Themes

: dice/chaos
: aggro
: graveyard
: information
: pillowfort? idk lmao

Archtypes

: spellslinger morph

: morph

: food? attractions? (less likely)

: lifegain/dungeons?

: artifacts? discard?

: theft? graveyard?

: mill? artifacts? theft? clones?

: control? dungeons? artifacts?

: sagas? graveyard??

: ramp? dragons? i dunno yet. maybe dice

to do:

• upload every card to the list
• stop taking cards from it for edh decks
• send list to friends
• slim list down to 360/450 cards - why?
• balance each color + multicolor + colorless
• fix curve and figure out curve
• decide on lands - aren't some w/o colors/fixing just spells? lol idk
• decide on enough "signposts" (cards that are 2 colored and tell you what cards you "should" go after)

to avoid:
multiplayer mechanics like the undercity or monarch

Silver Bordered/Odder Cards

Extra games

ask before playing. maybe include an alternative cost?

Dexterity cards/extra cards

use the remaining cards for greatest and standard and opening. (check if 5 cards with the same art exist?)(any spell in the cube with mana value 3 or less)(15 random cards)

Odd rulings

Echo doesn't do anything (i think).

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it’s phased out, it’s treated as though it doesn’t exist.)

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Fading 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can’t, sacrifice it.)

Bands with other Dinosaurs (As long as it’s a Dinosaur, this creature can attack in a band with any number of other Dinosaur creatures you control. Bands are blocked as a group. If this creature and at least one Dinosaur creature are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature’s combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it’s being blocked by or is blocking.)

Protection from Homarids (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything that has the Homarid creature type.)

Snow plainswalk (This creature can’t be blocked as long as defending player controls a snow Plains.)

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

How do these abilities interact?
Let’s just stick to the four that interact — phasing, cumulative upkeep , echo, and fading 3.
Turn #1 — You play Old Fogey.
Turn #2 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #3 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay .” (This assumes your abilities have the ability to speak — mine do). Echo says, “Pay or sacrifice Old Fogey.” And finally fading says “Take off one of my three fading counters.”
Turn #4 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #5 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay .” Echo says, “I’m good.” And fading says “Take off another fading counter. I’m down to one.”
Turn #6 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #7 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay .” Echo says, “I’m still good.” And fading says “Take off my last fading counter.”
Turn #8 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #9 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay .” Fading then chimes in and says, “You know, I’m going to make you sacrifice Old Fogey. Do you really want to pay ?” Then cumulative upkeep says, “Maybe I will. What are you going to do about it?” And then echo says, “Guys, can’t we just all get along? Can’t we all just get along? Get along? Along?” A fight then ensues which ends with Old Fogey’s death.

I have too many copies of these cards. Maybe they can be included as "basics?" idk lmfao this is a cube of all time