Ian's Pauper Cube
(420 Card Cube)
Ian's Pauper Cube
Cube ID
Art by Adam RexArt by Adam Rex
420 Card Pauper Vintage Cube1 follower
Designed by Grimroot
Owned
$374
Buy
$97
Purchase
Mana Pool$186.12

Welcome to my Pauper Cube! This labor of love began as a shoebox full of the 360 least terrible Commons I had laying around, and like a Cloudfin Raptor it evolved into its current state of 420 blinged-out Pauper staples. The cube is singleton and restricted to cards with at least one printing at Common rarity.

2-Color Archetype Themes

w-u Flicker
u-b Control
b-r Aristocrats
r-g Aggro
g-w +1/+1 Counters
w-b Midrange
u-r Counterburn
b-g Recursion
r-w Go Wide
g-u Tempo

Notable Inclusions

Some bombs to look out for:

w Battle Screech, Guardian of the Guildpact, Prismatic Strands
u Counterspell, Mulldrifter, Tolarian Terror
b Cast Down, Gurmag Angler, Snuff Out
r Faithless Looting, Goblin Bushwhacker, Lightning Bolt
g Rancor, Sprout Swarm, Basking Broodscale
b-p Ashnod's Altar, Flayer Husk, Ulamog's Crusher

Because tokens are prevalent in almost every archetype, sweepers should be highly valued: Arms of Hadar, Breath Weapon, Crypt Rats, Drown in Sorrow, Fiery Cannonade, Fireball, Pestilence, Sulfurous Blast

Some fun combos available:

w Guardian of the Guildpact + [any sweeper]
u Mystic Sanctuary + Deprive
b Exhume + [any creature with Cycling or Channel]
r Kiln Fiend + [spells] + Fling or Temur Battle Rage
g Ivy Lane Denizen + [any creature with Persist] + [any sacrifice outlet]
g-w Safehold Elite + Ashnod's Altar + Ivy Lane Denizen combo (infinite mana)
r-g Hissing Iguanar + Ivy Lane Denizen combo (infinite damage)
b-g Falkenrath Noble + Ivy Lane Denizen combo (infinite life gain/drain)
u-r Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer or Ardent Elementalist
r-w Tethmos High Priest + Mogg War Marshal
b-p Viridian Longbow + [any creature with Deathtouch]

Combo cards not found in this cube include: Midnight Guard, Presence of Gond, Devoted Druid, Essence Warden, Freed from the Real, Axebane Guardian, Karametra's Favor, Impact Tremors, Auramancer, Angelic Renewal, Sadistic Glee

Final note about Guardian of the Guildpact: In an effort to prevent this card from being more busted that it already is on its own, I have intentionally omitted cards like Armadillo Cloak and Gift of Orzhova, and included multi-colored removal options like Lawmage's Binding, Terminate, Branching Bolt, Captured by Lagacs, Pillory of the Sleepless, Unmake, Temporal Spring

Other Notable Exclusions

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