Welcome to Inthricube! This is still a work in progress, and many cards are subject to change. This cube is heavily inspired by several different sources. This includes the drafting mechanics from Shamim's Cube (his forum can be found here), as well as the general power level from the Eternal Cube, Eleusis by CulticCube, Dekkaru Cube and many more.

My goal is to create an immersive draft environment with synergistic payoffs. I want both players to be engaged throughout the game and fighting to gain incremental advantages all throughout. I want there to be more decision making when it comes to sequencing and playing spells rather than having generically powerful haymakers across the curve. I believe that this kind of environmental design leads to far more engaging gameplay than a typical power-maxed build where you can have non-games as early as T3 or T4 depending on what uninteractive garbage someone else has deployed. That is not to say that classically powerful cards are not present, just that they have been evaluated on a card-by-card basis towards promoting a more engaging gameplay experience.

Here's a brief overview of some of the archetypes and themes currently available:

: UW Control, UW Blink
: UB Control, UB Sell-Mill
: BR Aggro, BR Sacrifice/Aristocrats
: RG Midrange, RG Ramp, RG Wildfire
: GW Collected Company, G/x Pod
: WB Human Aggro, WB Stax
: BG Grindy Midrange, BG Graveyard
: GU Midrange
: UR Spellslinger
: RW Aggro, RW Humans

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I have a few draft enhancements in my cube to improve the draft and promote the gameplay experience I want for my drafters. This includes breaking singleton on fetchlands, a duplicate voucher system for build-arounds and archetype defining cards, squadron lands to provide additional fixing options with certain cards, and a Utility Land Draft to add more spice to mana bases. All cards contained within cube are marked with the appropriate sticker on the bottom left corner based on the legend above.

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Non-Singletons

• Double Fetchlands & Shocks - Promote better access to fixing, open up card interactions
• Four Voucher Cards - Learn more below!

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Duplicate Voucher System (Not in Effect)

The Duplicate Voucher System

I've implemented a Voucher System for cards that I'd like to see more often but did not wish to place a second copy into the cube. The idea is to enable more chances to see an archetype defining card/build-around without running into the issue of too many dead slots in a given draft. If Birthing Pod comes around too late in Pack 2 for someone to get into the archetype, then it's essentially a dead card in that pack. A 2nd one is even worse once Pack 3 rolls around. This voucher system was created to solve this problem.

If you draft the original card AND draft a voucher card, you can trade in the voucher for a 2nd copy of that original card. This can only be done once per given card; no double-dipping with multiple vouchers on one card. So for example if you drafted Collected Company and a voucher card, you would receive a 2nd copy of Collected Company. A 2nd voucher? Doesn't get you a 3rd copy of Coco, but if you have another voucher-elibigle card, you can cash it in for a 2nd copy of that.

With this method I can introduce more potential opportunities for a drafter to grab a 2nd copy of a given card AND reduce the number of dead slots for cards that might be too narrow or show up too late in a draft to built with. Best of all? Demand for a voucher card is extremely flexible and adaptable within a given draft pool.

If you're going for a aggressive deck, then a voucher card can hold extreme flexibility with the potential of being a 2nd copy of Champion of the Parish, a Bloodsoaked Champion or a Gravecrawler. In this case, you might just pick up a voucher early with the hope of grabbing one of these later in the draft. On the flip side cards like Birthing Pod or Collected Company have particular builds in mind with chains and 3-drops respectively, so for those you'd want to pick up a copy early and focus on a build while hoping for a voucher to come your way. Finally you have support cards to an archetype with the likes of Young Pyromancer and Urborg Lhurgoyf where the 2nd copy just brings greater consistency to your gameplan.

This variance in demand creates differing incentives for drafters when it comes to these wildcard vouchers and that has led to a more engaging draft process. With 4 vouchers and 9 possible options, the chances are very high that these won't be wheeling as the 15th card very often. Take advantage of it!

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Squadron Lands

Three-color cards explore some interesting niches in design, but casting them consistently on curve can be a hassle in most draft environments. If only you had the right fixing to get the job done. Wait, what am I saying? This is cube. We can make this happen easily through squadroning!

How does it work? Simple, when you draft specific cards in this cube marked with a blue sticker in the bottom left corner, you will receive an additional land post-draft. This is mostly limited to 3-color cards for now, though I will make exceptions for specific cards if it fits flavorfully. Post-draft any drafter that shows me a copy of a drafted squadron card will receive the appropriate land for use. No obligation to play the two cards in your final deck, but it's an extra incentive. On CubeCobra you may add these cards from the basic land box when constructing your deck; just imagine that that Siege Rhino you drafted came with a copy of Indatha Triome or Kess, Dissident Mage with a Xander's Lounge.