The invasion of Phyrexia has begun, led by Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines! You have arrived in the middle of a war that has spread beyond the borders of the multiverse! The perception of time and place are blurred! The doors of the past have opened and some heroes and tyrants who were already thought to be destroyed have returned! History is being rewritten! Or is it? Are you ready to rise up against evil or join the ranks of tyranny? Choose your side Planeswalker, time has come.
All will be one.
Welcome dear MtG and Cube friends! This is my long time dream cube, based on MtG's oldest history events like Yawgmoth's rise and fall, Brothers' War and birth of New Phyrexia and Elesh Norn's dominance. I build this cube around specific planes to have good 'scifi' flavor. So I won't add any planes which won't fit in this picture like example Eldraine, Innistrad, Ixalan and Theros. Even so March of the Machine will invade those planes too, I don't see myself to and complited Heliod in this cube even it is quite cool. Those planes have specific mechanics like tribals, enchantments etc. which don't work in this cube. But we will see what future brings.
Planes included in this cube:
Thinking to add at least more Ravnica, let's see what March of the Machine brings. Hopefully we get more staff from Mercadia, Equilor and Fabacin.
Drafting Rules:
You will be drafting a 60 card deck using three packs of 20 cards. Pick two cards and pass.
Your job is to find a commander during the draft. I was thinking to plant two legendaries in each pack that you are guaranteed to get one, but there is plenty of legendaries and those specific rules below to help you that it is quite easy to get commander during the draft. Randomness makes draft more fun.
All mono color legendary creatures has 'Partner' ability. (Partner is an ability that modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant, and it functions before the game begins. Rather than a single legendary creature card, you may designate two legendary creature cards as your commander if each has partner.) 'Friends Forever' and 'Partner with' abilities are replaced 'Partner' ability in this cube.
Any planeswalker can be your commander, but without that partner rule above except those walkers who already have it.
Hybrid mana cards count as an “or” when played in your deck. (So a card that has a hybrid mana cost, and no activated abilities, can be treated as either a white card or a red card.) As your commander, hybrid mana cards are treated as “and” cards. (So a w/r hybrid legendary, as your commander, would have two color identities.)
Friendly mulligan. Your first draw is to 7, second draw is to 7, third is to 6, fourth is to 6, etc. If you start with fewer than 7 cards, you get to scry 1. In multiplayer games, starting player draws a card. In single player games, staring player skips their first draw step.
Players start with 40 life in multiplayer games and 25 life in one-on-one games. This reduced life in one-on-one allows aggressive decks to compete. Single player games are Best of One.
Specific Rules:
Archtypes in this cube: