>>> ### {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} Welcome! {G}{R}{B}{U}{W} >>> Welcome to my Vintage cube! The cube is both powered and aimed at being very high power. It is still a work in progress, however almost completed, so if you draft it please leave any feedback! Below you will find a light primer on the general themes of each colour, so that players can know what to expect, along with an overview of archetypes for each multi-colour paring as well as some combos. There are a few small notes about the cube design: - While the cube is aimed at being high power, I have cut some of the higher power, but unfun, cards where possible (e.g. Oko, Channel, Bribery). Overall I think they just lead to slightly boring and uninteresting play patterns. - The singleton aspect of the cube has been broken to add a second of each of the ten main fetchlands. This not only helps with consistency in building two or three colour decks, it also creates a more consistent high-power experience, along with enabling cards such as [[Deathrite Shaman]], [[Life from the Loam]], and [[Brainstorm]] to move towards their power ceiling without much downside. Now then, let us look at the colours, archetypes, and general strategies available in the cube! >>> ### Mono-Coloured <<< >>> ### {W} White Weenie {W} >>> <<[[!Mother of Runes]][[!Thalia, Guardian of Thraben|e4c7cbfc-e655-4f82-8bde-fbc95461361e]][[!Porcelain Legionnaire]][[!Adeline, Resplendent Cathar]]>> >>> ### {U} Control {U} >>> <<[[!Counterspell]][[!Fact or Fiction]][[!Jace, the Mind Sculptor]][[!Force of Will]]>> >>> ### {B} Aristocrats and Reanimator {B} >>> <<[[!Blood Artist]][[!Yawgmoth, Thran Physician]][[!Stitcher's Supplier]][[!Reanimate]]>> >>> ### {R} Aggro and Discard {R} <<[[!Goblin Guide]][[!Eidolon of the Great Revel]][[!Firestorm]][[!Ox of Agonas]]>> >>> >>> ### {G} Ramp and Lands {G} >>> <<[[!Elvish Mystic]][[!Life from the Loam]][[!Field of the Dead]][[!Titania, Protector of Argoth]]>> >>> ### Multicoloured <<< The multicoloured section has been reduced in some guild parings due to necessity and play patterns. Boros has one card, just [[Talisman of Conviction]] (so realistically zero), because there are little important Boros pay-offs, and most Boros decks can splash monocoloured cards easily enough. Some guild parings such as Rakdos, Golgari, and Selesnaya are somewhat oversized compared to the others, but this is due to how many key pay off cards they have for overall archetypes. For instance: - Rakdos has both [[Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar]] and [[Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast]] which are important in discard and artifact reanimator. - [[Grist]], [[Hogaak]] and [[Fiend Artisan]] >>>{W/U} Blink {W/U}<<< <<[[!Ephemerate]][[!Soulherder]][[!Displacer Kitten]][[!Clocknapper]]>> >>>{W/U} Artifacts {W/U}<<< <<[[!Portable Hole]][[!Ingenious Smith]][[!The Blackstaff of Waterdeep]][[!Sai, Master Thopterist]]>> {U/B}{U/B} {R/B}{R/B} {R/G}{R/G} {G/W}{G/W} {W/B}{W/B} {U/R}{U/R} {G/B}{G/B} {W/R}{W/R} {U/G}{U/G} >>> ### Some possible combos: <<< Teferi, Time Raveler along with Displacer Kitten will allow you to draw your deck, or build infinite storm, with any zero cost artifact (and infinite mana if you are able to tap it for mana before the bounce). <<[[!Teferi, Time Raveler]][[!Displacer Kitten]][[!Mox Pearl]][[!Lotus Petal]]>> Couple this with Thassa's Oracle or a relevant storm card, for the win. <<[[!Thassa's Oracle]][[!Brain Freeze]][[!Tendrils of Agony]]>> Speaking of Storm, you'll find the usual enablers to build a storm deck. <<[[!High Tide]][[!Turnabout]][[!Heartbeat of Spring]][[!Mind's Desire]]>> There is also the three card combo of LED, Brain Freeze, and Underworld Breach. <<[[!Lion's Eye Diamond]][[!Brain Freeze]][[!Underworld Breach]]>> Saffi Eriksdotter with either Renegade Rallier or Extraction Specialist provides an endless loop of deaths and returning to the battlefield. <<[[!Saffi Eriksdotter]][[!Renegade Rallier]][[!Extraction Specialist]]>> Couple with sacrifice outlets that provide damage, or infinite mana, to win. <<[[!Goblin Bombardment]][[!Blasting Station]][[!Phyrexian Altar]][[!Finale of Devastation]]>> You can also achieve infinite mana with Nether Traitor, Cult Conscript (at instant speed, or Bloodsoaked Champion at sorcery speed), Pitiless Plunderer, and Phyrexian Altar. <<[[!Nether Traitor]][[!Cult Conscript]][[!Pitiless Plunderer]][[!Phyrexian Altar]]>> Within the overall lands archetype it is also possible to put together Dark Depths thanks to [[Crop Rotation]], [[Elvish Reclaimer]] and [[Knight of the Reliquary]]. <<[[!Dark Depths]][[!Thespian's Stage]][[!Vampire Hexmage]]>> [[Krark-Clan Ironworks]] decks also exist with several variations. You can play the typical [[Second Sunrise]] style build, running eggs. <<[[!Second Sunrise]][[!Faith's Reward]][[!Chromatic Sphere]][[!Chromatic Star]]>> But you can also run loops using cards like Junk Diver, Myr Retriever with cards like Teshar. [[Imotekh the Stormlord]] is a great new card for this loop! In play with Teshar gives you infinite 2/2s, but with just [[Krark-Clan Ironworks]], [[Imotekh the Stormlord]], and one of the two artifact retrieval creatures, you can create infinite death loops (giving you a kill with [[Disciple of the Vault]]) and infinite mana (if the total CMC of the loopers is 5 or less) since each of the two tokens created by Imotekh in each loop are artifact creatures, generating 6 colourless mana each loop. <<[[!Junk Diver]][[!Myr Retriever]][[!Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle]][[!Imotekh the Stormlord]]>>