10 archetype 360 cube template
(360 Card Cube)
10 archetype 360 cube template
Art by James RymanArt by James Ryman
360 Card Unpowered Legacy+ Cube27 followers
Designed by goat1375
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Hello!

This is a template for 360 count cubes with 10 two color archetypes.

Copy the cube list, identify your 2-color archetypes you want to support, replace the sand-ins with in your picks, and then you should have your cube (or at least a good start).

  • Replace each creature and non-creature placeholders with your picks.
  • each color pair should have 13 of each color, try to somewhat evenly distribute mana cost across between the two colors.
  • Creature and non-creature counts have been estimated (UW and GB have creatures in both 1 drop slots due to lack of available non-creatures in those colors).
  • Replace each guildgate with your non-land multi-color picks.
  • I have artifacts added as well, but did not distinguish between creature and non-creature.
  • I prefer 2 fetch-land and 1 shock-land of each color, but feel free to change it to your liking.

This template is based on the following basic figures:
(260) 52 mono-color cards in each color
(30) 3 multi-color cards for each guild
(30) 3 dual lands for each guild
(40) colorless cards
-----Total 360 cards---------

Archetype cube tips:
1.Limit the number of cards that are only playable in one color combination, these cards are considered "parasitic" and too many will put your draft on rails. The rest should be moderately playable in at least 3 other color pairings.

  1. Ensure you have enablers and payoffs. Often my enablers are my 1 or 2 "parasitic" cards, with my payoffs being generally good in most decks, but each archetype may need different ratios.

  2. Make sure you would want to play a deck of just the cards you devoted to a color combinations. Also, make sure you would want to play it if it just had half the pieces mixed with other random cards in those colors.

If you have any suggestions to improve the template, please let me know. Hope its helpful and have fun.
Thanks,
Goat

-------- Some Youtube videos I found helpful.--------
"Developing Cube Archetypes" by The 540.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P-Z5egkepQ&t=4391s

"Guild Cards: Use Guideposts!" by Cube for Two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCYl0fRfLyI

"Parasitism in Your Cube" by Cube for Two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJd_ZSHQxsM&t=550s

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