This cube attempts to recreate [Caleb Gannons Powered Synergy Cube](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/synergy) in an unpowered environment that is drafted with four to five players most often. Presented here are a few featured archetypes, in no particular order, including a brief explanation and key cards. This list is by no means exhaustive. {W}{C} **Artifact based aggro** {C}{W} A low to the ground aggro deck using lots of small artifact creatures and synergies between them. Due to a lot of it's cards being colorless, there is room for splashing another color to access other effects and even more artifact synergies. Usual includes are: <<[[!Toolcraft Exemplar]][[!Arcbound Mouser]][[!Lion Sash]][[!Steel Overseer]][[!Lion Sash]][[!Steel Seraph]][[!Maul of the Skyclaves]][[!Traxos, Scourge of Kroog]]>> {U}{X} **Blue based control** {X}{U} A type of deck using blue's powerful card advantage and filtering spells to create the right mix of counter spells, removal and sweepers to control the board and eventually win with a small number of creatures or a big finisher. Since blue itself lacks some of the necessary control elements like removal and sweepers, this deck gets these from White, Black or Red. Key blue cards: <<[[!Brainstorm]][[!Ponder]][[!Stern Scolding]][[!Faerie Vandal]][[!Counterspell]][[!Mana Leak]][[!Occult Epiphany]][[!Force of Will]]>> Cards that are needed from other colors: <<[[!Path to Exile]][[!Abrade]][[!Damn]][[!Temporary Lockdown]]>> {B}{X} **Aristocrats** {X}{B} The classic 'sacrifice your creatures for various benefits' deck. This deck plays recursive creatures or mass token producers and then attacks with them or sacrifices them for value. Other colors help with creating tokens or giving sacrifice payoffs. Recursive creatures: <<[[!Gravecrawler]][[!Bloodghast]][[!Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia]][[!Reassembling Skeleton]]>> Sacrifice Outlets: <<[[!Carrion Feeder]][[!Priest of Forgotten Gods]][[!Gut, True Soul Zealot]][[!Phyrexian Tower]]>> Sacrifice Value: <<[[!Vraan, Executioner Thane]][[!Cruel Celebrant]][[!Midnight Reaper]][[!Living Death]]>> {R}{X} **Red aggressive decks** {X}{R} Unlike most cubes, there is less of a straightforward mono red aggro/burn deck. Instead you have to work through synergies to create a robust killing machine. Ways to achieve this include: **Artifact based aggro** with White: <<[[!Warden of the Inner Sky]][[!Rabbit Battery]][[!Embercleave]][[!Kellan, the Fae-Blooded]]>> **Spellslinger** with Blue: <<[[!Dragon's Rage Channeler]][[!Monastery Swiftspear]][[!Sprite Dragon]][[!Mercurial Spelldancer]]>> **Madness** with Black: <<[[!Cryptbreaker]][[!Stromkirk Occultist]][[!Glint-Horn Buccaneer]][[!Ox of Agonas]]>> **Stompy** with Green: <<[[!Cenote Scout]][[!Inti, Seneschal of the Sun]][[!Fires of Yavimaya]][[!Song of Totentanz]]>> {G} **Green Ramp** {G} This deck's goal is to accelerate it's mana production early by playing lots of cheap mana producing creatures ("dorks"). These then allow it to drop bigger monsters onto the battlefield ahead of time. Small Dorks: <<[[!Birds of Paradise]][[!Elvish Mystic]][[!Gilded Goose]][[!Deathrite Shaman]]>> Big Ramp: <<[[!Earthcraft]][[!Rishkar, Peema Renegade]][[!Circle of Dreams Druid]][[!Elven Chorus]]>> Ramp Payoffs: <<[[!Ancient Imperiosaur]][[!Jadelight Spelunker]][[!Finale of Devastation]][[!Craterhoof Behemoth]]>> {W}{U}{R}{G} **Artifact Midrange/Combo decks** {G}{R}{U}{W} There are a lot of different artifact syngeries strewn across most colors. There are decks that focus mostly on these, but some of them can also be incorporated into other decks and strategies. Artifact Utility <<[[!Emry, Lurker of the Loch]][[!Daretti, Scrap Savant]][[!Sai, Master Thopterist]][[!Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh]]>> **Thopter/Sword** Combo <<[[!Thopter Foundry]][[!Sword of the Meek]][[!Goblin Engineer]][[!Meria, Scholar of Antiquity]]>> **KCI** Loop Combo <<[[!Memnite]][[!Myr Retriever]][[!Scrap Trawler]][[!Krark-Clan Ironworks]]>> {U}{B} **Ninjas** {B}{U} This deck utilises cheap evasive creatures to get it's ninjas into play early and attacking. Additionally it uses lots of cheap interaction to keep the opponent from playing blockers or pushing through their own game plans. Ninja enablers <<[[!Ornithopter]][[!Faerie Dreamthief]][[!Judge's Familiar]][[!Cloud of Faeries]]>> Ninja Payoffs <<[[!Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow]][[!Ninja of the Deep Hours]][[!Ingenious Infiltrator]][[!Throat Slitter]]>> Cheap interaction <<[[!Spell Snare]][[!Force of Will]][[!Fatal Push]][[!Snap]]>> {U}{G} **Temmpo** {G}{U} Similar to the Ninjas deck, there is a Simic deck built around Edric and cheap, evasive creatures: Creature Core: <<[[!Edric, Spymaster of Trest]][[!Snaremaster Sprite]][[!Elusive Otter]][[!Cloud of Faeries]]>> Green offers ways to augment the small critters into real threats and other creature perks: <<[[!Ozolith, the Shattered Spire]][[!Rishkar, Peema Renegade]][[!Eldritch Evolution]][[!Elven Chorus]]>> This deck also makes use of Blues interaction, again similar to Ninajs: <<[[!Snap]][[!Spell Snare]][[!Callous Dismissal]][[!Force of Will]]>> {W}{G} **+1/+1 Counter Aggro** {G}{W} This deck stacks up huge numbers of +1/+1 counters on it's creatures and smashes the opponents face. Basic counter creatues <<[[!Arcbound Mouser]][[!Botanical Brawler]][[!Walking Ballista]][[!Rosie Cotton of South Lane]]>> Artifact synergies <<[[!Teething Wurmlet]][[!Yotian Dissident]][[!Patchwork Automaton]][[!Steel Overseer]]>> This deck also meshes well with the Persist deck! {G}{R}{B} **Lands** {B}{R}{G} There are some powerful land syngeries to be found in the cube. This kind of deck relies heavily on fetch lands and shocks/triomes to both fill the graveyard with lands and also get access to many colors. Therefore it can get useful spells from all over the cube (for example, getting great removal is key), in addition to the lands stuff. The fetches also turbocharge landfall effects. Land Recursion <<[[!Life from the Loam]][[!Witherbloom Command]][[!Crucible of Worlds]][[!Golos, Tireless Pilgrim]]>> Land Sacrifice <<[[!Horizon Canopy]][[!Elvish Reclaimer]][[!Sylvan Safekeeper]][[!Titania, Protector of Argoth]]>> Land Discard <<[[!Boseiju, Who Endures]][[!Molten Vortex]][[!Tranquil Thicket]][[!Soul of Windgrace]]>> Other useful effects <<[[!Exploration]][[!Augur of Autumn]][[!Field of the Dead]][[!Mine Collapse]]>> {W}{B} **Persist Combo** {B}{W} Another powerful thing to do is infinitly recurring creatures with the Persist ability. This works by having it come back with a -1/-1 counter and placing a +1/+1 counter on it upon entering the battlefield, having both cancel each other. Then the creature is ready to be recurred again. Creature tutors and reanimation help this deck gain consistency. Persist Creatues <<[[!Putrid Goblin]][[!Kitchen Finks]][[!Lesser Masticore]]>> +1/+1 counter distributors <<[[!Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit]][[!Metallic Mimic]][[!Yotian Dissident]]>> Sacrifice Outlets <<[[!Carrion Feeder]][[!Viscera Seer]][[!Altar of Dementia]][[!Spawning Pit]]>> Additional Sacrifice Value <<[[!Ravenous Squirrel]][[!Cruel Celebrant]][[!Bastion of Remembrance]][[!Genesis Chamber]]>> {G}{X} **Glimpse Combo** {X}{G} This deck is a more combo-y variation of the green ramp deck. It uses a lot of the same cheap ramp creatures and mana producers. Additionally, you can go off with effects that draw extra cards when creatures enter the battlefield. In general this deck needs an abundance of castable cheap creatures. Card draw <<[[!Glimpse of Nature]][[!Rite of Harmony]][[!Lonis, Cryptozoologist]][[!Elven Chorus]]>> Mana Production <<[[!Circle of Dreams Druid]][[!Quirion Ranger]][[!Earthcraft]][[!Intruder Alarm]]>> Utility and Finishers <<[[!Fires of Yavimaya]][[!Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler]][[!Mirror Entity]][[!Craterhoof Behemoth]]>> {B}{G} **Selfmill** {G}{B} This deck uses a variety of ways to fill up it's own graveyard and then get value out of that. From recursive threats to delve fuel to big bombs, a lot of things can be found down there. Self-Millers <<[[!Stitcher's Supplier]][[!Gnawing Vermin]][[!Satyr Wayfinder]][[!Witherbloom Command]]>> Graveyard Value <<[[!Deathrite Shaman]][[!Life from the Loam]][[!Souls of the Lost]][[!Varolz, the Scar-Striped]]>> Recursion from the 'Yard <<[[!Scourge of Nel Toth]][[!Persist]][[!The Grim Captain's Locker]][[!Living Death]]>> If you're daring, you might even try to go all the way! <<[[!Unearth]][[!No one left behind]][[!Dread Return]][[!Thassa's Oracle]]>>