This is predominantly an ALICE format cube (*Alliances* and *Ice Age*) that includes a handful of cards from *Fallen Empires* and *Homelands*. I’m aiming at something between a set cube and a traditional singleton cube. **Cube Rules:** - **Played with era-appropriate game rules!** Mostly this means that mana burn still happens, Interrupts use their original timing, tapped artifacts are turned off, and tapped blockers deal no damage. I've got *Ice Age* rulebooks to distribute to make this easier for folks to digest. - **All basic lands are considered Snow-Covered Lands.** There are only a couple of cards that actually care about Snow, and this is easier than incorporating snow basics into the draft. **Special Draft Rules:** - **I recommend drafting four 12 card packs per player.** - When you draft a Circle of Protection, you may grab copies of any of the five circles. ================================= **Notes on Gameplay:** - Fixing is rough, hard removal is scarce, and lands get destroyed. Expect complex boardstates and long, grindy games. - This cube is primarily focused on five allied-color archetypes. These aren't the only way to play the color combinations, but I've done my best to hone in on the loose strategies built into *Ice Age* and *Alliances*. The five primary archetypes are: {W}{U}: **Hard Control** (CounterPost, Browse Digger) <<[[!Kjeldoran Outpost]][[!Counterspell|aedbcbaa-40f0-485f-8427-778edc2d2ec0]][[!Soldevi Digger]][[!Browse|578549f0-5643-4891-b467-2d1cb49fe4ea]][[!Vexing Arcanix|0c9ea118-6a19-4e1b-aa5a-9b2729efc096]][[!Arcane Denial|415a3104-90e6-4235-b67f-69337c7fe714]][[!Swords to Plowshares|375fd2cb-443b-4be4-ad60-6d1a8e74f510]][[!Brainstorm|8d42d7aa-7f53-4cfc-842a-086aab2448d1]]>> ================================= {W}{G}: **Combat Math** (Banding tribal) <<[[!Juniper Order Advocate]][[!Kaysa]][[!Elvish Healer]][[!Dire Wolves]][[!Kelsinko Ranger]][[!Fyndhorn Elves]][[!Kjeldoran Frostbeast]][[!Shield Bearer]]>> ================================= {U}{B}: **Attrition-based Control** (...with occasional Reanimation) <<[[!Krovikan Sorcerer]][[!Dance of the Dead]][[!Mesmeric Trance]][[!False Demise|9e844464-cf1b-4a34-ac37-3a4da858c6bf]][[!Brine Shaman]][[!Viscerid Drone]][[!Phantasmal Fiend]][[!Polar Kraken]]>> ================================= {B}{R}: **Burn, Sacrifice, and Recursion** (Pox is solid here) <<[[!Balduvian Dead|fac1875a-feab-4213-aa15-69892b7df58b]][[!Death Spark|ba841b44-475c-402c-ac11-763de0cf27d9]][[!Ashen Ghoul|6bb83301-5662-4628-b536-6a3ee0296f2e]][[!Kjeldoran Dead|d3f7b614-6075-4b7c-acc7-ab63185b570b]][[!Goblin Ski Patrol]][[!Krovikan Horror]][[!Agent of Stromgald]][[!Pox|a914138c-a593-414c-bbcb-83d3c1bc4f6f]]>> ================================= {R}{G}: **Good ol' Stompy Midrange** (BugBind) <<[[!Giant Trap Door Spider|8965dfa8-dc90-4cf2-a93b-72bf88b58936]][[!Storm Shaman]][[!Stormbind|c2d5d91b-aeb4-4d7e-b748-77f9960da55f]][[!Incinerate|9c3f00af-010d-4485-b8b7-47400d99c496]][[!Woolly Spider|e10520b2-b5a7-4328-84c8-20443b6f588a]][[!Pyroclasm|88040748-ad76-4b9a-bd4e-87e5980e9816]][[!Deadly Insect|add1b999-5c3f-4187-adac-ed1037406b3f]][[!Orcish Lumberjack|21ef13e3-658c-43a3-a290-4c5dde8e8b55]]>> ================================= There are a handful of enemy-color decks that have been pretty successful as well: {W}{R}: **Goylehaups** <<[[!Ivory Gargoyle]][[!Jokulhaups]][[!Zuran Orb|3a9d1082-a862-45d4-9e5e-392e879fead6]][[!Orcish Squatters|f3ee7bd5-612b-4916-a914-1294805b8f64]]>> {U}{G}: **Zur's Weirding** <<[[!Zur's Weirding|e1f8531f-19ca-48a2-baf2-c5dc6f18d79c]][[!Taste of Paradise]][[!Illusions of Grandeur|17eeeef2-2ced-42b8-a5e0-1095c9e13b02]][[!Fyndhorn Druid]]>> {B}{G}: **Proto-Rock** <<[[!Infernal Darkness]][[!Stunted Growth]][[!Gangrenous Zombies]][[!Lhurgoyf|fee6d385-d44b-4f1a-beb1-13aeebde063e]]>> ================================= **Ongoing House Rule Experiments:** ((Feel free to ignore these if you want the most authentic play experience.)) - [[Kjeldoran Knight]] is a 2/1. - [[Kjeldoran Guard]] loses all text after "end of turn." - [[Soraya the Falconer]] beefs up Skyknights, too. - [[Icatian Skirmishers]] costs {2}{W}. - [[Orcish Conscripts|e71394f8-3038-4cad-adea-a704f004777f]] only needs one buddy to attack or block. - [[Varchild’s Crusader|d730611f-ad45-40b7-80c8-5decf2627e79]] costs {2}{R}. - [[Balduvian War-Makers]] costs {3}{R}. - [[Gorilla Berserkers]] cost {3}{G}. After a bunch of drafts and test games I decided to give aggressive decks in white and/or red a bit more teeth. I'm hoping these few small tweaks will help the W/x weenie decks check the slower, value-based decks. Huge thanks to @dsbcubes for the rad photoshop alters.