The Optimal Multiplayer Cube - 2013
Contents
- Introduction
- White
- Blue
- Black
- Red
- Green
- Gold
- Colourless
- Nonbasic Land
- Optimal Multiplayer Cube 2013
- Budget Version
- Legacy-Legal Version
- Conclusion
The Budget Version
Following our recommendations from earlier, we're now knocking out any cards over $20 (or are part of cycles that contain other cards over the mark, like some of the less-expensive fetch lands or Swords).
Thankfully, the only things we added with our archetypes that fall into this category were three of the black reanimator pieces. We'll deal with that as we come to it. 
White
-1 Stoneforge Mystic
-1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
-1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
-1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
-1 Moat
+1 Lightmine Field
+1 Luminate Primordial
+1 Blazing Archon
+1 Angel of Jubilation
We were also going to add Puresteel Paladin... but he's already in. Let's resort to another 2-drop that plays nicely with equipment - Leonin Shikari.
Blue
-1 Ancestral Recall
-1 Force of Will
-1 Mana Drain
-1 Gilded Drake
-1 Timetwister
-1 Show and Tell
-1 Time Walk
+1 Tolarian Entrancer
+1 Visions of Beyond
+1 Counterspell
+1 Frantic Search
+1 Desertion
+1 Dream Halls
+1 Arcane Laboratory
Black
-1 Vampiric Tutor
-1 Damnation
+1 Dark Ritual
+1 Mutilate
We also unfortunately added a few high-value cards as part of our reanimator archetype:
-1 Entomb
-1 Griselbrand
-1 Phyrexian Obliterator
Let's add the next best graveyard filler and next two best finishers.
+1 Tortured Existence
+1 Massacre Wurm
+1 Pontiff of Blight
Red
-1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
-1 Wheel of Fortune
+1 Siege-Gang Commander
+1 Molten Psyche
Green
-1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
-1 Survival of the Fittest
+1 Lotus Cobra
+1 Cream of the Crop
Colourless
-5 Moxen
-2 Swords
-1 Black Lotus
-1 Wurmcoil Engine
-1 Umezawa's Jitte
-1 Batterskull
-1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
+5 Ravnica Signets
+1 Lotus Petal
+1 Cranial Plating
+1 Memnarch
+1 It That Betrays
We were going to add the three remaining Swords, but they're already in. Three more equipment? Let's go with the next three decent budget ones in the voting list.
+1 Quietus Spike
+1 Haunted Plate Mail
+1 Darksteel Plate
Land
-10 Revised Duals
-10 Onslaught/Zendikar Fetches
-1 Tolarian Academy
-1 Gaea's Cradle
-1 Volrath's Stronghold
-1 Library of Alexandria
+10 Ravnica Karoos
+10 Ravnica Shocks
+1 Cabal Coffers
+1 Glacial Chasm
+1 Vesuva
We were going to add Academy Ruins as #24, but we've already put that in in our last six. Let's go with the next decent budget land down the list in the results.
+1 Forbidden Orchard
This gives us the following budget version...
White
CC1 Creatures
1 Mother of Runes
1 Soul Warden
1 Weathered Wayfarer
CC2 Creatures
1 Syndic of Tithes
1 Suture Priest
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Puresteel Paladin
1 Leonin Shikari
CC3 Creatures
1 Mirror Entity
1 Gideon's Avenger
1 Mirran Crusader
CC4 Creatures
1 Academy Rector
1 Windborn Muse
CC5 Creatures
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Stonehewer Giant
1 Shattered Angel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
CC6+ Creatures
1 Sun Titan
1 Luminate Primordial
1 Blazing Archon
CC1 Spells
1 Land Tax
1 Limited Resources
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
CC2 Spells
1 Balance
1 Luminarch Ascension
1 Blind Obedience
CC3 Spells
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Aura of Silence
1 Paraselene
CC4 Spells
1 Wrath of God
1 Day of Judgment
1 Replenish
1 Humility
CC5 Spells
1 Cathars' Crusade
1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
CC6+ Spells
1 Austere Command
Blue
CC1 Creatures
CC2 Creatures
1 Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
1 Phantasmal Image
CC3 Creatures
CC4 Creatures
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Master Transmuter
1 Archaeomancer
CC5 Creatures
1 Djinn of Wishes
1 Mulldrifter
1 Morphling
CC6+ Creatures
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Deadeye Navigator
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Aetherling
CC1 Spells
1 Mystic Remora
1 Prosperity
1 High Tide
1 Visions of Beyond
CC2 Spells
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Stasis
1 Flash
CC3 Spells
1 Tinker
1 Rhystic Study
1 Propaganda
1 Windfall
1 Capsize
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Arcane Laboratory
CC4 Spells
1 Rite of Replication
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Reins of Power
CC5 Spells
1 Evacuation
1 Sunder
1 Force of Will
CC6+ Spells
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Omniscience
1 Time Spiral
1 Hive Mind
Black
CC1 Creatures
CC2 Creatures
1 Blood Artist
1 Wight of Precinct Six
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Bloodghast
1 Abyssal Gatekeeper
CC3 Creatures
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Stinkweed Imp
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
CC4 Creatures
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Magus of the Abyss
1 Mortivore
1 Mindslicer
CC5 Creatures
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Shriekmaw
CC6+ Creatures
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Grave Titan
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Pontiff of Blight
CC1 Spells
1 Contract from Below
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Innocent Blood
1 Phyrexian Reclamation
1 Reanimate
1 Dark Ritual
1 Tortured Existence
CC2 Spells
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Exsanguinate
1 Animate Dead
1 Exhume
CC3 Spells
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Contamination
CC4 Spells
1 Syphon Mind
1 Pestilence
1 No Mercy
1 Dread Return
1 Mutilate
CC5 Spells
1 Syphon Flesh
CC6+ Spells
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
Red
CC1 Creatures
1 Dragonmaster Outcast
1 Goblin Welder
CC2 Creatures
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CC3 Creatures
1 Taurean Mauler
1 Guttersnipe
1 Chandra's Spitfire
CC4 Creatures
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Lavaborn Muse
1 Aladdin
1 Anger
CC5 Creatures
1 Urabrask the Hidden
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
1 Malignus
1 Zealous Conscripts
1 Scourge of Valkas
1 Siege-Gang Commander
CC6+ Creatures
1 Inferno Titan
1 Utvara Hellkite
1 Molten Primordial
1 Balefire Dragon
1 Hateflayer
CC1 Spells
1 Earthquake
1 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Banefire
CC2 Spells
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Comet Storm
1 Price of Progress
1 Flame Rift
1 Molten Disaster
CC3 Spells
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Repercussion
1 Acidic Soil
1 Molten Psyche
CC4 Spells
1 Furnace of Rath
1 Chain Reaction
1 Splinter Twin
CC5 Spells
1 Mass Mutiny
1 Confusion in the Ranks
CC6+ Spells
1 Insurrection
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Wildfire
1 Grip of Chaos
Green
CC0-1 Creatures
1 Birds of Paradise
CC2 Creatures
1 Priest of Titania
1 Nightshade Peddler
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Budoka Gardener
1 Kavu Predator
CC3 Creatures
1 Eternal Witness
1 Predator Ooze
CC4 Creatures
1 Forgotten Ancient
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Spike Weaver
1 Elvish Piper
1 Immaculate Magistrate
1 Lumberknot
CC5 Creatures
1 Genesis
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Copperhoof Vorrac
1 Thragtusk
1 Silklash Spider
1 Mitotic Slime
CC6+ Creatures
1 Primeval Titan
1 Sylvan Primordial
1 Verdant Force
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Soul of the Harvest
CC1 Spells
1 Green Sun's Zenith
CC2 Spells
1 Rampant Growth
1 Cream of the Crop
CC3 Spells
1 Beast Within
1 Genesis Wave
1 Enchantress's Presence
1 Fecundity
1 Krosan Grip
CC4 Spells
1 Defense of the Heart
1 Greater Good
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Calming Verse
CC5 Spells
1 Doubling Season
CC6+ Spells
1 Lurking Predators
1 Tooth and Nail
Gold
CC1-2 Creatures
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Baleful Strix
1 Vizkopa Guildmage
CC3 Creatures
1 Glissa, the Traitor
1 Boros Reckoner
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Burning-Tree Shaman
CC4 Creatures
1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Olivia Voldaren
CC5 Creatures
1 Consuming Aberration
1 Balefire Liege
1 Havengul Lich
CC6+ Creatures
1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
1 Kaervek the Merciless
1 Teneb, the Harvester
1 Djinn Illuminatus
1 Maelstrom Wanderer
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
CC1-2 Spells
1 Dreadbore
1 Hide // Seek
CC3 Spells
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Aura Shards
CC4 Spells
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Mirrorweave
1 Ral Zarek
1 Plasm Capture
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Urza's Guilt
CC5 Spells
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Breath of Malfegor
1 Fracturing Gust
1 Predatory Advantage
CC6+ Spells
1 Debtors' Knell
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1 Spitting Image
1 Call the Skybreaker
Colourless
CC0
1 Lotus Petal
CC1
1 Sol Ring
1 Skullclamp
1 Expedition Map
1 Basilisk Collar
CC2
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Azorius Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Gruul Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Cranial Plating
CC3
1 Mimic Vat
1 Trepanation Blade
1 Quietus Spike
1 Darksteel Plate
CC4
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Haunted Plate Mail
CC5
1 Mind's Eye
CC6+
1 Memnarch
1 It That Betrays
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Darksteel Forge
Nonbasic Land
Ravnica Karoos
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1 " target="blank">Boros Garrison
1 " target="blank">Dimir Aqueduct
1 " target="blank">Golgari Rot Farm
1 " target="blank">Gruul Turf
1 " target="blank">Izzet Boilerworks
1 " target="blank">Orzhov Basilica
1 " target="blank">Rakdos Carnarium
1 " target="blank">Selesnya Sanctuary
1 " target="blank">Simic Growth Chamber
Ravnica Shocklands
1 " target="blank">Blood Crypt
1 " target="blank">Breeding Pool
1 " target="blank">Godless Shrine
1 " target="blank">Hallowed Fountain
1 " target="blank">Overgrown Tomb
1 " target="blank">Sacred Foundry
1 " target="blank">Steam Vents
1 " target="blank">Stomping Ground
1 " target="blank">Temple Garden
1 " target="blank">Watery Grave
The Last Ten
1 " target="blank">Cabal Coffers
1 " target="blank">Vesuva
1 " target="blank">Academy Ruins
1 " target="blank">Ancient Den
1 " target="blank">Great Furnace
1 " target="blank">Seat of the Synod
1 " target="blank">Tree of Tales
1 " target="blank">Vault of Whispers
1 " target="blank">Forbidden Orchard
1 Glacial Chasm
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