Art by Brian ValezaThis cube is inspired by other community members:
- thespootyone: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/spooty.
- Sammich's Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/sammich_peasant
- Amaz's Peasant+ Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/5ed29a43d44a3c102e14500a
- Jank Diver Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/jdgp
- DJ Red's Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/djredpeasant
- Rare-B-Gone Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/rarebgone
- Anthony Mattox's Regular Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/regular
- Ryan Overturf's Peasant Twobert: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/h996
White - Aggro, Tokens, Flying, Blink, Control, Lifegain
Blue - Blink, Tempo, Control, Flash, Flying, Spells
Black - Disruption, Sacrifice, Reanimation, Lifegain, Control
Red - Aggro, Burn, Sacrifice, Spells, Monsters,
Green - Midrange, Ramp, Tokens, +1 counters, Monsters, Flash
Azorius - Flicker, Tempo-Control
Dimir - Ninjas, Reanimation
Rakdos - Sacrifice, Burn
Gruul - Midrange Monsters, Persist Combo
Selesnya - Tokens, +1 counters
Orzhov - Aristocrats, Reanimation
Izzet - Tokens, Spells matter
Golgari - Graveyard Recursion, Sacrifice
Boros - Go-Wide Tokens, Team-Pump
Simic - Ramp-and-friends, Midrange "Value Town"
I've intentionally included RARE lands to help mana fixing, thus the Peasant Plus:
- 10 Shock Lands: Probably the best designed dual lands in the history of the game. They enable two-colored aggro decks at a cost, while being a bit too costly for control decks. A beautiful mesh of design and functionality, I absolutely adore this land cycle.
- 10 Buddy Lands: While not as useful for enabling aggro decks on turn 1 as the abovementioned shock lands, they work very well together while being reliable enough in those decks anyway. It is not uncommon to put down an on-color basic land on turn 1, followed by a Buddy Land to cast your 2 MV multicolor cards.
- 10 Fast Lands: If you've read the land descriptions above, it should be clear enough that I think a lot about how to support two-color aggro decks in this format. The fast lands enable this beautifully while still being usable in other deck types. They also help keep greedy mana-bases in check a little in the later stages of a match.
- Mana Confluence, City of Brass, and Fabled Passage: While the first two cards help aggro decks get going on turn 1, the third card enables slower decks to hit their mana needs on turn 4 and onwards. All of these lands were chosen to help some deck types (mainly aggro decks) while also keeping greedy four- or five-color piles from taking over the format in every draft. So far, my testing has shown that to be the case, and that brings joy to my little designer heart.
I hope you enjoy my take on a peasant format. If you have the time for it, give the cube a playtest. All kinds of feedback is welcome and I'm more than willing to make changes to improve upon the structure. Follow the cube if you find these ideas interesting.