mistmeadow Witch, Deadeye Navigator, and Glimmerpoint Stag help enable this.
Fixing/Multicolor: The majority of the fixing/multicolor element to this cube is ally-pairs. Due to the limited playable budget options for fixing (pain lands are as good as they come!) I limited the multicolor element. Even so, there was a conscious effort to have easy-to-cast spells.
Control: With the budget restriction, I think control gets hit the hardest. There are only a few sweepers and they're fringe (Kirtar's Wrath and Phyrexian Rebirth aren't too efficient). But there is some repeatable removal, good efficient counters, and big finishers. There is good mill finishers like Keening Stone and Sands of Delirium.
Combos: There are a few 2 and 3 card combos in this cube. Here are the ones I remember.
Midnight Guard or Sunstrike Legionnaire+ Elemental Mastery or Presence of Gond = Infinite Creatures
Thopter Foundry +Sword of the Meek = Lots of creatures / life
Deadeye Navigator + perigrine drake = Infinite Mana
Deadeye Navigator or Mistmeadow Witch + Stonehorn Dignitary = Opponent's don't get an attack step.
Quillspike + Devoted Druid or Wall of Roots = Infinitely large dude
Enduring Renewal + Ornithopter or Memnite + Blasting Station = Infinite Damage
Colorless (100)
Artifact (53)
- 1x Ankh of Mishra
- 1x Ashnod's Altar
- 1x Azorius Cluestone
- 1x Azorius Signet
- 1x Blasting Station
- 1x Bonesplitter
- 1x Brittle Effigy
- 1x Contagion Clasp
- 1x Contagion Engine
- 1x Crystal Shard
- 1x Darksteel Axe
- 1x Decimator Web
- 1x Dimir Keyrune
- 1x Dimir Signet
- 1x Empyrial Plate
- 1x Everflowing Chalice
- 1x Fellwar Stone
- 1x Grafted Wargear
- 1x Gruul Signet
- 1x Icy Manipulator
- 1x Illusionist's Bracers
- 1x Keening Stone
- 1x Leonin Bola
- 1x Loxodon Warhammer
- 1x Mind Stone
- 1x Moonsilver Spear
- 1x Orochi Hatchery
- 1x Plague Boiler
- 1x Prismatic Lens
- 1x Prophetic Prism
- 1x Prototype Portal
- 1x Rakdos Signet
- 1x Ring of Gix
- 1x Sands of Delirium
- 1x Selesnya Keyrune
- 1x Selesnya Signet
- 1x Shrine of Burning Rage
- 1x Shrine of Loyal Legions
- 1x Silver-Inlaid Dagger
- 1x Static Orb
- 2x Sword of the Meek
- 1x Talisman of Dominance
- 1x Talisman of Impulse
- 1x Talisman of Progress
- 1x The Rack
- 1x Thought Dissector
- 1x Trusty Machete
- 1x Voltaic Key
- 1x Vulshok Battlegear
- 1x Vulshok Morningstar
- 1x Wheel of Torture
- 1x Whispersilk Cloak
Land (30)
- 1x Adarkar Wastes
- 1x Akoum Refuge
- 1x Arcane Sanctum
- 1x Azorius Chancery
- 1x Battlefield Forge
- 1x Brushland
- 1x Caves of Koilos
- 1x Crumbling Necropolis
- 1x Dimir Aqueduct
- 1x Evolving Wilds
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 1x Gruul Turf
- 1x Jungle Shrine
- 1x Karplusan Forest
- 1x Kazandu Refuge
- 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
- 1x Mystifying Maze
- 1x Orzhov Basilica
- 1x Rakdos Carnarium
- 1x Rupture Spire
- 1x Savage Lands
- 1x Seaside Citadel
- 1x Stirring Wildwood
- 1x Sulfurous Springs
- 1x Terramorphic Expanse
- 1x Transguild Promenade
- 1x Treetop Village
- 1x Underground River
- 1x Vivid Grove
- 1x Vivid Marsh
Creature (17)
- 1x Artisan of Kozilek
- 1x Blinding Souleater
- 1x Hex Parasite
- 1x Memnite
- 1x Mindless Automaton
- 1x Molten-Tail Masticore
- 1x Myr Battlesphere
- 1x Ornithopter
- 1x Pentavus
- 1x Phyrexian Revoker
- 1x Precursor Golem
- 1x Razormane Masticore
- 1x Signal Pest
- 1x Steel Hellkite
- 1x Thopter Assembly
- 1x Triskelion
- 1x Ulamog's Crusher
Gold (23)
Creature (14)
Sorcery (4)
Enchantment (1)
White (51)
Creature (32)
- 1x Accorder Paladin
- 1x Archon of Justice
- 1x Aven Riftwatcher
- 1x Calciderm
- 1x Changeling Hero
- 1x Cloudgoat Ranger
- 1x Court Street Denizen
- 1x Dust Elemental
- 1x Elite Vanguard
- 1x Fiend Hunter
- 1x Gideon's Lawkeeper
- 1x Glimmerpoint Stag
- 1x Goldmeadow Harrier
- 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
- 1x Kor Aeronaut
- 1x Kor Sanctifiers
- 1x Kor Skyfisher
- 1x Midnight Guard
- 1x Mistral Charger
- 1x Paladin en-Vec
- 1x Savannah Lions
- 1x Serra Angel
- 1x Soltari Emissary
- 1x Soltari Monk
- 1x Soltari Priest
- 1x Soltari Trooper
- 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
- 1x Stormfront Pegasus
- 1x Sunblast Angel
- 1x Sunstrike Legionnaire
- 1x Wall of Omens
- 1x War Falcon
Enchantment (10)
Instant (5)
Sorcery (4)
Blue (49)
Creature (26)
- 1x AEther Adept
- 1x Archaeomancer
- 1x Arctic Aven
- 1x Augur of Bolas
- 1x Azure Mage
- 1x Clone
- 1x Deceiver Exarch
- 1x Dungeon Geists
- 1x Enclave Cryptologist
- 1x Invisible Stalker
- 1x Looter il-Kor
- 1x Man-o'-War
- 1x Mist Raven
- 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
- 1x Peregrine Drake
- 1x Pestermite
- 1x Sea Gate Oracle
- 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
- 1x Sphinx of Lost Truths
- 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
- 1x Tandem Lookout
- 1x Thieving Magpie
- 1x Treasure Mage
- 1x Trinket Mage
- 1x Waterfront Bouncer
Instant (16)
Sorcery (4)
Enchantment (3)
Black (49)
Creature (35)
- 1x Augur of Skulls
- 1x Bloodgift Demon
- 1x Body Snatcher
- 1x Bone Shredder
- 1x Cabal Interrogator
- 1x Carnophage
- 1x Dauthi Horror
- 1x Dauthi Marauder
- 1x Dauthi Slayer
- 1x Diregraf Ghoul
- 1x Driver of the Dead
- 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- 1x Faceless Butcher
- 1x Fledgling Djinn
- 1x Graveborn Muse
- 1x Hypnotic Specter
- 1x Liliana's Specter
- 1x Marsh Flitter
- 1x Nekrataal
- 1x Nezumi Cutthroat
- 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
- 1x Pack Rat
- 1x Phyrexian Rager
- 1x Ravenous Rats
- 1x Rotting Rats
- 1x Shriekmaw
- 1x Silent Specter
- 1x Skinrender
- 1x Skinthinner
- 1x Skirsdag High Priest
- 1x Stronghold Rats
- 1x Thrill-Kill Assassin
- 1x Vampire Interloper
- 1x Vampire Lacerator
- 1x Vampire Nighthawk
Instant (6)
Enchantment (2)
Sorcery (5)
Artifact (1)
Red (49)
Creature (25)
- 1x Avalanche Riders
- 1x Beetleback Chief
- 1x Chandra's Phoenix
- 1x Crimson Mage
- 1x Cunning Sparkmage
- 1x Ember Hauler
- 1x Fireslinger
- 1x Flameblast Dragon
- 1x Flametongue Kavu
- 1x Ghitu Slinger
- 1x Goblin Bushwhacker
- 1x Goblin Cohort
- 1x Hellkite Charger
- 1x Hellspark Elemental
- 1x Jackal Pup
- 1x Keldon Marauders
- 1x Lightning Mauler
- 1x Magus of the Scroll
- 1x Manic Vandal
- 1x Mogg Conscripts
- 1x Mogg War Marshal
- 1x Rubblebelt Maaka
- 1x Siege-Gang Commander
- 1x Spark Elemental
- 1x Stormblood Berserker
Sorcery (12)
Instant (8)
- 1x Burst Lightning
- 1x Char
- 1x Fireblast
- 1x Incinerate
- 1x Lightning Bolt
- 1x Magmaquake
- 1x Searing Spear
- 1x Staggershock
Enchantment (4)
Green (48)
Creature (38)
- 1x Acidic Slime
- 1x Arbor Elf
- 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
- 1x Blastoderm
- 1x Deadbridge Goliath
- 1x Devoted Druid
- 1x Essence of the Wild
- 1x Experiment One
- 1x Farhaven Elf
- 1x Fyndhorn Elves
- 1x Great Sable Stag
- 1x Indrik Stomphowler
- 1x Iwamori of the Open Fist
- 1x Jade Mage
- 1x Joraga Treespeaker
- 1x Krosan Tusker
- 1x Llanowar Elves
- 1x Masked Admirers
- 1x Mycoloth
- 1x Nettle Sentinel
- 1x Obstinate Baloth
- 1x Ondu Giant
- 1x Overgrown Battlement
- 1x River Boa
- 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
- 1x Slaughterhorn
- 1x Strangleroot Geist
- 1x Terastodon
- 1x Troll Ascetic
- 1x Viridian Shaman
- 1x Wall of Roots
- 1x Wasteland Viper
- 1x Wickerbough Elder
- 1x Wild Dogs
- 1x Wild Mongrel
- 1x Wolfir Avenger
- 1x Wood Elves
- 1x Yavimaya Elder
Sorcery (7)
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| Cards | 369 |
| Date added | 11 years |
| Last updated | 11 years |
Top Draft Picks
| 1.0 | Sands of Delirium |
| 2.0 | Changeling Hero |
| 3.0 | Vulshok Battlegear |
| 3.33 | Fleetfoot Panther |
| 3.4 | Persecute |
| 3.5 | Iwamori of the Open Fist |
| 4.0 | Dust Elemental |
| 4.03 | Channel |
| 4.08 | Ondu Giant |
| 4.14 | Sphinx of Lost Truths |
| 4.16 | Counterspell |
| 4.26 | Lightning Bolt |
| 4.33 | Decimator Web |
| 4.37 | Doom Blade |
| 4.42 | Control Magic |
| 4.47 | Mind Control |
| 4.48 | Preordain |
| 4.5 | Arctic Aven |
| 4.5 | Ponder |
| 4.51 | Peregrine Drake |
| 4.53 | Farhaven Elf |
| 4.57 | Dimir Signet |
| 4.71 | Doomsday Specter |
| 4.78 | Mist Raven |
| 4.79 | Terror |