Simply put, I'd like to know how you'd approach this. I'm looking to make a powered 2-player cube.
This guy and I use different draft styles (rodchester, Winston, glimpse 2) with our 400 powered, but wanted to pare it down to something that would fit in a small box easily for transport for a vaca we're taking with some non-cubers.
Has anyone else done this? Searching showed very little. My thoughts so far are:
- keep the best of the best (of the best) cube cards. The staples if you will.
- want it to be as small as possible.
- I bet we could get it down to 140-160 cards.
Land: 30 (dual, fetch, allied shocks, utility like library & strip mine)
Artifacts: 20 (incl power)
Each color: 25
Multi: 15 (2 for allied, 1 for enemy)
Basics: 12 of each.
Hrm, that's 190. This is going to be tougher than I thought...
My worry is keeping enough archetypes to prevent it from being stale. It's have to keep to each colors core characteristics...
Red: agg, burn, disruption
Black: removal, disruption, value dudes
Blue: control & draw
White: weenie, control
Green: ramp, beef
Thoughts on my approach? What's the smallest cube you could/would make?
If you get too small, the decks start looking too predictable and samey. If you're going down as far as 140 you may as well just make some premade duel decks from your normal cube that you carry around with you.
Well, we made it, and let me say this...its absolutely the "already awesome" cube, on steroids. Opening a pack of this mini cube (then dubbed the twobie cubie, which quickly became the boobie cube) is ridiculous. My fist pack I took library, passing bitter blossom, treachery and sulfuric vortex and goblin guide. I got passed a pack with a mox, balance, mana drain, demonic tutor, birds of paradise and a dual. I should do a third power crack-a-pack lol.
I'm writing up the list...I'll post it in the deck lists page.
The decks were positively brutal.
This guy and I use different draft styles (rodchester, Winston, glimpse 2) with our 400 powered, but wanted to pare it down to something that would fit in a small box easily for transport for a vaca we're taking with some non-cubers.
Has anyone else done this? Searching showed very little. My thoughts so far are:
- keep the best of the best (of the best) cube cards. The staples if you will.
- want it to be as small as possible.
- I bet we could get it down to 140-160 cards.
Land: 30 (dual, fetch, allied shocks, utility like library & strip mine)
Artifacts: 20 (incl power)
Each color: 25
Multi: 15 (2 for allied, 1 for enemy)
Basics: 12 of each.
Hrm, that's 190. This is going to be tougher than I thought...
My worry is keeping enough archetypes to prevent it from being stale. It's have to keep to each colors core characteristics...
Red: agg, burn, disruption
Black: removal, disruption, value dudes
Blue: control & draw
White: weenie, control
Green: ramp, beef
Thoughts on my approach? What's the smallest cube you could/would make?
Old school group, sometimes more beer than cards. Revised thru Tempest block (and a little of Urza), sorry if I don't know all the new cards
Ye' Olde Schoole Casual Decks: BUReanimate -- GRAggro -- BWPestilence -- G10-land Stompy -- GRElfball -- GWEnchantress -- RAnkh Sligh -- BDiscard -- MUC "Draw-go" -- BRSuicide -- UWSkies -- UHigh Tide Mill -- WWeenie -- UMutated Bombers -- URThe great land-toss -- UB Molasass
My 630 Card Powered Cube
My Article - "Cube Design Philosophy"
My Article - "Mana Short: A study in limited resource management."
My 50th Set (P)review - Discusses my top 20 Cube cards from OTJ!
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I'm writing up the list...I'll post it in the deck lists page.
The decks were positively brutal.
Old school group, sometimes more beer than cards. Revised thru Tempest block (and a little of Urza), sorry if I don't know all the new cards
Ye' Olde Schoole Casual Decks: BUReanimate -- GRAggro -- BWPestilence -- G10-land Stompy -- GRElfball -- GWEnchantress -- RAnkh Sligh -- BDiscard -- MUC "Draw-go" -- BRSuicide -- UWSkies -- UHigh Tide Mill -- WWeenie -- UMutated Bombers -- URThe great land-toss -- UB Molasass