Disclaimer: # Overview This was cloned from https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/turbo. I take no credit for the creation of the cube. However, I have made my own personal edits, and have deviated quite a bit from the original cube. Each player starts the game with the following emblem: ``` Spells cost {2} less to cast. Activated abilities cost {2} less to activate. Costs you would pay on triggered abilities you control are reduced by {2}. ``` As you would expect, this results in many cards being accelerated to extremely high power. Example, take the following card: [[!Prophetic Prism]] Thats right. That is now: ``` Prophetic Prism {0} Artifact When this enters, draw a card. {T}: Add 1 mana of any color. ``` You can see now that some interactions can be quite explosive. * Clues, Food, Maps, and Incubate tokes are free. * Cyclers are free. * Filter lands are free. * Etc. ## Logistics For 8 people: * 4 packs of 14 Since everything costs on average 1 colored pip and that's it, you are shooting for 10-13 mana sources, depending on your mana curve and how many free spells that draw a card you have. The exception is the green ramp deck, which usually wants to hit closer to 13-16, because they are playing more basic lands. A general breakdown of the 11: * 2-3 basics * 2-3 nonbasic lands * 4-5 Land cyclers * 1-3 Free artifacts that search for a basic. # Archetypes Many of the archetypes in the cube revolve around sticking an engine piece and having that generate value, or stopping your opponents from sticking their engine pieces while you attack them. Many archetypes setup their game plan within 2-3 turns. Be prepared to setup fast, or stop your opponent from doing so. Otherwise, you will find yourself losing the game quickly. ## The "Unfair" The emblem definitely makes everything a bit unfair, but these decks are the decks that are trying to do the unfair things and asking their opponent if they have an answer instead of the other way around. ### Uxx Artifacts Storm <<[[!Elsewhere Flask]][[!Mystic Forge]][[!Aetherflux Reservoir]][[!Food Fight]]>> Given the emblem, a lot of artifacts costs 0 or 1 mana. There are no need for rituals in this cube, so your storm count comes from playing a ton of artifacts that draw a card. Hopefully end with something that actually pays off from playing all those things. Or not? You can at least say you took the most game actions. 1. Play eggs. 2. ... 3. Profit? Given the density of payoffs and eggs, there is usually 2 people on this archetype. ### Rxx Artifacts Aggro <<[[!Myr Superion]][[!Patron of the Arts]][[!Reckless Bushwhacker]][[!Imodane's Recruiter]]>> Play a bunch of free artifact dudes or red dudes that make treasures, give them haste, beat face. Red cards make a bunch of treasures so you are likely to just play your whole hand and see if your opponent has answers. ## The "Fair" Everyone else is trying to stop their opponent doing their busted thing. It's a slightly uphill battle, but the average power level of the cards is significantly higher to compensate. ### Wx Death and Taxes <<[[!Thalia, Guardian of Thraben]][[!Archon of Emeria]][[!Mentor of the Meek]][[!Solitude]]>> There are many hate bears in the cube, designed to stop your opponent from taking game actions while taking the hurt to your opponent. ### Abzan Food/Life Gain <<[[!Trail of Crumbs]][[!Camellia, the Seedmiser]][[!Treebeard, Gracious Host]]>> Food being free to sacrifice allows for some fun interactions. This archetype usually gain 12-15 life, sometimes much more. There are payoffs for gaining life as well as payoffs for sacrificing food. Try not to overload on payoffs and not have enough answers, as this deck definitely is the slowest deck in the bunch. ### RB Cycling/Discard <<[[!Marauding Mako]][[!Monument to Endurance]][[!Waste Not]][[!Wheel of Fortune]]>> The RB discard deck focuses on gaining value by discarding cards in your hand as well as your opponents. 1 mana discard spells, 0 mana cyclers alongside payoff engines to drown your opponent in value. ### Uxx Control <<[[!Force of Will]][[!Confounding Riddle]][[!Nimble Obstructionist]][[!Teferi's Tutelage]]>> The control deck relys on it's large assortment of 1 mana and 0 mana counterspells to stop your opponent from winning the game, and then following that up with either beatdowns by blue flash creatures or one of the blue value enchantments. ### Gxx Ramp <<[[!Harrow]][[!Jade Mage]][[!Tireless Tracker]][[!Forth Eorlingas!]]>> Probably the most bizarre archetype and something that is still being workshopped. All the ramp spells in green are basically free ramp, but your payoffs are tough to determine. You will also be playing more lands than most of your competitors, sometimes going over 40 cards to have enough lands to fetch. Turn 1 for this deck usually puts 3-6 lands in play, and then untaps and plays X spells or hardcasts the big cycling dudes. Or you can pump all your mana into Jade mage and go the token route. ## The Glue Each color has it's own set of cards meant to be the glue that ties everything together. * Exile removal in white * Counters in blue * Discard/murders in black * Burn in red * Naturalizes in green * Landcyclers in all colors. * Scarecrows. Cards like [[Three Tree Mascot]] allow you to go up in mana. These innocuous little guys are very powerful, and are high picks in most packs. These will be the cards you add to your gameplan. Given the reduction of colors and the ubiquitous nature of land cyclers, color fixing is not hard, so you can usually end up in 2 colors easy, or 3-4 if you are base green.