After months of work, We finally finished the first version of my Bohemian Cube. To really appreciate this cube, you have to look at the visual spoiler. http://www.cubetutor.com/visualspoiler/58137
The goal of the Bohemian cube is to blend the modern with the old in order to create an experience that resembles the beginning years of Magic the Gathering while updating them to the sensibilities of a modern player.
Cube Size: 360 Cards
Breakdown: 50 Each Color, 30 Multicolor, 30 Duals, 10 Lands, 50 Artifacts
Standard or Theme Cube: Very Themed
Design Restrictions: Woo-boy, yes
Powered?: Yes
Vintage Legal?: No (Chaos Orb and Custom Cards)
Singleton Legal?: Yes
Color Balance?: Yes
Guild Balance?: Yes
Snow Mana Support?: No
Colorless Mana?: No
Daybreak Elemental 1WWW
Creature - Elemental
Flying
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Daybreak Elemental
3/2
Town Crier 4WW
Creature - Human
Vigilance
When this enters the battlefield, put 3 1/1 Citizen tokens into play.
All Citizens get +1/+1 and vigilance
3/3
Cast Away W
Instant
Put target creature into its owner's library third from the top.
Custom Cards (Translated to Modern Text)
Practice Dummy 1U
Summon - Mannequin
U: Change a target of target spell or ability to Practice Dummy
0/4
Mist Elemental 3UU
Summon - Elemental
Flying
When this enters the battlefield, draw 2 cards.
2/3
Metamorph 3U
Enchantment
You may have Metamorph enter the battlefield as a copy of any artifact or creatureon the battlefield, except it's an enchantment in addition to its other types.
Nidorious Imp B
Creature - Imp
Discard a card: This gains flying until end of turn.
1/1
Hasan's Raiders 1B
Creature - Raiders
Fear
This Can't Block
2/1
Sharrer Cell 2B
Creature - Wall
Defender
When this enters the battlefield, exile target creature.
When this leaves the battlefield, return the exiled creature to the battlefield under its owner's control.
0/3
Urborg Harpy 1BB
Creature - Harpy
Flying, Deathtouch
2/2
Alchemist Duban 3BB
Creature - Human
When Alchemist Duban enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to lack. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
2/4
Shadow Miscreat 4BB
Creature - Shadow
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add B to your mana pool.
B: This gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
4/4
Imprecation 2BB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures.
Dark Night of the Soul 1BB
World Enchantment
All creatures gain -1/-1.
Red Knight RR
Creature - Knight
First Strike, Haste
2/2
Children of the Fire RR
Creature - Human
Whenever a player casts a spell with converted mana cost 3 or less, Children of the Fire deals 2 damage to that player.
2/2
Rock Elemental 1RR
Creature - Elemental
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it into your graveyard and repeat this process.
Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Rock Elemental.
3/3
Surr Cyclops 3R
Creature - Cyclops
When this enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact.
3/3
Magma Elemental 3RRR
Creature - Elemental
Whenever Magma Elemental attacks, it deals 3 damage as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures, players and/or planeswlakers.
6/6
Mon's Command 1R
Sorcery
Put two 1/1 Red goblin tokens onto the battlefield.
Summoner's Call XG
Instant
Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost X or less and put it onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library.
Enemy Cycling Lands
Land - Basic Land Type A, Basic Land Type B (TT: Add A or B.)
This enters the battlefield tapped.
Aonyobo 1WB
Legendary Creature - Spirit
Aonyobo deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life each to the amount of damage dealt this way.
Whenever Aonyobo attacks, blocks, or is the target of a spell or ability exile her. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
0/1
Venamous Dagger 2
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch.
Equip 2
Amulet of Divination 2
Artifact - Equipment
Whenever equippeed creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card.
Equip 1
Athenaum 2
Artifact 1T: Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.
Ring of Invsibility3
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature is unblockable and has shourld.
Equip 2
Tome of Ish Sah 7
Artifact
When Tome of Ish Sah enters the battlefield, destroy target permanent.
When Tome of Ish Sah is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Tome of Ish Sah to owner's hand.
I love what you did with this, and especially seeing some familiar cards that now have hilarious templating, like Wurmcoil Engine.
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I can't say I'm pleased to see you and must warn you I may have to do something about it.
EDH: UGEdric
Pauper: URDelver
Modern: UGRDelver
Draft my cube: Eric's 390 Unpowered
Deck was good. Harm's way as always creates good game experiences. Royal Assassin met up with Goldmeadow Harrier and Icy Manipulator. It's always great when you see a thing in your head and it happens in real games. Mother of Runes was possibly too good. COnsidering making a custom version that costs either 1W or costs W to activate. Pack Rat got drawn only one game in 7. And kicked Cyclonic Rift kept it from winning the game in three turns. Considering making a custom version that can't breed. Anyobo never got drawn.
This deck was pretty good. Djinn of Wishes, Dungeon Geists, and Sentinel Spider all did work. Gravecrawler wurm didn't impress. Could be replaced.
The white defense deck seemed pretty good. Got to time warp twice in a game, never 3 or 4 times. (Regrowth, Recall) Sphinx was fine but didn't particularly wow me. Trinket Mage fetching Trinkets feels right. Narcolepsy and Prey Upon felt like good beta cards. Automaton rides the line. Glad I removed deathtouch and lifelink from Wurmcoil.
This deck just needed a few more creatures. Worst deck that got drafted.
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White:
My four drops are terrible. I like wall of reverence. dislike Daybreak Elemental and Coalition Honor-Guard
I want to cut worship. It leads to too many games where it comes down turn 3-4 and opponent just picks up their deck. Friend suggested color-shifted Ali from Cairo in this slot.
Avenging Angel could be something else and I don't think anyone would miss it.
Mother of Runes is on the edge of too good. Possibly change it to work similar to Story Circle
Blue:
Possibly could use another counterspell.
Invisible Stalker has some of the same problems it had in it's original draft format. Might be ok or maybe give it an autumn willow way for opponent to turn off it's hexproof.
Stormtide Leviathan could be cut no problem.
I'm still not smart enough to play gifts ungiven.
Dungeon Geist is a prefect card in this format.
Black
Dark Night of the Soul randomly being a world enchantment mattered in a game.
Pack Rat: Yeah it's too good here like it was in Rav. Thinking of changing it to
Rat King 1B
Creature - Rat
~'s p/t is equal to the number of rats you control.
2B, T, Discard a card: Create a black rat token with "this creature's p/t are equal to the number of rats you control.
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Red
Red could use another burn spell (maybe two)
I find myself being very hesitant about playing any of the RR creatures. I'm not sure if that's just me being too worried about the casting cost or not.
Gamble could be cut.
Goblin War Marshal could be Goblin Instigator. It's simpler.
Green
My ramp package is working well. I like how none of them work the same as each other.
Essence Warden could be cut.
Untamed Kavu has been great.
Gravetiller Wurm is lackluster as a ramp target.
Exploration is terrible it it's not in your opening 7.
Multicolor
Dual land selection is fine
Agony Warp, Fires of Yavimaya could be a stronger card.
I'm a little unconfortable with Aonyobo being such a custom card. Most of my other ones are just slight tweeks on existing magic cards.
Edric, Brion, and Olivia have been game defining cards in the games they have been played. I want my gold to b be rare but important. I could almost see going down to just 1 per guild. But I like having a creature and spell in each guild so I'll probalby keep it the same. Doubt I would expand this section if I expanded the cube overall.
Colorless
Not sure if Crucible has enough shinanigans
Ring of Invisibility (Whispersilk cloak) has been week.
All the artifact creatures see play. Could see adding in another 1-2.
Automaton is on the edge of too good. Every deck seems to be willing to play it.
Zhalfirin Void has been surprisingly decent.
Overall:
I like most of my invented cards (minus daybreak elemental)
I'm happy with how this is turning out. After watching GP Vegas's beta draft, my cube does not emulate that. I would have to scale back considerably on what my creatures do. Remove almost all of the token cards and load up on vanilla and french vanilla creatures. Things like turning Thalia, Accorder Palaidn, and Selfless Spirit into Youthful Knight, Knight of New Benalia, and mistral charger. In order to do that I would have to be able to understand the format well enough to consider merits of a third or fourth power on a vanilla creature and I don't have the playtesting time available to me to do that properly. Nor am I certain I want to do that.
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I'm really interested in drafting this cube. Do you maybe have a way that I can use your amazing alters?
Before answering, remember that these forums will suspend you for discussing how to produce proxies, even if it's something silly and obvious. MTGSalvation has a no-tolerance policy regarding proxy discussion.
After the Space: The Convergence cube got taken down I've been very hesitant with sharing the card renders from my cube. I've been worried about a C&D from wotc. Especially, besides the three arts that I painted for this set, I didn't get permission from anyone to use their art on these cards.
If you are interested in drafting the thing I am going to be at GP Milwaukee with the cube and will be holding drafts.
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Second: this makes me really curious. How dit you do it? Where did you get the art? Who did the wording? So many questions, so many kudos.
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A hobby is by defenition something you're not any good at - otherwise it'd have been your work. Magic is my biggest hobby so I mustn't be very good at it.
1. Someone at some point made a ABU and a Arabian/Antiquities/legends/dark template for photoshop. I used that to make the entire set.
2. Painted a few cards myself (psychatog, stoneforge mystic, and pack rat) But mostly got the art from deviant art. I have seen so much weird porn due to this project. Really that website should be burned to the ground.
3. I and another guy did most of the wording. We frequented gatherer a ton to review old card wording and tried to parse what we could.
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Starting to work on expanding this. I would like to be eventally be able to get it up to 450 cards with a decent amount of cards to switch in and out depending on my whims.
Pick an art (The I in Icatian has been capitalized in my file.)
I'm thinking of adding the following cards into an on deck binder. Anyone have any additional suggestions?
Loam Lion
Deftblade Elite (Minus prevention ability)
Akrassan Squire (renamed Benelish squire)
Mistral Charger
Kor Hookmaster
Alaborn Cavalier
3/3 flyer for 3W (how does a clean version of that not exist?)
Spirit LInk
Raise the Alarm
1/1 Scry 2(?) bird for U
SOme leviathan/octopus/kraken in Stormtide Leviathans slot.
Remand
Dismiss
Desertion
Faerie Conclave
Rat King
Inquisition of Kozilek (Yawgamoth?)
Languish
Chandra's Outrage (New name)
Fire Imp
Torch Fiend
Chandra's Phoenix (new name)
Monastery Swiftspear
Burst Lightning
Fauna SHaman
Acidic Slime
Treetop Village
Memnite
Signal Pest
Pithing Needle
ATTACHMENTS
icatian Jav
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-Trickster Mage
-Careful Study
-Stormtide Leviathan
+Remand
+Scry Bird
+Scourge of Fleets
-Pack Rat
-Nidorious Imp
-Withered Wretch
-Underworld Dreams
+Rat King
+Black Cat
+Pit Keeper
+Splendid Agony
-Gamble
-Kiln Fiend
+Burst Lightning
+Torch Fiend
-Essence Warden
-Gravetiller Wurm
+Wild Nacatl
+Great Oak Guardian (Modified)
-Crucible of Worlds
-Ring of Invisibility
+Signal Pest
+Short Sword
-Anyobo
+Drana's Emissary
Explantions:
-Worship cycled between being useless and making games feel terrible.
-Charge never saw play
-Doomed Traveler was the one drop that saw the least play. Could easily see this returning.
+Icatian Javelinner: Thought of a nifty way to word this and want to give it a chance.
+Benalish Elite:Wanted to give provoke a try. Earlier version had banding and that seemed stupid.
+Raise the Alarm: Simple token maker. Turned into a new card to use the same token as Town Crier.
-Trickester Mage/Stormtide Leviathan/Careful Study: First two never saw play. This a reminent of an earlier version of the cube which was much more archetype focused and Reanimator was a key part of black's identity.
+Reamand: Wanted another counterspell.
+Raven Familiar: Upgraded Flying Men. A Familiar giving you information is pretty flavorful too.
+Scourge of Fleets: I still want a big ocean creature in the set. Tidal Kraken would be my next try.
-Pack Rat: Was way too powerful.
-Nidorious Imp: Reanimator hold out.
-Withered Wretch: Was suppose to be a foil for the reanimator deck.
-Underworld Dreams: Never saw play
+Rat King: More balanced Pack Rat. I still want to represent Plague Rats though.
+Black Cat: Seems like a simple effect. Giving it a chance.
+Pit Keeper: Aggressive 2 drop that does something if you see it late game.
+Splendid Agony. I don't have -1/-1 counters really represented in my cube.
-Gamble: Saw no play. I was including it mostly to have a white,blue,black,red, and green 1 drop tutor.
-Kiln Fiend: Never could get the oops spell deck to work.
+Burst Lightning: Felt like I needed another burn spell or two. Starting here. It's hard to find burn spells that can co-exist with lightning bolt.
+Torch Fiend: Needed another artifact removal spell in red.
-Essence Warden: Saw zero play.
-Gravetiller Wurm: I had dreams of natural ordering into this.As an 8/8 it would be the largest creature in the cube.
+Wild Nacatl: Currently have Kird Ape. will probably add loam lion at some point.
+Mosswood Treefolk: I didn't have a treefolk in cube. Plays well in the mana dork ramp strategy.
-Crucible of Worlds: This is one of my favorite magic cards. I never found myself wanting to slot this into a deck. Could come back.
-Ring of Invisbility. Equipment that doesn't boost power is a tough sell. Darksteel Plate might not be far behind.
+Signal Pest: All my artifact creatures have been great. Decided to try adding in another one.
+Short Sword: About as simple as equipment can get. We will see if +1/+1 is enough of a bonus.
ATTACHMENTS
MTG cards
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man those artworks show the difference between art and the generic fantasylook we got like no other, where did you find all those. a lot seem to be custom made for the card.
is this still an ongoing and rebalancing project?
do you have a hq source for those images and/or cards.
the only thing i dont like too much is the too forced alpha wording. there should be a middleground between unreadable and lets say legends style wording.
i just discovered this cube, its almost perfect.
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man those artworks show the difference between art and the generic fantasylook we got like no other, where did you find all those. a lot seem to be custom made for the card.
Mostly stole stuff from deviant art. Very few arts were made specifically for this project. Some minor editing in photoshop was normally enough to get the job done. I did paint the art on Pack Rat, Psychatog, and Stoneforge though.
is this still an ongoing and rebalancing project?
I'm planning on doing a 90-120 card expansion yearly.
do you have a hq source for those images and/or cards.
After the Space: The Convergence cube got taken down I've been very hesitant with sharing the card renders from my cube. I've been worried about a C&D from wotc. Especially, besides the three arts that I painted for this set, I didn't get permission from anyone to use their art on these cards.
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Wow. This is a masterpiece. Highest praise. It must have taken a lot of searching to find this much perfect art.
You really managed to capture the look of the game's youth. It's amazing how much more they were doing with the art back then. Imagine if cards still looked this good... I'd hire you for art-director.
Honestly, I have nothing to say but congratulations. This is probably the coolest cube I've ever seen.
Edit: I drafted the cube, and noticed that Carrion Feeder is missing the "can't block" text. I assume it's a mistake.
http://www.cubetutor.com/visualspoiler/58137
The goal of the Bohemian cube is to blend the modern with the old in order to create an experience that resembles the beginning years of Magic the Gathering while updating them to the sensibilities of a modern player.
Cube Size: 360 Cards
Breakdown: 50 Each Color, 30 Multicolor, 30 Duals, 10 Lands, 50 Artifacts
Standard or Theme Cube: Very Themed
Design Restrictions: Woo-boy, yes
Powered?: Yes
Vintage Legal?: No (Chaos Orb and Custom Cards)
Singleton Legal?: Yes
Color Balance?: Yes
Guild Balance?: Yes
Snow Mana Support?: No
Colorless Mana?: No
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Dragon Hunter
1 Goldmeadow Harrier
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mother of Runes
1 Soldier of the Pantheon
1 Thraben Inspector
1 Accorder Paladin
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Ronom Unicorn
1 Selfless Spirit
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Wall of Omens
1 White Knight
1 Preacher
1 Recruiter of the Guard
1 Thunder Spirit
1 Castle Gargoyle (Custom Card)
1 Coalition Honor Guard
1 Daybreak Elemental (Custom Card)
1 Wall of Reverence
1 Avenging Angel
1 Serra Angel
1 Town Crier (Custom Card)
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Instant (8)
1 Brave the Elements
1 Charge
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Harm's Way
1 Mana Tithe
1 Cast Away (Custom card)
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Disenchant
1 Balance
1 Armageddon
1 Cataclysm
1 Day of Judgment
Enchantment (10)
1 Land Tax
1 Pacifism
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Sacred Mesa
1 Story Circle
1 Angelic Destiny
1 Worship
Custom Cards (Translated to modern text)
Knight of Twin Strikes 1WW
Creature - Knight
Double Strike
2/2
Castle Gargoyle 2W
Creature - Gargoyle
Flying, exalted
2/1
Daybreak Elemental 1WWW
Creature - Elemental
Flying
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Daybreak Elemental
3/2
Town Crier 4WW
Creature - Human
Vigilance
When this enters the battlefield, put 3 1/1 Citizen tokens into play.
All Citizens get +1/+1 and vigilance
3/3
Cast Away W
Instant
Put target creature into its owner's library third from the top.
1 Cursecatcher
1 Trickster Mage
1 Fog Bank
1 Gilded Drake
1 Invisible Stalker
1 Merfolk Looter
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Practice Dummy (Custom Card)
1 Jhessian Thief
1 Man-o'-War
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Trinket Mage
1 Wall of Frost
1 Archaeomancer
1 Dungeon Geists
1 Tradewind Rider
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Morphling
1 Mist Elemental (Custom Card)
1 Sphinx of Uthuun
1 Stormtide Leviathan
Instant (16)
1 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Counterspell
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Negate
1 Remove Soul
1 Twincast
1 Hinder
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Condescend
1 Repeal
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Careful Study
1 Ponder
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Bribery
1 Time Warp
1 Upheaval
1 Recall
Enchantment (3)
1 Narcolepsy
1 Control Magic
1 Metamorph (Custom card)
Custom Cards (Translated to Modern Text)
Practice Dummy 1U
Summon - Mannequin
U: Change a target of target spell or ability to Practice Dummy
0/4
Mist Elemental 3UU
Summon - Elemental
Flying
When this enters the battlefield, draw 2 cards.
2/3
Metamorph 3U
Enchantment
You may have Metamorph enter the battlefield as a copy of any artifact or creatureon the battlefield, except it's an enchantment in addition to its other types.
1 Carnophage
1 Carrion Feeder
1 Nidorious Imp (Custom Card)
1 Viscera Seer
1 Black Knight
1 Blood Artist
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Hassan Raiders (Custom Card)
1 Pack Rat
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Withered Wretch
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Khabal Ghoul
1 Sharrer Cell (Custom Card)
1 Royal Assassin
1 Urborg Harpy (Custom Card)
1 Juzam Djinn
1 Ravenous Chupacabra
1 Alchemist Duban (Custom Card)
1 Sengir Vampire
1 Shadow Miscreat (Custom Card)
1 Lord of the Void
Instant (5)
1 Dark Ritual
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Murder
Sorcery (11)
1 Duress
1 Reanimate
1 Thoughtseize
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Sign in Blood
1 Sinkhole
1 Smallpox
1 Imprecation (Custom Card)
1 Living Death
1 Mind Twist
1 Drain Life
1 Dead Weight
1 Animate Dead
1 Contamination
1 Dark Night of the Soul (Custom Card)
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Underworld Dreams
1 Mark of the Vampire
1 Pestilence
1 The Abyss
Custom Cards
Nidorious Imp B
Creature - Imp
Discard a card: This gains flying until end of turn.
1/1
Hasan's Raiders 1B
Creature - Raiders
Fear
This Can't Block
2/1
Sharrer Cell 2B
Creature - Wall
Defender
When this enters the battlefield, exile target creature.
When this leaves the battlefield, return the exiled creature to the battlefield under its owner's control.
0/3
Urborg Harpy 1BB
Creature - Harpy
Flying, Deathtouch
2/2
Alchemist Duban 3BB
Creature - Human
When Alchemist Duban enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to lack. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
2/4
Shadow Miscreat 4BB
Creature - Shadow
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add B to your mana pool.
B: This gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
4/4
Imprecation 2BB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures.
Dark Night of the Soul 1BB
World Enchantment
All creatures gain -1/-1.
1 Goblin Welder
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Jackal Pup
1 Kird Ape
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Zurgo Bellstriker
1 Red Knight (Custom Card)
1 Dragon Hatchling
1 Children of the Fire (Custom Card)
1 Firebrand Archer
1 Kiln Fiend
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Slith Firewalker
1 Ball Lightning
1 Blood Ogre
1 Rock Elemental (Custom Card)
1 Feldon of the Third Path
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher
1 Surr Cyclops (Custom Card)
1 Rukh Egg
1 Zealous Conscripts
1 Magma Elemental (Custom Card)
1 Shivan Dragon
Instant (9)
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Titan's Strength
1 Abrade
1 Scorch (Custom Card)
1 Magma Jet
1 Skullcrack
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Chaos Warp
1 Char
Sorcery (12)
1 Forked Bolt
1 Gamble
1 Mons's Command (Custom Card)
1 Pyroclasm
1 Arc Lightning
1 Pillage
1 Rift Bolt
1 Threaten
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Earthquake
1 Fireball
1 Wildfire
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Sneak Attack
Custom Cards
Red Knight RR
Creature - Knight
First Strike, Haste
2/2
Children of the Fire RR
Creature - Human
Whenever a player casts a spell with converted mana cost 3 or less, Children of the Fire deals 2 damage to that player.
2/2
Rock Elemental 1RR
Creature - Elemental
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it into your graveyard and repeat this process.
Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Rock Elemental.
3/3
Surr Cyclops 3R
Creature - Cyclops
When this enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact.
3/3
Magma Elemental 3RRR
Creature - Elemental
Whenever Magma Elemental attacks, it deals 3 damage as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures, players and/or planeswlakers.
6/6
Mon's Command 1R
Sorcery
Put two 1/1 Red goblin tokens onto the battlefield.
1 Arbor Elf
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Essence Warden
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Ulvenwald Tracker
1 Ambush Viper
1 Savage Beast (Custom Card)
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Untamed Kavu
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Werebear
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Borderland Ranger
1 Eternal Witness
1 Managorger Hydra
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Master of the Wild Hunt
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Sentinel Spider
1 Colossal Dreadmaw
1 Gravetiller Wurm
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Thorn Elemental
1 Verdant Force
Instant (7)
1 Berserk
1 Giant Growth
1 Nature's Claim
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Moment's Peace
1 Krosan Grip
1 Summoner' Call (Custom Card)
1 Prey Upon
1 Explore
1 Rampant Growth
1 Regrowth
1 Harmonize
1 Natural Order
1 Overrun
1 Plow Under
Enchantment (5)
1 Exploration
1 Rancor
1 Wild Growth
1 Sylvan Library
1 Song of the Dryads
Custom Cards
Savage Beast GG
Beast
Trample
3/2
Summoner's Call XG
Instant
Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost X or less and put it onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library.
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Irrigated Farmland
1 Tundra
1 Wall of Denial
1 Sphinx's Revelation
Dimir (5)
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Fetid Pools
1 Underground Sea
1 Agony Warp
1 Psychatog
Rakdos (5)
1 Badlands
1 Canyon Slough
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Terminate
1 Olivia Voldaren
Gruul (5)
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Sheltered Thicket
1 Taiga
1 Fires of Yavimaya
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Savannah
1 Scattered Groves
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Unflinching Courage
Orzhov (5)
1 Haunted Monastery (Custom Card)
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Scrubland
1 Vindicate
1 Aonyobo (Custom Card)
Golgari (5)
1 Bayou
1 Argothian Plaguelands (Custom Card)
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Spiritmonger
Simic (5)
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Tropical Island
1 Woodland Cataract (Custom Card)
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Temporal Spring
1 Pyretic Seas (Custom Card)
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Volcanic Island
1 Gelectrode
1 Electrolyze
Boros (5)
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Plateau
1 Sacred Mountain (Custom Card)
1 Lightning Helix
1 Brion Stoutarm
Custom Cards
Enemy Cycling Lands
Land - Basic Land Type A, Basic Land Type B
(TT: Add A or B.)
This enters the battlefield tapped.
Aonyobo 1WB
Legendary Creature - Spirit
Aonyobo deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life each to the amount of damage dealt this way.
Whenever Aonyobo attacks, blocks, or is the target of a spell or ability exile her. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
0/1
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Diamond
1 Black Vise
1 Bonesplitter
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Ivory Tower
1 Meekstone
1 Pearl Trinket (Custom Card)
1 Sapphire Trinket (Custom Card)
1 Jet Trinket (Custom Card)
1 Ruby Trinket (Custom Card)
1 Emerald Trinket (Custom Card)
1 Sol Ring
1 Viridian Longbow
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Chaos Orb (Old school errata)
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Venamous Dagger (Custom Card)
1 Howling Mine
1 Amulet of Divination
1 Athenaum (Custom Card)
1 Sphere of the Suns
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Crystal Ball
1 Darksteel Plate
1 Staff of Domination
1 Sword of Vengeance
1 Tangle Wire
1 Ring of Invisibility (Custom Card)
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Serrated Arrows
1 Dusk Legion Dreadnought
1 Lich's Mirror
1 Mindslaver
1 Staff of Nin
1 Tome of Ish Sah (Custom Card)
Creature (11)
1 Perilous Myr
1 Filigree Familiar
1 Palladium Myr
1 Juggernaut
1 Masticore
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Su-Chi
1 Stuffy Doll
1 Duplicant
1 Triskelion
1 Automaton (Custom Card)
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Ash Barrens
1 City of Brass
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Wasteland
1 Zhalfirin Void
Custom Cards
Custom Card
Trinket 1
Artifact
T: Add A.
Venamous Dagger 2
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch.
Equip 2
Amulet of Divination 2
Artifact - Equipment
Whenever equippeed creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card.
Equip 1
Athenaum 2
Artifact
1 T: Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.
Ring of Invsibility3
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature is unblockable and has shourld.
Equip 2
Tome of Ish Sah 7
Artifact
When Tome of Ish Sah enters the battlefield, destroy target permanent.
When Tome of Ish Sah is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Tome of Ish Sah to owner's hand.
Automaton 6
Creature - Golem
Whenever Automaton dies, creature two 3/3 colorless Automat artifact creature tokens.
6/6
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Deck was good. Harm's way as always creates good game experiences. Royal Assassin met up with Goldmeadow Harrier and Icy Manipulator. It's always great when you see a thing in your head and it happens in real games. Mother of Runes was possibly too good. COnsidering making a custom version that costs either 1W or costs W to activate. Pack Rat got drawn only one game in 7. And kicked Cyclonic Rift kept it from winning the game in three turns. Considering making a custom version that can't breed. Anyobo never got drawn.
This deck was pretty good. Djinn of Wishes, Dungeon Geists, and Sentinel Spider all did work. Gravecrawler wurm didn't impress. Could be replaced.
The white defense deck seemed pretty good. Got to time warp twice in a game, never 3 or 4 times. (Regrowth, Recall) Sphinx was fine but didn't particularly wow me. Trinket Mage fetching Trinkets feels right. Narcolepsy and Prey Upon felt like good beta cards. Automaton rides the line. Glad I removed deathtouch and lifelink from Wurmcoil.
This deck just needed a few more creatures. Worst deck that got drafted.
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1 Plateau
1 City of Brass
1 Canyon Slough
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Mox Diamond
Creatures
1 Soldier of the Pantheon
1 Carnophage
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Bloodghast
1 Red Knight
1 Black KNight
1 Blood Artist
1 Rock Elemental
1 Palladium Myr
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Juzam Djinn
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Thoughtseize
1 Disenchant
1 Skullcrack
1 Rift Boly
1 Threaten
1 Arc Lightning
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Sacred Mesa
1 Living Death
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Tundra
Creatures
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Untamed Kavu
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Trinket Mage
1 Man-o'-War
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Mist Elemental
1 Autamoaton
1 Sphinx of Uthuun
1 Sol Ring
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Prey Upon
1 Mana Tithe
1 Narcolepsy
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Regrowth
1 Song of the Dryads
1 Story Circle
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Worship
1 Time Warp
1 Summoner's Call
1 Recall
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Savannah
1 Ancient Tomb
Creatures
1 Bedouin Tracker
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Invisible Stalker
1 Eternal Witness
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Wall of Reverence
1 Elvihs Piper
1 Metamorph
1 Dungeon Geist
1 Sentinel Spider
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Djinn of Wishes
1 Gravecrawelr Wurm
1 Sapphire Trinket
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Explore
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Counterspell
1 Sword of Vengeance
1 Control Magic
1 Harmonize
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Mother of Runes
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 White kNight
1 Knight of the Meadowgrain
1 Pack Rat
1 Perilous Myr
1 Royal Assassin
1 Knight of Twin Strikes
1 Aonyobo
1 Masticore
1 Avenging Angel
1 Serra ANgel
1 Triskelion
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Reanimate
1 Pearl Trident
1 Harm's Way
1 Pacifism
1 Chaos Orb
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Dusk Legion Dreadnought
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White:
My four drops are terrible. I like wall of reverence. dislike Daybreak Elemental and Coalition Honor-Guard
I want to cut worship. It leads to too many games where it comes down turn 3-4 and opponent just picks up their deck. Friend suggested color-shifted Ali from Cairo in this slot.
Avenging Angel could be something else and I don't think anyone would miss it.
Mother of Runes is on the edge of too good. Possibly change it to work similar to Story Circle
Blue:
Possibly could use another counterspell.
Invisible Stalker has some of the same problems it had in it's original draft format. Might be ok or maybe give it an autumn willow way for opponent to turn off it's hexproof.
Stormtide Leviathan could be cut no problem.
I'm still not smart enough to play gifts ungiven.
Dungeon Geist is a prefect card in this format.
Black
Dark Night of the Soul randomly being a world enchantment mattered in a game.
Pack Rat: Yeah it's too good here like it was in Rav. Thinking of changing it to
Rat King 1B
Creature - Rat
~'s p/t is equal to the number of rats you control.
2B, T, Discard a card: Create a black rat token with "this creature's p/t are equal to the number of rats you control.
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Red
Red could use another burn spell (maybe two)
I find myself being very hesitant about playing any of the RR creatures. I'm not sure if that's just me being too worried about the casting cost or not.
Gamble could be cut.
Goblin War Marshal could be Goblin Instigator. It's simpler.
Green
My ramp package is working well. I like how none of them work the same as each other.
Essence Warden could be cut.
Untamed Kavu has been great.
Gravetiller Wurm is lackluster as a ramp target.
Exploration is terrible it it's not in your opening 7.
Multicolor
Dual land selection is fine
Agony Warp, Fires of Yavimaya could be a stronger card.
I'm a little unconfortable with Aonyobo being such a custom card. Most of my other ones are just slight tweeks on existing magic cards.
Edric, Brion, and Olivia have been game defining cards in the games they have been played. I want my gold to b be rare but important. I could almost see going down to just 1 per guild. But I like having a creature and spell in each guild so I'll probalby keep it the same. Doubt I would expand this section if I expanded the cube overall.
Colorless
Not sure if Crucible has enough shinanigans
Ring of Invisibility (Whispersilk cloak) has been week.
All the artifact creatures see play. Could see adding in another 1-2.
Automaton is on the edge of too good. Every deck seems to be willing to play it.
Zhalfirin Void has been surprisingly decent.
Overall:
I like most of my invented cards (minus daybreak elemental)
I'm happy with how this is turning out. After watching GP Vegas's beta draft, my cube does not emulate that. I would have to scale back considerably on what my creatures do. Remove almost all of the token cards and load up on vanilla and french vanilla creatures. Things like turning Thalia, Accorder Palaidn, and Selfless Spirit into Youthful Knight, Knight of New Benalia, and mistral charger. In order to do that I would have to be able to understand the format well enough to consider merits of a third or fourth power on a vanilla creature and I don't have the playtesting time available to me to do that properly. Nor am I certain I want to do that.
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Second: this makes me really curious. How dit you do it? Where did you get the art? Who did the wording? So many questions, so many kudos.
2. Painted a few cards myself (psychatog, stoneforge mystic, and pack rat) But mostly got the art from deviant art. I have seen so much weird porn due to this project. Really that website should be burned to the ground.
3. I and another guy did most of the wording. We frequented gatherer a ton to review old card wording and tried to parse what we could.
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Pick an art (The I in Icatian has been capitalized in my file.)
I'm thinking of adding the following cards into an on deck binder. Anyone have any additional suggestions?
Loam Lion
Deftblade Elite (Minus prevention ability)
Akrassan Squire (renamed Benelish squire)
Mistral Charger
Kor Hookmaster
Alaborn Cavalier
3/3 flyer for 3W (how does a clean version of that not exist?)
Spirit LInk
Raise the Alarm
1/1 Scry 2(?) bird for U
SOme leviathan/octopus/kraken in Stormtide Leviathans slot.
Remand
Dismiss
Desertion
Faerie Conclave
Rat King
Inquisition of Kozilek (Yawgamoth?)
Languish
Chandra's Outrage (New name)
Fire Imp
Torch Fiend
Chandra's Phoenix (new name)
Monastery Swiftspear
Burst Lightning
Fauna SHaman
Acidic Slime
Treetop Village
Memnite
Signal Pest
Pithing Needle
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Secondly, I want that Psychatog for my cube. I can't stop laughing.
I have no suggestions for cards, but I do want to see them when they're done. This is an amazing piece of work.
Edit: I want to compliment you on your choice of flavour texts - Thraben Inspector in particular, but there are so many more.
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-Charge
-Doomed Traveler
+Icatian Javelinner
+Benalish Elite
+Raise the Alarm
-Trickster Mage
-Careful Study
-Stormtide Leviathan
+Remand
+Scry Bird
+Scourge of Fleets
-Pack Rat
-Nidorious Imp
-Withered Wretch
-Underworld Dreams
+Rat King
+Black Cat
+Pit Keeper
+Splendid Agony
-Gamble
-Kiln Fiend
+Burst Lightning
+Torch Fiend
-Essence Warden
-Gravetiller Wurm
+Wild Nacatl
+Great Oak Guardian (Modified)
-Crucible of Worlds
-Ring of Invisibility
+Signal Pest
+Short Sword
-Anyobo
+Drana's Emissary
Explantions:
-Worship cycled between being useless and making games feel terrible.
-Charge never saw play
-Doomed Traveler was the one drop that saw the least play. Could easily see this returning.
+Icatian Javelinner: Thought of a nifty way to word this and want to give it a chance.
+Benalish Elite:Wanted to give provoke a try. Earlier version had banding and that seemed stupid.
+Raise the Alarm: Simple token maker. Turned into a new card to use the same token as Town Crier.
-Trickester Mage/Stormtide Leviathan/Careful Study: First two never saw play. This a reminent of an earlier version of the cube which was much more archetype focused and Reanimator was a key part of black's identity.
+Reamand: Wanted another counterspell.
+Raven Familiar: Upgraded Flying Men. A Familiar giving you information is pretty flavorful too.
+Scourge of Fleets: I still want a big ocean creature in the set. Tidal Kraken would be my next try.
-Pack Rat: Was way too powerful.
-Nidorious Imp: Reanimator hold out.
-Withered Wretch: Was suppose to be a foil for the reanimator deck.
-Underworld Dreams: Never saw play
+Rat King: More balanced Pack Rat. I still want to represent Plague Rats though.
+Black Cat: Seems like a simple effect. Giving it a chance.
+Pit Keeper: Aggressive 2 drop that does something if you see it late game.
+Splendid Agony. I don't have -1/-1 counters really represented in my cube.
-Gamble: Saw no play. I was including it mostly to have a white,blue,black,red, and green 1 drop tutor.
-Kiln Fiend: Never could get the oops spell deck to work.
+Burst Lightning: Felt like I needed another burn spell or two. Starting here. It's hard to find burn spells that can co-exist with lightning bolt.
+Torch Fiend: Needed another artifact removal spell in red.
-Essence Warden: Saw zero play.
-Gravetiller Wurm: I had dreams of natural ordering into this.As an 8/8 it would be the largest creature in the cube.
+Wild Nacatl: Currently have Kird Ape. will probably add loam lion at some point.
+Mosswood Treefolk: I didn't have a treefolk in cube. Plays well in the mana dork ramp strategy.
-Crucible of Worlds: This is one of my favorite magic cards. I never found myself wanting to slot this into a deck. Could come back.
-Ring of Invisbility. Equipment that doesn't boost power is a tough sell. Darksteel Plate might not be far behind.
+Signal Pest: All my artifact creatures have been great. Decided to try adding in another one.
+Short Sword: About as simple as equipment can get. We will see if +1/+1 is enough of a bonus.
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man those artworks show the difference between art and the generic fantasylook we got like no other, where did you find all those. a lot seem to be custom made for the card.
is this still an ongoing and rebalancing project?
do you have a hq source for those images and/or cards.
the only thing i dont like too much is the too forced alpha wording. there should be a middleground between unreadable and lets say legends style wording.
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Mostly stole stuff from deviant art. Very few arts were made specifically for this project. Some minor editing in photoshop was normally enough to get the job done. I did paint the art on Pack Rat, Psychatog, and Stoneforge though.
I'm planning on doing a 90-120 card expansion yearly.
After the Space: The Convergence cube got taken down I've been very hesitant with sharing the card renders from my cube. I've been worried about a C&D from wotc. Especially, besides the three arts that I painted for this set, I didn't get permission from anyone to use their art on these cards.
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You really managed to capture the look of the game's youth. It's amazing how much more they were doing with the art back then. Imagine if cards still looked this good... I'd hire you for art-director.
Honestly, I have nothing to say but congratulations. This is probably the coolest cube I've ever seen.
Edit: I drafted the cube, and noticed that Carrion Feeder is missing the "can't block" text. I assume it's a mistake.
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