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Chachamara Cube

By Chachamara

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Description

This 360 card unpowered cube uses The Starter Cube by DrRuler and OnekuoSora of Solely Singleton as a foundation. It was created mainly as an exercise to learn about cubes. Major considerations for card choices include:

  • Budget/availability
  • Two-colour limit for multicoloured cards
  • Variety (mechanically and thematically)

With that said, I did my best to create a balanced colour distribution and viable mana curve. Some notable cuts from The Starter Cube were made based on this reddit thread (/u/Grindy_UW_Nonsense's comments in particular). Comments and constructive criticism are much appreciated!

Changelog:

Initial version. Essentially The Starter Cube with the following cuts:
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage (weak)
Dimir Keyrune (out of place w/o other keyrunes?)
Divest (weak)
Domri, Anarch of Bolas (substituted with Samut)
Dovin, Grand Arbiter (weak)
Fallen Shinobi (too powerful)
Feast of Succession ("monarch" keyword out of place?)
Flayer Husk (weak)
Fleetwheel Cruiser (weak)
Glint-Sleeve Siphoner (weak; add energy cards to synergize?)
Incubation / Incongruity (weak)
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner (poor synergy with blue)
Lightning Strike (substituted with Lightning Bolt)
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer (substituted with Jace)
Ral, Storm Conduit (weak; add combo cards?)
Reckless Waif  Flip (weak)
Ruthless Ripper (weak)
Sagu Mauler (weak)
Searing Spear (redundant)
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds (substituted with Garruk)
Mishra's Factory (substituted; see note)
Treetop Village
Izzet Boilerworks (inconsistent; see note)
Caves of Koilos
Llanowar Wastes
Yavimaya Coast
Battlefield Forge
Temple of Enlightenment
Temple of Deceit
Azorius Signet (too much ramp; see note)
Dimir Signet
Rakdos Signet
Gruul Signet
Selesnya Signet
Orzhov Signet
Izzet Signet
Golgari Signet
Boros Signet
Simic Signet
And the following additions:
There are some additional cards from The Starter Cube absent here either because a) they were unavailable for order from my nearby CCG stores, or b) they seemed needlessly expensive. The second point may seem silly when reviewing some of my additions (e.g. Erebos, God of the Dead, Keranos, God of Storms, or Polymorphist's Jest), so I should point out that I was trying to make use of cards that I already had on hand.

I'll admit I made some potentially strange decisions w/r/t lands and mana. While I said earlier that card variety was a major consideration, for whatever reason I felt that the dual lands should be an exception to this. I got Celestial Colonnade and a MP copy of Fetid Pools because having all but one in each of the cycling and creature dual land sets felt... weird? Conversely, Treetop Village stuck out to me as the only mono-manland, hence the cut. The mixed assortment of dual scry lands, pain lands, and Izzet Boilerworks were cut for similar reasons.

As for Mishra's Factory, I was actually quite confused about why it was so popular in singleton cubes (yes I'm a noob). Eventually I realized that you can declare it as a blocker then tap to make use of the +1/+1 ability, but this strikes me as pretty unintuitive compared to every other manland in this cube. I've decided to cut this one for now, but I'll definitely keep it in the back of my mind to revisit.

Finally, /u/Grindy_UW_Nonsense's comment in the reddit thread linked above convinced me to try cutting the signets. I've still added his suggestions of Capsize and Upheaval (along with Bane of Bala Ged) since I'm keeping the other ramp though.

I thought I'd also mention some other, more powerful (?) cards I already own that I've considered substituting if needed for rebalancing:
Once again, I'd love to hear any thoughts on this.

Colorless (51)

Land (25)

Artifact (14)

Creature (12)

Gold (51)

Creature (30)

Instant (7)

Planeswalker (5)

Sorcery (6)

Enchantment (3)

White (52)

Creature (30)

Enchantment (7)

Sorcery (5)

Instant (7)

Artifact (2)

Planeswalker (1)

Blue (51)

Creature (22)

Instant (15)

Sorcery (10)

Enchantment (3)

Planeswalker (1)

Black (52)

Creature (30)

Sorcery (12)

Instant (8)

Planeswalker (1)

Enchantment (1)

Red (52)

Creature (31)

Sorcery (9)

Artifact (2)

Instant (7)

Enchantment (2)

Planeswalker (1)

Green (51)

Creature (35)

Sorcery (9)

Enchantment (3)

Instant (3)

Planeswalker (1)

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Date added 1 year
Last updated 1 year

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