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We always talk about the cards we love to cube with. I’ve literally built entire additional cubes so that [[Riftwing Cloudskate]], [[Living Death]] and [[Opposition]] still have homes and still get play or that amazing new cards like [[Xu-Ifit]] and [[Vesuvan Drifter]] thay aren’t quite there in my Vintage Cube get the runout they deserve.

What cards do you love that you aren’t cubing with? Why not? Here are a few of mine:

1. By a country mile, number one is [[Phyrexian Dreadnought]]. I absolutely love this thing, and would be playing it in Legacy and Premodern if normal people weren’t priced out of the coolest formats because of $700 duals or $300 Dreadnoughts themselves.

In cube it’s just tough to pull off when you only have one of each combo piece. Additionally, several of the pieces, like the stifle effect creatures or things like [[Slip Out the Back]] just aren’t very good unless you’re playing specifically Dreadnought.

One thing I will say is that trying and failing spectacularly with the Dreadnought package did result in a couple cards playing so well that they became forever cards while Dreadnought did not. I will once again die on the hill that [[Stifle]] belongs in powered cubes, and it’s a forever card in mine. Similarly, [[Dress Down]] has managed to stick around even though Dreadnought has been gone for years.

But a one mana 12/12 with a gazillion clunky ways to cheat it in? That’s a big yes in the fun department, but it doesn’t really hold up with the power creep of modern mtg.

Next up is my favorite land in all of MTG, which is somehow not in any of my cubes despite me owning literally dozens. The OG Future Sight version of [[River of Tears]] is absolute peak MTG design, and I ran it in my Vintage Cube for years until I finally came around on the Surveil lands and ran out of space.

I rave a lot about unconditionally untapped lands, and I really wish they’d give me the rest of this cycle. I’d play all of them.

When I finally consolidate all of my cubes into one cube that’s just everything I love, River of Tears will be there.

Finally, I have a beautifully creased [[Gilded Drake]] sitting here that I simply don’t know what to do with. I can’t find a home for it in any format I play. Giving the opponent a 3/3 flier is fine in cEDH, but even in Christmas Land where you’re swapping it for Atraxa or Archon, it presents a pretty significant clock if they deal with what you stole. I wish there was a power level it worked at. Anyone having success with the OG thief?

What cards do you love that are homeless in your cube life?

I feel I have reached the point where I am confident to share this cube.

This is a 180 cards cube specifically designed to get new players that discover MTG with Arena into cube.

📈 70% of non-land cards (and all lands) are taken from the 15 preconstructed Arena decks. Additions only include commons and uncommons as to minimize wildcard use.

Despite several design attempts to explore different ideas, this is my first cube that I am ready to share with the community. Feedback is always much appreciated!

Don't be afraid to give it a try with people you feel MTGA appeals to. I now even draft it sometimes with more enfranchised players and it plays great.

Thank you for the time you will spend looking at it, doing a P1P1 or even maybe draft and play the whole thing! 😁

Post your Cube and your pack!

I'm looking for cards that feel super flavorful - the kind where you look at it and think, "yes! that's exactly how that should work."

Here are some examples:

• [[Slumbering Dragon]] waking up after multiple attacks
• [[Frozen Solid]] shattering the frozen creature if it gets hit
• the way [[Hungering Hydra]] actually functions like a classic Greek myth hydra
• how [[Clackbridge Troll]] exacts a toll from passing goats
• [[Dauntless Bodyguard]] dying to protect another creature

What are the most flavorful cards in your cubes? I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have!

Hello r/cube!!

I’m looking to build a commander cube, particularly because I want to try and recreate an old school commander environment with long, combat-focused, janky games, and I think commander cube is the perfect format for that environment.

There is one big issue I’m stuck on, do I draft commanders in the cube, or out of the cube in a separate mini draft? Here’s are the pros and cons I’ve found:

Seeding commanders into packs:

Pros - Allows the commander choosing to feel much more like a draft, and encourages spontaneous thinking for finding a strategy.

Cons - Archetypes would need to be streamlined to make sure you can have good synergy for your commander, along with 3+ colours being a difficult implementation and mono coloured commanders needing a rule 0 partner to be practical.

Seperate commander draft:

Pros: Allows players to choose a playstyle that fits them while still keeping the randomness of cube. It also easily accommodates building 3+ commanders since in draft packs they could be dead cards for some people, and can help promote battlecruiser decks with splashy plays.

Cons: The actual drafting experience would become way too selfish. A lot of the time strategy is involved in order to not only build yourself a good deck on the fly, but also disrupt your opponents. If everyone had already settled on their colour identities then it would be more difficult/pointless to hate draft and would also result in more dead cards.

I’d love to hear everyone’s opinions and experiences on the subject! I’m leaning more towards a separate commander draft but this thread could make me change my mind.

So I’ve been creating a cube with 777 cards and a theme around casino’s and luck! There are seven archetypes and a few subtle sub-synergies I’ve noticed so far. What I have so far is as follows!

Toss-A-Coin (Grixis) coin flips and aristocrats using failed flips as a way to sac

Dice Games (Jeskai) Dice Rolls and Token Aggro

Stack The Deck (Sultai) Clash Cards and Top Deck Manipulation/ Deck Cycling

Under-My-Sleeve (Naya) Faced Down Cards

Collect Them All (Colourless) - Bobbleheads and Artifact Copying

Charlatan’s Guise (5-colour) - Shapshifters and Tribal

What I need is an archetype for Abzan that fits the theme! Any suggestions?