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Spirits on Tap [4 Player Bar Cube]
(205 Card Cube)
Spirits on Tap [4 Player Bar Cube]
Art by Kevin SidhartaArt by Kevin Sidharta
205 Card Budget Cube33 followersDesigned by BearlyLupeRSSQR CodeView in Cube Map
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Madison Flamingos

Outline
  • Type: Singleton bar cube
  • Identity: Budget graveyard synergy
  • Plays: 2-4
  • Speed: Unpowered midrange
  • Variance: 25 unopened cards for a 4 player draft
Introduction

This bar cube was first built following CubeCon 2022 and was inspired by Derek's original Bar Cube. Cards incentivize discard and graveyard interactions without leaning into a strong generic reanimator theme.

Since 2022, the Madison community has become obsessed with the shuffling up in bars and unexpected places. At CubeCon 2023 we hosted the first Bar Cube Night, and Spirits on Tap was featured. This list has since been reworked and polished. I hope to test this environment significantly this year so that it can be ready to go for Bar Cube Night 2024!

Brewing Rules

Bar cube follows a set of recommended guidelines to help maintain a play space with minimal clutter. In keeping with the spirit of these guidelines, I have chosen to make small breaks but have done so in a way that the play space clutter remains minimal.

  • Most cards are relatively inexpensive
  • No sleeves
  • No counters
  • The only tokens are 1/1 flying thopters. I chose to include a single type of token in this cube in order to strongly support an artifact deck in Azorius. By making it a single type of token, players won't need to dig through a dense token pile to find play pieces. Additionally, by using tokens that fly, I don't expect these tokens to stall the board.
Drafting the Cube

This bar cube is for quick drafting with 2-4 players and uses pack structure different from what you may be familiar with.

  • 4 player draft: 5 packs of 9
  • 2 player draft: 8 packs of 7
  • Alternate 2 player draft: Housman Draft using 9 packs and hands of 5.

We have been experimenting with smaller, more numerous packs and find that it better replicates a bigger draft pod. 7 packs of 7 for a group of 4 may also be viable based on your preference.

Archetypes

This cube features broad graveyard synergies. I encourage you to explore the cube during the draft to find unique interactions. You can use the archetypes below to guide your first draft.

wu Artifacts With a Historic Sub-theme wu

ub Dimir Control ub

br Madness br

rg Bloodrush Stompy rg

gw Recursive Value gw

wb Discard Recursion wb

ur Graveyard Spells Matter ur

bg Delirium bg

rw Aggressive Threats with Recursion rw

gu My Milkshakes Bring all the Big Boys to the Yard gu

Special Thanks

I do almost nothing MTG related without my Madison, WI Cube community. Mingos, you are the real ones, and I appreciate all of you so much. Your love and support sparks so much joy. Special thanks goes out to Kai and Mike for always being around when I am cooking a new cube and need help balancing the list.

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