Art by Mark PooleMy goal is to have a legacy power level cube with no old frame cards that is accessible to newer players.
All cards must be English, modern frame, and non-foil. As a happy coincidence that also means it has no cards from the reserved list.
My playgroup includes people I've taught to play in the last few years, so I've tried to exclude cards that might be confusing during drafting and playing. To that end, I've cut a bunch of mechanics entirely: storm, morph, level up, etc. Originally I excluded all double-faced cards but I've decided to include the Magic Origins planeswalkers because I love Jace, Vryn's Prodigy.
Archetypes and inspiration
Monowhite Aggro ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Monoblue Control ⭐⭐⭐
Monoblack Aggro ⭐⭐⭐
Monored Aggro ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Monogreen Ramp ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Azorius Control ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dimir Reanimator ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dimir Aggro Control ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dimir Control ⭐⭐⭐
Rakdos Aggro Control ⭐⭐⭐
Rakdos Sneak Attack ⭐⭐⭐
Gruul Midrange ⭐⭐
Gruul Lands ⭐⭐
Selesnya Ramp ⭐
Orzhov Control ⭐⭐
Orzhov Tokens ⭐⭐⭐
Izzet Control ⭐⭐⭐
Izzet Artifacts ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Izzet Twin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Golgari Reanimator ⭐⭐⭐
Golgari Ramp ⭐⭐⭐
Boros Aggro ⭐⭐⭐
Simic Ramp ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bant Control ⭐
Esper Control ⭐⭐⭐
Esper Reanimator ⭐⭐⭐
Grixis Reanimator ⭐⭐⭐
Grixis Twin ⭐⭐⭐
Jund ⭐⭐⭐
Naya Ramp ⭐
Abzan Reanimator ⭐
Jeskai Control ⭐⭐⭐
Jeskai Twin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sultai Midrange ⭐⭐⭐
Mardu Control ⭐
Temur Twin ⭐⭐
Temur Midrange ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5 Color Domain ⭐⭐⭐
5 Color Control ⭐⭐⭐
After drafting my cube with humans rather than bots, I confirmed my feelings about my green section not being in a great place.
In an ideal world I think I’d try cards like Six, Bristly Bill and Scythecat Cub… but until those prices come down I’m going to give these a go 😅
I expect there will be more movement in these slots as I find a set I like.