Cloned from Explosive Synergy Cube
1 vs 1 cube, with a focus on synergy and broad archetypes.
More to come!
I want you, the drafter, to let your creativity soar and combine the cards you pick into crazy and powerful engines to win the game.
In order to achieve that goal, I purposefully omitted some ultra powerful stand alone threats. No Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, no Oko, Thief of Crowns, no Broadside Bombardiers and so on.
That being said, some of the most busted cards are still at your disposal. They generate loads of mana, draw tons of cards or incentivize you to go down a certain path
Balance
Time Spiral
Living Death
Sneak Attack
Fastbond
Urza’s Saga
It’s up to you to find the right payoffs, enablers and glue cards to tie the room together and really make your deck pop.
A lot of the cube is based around spell velocity (chaining together lots of spells), which has led me to slash down the mana value of most cards.
I don’t want to be too prescriptive in detailing the archetypes present in the cube, so I’ll only give a quick overview of the main themes I support.
Spells matter
This can range from a UR tempo deck to a UB storm combo deck, with a lot of room for hybrids.
Sacrifice
Usually Black based, the archetype can be very grindy, very aggressive or even combo leaning in some cases.
GY/Discard
These themes also have a range of different speeds and themes at their disposal.
Oath of Druids
Aftermath Analyst
Zuran Orb
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Bloodghast
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
Basking Rootwalla
Lands
Usually based in Green, can be explosive ramp, land destruction in Boros
Artifacts