Powered cubes seek to create explosive games using the highest power cards ever printed.
Bar cube seeks to reduce complexity in board states to allow quicker pick up drafts with fewer people in more cramped environments (often with drinks on the table).
Through the magic of Proxies these two goals no longer conflict.
I’ve added a desert wrinkle to make cleaning up just as easy; no breaking down decks, just throw them in the box. That means you need to draft all your lands (even the basics).
4x packs of 15 cards with about 40% lands should ensure everyone gets to play their spells.
The big archetypes are reanimator, Sneak and Show, ramp/eldrazi, Ichorid, Blue stuff, and stax. I’ve tried to keep the hate pieces only in white to avoid long games based on who draws the most graveyard hate. No color balance.
Right now I need cuts. Lots and lots of cuts. With the dessert mechanic I figure 140 lands with 180-220 non lands, but I’m open to tweaking that since there is a lot of artifact mana.