Art by Jon FosterGeneral
The HY Synergy Cube aims for a mostly balanced and fun play experience. In practice this means that games should not be decided by a single spell, are generally won through combat and decks tend to be on the more synergistic side instead of 5c good stuff piles.
Inspiration for this cube comes from the Hypercube (http://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/5ebdf42e7a821f0d637307f2)
and Dekkaru Cube
(http://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/5d83674db656d33b0d4bcc29).
I try not to shoehorn every two-color combination into a dedicated archetype. The risk of such a set-up is that after a while all decks start to resemble eachother and drafts can feel on rails. Instead every archetype should be viable in most color combinations. Of course some archetypes are more viable in certain combinations than others.
Archetypes
At this moment the supported archetypes are:
- Artifacts: Urza, Lord High Artificer Sai, Master Thopterist Michiko's Reign of Truth Breya's Apprentice Arcbound Ravager
- Blink/EtB: Soulherder Yorion, Sky Nomad Flickerwisp Combat Thresher Mulldrifter Thragtusk Gonti, Lord of Luxury
- Aristocrats: Priest of Forgotten Gods Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Mayhem Devil Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
- Lands: Ramunap Excavator Titania, Protector of Argoth The Gitrog Monster Felidar Retreat Living Twister Tireless Tracker Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Field of the Dead
- Self-mill/Discard: Liliana, Death's Majesty Champion of Wits Sevinne's Reclamation Inti, Seneschal of the Sun Currency Converter Persist
- Spells-matter/Flash: Chrome Host Seedshark Young Pyromancer, Baral, Chief of Compliance Guttersnipe Nightpack Ambusher
- Tokens: Anointed Procession Academy Manufactor Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second Chatterfang, Squirrel General Angel of Invention
In addition to these archetypes more general macro-archetypes like aggro, tempo, ramp and control are possible as well. Lastly, +1/+1-counters and some tribal synergies are supported as well. These synergies are often used as a subtheme for the more supported archetypes.
Restrictions
The only restriction for the cube is that all cards have to be in the modern card frame 'for aesthetic reasons'. That being said, I aim for a modern-cube-ish power level. This leads to cards, like Fractured Identity, not being included for power level reasons.
Current watchlist: