See my 2-Tiered Cube of Silliness to see how we got here.

Where is here? 5 Cubes. 6 Cubes? 7 Cubes?

Basically, during COVID, the cube grew, but the testing shrank. My playtesters became just myself, my 12-year-old, and my 7-year old. Rather than look at winning decks, we implemented a simple system: great/broken/fun cards got voted up, not-good-enough/miserable cards got voted down, and everything else stayed where it was. This caused the 2-tiered cube to turn into a 3-tiered cube, and then a 4-tiered.... By March 2024 we hit 9 tiers.

Here is the current breakdown:

Tier 0: Cards so broken no one wants to play with them (e.g. Black Lotus).
Tier 1: Legacy/Vintage Cube (Oko, Ragavan, Mana Drain, etc.)
Tier 2: The Contenders (Brainstorm, Lotus Cobra, etc.)
Tier 3: Test Card Entry Point [New cards start here]
Tier 4: Lower Powered Entry Point
Tier 5: Try-Hard combo pieces (Omniscience, Genesis Wave, etc.)
Tier 6: Parasitic/annoying things start here (flip cards, day/night, enter the dungeon, lesson/learn).
Tier 7: Everything else I've ever considered for Cube, as a Battle Box.
Tier 8: Hall of Shame: Trash. Unanimously voted off Cube Island forever.