**5/10/2021** - This cube has undergone a redesign into a 540 card cube. View the new, updated cube here: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/goldd540 --- **Focus:** - The goal of this cube is to develop a fun and balanced format of diverse archetypes. - My intention is to avoid powerful cards that have game-warping effects as well as combos that lead to an immediate victory. - My aim is to keep the cube budget-friendly and under $750 (although I may adjust the budget in future). **Card distribution:** - 250 monocoloured: 50 of each colour (balanced) - 100 multicoloured: 9 of each guild (90) + 1 of each shard/wedge (10) - 50 colourless - 50 land: 3 of each guild (30) + 1 of each shard/wedge (10) + 10 generic **Exclusions:** - No pre-modern card frames - No white-border cards - No silver-border cards - No double-faced cards - No cards referencing cards from outside the game (i.e. wish cards) - No cards referencing snow mana or snow permanents - No made-for-multiplayer cards (i.e. cards referencing commanders) - No cards over $20 (excluding damaged copies owned) **Excluded strategies:** - No stax - No mill (besides self-mill) - No discard (besides madness) - No land destruction (unless sacrificing own lands) - No poison **Draft preparation:** - My intention IRL is to semi-randomise booster packs to avoid an unbalanced distribution of colours/types. - This is achieved by equally distributing cards into stacks of 45 cards. - Each stack will consist of 5 random cards of each colour (25), 10 random multicoloured cards, 5 random colourless cards and 5 random lands. - Once assembled, each stack of 45 cards is shuffled and separated into 3 equal booster packs of 15 cards. - For 2-player grid drafts, each 45 card bundle is separated into 5 packs of 9 cards. Use 4 bundles to create 20 packs to draft with. - For 4-player grid drafts, each 45 card bundle is separated into 3 packs of 15 cards. Use 6 bundles to create 18 packs to draft with. --- {W/U} ~ **Azorius Archetypes** ~ {W/U} |-| Primary = Flying Secondary = ETB & Blink <<[[!Empyrean Eagle|ac555709-c7cc-4c64-8a6f-8fe2bc149fcd]][[!Soulherder|ea23111b-ccc1-4d5c-a9d2-9db14c728820]]>> --- {U/B} ~ **Dimir Archetypes** ~ {U/B} |-| Primary: Artifacts Secondary: Evasion & Trickery <<[[!Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge]][[!Fallen Shinobi]]>> --- {B/R} ~ **Rakdos Archetypes** ~ {B/R} |-| Primary: Sacrifice Secondary: Madness & Graveyard Matters <<[[!Mayhem Devil]][[!Bloodhall Priest]]>> --- {R/G} ~ **Gruul Archetypes** ~ {R/G} |-| Primary: Land Matters Secondary: Trample & Power Matters <<[[!Phylath, World Sculptor]][[!Quartzwood Crasher]]>> --- {G/W} ~ **Selesnya Archetypes** ~ {G/W} |-| Primary: Lifegain Secondary: +1/+1 Counters <<[[!Trelasarra, Moon Dancer]][[!Hamza, Guardian of Arashin|c793d594-c319-4e97-8620-de8eddaf247d]]>> --- {W/B} ~ **Orzhov Archetypes** ~ {W/B} |-| Primary: Enchantments & Auras Secondary: Reanimation <<[[!Daxos the Returned]][[!Priest of Fell Rites]]>> --- {U/R} ~ **Izzet Archetypes** ~ {U/R} |-| Primary: Spells Matter Aggro Secondary: Tempo Control <<[[!Crackling Drake]][[!Melek, Izzet Paragon]]>> --- {B/G} ~ **Golgari Archetypes** ~ {B/G} |-| Primary: Self-Mill Secondary: Deathtouch <<[[!Grim Flayer]][[!Vraska, Swarm's Eminence]]>> --- {R/W} ~ **Boros Archetypes** ~ {R/W} |-| Primary: Go Wide Aggro Secondary: n/a <<[[!Assemble the Legion]][[!Blade Historian]]>> --- {G/U} ~ **Simic Archetypes** ~ {G/U} |-| Primary: Copy Creatures Secondary: Card Draw & Ramp <<[[!Volo, Guide to Monsters]][[!Tishana, Voice of Thunder]]>>