The idea of this cube is to have a highly interactive environment that revolves around cheap threats that take over the game if left unchecked.

Common effects include:

• Cheap creatures that grow or otherwise produce value over time
• Efficient removal/countermagic
• Cheap combat tricks to keep your threats around and close out games

Goals:

• Tight and interactive gameplay
• Short games with no board stalls
• High average storm count
• two-color decks that may splash for more removal, protection, or threats

Exclusions:

• Planeswalkers: these lead to non-interactive gameplay and board stalls
• Wraths: I want to force players to interact with early threats and not just wait until they can wipe the board.
• Combo and other alternate wincons: Even though something like twin fits the description, I want value to be accumulated over time by making favorable trades and protecting your threats
• Hexproof/Protection creatures: Other than a few exceptions, these go against the interactive nature of the cube.
• Rigid archetypes: I think the overall goal of this cube is specific enough to not need archetypal restrictions, and I want to encourage players to dip into other colors for effects they need.
• Hand reveal: I want information to be hidden to force you to play around what opponents may have