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The cube has a few special rules for drafting...But first, the basics. The cube is intended for a single pod of 4 players, as such its size may be strange. This is because in this commander cube players build 100 card decks. This keeps all proportions relatively close to more standard cubes, while allowing for more archetypes and synergies to exist due to the larger card pool. Although it does add time to the draft, I may seek a solution to this in the future. The draft format is 6 packs of 20 per player with 2 picks at a time. Although feel free to play around with other forms of drafting.

Now for the unique rules! This cube is designed so that every legendary creature has partner so long as the combined color identity of your selected commanders is no more than 3 colors. The cube will have 110 legends meaning there will be exactly 4850 different commander combinations! Not all of them will be very good of course, but with that many different options there will be plenty of room to exercise creativity and find interesting pairs! In addition, there will be draft matters cards and conspiracy type cards once the cube is complete to offer even more diversity among decks.

TLDR:

4 Players

• Players gets 6 packs of 20 cards.
• Players pick 2 cards at a time.
• Commanders have partner as long as their combined color identity is 3 or fewer colors.
• Players build decks of 100 cards.

8 Players

• Players gets 3 packs of 20 cards.
• Players build decks of 60 cards.

That's really all you need to know in order to draft the cube. However, if you're interested in becoming more acquainted with it first, here are the primary archetypes (for now)!

Primary Archetypes: Blink, Spellslinger
Secondary Archetypes: Artifacts, Control, +1/+1 Counters
Notable Commanders: Brago, King Eternal, Zethi, Arcane Blademaster, and Taigam, Ojutai Master

Primary Archetypes: Evasion, Faeries
Secondary Archetypes: Blink, Control, Reanimator
Notable Commanders: Araumi of the Dead Tide, Alela, Cunning Conqueror, and Vela the Night-Clad

Primary Archetypes: Impulse Cast, Reanimator
Secondary Archetypes: Combat Tokens, Control, Stompy
Notable Commanders: Ayara, Widow of the Realm, Chainer, Nightmare Adept, and Prosper, Tome-Bound

Primary Archetypes: Landfall, Stompy
Secondary Archetypes: Elementals, Impulse Cast
Notable Commanders: Mina and Denn, Wildborn, Nikya of the Old Ways, and Omnath, Locus of Rage

Primary Archetypes: Auras, +1/+1 Counters
Secondary Archetypes: Equipment, Lifegain, Tokens
Notable Commanders: Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Yenna, Redtooth Regent, and Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Primary Archetypes: Aristocrats, +1/+1 Counters
Secondary Archetypes: Auras, Control, Tokens
Notable Commanders: Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, Aron, Benalia's Ruin, and Shadrix Silverquill

Primary Archetypes: Aristocrats, Lifegain
Secondary Archetypes: Landfall, Reanimator, Stompy
Notable Commanders: Savra, Queen of the Golgari, Izoni, Thousand-Eyed, and Beledros Witherbloom

Primary Archetypes: Stompy, Tokens
Secondary Archetypes: Clues, Spellslinger, Suspend, +1/+1 Counters
Notable Commanders: Adrix and Nev, Twincasters, Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty, and Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios

Primary Archetypes: Impulse Cast, Spellslinger
Secondary Archetypes: Big Spells, Tokens
Notable Commanders: Jhoira of the Ghitu, Mizzix, Replica Rider, and Melek, Izzet Paragon

Primary Archetypes: Attack Triggers, Equipment
Secondary Archetypes: Artifacts, Auras, Impulse Cast, Tokens
Notable Commanders: Astor, Bearer of Blades, Aurelia, the Warleader, and Nahiri, Forged in Fury

As you can see some of the guild pairs have overlapping archetypes, while others have archetypes that are exclusive to them. This was simply the result of how the cube was constructed. I wanted each pair to have 2 major archetypes be supported, and I feel that that has been accomplished effectively. though it'll take some testing to see if all the archetypes listed have enough support to exist.

While drafting you may notice some legends in a color that don't seem to have a place with either of the pair's main identities. These cards are there to support other commanders in the cube and are intended as secondary commanders rather than primary ones. Regardless they should be easy enough to build around, as each of them should pair well with enough commanders that finding one during the draft shouldn't be difficult most of the time.

Some archetypes may be cut or replaced as I get feedback about how the cube plays. I'm happy to hear any feedback from any sources, I struggle to 'kill my darlings' so hearing feedback about what to cut from many people would be a huge help.

Blink decks aim to generate value from creatures with "enters the battlefield" effects, by exiling and returning them to the battlefield to continue retriggering powerful effects.