I wanted a cube with power to play with friends that didn't have matches end super quick nor take forever, to avoid people sitting around. So this cube tries to find a balance between doing powerful things and having time to react and do other powerful things. A lot of back and forth is the goal.

Towards that goal of balance, some rules I've aimed for:

• No 1-turn combos that you can't do much about (Storm, Craterhoof)
• No single card should win the game in 1-2 turns (Eldrazi)
• No single card should feel super oppressive (Karakas, Hexdrinker)
• Lotus + X shouldn't "win" the game turn 1 (Court of Grace)
• No cards that can't be understood in-sleeve (DFCs, Adventures)
• Maintaining a balance of colors to force me to find better cards for slots

At the moment, the main themes are:

• Artifacts
• Tokens
• Card draw bonuses
• Goblins
• Anthems
• Discard
• Cheating in big things
• Sacrifice
• Top-of-deck manipulation/payoffs
• Playing with your opponent's cards