>>> ### Small Cube <<< >>> A cube based on the bun magic cube and the atomic cube. Low mana values, efficient cards, and fair magic across aggro, midrange, and control are emphasised. Very few cards cost more than three to cast, and most synergy between cards in incidental. Singleton is broken for fetches and shocks. >>> ### Key cards and bombs <<< As always, removal and lands are key, especially fetch lands. Below are some of the most individually powerful cards in the cube to keep an eye out for. <<[[!swords to plowshares]] [[!mother of runes]][[!force of will]] [[!Jace, the mind sculptor]]>> <<[[!Sheoldred, the apocalypse]] [[!reanimate]] [[!Birds of paradise]] [[!sylvan library]]>> <<[[!lightning bolt]] [[!Laelia, the blade reforged]] [[!fractured identity]] [[!Lurrus of the dream-den]]>> <<[[!Uro, titan of nature's wrath]] [[!Phlage, titan of fire's fury]][[!psychic frog]] [[!fire covenant]]>> >>> ### Aggro <<< {w}{b}{r}{g} each have a wealth of aggressive threats. {w} gives proactive removal {b} gives disruption in the form of recursion and hand-attack {r} gives burn and prowess threats and {g} gives the largest creatures and protection spells. {u} is the least aggressive colour and only features in {r/u} prowess decks. <<[[!Descendant of storms]] [[!monastery swiftspear]] [[!scythecat cub]] [[!deep-cavern bat]]>> >>> ### Tempo <<< Mostly based in {u}{b}, tempo decks try to stick fewer threats and protect them with counterspells, removal, and protection. <<[[!daze]] [[!thoughtseize]] [[!murktide regent]] [[!clarion spirit]]>> >>> ### Midrange <<< Mostly in {g}{w}{b}, midrange decks use value-generating creatures and lots of removal to outlast and go over the top of their opponents. {g} midrange decks will often be ramp decks, using mana dorks to accelerate our large threats. <<[[!Agonasaur Rex]] [[!skyclave apparition]] [[!sheoldred, the apocalypse]] [[!dark confidant]]>> >>> ### Control <<< Base {u}{w}, and also dipping into any of the other colours, control decks use removal, counterspells, and card advantage to deny the opponent's gampelan until they can stick overwhelming threats. Control decks are where many of the cube's planeswalkers are most at home. <<[[!Teferi, time raveler]] [[!mystic confluence]] [[!solitude]] [[!Jace, the mind sculptor]]>> >>> ### Synergies <<< While they are not the focus of the cube, there are a few synergistic packages you can draft. {g} lands/field of the dead. Ramp and tutor lands, play as many colours as you like, and win the game with tokens from field of the dead. <<[[!field of the dead]] [[!wrenn and six]] [[!elvish reclaimer]] [[!titania, protector of argoth]]>> {w} flicker. Use the few flicker cards in the cube to repeat valueable enters-the-battlefield effects <<[[!phelia, exuberant shepherd]] [[!Ephemerate]] [[!Skyclave apparition]] [[!white orchid phantom]]>> {w}+ tokens. Get paid for for going wide and generating tokens. <<[[!Staff of the storyteller]] [[!Chthonian Nightmare]] [[!Warleader's call]] [[!Adeline, resplendent cathar]]>> {r}{u/w} prowess. Play lots of spells each turn and create massive creatures <<[[!monastery mentor]] [[!electrostatic infantry]] [[!cori-steel cutter]] [[!Third path Iconoclast]]>> {u} flash. Draft instants and creatures with flash and play on your opponent's turn. <<[[!academy loremaster]] [[!brineborn cutthroat]] [[!faerie vandal]] [[!nightpack ambusher]]>> {r} discard. Turn discard effects into an upside. <<[[!inti, seneschal of the sun]] [[!marauding mako]] [[!anje's ravager]] [[!liliana of the veil]]>>