The Draft Chaff Cube

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Art by Kieran YannerArt by Kieran Yanner

540 Card Budget Modern Cube

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Calling all Chafficionados! The official cube of the Draft Chaff Podcast is here!

We scoured the archives for as many fan-favorite limited cards, decks, and strategies as possible, and this is the result: a cube made entirely of draft chaff.

So... what is draft chaff?

The definition we used as a guideline for building the cube is this as follows: any card that could be reasonably found left behind on the table after a draft is fair game. This gives us the opportunity to include cards that were once constructed staples, but draft chaff in a reprinting.

The result is a cube of pure chaff. The average cost per card? Just 25 cents! We know you'll find many of your old favorites in here, and maybe you'll discover some new favorites, too. Happy drafting!


[8/25/2022] Version 3.0

With this revision, we've expanded the cube from 360 cards to 540, giving us more room to flesh out archetypes. The archetypes have shifted to provide a more unique, interesting, and enjoyable draft (and gameplay) experience.

In v2, we received feedback that archetypes were too narrow which left the draft experience too "on rails" for many drafters. We're hopeful the expanded card pool and reworked archetypes have solved this issue.

Check out a primer on each of the archetypes! They have been meticulously designed using Vector Theory to ensure both viability and variance. We've purposely left out some archetype/card interactions in the primer. You'll have to draft the cube to find them all!

Vectors

  • Blue-White Flicker
  • Red-White Heroic
  • Red-Blue Freecasting
  • Blue-Black Discard
  • Black-White Aristocrats
  • Black-Green Spiders
  • Red-Black Madness
  • Red-Green Enrage
  • Green-White "Twin"
  • Blue-Green Flash

Version 3.0 contains archetypes you can't find in any other cube. You read them right: We updated GW into "Twin," a vector focused on infinite combos. We updated UR from simple spellcasting to "Freecasting" huge spells. Expanding to 540 cards allowed us to give the struggling green decks room to find themselves, such as RG Enrage and UG Flash.

Signpost Cards

Vector/ArchetypeCard 1Card 2Card 3
UW Flicker
UB Discard
RB Madness
RG Enrage
GW "Twin"
WB Aristocrats
BG Spiders
UG Flash
RB Freecast
RW Heroic

We also have a handful of other supported archetypes... but we'll let you figure those out ;)

Achievements

We've included some achievements for this cube as well. Whether it's killing a dinosaur with a meteor, winning the game at a turtle's pace, or going infinite in a million ways, there's no shortage of nonsense.

AchievementDescription
To Infinity...Make infinite tokens
...And BeyondGain infinite life
...And Then SomeDeal infinite damage
...And Then Some MoreMake infinite mana
ZAP!Deal 20 damage directly to an opponent using an instant or sorcery
Big BraaaaainsHave a 7+ mana value creature in play on turn 4
Crisis AvertedCounter or exile Bearer of the Heavens
And I Cannot LieWin a game dealing "butt damage"
LudophobiaWin via an alternate win condition
Slow and SteadyDeal "butt damage" with Meandering Towershell
Flavor FailControl nonland permanents from 10 different Magic sets
ExtinctDestroy a dinosaur with a meteor
No Gates No GloryWin a game with a monocolored deck
OverdraftWin a game by targeting an opponent with Sign in Blood
Kitchen NightmareSpill the Hot Soup
Crab RangoonControl both Scuttletide and Drake Haven
Blue BurnDeal lethal damage using Vapor Snag
What the Hellion?Create 10 Hellion tokens in a single turn
Art of the DealHave your Deal Broker deal accepted
Gotcha!Counter a spell with 0 blue cards in your deck
Till UndeathReanimate a cute couple
Unseal the DealTrigger the second ability of Sarkhan's Unsealing
The LichWin a game with Lich's Mastery under your control
Conspiracy TheoristWin a game with a Conspiracy in your command zone
Dino-StormTrigger an Enrage ability 2+ times using Grapeshot
Cars 2Crew a vehicle with another vehicle
...Really?Have 10 cards in your graveyard, but not Delirium
ClocksmasherWin a game while by breaking a timing restriction (courtesy of Ratafia)
For GloryDeal 20 combat damage with a single creature in a single turn (courtesy of PessimisticCorn)

Want to see how we did it? Check out the Draft Chaff Twitter to make your own copy of our Cube planning sheet.

Let us know if you have any comments or requests over in our discord! This Cube is constantly evolving, so don't forget to follow us and join our Discord for updates! https://discord.gg/P4wQqGd


8/24/2022- Version 3.0
We're back, and bigger than ever! Our latest update expands us from 360 to 540 cards, giving us the depth and replayability that we've been looking for. The archetype vectors are weirder, the combos are wackier, and the cards are chaff-ier. Enjoy never-before-seen cube archetypes like Green White Twin and Red-Green Engrage. We can't wait to hear what you think!

4/7/2021- Version 2.0
Welcome to the new and improved Draft Chaff Cube! After receiving lots of fantastic feedback from you, we redesigned our multicolored fixing and scaled down the gold cards. Some cards we deemed too narrow have been replaced with flexible, multi-synergy draft chaff. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this as we start taking notes for version 3.0!