Welcome to The Citadel of Madness
aka The House of Bolas
aka The Flames of Grixis
Grixis cube, no free basics. Drafters must draft the lands for their decks. 13 of each basic means drafters can expect to finish with an average of 5 basic lands. 1/3 of the overall cube is lands
8 players = draft 3 x 18 cards
6 players = draft 4 x 15 cards
Major themes: Discard, Cycling, Casting Instants and Sorceries, Stack-interaction, Graveyard-interaction.
A creature-light draft environment in the Grixis colors exclusively.
The creature removal is a bit light to reflect the lower creature count overall. Some threats are especially sticky, like Hazoret the Fervent and Striped Riverwinder. At a whopping 4 toughness, I expect Vile Manifestation to be tough to remove as well.
Packages I am still considering:
Sunscorched Desert, Ramunap Ruins ++
Warping Wail
Laboratory Maniac Thassa's Oracle inverter of truth
Delver of Secrets