Art by Ryan Barger
The Enchanted Housman Cube is a 261-card, limited-power cube intended for 2-4 player Housman drafts; all 261 cards are used in a 4-player Housman draft. The cube has a heavy enchantment theme, incorporates a lesson-learn package, and includes a few custom cards to smooth out drafts. To encourage competition in draft picks, there is a high ratio of mana fixing, a low density of multicolored cards, and strong overlap of themes across colors.
Flicker
Enchantment Control
Sacrifice Aggro
+1/+1 Counters
Auras
Sacrifice Control
Prowess Aggro
Delirium
Valiant
Constellation
- Fear of Sleep ParalysisDream Eater
- Tenacious TomeseekerFloodpits Drowner
- Tamiyo's CompleationWitness Protection
- Treacherous BlessingDrown in Sorrow
- Essence FluxDiminisher Witch
- Muster the DepartedSpellbook Vendor
- Whispering WizardMist Raven
- Halana and Alena, PartnersChishiro, the Shattered Blade
- Nyx HeraldKodama of the West Tree
- Cragsmasher YetiMirror-Style Master
- Spectral SnatcherVile Mutilator
- Old RutsteinGrim Flayer
- Izoni, Center of the WebThe Swarmweaver
- Squirrel SanctuaryGnarlwood Dryad
- Tymaret Calls the DeadMindwrack Demon
- Seed of HopeTraverse the Ulvenwald
- Season of RenewalObsessive Skinner
- Greater TanukiSpinewoods Armadillo
- Academic DisputeMonstrous Rage
- Goblin SurpriseTwisted Fealty
- Brambleguard CaptainRedcap Gutter-Dweller
- Fearless SkaldFrontline Heroism
- Prophetic PrismMishra's Bauble
- Infernal Grasp
- Condescend
Got a chance to test the cube with 4 players this past weekend at Vertex cube event in Philly. Most of the list felt pretty solid, but a handful of cards stuck out for either being uninteresting/underwhelming or a bit too warping. —coughFear of Sleep Paralysiscough— Building around Disinformation Campaign was a ton of fun in Dimir control, and Rakdos sacrifice put up some good results. There were two notable areas that needed a bit of improvement:
- Slower decks needed a couple more speedbumps to fight against the very aggressive strategies rather than fold when aggro curves out.
- wasn't performing well with its token-ish strategy, so it's moving back to delirium to overlap with the strong enchantment theme.
Overall, very happy with the cube's performance and the fun pockets of synergy it shows off. Looking forward to jamming more drafts!