A small section in my cube's box that's dedicated to teaching new players how to play, focusing on evergreen mechanics and basic colour effects. It uses five 20 card decks, one for each colour. Wherever possible, versions of cards are used that have reminder text of mechanics on them.

Instructions for use:

• Explain each colour's strength.
• Let them pick two that they like the sound of, combine them to make a 40 card deck.
• Pick two yourself to play against them.
• Let them get the basics down with their first deck (focus on the turn structure, combat phase).
• Once they're comfortable playing basic MTG games, they can explore other colour combinations by mixing and matching the colour pairs.

The cube will try to focus on the following effects for each colour:

Keywords: First Strike, Lifelink, Indestructible, Vigilance
Abilities: Anthems, Tokens

Keywords: Flying, Flash, Hexproof, Scry
Abilities: Bounce, Card Draw

Keywords: Deathtouch, Menace
Abilities: Graveyard, Recursive threat, Dies triggers

Keywords: Haste, Prowess, Menace
Abilities: Can't block, Burn spells

Keywords: Trample, Reach
Abilities: Mana elves, Tokens