Taste the Rainbow
(375 Card Cube)
Taste the Rainbow
Art by Matt StewartArt by Matt Stewart
375 Card Cube1 follower
Designed by pabs23
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Design Goals

A) Encourages multicolor decks while still allowing for viable monocolor strategies.
B) Comprises of multiple color-overlapping archetypes primarily arising from cards that synergize with two or more archetypes; without pigeon-holing the drafter into these predefined archetypes. Put negatively, minimizing the number of cards that only synergize well with one kind of deck or are 'parasitic'.

Deviations from Cube Customs

I) I break the singleton rule by including...

  1. two copies of every dual-color fetchland and Prismatic Vista. This helps achieve goal A.
  2. three copies of Birthing Pod. This helps achieve goal B as the mere inclusion of 3 copies of a single card opens up an entire archetype realizable in any color(s).

II) I break the 'one card per pick' rule by considering...

  1. Gisela, the Broken Blade and Bruna, the Fading Light a single pick. As Bruna is too low-powered to be worth a slot, this still makes it possible to have her in one's draft pool and guarantees the possibility of melding Brisela, Voice of Nightmares for the drafter.
  2. several Learn cards a single pick with 2 corresponding Lesson cards. See 'Learn/Lesson Package' below for details.

Learn/Lesson Package

Each Learn card will come with 1 or 2 pre-determined Lesson cards in the same pick; they must stay in the sideboard. Below are the Learn cards with their corresponding Lesson Cards.

Professor of Symbology: Academic Probation
Hunt for Specimens: Necrotic Fumes, Pest Summoning
Igneous Inspiration: Spirit Summoning
Gnarled Professor: Basic Conjuration

Cube Archetype-Breakdown

Macro-Archetypes: Aggro, Midrange, Control
Micro-Archetypes: Tokens, Blink, Spellslinger, Birthing Pod

Archetype Support by Color

w White: Midrange, Control, Tokens, Blink, Spellslinger, Birthing Pod
u Blue: Midrange, Control, Blink, Spellslinger, Birthing Pod
b Black: Aggro, Midrange, Control, Tokens, Spellslinger, Birthing Pod
r Red: Aggro, Midrange, Spellslinger, Birthing Pod
g Green: Midrange, Tokens, Blink, Birthing Pod

w-u Azorius: Control, Blink, Spellslinger
u-b Dimir: Midrange, Control
b-r Rakdos: Aggro, Midrange
r-g Gruul: Midrange, Tokens
w-g Selesnya: Midrange, Tokens
w-b Orzhov: Control, Tokens
b-g Golgari: Midrange, Tokens
u-g Simic: Midrange, Birthing Pod
u-r Izzet: Control, Spellslinger
w-r Boros: Aggro, Spellslinger

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