The Elegant Cube aims to be a format that is, above all, fun. Fun for new players, who need a forgiving draft section and don’t know what most cards do. Fun for veteran players, who will explore a deep, interesting limited environment.

This cube rewards synergy, but does not mandate it. It has many layered archetypes, ranging from obvious to obscure, of various shapes. See Archetype Shapes).

Card selection takes into account how simple a card is to grasp, which is a combination of its elegance and resonance. Drafting a pack should feel exciting, not overwhelming.

Packs are made of 13 cards from the Core module (cards with >80% chance of being in the draft) and 2 cards from Occasional Module (cards with <10% chance of being in the draft). Cube Occasionals provides variety while the Core module provides cohesion. See Cube Occasionals.

Archetypes:

• Artifacts (triangle archetype)
• Madness (triangle archetype)
• Sacrifice (triangle archetype)
• Counters (triangle archetype)
• Tokens (triangle archetype)
• Humans (mono archetype)
• Wizards (mono archetype)
• Zombies (mono archetype)
• Goblins (mono archetype)
• Elves (mono archetype)
• Burn (mono archetype)
• Ramp (pivot archetype)
• Fliers (pivot archetype)
• Tapping (pair archetype)
• Lifegain (pair archetype)
• Flash (pair archetype)
• Spells (pair archetype)