This cube is intended to be drafted then played in either 1 or 2 multiplayer free-for-all games depending on pod size. There is a focus on effects to promote action and advance the game, such as evasive creatures, monarch/initiative effects, and "group slug" effects.
Packs are seeded to include cards of each color, multicolored cards, a colorless card, a draft-focused card, and a land.
Kinship:
Rogue synergies in
offer evasive threats with payoffs for sneaking in damage to draw cards, become the monarch, or finish off a player at low life.
Vampire synergies in
support an aristocrats strategy of draining your opponents by sacrificing your creatures.
Dinosaur synergies pay you off with huge threats to overwhelm the board in
supported by Gishath and Huatli.
Throne of the Grim Captain rewards you for diversifying your creature types across colors to unleash a devastating threat.
Group slug:
Grind down your opponents through draw, discard, and sacrifice effects in
. You won't be very popular, so keep an eye out for goad effects and political cards to force alliances.
Combat manipulation:
Utilize goad, tap effects, and unblockable abilities to control the flow of combat in
. Push through your own evasive threats, incentivize opponents to direct their aggression away from you, and steal the threatening creatures you can't otherwise deal with.
Burn:
Amplify your noncombat damage and throw it around the table to hit each of your opponents in
Graveyard matters:
Recur your creatures for extra value in
. Animate your lands into threats or sacrifice them for big payoffs in
.
Domain:
Earn extra value from your land types to boost damage and grow creatures.