Just saw some of the M19 spoilers and I've gotta say... Pretty excited for some of them. There are a couple Elder Dragons that have been spoiled so far that look pretty bonkers: Bolas being one that'll definitely get included, as well as the Jund Vaevictis. Cleansing Nova could also find a place in here. Also looking at quite a few changes to red with Sarkhan's Unsealing, Spit Flame (dragon tribal creature removal), as well as the Goblin Lord. We'll see what other juicy additions there will be once they finish spoiling the set.
First time on the site and first time making a cube so please be gentle. When I started playing with the idea of creating one of these beauties, I was told this community is where I'd get the most help / insight. Any input you folks have would be greatly appreciated!
Cube Size: 850 Cards Breakdown: 66 Generals, 96 Each Color, 96 Colorless, 180 Gold (18 per color combo), 17 monocolored lands, 9 Conspiracy. Theme: EDH/Commander # Players: Typically 4, but can support up to 8 players How Often Drafted: Whenever I can get a group of people together
Cube Design Standard or Multiplayer: Multiplayer Sideboards?: no? there will be leftover cards from the draft, but sideboard should be fairly arbitrary / unnecessary. Even Color Balance: Yes, should be pretty dang close Gold Balance: Yes Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes Color Triggers as Gold: Yes Perfectly Balanced CMC: No Snow Lands: No
Card Selection Proxies: No Powered: No, but I've included some cards that are banned in Commander "Un" Cards: No Banned Cards for Power-Level: Nothing yet.
EDH/Commander Rules Variations Generals Draft: Multicolored Legends are drafted first in their own packs. Players may use any one of these legends, or any legendary creature drafted normally, as the general for their deck. Draft Structure: Up to 8 players draft 6 packs of 15 cards (90 cards total, trying for around 60-65 playables) +1 General pack (the pack should be around 5-8 commanders). [seeing how 6 packs works out for now. In the playtesting I've done so far I haven't had anyone that couldn't make a full deck, but might have to bump it to 7 packs if it becomes an issue] Deck Construction: 99 card deck +1 General, Standard Color Identity Rules Starting Life: 40/Player
Because I've built my cube with the goal of drafting full sized 100 card commander decks, I've found that randomizing the entire cube doesn't work well when drafters have to stick to color identity. People ended up getting stuck with not even seeing a full deck's worth of cards in their color, let alone actually getting a chance to draft them. In order to solve this problem, I've found a simple and easy way is to make sure there's balance when creating the "packs" each drafter gets. To do this, I've adopted the process of building each pack with: 2 cards of each color, 2 colorless cards, and 3 multicolor / lands / conspiracy cards. This has worked like a dream in making sure that regardless of what commanders you draft, you have an equal opportunity to see cards in your colors.
However this balance does come at a cost. Because everyone knows what the makeup of the packs include, you're provided with a more information on what your neighbors are drafting than you would get in a typical draft. I don't think this has affected the drafting process as a whole too much though; you're just more likely to know what has a higher probability of wheeling and what you should slam immediately.
Again, still super new to the site so once I figure out how to do those fancy shmancy spoiler dropdowns I'll split everything up on here for everyone, but for now I've got it on Cubetutor (Note*** the commanders are all in a separate cube on that website so the playtest draft is as close to the paper copy as I can get.)
Cube - http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/106213
Commanders - http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/109618
Cube Size: 850 Cards
Breakdown: 66 Generals, 96 Each Color, 96 Colorless, 180 Gold (18 per color combo), 17 monocolored lands, 9 Conspiracy.
Theme: EDH/Commander
# Players: Typically 4, but can support up to 8 players
How Often Drafted: Whenever I can get a group of people together
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Multiplayer
Sideboards?: no? there will be leftover cards from the draft, but sideboard should be fairly arbitrary / unnecessary.
Even Color Balance: Yes, should be pretty dang close
Gold Balance: Yes
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes
Color Triggers as Gold: Yes
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
Snow Lands: No
Card Selection
Proxies: No
Powered: No, but I've included some cards that are banned in Commander
"Un" Cards: No
Banned Cards for Power-Level: Nothing yet.
EDH/Commander Rules Variations
Generals Draft: Multicolored Legends are drafted first in their own packs. Players may use any one of these legends, or any legendary creature drafted normally, as the general for their deck.
Draft Structure: Up to 8 players draft 6 packs of 15 cards (90 cards total, trying for around 60-65 playables) +1 General pack (the pack should be around 5-8 commanders). [seeing how 6 packs works out for now. In the playtesting I've done so far I haven't had anyone that couldn't make a full deck, but might have to bump it to 7 packs if it becomes an issue]
Deck Construction: 99 card deck +1 General, Standard Color Identity Rules
Starting Life: 40/Player
Because I've built my cube with the goal of drafting full sized 100 card commander decks, I've found that randomizing the entire cube doesn't work well when drafters have to stick to color identity. People ended up getting stuck with not even seeing a full deck's worth of cards in their color, let alone actually getting a chance to draft them. In order to solve this problem, I've found a simple and easy way is to make sure there's balance when creating the "packs" each drafter gets. To do this, I've adopted the process of building each pack with: 2 cards of each color, 2 colorless cards, and 3 multicolor / lands / conspiracy cards. This has worked like a dream in making sure that regardless of what commanders you draft, you have an equal opportunity to see cards in your colors.
However this balance does come at a cost. Because everyone knows what the makeup of the packs include, you're provided with a more information on what your neighbors are drafting than you would get in a typical draft. I don't think this has affected the drafting process as a whole too much though; you're just more likely to know what has a higher probability of wheeling and what you should slam immediately.
Again, still super new to the site so once I figure out how to do those fancy shmancy spoiler dropdowns I'll split everything up on here for everyone, but for now I've got it on Cubetutor (Note*** the commanders are all in a separate cube on that website so the playtest draft is as close to the paper copy as I can get.)