--- >>> ## Welcome to The Collection Cube! <<< --- The Collection Cube is a lower power Peasant cube, aiming at about the power level of a masters set. It is a medium-high varience, high choice environment, where synergy matters. The cube is largely structured as wedges with an addition cycle of ally colored archetypes. However, when drafting you usually end up with a 2 color deck, with a potential to splash a couple cards of a third color. This cube can also be drafted like Jumpstart! Click [here](https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/k3a?s1=Tags) to see all of the Jumpstart packs that have been constructed from the cube as a whole! --- >>> ### Wedge Archetype Primer <<< --- The following archetypes are just *ONE* version of the archetypes in the cube, intended by the designer. What other archetypes and strategies can you find? #### Counters <<[[!/2dd40d90-c939-458a-9a98-27d10da6ff2f]] [[!/41d81b88-c19b-4148-89ba-ae8fb53843e1]] [[!Hagra Constrictor]] [[!Wildwood Scourge]] >> Counters aims to win by putting +1/+1 counters on their creatures, then winning through sheer size or through the distribution of keywords. - {W}: Distributes counters on each creature you control, overwhelming the opponent through many medium sized creatures - {B}: Distributes counters to keep the opponent behind on tempo and force unfavorable blocks. - {G}: Distributes counters focusing on a handful of creatures, completely overshadowing any other creature's power and toughness #### Artifacts <<[[!/0ab900ee-af10-442b-baa5-8654f82ca381]] [[!/d32d8327-6ec2-4d43-b254-b04407612715]] [[!Lightning Spear]] [[!Visionary Augmenter]] >> Artifacts looks to take advantage of the colorless spells in the cube to win by powering their colored spells. - {U}: Uses artifacts to power out large creatures far ahead of the normal curve - {R}: Uses artifacts, emphasising equipment, to transform every creature into a threat - {W}: Uses artifacts to swarm the board that can then be anthemed for victory #### Graveyard <<[[!/01fa1bab-da7d-4c60-ac93-f92ec5e2bb2a]] [[!Blood For Bones]] [[!Voracious Typhon]] [[!Advanced Stitchwing]] >> Graveyard decks on average are grindier decks that look to achieve victory by turning their graveyard into a second hand, gaining extra value out of every card. - {B}: Use your graveyard to return your best cards to your hand or battlefield - {G}: Use your graveyard as a resource to power out huge creatures and gain Value - {U}: Use your graveyard as a second hand, gaining incremental value from each and every additional spell you cast #### Sacrifice <<[[!/34f492d6-8ca9-4360-8608-9183bdb0eed8]] [[!/8d4f3fa3-ba1f-48dc-a56b-738936f1bf86]] [[!Pious Evangel]] [[!Legion Vanguard]] >> Sacrifice decks look to get value out of creatures dying, and intentionally killing them yourself. - {R}: Aggro oriented - using sacrifice as removal and additional damage - {W}: Control oriented - using abundant fodder and lifegain to buy time for incremental effects to take over - {B}: Midrange oriented - using death triggers to gain the most incremental value #### Big Mana <<[[!/1b165053-5118-482b-9f52-7438217d5f17]] [[!Bookwurm]] [[!/abb47990-a5a9-4a22-a8bb-d229b17132c6]] [[!/460f7733-c0a6-4439-a313-7b26ae6ee15b]] >> Big Mana decks look to get more value out of their mana than their opponents each and every turn of the game. - {G}: Utilize your mana to play the largest creatures ahead of schedule - {U}: Utilize your mana to cast multiple spells every turn - {R}: Utilize your mana to activate powerful activated abilities ----- These are not the only archetypes in the cube, but a starting baseline to understand the cube. What other archetypes can you find and discover? ----- ### This Cube's Philosophy The driving force behind this cube is "Create interesting decisions", which permeates the entire cube. The draft must drive interesting choices and decision points, as well as deckbuilding, and especially gameplay. No card can be so strong to make it a "must pick" card during the draft, nor be so powerful on the battlefield that the opponent feels as though they have a single turn to answer the threat.