This is an unpowered cube designed with the intention of having highly synergistic and flexible options, to allow players to pursue exciting decks. ### Gameplay Goals - **Synergistic** - The best decks are built by selecting cards that disproportionately increase in power when matched with the right pieces. Players are rewarded for assembling "value engines". - **Interactive** - As decks are assembled with key pieces, strategically played removal, countermagic, or hand distruption leads to interesting decision points throughout the course of a game. - **Diversive** - Decks within colour combinations are not predefined. Players are encouraged to combine cards in unexpected ways. ### Emergent Design Patterns - **Selective Power Outliers** - **Enablers/Payoffs in Gold Cards** - **Limited Game-ending Bombs** This cube has fallen on a handful of common themes. Many decks use the graveyard and/or lands as important resources, but games are played and decided on the battlefield. Although many decks will assemble synergystic engines that amass value, the presence of aggro and tempo strategies mean that good mana curves and well-timed interaction will be equally important. There is a huge amount of overlap between strategies, and individual cards can be role-players in a variety of different decks. With this is mind here are some sample archetypes: {W}{U} Flicker <<[[!Soulherder]][[!Cloudblazer]]>> {U}{B} Ninjas <<[[!Yuriko, the tiger's shadow]][[!Fallen Shinobi]]>> {B}{R} Madness <<[[!Shadowgrange Archfiend]][[!The Infamous Cruelclaw]]>> {R}{G} Lands <<[[!Hugs, grisly guardian]][[!Wrenn and Six]]>> {G}{W} Recursion <<[[!Renegade Rallier]][[!Melira, the Living Cure|54455a6a-5a59-4a2f-b7e9-732a11d49f6d]]>> {W}{B} Aristocrats <<[[!Elas Il-kor, sadistic pilgrim]][[!Lingering Souls]]>> {U}{R} Spellslinger <<[[!Third Path Iconoclast]][[!Sprite Dragon]]>> {B}{G} Graveyard <<[[!Honest Rutstein]][[!Insidious Roots]]>> {R}{W} Go-Wide <<[[!Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon]][[!Warleader's Call]]>> {G}{U} Self-Mill <<[[!Evidence Examiner]][[!Thassa's Oracle]]>>