The Modern-Day Peasant Cube
(450 Card Cube)
The Modern-Day Peasant Cube
Cube ID
Art by Wayne ReynoldsArt by Wayne Reynolds
450 Card Peasant Vintage Cube9 followers
Designed by Vendilionaire
Owned
$78
Buy
$128
Purchase
Mana Pool$201.17

πŸ₯‡ WELCOME TO THE MODERN-DAY PEASANT!

450 Cards | Peasant Rarity | Modern Frame Only | Best-of-Magic | Est. 2013

I'm Austin and I've been playing since Mirrodin Besieged. I created this cube and have been updating it with each new set release to capture the best gameplay Magic has to offer at peasant rarity. This gives me a reason to be excited for more commons / uncommons during spoiler season, and lets many fun archetypes shine without being overshadowed by super-powered strategies often showcased in full-rarity cubes. Hope you like it!

MAIN ARCHETYPES

In addition to the classic single-color strengths (r Burn, g Ramp, b Devotion, etc.), this cube supports several two-color archetypes that blend well with neighboring guilds. Here they are:

  1. wu FLICKER / FLYERS - Take to the skies to soar over opponents, or abuse ETB & LTB triggers to out-value the competition.

  1. ub CLASSIC CONTROL - Counter, Kill, and use card advantage engines to keep your hand full and always have an answer for opponents' plans.

  1. br SAC-FOR-THE-KILL - Take an aggressive approach by benefitting from carnage on both sides of the field with death triggers and direct damage.


4) gr STOMPY MIDRANGE - Accelerate into threats and swing with enormous board presence before opponents know what hit them.


5) wg +1/+1 COUNTERS - Harness the best +1/+1 counter synergies to grow a few tokens into an unstoppable army.


6) wb RETURN TO PLAY - Take advantage of ETB triggers to control the battlefield and ensure your threats never truly die.


7) bg GRAVEYARD RECYCLING - Fill up the bin! Reap the rewards from your creatures dying by converting them to extra on-board power.


8) ug PROLIFERATE TO WIN - Put extra counters on your permanents to push through damage or ramp into game-ending threats.


9) ur SPELLSLINGING PROWESS - Chain together noncreature spells to power up threats, burn away blockers, and bounce permanents back to hand.


10) wr THE TOKEN ARMY - Overwhelm opponents with a critical mass of low-cost attackers before they can set up defenses.

BASIC METRICS:

Size: 450 Cards (10 seats)
Distribution: 66 Per Color, 70 Colorless, 50 Guild
Total number of drafts to date: 106 (We're over 100!)

THANKS FOR VIEWING!

Feel free to run a draft and leave some feedback if you liked/disliked how certain cards feel in the list. Check out the blog tab to keep up to date on recent additions/cuts!

January 2025 Update

As time's gone on, I've found it easier to lump multiple sets' worth of changes into mega-updates for two reasons. First, there's just so much product nowadays and life busy enough that I can't always keep up. Second, I prefer to have time to test new cards and give them 'time to marinate' to see whether I like how they affect the cube before 'officially' adding them in. Time and real-life testing will tell, of course.

This time, I'll keep the post short. There have been plenty of interesting peasant-relevant cards released lately - so many, in fact, that I may have missed some when evaluating for this cube. The power level of uncommon cards has morphed in recent years, which invites a lot of change to the list. That's a good thing!

This update brings upgrades across the board for a variety of archetypes and strategies. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the additions. I finally got to rid the list of low-hanging fruit and supercharge themes with new ones. I'm particularly excited for rb sacrifice, flavors of u flash, and r aggro to get meaningful boosts.

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