Old Frame Powered Cube

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Art by Mark ZugArt by Mark Zug

540 Card Powered Vintage Cube

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Old Frame Powered Cube

Based on the Golden Age Cube

Built with only old frame (retro) cards from Beta to Scourge, with a few important exceptions for the allied fetch lands and mana rocks! It's powerful and fun with a very healthy dose of nostalgia.


DESIGN

  • Size: 540 cards
  • Powered: Yes
  • Card pool: Beta to Scourge, including Portal sets
  • Theme: old bordered cards only with nostalgia archetypes and cards

ARCHETYPES & THEMES

There are quite a few draftable archetypes with lots of mix-and-match and cross pollination! Here's the breakdown by color support:

  • Aggro
    • Armageddon Weenie: w
    • Flyers tempo: wu
    • Burn: r
    • Suicide black: b
    • Green stompy: g
    • Counter burn: ur
    • Ponza/RG aggro: rg
  • Control
    • Tap-out control: wu
    • Stax: bwc
    • Land Destruction: rw
    • Mill: wu (weak, considering removal)
    • Enchantments: wug
  • Combo
    • Stasis: wu
    • Reanimator: ub
    • RecSur toolbox: wubg
    • Sneak and Show: ur
    • Fatties/ramp: g
    • Storm: ubr

DRAFTING

Recommended Players: 8-12

The cube's archetype-heavy design requires players to see more cards so that they can ensure quality builds and appropriate support pieces. Glimpse drafting or similar is recommended for less than 8 players.


ASFAN
Creature Removal: 2.69
Artifact Removal: 0.61
Enchantment Removal: 0.42