Archetypes

Aggro
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Control
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Midrange
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Ramp
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Tempo
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Specific Themes

Support for each archetype can be seen via the link above

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Build Around Cards

Reveillark
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Vedalken Shackles
Death's Shadow
Recurring Nightmare
Fires of Invention
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Wilderness Reclamation
Cruel Ultimatum
Maelstrom Wanderer
Omnath, Locus of Creation
Field of the Dead

Unsupported Archetypes

Griselbrand
Eldrazi
Wildfire
Birthing Pod
Splinter Twin
Storm Combo

Context

My Legacy+ Cube is designed to be played on MTGO in addition to a paper copy. Cards that do not exist on MTGO will not be added to the cube. If you wish to join our online play group reach out to me on Twitter.

Restrictions

I maintain the spirit of a singleton restriction, not running multiple copies of the same card or cards that are strictly worse than others I do include. In addition to this, Planeswalkers are kept to a minimum. Each color shall not have more than two Planeswalkers. I do break singleton for Fetch Lands, Shock Lands, and Wasteland. Reasoning behind this will be expanded upon in Construction Goals.

Power Level

I aim to optimize my cube for power and consistency within the scope of what I deem to be 'fair' strategies. I exclude cards which are individually too powerful, provide fast mana, enable undesired strategies, or are generally unfun. My goal is to push the standard archetypes of aggro, midrange, and control while highlighting synergistic interactions.

Construction Goals

This cube was created to resemble the power level of constructed, along with the consistency in both mana and synergy constructed formats enable. This cube consists of nearly 20% mana fixing lands with 20 Shock Lands and 25 total Fetch Lands. Additional copies of Wasteland were added to punish greedy mana bases and answer powerful lands. If you wish to read a much more thorough explanation of these ideas it can be found on Lucky Paper.

Construction Notes

• Signets are excluded
• Triomes are excluded
• 2 copies of each Shock Land
• 2 copies of each Fetch Land
• 5 copies of Prismatic Vista
• 3 copies of Wasteland

Repercussions of these changes are generally as follows

• Ramp resides predominantly in green
• Mana bases are better, but not without cost
• Two color decks fight 3+ colored decks for lands more often
• Delve, Landfall, Escape are all buffed
• Cards that rely on shuffling or the graveyard are buffed

Banlist

My cube does not have an exact banned list, but generally cards that fall under certain categories are not included. Some cards deemed too powerful for the legacy format are still included as they are not game warping in powerful, more limited environments. Below are examples of cards purposefully excluded.

Unfun Cards Too Powerful Undesirable Strategies Fast Mana Legacy Banlist Inclusions

Deathrite Shaman
Dig Through Time
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Sensei's Divining Top
Skullclamp
Survival of the Fittest
Treasure Cruise
Wrenn and Six

Currently Bugged on MTGO

Diabolic Servitude

Not on MTGO

Aboleth Spawn
Altar of Bhaal
Boxing Ring
Caldaia Guardian
Cryptic Pursuit
Delayed Blast Fireball
Descent into Avernus
Ebony Fly
From the Catacombs
Gut, True Soul Zealot
Horn of Valhalla
Incarnation Technique
Indulge // Excess
Lethal Scheme
Occult Epiphany
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Ravenloft Adventurer
Sailors' Bane
Sarevok's Tome
Seasoned Dungeoneer
Swift Reconfiguration
Sinister Concierge
Smuggler's Buggy
Uchuulon
Undermountain Adventurer
White Plume Adventurer

Potential Future Changes

• Add 3rd set of Fetch Lands
• Remove ABUR Duals for Shocks or Tangos
• Enable Delirium more easily