*Listen to my [Aetherdrift Peasant review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toF6AKh8pHw&t=5157s&ab_channel=JankDiverGaming) and my [2024 Peasant Cube Awards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NBjQfVg7L0&ab_channel=JankDiverGaming) episode with Jank Diver Gaming* *We draft this cube often during retail set off-seasons in [Chord_O_Calls Limited Level Ups discord](https://discord.gg/BWqtwvWE). Join us!* Welcome to my **Peasant All-Stars** cube, where the best of the best limited cards from Magic's recent history battle it out for dominance. **Card Pool**: - The last 8 years of limited sets, constantly rotating. - Cards must be available to play both on Arena and in paper, at peasant rarity (at the moment, it's drafted primarily on Arena). - Cards must have been released in a set designed to be drafted (no commander or jumpstart products) - No "masters" or "remastered" reprint sets. Why? Because restriction breeds creativity, and because the original purpose of this cube was to be a celebration of modern limited. My drafters comment that this cube *feels* more like modern limited than any other they've played. _Next Rotation: April 22nd, AKH._ [Link](https://scryfall.com/search?q=order%3Areview+year%3E2016+-set%3Aacr+-%28set%3Awoe+number%3E307%29+-%28set%3Afdn+number%3E487%29+-set%3Aclu+-set%3Asoi+-set%3Acmr+-set%3Ajmp+-set%3Aj22+-set%3Aj25+-set%3Amat+%28st%3Adraftinnovation+or+st%3Acore+or+st%3Aexpansion%29+%28r%3Cr+in%3Aarena+game%3Apaper%29&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name) to the mostly correct full card pool on scryfall. **Curation and Size**: 17lands.com data was heavily (though not solely) relied upon to establish a card's suitability for the cube. Therefore, expensive cards need to have large impacts and not be weak to removal. Almost universally, cards are either extremely efficient, make multiple objects, or draw cards, but this is not goodcards.cube...since all the cards are good, the decks that synergize the best tend to do the best. The cube is at 540 cards, as I think this forces me as the curator to prioritize pockets of synergy and emergent drafting over hyper-linear archetypes. **Balance**: As much as possible, cards are not excluded for power level reasons...this is a "power max" cube, though power is still restricted by the size and scope of the card pool. No attempt is made to balance rarities, so naturally there are more uncommons than commons. **Fixing and Gold Cards**: Each 2-color pair has 5 dual lands, and there are 14 additional multi-color fixers, for a total of about 1.75 fixing lands per pack. The gold section of this cube is larger than most peasant cubes, and that combined with the plethora of fixing encourages midrange and attrition strategies to splash powerful gold cards. >>> ### Primary "Archetypes" <<< The cube was designed first to support classic, broad, easily supportable themes as the "level 1" drafting that the vast majority of drafters will be familiar and comfortable with. - **{W}{U}:** **Flyers** >>> <<[[!Watcher of the Spheres]][[!Empyrean Eagle]][[!Depose // Deploy]]>> <<< - **{W}{B}:** **Go-Wide Attrition / Sacrifice** >>> <<[[!Denethor, Ruling Steward]][[!Hero of the Dunes]][[!Ruthless Lawbringer]]>> <<< - **{W}{R}:** **Go-Wide Aggro** >>> <<[[!Imodane's Recruiter]][[!Heroic Reinforcements]][[!Keldon Strike Team]]>> <<< - **{W}{G}:** **+1/+1 Counters** >>> <<[[!Botanical Brawler]][[!Conclave Mentor]][[!Captured By Lagacs]]>> <<< - **{U}{B}:** **Spells Attrition** >>> <<[[!Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator]][[!Discovery // Dispersal]][[!Intimidation Campaign]]>> <<< - **{U}{R}:** **Noncreature Types Matter** >>> <<[[!Third Path Iconoclast]][[!Saheeli, Sublime Artificer]][[!Prophetic Titan]]>> <<< - **{U}{G}:** **Big mana** >>> <<[[!Make Your Own Luck]][[!Skyserpent Seeker]][[!Drowner of Truth]]>> <<< - **{B}{R}:** **(Artifact) Sacrifice** >>> <<[[!Oni-Cult Anvil]][[!Mayhem Devil]][[!Bloodtithe Harvester]]>> <<< - **{B}{G}:** **Self-Mill / Graveyard Recursion** >>> <<[[!Honest Rutstein]][[!Rise of the Witch-king]][[!Broodspinner]]>> <<< - **{R}{G}:** **Large Monsters / 4 Power Matters** >>> <<[[!Picnic Ruiner]][[!Ruby, Daring Tracker]][[!Writhing Chrysalis]]>> <<< >>> ### Other "Archetypes" / Synergies <<< But in addition to these primary themes, there are a host of synergy packages to explore, and more being added all the time. Just know that since this cube is 540, you can't rely on any of these cards getting opened. But, be on the lookout for emergent synergies as you build your pool: - **{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}:** **Artifacts** (primary in UR and RB, but playable everywhere) >>> <<[[!Voyage Home]][[!Haunt the Network]][[!Yotian Dissident]][[!Dune Drifter]][[!Ravenous Squirrel]][[!Caparocti Sunborn]]>> <<< - **{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}:** **Fetch / Duals** >>> <<[[!Tangled Islet]][[!Generous Ent]][[!Lorien Revealed]]>> <<< - **{G}:** **5-color / Domain** >>> <<[[!Path to the World Tree]][[!The Weatherseed Treaty]][[!Nishoba Brawler]]>> <<< - **{U}{G}:** **Artifact (Land) Animation** >>> <<[[!Animating Faerie]][[!Zoetic Glyph]][[!Tough Cookie]]>> <<< - **{W}{R}:** **Equipment** >>> <<[[!Bladehold War-Whip]][[!Hexgold Hoverwings]][[!Blacksmith's Talent]]>> <<< - **{U}:** **Draw Matters** *Check out [my Draw Matters guide on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/1iyqu8m/blue_draw_matters_the_new_core_archetype_for_blue/)* >>> <<[[!Mischievous Mystic]][[!Emrakul's Messenger]][[!Sneaky Snacker]]>> <<< >>> <<[[!Improbable Alliance]][[!Prince Imrahil the Fair]]>> <<< - **{B}{R}:** **Steal and Sac** >>> <<[[!Furnace Reins]][[!Grishnákh, Brash Instigator]][[!Callous Sell-Sword]]>> <<< - **{U}{B}{G}:** **Looptiloops (No decking)** >>> <<[[!The Bath Song]][[!Shipwreck Dowser]][[!Deem Inferior]]>> <<< - **{W}{G}:** **Tokens** >>> <<[[!Rosie Cotton of South Lane]][[!Woodland Champion]][[!Veteran Beastrider]]>> <<< - **{W}{B}:** **Lifegain** >>> <<[[!Markov Purifier]][[!Restless Bloodseeker]][[!Cat Collector]]>> <<< - **{B}:** **Reanimator** >>> <<[[!Back for Seconds]][[!Push // Pull]][[!Defossilize]]>> <<< - **{U}{R}:** **Spellslinger** >>> <<[[!Murmuring Mystic]][[!Gandalf's Sanction]][[!Fiery Inscription]]>> <<< - **{B}{G}:** **Food** *Check out [my Food walkthrough on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/1hpw7uy/exploring_gb_food_in_peasant_cube_a_fresh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)* >>> <<[[!Vinereap Mentor]][[!Greta, Sweettooth Scourge]][[!Trail of Crumbs]]>> <<< - **{W}:** **Noncreatue Recursion** >>> <<[[!Builder's Talent]][[!Sun-Blessed Healer]][[!Essence Reliquary]]>> <<< - **{U}:** **Fish** >>> <<[[!Curious Obsession]][[!Bottomless Pool // Locker Room]][[!Plumecreed Escort]]>> <<< - **{R}{G}{W}:** **"Heroic" Tricks** >>> <<[[!Heartfire Hero]][[!Illuminator Virtuoso]][[!Tyvar's Stand]]>> <<< - **{R}{G}{W}:** **Deserts** >>> <<[[!Outcaster Greenblade]][[!Shefet Dunes]][[!Ramunap Ruins]]>> <<< - **{U}{R}:** **Discard / Looting** >>> <<[[!Scrounging Skyray]][[!Marauding Mako]][[!Containment Construct]]>> <<<