Double faced cards present a potentially interesting challenge for a cube, both with how they are incorporated into boosters and actual gameplay. Presented here is my own personal solution to the problem.

The origin of this update to the cube was that I realized my old solution (pulling the cards out of their sleeves and flipping them over, then putting them back in) was too cumbersome, time-consuming, and prone to damage. Since I went to all the trouble of double-sleeving the cards, why defeat that protection by constantly pulling out and resleeving a decent portion of them?

I know an obvious question is why I didn't use checklist cards to begin with. The reason I didn't order any when I was putting this cube together is because I assumed that they would be prohibitively expensive and hard to get, so I didn't bother looking for them. This turned out to be a mistake because I discovered you can still obtain unmarked original Innistrad checklist cards in bulk, for bulk prices (about 10 cents a card).

With that discovery, my DFC plan fell into place. Here's how my cube is currently set up:

Each double-faced card is double-sleeved in a KMC Perfect Fit inner sleeve and Classic Clear Dragonshield sleeve (do not get Clear Matte sleeves, they have a textured side that obfuscates the card). Each double-faced card is paired with a double-sleeved, properly marked checklist card. This includes the extra common DFCs that aren't used in the cube so that I can swap them out as I see fit (see The Golden Ratio blog post for details). When making boosters, I put the sleeved checklist card last and the actual card second to last to prevent everyone seeing what DFCs are present in packs. When drafting, if you pick a DFC you take both it and its checklist card.

I'd like to also acknowledge that this is a very perfectionist and nit-picky way of dealing with DFCs; it would be just as effective to use a bunch of old land cards that have the DFC name written on them. My goal with this cube, however, was to preserve the feel of playing original Innistrad drafts as much as possible, which included procuring Innistrad basic lands and all original Innistrad cards (no substitutions from later sets!). Getting original Innistrad checklist cards felt like a natural extension of that goal, and I'm pleased with the final result.