Art by Jonas De RoA non rarity restricted cube aiming to capture the flavour of Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation.
Cube Goals:
- Capture flavour of the two planes and their set mechanics
- Balance Macro archetypes so Aggro, Control and Midrange are all competitive decks.
- Provide a retail+ experience that narrows power delta by raising the floor while leaving a jagged top end.
Constraints & Exceptions:
To meet the cube goals, the cards included follow some constraints and exceptions to these constraints.
- Cards should primarily come from the two set planes to keep the cube on theme.
- Exceptions: Bread-and-butter effects, theme archetype support (-1 counters, artifacts etc.)(Currently ~15% of the cube)
- Flexible lands. Fetch lands included to provide reliable mana bases to drafters.
- Theming is more important than singleton here. As such, singleton will be broken where a density of needed effects can be achieved with sandy cards. e.g. 2x Dread Wanderer instead of 1x Dread Wanderer + 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
Non-sandy breaks for the following purposes:
- Generic removal to tweak cube balance more precisely
- Low curve creatures as the chosen sets don't provide a high enough density for the gameplay desired
- Support for on-theme archetypes. E.g. wither or persist cards to bolster a -1/-1 theme
Macro:
Aggro:- Primary: 
, Secondary 
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, Tertiary: 
Midrange:- Primary: ,, Secondary: ,, Tertiary: 
Control:- Primary: ,, Secondary: ,, Tertiary: 
Micro:
Artifact Aggro:- Primary: ,, Secondary: , Tertiary:
-1/-1 Counters:- Primary: , Secondary: , Tertiary:
Vehicles/Equipment:- Primary: ,, Secondary: , Tertiary:
Aristofacts:- Primary: ,, Secondary: , Tertiary:
Energy:- Primary: , Secondary: , Tertiary:
Creature Tokens:- Primary: ,, Secondary: , Tertiary:
In order to meet the desired gameplay goals I've opted to sparingly include some erratas/custom rulings to cards.
- Draft a trial, add 1 duplicate after the draft
- Draft a cartouche, add 2 duplicates after the draft
- Adjusted AKH Gods. Slight improvements to Kefnet and Bontu
- Themed cycling shocklands
- All basics have the subtype "Desert"
- Check the Errata tag to view all adjusted cards.
Reasons for this vs "traditional" block cube method:
- No pack rarity sorting
- Smaller cube size
- More balancing options with breaks
Not supported or not included:
- Cycling
- Plansewalkers
Noteboard:
Add some payoffs for going wide
Maybe include a couple of blink cards?
Add some counters payofffs
Add an enchantment payoff
W 52
U 48
B 46 - 4 missing
R 47 - 2 missing
G 47 - 2 missing
gold 25
C 54
L 56
quick search:
(Set:HOU or Set:AKH or Set:KLD or set:aer)
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