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Overview

This singleton cube started out as a bunch of cards that didn't make the cut for one of my decks, were from retired decks, or were extras. It's morphed into a mess.

The cube is meant to be played as a Commander Draft. The Commander options consist of 70 2-color and 30 3-color legendary creatures (7 per pair and 3 per shard/wedge). There are no Prismatic Piper or Faceless One options for players.

The experience of the cube harkens back to battlecruiser-style EDH with a more modern card list and maybe unexpected interactions. It hasn't been played much, but here's to hoping.

Draft packs are 20 cards each and are each seeded with 3 legendary creatures. (Up to 33 packs can be created this way at once, given 100 legendary creatures. Guess I need to find a way to fit in 8 or more additional Commander options!).

Players each get 3 packs and draft 2 cards per pick. After the draft, each player receives a Command Tower (not included in the card list).

Thanks to Josh for the many cards donated to the cube, and thanks to all the friends who have drafted it and given feedback!

Pack Construction (If constructing packs from a sorted set)
Each of the 36 packs is comprised of these kinds of cards:

• 2 White
• 2 Blue
• 2 Black
• 2 Red
• 2 Green
• 1 Colorless
• 1 Land
• 5 cards from the "mixed"* stack
• 3 cards from the Commander** stack

* The "mixed" stack is comprised of the 80 non-legendary Gold cards and the leftovers of the other types: 13 cards of each single color, 39 colorless cards, and 4 land cards. This totals 188 cards, but 8 are put into the Commander stack, so you end up with 180 cards.
** The Commander stack is comprised of the 100 legendary creatures and 8 cards from the "mixed" stack. The "mixed" cards are spread out so that 28 packs have 3 legendary creatures added and 8 packs have 2 legendary creatures added.

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Change Log

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2024-12-31
There are 40 card swaps; take a look at the History for the changes submitted on this date!

Commanders:
Sorry, Pramikon. Sorry, X.

• Zareth San, the Trickster replaced by Satoru Umezawa since there are all of 2 rogues in Dimir aside from the former and the latter is more universally usable
• X replaced by Ertai Resurrected since the former has never been picked as a commander
• Grimgully, the Generous replaced by Svella, Ice Shaper for a rather different Gruul line of play
• Varolz, the Scar-Striped replaced by Baba Lysaga, Night Witch since the latter leans more heavily into a sacrifice theme
• Killian, Ink Duelist replaced by Aron, Benalia's Ruin since the latter leans more heavily into a sacrifice theme
• Pramikon, Sky Rampart replaced by Arthur, Marigold Knight since the former has never been picked as a commander (Perhaps Arthur is too similar to Zurgo and Ojutai?)

White:

• Blind Obedience replaced by Noble Heritage since the latter sounded fun and more interactive
• Dawn Charm replaced by Eerie Interference since the latter can be used on the offense and encourages a changed board state (hopefully in your favor!)
• Kor Cartographer replaced by Verge Rangers since the latter has a more relevant body
• Relic Seeker replaced by Monastery Mentor to remove a tutor and introduce a classic powerhouse that plays well with tricks and tokens
• Touch the Spirit Realm replaced by Heliod's Intervention since white already has plenty of creature removal and the latter is scalable

Blue:

• Frogify replaced by Utter Insignificance because of power creep
• Merfolk Trickster replaced by Thousand-Faced Shadow since the latter offers an interesting bonus to an attack
• Opt replaced by Experimental Augury which is similar but has proliferate at instant speed for just one more mana
• Thopter Sky Network replaced by Kozilek's Unsealing; given Thassa's Bident and Deepfathom Skulker, I figured that having something more unique would be more fun
• Shimmerwing Chimera replaced by Reservoir Kraken since the former has limited synergy in the list and the latter is an interesting undercosted blue beater
• Windfall replaced by Thirst for Discovery to complement Thirst for Meaning and Thirst for Knowledge as reasonable instant-speed card draw

Black:

• Ambition's Cost replaced by Stargaze since the latter is scalable
• Consuming Vapors replaced by Finale of Eternity since the latter is easier to target, hits more targets, and has a powerful top-end effect
• Corpse Augur replaced by Terror of Towashi since the latter is repeatable reanimation and other card draw options were being added
• Drag to the Underworld replaced by Vampiric Rites since black already has a lot of single-target creature removal and another sacrifice and card draw option would be better
• Heartless Act replaced by Fell since the latter is a more straight-forward creature removal spell
• Sewer Nemesis replaced by Cultist of the Absolute since the former was cumbersome to track and the latter is a sacrifice outlet and makes commander damage a bigger threat
• Sign in Blood replaced by Deadly Dispute; despite the fun of knocking out a player with the former, the latter will be another relevant sacrifice option
• Supernatural Stamina replaced by Undying Malice since the latter provides a more relevant +1/+1 counter

Red:
These are not necessarily 1:1 swaps, but aim to generally improve the overall impact of the card slots.
Out:

• Expedite (minor impact)
• Unholy Heat (Delirium is difficult without more self-mill, discard, or card types)
• Honor the God-Pharoah (minor impact)
• Lord of Shatterskull Pass (exorbitant mana value for its payoff)
• Robber of the Rich (minor impact)
• War's Toll (awkward, low pick)
  In:
• Pyretic Charge
• Soul-Scar Mage
• Stoke the Flames
• Storm King's Thunder
• Territorial Hellkite
• Volcanic Torrent

Green:

• Harrow replaced by Springbloom Druid, losing instant speed for blink or reanimate shenanigans
• Plummet replaced by Overprotect since the latter fits green better than a narrow (but almost always relevant) removal spell
• Creeping Renaissance replaced by Evolution Witness since the latter allows for interactions with +1/+1 counters
• Guardian Project replaced by Concord with the Kami since the list already contains Elemental Bond and Garruk's Uprising
• Chameleon Colossus replaced by Colossal Dreadmask since the latter has better game-ending power and doesn't randomly have protection from black

Dimir:

• Covetous Urge replaced by Fallen Shinobi to add another ninjutsu-capable creature

Orzhov:

• Despark replaced by Abstruse Appropriation since the latter allows further interaction

Colorless:

• Psychosis Crawler replaced by Symmetry Matrix to pivot from a life loss effect (black/Orzhov domain) to a more universal bonus card draw
• Prophetic Prism replaced by Coalition Relic since the latter can provide explosive ramp every other turn

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2024-04-26
There are 34 card swaps; take a look at the History for the changes submitted on this date! Of note:

• A couple of weaker Commanders were swapped (Shanna, Sisay's Legacy out for Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn and Lonis, Cryptozoologist out for Roalesk, Apex Hybrid)
• A small number of board wipe options were added (Austere Command, Black Sun's Zenith, Mizzium Mortars, and Nevinyrral's Disk)

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2024-01-13
Commanders:

• Maja, Bretagard Protector out for King Darien XLVIII: Similar role, but with lower CMC and more interesting options
• Mina and Denn, Wildborn out for Chishiro, the Shattered Blade: Seemed like Mina and Denn would always play second fiddle to Omnath, Locus of Rage, so switched out for a different angle
• Tariel, Reckoner of Souls out for Mathas, Fiend Seeker: Much lower CMC and a useful political tool rather than an expensive and random reanimator

Boros:

• Heartwarming Redemption and Solar Blaze out
• Legion's Initiative and Swiftblade Vindicator in; Legion's Initiative seems like an interesting, telegraphed dodge of a board wipe, while Swiftblade Vindicator is a cute favorite, small as its mana value for Commander, but dangerous with support.

Artifacts:
Swapped Fireshrieker for The Stasis Coffin to introduce an interesting piece on the battlefield instead of just another equipment.

Lands:
Swapped Roadside Reliquary for Tyrite Sanctum since the latter seems more fun.

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2023-09-10
Added cards to bring the cube list up to 720. Each color had a net gain of 10 cards, each color pair had a net gain of 4 cards (of which 1 is an additional commander option), and 25 colorless cards were added. Notably removed these commander options:

• Ith, High Arcanist: Cannot Suspend from the Command Zone.
• Intet, the Dreamer: Not very interactive; replaced with Xyris, the Writhing Storm.
• Klothys, God of Destiny: Not a particularly exciting effect. May come back if I need to pay more attention to graveyard usage.
• Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves: No wolves in the list; he was just filling a Selesnya slot.
• Sigarda, Heron's Grace: Not very interactive.

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2023-08-29
Added the first incarnation of the cube to CubeCobra.