>>> ## Vintage 4x Cube Primer <<< --- >>> ### About the Cube <<< --- This cube is built on the idea of capturing the essence of vintage, and making the drafters feel like they are playing actual vintage, or rather, something very close to vintage. This cube breaks the singleton idea by providing four copies of classical vintage cards. **How to Draft** In paper, each player is given 60 cards in an Ultimate Guard Boulder Deck Box. A player's three packs are made from shuffling and drawing the top 20 cards. Each time you pick from a pack, you pick two cards instead, and then pass the rest. *Note:* It is wise to always count the cards being passed to you to ensure everyone has selected and removed the correct amount of cards from a pack each time. --- >>> ### Card Restrictions <<< --- This cube follows it own restricted list. That is because some of the cards in this cube are only wanted by one or two people, thus making all the remaining obsolete. This is addressed by removing other cards in the cube to maintain balance. *Example:* [[Lodestone Golem|9bb0ee6a-852a-4f1e-8f03-40b6d505bc82]] is in the cube and can be a four of in a player's deck, while things like [[Trinisphere|316caa4e-a53a-460b-978c-5f0fba7bc549]] and [[Sphere of Resistance|17f4d2a5-bb85-4662-b2dd-a363ec7eab9b]] are not in the cube, whatsoever. **Restricted List** [[Ancestral Recall|70e7ddf2-5604-41e7-bb9d-ddd03d3e9d0b]] [[Black Lotus|b0faa7f2-b547-42c4-a810-839da50dadfe]] [[Mana Crypt|160cf235-6463-4e16-a426-8b5be76b10d2]] [[Mox Emerald|b0e1427c-05cd-465b-be59-97ed6e39f7ba]] [[Mox Jet|92bcd1ce-19b1-4d78-8b09-95242ca08d76]] [[Mox Pearl|8ebe4be7-e12a-4596-a899-fbd5b152e879]] [[Mox Ruby|8945585f-4773-493d-a0fe-d707db910b38]] [[Mox Sapphire|82da0972-b17b-4600-9efd-e9430a0db04b]] [[Sol Ring|c4300d24-1cae-4dd5-be7e-38cc677cf5bd]] [[Time Twister|14eee1b5-d41a-44b6-af2f-d367fd606ef1]] [[Time Walk|e0139f60-d48e-46fb-9f5a-1e3d7558c834]] [[Tolarian Academy|ad7ac9a5-340f-4509-826c-7b9416d47887]] **Current Watchlist** Which could result in it leaving the cube or being added in the Restricted list. [[Balance|52ec6882-a92b-4ee0-b601-638994a65337]] [[Tinker|7da23b15-dfb8-4267-9b33-d7a4c035c434]] --- >>> ### Deck Archtypes <<< --- There are four main archtypes in this vintage cube. They are Blue Decks, Hatebear Decks, Workshop Decks, and Bazaar Decks. They will each be addressed more fully below. If you are newer to the vintage format, it might be wise to head over to MTGTop8 to become more familiarized with the deck construction. *Note:* That the restricted list does vary, so expect to stare down two copies of [[Lodestone Golem|9bb0ee6a-852a-4f1e-8f03-40b6d505bc82]] on the opposite side of the board, or watch someone cast multiple copies of [[Brainstorm|8d42d7aa-7f53-4cfc-842a-086aab2448d1]]. https://www.mtgtop8.com/format?f=VI >>> ##### Blue Decks <<< --- <<[[!/Tinker]] [[!/Doomsday]] [[!/Underworld Breach]] [[!/Paradoxical Outcome]]>> **Possible Player Count#:** 4-6 The following Blue Decks are supported in this cube: BUG Midrange, Fish, Lurrus Control, UWx Control, UBx Control, Oath of Druids, Paradoxical Outcome, Underworld Breach, Doomsday, Storm, and more. These decks will reply on the support of [[Force of Will|89f612d6-7c59-4a7b-a87d-45f789e88ba5]] and other control style cards as they attempt to secure a win by either combo, or amassing a formidable board presence. >>> ##### Hatebear Decks <<< --- <<[[!/Archon of Emeria]] [[!/Kataki, War's Wage]] [[!/Spirit of the Labyrinth]] [[!/Collector Ouphe]]>> **Possible Player Count#:** 1-2 Both White style hatebear deck, as well as Green White style hatebear decks are supported within this cube. There is also [[White Plume Adventurer|b256ddc8-8b12-434c-a610-1a872e948f2f]] for those wishing to go the initiative route. This play style will reward you by restricting what your opponents can and can't do. >>> ##### Workshop Decks <<< --- <<[[!/Mishra's Workshop]] [[!/Mystic Forge]] [[!/Lodestone Golem]] [[!/Thorn of Amethyst]]>> **Possible Player Count#:** 1-2 Workshop decks can be built one of two ways, either the classic stax approach using [[Lodestone Golem|9bb0ee6a-852a-4f1e-8f03-40b6d505bc82]] and [[Thorn of Amethyst|1aa26d85-6dfe-4359-9273-94f42da7482c]], or a more aggressive approach using [[Nettlecyst|4a0bb5dc-75a6-4bd6-81f8-611197fb0fba]] and [[Patchwork Automaton|7a4e1580-dd26-4f4b-ac98-3e6fa7b879d5]]. Whichever route you decide to play, you will have access to the power that is [[Mishra's Workshop|135de5c7-6ac9-4b68-8f1a-97f120a4b125]]. >>> ##### Bazaar Decks <<< --- <<[[!/Bazaar of Baghdad]] [[!/Lion's Eye Diamond]] [[!/Survival of the Fittest]] [[!/Vengevine]]>> **Possible Player Count#:** 1-2 The Bazaar gameplay will occasionally change between Dredge and Vengevine. Currently, the Vengevine strategy is available for drafting. You will use the power of [[Bazaar of Baghdad|ff37b863-f8c4-4584-8cc2-ac0e096e583f]] to quickly churn through your deck to put several creatures into play on as early as turn one. Then it uses cards like [[Squee, Goblin Nabob|4ba8325a-1203-4125-9111-94d9e2b1f14b]] and [[Master of Death|b9775175-6763-4826-afc8-dc520a235c36]] to ensure you never run out of resources.