So I am designing and collecting a cube for my 6 year old son to give to him when and if he gets into magic. I thought it would be a good way to turn my love of the game into something tangible to pass on to him. I don't play standard, i only do limited and I had a ton of cards from old sets that i was able to cannibalize into a cube with minimal effort/money. It has been a lot of fun and now I have this complete cube, but wanted some feedback.
Here is the thing, I do not cube on a regular basis - I will do it on line when it is up, but don;t really know the ins and outs of the format.
I have been reading articles and looking at other people's cube to get a sense.
I want it to be the following:
720, unpowered, with full sets and some symmetry. I am collecting one example of each expedition (so that it has a little bling factory - I opened a mind twist (I know it might not be appropriate in a unpowered cube - but what the heck) and traded for a invention chrome mox. I just need a full art land and I am leaning towards strip mine as I would like it to all be black bordered.
My feeling is that if my son is into it he can make the changes he feels is necessary to change cycles etc. I just want to give him a good 720 base to start with. I have a lot of time until my son will really appreciate it - so i am wondering what i should make my goals (I mean I have enough disposable income that I could see aiming to get some rare cards like gae's cradle or black bordered wheel of fortune or maybe even a non proxied version of the dual lands (which are the only proxies in there now). Let me know what you think I should focus on and how I can change it. THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Here is the thing, I do not cube on a regular basis - I will do it on line when it is up, but don;t really know the ins and outs of the format.
I have been reading articles and looking at other people's cube to get a sense.
I want it to be the following:
720, unpowered, with full sets and some symmetry. I am collecting one example of each expedition (so that it has a little bling factory - I opened a mind twist (I know it might not be appropriate in a unpowered cube - but what the heck) and traded for a invention chrome mox. I just need a full art land and I am leaning towards strip mine as I would like it to all be black bordered.
My feeling is that if my son is into it he can make the changes he feels is necessary to change cycles etc. I just want to give him a good 720 base to start with. I have a lot of time until my son will really appreciate it - so i am wondering what i should make my goals (I mean I have enough disposable income that I could see aiming to get some rare cards like gae's cradle or black bordered wheel of fortune or maybe even a non proxied version of the dual lands (which are the only proxies in there now). Let me know what you think I should focus on and how I can change it. THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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Thanks.