So I've been working for about 18 months now on an all Russian cube, 95% because I'm studying Russian and 5% because I really like cube drafting. But here's the issue (duh) I am the only one I know who plays magic and speaks russian. For more experienced players, drafting foreign cards is no problem because you usually recognize the art. If I know full well that at most, 60% of the cube is immediately recognizable, the rest not so much, how should I handle that? I wanted it to partly be chaos due to people not being able to read the cards, but I can't have people casting/drafting sorceries thinking that they are instants.
Do I make a cheat sheet for supertypes and abilities?
Make a Cube Tutor page for your cube. Cube Tutor only shows English language versions of cards, so as long as you make sure your CT page only shows the correct edition/art of each card the list or visual spoiler will work quite nicely as an English cheat sheet for your cube. Make sure that your players know about your CT page and they can always look it up on their phones or check out the list ahead of time. This is always a good idea even if language barrier isn't a factor.
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465 card Unpowered cube thread. Draft it here and I'll be happy to return the favor.
450 card Peasant cube thread. Draft it here.
Get ready to translate every card. Foreign cards are why I took non-English cards out of my cube.
It might make sense for you to print the card names in Russian alphabetical to make sure you can cross reference the english name so you don't have to translate every card.
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Do I make a cheat sheet for supertypes and abilities?
WUBRGReaper King - Superfriends
WUBRGChild of Alara - The Nauseating Aurora
WUBSharuum the Hegemon - Christmas In Prison
WUBZur the Enchanter - Ow My Face
WRJor Kadeen, the Prevailer - Snow Goats
BRGrenzo, Dungeon Warden - International Goblin All Purpose Recycling Facility Number 12
WGSaffi Eriksdotter - Saffi Combosdotter
UPatron of the Moon - The Age of Aquarius
BHorobi, Death's Wail - Bring Out Your Dead
GSachi, Daughter of Seshiro - Sneks
450 card Peasant cube thread. Draft it here.
It might make sense for you to print the card names in Russian alphabetical to make sure you can cross reference the english name so you don't have to translate every card.