Pauper 'Block' Cube

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Art by Terese NielsenArt by Terese Nielsen

543 Card Set Cube

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$507
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$183

WELCOME TO THE 'PBC'

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This cube originally posed the question "What would a Pauper 'set' look like?" while still maintaining that cube feel. Over time it has grown away from this question and feels more like a self-contained draft set. From turn 4-6 aggressive decks to control decks trying to deck their opponent, this cube manages to capture that pauper feeling.

There are 255 unique cards. Each has been assigned a rarity which determines the number of them available during a draft and makes scaling up or down easy.

Mythic:15
Rare:55
Uncommon:82
Common:103

For an 8 person draft:
m - 1
r - 1
un - 2
c - 3

For a 4-person draft: I recommend using the rarity distribution for an 8-player draft and drafting 5 packs of 9 cards.

*NOTE:

  • Green ramp and/or control were oppressively powerful and the cube has actively been curated away from these archetypes
  • All cards with Learn do not have access to a wish board
  • Most cards will have equivalent power/toughness or will have greater power/toughness so that board stalls are less common and agro doesn't get immediately walled. This rule gets broken for a few specific role players
  • While there are several archetypes that have been intentionally curated into the cube, drafters frequently discover their own themes within the environment due to the high level of overlapping synergies; so keep an open mind when drafting and discover something new!

Current Intended Archetypes:

W - Token's & Midrangey Weenies
U - Tempo
B - Control & Sac
R - Burn and Tokens
G - Stompy
WU - Flying Tempo & Control
WB - Controlling Midrange
WR - Tokens & Bully
WG - Boggles & Tokens
UB - Recursive Control
UR - Counter Burn & Instants and Sorcery Matter
UG - Tempo Stompy & 4 CMC Matter
BR - Disruptive Aristocrats & RB Rock
BG - Squirrel rock
RG - Storm & Tokens