Inspired by Dekkaru's [Tiny Leaders](/c/5d39e7f38472c42aab0b73d6) --- ## Welcome to Tiny Leaders Cube! --- ### Brief - 20 life, 1v1, Bo3 - 40 card decks, including leader - No color identity restrictions - You can only add basic lands that match your leader's color identity - Your leader begins in command zone, and you can cast it from there. If it were to go into a zone other than your hand from the battlefield, you can instead put it into your command zone. Your leader costs {2} more to cast from the command zone for each time it's been cast from there (This is slightly different from commander) --- This cube is inspired by a format that never quite got off the ground. Tiny leaders is a variant of commander where only cards with CMC less than or equal to 3 are allowed. Players play with a 40 card minimum deck size, including their leader (commander). In this cube players draft three 15 card booster packs, including the commanders. For deck construction, there is no restriction on what drafted cards you put into your deck, but you can only put basic lands that match your leader's color identity. This means that it's okay to put a [[Noble Hierarch]] in your {G/B} deck led by [[Judith, The Scourge Diva]]. The power level of this cube is quite high, similar to what you might expect from a legacy cube. There are a few cards included that are banned in legacy, such as [[Skullclamp]] and [[Earthcraft]]. This is a 1v1, best of 3 experience, unlike commander. Games are highly interactive and relatively fair. --- ### The Leaders <<[[!Slimefoot and Squee]] [[!Geist of Saint Traft]] [[!Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter]] [[!Brimaz, King of Oreskos]] >> Leaders are typically 2-3 colors, but there are plenty of mono color leaders if you can get enough playables in a single color! There are a couple five color commanders as well, with {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} activated abilities such as [[Sisay, Weatherlight Captain]]. Some may be surprised to see that Grist is technically a legal leader as well! <<[[!Sisay, Weatherlight Captain]][[!Mathas, Fiend Seeker]][[!Grist, the Hunger Tide]][[!Azusa, Lost but Seeking]]>> Some leaders are generically good and flexible for a number of strategies. Some push you to more specific synergies, including artifacts, spells, equipment, legends, graveyard, tokens and counters themes. <<[[!Chatterfang, Squirrel General]][[!Balmor, Battlemage Captain]][[!Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim]][[!Marath, Will of the Wild]]>> Synergy with your leader is very important. Your leader is effectively a spell that you will always have in your opening hand, that you can curve into effortlessly. Most games will see leaders cast several times. <<[[!Aminatou, The Fateshifter]][[!Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]][[!Laelia, The Blade Reforged]][[!Zabaz, The Glimmerwasp]]>> --- ### Themes Themes in this cube are fairly weak, with most decks just playing midrange "good stuff" piles. Due to the CMC constraint, decks are naturally lean and you don't have to worry about your curve as much. There are however, a number of themes that include some strong payoffs. Here are some card examples that play more towards the supported themes in the cube. #### Artifacts <<[[!Digsite Engineer]][[!Master of Etherium]][[!Arcbound Ravager]][[!Goblin Engineer]]>> #### Aristocrats <<[[!Blood Artist]][[!Priest of Forgotten Gods]][[!Recurring Nightmare]][[!Mayhem Devil]]>> #### Lands <<[[!Dark Depths]][[!Strip Mine]][[!Field of the Dead]][[!Life From the Loam]]>> #### Spells <<[[!Young Pyromancer]][[!Thing in the Ice]][[!Khenra Spellspear]][[!Saheeli, Sublime Artificer]]>> #### Big Mana <<[[!Mawloc]][[!Gaea's Cradle]][[!Stroke of Genius]][[!Hydroid Krasis]]>> #### Tokens <<[[!Lingering Souls]][[!Earthcraft]][[!Sprout Swarm]][[!Bitterblossom]]>> #### Counters <<[[!Ozolith, the Shattered Spire]][[!Arcbound Ravager]][[!Bloated Contaminator]][[!Luminarch Aspirant]]>> ---