Art by Richard WrightMost expensive cards are proxies
It's a mix of cube staples, EDH stars, nostalgia, and just plain fun cards.
Main theme is bold, sub-theme is italicized
White: Aggro, Control, Go Wide // mid-range, blink
Blue: Tempo, Control, Combo // mid-range, blink
Black: Control, Aristocrats, Combo // stax, mid-range
Red: Aggro, Combo, Mid-Range // spell-slinging, go wide
Green: Ramp, Aggro, Mid-Range // combo, go wide
Azorious: Control // blink
Dimir: Mind Games // control
Rakdos: Mid-Range // aristocrats
Gruul: Aggro // ramp
Selesnya: Mid-Range // go wide
Orzhov: Stax // life gain
Golgari: Mid-Range // graveyard
Simic: Tempo // ramp
Izzet: Spell slinging // mid-range
Boros: Aggro // mid-range
For a commander variant, I'm testing the following cube as an "expansion pack":
Link to commander variant cube
- Restoration Angel
- Path to Exile
- Wrath of God
- Banishing Light
- Baral, Chief of Compliance
- Urza, Lord High Artificer
- Remand
- Ponder
- Nested Shambler
- Bloodghast
- Shriekmaw
- Hypnotic Specter
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Fatal Push
- Innocent Blood
- Thoughtseize
- Unearth
- Victimize
- Goblin Guide
- Feldon of the Third Path
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- Sakura-Tribe Elder
- Scavenging Ooze
- Tarmogoyf
- Deep Forest Hermit
- Explosive Vegetation
- Soulherder
- Bloodbraid Elf
- Qasali Pridemage
- Lingering Souls
- Abrupt Decay
- Counterspell
- Prismatic Vista
As the amount of reprints, alt arts, secret lairs, etc. explode, less and less is there a chance for a piece of art on a MTG card to become Iconic. To this end, I'm moving a lot (not all) of the art for cards to their original printing. If not original, then iconic.. for the most part.