I got my friends into magic with an unpowered(yet EXTREMELY strong, mind twist and friends) cube and they loved it. They go to a different college so they wanted a cube for their college and friends there. I suggested peasant cube, because its much cheaper and they have less time and money to spend on magic cards, but i'm afraid they wont enjoy it as much as a more powerful cube. This probably isnt a valid concern, but could i suggest things to make it less mundane.i dont want them playing with a whole bunch of vanilla creatures etc, because they are really new to the game making a cube.:)
Peasant cube is extremely fun, it is a lot more like a normal draft format than normal cube which is the great thing. It feels like playing magic with combat being a big part of it, and the best cards usually being built in 2 for 1 creatures such as Flametongue Kavu. It isn't hard to get endless archetypes available with your cube, which leads to so much fun when you can play different things all the time. I would definitely recommend it because it feels like playing magic, so if you enjoy normal limited at all you will love this because it is basically that but 10x better.
A peasant cube was the first ever experience I had with the format, and it was incredibly fun and powerful. Peasant is definitely capable of providing that "ZOMG! This pack is freakin' incredible!" rush that (IMO) is a really important part of what makes this format so enjoyable.
I am a huge fan of well-built peasant cubes. There are a lot of ridiculously strong cards at uncommon, so I think it's not too difficult of a transition from a normal cube.
I'm less comfortable with pauper though. Cracking a pauper cube pack doesn't seem to give me the same jaw-dropping effect that I'm used to in cube. /hides from the pauper enthusiasts
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If you're interested in a cube environment that plays like a really high-powered limited set with a focus on combat, card advantage, and removal, a C/Ube may be right for you. Peasant cubes are not right for everyone. Common side effects include crapping your pants due to packs where you want to take every card, being able to support decks of all archetypes, 3-5CC being a viable deck loaded with 187 effects, spending all your free time modifying the C/Ube, a complete lack of rares, mythic rares, and planeswalkers, dearth of mana-fixing lands, missing white mass removal, weaker build-around-me-cards, and fewer splashy finishers. Other side effects are uncommon, such as not having fun.
Trying to figure out how to orient green, blue, and red is very rewarding. You can build them traditionally, or refocus a subset of cards to help some offbeat archetypes. Deciding if youre even going to support one card like intangible virtue is a journey.
My cube is my baby, and it's been insanely rewarding.
Also, games have a tendency to not be insanely swingy, like they can be in traditional cubes. No armageddon or mind twist or anything that invalidates whole games easily.
Trying to figure out how to orient green, blue, and red is very rewarding. You can build them traditionally, or refocus a subset of cards to help some offbeat archetypes. Deciding if youre even going to support one card like intangible virtue is a journey.
My cube is my baby, and it's been insanely rewarding.
Also, games have a tendency to not be insanely swingy, like they can be in traditional cubes. No armageddon or mind twist or anything that invalidates whole games easily.
This basically sums up my experience. It's a challenge trying to craft an interesting environment with a selective card pool and you feel good when you accomplish just that.
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My Black & Silver Cube [360/Peasant/Draft It! EDH Decks: - Reya Dawnbringer // - Mistform Ultimus // - Balthor the Defiled // - Urabrask the Hidden // - Mirri, Cat Warrior
Peasant (and pauper) cubes tend to be more skill intensive than regular cubes. regular cubes tend to be swingy with bombs and all... but in a "bombless" cube you have to win thru calculated combat and slow incremental advantage.
To your question whether it is fun... of course! Playing Magic, in any form, is always fun!
I like all cubes (and limited) but I like Peasant Cubing the best. I find it a lot of fun because it most rewards on-plan drafting. In Powered Cubes you can sometimes get away with 3-5 color all-the-best-cards.dek whereas in Peasant Cubes the cards are close enough in power level to reward synergy but also sometimes sideways enough to make it unlike Pauper where you can be mono-green 4/4s for 4cc and just bash your way to a win.
I think of Peasant Cube as the best limited set of all time. It is limited but just the highest powered version of it you can play. Once you start adding cards like Smokestack and Stoneforge Mystic cubing starts to feel more like weird constructed/weird limited than just good limited.
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Peasant cube is alright but I got really tired of mine pretty quickly. There aren't really any sequence of plays that can give you the same "rush" as in a powered cube. I used to have a peasant cube but have dismantled it and am working on acquiring the cards necessary for a powered cube.
I just finished converting my peasant cube to a "regular" cube. I really enjoyed peasant, but ultimately desired a higher power level. Peasant is a lot more like true limited than a rare cube is though.
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That said, I'm happy to draft peasant cube any time, and I'm sure it'd be a blast.
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I'm less comfortable with pauper though. Cracking a pauper cube pack doesn't seem to give me the same jaw-dropping effect that I'm used to in cube. /hides from the pauper enthusiasts
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My cube is my baby, and it's been insanely rewarding.
Also, games have a tendency to not be insanely swingy, like they can be in traditional cubes. No armageddon or mind twist or anything that invalidates whole games easily.
My CubeCobra (draft 20 card packs, 2 packs.)
430, Peasant, Very Unpowered
Why you should take your hybrids out of your gold section
Manamath Article
This basically sums up my experience. It's a challenge trying to craft an interesting environment with a selective card pool and you feel good when you accomplish just that.
EDH Decks:
- Reya Dawnbringer // - Mistform Ultimus // - Balthor the Defiled // - Urabrask the Hidden // - Mirri, Cat Warrior
To your question whether it is fun... of course! Playing Magic, in any form, is always fun!
I think of Peasant Cube as the best limited set of all time. It is limited but just the highest powered version of it you can play. Once you start adding cards like Smokestack and Stoneforge Mystic cubing starts to feel more like weird constructed/weird limited than just good limited.
peasantcube.blogspot.com
I guess I'm a sucker for thrills.