Ignoring Emblems, copies, near-forced 1-ofs (Offspring, Eternalize), zone reminders (foretell, adventure, etc)

• Beau
• Bird
• Cat Beast
• Clue
• Construct
• Crab
• Elemental(R)
• Elemental(G)
• Faerie Rogue
• Food
• Gnome
• Goblin
• Golem (including phyrexian)
• Human
• Illusion
• Incubator
• Insect
• Map
• Monk
• Phyrexian Germ
• Ragavan
• Samurai
• Scion of the Deep
• Servo
• Shapeshifter
• Shark
• Skeleton
• Snake
• Soldier
• Spirit
• Thopter
• Treasure
• Vampire
• Wolf

Doing a pass through to try to identify major changes needed for the next big update to this cube.

This will be done in 3 steps: Mechanics, Tokens, General Updates (includes Aetherdrift).

Mechanics and Tokens will first identify the number of unique mechanics/tokens in the cube, how many cards directly reference or support them, and whether or not I want to keep or remove them. Not all 1-card mechanics/tokens will be cut, but they are more likely to be.

For purposes of this post, keyword mechanics like Haste, Trample, Surveil, etc are not being considered. This is more of what would a player who knows how to play Magic at above a beginner level, and then trying to reduce the "wait what is this rule" moments.

There will be multiple edits to this post.

* = Ability words
Keep
Very likely to remove

Current Mechanics as of Feb 2025:

• +1/+1 Counters - a lot
• Ability Counters - 2 (Scavenged Brawler, Arwen, Mortal Queen)
• Adventure - 8
• Affinity - 2 (Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Ethersworn Sphinx)
• Battle Cry - 2 (Hero of Bladehold, Signal Pest)
• Boast - 1 (Broadside Bombardiers)
• Cascade - 3
• Channel* - 2 (Touch the Spirit Realm, Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire)
• Charge Counters - 6
• Cloak/Disguise/Morph/ Manifest - 2 (Scroll of Fate, Cryptic Cloak)
• Collect Evidence - 1 (Analyze the Pollen)
• Companion - 1 (Lurrus of the Dream-Den)
• Connive - 3 (Ledger Shredder, Body Launderer, Lethal Scheme)
• Converge* - 1 (Crystalline Crawler)
• Convoke - 1 (Lethal Scheme)
• (X)Cycling - 10
• Dash - 1 (Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer)
• Delirium* - 3
• Delve - 3
• Descend - 1 (Molten Collapse)
• Discover - 1 (Contest of Claws)
• Domain* - 1 (Radha's Firebrand)
• Dredge - 2 (Golgari Grave-Troll, Life from the Loam)
• Energy Counters - 1 (Chthonian Nightmare)
• Escape - 2 (Nethergoyf, Underworld Breach)
• Eternalize - 1 (Timeless Dragon)
• Evoke - 6
• Exalted - 3 (Ignoble Hierarch, Noble Hierarch, Qasali Pridemage)
• Exert - 1 (Glorybringer)
• Fabricate - 2 (Angel of Invention, Marionette Apprentice)
• Fading - 1 (Tangle Wire)
• Flashback - 7
• Food Tokens - 1 (Bristlebud Farmer)
• Foretell - 1 (Delayed Blast Fireball)
• Imprint - 1 (Isochron Scepter)
• Improvise - 1 (Kappa Cannoneer)
• Incubate - 3 (Blight Titan, Sunfall, Chrome Host Seedshark)
• Investigate/Clues - 4
• Kicker - 7
• Landfall* - 8
• Living Weapon - 2 (Nettlecyst, Batterskull)
• Map tokens - 5
• Meld - 1 (Urza, Lord Protector)
• Modular - 1 (Arcbound Ravager)
• Offspring - 1 (Iridescent Vinelasher)
• Overload - 2 (Damn, Winds of Abandon)
• Plot - 1 (Pillage the Bog)
• Protection - 2 (Giver of Runes, Emrakul, the Promised End)
• Raid* - 1 (Bloodsoaked Champion)
• Ravenous - 1 (Mawloc)
• Rebound - 2 (Ephemerate, Staggershock)
• Reconfigure - 2 (Lion Sash, Blade of the Oni)
• Retrace - 2 (Six, Formless Genesis)
• Revolt* - 1 (Fatal Push)
• Spectacle - 2 (Spawn of Mayhem, Light up the Stage)
• Spree - 4
• Suspend - 1 (Suspend)
• Threshold* - 1 (Kiora, the Rising Tide)
• Training - 1 (Hopeful Initiate)
• Treasures - 7
• Valor Counters - 1 (Intrepid Adversary)
• Vehicle/Crew - 2 (Swift Reconfiguration, Smuggler's Copter
• Ward - 5