Welcome to version 2 of the kinda budget alt art cube! This cube does what it says on the tin: only alternate art and preferably each card comes in at under $2. We haven't quite succeeded at that second part, but we're pretty close. The lands are assumed to be proxies, but for better gameplay and drafting are a necessary inclusion. We've had enough sets pass now that a redesign was in order. The previous cube had to rely heavily on multicolor cards because that's what was available. We've trimmed that back significantly. There's still a fairly strong multicolor presence, but that's mostly a result of severe lack of options for colorless cards.

This cube features a reasonably flat power curve, emphasizes speed, and is balanced between synergy and raw power drafting. There are archetypes for each color pair:

WU - Tempo weenies. Small creatures that grind out incremental card advantage backed by spells to keep your opponents bigger creatures off the board

WB - Lifegain. A high synergy deck with combo potential. The more life you gain the more you can convert into cards, damage, and interaction.

WR - Legendary. A host of characters from across Magic's history look to team up and beat down.

WG - Tokens. Do you love having too much stuff on your side of the table? Make as much stuff as you can and then buff them up.

UB - Ninja blink. Combine ninjas with powerful ETB effects to grind out your opponents

UR - Spells! You cast spells.

UG - Lands! Do you love repeatedly replaying strip mine in vintage cube? If so, you're a terrible person and you absolutely cannot do that here. You can make them fly here.

BR - Sacrifice? Maybe. Try at your own risk. There's plenty of good stuff in this color pair, but the theme is less developed. Also Maybe. There are some pieces. More testing is required.

BG - Self mill. Stock your graveyard and then empty it again for fun and profit.

RG - Mid-range. Ramp out big creatures and dominate the board.