Cloned from [Nicht jetzt, ein guter Name muss aus Insipiration...f*ck](/c/aa445adb-b2fd-42d5-82a0-4126064ed922) Cloned from [The Two Player Cube](/c/61d3b09f9329f21025cc98cd) <<[[!Gideon, Ally of Zendikar|187e887c-c39d-4d25-a506-cdc95fc70316]][[!Jace, the Mind Sculptor|0e606072-a3aa-4300-ba90-ec92a721fa76]][[!Liliana of the Veil|ac506c17-adc8-49c6-9d8d-43db7cb1ec9d]][[!Chandra, Torch of Defiance|c7bbb911-9de2-455d-9677-e1004db65dbd]]>> --- >>> # **The Two Player Cube** <<< --- <<[[!Nissa, Who Shakes the World|f857bbe4-5619-4733-a0c7-69700f2ef4f3]][[!Wrenn and Six|169fcff7-58f2-420b-a5f1-642ad38709b3]][[!Grist, the Hunger Tide|808a3770-057a-4985-ba5c-870d7b1cd527]][[!Karn, Scion of Urza|0cd43687-0ae1-47e9-b0d6-2af56bdbe2e9]]>> --- >>> ### **About** <<< --- The Two Player Cube is designed to these guidelines: {1} Each card in the cube should work independently and should be interesting/exciting to play. {2} Archetypes should be broad and synergy should be a reward for smart drafting. {3} Game-play should encourage slamming creatures together, removing threats, and ultimating planeswalkers. {4} Cards can be complex, but not so that they completely leave out newer players. {5} No Initiative, Monarch, Tempted by the Ring, "Un"-mechanics, etc. {6} While subjective, avoid cards that result in miserable gameplay or simply win on the spot. It is recommended that you draft the cube using [Minneapolis Draft](https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/premium/the-proper-way-to-do-two-player-cube-drafts/), Sealed, or Grid Draft. The cube can also be drafted traditionally with up to 4 players. Currently the cube is 93% (185/200) signed. Please check out my signed 540 card peasant cube ([The ARTisan C/Ube](https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/artist)), my signed 540 card unpowered cube ([The High Power Cube](https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/highpower)), and my LOTR themed cube ([LOTR Cube](https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/lotrcube)). --- >>> ### **Why 200 cards instead of 180?** <<< --- 200 cards allow for better support for two-player sealed and 4-player draft to ensure that the entire cube is never seen. This increase also enables pancake drafting of the cube, but not glimpse draft (requires 270 cards). | Draft | 180 Cards | 200 Cards | | :---------: | :----------: | :----------: | | Minneapolis Draft | 70% Seen | 63% Seen | | 2-Player Sealed | 100% Seen | 90% Seen | | 2-Player Grid | 90% Seen | 81% Seen | | 2-Player Pancake | Not Possible | 99% Seen | | 4-Player Traditional | 100% Seen | 90% Seen | --- >>> ## **Archetypes** <<< --- {W} **Death & Taxes** White is one of the most aggressive colors in the cube and wants to use taxes, removal, and resilient creatures to impede your opponent's game plan. Planeswalkers provide late game reach and White has the greatest flexibility in removal. {U} **Tempo** Blue lacks the hard removal options of the other colors and instead relies on bounce and counter magic to out-tempo opponents. Card draw and filtering helps ensure you are able to find finishers and answers. There are Flash and Artifact matter sub-themes as well. {B} **Attrition** Black offers a blend of removal, hand attack, and recursive creatures/token generators. {R} **Aggro** Red offers a blend of aggressive creatures and spells. Can also support midrange and control strategies. {G} **Big Green** Green is the slowest of the colors, but offers the best ramp, fixing, and largest creatures. Removal is weak, so the goal should be to aggressively ramp and stabilize using creatures quickly. Best color for supporting splashes. --- >>> ### **Misc. Synergies** <<< --- **Equipment Package** [[Stoneforge Mystic]] and [[Kellan, the Fae-Blooded]] can fetch a total of 8 cards: [[Lion Sash]], [[Cryptic Coat]], [[Embercleave]], [[Eater of Virtue]], [[Shadowspear]], [[Skullclamp]], [[Umezawa's Jitte]], and [[Batterskull]]. **[[Wrenn and Six]] Loops** Wrenn and Six can loop a couple of lands: 12 fetchlands (mana fixing and shuffling), 10 triomes (card draw), [[Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire]] (creature removal), [[Otawara, Soaring City]] (bounce), [[Boseiju, Who Endures]] (enchantment or artifact removal), and [[Wasteland]] (non-basic land removal). --- >>> ### **Missing Archetypes** <<< --- At 200 cards, this cube is missing a couple of notable archetypes due to size constraints: **Mana Cheat** This covers any archetype built around casting spells without paying their full mana cost, such as reanimator, [[Show and Tell]], [[Sneak Attack]], etc. **Stax** Archetypes built around resource denial using [[Smokestack]], [[Winter Orb]], [[Braids, Cabal Minion]], [[Wildfire]], etc. **Combo** Examples include Storm, [[Splinter Twin]], [[Dark Depths]]/[[Vampire Hexmage]], etc. --- >>> ### **Testing/Watching** <<< --- [[Virtue of Persistence]] - Slow, but there is room for a more defensive black deck. [[Fallen Shinobi]] - Might not be good enough, but seems fun. --- >>> ### **Notable "Bad Fits"** <<< --- There is no traditional ban list for this cube, but a couple of cards have been excluded (for now): [[White Plume Adventurer]], [[Seasoned Dungeoneer]], etc. - Initiative cards were dropped due to needing additional game pieces and, like monarch, it warped gameplay. [[Forth Eorlingas!]] - Powerful card and in a guild that really needs powerful cards. Extremely tempting, but I want to keep monarch out. [[The One Ring]] - Too generically strong. [[Strip Mine]] - Currently running [[Rishadan Port]] instead. While rare, looping Strip Mine with [[Wrenn and Six]] is the type of gameplay I want to avoid. [[Sol Ring]] - Goes into every deck. I want to keep fast mana in green.