I was charmed by @Myagic 's May Fae Cube. It kicked off my ideas for this cube. >>> ### The Flavor <<< Imagine that a party of adventurers from Zendikar find themselves in a whimsical world of Eldraine overlaid onto the Forgotten Realms. Mix in a dash of Lorwyn elementals and Kaldheim angels, and you have a picture of what's going on in this cube. Key elements are taken from each of these realms: warriors, rogues, clerics, wizards, dragons, knights, faeries, goblins, food, treasures, and more. >>> ### The Mechanics <<< The Baldur's Gate set combined Forgotten Realms mechanics with Adventures from Throne of Eldraine. One of the commander decks focused on the Party mechanic from Zendikar Rising. This goes for a similar mix, building mostly around Eldraine Adventures and Zendikar Party and Baldur's Gate Dragons. Artifact tokens are also central: Treasure and Food. Other mechanics from these sets: Knights, Elves, Kicker, Landfall and Artifact-Enchantment-Synergy each show up in small amounts, but not enough to really build around. >>> << [[!4cddb2d2-d813-4b83-a592-380ba4edf54f]][[!1e14e677-9bfa-4bcc-9772-8e7758d7538a]][[!796b5899-97e5-4682-aac8-51378f0c904e]] >> <<< >>> << [[!886ef13a-4f9d-425b-a071-6366cdb637c8]][[!f6d5314b-4994-4cd0-a680-12e56be7c1e2]] >> <<< The same (small amounts) is true for Evoke and Changeling, from Lorwyn. >>> << [[!2fb5330d-5c1b-4caa-8d30-3ca8303ff611]][[!3d9149ed-0e59-48b3-b48c-d5ea77b7239e]] >> <<< >>> ### Party Archetypes <<< The four colors {W}, {U}, {B} and {R} pair up in different ways to define different flavors of the Party mechanic, or a party class. {W}{U} is the first Party pair, with a focus on control. >>> << [[!47120e3c-73aa-468d-96b7-47aead342e31]][[!1ee1a550-b7e7-48e0-bd96-a41986dbd879]][[!49b66956-82e1-402f-9088-2201bdc0d4b8]] >> <<< {W}{B} is the other pair that centers on the party mechanic. >>> << [[!c2ce186d-c9cd-41e9-bac2-ad9d36c4939f]][[!5afbc5d3-318f-4545-88d6-fc81e5466238]][[!7a1294fd-9885-4dfd-8192-0ca074fc83f7]] >> <<< {R}{W} is warrior tribal and equipment synergies. >>> << [[!aaae15dd-11b6-4421-99e9-365c7fe4a5d6]][[!fc6d6049-5599-47eb-ae58-a8eb96927ece]][[!6f921dca-ce93-42d1-87b1-149973558467]] >> <<< {U}{R} is wizards tribal, instants, and sorceries. >>> << [[!08b89af1-7b22-4153-b42d-a2ea4e0f320c]][[!d8be6570-5b5f-4ffc-a5e5-67d7c41c8caa]][[!fb979cfc-3e5b-42c9-b78d-584c274ed912]] >> <<< {U}{B} is rogues tribal and milling the opponent. >>> << [[!10a79733-702c-4611-b073-71db7f1158b2]][[!4677d5d1-de04-4631-8fcf-5ff754d701b1]][[!bca84fc4-4710-44c8-b90a-73ef888714d8]] >> <<< {B}{R} I decided to not focus on the Party mechanic. Party aggro would probably work as a draft strategy, but formally I assigned {B}{R} to treasure synergies instead (see below). >>> ### Dragon Archetypes <<< {G}, {U}, and {R} is the wedge of dragons! Forgotten Realms and Baldur's Gate provided plenty of low-curve dragon-type creatures to fill out this archetype. {R}{G} is the most focused on big, stompy dragons. >>> << [[!9666987a-5267-46d3-9b00-31baa92a9cbc]][[!8798c207-c9cf-48c5-a5cd-0cf7d392115a]][[!7f5cf828-17b2-4105-9a9a-ee0ab720c2ee]] >> <<< {G}{U} has a lighter focus on dragons, but also on ramp and card advantage. >>> << [[!84ae5a76-b8b9-431d-8060-a6a96f5d1e0b]][[!fd111eb2-cce5-413d-816a-f821771a1fa6]][[!fe2d08ac-6c24-4158-87a1-c59d1cd447a8]] >> <<< >>> ### Other Archetypes <<< The last three pairs are based on themes of the adventure mechanic and the two artifact tokens: food and treasure. {G}{W} is the adventure mechanic. >>> << [[!7c5d0560-f9e6-4c70-8cce-cae61e4e74bc]][[!d0960ccb-6952-4398-aa94-816e6fb04c2d]][[!9a72fb5b-5c55-4ce9-b9d0-98f924d6f338]] >> <<< {B}{G} is about food tokens. >>> << [[!42a4d090-1bb7-4334-ab22-e2527391e79b]][[!30377bf0-d9b1-4c14-8dde-f74b1e02d604]][[!15c98441-2b31-4e48-a399-f36dffcfa41d]] >> <<< {B}{R} is about treasure tokens. >>> << [[!2bbb8865-dc37-4d56-9a2d-a92f7462c338]][[!f73fdf76-e3a6-49d0-bfb0-4b7cdbd4271e]][[!e45e9552-7737-4c61-89b0-5a3bec3c8f34]] >> <<< Welcome to this land of faerie and adventure! Hope you get immersed!