For my overall theme I have chosen elements of my favorite blocks, while including some of the highest powered Modern and Legacy Staples. The main inspirations comes from blocks: Odyssey, Innistrad, Amonkhet, Time Spiral. The whole cube has an overall graveyard matters theme, focusing on madness, cycling, flashback, reanimation, etc. I have elected to use a few of the flip lands from Ixalan as the land-version and not the enchantment. There are plenty of utility tools to deal with these, and I've omitted Spitfire Bastion because of its oppressiveness.
Red: fast small creatures, artifact removal, punishment creatures, draw/discard, burn spells & haste
Green: go wide creatures, creature tutors, discard for fuel, creatures that come back, low cost - high power
Artifacts: lots of equipment, few small hate creatures or utility items, a few big fatties to fuel the reanimator theme regardless of the color you're in.
I'm considering making the following changes. Mostly moving to cards that are more on-theme with the whole cube and less personal pet cards of mine. Looking for feedback on these. And really if you notice anything that I've missed for the whole cube please let me know. In the past my cube has just been a singleton pile of my favorite cards that my friends and I draft occasionally. Just this year I've started to build it as a theme, so I'd really love some feedback here. To test the cube out in a draft, check out my cubetutor
Green:
need something to remove for Lotus Cobra - I think there is enough of a land theme to warrant including this snake
still need to acquire a Noble Hierarch to make the upgrade from Avacyn's Pilgrim
An Amalgamation of Modern & Legacy midrange archetypes
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3 Fulminator mage
2 Dreadbore
3 Kolaghan's Command
3 Claim // Fame
0 Temple of malice
0 Lavaclaw reaches
0 Bloodstained Mire
0 Scrubland
Simic (8):
4 Kiora, Master of depths
7 Simic Sky Swallower
3 Trygon predator
3 Shardless agent
0 Lumbering falls
0 Tempe of mystery
0 Misty Rainforest
0 Tropical island
Azorius (8):
3 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Ojutai's Command
4 Supreme Verdict
5 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
0 Temple of enlightenment
0 Moorland Haunt
0 Flooded strand
0 Tundra
Orzhov (8):
4 Sorin, solemn visitor
3 Lingering souls
3 Vindicate
5 Unburial rites
0 Temple of silence
0 Shambling vent
0 Marsh flats
0 Badlands
Boros (8):
1 Figure of Destiny
2 Lightning Helix
4 Nahiri, the Harbinger
2 Boros Charm
0 Temple of Triumph
0 Needle Spires
0 Arid Mesa
0 Plateau
Selesnya (8):
4 Mystic Enforcer
3 Loxodon Smiter
2 Voice of Resurgence
2 Qasali Pridemage
0 Nantuko Monastery
0 Stirring Wildwood
0 Windswept Heath
0 Savannah
Gruul (8):
3 Vithian Renegades
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Ghor-Clan Rampager
0 Raging Ravine
0 Temple of Abandon
0 Wooded Foothills
0 Taiga
Dimir (8):
5 The Scarab god
3 Forbidden alchemy
2 Baleful strix
2 Dimir charm
0 Creeping Tar pit
0 Temple of Deceit
0 Polluted Delta
0 Underground Sea
Izzet (8):
4 Marauding looter
3 Electrolyze
3 Dack Fayden
2 Izzet charm
0 Temple of epiphany
0 Wandering fumarole
0 Scalding tarn
0 Volcanic island
Golgari (8):
3 Dreg Mangler
2 Grim Flayer
2 Grisly Salvage
2 Abrupt decay
0 Hissing Quagmire
0 Temple of Malady
0 Verdant catacombs
0 Bayou
Colorless (30):
13 Emrakul, the promised end
6 Wurmcoil engine
5 Batterskull
5 Hollow one
4 Icy manipulator
4 Solemn simulacrum
3 Tangle wire
3 Sword of body and mind
3 Sword of light and Shadow
3 Sword of fire and ice
3 Sword of feast and famine
3 Sword of war and peace
3 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Mimic vat
3 Oblivion stone
2 Vault skirge
2 Ratchet bomb
2 Umezawa's jitte
2 Mind stone
2 Phyrexian revoker
2 Winter orb
2 Spellskite
2 Isochron Scepter
1 Pithing needle
1 Signal Pest
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol ring
1 Relic of progenitus
1 Blood-Forged Battle Axe
0 Chrome mox
Misc Lands (5):
0 Conqueror's Foothold
0 Ghost quarter
0 Tectonic edge
0 Field of ruin
0 Ancient tomb
Green (49):
0 Itlimoc, cradle of the sun
0 Treetop village
1 Commune with nature
1 Rancor
1 Ulvenwald tracker
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Nimble mongoose
1 Crop rotation
1 Basking rootwalla
1 Green sun's zenith
1 Birds of paradise
2 Channel
2 Survival of the fittest
2 Gather the pack
2 Sylvan caryatid
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Sylvan advocate
2 Sylvan scrying
2 Hermit druid
2 Werebear
2 Scavenging ooze
2 Fauna Shaman
2 Wild mongrel
2 Satyr Wayfinder
2 Noose Constructor
3 Splinterfright
3 Courser of Kruphix
3 Moldervine Cloak
3 Ramunap excavator
3 Den Protector
3 Troll ascetic
3 Winter's grasp
3 Eldritch evolution
3 Reclamation sage
3 Birthing pod
3 Eternal witness
4 Blastoderm
4 Thrun, the last troll
4 Vengevine
4 Garruk relentless
4 Brawn
4 Garruk wildspeaker
5 Genesis
5 Gigapede
5 Acidic slime
5 Thragtusk
5 Arrogant wurm
6 Primeval Titan
8 Terastodon
1 Pillar of flame
1 Lightning bolt
1 Magma spray
1 Faithless Looting
1 Soul-scar mage
1 Insolent neonate
1 Grim lavamancer
1 Monastery swiftspear
1 Flameblade adept
1 Lightning Axe
1 Gamble
1 Ghitu Lavarunner
1 Bomat Courier
2 Abrade
2 Stormblood berserker
2 Whipflare
2 Cathartic Reunion
2 Roast
2 Ash zealot
2 Eidolon of the great revel
2 Harsh mentor
3 Ire Shaman
3 Squee, goblin nabob
3 Sweltering suns
3 Dualcaster mage
3 Magus of the Moon
3 Pillage
3 Manic Vandal
3 Stromkirk occultist
3 Flamewake Phoenix
3 Jaya Ballard, Task mage
3 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Fiery temper
4 Avalanche riders
4 Anger
4 Flametongue kavu
4 Stoke the flames
4 Hazoret the Fervant
4 Chandra, pyromaster
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Thunderbreak regent
5 Jaya Ballard
5 Reckless Wurm
5 Incorrigible youths
5 Goblin dark-dwellers
5 Stormbreath dragon
6 Inferno Titan
8 Blasphemous act
8 Bedlam reveler
Black (49):
0 Temple of aclazotz
1 Reanimate
1 Dark ritual
1 Vampire lacerator
1 Fatal Push
1 Phyrexian reclamation
1 Diregraf ghoul
1 Despise
1 Inquisition of kozilek
1 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
1 Entomb
1 Gravecrawler
1 Sinister concoction
1 Cryptbreaker
2 Bloodghast
2 Asylum visitor
2 Cast Down
2 Nezumi graverobber
2 Chainer's edict
2 Hymn to Tourach
2 Go for the throat
2 Collective Brutality
2 Ultimate price
2 Black sun's zenith
2 Withered wretch
2 Zombie infestation
2 Rotting rats
2 Exhume
3 Dismember
3 Liliana of the Veil
3 Vampire nighthawk
3 Liliana, heretical healer
3 Big game Hunter
3 Buried alive
3 Phyrexian arena
3 Hero's Downfall
4 Ichorid
4 Bloodline keeper
4 Bane of the Living
4 Languish
4 Dread return
4 Mindwrack demon
5 Phyrexian Delver
5 Ob Nixilis Reignited
5 Shriekmaw
6 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
6 Grave Titan
8 Griselbrand
Blue (49):
0 Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
0 Cephalid coliseum
0 Lonely Sandbar
1 Hapless Researcher
1 Vapor snag
1 Brainstorm
1 Thought scour
1 Gitaxian probe
1 Spell Pierce
1 Serum visions
1 Delver of secrets
1 Dispel
1 Mystical tutor
1 Careful Study
2 Daze
2 Counterspell
2 Mana leak
2 Waterfront bouncer
2 Invisible stalker
2 Thing in the ice
2 Remand
2 Augur of Bolas
2 Merfolk looter
2 Snapcaster mage
2 Jace, Vryn's prodigy
2 Impulse
3 Dissipate
3 Champion of wits
3 True-Name Nemesis
3 Compulsive research
3 Pieces of the Puzzle
3 Drake haven
3 Show and tell
3 Nimble obstructionist
3 Frantic search
4 Curator of mysteries
4 Wonder
4 Fact or fiction
4 Deep analysis
4 Dungeon Geists
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Venser, shaper savant
5 Bribery
5 Prognostic Sphinx
5 Mulldrifter
5 Mystic confluence
6 Frost Titan
7 Cryptic serpent
7 Striped riverwinder
0 Adanto, the first fort
1 Path to exile
1 Swords to plowshares
1 Kitesail apprentice
1 Fragmentize
1 Purify the grave
1 Steelshaper's gift
1 Mother of runes
1 Kytheon, hero of akros
1 Isamaru, hound of konda
2 Honor of the pure
2 Wall of omens
2 Leonin relic-warder
2 Leonin arbiter
2 Auriok champion
2 Serra avenger
2 Grand Abolisher
2 Relic seeker
2 Jotun Grunt
2 Thalia, guardian of thraben
2 Stoneforge mystic
2 War priest of thune
3 Forsake the worldly
3 Banishing light
3 Banisher priest
3 Fiend Hunter
3 Aven mindcensor
3 Blade splicer
3 Mirran crusader
3 Thalia, heretic Cathar
3 Hidden Dragonslayer
4 Day of judgment
4 Hero of bladehold
4 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
4 Restoration angel
4 Faith's fetters
4 Elspeth, Knight-errant
4 Resurrection
5 Geist-honored monk
5 Karmic guide
5 Baneslayer Angel
5 Archangel avacyn
5 Lyra Dawnbringer
5 Bishop of Rebirth
6 Sun Titan
6 Akroma's Vengeance
7 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
8 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
9 Reya Dawnbringer
For my overall theme I have chosen elements of my favorite blocks, while including some of the highest powered Modern and Legacy Staples. The main inspirations comes from blocks: Odyssey, Innistrad, Amonkhet, Time Spiral. The whole cube has an overall graveyard matters theme, focusing on madness, cycling, flashback, reanimation, etc. I have elected to use a few of the flip lands from Ixalan as the land-version and not the enchantment. There are plenty of utility tools to deal with these, and I've omitted Spitfire Bastion because of its oppressiveness.
Color pie special traits:
White: equipment, hatebear creatures, artifact/enchantment removal, unconditional creature removal, higher mana curve
Blue: counterspells, draw & discard, rewards for inst/sorc, flying or unblockable
Black: creature types matter, conditional removal, pay life > draw cards, zombie & vampire subtheme
Red: fast small creatures, artifact removal, punishment creatures, draw/discard, burn spells & haste
Green: go wide creatures, creature tutors, discard for fuel, creatures that come back, low cost - high power
Artifacts: lots of equipment, few small hate creatures or utility items, a few big fatties to fuel the reanimator theme regardless of the color you're in.
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Cards I'm planning to add:
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Changelog:
White:
Mentor of the meek becomes Hidden Dragonslayer - need a morph for each color.
Archon of Justice becomes Baneslayer Angel not sure about this one
Blue:
No Changes yet
Black:
Call to the Netherworld becomes Ichorid - both cards want black creatures in the graveyard, but this one is more aggressive.
Victim of Night becomes Phyrexian Delver - Black has enough removal already, and not enough reanimation.
Regicide becomes Bane of the Living - need to balance the black mana curve, and also needed a black morph. Still considering Grim Haruspex for this slot.
Red:
No changes yet
Green:
Ohran Viper becomes Den Protector - need a green morph
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Overall I think I may need more support for the Show & Tell / Reanimator targets. Any suggestions are appreciated..
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White:
need something to remove for Auriok Glaivemaster - suggestions appreciated...
Blue:
need something to remove for Stratus Dancer - or potentially a different blue morph. Any suggestions?
Black:
I'd like to include Sheoldred, Whispering One as part of the reanimator theme, but I really like all my currentblack high CMC creatures
Red:
need something to remove for Firebolt
need something to remove for Incendiary Flow
Green:
need something to remove for Lotus Cobra - I think there is enough of a land theme to warrant including this snake
still need to acquire a Noble Hierarch to make the upgrade from Avacyn's Pilgrim
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