[450][Unpowered]DSF's "Take it Down a Notch" Cube

#1 Mar 18, 2016

Forest, Llanowar Elf, Go

Location: Baltimore, MD
Join Date: 8/13/2005
Posts: 3,784
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Basic Information
Cube Size: 450. My playgroup likes plenty of variability in the cards being opened. I don't want a huge cube though - I want to keep some things like Kiki combo fairly consistent.
Breakdown: Approximately 55 of each single color. I run a few more multicolor cards than most cubes of this size. I <3 gold, what can I say?
Standard or Theme: Standard
Snow Lands: No
Average Number of Players: 4-6
How Often Drafted: If things went perfectly it'd be once a month. Now that some of us have kids (and our playgroup is split 50/50 between DC and Baltimore) it's more like 4-6 times a year.
Original Inspirations/Biggest Influences: Usman, Antknee42, Spike Rogue, Wtwlf123, Kranny

Card Selection
Proxies: Revised duals and enemy fetches. I don't plan to proxy anything that isn't expensive mana-fixing.
Powered: No. My playgroup enjoys a power level that is a notch or so down from the strongest unpowered environment.
Portal: A few here and there.
"Un" Cards: Just a couple for fun. (Jack in the Mox, Booster Tutor, Blast from the Past.)
Banned Cards for Power-Level: Power and anything that approaches it (Sol Ring, Channel, etc.). Most Swords and Jitte (although this is also a cost consideration).
Banned Cards for Time Constraints: None
Banned Cards for "fun" factor: Jace, Memory Adept, Sundering Titan, Armageddon (again, my group likes things just a step down from top-tier Unpowered).

Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard
Sideboards?: OK
Color Balance: As closely as I can.
Gold Balance: Guilds yes, 3+ color, no.
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes. If the card plays best with 2+ colors, I consider it gold. I also slot 2-color mana-fixing into the guild sections just to make it easier to see in Cube Tutor.
Color Triggers as Gold: Yes
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No

CubeTutor Link: www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/27081

The List:

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White Creature 1x Champion of the Parish 1x Dragon Hunter 1x Elite Vanguard 1x Isamaru, Hound of Konda 1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros 1x Mardu Woe-Reaper 1x Mother of Runes 1x Soldier of the Pantheon 1x Student of Warfare 1x Accorder Paladin 1x Cloistered Youth 1x Consul's Lieutenant 1x Hidden Dragonslayer 1x Imposing Sovereign 1x Kor Skyfisher 1x Precinct Captain 1x Relic Seeker 1x Seeker of the Way 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1x Wall of Omens 1x Blade Splicer 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos 1x Fiend Hunter 1x Flickerwisp 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper 1x Silverblade Paladin 1x Soltari Champion 1x Hero of Bladehold 1x Restoration Angel 1x Baneslayer Angel 1x Cloudgoat Ranger 1x Karmic Guide 1x Reveillark 1x Sun Titan 1x Angel of Serenity 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite White Planeswalker 1x Gideon Jura 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion White Instant 1x Mana Tithe 1x Path to Exile 1x Swords to Plowshares 1x Disenchant 1x Unexpectedly Absent White Sorcery 1x Council's Judgment 1x Spectral Procession 1x Day of Judgment 1x Wrath of God 1x Rout 1x Martial Coup White Enchantment 1x Journey to Nowhere 1x Banishing Light 1x Glorious Anthem 1x Oblivion Ring 1x Faith's Fetters 1x Parallax Wave White Enchantment Artifact 1x Spear of Heliod White Land 1x Kjeldoran Outpost Blue Creature 1x Enclave Cryptologist 1x Augur of Bolas 1x Looter il-Kor 1x Merfolk Looter 1x Phantasmal Image 1x Riftwing Cloudskate 1x Stratus Dancer 1x Aether Adept 1x Deceiver Exarch 1x Man-o'-War 1x Pestermite 1x Serendib Efreet 1x Treasure Mage 1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter 1x Clever Impersonator 1x Dungeon Geists 1x Glen Elendra Archmage 1x Venser, Shaper Savant 1x Whirler Rogue 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror 1x Mulldrifter 1x Aetherling 1x Consecrated Sphinx 1x Frost Titan Blue Planeswalker 1x Jace, Architect of Thought Blue Artifact Creature 1x Phyrexian Metamorph Blue Instant 1x Brainstorm 1x Force Spike 1x Mystical Tutor 1x Counterspell 1x Impulse 1x Mana Leak 1x Memory Lapse 1x Miscalculation 1x Negate 1x Remand 1x Capsize 1x Psionic Blast 1x Dismiss 1x Fact or Fiction 1x Into the Roil 1x Condescend 1x Repeal 1x Dig Through Time Blue Sorcery 1x Ponder 1x Preordain 1x Compulsive Research 1x Tinker 1x Deep Analysis 1x Bribery 1x Upheaval 1x Treasure Cruise Blue Enchantment 1x Control Magic 1x Opposition 1x Future Sight 1x Treachery Blue Land 1x Shelldock Isle Black Creature 1x Bloodsoaked Champion 1x Carnophage 1x Diregraf Ghoul 1x Gravecrawler 1x Tormented Hero 1x Vampire Lacerator 1x Dauthi Horror 1x Nezumi Graverobber 1x Oona's Prowler 1x Pack Rat 1x Silumgar Assassin 1x Vampire Hexmage 1x Bone Shredder 1x Flesh Carver 1x Lifebane Zombie 1x Liliana's Specter 1x Ophiomancer 1x Vampire Nighthawk 1x Braids, Cabal Minion 1x Desecration Demon 1x Nekrataal 1x Skinrender 1x Shriekmaw 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier 1x Grave Titan 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One 1x Griselbrand Black Planeswalker 1x Liliana Vess Black Instant 1x Booster Tutor 1x Dark Ritual 1x Diabolic Edict 1x Doom Blade 1x Go for the Throat 1x Ultimate Price 1x Dismember 1x Hero's Downfall 1x Snuff Out 1x Murderous Cut	Black Sorcery 1x Duress 1x Inquisition of Kozilek 1x Reanimate 1x Thoughtseize 1x Chainer's Edict 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Hymn to Tourach 1x Night's Whisper 1x Consuming Vapors 1x Damnation 1x Languish 1x Profane Command Black Enchantment 1x Sarcomancy 1x Animate Dead 1x Bitterblossom 1x Dance of the Dead 1x Recurring Nightmare Black Enchantment Artifact 1x Whip of Erebos Black Enchantment Creature 1x Gnarled Scarhide Red Creature 1x Firedrinker Satyr 1x Frenzied Goblin 1x Goblin Glory Chaser 1x Goblin Welder 1x Greater Gargadon 1x Jackal Pup 1x Monastery Swiftspear 1x Reckless Waif 1x Stromkirk Noble 1x Zurgo Bellstriker 1x Ash Zealot 1x Gore-House Chainwalker 1x Ire Shaman 1x Keldon Marauders 1x Lightning Mauler 1x Plated Geopede 1x Stormblood Berserker 1x War-Name Aspirant 1x Young Pyromancer 1x Chandra's Phoenix 1x Dualcaster Mage 1x Feldon of the Third Path 1x Goblin Rabblemaster 1x Magus of the Wheel 1x Manic Vandal 1x Prophetic Flamespeaker 1x Flametongue Kavu 1x Hellrider 1x Hero of Oxid Ridge 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 1x Siege-Gang Commander 1x Zealous Conscripts 1x Inferno Titan Red Planeswalker 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant 1x Koth of the Hammer Red Artifact 1x Shrine of Burning Rage Red Instant 1x Fireblast 1x Burst Lightning 1x Lightning Bolt 1x Incinerate 1x Lightning Strike 1x Magma Jet 1x Searing Blaze 1x Searing Blood 1x Searing Spear 1x Blast from the Past Red Sorcery 1x Faithless Looting 1x Arc Trail 1x Mizzium Mortars 1x Wheel of Fortune 1x Burning of Xinye 1x Devil's Play 1x Wildfire Red Enchantment 1x Sulfuric Vortex 1x Splinter Twin Red Enchantment Creature 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge Green Creature 1x Arbor Elf 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim 1x Birds of Paradise 1x Experiment One 1x Fyndhorn Elves 1x Joraga Treespeaker 1x Jungle Lion 1x Llanowar Elves 1x Scythe Leopard 1x Wild Dogs 1x Den Protector 1x Lotus Cobra 1x Rattleclaw Mystic 1x Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder 1x Scavenging Ooze 1x Strangleroot Geist 1x Wall of Roots 1x Wild Mongrel 1x Eternal Witness 1x Reclamation Sage 1x Uktabi Orangutan 1x Viridian Shaman 1x Yavimaya Elder 1x Oracle of Mul Daya 1x Polukranos, World Eater 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller 1x Thrun, the Last Troll 1x Wickerbough Elder 1x Acidic Slime 1x Thragtusk 1x Whisperwood Elemental 1x Great Oak Guardian 1x Hornet Queen 1x Terastodon 1x Woodfall Primus Green Planeswalker 1x Garruk Wildspeaker Green Artifact 1x Birthing Pod Green Instant 1x Chord of Calling Green Sorcery 1x Explore 1x Farseek 1x Rampant Growth 1x Regrowth 1x Cultivate 1x Kodama's Reach 1x Harmonize 1x Plow Under 1x Green Sun's Zenith 1x Tooth and Nail Green Enchantment 1x Rancor 1x Evolutionary Leap 1x Sylvan Library 1x Curse of Predation 1x Song of the Dryads Green Enchantment Creature 1x Boon Satyr 1x Courser of Kruphix Green Land 1x Treetop Village Azorius 1x Reflector Mage 1x Venser, the Sojourner 1x Azorius Signet 1x Supreme Verdict 1x Detention Sphere 1x Flooded Strand 1x Hallowed Fountain 1x Prairie Stream 1x Tundra Dimir 1x Nightveil Specter 1x Psychatog 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator 1x Baleful Strix 1x Dimir Signet 1x Polluted Delta 1x Sunken Hollow 1x Underground Sea 1x Watery Grave	Rakdos 1x Rakdos Cackler 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat 1x Murderous Redcap 1x Terminate 1x Dreadbore 1x Badlands 1x Blood Crypt 1x Bloodstained Mire 1x Smoldering Marsh Gruul 1x Kird Ape 1x Burning-Tree Emissary 1x Bloodbraid Elf 1x Ghor-Clan Rampager 1x Huntmaster of the Fells 1x Cinder Glade 1x Stomping Ground 1x Taiga 1x Wooded Foothills Selesnya 1x Dryad Militant 1x Fleecemane Lion 1x Qasali Pridemage 1x Kitchen Finks 1x Knight of the Reliquary 1x Canopy Vista 1x Savannah 1x Temple Garden 1x Windswept Heath Orzhov 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1x Utter End 1x Gerrard's Verdict 1x Lingering Souls 1x Godless Shrine 1x Marsh Flats 1x Scrubland 1x Shambling Vent Golgari 1x Deathrite Shaman 1x Lotleth Troll 1x Abrupt Decay 1x Life // Death 1x Maelstrom Pulse 1x Bayou 1x Hissing Quagmire 1x Overgrown Tomb 1x Verdant Catacombs Simic 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest 1x Trygon Predator 1x Mystic Snake 1x Sagu Mauler 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave 1x Breeding Pool 1x Lumbering Falls 1x Misty Rainforest 1x Tropical Island Izzet 1x Dack's Duplicate 1x Ral Zarek 1x Izzet Signet 1x Fire // Ice 1x Izzet Charm 1x Scalding Tarn 1x Steam Vents 1x Volcanic Island 1x Wandering Fumarole Boros 1x Figure of Destiny 1x Boros Reckoner 1x Boros Charm 1x Lightning Helix 1x Chained to the Rocks 1x Arid Mesa 1x Needle Spires 1x Plateau 1x Sacred Foundry Rainbow 1x Wild Nacatl 1x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death 1x Yasova Dragonclaw 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Colourless Artifact Creature 1x Agent of Acquisitions 1x Hangarback Walker 1x Phyrexian Revoker 1x Porcelain Legionnaire 1x Spellskite 1x Deal Broker 1x Palladium Myr 1x Canal Dredger 1x Cogwork Librarian 1x Lodestone Golem 1x Masticore 1x Molten-Tail Masticore 1x Solemn Simulacrum 1x Precursor Golem 1x Steel Hellkite 1x Wurmcoil Engine 1x Aether Searcher 1x Myr Battlesphere 1x Bosh, Iron Golem Colourless Artifact 1x Jack-in-the-Mox 1x Black Vise 1x Bonesplitter 1x Skullclamp 1x Ankh of Mishra 1x Coldsteel Heart 1x Everflowing Chalice 1x Guardian Idol 1x Isochron Scepter 1x Lightning Greaves 1x Mind Stone 1x Mortarpod 1x Sphere of the Suns 1x Sword of the Animist 1x Thought Vessel 1x Winter Orb 1x Basalt Monolith 1x Champion's Helm 1x Coalition Relic 1x Crystal Ball 1x Crystal Shard 1x Grafted Wargear 1x Loxodon Warhammer 1x Mimic Vat 1x Tangle Wire 1x Worn Powerstone 1x Bonehoard 1x Hedron Archive 1x Icy Manipulator 1x Nevinyrral's Disk 1x Smokestack 1x Thran Dynamo Colourless Sorcery 1x All Is Dust Colourless Land 1x City of Brass 1x Dust Bowl 1x Evolving Wilds 1x Gemstone Mine 1x Grove of the Burnwillows 1x Maze of Ith 1x Mishra's Factory 1x Paliano, the High City 1x Reflecting Pool 1x Rishadan Port 1x Strip Mine 1x Terramorphic Expanse 1x Wasteland Colourless Conspiracy 1x Advantageous Proclamation 1x Worldknit

On Deck (let me know if you would run any of these over cards that are in the cube):
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Last edited by DSF: Mar 19, 2016

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#2 Mar 19, 2016
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Whoa, never thought I'd see my name associated with this illustrious bunch, I'm honored!

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#3 Mar 19, 2016
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Forest, Llanowar Elf, Go
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Join Date: 8/13/2005
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Well it's true. My cube is similar to yours in a lot of ways. Almost exactly the same size, we both started with budget cubes and have slowly built them up, and you're active on the forum answering questions and such. I've referred to your list a lot.

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