Today we are picking from Manne's Desert Bar Cube by u/manneyney
From the curator:
"All lands must be drafted (No land station) All cards must be played (No deck building) Bar cube
No counters No tokens Miscellaneous
Old border only Graveyard theme"
Cube can be found here: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/mtcrgdbc
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Nature's Lore has a great variety of treatments, including a cool reprint! Give me more forests in green and I'm a happy camper!
What's the best art for Nature's Lore?
Today we are picking from the Old Border Cube Niche Card Combo Cube by all of us!
From the curator:
The OB Combo Cube is designed to be drafted for one on one games and the environment varies in speed but always centers on winning through combos rather than traditional draft archetypes like aggro, control, or midrange.
Cube can be found here: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/OBCNCC
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I am wondering if the community has had any success playing this card in their cubes? I run my share of clone effects but this one feels different. Mirroring enemy creature threats that hit the board indefinitely or setting up for when you need two of something? I know someone could throw a wrench in the plans by throwing a useless creature but if timed right this thing can be a defensive and offensive play...
Thanks for sharing!
I often find myself in situations with less cards in hand than my opponent and I've always wanted to find a way to lean into this pattern.
So whatcha got? How do you make Dark Suspicions work...?
Friendly reminder, please ensure all recommendations have an old border printing and they apply to the cube format. Failure to do so will result in a Grizzly Bear coming your way!
Howdy fellow old border cubers!
Whe didn't have such an explosion of different effects as we have nowadays, but that only made each new released mechanic even more interesting and unique.
For me, I would say it's flashback, morph, kicker (duh), echo and ironically flying and first strike.
Flashback and kicker are my favorites by far. Morph is something I really like as an idea, but it's certainly a slower/less powerful mechanic. Echo, on the other hand is one of those effects that bring up balance to your games in unexpected ways and offer surprising levels of protection. No cheating into play easily, no stealing without consequences, etc.
Flying can become a real pain if your opponent can't deal with it effectively. I was surprised to see whole blocks on the mana curve for specific colors to have no flying creatures or any way to deal with it. Nowadays it pales in comparison to most newer effects, but it used to be quite the powerhouse, especially in limited.
As for first strike, there's nothing really like it out there, it's a terror in combat. Even today double strike just tacks on first strike as an additional effect.
What would you say are your personal favorite mechanics?
Welcome to Day 7 of the 2026 OldBorderCube Share Your... series.
Today we will be discussing 4+ Mana Artifact non-Creatures. What are you running? What's working? What do you wish you had access to? What aren't you running that maybe you should be?
Next time we will discuss Black 4 Mana Creatures!
Welcome to Day 8 of the 2026 OldBorderCube Share Your... series.
Today we will be discussing Black 4 Mana Creatures. What are you running? What's working? What's *not* working? What do you wish you had access to? What aren't you running that maybe you should be?
Next time we will discuss Red Artifacts and Enchantments!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aTrqBO-M2Jc-Xsi2cV6kBRoxwY1seJHB/view?usp=drive_link
Designed as a thought process of what would a set hastily made for the 95 drought look like, as well as filling holes in the old school card pool.
It served as a creative outlet to experiment with abandoned or forbidden design spaces. Mechanics include World Enchantments, graveyard order, banding.
I did design it with some limited in mind, but admittedly, the gold bordered cards are a bit uneven. I also designed this with the 95 card pool in mind, so Faeries, which had some tribal support in Homelands, get some tribal support in this (sadly no minotaurs).
I was recommended on sharing this to this group by an individual in the main sub. If not allowed, feel free to delete.
Since this is a cube group, I'll be showing some cards that help archetypes, instead of the flashier or unusual cards.
Feedback will be appreciated.
I published a new piece today that’s a bit more personal than the last one:
Faith Before Evidence: Navigating The Layers of Fun in Cube
It’s about something I don’t see talked about enough in cube and limited:
What it feels like when you’re not having fun… and why you keep showing up anyway.
When I started drafting outside of my Old School comfort zone, I got crushed, a lot.
Not “close games,” not “bad luck,” just consistently outplayed.
And for a stretch, I had to admit something that felt uncomfortable:
I wasn’t having fun.
This article is about that phase and the journey to the next chapter:
It also gets into something I hadn’t really put words to before, fun doesn’t always come first… progress does.
Curious how many of you have gone through a similar stretch in your cube experience?
Did you ever hit a point where cube (or draft in general) wasn’t fun for a while?
What kept you coming back?
I have a few cards that have been sitting in my maybeboard for a while and I wanted to get your thoughts on if they are worth the slot or do I let them drop!
900 card cube and I still don't have enough space! Maybe we can make this a daily thing, help people clean out their mayboards!
I want to eventually try creating my own cube but I was curious what preexisting premodern/old border cubes people thought were good?
I've got this 93-03 cube that I love playing. Watching lobster on yesterday and today has me wondering if volrath's shape shifter is good enough for the cube. Has anyone tested this before? I'm worried it will be a dead draw most of the time even though the cube has the other cards for the combo
https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/84a5edf7-bcce-47a0-bf3d-ffa5a3baebfb
[[Elves of Deep Shadow]] or [[Llanowar Dead]]? Prospector, cons? Why would you cube one over the other? Context is low powered oldborser.
Here’s a cube I’ve been working on for a few months. It’s finally at a place where I’m ready to get some games in! Here’s a preview: https://cubecobra.com/cube/settings/5d59ee0d-c4bc-4318-9c4f-ea96a9e9d563?view=overview
I love the modern landfall mechanic and this is a fun twist to see how you can get your opponent to buff your beater.
So whatcha got? How do you make Dirtcowl Wurm work...?
Friendly reminder, please ensure all recommendations have an old border printing and they apply to the cube format. Failure to do so will result in a Grizzly Bear coming your way!
The amount of stuff on the wiki about cube is pretty limited, and so I’ve been coming up with a plan of attack of how this could be expanded. I’ve asked for feedback on Reddit and Bluesky before which has super helpful, and so the Wiki Cube Project has now been launched.
It’s not too late for further feedback, so if you wanted to comment here or create an account and leave a note on the talk page — both super great.
However, what would be even more amazing is if anyone who is passionate about cube and was inspired to give editing a go… gave it a go. I’m just one guy, who just so happens to have a decade worth of old pro tours to get documented, and there’s a lot that can be done!