The Curio Cube is the result of a combination of many desires of mine. Since I started cube design I’ve always wanted dedicated Enchantment & Artifact environments.

This cube started out as a love letter to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. After multiple iterations and finally attending CubeCon 2023, I learned that my core goals of other cubes remained a constant here:to design a macro-archetype focused cube, but this time with the focus of ensuring each of these 3 core pillars leaned on and uplifted artifacts and enchantments as focal points.
I sought my additional goal to strike a unique power level that didn’t stomp out underlying synergies while still keeping games moving. Lastly, I was struggling with making infect and toxic work, despite being at odds with one another. After a conversation with good friend and Devoid Cube creator, Dan Schneider, he suggested I explore Phyrexian Typal as a solution to this and the floodgates opened.

This cube prioritizes macro archetype Magic all through decks leveraging Artifacts, Enchantments, or more often than not, both. Below are themes you'll see here: