Peasant Friends - It's hard to believe, but it's that time of year again. We're past the last release of the year and most of us have gotten our cubes updated with Avatar. This year, because Spider-Man was so lackluster, the cubes chosen were all updated through Edge of Eternities.
I won't ramble on with fun facts or trivia about the cards individually. Here's what you all clicked for:
I decided to compare the card counts here with the stats from the end of 2024 to see some trends.
Cards that dropped the most % points of cubes from 2024: Usher of the Fallen - 2024: 79.7%, 2025: 43.5% - Probably was swapped for Descendant of Storms Archfiend of Sorrows - 2024: 65%, 2024: 29.6% - Was there a new expensive black creature that people found? Maybe Shefet Archfiend Village Rites - 2024: 44.7%, 2025: 23.1% - Deadly Dispute rose 13 percentage points, so I'm guessing people want to take advantage of all the artifact tokens around Resolute Reinforcements - 2024: 66.7%, 2025: 45.4% - I didn't see any new cards that would be a direct swap for this, but there were a couple of new powerful white 2 drops that could have pushed this out for many cubes. Khenra Spellspear - 2024: 68.3%, 2025: 47.2% - No clue why this one dropped so much, was this under-performing for people?
Cards that rose the most % points: Mischievous Mystic - 2024: 43.9%, 2025: 74.1% - Came out late in 2024 and had good word of mouth. Ivora, Insatiable Heir - 2024: 10.6%, 2025: 38.9% - Came out late in 2024. This one surprised me, I don't remember seeing this one talked about much. This Town Ain't Big Enough - 2024: 6.5%, 2025: 34.3% - It's continued standard relevance, and eventual banning in June this year, must have brought more attention to this. Sun-Blessed Healer - 2024: 35%, 2025: 56.5% - Came out late in 2024. Mishra's Bauble - 2024: 22%, 2025: 42.6% - This continues to get better with more artifact synergy cards printed every year.
Thank you calibretto for putting this together year after year. I always have it as a bookmark to check how much certain cards are played on average. Much appreciated.
I'm a bit surprised to see that only 17 people are running Beckoning Will-o'-Wisp. If you've cut this from your cube, I'd love to hear why.
It's tough for a card to be purely aggressive, require multiple friends, and cost 3. It has some high highs but the inconsistency is what does it in. I also finally dialed back on my token support just a smidge.
I won't ramble on with fun facts or trivia about the cards individually. Here's what you all clicked for:
The CubeCobra list: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/mtgs2025
The Google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10h0VUDrpk6SJMRnhjHQ6NHqdfAMazbw8wekVWE42pUs/edit?usp=sharing
I hope you've all had a great year and this list is in someway helpful to you and your cube!
MTGS Average Peasant Cube 2023 Edition
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Peasant Travel Cube on CubeCobra (180 cards, modern frames) (mtgsalvation thread can be found here)
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End of an era.
I'm a bit surprised to see that only 17 people are running Beckoning Will-o'-Wisp. If you've cut this from your cube, I'd love to hear why.
Cards that dropped the most % points of cubes from 2024:
Usher of the Fallen - 2024: 79.7%, 2025: 43.5% - Probably was swapped for Descendant of Storms
Archfiend of Sorrows - 2024: 65%, 2024: 29.6% - Was there a new expensive black creature that people found? Maybe Shefet Archfiend
Village Rites - 2024: 44.7%, 2025: 23.1% - Deadly Dispute rose 13 percentage points, so I'm guessing people want to take advantage of all the artifact tokens around
Resolute Reinforcements - 2024: 66.7%, 2025: 45.4% - I didn't see any new cards that would be a direct swap for this, but there were a couple of new powerful white 2 drops that could have pushed this out for many cubes.
Khenra Spellspear - 2024: 68.3%, 2025: 47.2% - No clue why this one dropped so much, was this under-performing for people?
Cards that rose the most % points:
Mischievous Mystic - 2024: 43.9%, 2025: 74.1% - Came out late in 2024 and had good word of mouth.
Ivora, Insatiable Heir - 2024: 10.6%, 2025: 38.9% - Came out late in 2024. This one surprised me, I don't remember seeing this one talked about much.
This Town Ain't Big Enough - 2024: 6.5%, 2025: 34.3% - It's continued standard relevance, and eventual banning in June this year, must have brought more attention to this.
Sun-Blessed Healer - 2024: 35%, 2025: 56.5% - Came out late in 2024.
Mishra's Bauble - 2024: 22%, 2025: 42.6% - This continues to get better with more artifact synergy cards printed every year.
Biggest Card Debuts of 2025:
Umbral Collar Zealot - 70.4%
Greasewrench Goblin - 66.7%
Descendant of Storms - 63.9%
Stock Up - 63%
Sunpearl Kirin - 59.3%
Most played 2024 card that disappeared completely in 2025:
Pianna, Nomad Captain - Went from 8 cubes to 0.
I removed Young Pyro from mine so all triggered effects would proc on "noncreature spells" rather than "instant or sorcery". It pained me to do so.
Legacy Cube(I stopped updating this one)It's tough for a card to be purely aggressive, require multiple friends, and cost 3. It has some high highs but the inconsistency is what does it in. I also finally dialed back on my token support just a smidge.
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