Commons and uncommons only. Each color pair has a theme inspired around a focus card. Mono colored cards are a mix of solid limited cards and support for the color pair themes.

Azorius - Focus card: Oji, the Exquisite Blade - Theme: blink/etb value

Dimir - Focus card: Recoil - Theme: control

Rakdos - Focus card: Mayhem Devil - Theme: sacrifice

Gruul - Focus card: General Marhault Elsdragon - Theme: combat superiority

Selesnya - Focus card: Good-Fortune Unicorn - Theme: +1/+1 counters

Orzhov - Focus card: Starseer Mentor - Theme: lifegain

Golgari - Focus card: Kagha, Shadow Archdruid - Theme: graveyard

Simic - Focus card: Bounding Krasis - Theme: flash and tempo

Izzet - Focus card: Third Path Iconoclast - Theme: spellslinger

Boros - Focus card: Sunhome Guildmage - Theme: tokens and anthems

List of cards banned from the cube due to power level: Skullclamp, Sol Ring, Animate Dead, Mother of Runes, Loxodon Warhammer, Mana Drain, Reanimate, Gut, True Soul Zealot, Grafted Wargear, Soulherder, and Palace Jailer.

Card(s) on the watch list for banning: Rancor and General Marhault Elsdragon.