MTGA Historic Cube
by: PactFulfillment

Context
The MTGA Historic Cube was designed to be drafted online in an eight person pod and then imported into Arena to play with friends since Covid has made it hard to play in person. The cube size was chosen so that there would be variance between drafts but also so that drafters could still expect to see supporting cards for their archetypes.

Restrictions
As this cube needed to be playable on Arena, I adhered to singleton and historic constraints. During deckbuilding, snow basics are provided in place of normal basics. With the return of in person drafting, alchemy was excluded.

Power
There is something undeniably fun about casting powerful cards and I wanted this cube to be as powerful as a cube could be on Arena. That means that no card has been excluded for power reasons, including Oko. That being said, there are supported archetypes in each color pairs and I maximize and balance the power of the core Magic archetypes - aggro, midrange and control.

Gameplay
The draft is intended to have a relatively high floor, allowing less experienced players to draft a functioning deck. Having said that, experienced players should be able to express their skill through draft, deckbuilding and gameplay decisions. Ideally, everyone has a good time while competing with powerful cards.

Enjoy! Feedback is appreciated!

Quick Archetype Primer

UW control, blink

UB control, steal

RB aggro, aristocrats

RG ramp, fires

GW ramp, tokens

BW aristocrats, reanimation

UR tempo, spells

GB midrange, attrition

RW aggro, go wide

UG ramp, value

Monored aggro, burn

Monowhite aggro, hatebears

Mill Blue control, combo

4-5c Green landfall, cheat