Welcome to The Core Set Masters Cube!

This cube is trying to evoke my nostalgia for "Bulk Bin Magic" and a few of my design goals are:

• Try to highlight nostalgic cards,
• Keep the tempo of attacking and blocking at the center of doing well, and
• Offer interesting synergies, while keeping board/card complexity manageable for a wide range of skill levels.

I also want a home for cards that have maybe fallen by the wayside in other formats, like Serra Angel, Gush, Young Pyromancer, and Wild Mongrel/Pelakka Wurm

Signposting

I ascribe slightly less to signposting in the exact way that retail limited abides by. Though if you would like some help, here's a few of my intentionally supported themes for each color.

• Tokens & +1/+1 Counters
• Flying, Prowess, & Mill
• Aristocrats & Reanimator
• Prowess & Tokens
• +1/+1 Matters & Mill
  If you would like additional signpost uncommons, more are listed at the bottom of this page, or feel free to look at the full list!

Small Custom Rule & Fixing Notes

• Gaea's Blessing is a 2-for-1; Draft one, get two in the pool.
• Not quite a custom rule, but be aware that Cogwork Librarian is in the cube and remains face-up between packs.
• Land-based fixing is 5x Evolving Wilds, one of each mono-colored Cycling land, and one of each two-color Fast, Pain, Surveil, Bounce, and DMU Tapped-Typed.
  For example, Blue-Red has Spirebluff Canal, Shivan Reef, Thundering Falls, Izzet Boilerworks, and Molten Tributary alongside Smoldering Crater and Remote Isle. All the Evolving Wilds have unique art, and are the only break in singleton (besides 2-for-1 Gaea's Blessing)

Offer Your Feedback!

If you play the format, please consider filling out my quick feedback survey. Even data as simple as "Did you think your deck was cool, and did it do the cool thing?" as well as the color you played goes a long way
https://forms.gle/2xcQKw4vNns4VRFG8

Signpost Uncommons

Reminder: These are a bit looser than in retail limited, and there are supported synergies outside these lanes.

And does Portal of Sanctuary, Seeker of the Way, or Lillysplash Mentor really line up with anything those cards are doing ;)

Storytime

I was watching a regular guy and regular gal playing a game. The guy casts Ponder and declines to shuffle. Gal Control Magic's his Hedron Crab and plays a land, mills his best out of Serra Angel. And that's my kinda peak "Bulk Bin Magic"