Supporting many tried and true archetypes from Magic's history, this cube has broad graveyard synergies across all colors, as well as heavy multicolor support and fixing. Many cards fit in multiple decks, resulting in a contested draft. The descriptions below are merely overviews, not all encompassing definitions of the various elements of the cube.

WHITE

You'll find aggro, taxing, premium removal, and various sweepers:

BLUE

Features counterspells, tempo, instants/sorceries matter, control, and artifact synergies:

BLACK

Boasts disruption, attrition, reanimator, and control elements:

RED

Utilizes aggro, burn, spells matter, and brutal finishers:

GREEN

Leverages ramp, fixing, landfall, the graveyard, and fatties:

COLOR PAIRS

While not strictly limited to one archetype, here are expressly supported strategies within each color pair:

White/Blue - Flicker
Blue/Black - Reanimator/Control
Black/Red - Reanimator/Aggro
Red/Green - Lands Matter/Midrange
Green/White - Go Wide/Tokens
White/Black - Control/Attrition
Black/Green - Graveyard Matters
Green/Blue - Ramp/Control
Blue/Red - Spellslinger
Red/White - Aggro

BUILD AROUNDS

There are some cards you'll have to intentionally support to bring out their potential. For example:

SCARY MONSTERS

Many build arounds aim to cheat big creatures into play ahead of schedule, much like the reanimator archetype. Here is a sampling of the bombs you'll be hoping to drop:

POTENT LANDS

Lands can be scary in their own right:

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

This is merely an overview of what's in the cube. There are keywords and playstyles not fleshed out in this primer.