>>>### ARCHETYPES BREAKDOWN<<< {W} - Small aggressive creatures with planeswalker and equipment payoffs. Good at removing all kinds of permanents. [[Mother of Runes]] and [[Palace Jailer]] are all-stars in this color. {U} - Control and value with multiple counterspells and card draw spells. Watch out for [[Force of Will|dd60b291-0a88-4e8e-bef8-76cdfd6c8183]] and [[Force of Negation]]! {B} - Creatures that can be brought back from the graveyard and hand disruption. [[Bloodsoaked Champion|34bc9bb0-5ec1-400f-89e7-b450980a3391]] and [[Bloodghast|87089d28-46a7-4247-a784-c34b9f822172]] are good examples of such creatures. Discard and reanimation are also major themes here. {R} - Aggression and burn spells. Extremely mana efficient creatures like [[Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer]] paired with direct damage spells like [[Lightning Bolt|ce711943-c1a1-43a0-8b89-8d169cfb8e06]] to act as removal or player damage. {G} - Cheap mana acceleration like [[Elvish Mystic]] or [[Birds of Paradise|90a4396a-0f22-482b-ad1d-4d9b68a1ed96]] paired with huge creature payoffs like [[Craterhoof Behemoth]] or [[Hornet Queen]]. Able to play spells way before you’d naturally be able to. {W/U} - Control/Tempo: Look to control the pace of the game with cards like [[Supreme Verdict]] and [[Teferi, Time Raveler|5cb76266-ae50-4bbc-8f96-d98f309b02d3]]. Reuse your value creatures with [[Soulherder]]! {W/B} - Tokens/Sacrifice: [[Sorin, Solemn Visitor]] and [[Lingering Souls]] are excellent here. {W/R} - Aggro/Burn: [[Ajani Vengeant]] and [[Lightning Helix]] are some incentives to draft this archetype. {W/G} - Ramp/Tokens: You are looking for payoffs like [[Trostani Discordant]] and [[Mirari's Wake]]. {U/B} - Theft/Control: Steal your opponent's cards and creatures with [[Thief of Sanity]] and [[Fallen Shinobi]]. {U/R} - Spells matter/Burn: [[Prismari Command]] and [[Sprite Dragon]] help you get ahead of your opponents. {U/G} - Ramp/Value Control: [[Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]] and [[Hydroid Krasis]] are bodies that draw cards and keep you alive until the late game where you excel. {B/R} - Sacrifice/Aggro: Sacrifice your own creatures with [[Judith, the Scourge Diva]] and [[Mayhem Devil]] to do the last few points of damage you need to win the game. {B/G} - Ramp/Midrange: Adapt to any situation with cards like [[Grist, the Hunger Tide]] and [[Deathrite Shaman]]. {R/G} - Lands matter/Ramp: Recycle your lands to consistently make your land drops with [[Wrenn and Six|4a706ecf-3277-40e3-871c-4ba4ead16e20]] and put on the hurt with [[Xenagos, God of Revels]]. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} - Lands Matter/Good Stuff: [[Golos, Tireless Pilgrim]] and [[Field of the Dead]] are huge payoffs for getting greedy with your colors. >>>### PLANESWALKERS<<< Planeswalkers can be extremely powerful and players should note planeswalker removal when drafting and building their decks. Look for cards like [[Fateful Absence]] and [[Hero's Downfall]]. If they go unanswered, they can easily win games on their own. This cube features some the most powerful planeswalkers in magic. >>><<[[!Oko, Thief of Crowns]] [[!Jace, the Mind Sculptor]] [[!Chandra, Torch of Defiance]] [[!Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes|928036c9-11b8-493e-b9f2-8fbd3487cd19]] [[!Karn Liberated]] [[!Ugin, the Spirit Dragon|58c1e824-c8a9-4312-8e4c-a29a26d189a4]] [[!Teferi, Hero of Dominaria]] [[!Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver]]>><<< The above and more are all skill testing and powerful cards. >>>### BUILD AROUND CARDS<<< >>><<[[!Reanimate|ae1ef31c-8ca5-444c-8f39-e1d1827318f5]] [[!Recurring Nightmare]] [[!Necromancy]] [[!Animate Dead]]>><<< Pair with big threats like [[Griselbrand|b51666ae-2aef-4cb1-9cd4-44aec81530f8]], [[Archon of Cruelty]], or [[Serra's Emissary]]. Use self discard like [[Entomb]], [[Putrid Imp]], or [[Rotting Regisaur]] to dump whatever big creature you want into your graveyard and bring it out onto the battlefield using one of these spells. >>><<[[!Sneak Attack|5b8c11ba-533d-48c9-821c-3fec846bca97]][[!Show and Tell]][[!Ilharg, the Raze-Boar|c0109b60-09aa-4a03-92e7-0c651d976d51]][[!Through the Breach]][[!Natural Order]][[!Channel|e42eb95f-638d-410c-a830-a414fb2494ec]]>><<< "Cheat" huge creatures onto the battlefield with these. Many creatures can win the game on the spot with a well timed use of one of these. [[Craterhoof Behemoth|c34d66f5-e782-425c-9260-e8989a9cf50b]], [[Dragonlord Atarka]], [[Emrakul, the Aeons Torn]], and [[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]] are all good examples of creatures you'd like to use with these. >>><<[[!Splinter Twin]] [[!Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker]]>><<< Pair with [[Pestermite]], [[Deceiver Exarch]], or [[Zealous Conscripts]] to make as many copies of your target as you want with haste and swing for as much damage as you want. Additionally [[Restoration Angel]] works with Kiki-Jiki. >>>[[!fdf59a6e-7708-45a1-884d-d12e9f7b9ed9]]<<< Draft with some form of control strategy in mind. This is a win condition for a player that wants to play as few creatures as possible. >>>[[!Stoneforge Mystic|eb49805c-8546-463d-b78c-f4ea109851b4]]<<< Look to draft with equipment. [[Batterskull]], [[Kaldra Compleat]] and [[Umezawa's Jitte]] are all really powerful targets. >>>[[!Tinker|7da23b15-dfb8-4267-9b33-d7a4c035c434]]<<< Look out for huge artifact creatures like [[Myr Battlesphere]], [[Blightsteel Colossus]], or [[Sphinx of the Steel Wind]]. You can also combine multiple archetypes and themes to bridge into 3, 4 or even 5 color decks! >>><<[[!Field of the Dead]] [[!Niv-Mizzet Reborn]] [[!Golos, Tireless Pilgrim]] [[!Omnath, Locus of Creation]]>><<< These are all rewards for getting really greedy with your manabase. They all generate tons of value for their costs. By drafting {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} Lands Matter/Good Stuff, you don't really have a specific plan, you just want to play the most powerful stuff you can find. >>>### LAND DESTRUCTION<<< >>><<[[!Armageddon]] [[!Strip Mine]] [[!Wasteland]]>><<< Because you can create a lot of very greedy manabases with the lands and signets ([[Azorius Signet]] for example) in this cube, there needs to be a few ways to punish that. There are also quite a few "Creature" lands (like [[Mishra’s Factory|9d596bc0-c972-4a36-8cf6-cd8f72169021]] and [[Creeping Tar Pit]]) that can be really hard to interact with outside of land destruction or instant speed removal.