This cube focuses on synergistic strategies that promotes fun and interactive gameplay. Combos are limited but not excluded, but proper counter measures are included to ensure they don’t go unanswered. Below are the strategies you can expect to discover when drafting. These strategies can be intertwined with each other as well as many of the cards in this cube shine in multiple archetypes.
Important Note: All Universes Beyond sets are banned.
- Aggro
Hasty creatures and burn spells to quickly reduce your opponent’s life total to zero.
- Death and Taxes
Remove your opponents creatures and disrupt their game plan awhile gaining incremental advantages.
- The Rock
Generate card advantage and then finish with strong creatures. A tried and true midrange strategy.
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- Control
Counter magic and removal that gives you the familiar draw go style of gameplay.
- Flicker
Gain repeat ETB effects by flickering your creatures.
- Counters
Bolster your creatures and crash in for massive damage.
- Tokens
Go wide by flooding the board with an army of tokens.
- Aristocrats
Grind your opponent out by gaining value from sacrificing your creatures.
- Spellslinger
Utilize prowess creatures and cheap spells to quickly dispatch your opponent.
- Reanimator
Get big creatures into your graveyard and bring them back to life to crush your opponent.
- Lands
Get value out of ramping into big creatures and recurring useful lands to carve a path to victory.
- Delirium
Fill your graveyard with four different card types to reap bonus effects and defeat your opponent.
- Artifacts
Maximize the potential of the artifacts in the cube to bring down your opponent.
- Death’s Shadow
A midrange strategy that throws caution to the wind. Get as close to zero life as possible and clear the way for Death’s Shadow to swiftly end your opponent.