Clone of Essential Ravnica
(720 Card Cube)
Clone of Essential Ravnica
Art by Adam PaquetteArt by Adam Paquette
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Cloned from Essential Ravnica

Design goals:

  • Allow players to really enjoy lots of splashy gold cards
  • Give the feel of RAV block or RTR block draft, where most decks end up as three-color/three-guild.

Cube construction stipulations:

  • Include every Guild Kit card ( https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/guild-kits ), especially the lands.
  • Prioritize aesthetically-pleasing cycles (leaders, guildmages, signets, etc.).
  • Use splashy Intro Pack and other themed pre-cons face cards, if possible.
  • Only include cards from sets for whom the guilds mechanically mattered: RAV, GPT, DIS, RTR, GTC, DGM, GRN, RNA
  • An equal number of mono-colored spells (50 per each color)
  • A very high, but equal number of gold spells (30 per each guild)

Draft advice

  • Gold cards are plentiful, and usually have a high power level for their mana value.
  • Therefore, prioritize color fixing highly. There are 14 color-fixers per guild, including dual lands (2 Bounces, 3 Shocks, 4 Gates) and artifacts (1 Cluestone, 1 Keyrune, 1 Locket, 2 Signets) to help you along the way.
  • Just like drafting DGM/GTC/RTR and RAV/GPT/DIS, you're likely going to have a three-color/three-guild deck by the end. That's intentional. Therefore, I tried to avoid parasitic mechanics (for example, Dimir's Transmute and milling sub-themes) when possible.