<<[[!/Teferi's Veil]] [[!/Transmogrify]] [[!/Scythe Leopard]] [[!/Daxos, Blessed by the Sun]]>> --- >>> ## Welcome to an A(rche)typical Cube <<< --- <<[[!/Bone Rattler]] [[!/Niv-Mizzet Reborn]] [[!/Evershrike]] [[!/Aetherflux Reservoir]]>> Based on the cube by Simonot Timothee when I played it on MTGO. This build has evolved to prioritize interesting archetypes, many of which are unusual for the color combinations. I try to include unusual cards and try to encourage unusual gameplay. #### House Rules All basic lands are snow super-type. #### Main Archetypes Overview Aggro support is primarily in {B} and {G} with heavy tempo support in {U} Control support is mostly centered around {R} and {W} --- #### Table of Contents: 1. [{W}{U} Aura Tempo](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#w-aura-tempo-u) 2. [{W}{B} Lifegain](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#w-lifegain-b) 3. [{W}{R} Control](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#w-control-r) 4. [{W}{G} Enchantress](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#w-enchantress-g) 5. [{U}{B} Value Midrange](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#u-value-midrange-b) 6. [{U}{R} Artifacts](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#u-artifacts-r) 7. [{U}{G} Tempo](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#u-tempo-g) 8. [{B}{R} Aristocrats](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#b-aristocrats-r) 9. [{B}{G} Dredge](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#b-dredge-g) 10. [{R}{G} Go Wide](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#r-go-wide-g) 11. [Challenge Mode](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1o4#challenge-mode-archetypes) --- <<[[!/Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate]] [[!/Bonds of Faith]] [[!/Curious Obsession]] [[!/8bdb0349-a759-473e-a192-7ca85ef8e515]]>> --- >>> ## {W} Aura Tempo {U} <<< --- <<[[!/Siren Stormtamer]] [[!/Seasoned Hallowblade]] [[!/Memory Lapse]] [[!/Reflector Mage]]>> Build up an early threat and beat down your opponent. [[Many|Esper Sentinel]] [[white|Elite Spellbinder]] [[early|Speaker of the Heavens]] [[drops|Seasoned Hallowblade]] get buffed by [[Bonds of Faith]], which doubles as a removal spell. Use other cards like [[Curious Obsession]], [[Unstable Mutation]] and [[Ensoul Artifact]] to make big evasive creatures. Blue provides a [[bunch|Memory Lapse]] [[of|Siren Stormtamer]] [[ways|Delay]] to protect your beaters. Enchantresses like [[Sram, senior edificer]] and [[Kor Spiritdancer]] help keep your hand full of tricks. --- <<[[!/Karlov of the Ghost Council]] [[!/Heliod, Sun-Crowned]] [[!/Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose]] [[!/Ajani's Pridemate]]>> --- >>> ## {W} Lifegain {B} <<< --- <<[[!/Witch of the Moors]] [[!/The Book of Exalted Deeds]] [[!/Castle Locthwain]] [[!/Kaya, Ghost Assassin]]>> This archetype can skew aggressive or midrange depending on your choices. You can [[drop|Alseid of Life's Bounty]] [[an|Valentin, Dean of the Vein]] [[early|Speaker of the Heavens]] [[lifelinker|Vampire of the Dire Moon]] and follow up with [[cheap|Ajani's Pridemate]] [[payoffs|Dark Confidant]]. [[Wordmail]] is [[particularly|Karlov of the Ghost Council]] [[aggressive|Speaker of the Heavens]] [[in|Vampire of the Dire Moon]] [[this|Daxos, Blessed by the Sun]] [[archetype|Valentin, Dean of the Vein]]. Auras and equipment can boost the lifelinker's power to meet the [[threshold|Righteous Valkyrie]] [[of|Resplendent Angel]] the [[better|Ajani, Strength of the Pride]] [[payoffs|The Book of Exalted Deeds]]. Alternatively, passive life boosters such as [[Soul Warden]] and [[Daxos, Blessed by the Sun]] help you build up a board that benefits from later game threats such as [[Bola's Citadel]] and [[Aetherflux Reservoir]]. You can aim to combo with pieces such as [[Walking Ballista]], [[Heliod, Sun-Crowned]], [[Kitchen Finks]] or even use [[The Book of Exalted Deeds]] on [[Mutavault]] --- <<[[!/Solar Blaze]] [[!/The Birth of Meletis]] [[!/Chandra, Awakened Inferno]] [[!/Peacekeeper]]>> --- >>> ## {W} Control {R} <<< --- <<[[!/Irencrag Pyromancer]] [[!/Gideon Jura]] [[!/Tibalt's Trickery]] [[!/Showdown of the Skalds]]>> Remove things, control the board, play a finisher. Red has [[a|Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge]] [[few|Strike it Rich]] [[treasure|Unexpected Windfall]] card that allow for splashing good cards from other colors. [[Refurbish]] and [[Trash for Treasure]] combined with some [[discard|Trained Pronghorn]] [[outlets|Plargg, Dean of Chaos]] allows you reanimate [[game|Myr Battlesphere]] [[enders|Platinum Emperion]]. For extra fun, mill/discard [[Eldrazi Conscription]] or [[Overwhelming Splendor]] and reanimate them with [[Open the Vaults]] or [[Replenish]]. --- <<[[!/Sythis, Harvest's Hand]] [[!/Kor Spiritdancer]] [[!/Setessan Champion]] [[!/Sphere of Safety]]>> --- >>> ## {W} Enchantress {G} <<< --- <<[[!/Green Sun's Zenith]] [[!/Ethereal Armor]] [[!/Sanctum Weaver]] [[!/Bronzehide Lion]]>> Get loads of value from playing enchantments. Beat down quickly with cards that benefit from being buffed like [[Esper Sentinel]] or [[Den Protector]] and use [[Halvar, God of Battle]] or [[Nettlecyst]] as finishers. Alternatively, protect yourself with [[Sphere of Safety]] and [[Island Sanctuary]] and animate your enchantments with [[Opalescence]] and [[Starfield of Nyx]]. Or just remove everything they have with the turn-[[Parallax Wave]]-into-a-creature combo. If you can get your graveyard full of enchantments, reanimate [[Nylea's Colossus]] and other enchantments with [[Open the Vaults]] or [[Replenish]] and get a giant attacker. --- <<[[!/Fallen Shinobi]] [[!/Faerie Seer]] [[!/Grief]] [[!/Vedalken Mastermind]]>> --- >>> ## {U} Value Midrange {B} <<< --- <<[[!/Malakir Rebirth]] [[!/Clocknapper]] [[!/Gonti, Lord of Luxury]] [[!/Yuriko, The Tiger's Shadow]]>> Get cards and use and re-use them, mostly by bouncing them back to your hand with [[Vedalken Mastermind]] or [[Crystal Shard]] or by using ninjitsu. Reusing [[Clocknapper]] or [[Arcane Savant]] easily ends the game. [[Shriekmaw]], [[Boneshredder]] and [[Ravenous Chupacabra]] become reusable removal while [[Faerie Seer]], [[Watcher for Tomorrow]], and [[Gonti, Lord of Luxury]] provide card advantage. --- <<[[!/Saheeli, the Gifted]] [[!/Ensoul Artifact]] [[!/Pyrite Spellbomb]] [[!/Emry, Lurker of the Loch]]>> --- >>> ## {U} Artifacts {R} <<< --- <<[[!/Goblin Welder]] [[!/Silent Submersible]] [[!/Pia and Kiran Nalaar]] [[!/Storm the Vault]]>> This can be an aggro build, growing small artifacts like [[Darksteel Axe]], [[Strike it Rich]], [[Hard Evidence]] or [[Pyrite Spellbomb]] with [[Ensoul Artifact]] or [[Skilled Animator]] or [[Rise and Shine]] or [[Resculpt]]. Animating artifacts is particularly good with vehicles like [[Smuggler's Copter]] or [[Silent Submersible]]. In slower builds you can use [[Hangarback Walker]] and [[Saheeli, Sublime Artificer]] to fill up your board, and then use [[Saheeli, the Gifted]] or [[Inspiring Statuary]] or splash for [[Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge]] to get big discounts on big spells. Get value card draw reusing artifacts with [[Goblin Welder]], [[Goblin Engineer]] and [[Emry, Lurker of the Loch]] or reanimate a big artifact with [[Argivian Restoration]] and [[Daretti, Scrap Savant]]. Or just animate all your artifacts with [[Rise and Shine]] and beat down. --- <<[[!/Rashmi, Eternities Crafter]] [[!/Brineborn Cutthroat]] [[!/Nightpack Ambusher]] [[!/Supreme Will]]>> --- >>> ## {U} Tempo {G} <<< --- <<[[!/Briarhorn]] [[!/Spectral Sailor]] [[!/Inscription of Abundance]] [[!/Ice-Fang Coatl]]>> Tempo deck that aims to finish the game quickly. Many cards in blue that [[delay]] the opponent's plays, and many flash creatures in both colors to use your mana at the end of your opponent's turn. You can grow your creatures with some Auras to end the game even faster, and green provides some very big beaters to put pressure on the opponent. --- <<[[!/Mayhem Devil]] [[!/Carrion Feeder]] [[!/Mons's Goblin Waiters]] [[!/Bastion of Remembrance]]>> --- >>> ## {B} Aristocrats {R} <<< --- <<[[!/Furnace Celebration]] [[!/Bastion of Remembrance]] [[!/Spiteful Prankster]] [[!/Judith, the Scourge Diva]]>> Get some sacrifice outlets such as [[Mons's Goblin Waiters]] or [[Viscera Seer]], get lots of tokens or recurring creatures like [[Bloodghast]], [[Bloodsoaked Champion]], and [[Gutterbones]], and sacrifice them for value from cards like [[Blood Artist]] and [[Goblin Bombardment]]. With [[Mayhem Devil]] out, keep in mind that cards like [[Mons's Goblin Waiters]] and [[Greater Gargadon]] can possibly end the game by sacrificing all your creatures and lands - high risk play for high reward! Build up lots of mana with [[Ashnod's Altar]] and [[Pawn of Ulamog]] to play big threats or get a bunch of sacrificed creatures back with [[Agadeem's Awakening]]. --- <<[[!/Worm Harvest]] [[!/Scourge of Nel Toth]] [[!/Hermit Druid]] [[!/Oversold Cemetery]]>> --- >>> ## {B} Dredge {G} <<< --- <<[[!/Life From the Loam]] [[!/Dread Return]] [[!/Timeless Witness]] [[!/Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis]]>> Fill up your graveyard and use it like its your hand. Cards like [[Commune with the Gods]], [[Glacial Revelation]], and [[Discerning Taste]] fill up your graveyard. Recurring creatures like [[bloodghast]] and [[scrapheap scrounger]], along with flashbacking tokens with [[acorn harvest]] can help cast [[Scourge of Nel Toth]] or [[Dread Return]]. [[Life from the loam]] and [[worm harvest]] combine quite nicely. [[Deathrite Shaman]] and [[Corrupted Grafstone]] help splash into other colors, [[Wonder]] makes all your creatures fly and [[Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]] can be quite strong. Mill some more and you can win with [[Thassa's Oracle]]. --- <<[[!/Xenagos, the Reveler]] [[!/Outpost Siege]] [[!/Nissa, Voice of Zendikar]] [[!/Transmogrify]]>> --- >>> ## {R} Go Wide {G} <<< --- <<[[!/Song of Freyalise]] [[!/Battle Hymn]] [[!/Growing Rites of Itlimoc]] [[!/Grumgully, the Generous]]>> Make a very wide board full of tokens and prosper. Use for mana with [[Ashnod's Altar]] or [[Battle Hymn]] or [[Growing Rites of Itlimoc]] or [[Transmogrify]] them into giant threats like [[Emrakul, the Aeons Torn]]. Grow a [[Bloodspore Thrinax]] with them and make even bigger threats, or combo with [[Murderous Redcap]] and a sacrifice outlet like [[Goblin Bombardment]] (which is great with all these tokens). Or just grow them with [[You see a pair of goblins]] or buying back/storming [[haze of rage]] and swing at your opponent. --- <<[[!/Cabal Coffers]] [[!/Chatterstorm]] [[!/Eldrazi Conscription]] [[!/Yorion, Sky Nomad]]>> --- >>> ## Challenge Mode Archetypes <<< --- <<[[!/General Ferrous Rokiric]] [[!/Oath of Nissa]] [[!/Pyromancer's Goggles]] [[!/Niv-Mizzet Reborn]]>> Buildarounds exist for those looking for a challenge. Build a super friends deck, or do amazing things with a 60 card Yorion deck, or figure out storm, among other challenges.