Here is my cube, any feedback, questions or suggestions are welcome .
Basic Info Cube Size: 450 Cards Breakdown: 60 Each Color, 70 Colorless, 80 Guild Standard or Theme Cube: Standard Powered?: Powered
Cube Design Standard or Multiplayer: Standard Snow Cube?: No Sideboards?: No Proxies?: P9, ABU Duals, Some expensive cards Functional Reprints?: Yes Perfect Creature/Non-Creature Balance: No Gold "As Printed" or "As Played": As Played Perfectly Balanced CMC: No Cube CMC: 2.8
The cube is primarily played with 2 person formats such as Winston or a format based off of Market Draft.
I have had my cube since around when Lorwyn came out and built it with my friend. The first edition of the cube we took all of our "best cards" and put them together in some blue sleeves and winstoned. Garruk Wildspeaker was one of the largest bombs and there was a bunch of random stuff. It was about 600 cards and featured unbalanced colours, a big gold section and very little mana fixing. The current list has been developed to suit my playgroups current tastes!
Hey man, just took a brief glance at your cube and it mostly looks solid. The one thing I'd say is that unless you intend for your fixing lands to be very hard to come by, I'd increase the number. A 1:1 ratio of guild cards to fixing lands in pretty standard, and 6:4 seems like it could make players' mana bases pretty ugly.
I was a little worried about the fixing at first too with the larger guild card ratio but so far it has worked out fine. We previously we played 4:4 ratio, then 5:4 ratio. The signets certainly help with that and green sees a fair bit of play so that helps with the fixing as well.
Tainted Pact has been good for us. It is nice to have an extra tutor-ish card available and, at least for me, it always makes the final 23. Our black section plays out more as a valuable support colour and doesn't really contain an aggro package. We had the aggro package in before and it did not see very much play. Thus far we have preferred the support package instead of the aggro but we might put the aggro back in one day.
Cube update! I have updated the spreadsheet only due to time constraints. Some notes: Added wtwlf's super ramp because it looks awesome and reintroduced black aggro. Will probably be a month or so before I have time to cube again but I'm looking forward to it!
The pox package was removed because we weren't able to get the deck together with any frequency, which is likely due to the draft formats we play (usually a variation on Market Draft or Winston). The cards being added to black will hopefully help out aggro a little. I also wanted to get a few more creatures in.
Electrolyze stays in because it is somewhat of a pet card here. Falkenrath Aristocrat was the hardest cut to make but Grenzo should be good and the other black additions can help take her spot.
Smokestack was removed along with the pox package,Ankh of Mishra didn't see any play and the other two artifacts were under performing. We had all of the P9 in except Black Lotus and Market Draft makes it a little more fair to draft. I thought Worn Powerstone was in the cube already but I guess it was overlooked.
Cube Size: 450 Cards
Breakdown: 60 Each Color, 70 Colorless, 80 Guild
Standard or Theme Cube: Standard
Powered?: Powered
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard
Snow Cube?: No
Sideboards?: No
Proxies?: P9, ABU Duals, Some expensive cards
Functional Reprints?: Yes
Perfect Creature/Non-Creature Balance: No
Gold "As Printed" or "As Played": As Played
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
Cube CMC: 2.8
The cube is primarily played with 2 person formats such as Winston or a format based off of Market Draft.
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mother of Runes
1 Savannah Lions
1 Soldier of the Pantheon
1 Student of Warfare
//2cc
1 Accorder Paladin
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Lone Missionary
1 Precinct Captain
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Wall of Omens
1 Blade Splicer
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1 Flickerwisp
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mirror Entity
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Soltari Champion
1 Spectral Procession
//4cc
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Restoration Angel
1 Sublime Archangel
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
1 Entreat the Angels
1 Karmic Guide
1 Reveillark
//6cc
1 Exalted Angel
1 Sun Titan
//7cc
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Land Tax
1 Mana Tithe
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
//2cc
1 Balance
1 Disenchant
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Revoke Existence
1 Council's Judgement
1 Banishing Light
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Spear of Heliod
//4cc
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Armageddon
1 Day of Judgment
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Ravages of War
1 Wrath of God
1 Gideon Jura
//6cc
1 Catastrophe
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
//Xcc
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Enclave Cryptologist
//2cc
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Waterfront Bouncer
//3cc
1 Aether Adept
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Man-o'-War
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
//5cc
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Mulldrifter
1 Aetherling
1 Consecrated Sphinx
//9cc
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Daze
1 Force of Will
//1cc
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Force Spike
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
//2cc
1 Arcane Denial
1 Counterspell
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Impulse
1 Into the Roil
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Remand
1 Time Walk
1 Crystal Shard
1 Forbid
1 Jace Beleren
1 Psionic Blast
1 Thassa, God of the Sea
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Vedalken Shackles
//4cc
1 Control Magic
1 Cryptic Command
1 Deep Analysis
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Opposition
1 Bribery
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Treachery
//6cc
1 Upheaval
//xcc
1 Condescend
1 Repeal
//Land
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Carnophage
1 Diregraf Ghoul
1 Gnarled Scarhide
1 Gravecrawler
1 Sarcomancy
1 Tormented Hero
1 Vampire Lacerator
//2cc
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Pack Rat
1 Pain Seer
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Herald of Torment
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Master of the Feast
1 Ophiomancer
1 Vampire Nighthawk
//4cc
1 Abyssal Persecutor
1 Bane of the Living
1 Desecration Demon
1 Nekrataal
1 Skinrender
1 Shriekmaw
//6cc
1 Grave Titan
//8cc
1 Tombstalker
1 Snuff Out
//1cc
1 Booster Tutor
1 Dark Ritual
1 Duress
1 Entomb
1 Imperial Seal
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Reanimate
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
//2cc
1 Animate Dead
1 Bitterblossom
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Exhume
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Curse of Shallow Graves
1 Dismember
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Necromancy
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Yawgmoth's Will
//4cc
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Damnation
1 Living Death
//Xcc
1 Mind Twist
1 Profane Command
//Land
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Firedrinker Satyr
1 Goblin Guide
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Jackal Pup
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Reckless Waif
1 Stromkirk Noble
//2cc
1 Ash Zealot
1 Gore-House Chainwalker
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Lightning Mauler
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Fire Imp
1 Imperial Recruiter
1 Manic Vandal
1 Prophetic Flamespeaker
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
//4cc
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Hellrider
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
//6cc
1 Inferno Titan
1 Burst Lightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Faithless Looting
1 Firebolt
1 Lightning Bolt
//2cc
1 Arc Trail
1 Firestorm
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Incinerate
1 Lightning Strike
1 Magma Jet
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Searing Spear
1 Arc Lightning
1 Char
1 Flames of the Firebrand
1 Staggershock
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Wheel of Fortune
//4cc
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
1 Sneak Attack
1 Chandra Nalaar
//6cc
1 Burning of Xinye
1 Wildfire
//Xcc
1 Earthquake
1 Rolling Earthquake
1 Tempt With Vengeance
1 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Arbor Elf
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Experiment One
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Wild Nacatl
//2cc
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Sylvan Caryatid
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Boon Satyr
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Eternal Witness
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Yavimaya Elder
//4cc
1 Master of the Wild Hunt
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Polukranos, World Eater
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Acidic Slime
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Genesis
1 Kalonian Hydra
1 Thragtusk
//6cc
1 Primeval Titan
//7cc
1 Hornet Queen
//8cc
1 Terastodon
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Mirri's Guile
1 Nature's Claim
1 Rancor
1 Worldly Tutor
//2cc
1 Life from the Loam
1 Naturalize
1 Regrowth
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Sylvan Library
1 Cultivate
1 Curse of Predation
1 Kodama's Reach
//4cc
1 Birthing Pod
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Natural Order
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
//Xcc
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Treetop Village
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Lotleth Troll
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Bayou
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Verdant Catacombs
//Rakdos
1 Dreadbore
1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Badlands
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
//Dimir
1 Baleful Strix
1 Duskmantle Seer
1 Psychatog
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Polluted Delta
1 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave
//Orzhov
1 Lingering Souls
1 Magister of Worth
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Vindicate
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Godless Shrine
1 Marsh Flats
1 Scrubland
1 Burning-Tree Emissary
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Xenagos, the Reveler
1 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
1 Taiga
1 Wooded Foothills
//Selesnya
1 Dryad Militant
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Savannah
1 Temple Garden
1 Windswept Heath
//Boros
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Boros Charm
1 Boros Reckoner
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Arid Mesa
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Plateau
1 Sacred Foundry
//Simic
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
1 Mystic Snake
1 Trygon Predator
1 Breeding Pool
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Tropical Island
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Dack Fayden
1 Dack's Duplicant
1 Electrolyze
1 Ral Zarek
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Shivan Reef
1 Steam Vents
1 Volcanic Island
//Azorius
1 Detention Sphere
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Flooded Strand
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Tundra
1 Phyrexian Revoker
//4cc
1 Cogwork Librarian
1 Masticore
1 Molten-Tail Masticore
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Batterskull
1 Precursor Golem
//6cc
1 Triskelion
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Aether Searcher
1 Myr Battlesphere
//8cc
1 Sundering Titan
1 Black Lotus
1 Chrome Mox
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
//1cc
1 Black Vise
1 Bonesplitter
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Grim Monolith
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Mind Stone
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Scroll Rack
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Winter Orb
//3cc
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Coalition Relic
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Mimic Vat
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Tangle Wire
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Erratic Portal
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Thran Dynamo
//5cc
1 Memory Jar
//7cc
1 Karn Liberated
//Xcc
1 Engineered Explosives
1 City of Ass
1 City of Brass
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mutavault
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Strip Mine
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Wasteland
Out > In
Kor Sanctifiers > Council's Judgment
Fleshbag Marauder > Pain Seer
Pox > Herald of Torment
Smallpox > Abyssal Persecutor
Braids, Cabal Minion > Desecration Demon
Reassembling Skeleton > Imperial Seal
Call of the Herd > Boon Satyr
Steam Augury > Dack Fayden
Fire // Ice> Dack's Duplicate
Falkenrath Aristocrat > Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Unburial Rites > Magister of Worth
Smokestack > Aether Searcher
Ankh of Mishra > Cogwork Librarian
Basilisk Collar > Black Lotus
Mortarpod > Worn Powerstone
Cube on Cubetutor
TheRift88's Spreadsheet
Cheers,
m.
P.S. Has Tainted Pact been good for you?
I was a little worried about the fixing at first too with the larger guild card ratio but so far it has worked out fine. We previously we played 4:4 ratio, then 5:4 ratio. The signets certainly help with that and green sees a fair bit of play so that helps with the fixing as well.
Tainted Pact has been good for us. It is nice to have an extra tutor-ish card available and, at least for me, it always makes the final 23. Our black section plays out more as a valuable support colour and doesn't really contain an aggro package. We had the aggro package in before and it did not see very much play. Thus far we have preferred the support package instead of the aggro but we might put the aggro back in one day.
Thanks metamind!
Thanks for the stats eidolon!
So far M15 hasn't been great, only really considering Reclamation Sage and Borderland Marauder. Looking forward to Hornet Queen tokens too! We may test Ajani Steadfast, Nissa, Worldwaker and Goblin Rabblerazor.
Edit: We will also be taking a look at Generator Servant
Out > In
Kor Sanctifiers > Council's Judgment
Fleshbag Marauder > Pain Seer
Pox > Herald of Torment
Smallpox > Abyssal Persecutor
Braids, Cabal Minion > Desecration Demon
Reassembling Skeleton > Imperial Seal
Call of the Herd > Boon Satyr
Steam Augury > Dack Fayden
Fire // Ice> Dack's Duplicate
Falkenrath Aristocrat > Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Unburial Rites > Magister of Worth
Smokestack > Aether Searcher
Ankh of Mishra > Cogwork Librarian
Basilisk Collar > Black Lotus
Mortarpod > Worn Powerstone
Most of the changes are fairly straight forward.
The pox package was removed because we weren't able to get the deck together with any frequency, which is likely due to the draft formats we play (usually a variation on Market Draft or Winston). The cards being added to black will hopefully help out aggro a little. I also wanted to get a few more creatures in.
Electrolyze stays in because it is somewhat of a pet card here. Falkenrath Aristocrat was the hardest cut to make but Grenzo should be good and the other black additions can help take her spot.
Smokestack was removed along with the pox package,Ankh of Mishra didn't see any play and the other two artifacts were under performing. We had all of the P9 in except Black Lotus and Market Draft makes it a little more fair to draft. I thought Worn Powerstone was in the cube already but I guess it was overlooked.