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Re:Orzhov, I thought of something like Hidden Stockpile/Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim and token sacking. You have Yaheeni and Nantuko Hustk as sac outlets without a mana cost too (and Smothering Abomination if you REALLY want to all-in in the sacrifice theme).
The Sagas could generate a good enchantment-matters archetype somewhere with white (blue has The Antiquities War for Dimir artifacts too) that could also tie in with the DFC enchantments from Ixalan. Take a look at the Dominaria legendaries too in case there's something you could build around. Actually, artifact can bleed into red for Pia and Kiran, Pia Nalaar and Bomat Courier too.
Selesnya, Golgari and Simic all could have +1/+1 counters matters cards with Shalai (supports going wide too), Winding Constrictor and Hadana's Climb (Hardened Scales for redundancy, other payoffs could be Walking Ballista/Hangarback Walker). I guess Energy could be a theme to support (maybe at Simic?), but probably not at 540 since there's very little redundancy.
I personally don't like tribal themes unless the cards stand out on their own, makes drafting a bit too "on rails" but you may feel differently. Also, are you set on 540? I really feel a smaller, leaner cube would generate a better experience.
Just brainstorming some ideas! Good luck with your cube.
I honestly don't know much about Frontier, so I took a look at Scryfall, I guess you could make Dimir Artifacts, Rakdos Hellbent/Madness, Selesnya I have no idea, maybe tokens?, Orzhov Sacrifice, Golgari... no idea too, Simic +1/+1 counters, Izzet spell matters, Boros... whatever? Most colour combinations have around 20-25 cards and they don't really slip into an archetype in enough numbers or are powerful enough to single-handedly support an archetype.
In the end you'll have to decide whether it's better to support archetype with subpar multicolour cards that don't really go into other decks and will end up tabling a lot, or just go "good-stuff". Not sure what would be the best choice, especially for a Frontier cube.
Since Frontier is less redundant, you should just greatly slash the number of gold cards and choose your favourite draft archetype for each guild and put those cards as "archetype support". Even so, those cards are usually uncommon with a lower power level... I'm not sure if it would work that well.
Before Eternal Masters, my cube was 360 Modern-only cards and I already had some issue finding some archetype support (and I'm pretty sure gold sections were mostly good-stuff). I'd imagine a large Frontier cube will be hard-pressed to support multicolour archetypes. You're probably better off waiting for the upcoming Ravnica blocks.
Thanks for commenting! I'll keep an eye on Loxodon Warhammer, it might be a bit too strong. I did make sure every minicube had some amount of artifact removal. Armadillo Cloak could maybe move up in rarity.
About the planeswalkers, most of them support the archetypes in some manner and I tried to avoid the most obviously powerful ones. Since I don't actually have the cards, it's all very abstract but I can definitely see what you mean.
I do have an issue with Garruk in Jund, Elspeth in Naya and Gideon/Sorin in Mardu since they are 4 drops that protect themselves with their plus or zero loyalty abilities, which might be a bit too well. Garruk, Elspeth and Gideon are almost assuredly being replaced when I update the cubes, and I'll probably swap Lord of Innistrad for Solemn Visitor too.
MARDU THEMES
BW: Tokens and Human tribal (with some sacrifice)
WR: 2 Power matters (with some tokens and Human tribal)
BR: Sacrifice (with some 2 Power matters)
Cards marked with (*) break the rarity structure and occupy the same "rarity slot".
This is a project that was inspired by this thread about a collection of 108 card cubes of each Alara shard and Tarkir wedge and the Modern/Eternal Masters sets.
Some time ago, after reading the linked thread, I immediately started thinking of building small Alara/Tarkir cubes. However, supporting the themes I thought of ended up being a bit too hard, since there simply wasn't enough redundancy unless I chose super broad themes. Cut to when Modern Masters 2017 was released. It had a shard theme, supported by a few rarity downgrades, and that gave me an idea: what if the shards/wedge minicubes were actually mini "Masters" sets? I would have to break singleton, but having multiples of a card plus "rarity downgrades" would allow me to fully support archetypes, which would be divided between the three two-colour combinations in each cube.
The structure I thought of is: each minicube would have 108 cards, split in rarities, with 3 of each "common" card, 2 of each "uncommon" card and 1 of each "rare" and "mythic rare" card, like in many "block-remastered" cubes. However, the rarity in each minicube doesn't reflect the card's actual rarity - in fact several "commons"/"uncommons" are actually rares or mythics downgraded for proper theme support. And, although each minicube breaks singleton, cards are unique among minicubes: if a card shows up in a shard/wedge, it can't be in another.
(important note: unlike most cubes, I decided to build these minicubes specifically to play SEALED, not draft - I guess you could draft them, but that's not my goal)
Each minicube has:
13 commons x3 (3 per colour, 1 per two-colour guild, 1 colourless/tricolour)
23 uncommons x2 (5 per colour, 2 per two-colour guild, 2 colourless/tricolour)
15 rares x1 (3 per colour, 1 per two-colour guild, 3 colourless/tricolour)
5 mythic rares x1 (freely assigned, disregarding the monocolour/gold/colourless distribution)
A few cubes break the "colour structure": for instance, Esper and Naya have more artifacts/equipment respectively and less monocoloured cards. Additionally, all 108 cards are business cards; mana fixing is provided separately, in a 12-card "land pack" that's specific for each shard/wedge. I guess this is sort of jury-rigging, but, well, that's what I came up with, I definitely can see it changing. Land packs are composed of 12 mana fixing lands: 2 Evolving Wilds, 2 of each common tapland (from OGW/SOI and Planeswalker decks), 1 Triland and 1 of each Shockland. Abzan and (again) Esper break the land pack's structure, with Abzan having fetches and cycling lands over taplands and Esper having far worse fixing and artifact lands.
The way I'm thinking these cubes should be played is, as said before, sealed, with players building their pools with six 10-card booster packs. Each booster pack would have 9 cards from the minicube and 1 card from the land pack - therefore, each sealed pool has 54 cards from the minicube and 6 mana fixers. This is much lower than a regular sealed pool, but considering there are only three colours to build your deck from, I think it should work out okay and allow decent variation each time you play the same shard/wedge (with a 90 card sealed pool you would see all but 18 of the minicube's cards). Also if two people wanted to play the same shard/wedge, the size allows for exactly two pools.
I still haven't built the cubes in paper since I can't afford them all at once which is why I'm calling them a "project". I'm very slowly purchasing the cards (since I have to update my main cube too!), I guess I could proxy them... anyway, I'm looking for any sort of feedback since there can be some very obvious fixes/omissions/bad curves, and these cubes are a bit hard to mock-draft in CubeTutor because of the whole land pack deal, so everything is very theoretical at this point.
I'm aiming for a slightly lower power level (no Jitte, Skullclamp, Swords, Balance, Jace TMS, Liliana of the Veil and broken mana) and only modern-frame, preferably non-foil cards.
Thanks for reading this and I hope you enjoy my cubes.
Removed the planeswalkers that defended themselves too well. Added more interaction, especially countermagic. A few other changes for more archetype support.
BANT
Phantasmal Image -> Ninja of the Deep Hours
Ghostly Flicker -> Remand
Dreampod Druid -> Boon Satyr
Cloudgoat Ranger -> common to uncommon
Flickerwisp -> uncommon to common
(trimmed the high number of planeswalkers while upping the number of spells, since Golgari was basically all creatures)
NAYA
Elspeth, Knight-Errant -> Stoneforge Mystic
Stoneforge Mystic -> Kytheon, Hero of Akros
Loxodon Warhammer -> Loxodon Warhammer (*), Basilisk Collar (*)
Combat Celebrant -> Rampaging Ferocidon
Voice of Resurgence -> Qasali Pridemage
Wild Beastmaster -> Collected Company
Cultivator of Blades -> Duskwatch Recruiter
Hornet Queen -> Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar -> Mirari's Wake
Mirari's Wake -> Voice of Resurgence
Reckless Charge -> Stoke the Flames
(tried to add a bit more value/card advantage since everything relied almost entirely on the combat step, removed Elspeth to reduce board-state-warping PWs)
MARDU
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar -> Hero of Bladehold
Hero of Bladehold -> Spear of Heliod
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad -> Sorin, Solemn Visitor
Murderous Redcap -> Falkenrath Aristocrat
Mortify -> Hidden Stockpile
Blood-Chin Rager -> Doom Blade
(changed planeswalkers that protected themselves a bit too well)
SULTAI
Entomb -> Mindwrack Demon
Buried Alive -> Hero's Downfall
Murderous Cut -> Buried Alive
Hedron Crab -> Logic Knot
Gurmag Angler -> Tombstalker
Spring // Mind -> Tracker's Instincts
Honored Hydra -> common to uncommon
Traverse the Ulvenwald -> uncommon to common
(Entomb seemed just a bit too unfair; also upped the amount of answers/instants for more interaction, helps Delirium a bit too I guess)
Just a few changes to some cubes aimed to improve overall card playability
BANT
True-Name Nemesis -> Vendilion Clique
GRIXIS
Cruel Ultimatum -> Chrome Mox
Chrome Mox -> Sedraxis Specter
Sire of Insanity -> Cut // Ribbons
(removed the higher end cards for cheaper options)
JUND
Apocalypse Hydra -> Omnath, Locus of Rage
Hellkite Overlord -> High Market
Natural Order -> Primeval Titan
Primeval Titan -> Carnage Tyrant
Nantuko Husk -> Reassembling Skeleton
Smothering Abomination -> Flesh Carver
Wood Elves -> Search for Tomorrow
Captivating Crew -> Ember Swallower
Ripjaw Raptor -> common to uncommon
Yavimaya Elder -> uncommon to common
(easened the curve, added Search as a 1-drop for Wildfire decks, added more Wildfire support, removed the Hellkite Overlord+Natural Order package as it was mostly a relic from when Jund had a dragon ramp theme)
NAYA
Carnage Tyrant -> Green Sun's Zenith
Rampaging Ferocidon -> Manic Vandal
Kazuul's Toll Collector -> Sin Prodder
Ghor-Clan Rampager -> Flinthoof Boar
Ancient Grudge -> Ghor-Clan Rampager
Grafted Wargear -> Signal Pest
Signal Pest -> Wild Nacatl
Duskwatch Recruiter -> Lotus Cobra
Wild Nacatl -> Duskwatch Recruiter
Sword of the Animist (*) -> Grafted Wargear (*)
(returned Wild Nacatl to three colour, since it's more coherent with how the other cubes are laid out; also tried to change cards for more versatile options and make the mana curve a bit more aggressive)
MARDU
Accorder Paladin -> Hanweir Militia Captain
ABZAN
Hardened Scales -> Edge of Autumn
Flesh Carver -> Night's Whisper
Endless One -> Ifnir Deadlands (*), Flagstones of Trokair (*), Treetop Village (*)
Spiritmonger -> The Gitrog Monster
The Gitrog Monster -> Crucible of Worlds
Crucible of Worlds -> Mutavault
(removed narrower cards and one colourless common to add one utility land of each colour)
SULTAI
Torrent Elemental -> Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant -> Sundering Titan
Glimpse the Unthinkable -> Far // Away
Soul of Innistrad -> uncommon to rare
Mindwrack Demon -> rare to uncommon
Large structural changes: moved one common in each colour to uncommon and added a rare in each colour. The intention with this change is to bring more diversity and improve the ""cube feel"" of the minicubes. When testing at CubeTutor, too many copies of each common made sealed pools a bit too samey!
In addition to that, I added a few modern-framed cards that are only available in foil, since they were too important for a few archetypes. They are: Smokestack in Jund, Armageddon and Zuran Orb in Abzan and Upheaval in Temur.
BANT
Kor Spiritdancer -> common to uncommon
Whirler Rogue -> common to uncommon
Utopia Sprawl -> common to uncommon
Sun Titan -> mythic rare to rare
Filigree Familiar -> Aether Vial
Blue rare -> Vedalken Shackles
Green rare -> Sylvan Library
Mythic rare -> Thrun, the Last Troll
ESPER
Relic of Progenitus (*) -> common to uncommon
Sensei's Divining Top (*) -> common to uncommon
Icy Manipulator (*) -> common to uncommon
Welding Jar -> removed
Ensoul Artifact -> Metallic Rebuke
Phyrexian Metamorph -> Ensoul Artifact
Noxious Gearhulk -> Battle at the Bridge
Blue rare -> Phyrexian Metamorph
White rare -> Cataclysmic Gearhulk
Black rare -> Noxious Gearhulk
GRIXIS
From Under the Floorboards -> common to uncommon
Compulsive Research -> common to uncommon
Abrade -> common to uncommon
Hazoret the Fervent -> rare to mythic rare
Vampiric Tutor -> mythic rare to rare
Blue rare -> Search for Azcanta
Red rare -> Squee, Goblin Nabob
Red rare -> Outpost Siege
JUND
Goblin Bombardment -> common to uncommon
Mitotic Slime -> common to uncommon
Bloodghast -> rare to uncommon
Chandra, Flamecaller -> mythic rare to rare
Primeval Titan -> mythic rare to rare
Mortician Beetle -> removed
Innocent Blood -> Smallpox
Goblin Assault -> Zealous Conscripts
Blisterpod -> Birthing Pod
Catacomb Sifter -> Elves of Deep Shadow
Zealous Conscripts -> Thundermaw Hellkite
Thundermaw Hellkite -> Captain Lannery Storm
Profane Command -> Nekrataal
Coldsteel Heart -> Smokestack (**)
Eldrazi Monument -> Hedron Archive
High Market -> Hellkite Overlord
Black rare -> Ophiomancer
Black rare -> Massacre Wurm
Mythic rare -> Natural Order
Mythic rare -> Vraska, Relic Seeker
(made Rakdos all-in Stax, but had to reduce aggro support; added Birthing Pod for more interesting deckbuilding possibilities; readded Natural Order since it's a fun card)
NAYA
Relic Seeker -> common to uncommon
Adorned Pouncter -> uncommon to common
Bonesplitter -> common to uncommon
Captain's Claws (*) -> common to uncommon
Grafted Wargear (*) -> common to uncommon
Stoneforge Mystic -> mythic rare to rare
Arlinn Kord -> rare to mythic rare
Sword of Vengeance (*) -> removed
Ogre Battledriver -> Legion Loyalist
Godo, Bandit Warlord -> Hero of Oxid Ridge
Green rare -> Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
Red rare -> Zurgo Bellstriker
Gold rare -> Huntsmaster of the Fells
(dropped the number of equipment since some sealed pools seemed to have a tad too many, and tried to lower the curve a bit more)
MARDU
Mentor of the Meek -> common to uncommon
Greater Gargadon -> common to uncommon
Xathrid Necromancer -> common to uncommon
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death -> uncommon to common
Butcher of the Horde -> common to uncommon
Bitterblossom -> mythic rare to rare
Sorin, Solemn Visitor -> rare to mythic rare
Figure of Destiny -> Wear // Tear
Ophiomancer -> Bloodline Keeper
Disciple of Bolas -> Marsh Flitter
White rare -> Recruiter of the Guard
Red rare -> Hellrider
Gold rare -> Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
TEMUR
Chasm Skulker -> common to uncommon
Crater's Claws -> common to uncommon
Pelakka Wurm -> common to uncommon
Sneak Attack -> mythic rare to rare
Blue rare -> Glen Elendra Archmage
Green rare -> Terastodon
Mythic rare -> Upheaval (**)
ABZAN
Skinrender -> common to uncommon
Ranger of Eos -> common to uncommon
Sylvan Safekeeper -> common to uncommon
Colourless common -> Mutavault (*), Wasteland (*), Zuran Orb (*)
Serra Ascendant -> Armageddon (**)
Mutavault -> Ghave, Guru of Spores
JESKAI
Gods Willing -> common to uncommon
Chart a Course -> common to uncommon
Archangel Avacyn -> mythic rare to rare
Thopter Engineer -> removed
Deflecting Palm -> Figure of Destiny
Red uncommon -> Abbot of Keral Keep
Red rare -> Pia Nalaar
Blue rare -> Cryptic Command
Mythic rare -> Koth of the Hammer
(tried to go a bit harder on the aggro support in red)
SULTAI
Noose Constrictor -> common to uncommon
Inkwell Leviathan -> rare to uncommon
Soul of Innistrad -> rare to uncommon
Greenwarden of Murasa -> mythic rare to rare
Liliana, Death's Majesty -> mythic rare to rare
Oona's Prowler -> removed
Curator of Mysteries -> removed
Drake Haven -> Skaab Ruinator
Artisan of Kozilek -> Molten-Tail Masticore
Simic Sky Swallower -> Ongoing Investigation
Extract from Darkness -> Dimir Doppelganger
Molten-Tail Masticore -> Thran Dynamo
Dimir Doppelganger -> Hostage Taker
Blue rare -> Frost Titan
Blue rare -> Shelldock Isle
Black rare -> Whip of Erebos
Mythic rare -> Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Mythic rare -> Emrakul, the Promised End
(tried to give UG more of a midrange identity, with cards work well in the graveyard or with it - the intention is that self-mill overlaps both Golgari and Simic)
Just a few changes for fine-tuning after the last large sweep.
BANT
Slippery Bogle -> Cold-Eyed Selkie
Cold-Eyed Selkie -> Coiling Oracle
Kor Spiritdancer -> uncommon to common
Ethereal Armor -> common to uncommon
ESPER
Sphinx of the Steel Wind -> Karn Liberated
Sharuum the Hegemon -> Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Refurbish -> Master Splicer
Wrath of God -> Refurbish
Filigree Angel -> Supreme Verdict
Frogmite -> Filigree Familiar
GRIXIS
From Under the Floorboards -> Cryptbreaker
JUND
Blood Artist -> common to uncommon
Reanimate -> uncommon to common
ABZAN
Cryptbreaker -> Ruin Raider
JESKAI
Gods Willing -> Wrath of God
Spell Queller -> Azorius Charm
Supreme Verdict -> Spell Queller
Tried to add a few more 1-drops for colour combinations that were a bit low on them
BANT
Noble Hierarch -> rare to mythic rare
Thrun, the Last Troll -> mythic rare to rare
Cloudgoat Ranger -> uncommon to common
Flickerwisp -> common to uncommon
Vedalken Shackles -> Control Magic
Control Magic -> Riftwing Cloudskate
Riftwing Cloudskate -> Preordain
Thragtusk -> Silhana Ledgewalker
(more non-green based 1 drops for better curving on the blink decks that are heavier on Azorius, and a couple more aura carriers)
ESPER
Scrapheap Scrounger -> common to uncommon
Battle at the Bridge -> uncommon to common
Myr Enforcer -> Ratchet Bomb (*), Nevinyrral's Disk (*), Engineered Explosives (*)
Ratchet Bomb (*), Nevinyrral's Disk (*) -> Treasure Map
Icy Manipulator -> Mishra's Factory
Ensoul Artifact -> Phyrexian Metamorph
Phyrexian Metamorph -> Academy Ruins
Disciple of the Vault -> Syndicate Trafficker
JUND
Vraska, Relic Seeker -> Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Meren of Clan Nel Toth -> Journey to Eternity
Gilded Lotus -> Coalition Relic
Mitotic Slime -> Thragtusk
Reaper of the Wilds -> Catacomb Sifter
Hedron Archive -> Sylvok Lifestaff
Goblin Bombardment -> Rekindling Phoenix
Ember Swallower -> Goblin Bombardment
(added some lifegain to help dealing with the high amount of self-inflicted life loss, plus trying out a few new cards from RIX that fit the Pod/Stax themes)
NAYA
Woolly Thoctar -> common to uncommon
Bonesplitter -> uncommon to common
Sunforger -> Path of Mettle
Samut, Voice of Dissent -> Batterskull
Batterskull -> Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar -> Rhonas the Indomitable
Hearthfire Hobgoblin -> Chained to the Rocks
Weapons Trainer -> Iroas's Champion
TEMUR
Preordain -> Phantasmal Image
Phantasmal Image -> Show and Tell
Show and Tell -> Aetherling
Giant Adephage -> Worldspine Wurm
JESKAI
Condescend -> Mana Leak
SULTAI
Molten-Tail Masticore -> common to uncommon
Thran Dynamo -> uncommon to common
Skaab Ruinator -> common to uncommon
Champion of Wits -> uncommon to common
Tombstalker -> Inquisition of Kozilek
Just a few changes that were left out of the previous update
JUND
Nekrataal -> Ravenous Chupacabra
NAYA
Legion Loyalist -> uncommon to common
Spikeshot Elder -> common to uncommon
Kor Duelist -> Relic Seeker
Relic Seeker -> Student of Warfare
ABZAN
Flagstones of Trokair -> Recruiter of the Guard
Ifnir Deadlands -> Dark Confidant
Dark Confidant -> Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ghave, Guru of Spores -> Daghatar the Adamant
Nyx-Fleece Ram -> Sacred Cat
Night's Whisper -> Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
Sylvan Safekeeper -> Hardened Scales
(went a bit deeper on the +1/+1 theme since it sort of overlaps with lifegain; added more 1 drop lifegain cards to curve into Pridemate/Karlov)
JESKAI
Koth of the Hammer -> Saheeli Rai
Shrapnel Blast -> Char
Char -> Staggershock
Azorius Charm -> Spell Queller
Spell Queller -> Fractured Identity
(relieving some pressure from the crowded 2-CMC slot)
SULTAI
Splinterfright -> Honored Hydra
Honored Hydra -> Greenwarden of Murasa
Greenwarden of Murasa -> Hornet Queen
I really enjoyed the larger variety from the larger structural change, so here's yet another - all cubes have 1 less common from each colour and 1 less colourless/tricolour common, 1 more uncommon/rare for each colour, 1 more colourless/tricolour uncommon and 1 more mythic rare! BANT
Cloudgoat Ranger -> common to uncommon
Mulldrifter -> common to uncommon
Boon Satyr -> common to uncommon
Rhox War Monk -> common to uncommon
Tamiyo, Field Researcher -> rare to mythic rare
Daybreak Coronet -> rare to mythic rare
Vendilion Clique -> mythic rare to rare
White rare -> Galepowder Mage
White rare -> Captain of the Watch
Green rare -> Oath of Nissa
Colourless rare -> Conjurer's Closet
Sigarda, Host of Herons -> Glare of Subdual
Courser of Kruphix -> Exploration
Kitchen Finks -> Qasali Pridemage
Utopia Sprawl -> Courser of Kruphix
(I hope Opposition is reprinted, but for the while Glare of Subdual will work as a ghetto-Opposition. I also want to reduce dependency on specific basic land types, so Arbor Elf will hopefully be replaced by another mana dork - maybe Fyndhorn Elves. Bant still looks very narrow to me, but I'll see what I can do)
ESPER
Metallic Rebuke -> removed
Dispatch -> common to uncommon
Syndicate Trafficker -> common to uncommon
Engineered Explosives (*) -> common to rare
Ratchet Bomb (*) -> common to rare
Nevinyrral's Disk (*) -> common to rare
Sphinx of the Steel Wind -> rare to mythic rare
Steel Overseer -> rare to uncommon
Blue uncommon -> Ensoul Artifact
Colourless rare -> Coercive Portal
Gold rare -> Sharuum the Hegemon
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas -> Wurmcoil Engine
Wurmcoil Engine -> Ethersworn Adjudicator
Baleful Strix -> Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Sphinx Summoner -> Baleful Strix
Deadeye Plunderers -> Sphinx Summoner
GRIXIS
Collective Brutality -> common to uncommon
Deep Analysis -> common to uncommon
Falkenrath Gorger -> common to uncommon
Slave of Bolas -> common to uncommon
Runechanter's Pike -> uncommon to rare
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh -> rare to mythic rare
Vampiric Tutor -> rare to mythic rare
Hazoret the Fervent -> mythic rare to rare
Black rare -> Profane Command
Black rare -> From Under the Floorboards
Blue rare -> Time Warp
Gold uncommon -> Nightscape Familiar
Dreadbore -> Terminate
JUND
Zealous Conscripts -> common to uncommon
Reanimate -> common to uncommon
Yavimaya Elder -> common to uncommon
Smokestack (**) -> common to uncommon
Flesh Carver -> uncommon to rare
Red rare -> Dragonmaster Outcast
Green rare -> Avenger of Zendikar
Colourless rare -> Gilded Lotus
Black uncommon -> Dark Ritual
Terminate -> Dreadbore
NAYA
Imperious Perfect -> common to uncommon
Sin Prodder -> common to uncommon
Relic Seeker -> common to uncommon
Bonesplitter -> common to uncommon
Batterskull -> rare to mythic rare
Green rare -> Wolfir Silverheart
Red rare -> Ogre Battledriver
White rare -> Angel of Sanctions
Colourless rare -> Sword of War and Peace
Mirari's Wake -> Stoneforge Mystic
Stoneforge Mystic -> Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Voice of Resurgence -> Mirari's Wake
Qasali Pridemage -> Voice of Resurgence
Chained to the Rocks -> Path of Mettle
Path of Mettle -> Slayers' Stronghold
Student of Warfare -> Oblivion Ring
Stoke the Flames -> Char
Zurgo Bellstriker -> Goblin Guide
MARDU
Hanweir Militia Captain -> common to uncommon
Arc Trail -> common to uncommon
Viscera Seer -> common to uncommon
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death -> common to uncommon
Blade Splicer -> uncommon to rare
Hellrider -> uncommon to rare
Bitterblossom -> rare to mythic rare
Black rare -> Mardu Strike Leader
Black rare -> Gonti, Lord of Luxury
White uncommon -> Selfless Spirit
Red uncommon -> Earthshaker Khenra
Goblin Guide -> Zurgo Bellstriker
TEMUR
Phantasmal Image -> common to uncommon
Flametongue Kavu -> common to uncommon
Den Protector -> common to uncommon
Worn Powerstone -> common to uncommon
Bogardan Hellkite -> uncommon to rare
Shaman of the Great Hunt -> uncommon to rare
Maelstrom Wanderer -> rare to mythic rare
Upheaval -> mythic rare to rare
Green rare -> Surrak, the Hunt Caller
Mythic rare -> Prime Speaker Zegana
Red uncommon -> Earthquake
Colourless uncommon -> Lightning Greaves
Sarkhan Vol -> Sarkhan Unbroken
ABZAN
Ruin Raider -> common to uncommon
Banishing Light -> common to uncommon
Harrow -> common to uncommon
Zuran Orb (*) -> common to rare
Mutavault (*) -> common to rare
Wasteland (*) -> common to rare
Horizon Canopy (*) -> uncommon to rare
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes -> rare to mythic rare
Siege Rhino -> rare to uncommon
Colourless rare -> Animation Module
Gold uncommon -> Stirring Wildwood (*)
Dromoka's Command -> Kitchen Finks
JESKAI
Young Pyromancer -> common to uncommon
Thraben Inspector -> common to uncommon
Into the Roil -> common to uncommon
Fleetwheel Cruiser -> common to uncommon
Grim Lavamancer -> uncommon to rare
Bonfire of the Damned -> rare to mythic rare
Aethersphere Harvester -> uncommon to rare
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship -> mythic rare to rare
Jeskai Ascendancy -> rare to uncommon
Red uncommon -> Bomat Courier
White rare -> Myth Realized
Gold rare -> Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
Colourless rare -> Heart of Kiran
Char -> Incinerate
SULTAI
Honored Hydra -> common to uncommon
Champion of Wits -> common to uncommon
Inquisition of Kozilek -> common to uncommon
Thran Dynamo -> common to uncommon
Soul of Innistrad -> uncommon to rare
Greenwarden of Murasa -> uncommon to rare
Liliana, Death's Majesty -> rare to mythic rare
Blue rare -> Glyph Keeper
Green uncommon -> Satyr Wayfinder
Black uncommon -> Tombstalker
Black rare -> Razaketh, the Foulblooded
Werebear -> Joraga Treespeaker
A slightly smaller structural update this time: one gold/colourless uncommon turned into a rare, adding a new mythic rare slot. Probably the last tinkering with the rarity strucutre I'll make.
BANT
Panharmonicon -> uncommon to rare
Mythic rare -> Sigarda, Host of Herons
Conjurer's Closet -> Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Tamiyo, Field Researcher -> Vendilion Clique
Vendilion Clique -> Sower of Temptation
ESPER
Sensei's Divining Top -> uncommon to rare
Ethersworn Adjudicator -> rare to mythic rare
Colourless rare -> Nuisance Engine
Ensoul Artifact -> Master of Etherium
Master of Etherium -> Sharding Sphinx
GRIXIS
Sedraxis Specter -> uncommon to rare
Chrome Mox -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Cruel Ultimatum
Outpost Siege -> Collective Defiance
JUND
Scuttling Doom Engine -> uncommon to rare
Chandra, Flamecaller -> rare to mythic rare
Red rare -> Rakka Mar
NAYA
Sword of War and Peace -> rare to mythic rare
Loxodon Warhammer (*) -> uncommon to rare
Basilisk Collar (*) -> uncommon to rare
MARDU
Butcher of the Horde -> uncommon to rare
Brutal Hordechief -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Crackling Doom
TEMUR
Duplicant -> uncommon to rare
Sneak Attack -> rare to mythic rare
Red rare -> Scourge of the Throne
ABZAN
Siege Rhino -> uncommon to rare
Archangel of Thune -> rare to mythic rare
White rare -> Auriok Champion
JESKAI
Jeskai Ascendancy -> uncommon to rare
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Lighning Angel
SULTAI
Living Death -> uncommon to rare
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant -> uncommon to rare
Soul of Innistrad -> rare to uncommon
Sundering Titan -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Villainous Wealth
Yet another small structural update: one less uncommon and two more rares in each colour. I also added another planeswalker to each shard while still trying not to add repeat Planeswalkers. Each minicube now has 3 planeswalkers! BANT
Angelic Destiny -> uncommon to rare
Crystal Shard -> uncommon to rare
Courser of Kruphix -> uncommon to rare
Tamiyo, Field Researcher -> rare to mythic rare
Boon Satyr -> uncommon to common
Noble Hierarch -> mythic rare to rare
Eidolon of Blossoms -> common to uncommon
White rare -> Blade Splicer
Blue rare -> Faerie Conclave
Colourless rare -> Winter Orb
Exploration -> Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
ESPER
Phyrexian Revoker -> uncommon to rare
Relic of Progenitus -> uncommon to rare
Treasure Map -> uncommon to rare
Ethersworn Adjudicator -> mythic rare to rare
Mythic rare -> Dovin Baan
Colourless rare -> Metalwork Colossus
Gold rare -> Thopter Foundry
Master Splicer -> Dispatch
Dispatch -> Sram's Expertise
GRIXIS
Spell Pierce -> removed
Asylum Visitor -> uncommon to rare
Avaricious Dragon -> uncommon to rare
Looter Il-Kor -> common to uncommon
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy -> mythic rare to rare
Compulsive Research -> uncommon to common
Black rare -> Liliana's Mastery
Blue rare -> Wharf Infiltrator
Red rare -> Rakdos Pit Dragon
Mythic rare -> Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Profane Command -> Dark Salvation
Condescend -> Mana Leak
JUND
Dark Ritual -> removed
Rekindling Phoenix -> uncommon to rare
Thragtusk -> uncommon to rare
Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast -> rare to mythic rare
Chandra, Flamecaller -> mythic rare to rare
Black rare -> Yaheeni, Undying Partisan
Black rare -> Sinkhole
Green rare -> Polukranos, World Eater
Gold rare -> Rakdos's Return
Catacomb Sifter -> Journey to Eternity
Journey to Eternity -> Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Meren of Clan Nel Toth -> Vraska, Relic Seeker
Blightning -> Rakdos Guildmage
NAYA
Lotus Cobra -> uncommon to rare
Spikeshot Elder -> uncommon to rare
Secure the Wastes -> uncommon to rare
Geist-Honored Monk -> common to uncommon
Relic Seeker -> uncommon to common
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar -> mythic rare to rare
White rare -> Thalia, Heretic Cathar
Red rare -> Dire Fleet Daredevil
Mythic rare -> Huatli, Warrior Poet
Intangible Virtue -> Glorious Anthem
MARDU
Marsh Flitter -> removed
Selfless Spirit -> uncommon to rare
Siege-Gang Commander -> uncommon to rare
Hero of Bladehold -> mythic rare to rare
Mythic rare -> Elspeth Tirel
Red rare -> Imperial Recruiter
Black rare -> Profane Command
Black rare -> Curse of Disturbance
Blade Splicer -> Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
TEMUR
Deepglow Skate -> uncommon to rare
Show and Tell -> uncommon to rare
Glorybringer -> uncommon to rare
Earthquake -> uncommon to rare
Kalonian Hydra -> uncommon to rare
Tooth and Nail -> mythic rare to rare
Blue uncommon -> Stratus Dancer
Red uncommon -> Generator Servant
Mythic rare -> Garruk Wildspeaker
Aetherling -> Elder Deep-Fiend
ABZAN
Ruin Raider -> removed
Mother of Runes -> uncommon to rare
Tireless Tracker -> uncommon to rare
Archangel of Thune -> mythic rare to rare
Mythic rare -> Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Black rare -> Disciple of Bolas
Black rare -> Phyrexian Arena
Green rare -> Jadelight Ranger
JESKAI
Abbot of Keral Keep -> uncommon to rare
Ojutai Exemplars -> uncommon to rare
Mystic Confluence -> uncommon to rare
Bonfire of the Damned -> mythic rare to rare
Entreat the Angels -> mythic rare to rare
Torrential Gearhulk -> rare to mythic rare
Mythic rare -> Koth of the Hammer
Blue rare -> Baral, Chief of Compliance
Blue rare -> Baral's Expertise
Mana Leak -> Arcane Denial
SULTAI
Eternal Witness -> uncommon to rare
Inkwell Leviathan -> uncommon to rare
Soul of Innistrad -> uncommon to rare
Buried Alive -> common to uncommon
Liliana, Death's Majesty -> mythic rare to rare
Tombstalker -> uncommon to common
Mythic rare -> Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Green rare -> Regrowth
Blue rare -> Prognostic Sphinx
Hollow One -> Thran Dynamo
Dimir Doppelganger -> Psychatog (**)
Thran Dynamo -> Torrent Elemental
Bant partially remade, plus Dominaria additions!
BANT
Kor Spiritdancer -> Cloudgoat Ranger
Arbor Elf -> Argothian Enchantress
Armadillo Cloak -> Avacyn's Pilgrim
Cloudgoat Ranger -> History of Benalia
Argothian Enchantress -> Utopia Sprawl
Silhana Ledgewalker -> Ridgescale Tusker
Elderwood Scion -> Glare of Subdual
Cold-Eyed Selkie -> Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Angelic Destiny -> Ajani's Chosen
Daybreak Coronet -> Heliod, God of the Sun
Sigarda, Host of Herons -> Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury -> Exploration
Glare of Subdual -> Armada Wurm
Edric, Spymaster of Trest -> Progenitor Mimic
Boon Satyr -> common to uncommon
Eidolon of Blossoms -> uncommon to common
(removed the aura theme - Selesnya is still focused on enchantments, but not necessarily auras; also went a bit deeper on the blink/ETB value theme)
ESPER
Karn Liberated -> Karn, Scion of Urza
Thopter Foundry -> Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Sphinx of the Steel Wind -> The Antiquities War
Dovin Baan -> Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Coercive Portal -> Wurmcoil Engine
Wurmcoil Engine -> Phyrexian Scriptures
Indomitable Angel -> Sram's Expertise
Sram's Expertise -> Daring Archaeologist
Imposing Sovereign, Glory-Bound Initiate or Adorned Pouncer?
I've missed Sovereign's effect a bit and I'm probably going back to her, but I figured I might as well ask for more opinions since I have barely tasted the other two.
The Sagas could generate a good enchantment-matters archetype somewhere with white (blue has The Antiquities War for Dimir artifacts too) that could also tie in with the DFC enchantments from Ixalan. Take a look at the Dominaria legendaries too in case there's something you could build around. Actually, artifact can bleed into red for Pia and Kiran, Pia Nalaar and Bomat Courier too.
Selesnya, Golgari and Simic all could have +1/+1 counters matters cards with Shalai (supports going wide too), Winding Constrictor and Hadana's Climb (Hardened Scales for redundancy, other payoffs could be Walking Ballista/Hangarback Walker). I guess Energy could be a theme to support (maybe at Simic?), but probably not at 540 since there's very little redundancy.
I personally don't like tribal themes unless the cards stand out on their own, makes drafting a bit too "on rails" but you may feel differently. Also, are you set on 540? I really feel a smaller, leaner cube would generate a better experience.
Just brainstorming some ideas! Good luck with your cube.
In the end you'll have to decide whether it's better to support archetype with subpar multicolour cards that don't really go into other decks and will end up tabling a lot, or just go "good-stuff". Not sure what would be the best choice, especially for a Frontier cube.
Before Eternal Masters, my cube was 360 Modern-only cards and I already had some issue finding some archetype support (and I'm pretty sure gold sections were mostly good-stuff). I'd imagine a large Frontier cube will be hard-pressed to support multicolour archetypes. You're probably better off waiting for the upcoming Ravnica blocks.
I'm adding Channel with IMA so I'm leaning towards T&N.
About the planeswalkers, most of them support the archetypes in some manner and I tried to avoid the most obviously powerful ones. Since I don't actually have the cards, it's all very abstract but I can definitely see what you mean.
I do have an issue with Garruk in Jund, Elspeth in Naya and Gideon/Sorin in Mardu since they are 4 drops that protect themselves with their plus or zero loyalty abilities, which might be a bit too well. Garruk, Elspeth and Gideon are almost assuredly being replaced when I update the cubes, and I'll probably swap Lord of Innistrad for Solemn Visitor too.
BW: Tokens and Human tribal (with some sacrifice)
WR: 2 Power matters (with some tokens and Human tribal)
BR: Sacrifice (with some 2 Power matters)
Cards marked with (*) break the rarity structure and occupy the same "rarity slot".
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3 Champion of the Parish
3 Mardu Woe-Reaper
3 Spectral Procession
RED COMMONS
3 Beetleback Chief
3 Greater Gargadon
3 Searing Spear
BLACK COMMONS
3 Bloodsoaked Champion
3 Duress
3 Doom Blade
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Zealous Persecution
3 Honored Crop-Captain
3 Falkenrath Aristocrat
3 Perilous Myr
WHITE UNCOMMONS
2 Hanweir Militia Captain
2 Mentor of the Meek
2 Reveillark
2 Path to Exile
RED UNCOMMONS
2 Earthshaker Khenra
1 Hanweir Garrison (*)
1 Hanweir Battlements (*)
2 Arc Trail
2 Hordeling Outburst
2 Viscera Seer
2 Xathrid Necromancer
2 Priest of the Blood Rite
2 Hymn to Tourach
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Hidden Stockpile
2 Lingering Souls
2 Wear // Tear
2 Goblin Trenches
2 Fulminator Mage
2 Kolaghan's Command
2 Blade of the Bloodchief
2 Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
WHITE RARES
1 Selfless Spirit
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Angel of Invention
1 Legion's Landing
1 Spear of Heliod
RED RARES
1 Zurgo Bellstriker
1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
1 Goblin Rabblemaster
1 Imperial Recruiter
1 Hellrider
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
1 Mardu Strike Leader
1 Bloodline Keeper
1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1 Curse of Disturbance
1 Profane Command
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
1 Nahiri, the Harbinger
1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
1 Westvale Abbey
1 Butcher of the Horde
1 Crackling Doom
MYTHIC RARES
1 Elspeth Tirel
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
1 Bitterblossom
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
1 Brutal Hordechief
2 Forsaken Sanctuary
2 Stone Quarry
2 Cinder Barrens
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Godless Shrine
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Blood Crypt
UR: Sneak and Show with Cascade
UG: Proliferate midrange with Cascade
GR: Fires of Yavimaya Dragon ramp (with Cascade)
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3 Thrummingbird
3 Ancestral Vision
3 Tezzeret's Gambit
RED COMMONS
3 Thunderbreak Regent
3 Burst Lightning
3 Through the Breach
GREEN COMMONS
3 Llanowar Elves
3 Rattleclaw Mystic
3 Cytoplast Root-Kin
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
3 Plaxcaster Frogling
3 Fires of Yavimaya
3 Everflowing Chalice
BLUE UNCOMMONS
2 Phantasmal Image
2 Stratus Dancer
2 Chasm Skulker
2 Cyclonic Rift
RED UNCOMMONS
2 Generator Servant
2 Flametongue Kavu
2 Mizzium Mortars
2 Crater's Claws
2 Den Protector
2 Managorger Hydra
2 Reclamation Sage
2 Pelakka Wurm
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Dack's Duplicate
2 Prophetic Bolt
2 Shardless Agent
2 Master Biomancer
2 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Savage Ventmaw
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Worn Powerstone
BLUE RARES
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Deepglow Skate
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Elder Deep-Fiend
1 Show and Tell
1 Upheaval (**)
RED RARES
1 Feldon of the Third Path
1 Verix Bladewing
1 Glorybringer
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Utvara Hellkite
1 Earthquake
1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
1 Kalonian Hydra
1 Terastodon
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Worldspine Wurm
1 Tooth and Nail
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Ral Zarek
1 Hadana's Climb
1 Dragonlord Atarka
1 Yasova Dragonclaw
1 Shaman of the Great Hunt
1 Duplicant
MYTHIC RARES
1 Sneak Attack
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Prime Speaker Zegana
1 Maelstrom Wanderer
1 Sarkhan Unbroken
2 Highland Lake
2 Woodland Stream
2 Timber Gorge
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Steam Vents
1 Breeding Pool
1 Stomping Ground
BW: Lifegain
BG: +1/+1 counters
GW: Loam-Armageddon
This cube's land pack doesn't follow the standard structure.
Cards marked with (*) break the rarity structure and occupy the same "rarity slot".
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3 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
3 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Dismember
WHITE COMMONS
3 Sacred Cat
3 Soul Warden
3 Ajani's Pridemate
GREEN COMMONS
3 Vinelasher Kudzu
3 Edge of Autumn
3 Life from the Loam
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Drana's Emissary
3 Winding Constrictor
3 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Warden of the First Tree
BLACK UNCOMMONS
2 Skinrender
2 Raven's Crime
2 Thoughtseize
2 Toxic Deluge
WHITE UNCOMMONS
2 Ranger of Eos
2 Crested Sunmare
2 Banishing Light
2 Armageddon
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Ramunap Excavator
2 Hardened Scales
2 Harrow
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Karlov of the Ghost Council
2 Anguished Unmaking
2 Deathrite Shaman
2 Corpsejack Menace
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Gavony Township (*)
1 Horizon Canopy (*)
2 Hangarback Walker
2 Walking Ballista
BLACK RARES
1 Dark Confidant
1 Pack Rat
1 Disciple of Bolas
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Phyrexian Arena
WHITE RARES
1 Mother of Runes
1 Auriok Champion
1 Recruiter of the Guard
1 Archangel of Thune
1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
1 Jadelight Ranger
1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
1 Tireless Tracker
1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
1 Treetop Village
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Kaya, Ghost Assassin
1 The Gitrog Monster
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Zuran Orb (**)
1 Animation Module
1 Mutavault
1 Wasteland
1 Daghatar the Adamant
1 Siege Rhino
MYTHIC RARES
1 Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
1 Verdurous Gearhulk
1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Ghave, Guru of Spores
1 Polluted Mire
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
1 Godless Shrine
1 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Temple Garden
1 Windswept Heath
WR: Vehicle aggro
UR: Delver spellslinger
UW: Flash/Prowess tempo
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3 Monastery Swiftspear
3 Magma Jet
3 Staggershock
WHITE COMMONS
3 Toolcraft Exemplar
3 Seeker of the Way
3 Declaration in Stone
BLUE COMMONS
3 Delver of Secrets
3 Brainstorm
3 Arcane Denial
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Veteran Motorist
3 Electrolyze
3 Spell Queller
3 Cultivator's Caravan
RED UNCOMMONS
2 Bomat Courier
2 Young Pyromancer
2 Dualcaster Mage
2 Incinerate
WHITE UNCOMMONS
2 Thraben Inspector
2 Disenchant
2 Wrath of God
2 Unexpectedly Absent
2 Mystical Tutor
2 Chart a Course
2 Into the Roil
2 Force of Will
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Figure of Destiny
2 Lightning Helix
2 Stormchaser Mage
2 Fire // Ice
2 Fractured Identity
2 Sphinx's Revelation
2 Smuggler's Copter
2 Fleetwheel Cruiser
RED RARES
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Abbot of Keral Keep
1 Pia Nalaar
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Bonfire of the Damned
WHITE RARES
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Ojutai Exemplars
1 Archangel Avacyn
1 Myth Realized
1 Entreat the Angels
1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
1 Cryptic Command
1 Baral's Expertise
1 Mystic Confluence
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Depala, Pilot Exemplar
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Heart of Kiran
1 Aethersphere Harvester
1 Soulfire Grand Master
1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
1 Lightning Angel
1 Jeskai Ascendancy
MYTHIC RARES
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Torrential Gearhulk
1 Saheeli Rai
1 Narset Transcendent
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
2 Stone Quarry
2 Highland Lake
2 Meandering River
1 Mystic Monastery
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Hallowed Fountain
UG: Self-mill midrange
BU: Reanimator with Delve
GB: Delirium self-mill
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3 Joraga Treespeaker
3 Krosan Tusker
3 Traverse the Ulvenwald
BLUE COMMONS
3 Enclave Cryptologist
3 Thought Scour
3 Condescend
BLACK COMMONS
3 Shriekmaw
3 Gurmag Angler
3 Animate Dead
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Tracker's Instincts
3 Nyx Weaver
3 Psychatog (**)
3 Thran Dynamo
GREEN UNCOMMONS
2 Noose Constrictor
2 Satyr Wayfinder
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Honored Hydra
BLUE UNCOMMONS
2 Champion of Wits
2 Skaab Ruinator
2 Fact or Fiction
2 Treasure Cruise
2 Mindwrack Demon
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Buried Alive
2 Hero's Downfall
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Trygon Predator
2 Ongoing Investigation
2 Grim Flayer
2 Lotleth Troll
2 Hostage Taker
2 Far // Away
2 Molten-Tail Masticore
2 Torrent Elemental
GREEN RARES
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Eternal Witness
1 Greenwarden of Murasa
1 Hornet Queen
1 Regrowth
BLUE RARES
1 Prognostic Sphinx
1 Glyph Keeper
1 Frost Titan
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Dig Through Time
1 Shelldock Isle
1 Soul of Innistrad
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
1 Whip of Erebos
1 Living Death
1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
MYTHIC RARES
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Sundering Titan
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Emrakul, the Promised End
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Woodland Stream
2 Foul Orchard
2 Submerged Boneyard
1 Opulent Palace
1 Breeding Pool
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Watery Grave
UW: Blink midrange
UG: Edric midrange
GW: Enchantress and Auras
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3 Wall of Omens
3 Cloudgoat Ranger
3 Journey to Nowhere
BLUE COMMONS
3 Man-o'-War
3 Preordain
3 Remand
GREEN COMMONS
3 Argothian Enchantress
3 Eidolon of Blossoms
3 Rancor
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Avacyn's Pilgrim
3 Momentary Blink
3 Coiling Oracle
3 Aether Vial
WHITE UNCOMMONS
2 Flickerwisp
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Ethereal Armor
2 History of Benalia
BLUE UNCOMMONS
2 Ninja of the Deep Hours
2 Whirler Rogue
2 Mulldrifter
2 Riftwing Cloudskate
2 Boon Satyr
2 Acidic Slime
2 Ridgescale Tusker
2 Utopia Sprawl
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Glare of Subdual
2 Reflector Mage
2 Detention Sphere
2 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
2 Mystic Snake
2 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Rhox War Monk
WHITE RARES
1 Blade Splicer
1 Ajani's Chosen
1 Galepowder Mage
1 Restoration Angel
1 Captain of the Watch
1 Sun Titan
BLUE RARES
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Crystal Shard
1 Control Magic
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Exploration
1 Oath of Nissa
1 Sylvan Library
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Armada Wurm
1 Brago, King Eternal
1 Progenitor Mimic
1 Winter Orb
1 Mimic Vat
1 Panharmonicon
MYTHIC RARES
1 Heliod, God of the Sun
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
2 Tranquil Expanse
2 Meandering River
2 Woodland Stream
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Temple Garden
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Breeding Pool
ESPER THEMES
UW: Artifact control
WB: Artifact recursive aggro
UB: Artifact midrange
This cube's land pack doesn't follow the standard structure.
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3 Glint-Nest Crane
3 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Thoughtcast
WHITE COMMONS
3 Court Homunculus
3 Porcelain Legionnaire
3 Dispatch
BLACK COMMONS
3 Vault Skirge
3 Executioner's Capsule
3 Battle at the Bridge
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Render Silent
3 Restoration Gearsmith
3 Sphinx Summoner
3 Filigree Familiar
BLUE UNCOMMONS
2 Master of Etherium
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Thopter Spy Network
WHITE UNCOMMONS
2 Daring Archaeologist
2 Tempered Steel
2 Refurbish
BLACK UNCOMMONS
2 Scrapheap Scrounger
2 Syndicate Trafficker
2 Cranial Plating
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Azorius Signet
2 Tidehollow Sculler
2 Orzhov Signet
2 Baleful Strix
2 Dimir Signet
2 Arcbound Ravager
2 Steel Overseer
2 Lodestone Golem
2 Precursor Golem
2 Mishra's Factory
BLUE RARES
1 Sharding Sphinx
1 Academy Ruins
WHITE RARES
1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
1 Sram's Expertise
BLACK RARES
1 Noxious Gearhulk
1 Herald of Anguish
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
1 Vindicate
1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Metalwork Colossus
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Treasure Map
1 Nuisance Engine
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Inventors' Fair
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 The Antiquities War
1 Phyrexian Scriptures
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
1 Mox Opal
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Meandering River
2 Forsaken Sanctuary
2 Submerged Boneyard
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Ancient Den
1 Vault of Whispers
UB: Zombies
UR: Instant/Sorceries in graveyard
BR: Hellbent and Madness
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3 Gravecrawler
3 Heir of Falkenrath
3 Haunted Dead
BLUE COMMONS
3 Ponder
3 Mana Leak
3 Compulsive Research
RED COMMONS
3 Gathan Raiders
3 Faithless Looting
3 Firebolt
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Prized Amalgam
3 Enigma Drake
3 Bloodhall Priest
3 Mind Stone
BLACK UNCOMMONS
2 Cryptbreaker
2 Collective Brutality
2 Never // Return
2 Damnation
BLUE UNCOMMONS
2 Looter Il-Kor
2 Thing in the Ice
2 Counterspell
2 Deep Analysis
2 Falkenrath Gorger
2 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
2 Chain Lightning
2 Abrade
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Lich Lord of Unx
2 Forbidden Alchemy
2 Izzet Charm
2 Call the Skybreaker
2 Cut // Ribbons
2 Terminate
2 Nightscape Familiar
2 Slave of Bolas
BLACK RARES
1 Asylum Visitor
1 Relentless Dead
1 Grave Titan
1 Dark Salvation
1 From Under the Floorboards
1 Liliana's Mastery
BLUE RARES
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Wharf Infiltrator
1 Search for Azcanta
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Time Warp
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Avaricious Dragon
1 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Rakdos Pit Dragon
1 Bedlam Reveler
1 Collective Defiance
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 The Scarab God
1 Dack Fayden
1 Olivia, Mobilized for War
1 Runechanter's Pike
1 Sedraxis Specter
1 Cruel Ultimatum
MYTHIC RARES
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Chrome Mox
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
2 Submerged Boneyard
2 Highland Lake
2 Cinder Barrens
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Watery Grave
1 Steam Vents
1 Blood Crypt
GR: Land ramp Wildfire
BG: Birthing Pod death triggers
BR: Stax-Pox
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3 Mogg War Marshal
3 Goblin Bombardment
3 Wildfire
BLACK COMMONS
3 Carrion Feeder
3 Reassembling Skeleton
3 Smallpox
GREEN COMMONS
3 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Birthing Pod
3 Search for Tomorrow
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Raging Swordtooth
3 Elves of Deep Shadow
3 Murderous Redcap
3 Sprouting Thrinax
RED UNCOMMONS
2 Thundermaw Hellkite
2 Zealous Conscripts
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Fiery Confluence
BLACK UNCOMMONS
2 Blood Artist
2 Bloodghast
2 Ravenous Chupacabra
2 Reanimate
2 Yavimaya Elder
2 Ripjaw Raptor
2 Mycoloth
2 Awakening Zone
GOLD/COLOURLESS UNCOMMONS
2 Destructive Revelry
2 Firespout
2 Journey to Eternity
2 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Rakdos Guildmage
2 Dreadbore
2 Sylvok Lifestaff
2 Smokestack (**)
RED RARES
1 Captain Lannery Storm
1 Squee, the Immortal
1 Rakka Mar
1 Rekindling Phoenix
1 Inferno Titan
1 Chandra, Flamecaller
BLACK RARES
1 Flesh Carver
1 Ophiomancer
1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Sinkhole
1 Polukranos, World Eater
1 Thragtusk
1 Primeval Titan
1 Carnage Tyrant
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Evolutionary Leap
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1 Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
1 Scuttling Doom Engine
1 Coalition Relic
1 Gilded Lotus
MYTHIC RARES
1 Bontu the Glorified
1 Natural Order
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
1 Darigaaz Reincarnated
1 Hellkite Overlord
2 Timber Gorge
2 Foul Orchard
2 Cinder Barrens
1 Savage Lands
1 Stomping Ground
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Blood Crypt
RG: Zoo Company
GW: Tokens
WR: Equipment and Double Strike
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3 Elvish Mystic
3 Duskwatch Recruiter
3 Collected Company
RED COMMONS
3 Legion Loyalist
3 Lightning Strike
3 Char
WHITE COMMONS
3 Adorned Pouncer
3 Relic Seeker
3 Glorious Anthem
GOLD/COLOURLESS COMMONS
3 Flinthoof Boar
3 Iroas's Champion
3 Selesnya Guildmage
3 Wild Nacatl
GREEN UNCOMMONS
2 Imperious Perfect
2 Master of the Wild Hunt
2 Curse of Predation
RED UNCOMMONS
2 Dire Fleet Daredevil
2 Manic Vandal
2 Prophetic Flamespeaker
WHITE UNCOMMONS
2 Geist-Honored Monk
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Ghor-Clan Rampager
2 Regisaur Alpha
2 Boros Charm
2 Path of Mettle
2 Voice of Resurgence
2 Wilt-Leaf Liege
2 Signal Pest
2 Bonesplitter
2 Captain's Claws
2 Grafted Wargear
2 Woolly Thoctar
GREEN RARES
1 Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Rhonas the Indomitable
1 Wolfir Silverheart
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
RED RARES
1 Goblin Guide
1 Sin Prodder
1 Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
1 Ogre Battledriver
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
1 Angel of Sanctions
1 Secure the Wastes
GOLD/COLOURLESS RARES
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Slayers' Stronghold
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Basilisk Collar
MYTHIC RARES
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Arlinn Kord
1 Huatli, Warrior Poet
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Batterskull
2 Timber Gorge
2 Stone Quarry
2 Tranquil Expanse
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Stomping Ground
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Temple Garden
Some time ago, after reading the linked thread, I immediately started thinking of building small Alara/Tarkir cubes. However, supporting the themes I thought of ended up being a bit too hard, since there simply wasn't enough redundancy unless I chose super broad themes. Cut to when Modern Masters 2017 was released. It had a shard theme, supported by a few rarity downgrades, and that gave me an idea: what if the shards/wedge minicubes were actually mini "Masters" sets? I would have to break singleton, but having multiples of a card plus "rarity downgrades" would allow me to fully support archetypes, which would be divided between the three two-colour combinations in each cube.
The structure I thought of is: each minicube would have 108 cards, split in rarities, with 3 of each "common" card, 2 of each "uncommon" card and 1 of each "rare" and "mythic rare" card, like in many "block-remastered" cubes. However, the rarity in each minicube doesn't reflect the card's actual rarity - in fact several "commons"/"uncommons" are actually rares or mythics downgraded for proper theme support. And, although each minicube breaks singleton, cards are unique among minicubes: if a card shows up in a shard/wedge, it can't be in another.
(important note: unlike most cubes, I decided to build these minicubes specifically to play SEALED, not draft - I guess you could draft them, but that's not my goal)
Each minicube has:
- 13 commons x3 (3 per colour, 1 per two-colour guild, 1 colourless/tricolour)
- 23 uncommons x2 (5 per colour, 2 per two-colour guild, 2 colourless/tricolour)
- 15 rares x1 (3 per colour, 1 per two-colour guild, 3 colourless/tricolour)
- 5 mythic rares x1 (freely assigned, disregarding the monocolour/gold/colourless distribution)
A few cubes break the "colour structure": for instance, Esper and Naya have more artifacts/equipment respectively and less monocoloured cards. Additionally, all 108 cards are business cards; mana fixing is provided separately, in a 12-card "land pack" that's specific for each shard/wedge. I guess this is sort of jury-rigging, but, well, that's what I came up with, I definitely can see it changing. Land packs are composed of 12 mana fixing lands: 2 Evolving Wilds, 2 of each common tapland (from OGW/SOI and Planeswalker decks), 1 Triland and 1 of each Shockland. Abzan and (again) Esper break the land pack's structure, with Abzan having fetches and cycling lands over taplands and Esper having far worse fixing and artifact lands.The way I'm thinking these cubes should be played is, as said before, sealed, with players building their pools with six 10-card booster packs. Each booster pack would have 9 cards from the minicube and 1 card from the land pack - therefore, each sealed pool has 54 cards from the minicube and 6 mana fixers. This is much lower than a regular sealed pool, but considering there are only three colours to build your deck from, I think it should work out okay and allow decent variation each time you play the same shard/wedge (with a 90 card sealed pool you would see all but 18 of the minicube's cards). Also if two people wanted to play the same shard/wedge, the size allows for exactly two pools.
I still haven't built the cubes in paper since I can't afford them all at once
I'm aiming for a slightly lower power level (no Jitte, Skullclamp, Swords, Balance, Jace TMS, Liliana of the Veil and broken mana) and only modern-frame, preferably non-foil cards.
Thanks for reading this and I hope you enjoy my cubes.
Removed the planeswalkers that defended themselves too well. Added more interaction, especially countermagic. A few other changes for more archetype support.
BANT
Phantasmal Image -> Ninja of the Deep Hours
Ghostly Flicker -> Remand
Dreampod Druid -> Boon Satyr
Cloudgoat Ranger -> common to uncommon
Flickerwisp -> uncommon to common
ESPER
Ethersworn Shieldmage -> Render Silent
Etherium Sculptor -> Ensoul Artifact
Fabricate -> Phyrexian Metamorph
Nevinyrral's Disk -> Nevinyrral's Disk (*), Ratchet Bomb (*)
GRIXIS
Lupine Prototype -> Chrome Mox
Terminate -> Dreadbore
Diregraf Colossus -> Never // Return
Bloodrage Brawler -> Gathan Raiders
Think Twice -> Compulsive Research
Compulsive Research -> Spell Pierce
(tried to solve the insane glut at 2 CMC and replace the narrower cards that only fit a single archetype with more versatile choices)
JUND
Garruk Relentless -> Natural Order
Natural Order -> Evolutionary Leap
Sakhan Vol -> Apocalypse Hydra
Dreadbore -> Terminate
Putrefy -> Maelstrom Pulse
Falkenrath Aristocrat -> Murderous Redcap
Fleshbag Marauder -> Innocent Blood
Bloodghast -> uncommon to rare
Profane Command -> rare to uncommon
(trimmed the high number of planeswalkers while upping the number of spells, since Golgari was basically all creatures)
NAYA
Elspeth, Knight-Errant -> Stoneforge Mystic
Stoneforge Mystic -> Kytheon, Hero of Akros
Loxodon Warhammer -> Loxodon Warhammer (*), Basilisk Collar (*)
Combat Celebrant -> Rampaging Ferocidon
Voice of Resurgence -> Qasali Pridemage
Wild Beastmaster -> Collected Company
Cultivator of Blades -> Duskwatch Recruiter
Hornet Queen -> Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar -> Mirari's Wake
Mirari's Wake -> Voice of Resurgence
Reckless Charge -> Stoke the Flames
(tried to add a bit more value/card advantage since everything relied almost entirely on the combat step, removed Elspeth to reduce board-state-warping PWs)
MARDU
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar -> Hero of Bladehold
Hero of Bladehold -> Spear of Heliod
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad -> Sorin, Solemn Visitor
Murderous Redcap -> Falkenrath Aristocrat
Mortify -> Hidden Stockpile
Blood-Chin Rager -> Doom Blade
(changed planeswalkers that protected themselves a bit too well)
TEMUR
Sundering Titan -> Maelstrom Wanderer
Maelstrom Wanderer -> Sarkhan Vol
Spellskite -> Phantasmal Image
ABZAN
Doom Blade -> Dismember
Noosegraf Mob -> Vampire Nighthawk
Vampire Nighthawk -> Raven's Crime
Qasali Pridemage -> Dromoka's Command
JESKAI
Renegade Wheelsmith -> Veteran Motorist
Veteran Motorist -> Deflecting Palm
Remand -> Condescend
Azorius Charm -> Spell Queller
Spell Queller -> Sphinx's Revelation
SULTAI
Entomb -> Mindwrack Demon
Buried Alive -> Hero's Downfall
Murderous Cut -> Buried Alive
Hedron Crab -> Logic Knot
Gurmag Angler -> Tombstalker
Spring // Mind -> Tracker's Instincts
Honored Hydra -> common to uncommon
Traverse the Ulvenwald -> uncommon to common
(Entomb seemed just a bit too unfair; also upped the amount of answers/instants for more interaction, helps Delirium a bit too I guess)
Just a few changes to some cubes aimed to improve overall card playability
BANT
True-Name Nemesis -> Vendilion Clique
GRIXIS
Cruel Ultimatum -> Chrome Mox
Chrome Mox -> Sedraxis Specter
Sire of Insanity -> Cut // Ribbons
(removed the higher end cards for cheaper options)
JUND
Apocalypse Hydra -> Omnath, Locus of Rage
Hellkite Overlord -> High Market
Natural Order -> Primeval Titan
Primeval Titan -> Carnage Tyrant
Nantuko Husk -> Reassembling Skeleton
Smothering Abomination -> Flesh Carver
Wood Elves -> Search for Tomorrow
Captivating Crew -> Ember Swallower
Ripjaw Raptor -> common to uncommon
Yavimaya Elder -> uncommon to common
(easened the curve, added Search as a 1-drop for Wildfire decks, added more Wildfire support, removed the Hellkite Overlord+Natural Order package as it was mostly a relic from when Jund had a dragon ramp theme)
NAYA
Carnage Tyrant -> Green Sun's Zenith
Rampaging Ferocidon -> Manic Vandal
Kazuul's Toll Collector -> Sin Prodder
Ghor-Clan Rampager -> Flinthoof Boar
Ancient Grudge -> Ghor-Clan Rampager
Grafted Wargear -> Signal Pest
Signal Pest -> Wild Nacatl
Duskwatch Recruiter -> Lotus Cobra
Wild Nacatl -> Duskwatch Recruiter
Sword of the Animist (*) -> Grafted Wargear (*)
(returned Wild Nacatl to three colour, since it's more coherent with how the other cubes are laid out; also tried to change cards for more versatile options and make the mana curve a bit more aggressive)
MARDU
Accorder Paladin -> Hanweir Militia Captain
ABZAN
Hardened Scales -> Edge of Autumn
Flesh Carver -> Night's Whisper
Endless One -> Ifnir Deadlands (*), Flagstones of Trokair (*), Treetop Village (*)
Spiritmonger -> The Gitrog Monster
The Gitrog Monster -> Crucible of Worlds
Crucible of Worlds -> Mutavault
(removed narrower cards and one colourless common to add one utility land of each colour)
SULTAI
Torrent Elemental -> Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant -> Sundering Titan
Glimpse the Unthinkable -> Far // Away
Soul of Innistrad -> uncommon to rare
Mindwrack Demon -> rare to uncommon
In addition to that, I added a few modern-framed cards that are only available in foil, since they were too important for a few archetypes. They are: Smokestack in Jund, Armageddon and Zuran Orb in Abzan and Upheaval in Temur.
BANT
Kor Spiritdancer -> common to uncommon
Whirler Rogue -> common to uncommon
Utopia Sprawl -> common to uncommon
Sun Titan -> mythic rare to rare
Filigree Familiar -> Aether Vial
Blue rare -> Vedalken Shackles
Green rare -> Sylvan Library
Mythic rare -> Thrun, the Last Troll
ESPER
Relic of Progenitus (*) -> common to uncommon
Sensei's Divining Top (*) -> common to uncommon
Icy Manipulator (*) -> common to uncommon
Welding Jar -> removed
Ensoul Artifact -> Metallic Rebuke
Phyrexian Metamorph -> Ensoul Artifact
Noxious Gearhulk -> Battle at the Bridge
Blue rare -> Phyrexian Metamorph
White rare -> Cataclysmic Gearhulk
Black rare -> Noxious Gearhulk
GRIXIS
From Under the Floorboards -> common to uncommon
Compulsive Research -> common to uncommon
Abrade -> common to uncommon
Hazoret the Fervent -> rare to mythic rare
Vampiric Tutor -> mythic rare to rare
Blue rare -> Search for Azcanta
Red rare -> Squee, Goblin Nabob
Red rare -> Outpost Siege
JUND
Goblin Bombardment -> common to uncommon
Mitotic Slime -> common to uncommon
Bloodghast -> rare to uncommon
Chandra, Flamecaller -> mythic rare to rare
Primeval Titan -> mythic rare to rare
Mortician Beetle -> removed
Innocent Blood -> Smallpox
Goblin Assault -> Zealous Conscripts
Blisterpod -> Birthing Pod
Catacomb Sifter -> Elves of Deep Shadow
Zealous Conscripts -> Thundermaw Hellkite
Thundermaw Hellkite -> Captain Lannery Storm
Profane Command -> Nekrataal
Coldsteel Heart -> Smokestack (**)
Eldrazi Monument -> Hedron Archive
High Market -> Hellkite Overlord
Black rare -> Ophiomancer
Black rare -> Massacre Wurm
Mythic rare -> Natural Order
Mythic rare -> Vraska, Relic Seeker
(made Rakdos all-in Stax, but had to reduce aggro support; added Birthing Pod for more interesting deckbuilding possibilities; readded Natural Order since it's a fun card)
NAYA
Relic Seeker -> common to uncommon
Adorned Pouncter -> uncommon to common
Bonesplitter -> common to uncommon
Captain's Claws (*) -> common to uncommon
Grafted Wargear (*) -> common to uncommon
Stoneforge Mystic -> mythic rare to rare
Arlinn Kord -> rare to mythic rare
Sword of Vengeance (*) -> removed
Ogre Battledriver -> Legion Loyalist
Godo, Bandit Warlord -> Hero of Oxid Ridge
Green rare -> Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
Red rare -> Zurgo Bellstriker
Gold rare -> Huntsmaster of the Fells
(dropped the number of equipment since some sealed pools seemed to have a tad too many, and tried to lower the curve a bit more)
MARDU
Mentor of the Meek -> common to uncommon
Greater Gargadon -> common to uncommon
Xathrid Necromancer -> common to uncommon
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death -> uncommon to common
Butcher of the Horde -> common to uncommon
Bitterblossom -> mythic rare to rare
Sorin, Solemn Visitor -> rare to mythic rare
Figure of Destiny -> Wear // Tear
Ophiomancer -> Bloodline Keeper
Disciple of Bolas -> Marsh Flitter
White rare -> Recruiter of the Guard
Red rare -> Hellrider
Gold rare -> Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
TEMUR
Chasm Skulker -> common to uncommon
Crater's Claws -> common to uncommon
Pelakka Wurm -> common to uncommon
Sneak Attack -> mythic rare to rare
Blue rare -> Glen Elendra Archmage
Green rare -> Terastodon
Mythic rare -> Upheaval (**)
ABZAN
Skinrender -> common to uncommon
Ranger of Eos -> common to uncommon
Sylvan Safekeeper -> common to uncommon
Colourless common -> Mutavault (*), Wasteland (*), Zuran Orb (*)
Serra Ascendant -> Armageddon (**)
Mutavault -> Ghave, Guru of Spores
JESKAI
Gods Willing -> common to uncommon
Chart a Course -> common to uncommon
Archangel Avacyn -> mythic rare to rare
Thopter Engineer -> removed
Deflecting Palm -> Figure of Destiny
Red uncommon -> Abbot of Keral Keep
Red rare -> Pia Nalaar
Blue rare -> Cryptic Command
Mythic rare -> Koth of the Hammer
(tried to go a bit harder on the aggro support in red)
SULTAI
Noose Constrictor -> common to uncommon
Inkwell Leviathan -> rare to uncommon
Soul of Innistrad -> rare to uncommon
Greenwarden of Murasa -> mythic rare to rare
Liliana, Death's Majesty -> mythic rare to rare
Oona's Prowler -> removed
Curator of Mysteries -> removed
Drake Haven -> Skaab Ruinator
Artisan of Kozilek -> Molten-Tail Masticore
Simic Sky Swallower -> Ongoing Investigation
Extract from Darkness -> Dimir Doppelganger
Molten-Tail Masticore -> Thran Dynamo
Dimir Doppelganger -> Hostage Taker
Blue rare -> Frost Titan
Blue rare -> Shelldock Isle
Black rare -> Whip of Erebos
Mythic rare -> Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Mythic rare -> Emrakul, the Promised End
(tried to give UG more of a midrange identity, with cards work well in the graveyard or with it - the intention is that self-mill overlaps both Golgari and Simic)
BANT
Slippery Bogle -> Cold-Eyed Selkie
Cold-Eyed Selkie -> Coiling Oracle
Kor Spiritdancer -> uncommon to common
Ethereal Armor -> common to uncommon
ESPER
Sphinx of the Steel Wind -> Karn Liberated
Sharuum the Hegemon -> Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Refurbish -> Master Splicer
Wrath of God -> Refurbish
Filigree Angel -> Supreme Verdict
Frogmite -> Filigree Familiar
GRIXIS
From Under the Floorboards -> Cryptbreaker
JUND
Blood Artist -> common to uncommon
Reanimate -> uncommon to common
ABZAN
Cryptbreaker -> Ruin Raider
JESKAI
Gods Willing -> Wrath of God
Spell Queller -> Azorius Charm
Supreme Verdict -> Spell Queller
BANT
Noble Hierarch -> rare to mythic rare
Thrun, the Last Troll -> mythic rare to rare
Cloudgoat Ranger -> uncommon to common
Flickerwisp -> common to uncommon
Vedalken Shackles -> Control Magic
Control Magic -> Riftwing Cloudskate
Riftwing Cloudskate -> Preordain
Thragtusk -> Silhana Ledgewalker
(more non-green based 1 drops for better curving on the blink decks that are heavier on Azorius, and a couple more aura carriers)
ESPER
Scrapheap Scrounger -> common to uncommon
Battle at the Bridge -> uncommon to common
Myr Enforcer -> Ratchet Bomb (*), Nevinyrral's Disk (*), Engineered Explosives (*)
Ratchet Bomb (*), Nevinyrral's Disk (*) -> Treasure Map
Icy Manipulator -> Mishra's Factory
Ensoul Artifact -> Phyrexian Metamorph
Phyrexian Metamorph -> Academy Ruins
Disciple of the Vault -> Syndicate Trafficker
GRIXIS
Coalition Relic -> Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh -> Olivia Voldaren
Mana Leak -> Condescend
JUND
Vraska, Relic Seeker -> Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Meren of Clan Nel Toth -> Journey to Eternity
Gilded Lotus -> Coalition Relic
Mitotic Slime -> Thragtusk
Reaper of the Wilds -> Catacomb Sifter
Hedron Archive -> Sylvok Lifestaff
Goblin Bombardment -> Rekindling Phoenix
Ember Swallower -> Goblin Bombardment
(added some lifegain to help dealing with the high amount of self-inflicted life loss, plus trying out a few new cards from RIX that fit the Pod/Stax themes)
NAYA
Woolly Thoctar -> common to uncommon
Bonesplitter -> uncommon to common
Sunforger -> Path of Mettle
Samut, Voice of Dissent -> Batterskull
Batterskull -> Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar -> Rhonas the Indomitable
Hearthfire Hobgoblin -> Chained to the Rocks
Weapons Trainer -> Iroas's Champion
TEMUR
Preordain -> Phantasmal Image
Phantasmal Image -> Show and Tell
Show and Tell -> Aetherling
Giant Adephage -> Worldspine Wurm
JESKAI
Condescend -> Mana Leak
SULTAI
Molten-Tail Masticore -> common to uncommon
Thran Dynamo -> uncommon to common
Skaab Ruinator -> common to uncommon
Champion of Wits -> uncommon to common
Tombstalker -> Inquisition of Kozilek
JUND
Nekrataal -> Ravenous Chupacabra
NAYA
Legion Loyalist -> uncommon to common
Spikeshot Elder -> common to uncommon
Kor Duelist -> Relic Seeker
Relic Seeker -> Student of Warfare
MARDU
Recruiter of the Guard -> Legion's Landing
Hellrider -> Goblin Guide
Greater Gargadon -> Hellrider
Keldon Marauders -> Greater Gargadon
TEMUR
Prime Speaker Zegana -> Hadana's Climb
ABZAN
Flagstones of Trokair -> Recruiter of the Guard
Ifnir Deadlands -> Dark Confidant
Dark Confidant -> Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ghave, Guru of Spores -> Daghatar the Adamant
Nyx-Fleece Ram -> Sacred Cat
Night's Whisper -> Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
Sylvan Safekeeper -> Hardened Scales
(went a bit deeper on the +1/+1 theme since it sort of overlaps with lifegain; added more 1 drop lifegain cards to curve into Pridemate/Karlov)
JESKAI
Koth of the Hammer -> Saheeli Rai
Shrapnel Blast -> Char
Char -> Staggershock
Azorius Charm -> Spell Queller
Spell Queller -> Fractured Identity
(relieving some pressure from the crowded 2-CMC slot)
SULTAI
Splinterfright -> Honored Hydra
Honored Hydra -> Greenwarden of Murasa
Greenwarden of Murasa -> Hornet Queen
BANT
Cloudgoat Ranger -> common to uncommon
Mulldrifter -> common to uncommon
Boon Satyr -> common to uncommon
Rhox War Monk -> common to uncommon
Tamiyo, Field Researcher -> rare to mythic rare
Daybreak Coronet -> rare to mythic rare
Vendilion Clique -> mythic rare to rare
White rare -> Galepowder Mage
White rare -> Captain of the Watch
Green rare -> Oath of Nissa
Colourless rare -> Conjurer's Closet
Sigarda, Host of Herons -> Glare of Subdual
Courser of Kruphix -> Exploration
Kitchen Finks -> Qasali Pridemage
Utopia Sprawl -> Courser of Kruphix
(I hope Opposition is reprinted, but for the while Glare of Subdual will work as a ghetto-Opposition. I also want to reduce dependency on specific basic land types, so Arbor Elf will hopefully be replaced by another mana dork - maybe Fyndhorn Elves. Bant still looks very narrow to me, but I'll see what I can do)
ESPER
Metallic Rebuke -> removed
Dispatch -> common to uncommon
Syndicate Trafficker -> common to uncommon
Engineered Explosives (*) -> common to rare
Ratchet Bomb (*) -> common to rare
Nevinyrral's Disk (*) -> common to rare
Sphinx of the Steel Wind -> rare to mythic rare
Steel Overseer -> rare to uncommon
Blue uncommon -> Ensoul Artifact
Colourless rare -> Coercive Portal
Gold rare -> Sharuum the Hegemon
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas -> Wurmcoil Engine
Wurmcoil Engine -> Ethersworn Adjudicator
Baleful Strix -> Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Sphinx Summoner -> Baleful Strix
Deadeye Plunderers -> Sphinx Summoner
GRIXIS
Collective Brutality -> common to uncommon
Deep Analysis -> common to uncommon
Falkenrath Gorger -> common to uncommon
Slave of Bolas -> common to uncommon
Runechanter's Pike -> uncommon to rare
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh -> rare to mythic rare
Vampiric Tutor -> rare to mythic rare
Hazoret the Fervent -> mythic rare to rare
Black rare -> Profane Command
Black rare -> From Under the Floorboards
Blue rare -> Time Warp
Gold uncommon -> Nightscape Familiar
Dreadbore -> Terminate
JUND
Zealous Conscripts -> common to uncommon
Reanimate -> common to uncommon
Yavimaya Elder -> common to uncommon
Smokestack (**) -> common to uncommon
Flesh Carver -> uncommon to rare
Red rare -> Dragonmaster Outcast
Green rare -> Avenger of Zendikar
Colourless rare -> Gilded Lotus
Black uncommon -> Dark Ritual
Terminate -> Dreadbore
NAYA
Imperious Perfect -> common to uncommon
Sin Prodder -> common to uncommon
Relic Seeker -> common to uncommon
Bonesplitter -> common to uncommon
Batterskull -> rare to mythic rare
Green rare -> Wolfir Silverheart
Red rare -> Ogre Battledriver
White rare -> Angel of Sanctions
Colourless rare -> Sword of War and Peace
Mirari's Wake -> Stoneforge Mystic
Stoneforge Mystic -> Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Voice of Resurgence -> Mirari's Wake
Qasali Pridemage -> Voice of Resurgence
Chained to the Rocks -> Path of Mettle
Path of Mettle -> Slayers' Stronghold
Student of Warfare -> Oblivion Ring
Stoke the Flames -> Char
Zurgo Bellstriker -> Goblin Guide
MARDU
Hanweir Militia Captain -> common to uncommon
Arc Trail -> common to uncommon
Viscera Seer -> common to uncommon
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death -> common to uncommon
Blade Splicer -> uncommon to rare
Hellrider -> uncommon to rare
Bitterblossom -> rare to mythic rare
Black rare -> Mardu Strike Leader
Black rare -> Gonti, Lord of Luxury
White uncommon -> Selfless Spirit
Red uncommon -> Earthshaker Khenra
Goblin Guide -> Zurgo Bellstriker
TEMUR
Phantasmal Image -> common to uncommon
Flametongue Kavu -> common to uncommon
Den Protector -> common to uncommon
Worn Powerstone -> common to uncommon
Bogardan Hellkite -> uncommon to rare
Shaman of the Great Hunt -> uncommon to rare
Maelstrom Wanderer -> rare to mythic rare
Upheaval -> mythic rare to rare
Green rare -> Surrak, the Hunt Caller
Mythic rare -> Prime Speaker Zegana
Red uncommon -> Earthquake
Colourless uncommon -> Lightning Greaves
Sarkhan Vol -> Sarkhan Unbroken
ABZAN
Ruin Raider -> common to uncommon
Banishing Light -> common to uncommon
Harrow -> common to uncommon
Zuran Orb (*) -> common to rare
Mutavault (*) -> common to rare
Wasteland (*) -> common to rare
Horizon Canopy (*) -> uncommon to rare
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes -> rare to mythic rare
Siege Rhino -> rare to uncommon
Colourless rare -> Animation Module
Gold uncommon -> Stirring Wildwood (*)
Dromoka's Command -> Kitchen Finks
JESKAI
Young Pyromancer -> common to uncommon
Thraben Inspector -> common to uncommon
Into the Roil -> common to uncommon
Fleetwheel Cruiser -> common to uncommon
Grim Lavamancer -> uncommon to rare
Bonfire of the Damned -> rare to mythic rare
Aethersphere Harvester -> uncommon to rare
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship -> mythic rare to rare
Jeskai Ascendancy -> rare to uncommon
Red uncommon -> Bomat Courier
White rare -> Myth Realized
Gold rare -> Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
Colourless rare -> Heart of Kiran
Char -> Incinerate
SULTAI
Honored Hydra -> common to uncommon
Champion of Wits -> common to uncommon
Inquisition of Kozilek -> common to uncommon
Thran Dynamo -> common to uncommon
Soul of Innistrad -> uncommon to rare
Greenwarden of Murasa -> uncommon to rare
Liliana, Death's Majesty -> rare to mythic rare
Blue rare -> Glyph Keeper
Green uncommon -> Satyr Wayfinder
Black uncommon -> Tombstalker
Black rare -> Razaketh, the Foulblooded
Werebear -> Joraga Treespeaker
A slightly smaller structural update this time: one gold/colourless uncommon turned into a rare, adding a new mythic rare slot. Probably the last tinkering with the rarity strucutre I'll make.
BANT
Panharmonicon -> uncommon to rare
Mythic rare -> Sigarda, Host of Herons
Conjurer's Closet -> Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Tamiyo, Field Researcher -> Vendilion Clique
Vendilion Clique -> Sower of Temptation
ESPER
Sensei's Divining Top -> uncommon to rare
Ethersworn Adjudicator -> rare to mythic rare
Colourless rare -> Nuisance Engine
Ensoul Artifact -> Master of Etherium
Master of Etherium -> Sharding Sphinx
GRIXIS
Sedraxis Specter -> uncommon to rare
Chrome Mox -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Cruel Ultimatum
Outpost Siege -> Collective Defiance
JUND
Scuttling Doom Engine -> uncommon to rare
Chandra, Flamecaller -> rare to mythic rare
Red rare -> Rakka Mar
NAYA
Sword of War and Peace -> rare to mythic rare
Loxodon Warhammer (*) -> uncommon to rare
Basilisk Collar (*) -> uncommon to rare
MARDU
Butcher of the Horde -> uncommon to rare
Brutal Hordechief -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Crackling Doom
TEMUR
Duplicant -> uncommon to rare
Sneak Attack -> rare to mythic rare
Red rare -> Scourge of the Throne
ABZAN
Siege Rhino -> uncommon to rare
Archangel of Thune -> rare to mythic rare
White rare -> Auriok Champion
JESKAI
Jeskai Ascendancy -> uncommon to rare
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Lighning Angel
SULTAI
Living Death -> uncommon to rare
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant -> uncommon to rare
Soul of Innistrad -> rare to uncommon
Sundering Titan -> rare to mythic rare
Gold rare -> Villainous Wealth
BANT
Angelic Destiny -> uncommon to rare
Crystal Shard -> uncommon to rare
Courser of Kruphix -> uncommon to rare
Tamiyo, Field Researcher -> rare to mythic rare
Boon Satyr -> uncommon to common
Noble Hierarch -> mythic rare to rare
Eidolon of Blossoms -> common to uncommon
White rare -> Blade Splicer
Blue rare -> Faerie Conclave
Colourless rare -> Winter Orb
Exploration -> Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
ESPER
Phyrexian Revoker -> uncommon to rare
Relic of Progenitus -> uncommon to rare
Treasure Map -> uncommon to rare
Ethersworn Adjudicator -> mythic rare to rare
Mythic rare -> Dovin Baan
Colourless rare -> Metalwork Colossus
Gold rare -> Thopter Foundry
Master Splicer -> Dispatch
Dispatch -> Sram's Expertise
GRIXIS
Spell Pierce -> removed
Asylum Visitor -> uncommon to rare
Avaricious Dragon -> uncommon to rare
Looter Il-Kor -> common to uncommon
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy -> mythic rare to rare
Compulsive Research -> uncommon to common
Black rare -> Liliana's Mastery
Blue rare -> Wharf Infiltrator
Red rare -> Rakdos Pit Dragon
Mythic rare -> Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Profane Command -> Dark Salvation
Condescend -> Mana Leak
JUND
Dark Ritual -> removed
Rekindling Phoenix -> uncommon to rare
Thragtusk -> uncommon to rare
Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast -> rare to mythic rare
Chandra, Flamecaller -> mythic rare to rare
Black rare -> Yaheeni, Undying Partisan
Black rare -> Sinkhole
Green rare -> Polukranos, World Eater
Gold rare -> Rakdos's Return
Catacomb Sifter -> Journey to Eternity
Journey to Eternity -> Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Meren of Clan Nel Toth -> Vraska, Relic Seeker
Blightning -> Rakdos Guildmage
NAYA
Lotus Cobra -> uncommon to rare
Spikeshot Elder -> uncommon to rare
Secure the Wastes -> uncommon to rare
Geist-Honored Monk -> common to uncommon
Relic Seeker -> uncommon to common
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar -> mythic rare to rare
White rare -> Thalia, Heretic Cathar
Red rare -> Dire Fleet Daredevil
Mythic rare -> Huatli, Warrior Poet
Intangible Virtue -> Glorious Anthem
MARDU
Marsh Flitter -> removed
Selfless Spirit -> uncommon to rare
Siege-Gang Commander -> uncommon to rare
Hero of Bladehold -> mythic rare to rare
Mythic rare -> Elspeth Tirel
Red rare -> Imperial Recruiter
Black rare -> Profane Command
Black rare -> Curse of Disturbance
Blade Splicer -> Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
TEMUR
Deepglow Skate -> uncommon to rare
Show and Tell -> uncommon to rare
Glorybringer -> uncommon to rare
Earthquake -> uncommon to rare
Kalonian Hydra -> uncommon to rare
Tooth and Nail -> mythic rare to rare
Blue uncommon -> Stratus Dancer
Red uncommon -> Generator Servant
Mythic rare -> Garruk Wildspeaker
Aetherling -> Elder Deep-Fiend
ABZAN
Ruin Raider -> removed
Mother of Runes -> uncommon to rare
Tireless Tracker -> uncommon to rare
Archangel of Thune -> mythic rare to rare
Mythic rare -> Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Black rare -> Disciple of Bolas
Black rare -> Phyrexian Arena
Green rare -> Jadelight Ranger
JESKAI
Abbot of Keral Keep -> uncommon to rare
Ojutai Exemplars -> uncommon to rare
Mystic Confluence -> uncommon to rare
Bonfire of the Damned -> mythic rare to rare
Entreat the Angels -> mythic rare to rare
Torrential Gearhulk -> rare to mythic rare
Mythic rare -> Koth of the Hammer
Blue rare -> Baral, Chief of Compliance
Blue rare -> Baral's Expertise
Mana Leak -> Arcane Denial
SULTAI
Eternal Witness -> uncommon to rare
Inkwell Leviathan -> uncommon to rare
Soul of Innistrad -> uncommon to rare
Buried Alive -> common to uncommon
Liliana, Death's Majesty -> mythic rare to rare
Tombstalker -> uncommon to common
Mythic rare -> Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Green rare -> Regrowth
Blue rare -> Prognostic Sphinx
Hollow One -> Thran Dynamo
Dimir Doppelganger -> Psychatog (**)
Thran Dynamo -> Torrent Elemental
BANT
Kor Spiritdancer -> Cloudgoat Ranger
Arbor Elf -> Argothian Enchantress
Armadillo Cloak -> Avacyn's Pilgrim
Cloudgoat Ranger -> History of Benalia
Argothian Enchantress -> Utopia Sprawl
Silhana Ledgewalker -> Ridgescale Tusker
Elderwood Scion -> Glare of Subdual
Cold-Eyed Selkie -> Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Angelic Destiny -> Ajani's Chosen
Daybreak Coronet -> Heliod, God of the Sun
Sigarda, Host of Herons -> Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury -> Exploration
Glare of Subdual -> Armada Wurm
Edric, Spymaster of Trest -> Progenitor Mimic
Boon Satyr -> common to uncommon
Eidolon of Blossoms -> uncommon to common
(removed the aura theme - Selesnya is still focused on enchantments, but not necessarily auras; also went a bit deeper on the blink/ETB value theme)
ESPER
Karn Liberated -> Karn, Scion of Urza
Thopter Foundry -> Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Sphinx of the Steel Wind -> The Antiquities War
Dovin Baan -> Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Coercive Portal -> Wurmcoil Engine
Wurmcoil Engine -> Phyrexian Scriptures
Indomitable Angel -> Sram's Expertise
Sram's Expertise -> Daring Archaeologist
JUND
Dragonmaster Outcast -> Squee, the Immortal
Rakdos's Return -> Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast -> Darigaaz Reincarnated
NAYA
Spikeshot Elder -> Valduk, Keeper of Flame
Sin Prodder -> uncommon to rare
Dire Fleet Daredevil -> rare to uncommon
TEMUR
Scourge of the Throne -> Verix Bladewing
ABZAN
Stirring Wildwood (*) -> Horizon Canopy (*)
Horizon Canopy -> Shalai, Voice of Plenty
SULTAI
Abrupt Decay -> Lotleth Troll
Tombstalker -> Gurmag Angler
Logic Knot -> Condescend
Villainous Wealth -> Muldrotha, the Gravetide
I've missed Sovereign's effect a bit and I'm probably going back to her, but I figured I might as well ask for more opinions since I have barely tasted the other two.