Beginner's Set Cube                                    Overview

This is a set cube that uses a custom built set of existing cards. It is designed to resemble and draft like older core sets (M11 - M13) but with further simplified cards, increased synergies, heightened card quality, and a heavy focus on card readability.

This set is built to give MTG Veterans a way to introduce newer players to deck building and limited formats. It's designed to represent Magic at its core and allow players to discover strategies and learn techniques without complex cards or overly pushed architypes.

As a set cube, this contains three copies of the 103 commons, two copies of the 60 uncommons, one copy of the 53 rares, and one copy of the 15 mythics.

                                 Set Features

Extremely low card complexity at the common and uncommon level. Cards are quick to read at a glance so new players aren't overloaded with text when opening packs.

Cards allow for learning moments and skillful play. Cards like Cloudshift are easy to understand on the surface, but their usefulness increases with player skill (being used to proc ETB, to protect a creature, combo with Act of Treason)

Evergreen keywords only. To keep the set as easy to pick up as possible and to highlight the fundamentals of Magic. Retired evergreen keywords were omitted in favor of their newer counterparts.

High card synergy over structured architypes. A high density of cards that play well with each other, allowing players to find and create their own architypes organically. All colors have overlapping architype synergy so strategies aren't limited to the usual color pairs. (ie. / life gain or / spells having unique combos)

Strong Color Themes. Each color strongly represents its core color themes, this also allows for two-color architypes to emerge without being pushed through keywords or payoffs, and also allows for architypes to be played outside their usual color pair.

Classic architypes and playstyles represented. Including reanimator, mill, burn, token aggro, spells matter, life gain, and ramp. Aggro, midrange, and control playstyles all viable.

Very Flexible Rare Slots. This set's balance is focused around commons and uncommons, allowing for rares to be added or removed without skewing gameplay significantly. This also keeps the set budget friendly as commons and uncommons total less than $50.

                                How to Draft

This is a standard set cube. Separate rarities and create packs of cards with 10 Commons, 3 Uncommons, and 1 Rare. Commons and uncommons are important for keeping complexity low and allowing strategies to be consistently draftable.

If you are playing with more experienced players, this set can be fully shuffled together for more rares and uncommons per pack.

                       Themes and Architypes

Architypes are very loose in this set, focusing more on what one color does, and how a second color can synergize with it. Architypes can often be played off-color with unique interactions.

/: Flyers, Control, Tempo
/: Control, Graveyard
/: Sacrifice, Menace
/: Big Creature Stompy
/: Tokens, +1/+1 Counters

/: Life Gain
/: Reanimator
/: Draw
/: Spells
/: Go wide Aggro

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