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:
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:
1x Stoic Angel
1x Rafiq of the Many
1x Jenara, Asura of War
1x Giltspire Avenger
1x Finest Hour
1x Aven Mimeomancer
1x Filigree Angel
2x Bant Charm
2x Messenger Falcons
2x Rhox War Monk
2x Skyward Eye Prophets
2x Ardent Plea
2x Kiss of the Amesha
2x Wall of Denial
2x Migratory Route
3x Bant Sojourners
3x Bant Sureblade
3x Crystallization
3x Waveskimmer Aven
3x Deft Duelist
3x Esper Cormorants
3x Ethercaste Knight
3x Ethersworn Shieldmage
3x Glassdust Hulk
3x Sanctum Plowbeast
3x Stormcaller's Boon
3x Talon Trooper
3x Vedalken Outlander
Esper and UB
1x Magister Sphinx
1x Enigma Sphinx
1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1x Sharuum the Hegemon
1x Sen Triplets
1x Nemesis of Reason
1x Sphinx Summoner
2x Esper Charm
2x Sludge Strider
2x Thopter Foundry
2x Tower Gargoyle
2x Mask of Riddles
2x Kathari Remnant
2x Baleful Strix
2x Ancient Excavation
3x Arsenal Thresher
3x Esper Stormblade
3x Esper Sojourners
3x Windwright Mage
3x Agony Warp
3x Architects of Will
3x Deny Reality
3x Etherium Abomination
3x Jhessian Zombies
3x Soul Manipulation
3x Tidehollow Strix
3x Vectis Agents
3x Zombie Outlander
1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1x Blood Tyrant
1x Sedris, the Traitor King
1x Thraximundar
1x Unscythe, Killer of Kings
1x Lightning Reaver
1x Malfegor
2x Sedraxis Specter
2x Fire-Field Ogre
2x Grixis Charm
2x Slave of Bolas
2x Bituminous Blast
2x Shambling Remains
2x Blood Cultist
2x Grave Upheaval
3x Grixis Grimblade
3x Grixis Sojourners
3x Kederekt Creeper
3x Sewn-Eye Drake
3x Blightning
3x Goblin Deathraiders
3x Igneous Pouncer
3x Kathari Bomber
3x Monstrous Carabid
3x Suicidal Charge
3x Terminate
3x Demonic Dread
3x Goblin Outlander
Jund and RG
1x Broodmate Dragon
1x Charnelhoard Wurm
1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
1x Lavalanche
1x Madrush Cyclops
1x Sarkhan Vol
1x Dragon Broodmother
2x Giant Ambush Beetle
2x Jund Charm
2x Scarland Thrinax
2x Sprouting Thrinax
2x Bloodbraid Elf
2x Vengeful Rebirth
2x Vithian Renegades
2x Treacherous Terrain
3x Carrion Thrash
3x Jund Hackblade
3x Jund Sojourners
3x Sangrite Backlash
3x Branching Bolt
3x Colossal Might
3x Deadshot Minotaur
3x Violent Outburst
3x Valley Rannet
3x Rip-Clan Crasher
3x Rhox Brute
3x Gorger Wurm
3x Nacatl Outlander
1x Godsire
1x Mayael the Anima
1x Meglonoth
1x Retaliator Griffin
1x Uril, the Miststalker
1x Dauntless Escort
1x Mycoid Shepherd
2x Knotvine Mystic
2x Marisi's Twinclaws
2x Naya Charm
2x Woolly Thoctar
2x Behemoth Sledge
2x Enlisted Wurm
2x Citadel Castellan
2x Sylvan Reclamation
3x Naya Hushblade
3x Naya Sojourners
3x Rakeclaw Gargantuan
3x Trace of Abundance
3x Captured Sunlight
3x Qasali Pridemage
3x Pale Recluse
3x Sigil Blessing
3x Sigil of the Nayan Gods
3x Steward of Valeron
3x Valeron Outlander
3x Grizzled Leotau
3x Leonin Armorguard
Others
1x Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
1x Maelstrom Wanderer
1x Breya, Etherium Shaper
1x Maelstrom Nexus
1x Maelstrom Archangel
1x Necromancer's Covenant
1x Ajani Vengeant
1x Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
1x Sages of the Anima
1x Lord of Extinction
2x Tidehollow Sculler
2x Stun Sniper
2x Skyclaw Thrash
2x Shardless Agent
2x Maelstrom Pulse
1x Battlegrace Angel
1x Jazal Goldmane
1x Sublime Archangel
1x Martial Coup
1x Mirror-Sigil Sergeant
1x Scepter of Dominance
1x Scourglass
1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Uncommons
2x Knight of Glory
2x Aerie Mystics
2x Nacatl Hunt-Pride
2x Paragon of the Amesha
2x Path to Exile
2x Sigiled Paladin
2x Patron of the Valiant
2x Swift Reckoning
2x Rockcaster Platoon
3x Akrasan Squire
3x Aven Squire
3x Aven Trailblazer
3x Darklit Gargoyle
3x Excommunicate
3x Gleam of Resistance
3x Knight of the Skyward Eye
3x Oblivion Ring
3x Resounding Silence
3x Rhox Meditant
3x Sanctum Gargoyle
3x Topan Freeblade
3x Stalwart Aven
3x Knight of the Pilgrim's Road
1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
1x Gather Specimens
1x Kederekt Leviathan
1x Master of Etherium
1x Master Transmuter
1x Scepter of Insight
1x Sharding Sphinx
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
Uncommons
2x Jhessian Thief
2x Cumber Stone
2x Dawnray Archer
2x Esper Battlemage
2x Esperzoa
2x Fatestitcher
2x Scornful Aether-Lich
2x Allied Strategies
2x Etherium Astrolabe
3x Brackwater Elemental
3x Cancel
3x Cloudheath Drake
3x Courier's Capsule
3x Etherium Sculptor
3x Faerie Mechanist
3x Frontline Sage
3x Kathari Screecher
3x Outrider of Jhess
3x Parasitic Strix
3x Resounding Wave
3x Traumatic Visions
3x Unsummon
3x Worldly Counsel
1x Scourge of Nel Toth
1x Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
1x Extractor Demon
1x Nyxathid
1x Salvage Titan
1x Scepter of Fugue
1x Tar Fiend
1x Vein Drinker
Uncommons
2x Knight of Infamy
2x Corpse Connoisseur
2x Dreadwing
2x Fleshbag Marauder
2x Fleshformer
2x Grixis Battlemage
2x Puppet Conjurer
2x Infest
2x Scavenger Drake
3x Absorb Vis
3x Grixis Slavedriver
3x Bone Splinters
3x Drag Down
3x Dregscape Zombie
3x Executioner's Capsule
3x Pestilent Kathari
3x Servant of Nefarox
3x Salvage Slasher
3x Sedraxis Alchemist
3x Shore Snapper
3x Skeletal Kathari
3x Viscera Dragger
3x Yoke of the Damned
1x Banefire
1x Caldera Hellion
1x Preyseizer Dragon
1x Flameblast Dragon
1x Hell's Thunder
1x Predator Dragon
1x Rakka Mar
1x Voracious Dragon
Uncommons
2x Rockslide Elemental
2x Exuberant Firestoker
2x Hellspark Elemental
2x Jund Battlemage
2x Goblin Assault
2x Thunder-Thrash Elder
2x Worldheart Phoenix
2x Volcanic Fallout
2x Skeletonize
3x Tribal Flames
3x Scourge Devil
3x Dragonsoul Knight
3x Dark Temper
3x Dragon Fodder
3x Fiery Fall
3x Viashino Slaughtermaster
3x Kranioceros
3x Magma Spray
3x Resounding Thunder
3x Soul's Fire
3x Thorn-Thrash Viashino
3x Toxic Iguanar
3x Vithian Stinger
1x Bloodspore Thrinax
1x Cliffrunner Behemoth
1x Feral Hydra
1x Skullmulcher
1x Mycoloth
1x Paleoloth
1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
1x Thornling
Uncommons
2x Valeron Wardens
2x Topan Ascetic
2x Spore Burst
2x Sacellum Archers
2x Rhox Charger
2x Naya Battlemage
2x Gluttonous Slime
2x Drumhunter
2x Algae Gharial
3x Rhox Maulers
3x Beacon Behemoth
3x Court Archers
3x Druid of the Anima
3x Elvish Visionary
3x Ember Weaver
3x Gift of the Gargantuan
3x Might of Alara
3x Mosstodon
3x Cylian Elf
3x Resounding Roar
3x Sylvan Bounty
3x Wild Leotau
3x Wild Nacatl
2x Ancient Ziggurat
2x Arcane Sanctum
2x Crumbling Necropolis
2x Jungle Shrine
2x Savage Lands
2x Seaside Citadel
2x Unstable Frontier
3x Fieldmist Borderpost
3x Mistvein Borderpost
3x Veinfire Borderpost
3x Firewild Borderpost
3x Wildfield Borderpost
3x Bant Panorama
3x Esper Panorama
3x Grixis Panorama
3x Jund Panorama
3x Naya Panorama
3x Rupture Spire
3x Ash Barrens
Arahbo, Kitty Kat Beatdown Decklist
Mizzix of the Izmagnus Decklist
Breya, Etherium Shaper
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Decklist
My Current Set Cube Lists:
Kamigawa Re-Experience
Ravnica, City of Guilds Re-Experience
Alara Re-Experience