Forked from [The Oinkinator's Bauble Synergy Cube](/c/5e84077c6f01105bb03fb85a) **** >>> # **CINNAMON CUBE** <<< **** ` ` ` ` >>> <<[[!ad586c86-6d5b-49ac-8908-098eddae26e6]][[!Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis]][[!ef6d6eb2-beed-4c84-af6a-bf8ebdc62f50]]>> <<< ` ` ` ` **** The Cinnamon Cube is a 450-card eternal cube that prioritizes: - synergy - player agency - variety To enable this, Cinnamon Cube has: - a low mana curve - really good fixing - powerful synergy pieces Furthermore, these goals mean that Cinnamon Cube excludes: - Fast mana without significant downsides such as [[Sol Ring]] and [[Black Lotus]]. - Effects that cheat on mana such as [[Tinker|1e2fee55-227b-4373-a3f7-b463f220033f]] and [[Sneak Attack|207d5f12-fbc6-4c75-9d84-fd2f0023fbd0]]. - An exception is made for reanimation effects - Generically powerful cards that are capable of winning a game on their own - Repeatable lifegain effects **** >>>**Excluded!**<<< >>> <<[[!Oko, Thief of crowns]][[!Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer]]>> <<< >>> <<[[!Palace Jailer]][[!Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]]>> <<< **** Instead, power outliers should require intentional deckbuilding to take advantage of. **** >>>**Encouraged!**<<< >>> <<[[!Digsite Engineer]][[!Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis]]>> <<< >>> <<[[!2793c505-6736-4259-b9c6-6f9369fd476f]][[!58fb9fd5-359e-4da2-8d91-80ef50a8e390]]>> <<< **** ` ` ` ` **** >>>## **NOTES FOR DRAFTERS**<<< **** >>>**Breaking Singleton**<<< I break singleton in the cube for fixing. For fixing breaks I run: - 2 Fetches - 3 Shocks - 5 [[Prismatic Vista]]s **** >>>## **NEW DRAFTER GUIDE**<<< **** The following archetypes are known to exist and be well supported in the cube. Each section gives a short summary of the archetype and lists example cards that can fit into that archetype. If you're new to drafting the cube, these suggestions can provide a good starting point to ensure you end up with a solid deck. However, this list is not exhaustive, and clever drafting and deckbuilding should be able to assemble something new, unexpected, and powerful. >>>### {W}{U} Azorius {W}{U}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Blink/Flicker<<< This archetype looks to play permanents with strong enter the battlefield abilities, and then repeatably bounce (return to hand) or flicker (exile and return to the battlefield) those permanents to get incredible value. >>>**Enablers**<<< >>><<[[!Ephemerate]][[!Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd]][[!Soulherder]]>><<< >>>**Payoffs**<<< >>><<[[!Blade Splicer]][[!Vendilion Clique]][[!Reflector Mage]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Control<<< A classic archetype, Azorius Control is well supported in Cinnamon. Control decks aim to trade resources one-for-one, until they can accrue enough card advantage to overwhelm their opponent and win through some inevitable win condition. >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Wrath of God]][[!Balance]][[!Horned Loch-Whale]]>><<< >>><<[[!Cryptic Command]][[!Counterspell]][[!Hall of Storm Giants]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {U}{B} Dimir {U}{B}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Control<<< Dimir Control is also supported in Cinnamon, but differs from Azorius in that it can proactively interact with its opponents's cards by removing them from their hand. >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Cryptic Command]][[!Counterspell]][[!Toxic Deluge]]>><<< >>><<[[!Thoughtseize]][[!Drown in the Loch]][[!Restless Reef]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {B}{R} Rakdos {B}{R}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Sacrifice<<< Rakdos Sacrifice aims to accrue value by assembling an engine that repeatably causes damage by sacrificing creatures or artifacts that are cheap or easy to recur. >>>**Enablers**<<< >>><<[[!Carrion Feeder]][[!Forsaken Miner]][[!Bloodghast]]>><<< >>><<[[!Warren Soultrader]][[!Greater Gargadon]][[!Legion Extruder]]>><<< >>>**Payoffs**<<< >>><<[[!Blood Artist]][[!Dargo, the Shipwrecker]][[!Mayhem Devil]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {R}{G} Gruul {R}{G}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Midrange<<< Gruul Midrange prioritizes high individual card quality and 2-for-1s to try and win the game with creatures in the midgame. The deck should have a high number of creatures that have meaningful abilities to accrue card advantage. >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Inti, Seneschal of the Sun]][[!Mawloc]][[!Augur of Autumn]]>><<< >>><<[[!Tireless Tracker]][[!Questing Druid]][[!Bloodbraid Elf]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {G}{W} Selesnya {G}{W}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Lands Matter<<< Lands Matter builds around cards that trigger whenever lands between the zones of the game (hands, libraries, graveyards.) Typically the payoffs generate creature tokens or buff creatures to build a board that can close out the game. >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Field of the Dead]][[!Elvish Reclaimer]][[!Bristly Bill, Spine Sower]]>><<< >>><<[[!Primeval Titan]][[!Titania, Protector of Argoth]][[!Knight of the Reliquary]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {W}{B} Orzhov {W}{B}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Midrange<<< Similar to Gruul Midrange, Orzhov Midrange accrues incremental card advantage through individual card quality. However, the Orzhov version of the deck leans more towards control than aggro. >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Dust Animus]][[!The Wandering Emperor]][[!Dark Confidant]]>><<< >>><<[[!Liliana of the Veil]][[!Lingering Souls]][[!Teysa, Opulent Oligarch]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {U}{R} Izzet {U}{R}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Spells Matter<<< The Izzet Spells Matter archetype wants you to cast as many instants and sorceries as possible. Cantrips are the name of the game here, and should be prioritized highly as they fit into many different decks. Payoffs can come in the form of token generators, prowess creatures, or delve bombs. Notably, Cinnamon does not include any cards with Storm. >>>**Enablers**<<< >>><<[[!Ponder]][[!Brainstorm]][[!Faithless Looting]]>><<< >>><<[[!Lightning Bolt]][[!Dreadhorde Arcanist]][[!Lava Dart]]>><<< >>>**Payoffs**<<< >>><<[[!Murktide Regent]][[!Treasure Cruise]][[!Bedlam Reveler]]>><<< >>><<[[!Arclight Phoenix]][[!Young Pyromancer]][[!Third Path Iconoclast]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {B}{G} Golgari {B}{G}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Graveyard Matters<<< The Graveyard Matters strategy aims to assemble a combo-oriented midrange deck that can trade up on resources and use the cards in its graveyard as a form of card advantage. It requires having both a way to fill your own graveyard and a payoff for doing so. >>>**Enablers**<<< >>><<[[!Stitcher's Supplier]][[!Cryptbreaker]][[!Reanimate]]>><<< >>><<[[!Rubblebelt Maverick]][[!Satyr Wayfinder]][[!Six]]>><<< >>>**Payoffs**<<< >>><<[[!Nethergoyf]][[!Souls of the Lost]][[!Tarmogoyf]]>><<< >>><<[[!Vengevine]][[!Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis]][[!Grim Flayer]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {R}{W} Boros {R}{W}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Aggro<<< Play creatures. Smash face. Simple as. (You should also probably pick up a burn spell or two for closing out games.) >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Usher of the Fallen]][[!Seasoned Hallowblade]][[!Rabbit Battery]]>><<< >>><<[[!Kari Zev, Skyship Raider]][[!Goblin Rabblemaster]][[!Lightning Helix]]>><<< >>><<[[!Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon]][[!Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury]][[!Den of the Bugbear]]>><<< ` ` ` ` >>>### {G}{U} Simic {G}{U}<<< ` ` ` ` >>>#### Lands Matter<<< Lands Matter can also be built as Simic. This build focuses more on ramp and should prioritize fetchlands and channel lands very highly. >>>**Potential Cards**<<< >>><<[[!Boseiju, Who Endures]][[!Field of the Dead]][[!Elvish Reclaimer]]>><<< >>><<[[!Lotus Cobra]][[!Six]][[!Primeval Titan]]>><<< >>><<[[!Titania, Protector of Argoth]][[!Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]][[!Slogurk, the Overslime]]>><<< *** **** >>>## **OINKINATOR's DESIGN NOTES**<<< **** The following notes were written by @TheOinkinator and included in the Cube overview whenever I forked it to build the Cinnamon Cube. They are still relevant and are the design pillars I attempt to uphold while customizing the cube for play with my local group. >>>#### **Balance**<<< The primary goal of the cube is to provide an environment with strong synergies and even color balance including viable decks in most combination of colors. In pursuit of this I try to seed every color with many glue cards to fully enable the various payoffs and strategies. ` ` ` ` >>>#### **Letting Players Draft with Maximum Agency**<<< I try to promote player agency during the draft, in particular, trying to avoid the higher synergy decks from becoming "On Rails" for as long as possible in the draft. I follow a few philosophies to achieve this: ` ` ` ` <<[[!1ac01fff-4de6-4783-9489-4127e25bc641]][[!f231caf8-56c0-4719-a90d-5e5efbee3148]][[!0ab6bfbd-d2e1-4c4c-9f91-6f69c5b8e3bb]]>> ###### **A Density of Playable Lands** This cube has ~100 non-basic lands making up about 20% of the cube. Importantly, a large portion of these lands are either [[mono-color|12b8c2e6-5256-4e7e-8d7d-4b386419780a]] or [[colorless|880ffa23-ed71-4f39-aa66-0953a1f20fe9]] meaning they can be played by a larger number of decks than your standard [[dual land|bb979a96-a57d-4fb5-8ebe-0bd398272abe]]. If you include the [[Horizon Canopy|69c53264-1cf7-4147-b553-4863f0dda08f]] lands as a viable mono-color land cycle, any two color deck has access to: * 3+ mono-color tech lands * 5 prismatic vistas + City of Brass & Mana Confluence * 3+ colorless lands (somewhat archetype dependent) * 6 horizon lands * 6 off-color fetches (assuming a shock or dual was drafted) * 7 on-color duals for a total of about 30 viable lands even as a two color drafter. This means that lands (which often follow a rule of: take over most cards when on color and otherwise ignore) become a much more fluid part of the draft. Even mono color decks have access to many viable lands which reduces that "On Rails" experience that is particularly pronounced with mono color drafts. ` ` ` ` <<[[!2be39749-ad6f-4160-99eb-c677eee7f1b2]][[!501599d6-1072-4124-b05d-01f96de153f3]][[!feda6bb3-ee22-489c-bcfd-52ef04841024]]>> ###### **Cheap Spells** By far the best way to create options is including as many cheap spells, specifically spells under 3 mana value, as possible. At the time of writing this the very well know MTGO cube has 197 cards (excluding lands) under mana value 3, roughly 36% of the cube. By comparison this cube has roughly 50% of the cards with way fewer cards at 4 or above. Similar to having more lands, a large number of cheap spells in the environment open up possibilities, unlike expensive [[spells|befe74b1-c487-42bb-a1a1-4d13f3a86ff7]] and [[creatures|31ecbe1d-2ad7-4cbb-8392-f41f107356db]], which are basically unpickable for most decks. Even though it may not be the most powerful card in every deck, [[Thraben Inspector]] is viable in almost any deck that plays white, due to its efficiency. Put ten [[similarly|d0960ccb-6952-4398-aa94-816e6fb04c2d]] [[efficient|676758ee-dac8-4c97-8a62-fff25bcbb6df]] and [[versatile|fdf2354e-1232-452e-b89b-78ac8be206f7]] cards in each color and players will can focus on their decks meta strategy rather than trying to scrape enough payables out of the draft. ` ` ` ` ###### **Color Parasitism** The final design consideration to note, I avoid including most cards that are color parasitic. I.E. cards that require players to be mono colored or close to it. Because of this: * Mana elves must produce a color besides {G}. >>> <<[[!feefe9f0-24a6-461c-9ef1-86c5a6f33b83]][[!7bea6dea-d767-4092-a285-305d9997357a]][[!3139cce8-3467-4c50-add2-5b78fb33b90a]]>> <<< * I avoid as many cards with CC or CCC Mana costs especially 2-drop creatures. >>> <<[[!33ab05b5-d6f5-439c-9aed-1a58ceb282ad]][[!b759b0f6-342c-4bba-89f1-8451835d8c45]][[!c938a21a-ea74-4cc1-a175-08b9b98b2e4e]]>> <<< * I don't play cards that care about a high density of a single land type. >>> <<[[!6aa5cc65-f8f1-4f6f-8b4e-2fedccbda684]][[!af8b9c79-a161-4d7d-944d-82a44a5f2ab9]]>> <<< These rules keep colors from being overly parasitic with themselves and also allow for more flexibility in the draft as archetype considerations will be the only limiting factor on taking cards in your color.