MTG Salvation

Q: What is a Re-Experience Cube?

A: It's an attempt to re-create past drafting experiences of set no longer in print, it is also meant to cut the chaff out of previous block experiences, such as the always-in-the-sideboard Vectis Silencers or Banewasp Affliction or cards of similar low power level. Only the best and brightest make it in.

Q: What's it look like?

A: The cubes are always 720 cards total, but not entirely singleton. You see, in order to closely resemble an actual limited experience, commons must be the bulk of the cube. This way strategies used in previous limited formats can flourish, as they are mostly based on the commons of the set. In addition, commons are where most of the flavor of a specific block remain.

Having said that, the cube contains 3 of the chosen commons, 2 of the chosen uncommons and 1 of each chosen Mythic/Rare. This gives somewhere between 340-360 unique cards.

Q: Why did you need to post this on Salvation?

A: Mostly as an online way to keep track of all of my cubes and manage them , but also to discuss the cube itself, and previous limited experiences people have had with said set and to have a place for people to simply check them out.

Q: Cool, Anything Else?

A: My long-Term intention is to have them all from Mirage to whatever set is current at the time. I have almost all the lists done virtually and several finished or near-finished physically. I also have bent the rules a little in some cases. If a card is clearly from a specific plane, but not printed in the set, I may allow it to be in, if it is good enough. An example is Breya, Etherium Shaper who was not printed in Alara block, but a commander series. She is allowed to be in because he is clearly from the block and is definitely able to make the cut among the other cards.

Another rule I bent is for downgraded rarities on reprints. If a card was an uncommon in the set, but was reprinted as a common in another, I will allow it to be used 3 times like the commons are. An example is Worldheart Phoenix was printed as rare originally, but was reprinted as an uncommon in Modern masters, so it goes in as a uncommon.

Without any further ado, here is the first Re-Experience Cube for Alara Block: