Bulk Rare Half-Cube (Twobert)
(180 Card Cube)
Bulk Rare Half-Cube (Twobert)
Art by Livia PrimaArt by Livia Prima
180 Card Unpowered Budget Vintage Cube6 followers
Designed by PedantryFTW
Owned
$190
Buy
$147
Purchase
Mana Pool$177.66

This is a twobert, a cube designed to be drafted by 2 or 4 players. It's composed solely of "bulk rare" cards I have in my collection: only cards with a rarity of rare or higher--including special slots, such as playtest or timeshifted cards--and a price under $6. (I've cheated on the cost restriction a bit for the Pathway lands, since they're close to the price and do a good job of fixing without making "goodstuff" decks significantly easier to play.)

  • Focuses on interaction and creature combat
  • No board wipes
  • Plenty of "pockets of synergy" to be found
  • Tribal payoffs without being linear
  • Mono-color decks are possible
Recommended Draft Methods

4 Players: 5 packs of 9 cards each for each player. Alternate passing direction for each pack.

2 Players: Minneapolis Draft:

  • 8 packs of 7 cards each for each player
  • For each pack:
    1. Pick 1 card
    1. Pass the pack
    1. Pick 2 cards
    1. Pass the pack
    1. Pick 2 cards
    1. Discard the remaining 2 cards from the draft
Current "Archetypes"

The archetypes are fairly loose, tending to be payoffs for certain combinations rather than linear strategies. That's not to say that decks should just be "goodstuff" piles--there are certainly benefits to finding synergies and the gold cards incentivize certain builds.

  • Humans: mostly wbg, but found in all colors
  • Dragons: r
  • +1/+1 counters: mostly g, some u and b, but present in all colors
  • Graveyard: mostly bg
  • Go-wide: mostly g, some w, b, & r
  • Card draw: u
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