I've been hovering around MTG Salvation for a long time and finally decided to add my cube of about a year.
Basic Info Cube Size: 720 Cards Breakdown: 93 Each Colour, 75 Multicoloured, 80 Artifact/Colourless, 100 Land Standard or Theme: Standard Average Draft: Frequency and number of players currently varies quite widely
Card Selection Powered?: No Portal?: Yes "Un-" Cards: No "Banned" Cards: No
Cube Design Standard or Multiplayer: Standard Snow Cube?: No Sideboards?: Yes Proxies?: No Functional Reprints?: Yes Perfect Creature/Non-Creature Balance: No Gold "As Printed" or "As Played": As Played Perfectly Balanced CMC: No Cube CMC: 3.141
Some potential swaps: Behemoth Sledge -> Glare of Subdual: I'm uncertain of this one. Sledge has been really good so far, but I feel like it's going the way of Loxodon Warhammer (which I do still have). Ashenmoor Gouger -> Shambling Remains: Easier to cast in mono-coloured decks vs. one less toughness and unearth. I think I'm leaning toward the Remains. Nucklavee -> Spellbound Dragon: This is happening as soon as I get the dragon. Suffocating Blast -> Jilt: I'm not 100% on this, but I think I like Jilt better. Karn, Silver Golem -> Triskelion: I never liked Trike much, but it seems to do well for a lot of people and the cube doesn't support the artifact theme too well.
While I do include some Portal cards in the cube, there are many which I feel to be "unfair;" that is, because they were designed for a particular environment (e.g. Lu-Xun, Scholar General or Rolling Earthquake), they are significantly more powerful in an environment that is not saturated with those mechanics. On the flip side, I realize that one aspect of cube is playing with the best/most powerful cards possible, and so, in time, it is likely that I will include some of these other cards.
As I don't store my cube in order and am part-way through double-sleeving it, it's not really in any position to be photographed. Pictures will come in time, though.
I've been hovering around MTG Salvation for a long time and finally decided to add my cube of about a year.
Cube Size: 720 Cards
Breakdown: 93 Each Colour, 75 Multicoloured, 80 Artifact/Colourless, 100 Land
Standard or Theme: Standard
Average Draft: Frequency and number of players currently varies quite widely
Card Selection
Powered?: No
Portal?: Yes
"Un-" Cards: No
"Banned" Cards: No
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard
Snow Cube?: No
Sideboards?: Yes
Proxies?: No
Functional Reprints?: Yes
Perfect Creature/Non-Creature Balance: No
Gold "As Printed" or "As Played": As Played
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
Cube CMC: 3.141
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1 Elite Vanguard
1 Goldmeadow Harrier
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mother of Runes
1 Savannah Lions
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Student of Warfare
//2CC
1 Accorder Paladin
1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
1 Kami of Ancient Law
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Lone Missionary
1 Mistral Charger
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Ronom Unicorn
1 Serra Avenger
1 Silver Knight
1 Soltari Monk
1 Soltari Priest
1 Soltari Trooper
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Stormfront Pegasus
1 Wall of Omens
1 White Knight
1 Flickerwisp
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mirror Entity
1 Paladin en-Vec
1 Pianna, Nomad Captain
1 Soltari Champion
1 Transcendent Master
//4CC
1 Calciderm
1 Celestial Crusader
1 Emeria Angel
1 Exalted Angel
1 Galepowder Mage
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Hokori, Dust Drinker
1 Kor Sanctifiers
//5CC
1 Archon of Justice
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
1 Karmic Guide
1 Reveillark
1 Sun Titan
1 Sunblast Angel
1 Yosei, the Morning Star
//7CC
1 Eternal Dragon
//8CC
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Condemn
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Harm's Way
1 Land Tax
1 Mana Tithe
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
//2CC
1 Balance
1 Disenchant
1 Honor of the Pure
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Momentary Blink
1 Revoke Existence
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Griffin Guide
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Prison Term
1 Pulse of the Fields
1 Scepter of Dominance
1 Spectral Procession
//4CC
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Armageddon
1 Cataclysm
1 Day of Judgment
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Moat
1 Parallax Wave
1 Return to Dust
1 Wrath of God
1 Conqueror's Pledge
1 Elspeth Tirel
1 Gideon Jura
1 Miraculous Recovery
1 Rout
//6CC
1 Akroma's Vengeance
1 Austere Command
1 Catastrophe
//XCC
1 Decree of Justice
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1 Enclave Cryptologist
//2CC
1 Coralhelm Commander
1 Gilded Drake
1 Jushi Apprentice
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Merfolk Looter
1 Spellskite
1 Waterfront Bouncer
//3CC
1 Aether Adept
1 Calcite Snapper
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Man-o'-War
1 Sea Gate Oracle
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1 Wake Thrasher
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Thieving Magpie
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
//5CC
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Morphling
1 Mulldrifter
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
//6CC
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Draining Whelk
1 Frost Titan
1 Keiga, the Tide Star
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Palinchron
//9CC
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Daze
1 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
//1CC
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Brainstorm
1 Force Spike
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
//2CC
1 Arcane Denial
1 Counterspell
1 Impulse
1 Into the Roil
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Negate
1 Remand
1 Standstill
1 Telling Time
1 Complicate
1 Compulsive Research
1 Crystal Shard
1 Dissipate
1 Equilibrium
1 Exclude
1 Forbid
1 Frantic Search
1 Hinder
1 Jace Beleren
1 Psionic Blast
1 Repulse
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
1 Vedalken Shackles
//4CC
1 Control Magic
1 Cryptic Command
1 Deep Analysis
1 Dismiss
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Opposition
1 Rewind
1 Rite of Replication
1 Bribery
1 Desertion
1 Future Sight
1 Jace's Ingenuity
1 Pact of Negation
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Treachery
//6CC
1 Capsize
1 Confiscate
1 Time Spiral
1 Upheaval
1 Volition Reins
//XCC
1 Condescend
1 Stroke of Genius
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1 Carnophage
1 Fume Spitter
1 Vampire Lacerator
//2CC
1 Black Knight
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Dauthi Horror
1 Dauthi Slayer
1 Mesmeric Fiend
1 Nezumi Cutthroat
1 Nezumi Shortfang
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Nantuko Shade
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Withered Wretch
1 Bone Shredder
1 Dauthi Marauder
1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Liliana's Specter
1 Undead Gladiator
1 Vampire Nighthawk
//4CC
1 Abyssal Persecutor
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Mirri the Cursed
1 Nekrataal
1 Phyrexian Scuta
1 Plague Sliver
1 Sewer Nemesis
1 Skinrender
1 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Shriekmaw
//6CC
1 Grave Titan
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Visara the Dreadful
//XCC
1 Tombstalker
1 Contagion
1 Snuff Out
//1CC
1 Dark Ritual
1 Disfigure
1 Duress
1 Entomb
1 Innocent Blood
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Reanimate
1 Sarcomancy
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
//2CC
1 Animate Dead
1 Bitterblossom
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Exhume
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Last Gasp
1 Night's Whisper
1 Sign in Blood
1 Sinkhole
1 Smother
1 Terror
1 Dismember
1 Necromancy
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Stupor
1 Sudden Death
1 Yawgmoth's Will
//4CC
1 Barter in Blood
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Damnation
1 Dread Return
1 Makeshift Mannequin
1 Nether Void
//5CC
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Corpse Dance
1 Liliana Vess
1 Living Death
1 Betrayal of Flesh
1 Sorin Markov
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
//XCC
1 Mind Twist
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Profane Command
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1 Goblin Guide
1 Goblin Patrol
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Jackal Pup
1 Magus of the Scroll
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Spikeshot Elder
//2CC
1 Blood Knight
1 Dwarven Blastminer
1 Ember Hauler
1 Fireslinger
1 Goblin Wardriver
1 Hearth Kami
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Kargan Dragonlord
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Plated Geopede
1 Slith Firewalker
1 Stigma Lasher
1 Ball Lightning
1 Countryside Crusher
1 Fire Imp
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Hell's Thunder
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Manic Vandal
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher
//4CC
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
1 Keldon Champion
1 Moltensteel Dragon
1 Ravenous Baboons
1 Skizzik
1 Kumano, Master Yamabushi
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Thunderblust
//6CC
1 Crater Hellion
1 Hellkite Charger
1 Inferno Titan
1 Rorix Bladewing
//8CC
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Fireblast
//1CC
1 Burst Lightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Firebolt
1 Flame Slash
1 Forked Bolt
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Seal of Fire
//2CC
1 Arc Trail
1 Fire Ambush
1 Incinerate
1 Magma Jet
1 Pyroclasm
1 Searing Blaze
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Sudden Shock
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Arc Lightning
1 Chaos Warp
1 Char
1 Flame Javelin
1 Flames of the Blood Hand
1 Molten Rain
1 Pillage
1 Puncture Blast
1 Rift Bolt
1 Rivalry
1 Slagstorm
1 Staggershock
1 Stone Rain
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Thunderblade Charge
1 Urza's Rage
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Words of War
1 Aftershock
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Violent Eruption
//5CC
1 Chandra Nalaar
//6CC
1 Wildfire
//XCC
1 Banefire
1 Demonfire
1 Earthquake
1 Fireball
1 Comet Storm
1 Starstorm
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1 Arbor Elf
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Jungle Lion
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Twinblade Slasher
1 Wild Dogs
1 Wild Nacatl
//2CC
1 Albino Troll
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Mire Boa
1 River Boa
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Viridian Zealot
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Eternal Witness
1 Great Sable Stag
1 Imperious Perfect
1 Ohran Viper
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Yavimaya Elder
//4CC
1 Blastoderm
1 Briarhorn
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Master of the Wild Hunt
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Phantom Centaur
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Spike Weaver
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Vengevine
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Acidic Slime
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Genesis
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Kodama of the North Tree
1 Mycoloth
1 Thornling
//6CC
1 Brutalizer Exarch
1 Cloudthresher
1 Primeval Titan
1 Rampaging Baloths
//7CC
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Pelakka Wurm
//8CC
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Mirri's Guile
1 Noxious Revival
1 Rancor
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Worldly Tutor
//2CC
1 Farseek
1 Life from the Loam
1 Naturalize
1 Rampant Growth
1 Regrowth
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Sylvan Library
1 Awakening Zone
1 Beast Within
1 Boar Umbra
1 Call of the Herd
1 Cultivate
1 Elephant Guide
1 Harrow
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Grip
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Moldervine Cloak
1 Creeping Mold
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Harmonize
1 Stonewood Invocation
//5CC
1 All Suns' Dawn
1 Plow Under
1 Primal Command
//8CC
1 Rude Awakening
//9CC
1 Tooth and Nail
//XCC
1 Hurricane
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1 Absorb
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Plumeveil
1 Teferi's Moat
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Wall of Denial
U/B
1 Agony Warp
1 Inkfathom Infiltrator
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Psychatog
1 Recoil
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
B/R
1 Ashenmoor Gouger
1 Blazing Specter
1 Blightning
1 Bituminous Blast
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Sarkhan the Mad
1 Terminate
R/G
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Burning-Tree Shaman
1 Giant Solifuge
1 Kird Ape
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Stormbind
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Loam Lion
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
W/B
1 Desolation Angel
1 Gerrard's Verdict
1 Mortify
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Unmake
1 Vindicate
U/R
1 Electrolyze
1 Fire/Ice
1 Gelectrode
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 Nucklavee
1 Prophetic Bolt
1 Suffocating Blast
B/G
1 Creakwood Liege
1 Glissa, the Traitor
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Putrefy
1 Putrid Leech
1 Spiritmonger
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Brion Stoutarm
1 Duergar Hedge-Mage
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Goblin Legionnaire
1 Goblin Trenches
1 Lightning Helix
G/U
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Lorescale Coatl
1 Mystic Snake
1 Simic Sky Swallower
1 Snakeform
1 Trygon Predator
1 Voidslime
Tri-Colour
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Lightning Angel
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1 Rafiq of the Many
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1X
1 Epochrasite
1 Perilous Myr
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Juggernaut
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Masticore
1 Molten-Tail Masticore
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Duplicant
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Sundering Titan
//Equipment
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Bonesplitter
1 Skullclamp
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Bonehoard
1 Batterskull
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Guardian Idol
1 Grim Monolith
1 Mind Stone
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Sphere of the Suns
1 Coalition Relic
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Everflowing Chalice
//Utility
1 Zuran Orb
1 Aether Vial
1 Black Vise
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Isochron Scepter
1 Scroll Rack
1 Winter Orb
1 Chimeric Idol
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Crystal Ball
1 Mimic Vat
1 Ring of Gix
1 Tangle Wire
1 Erratic Portal
1 Helm of Possession
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Null Brooch
1 Phyrexian Processor
1 Smokestack
1 Memory Jar
1 Mindslaver
1 Obelisk of Alara
1 Karn Liberated
1 Chimeric Mass
1 Brittle Effigy
1 Powder Keg
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 All is Dust
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Plateau
1 Scrubland
1 Savannah
1 Taiga
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
//Shock Lands
1 Blood Crypt
1 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Watery Grave
//Fetch Lands
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
//Filter Lands
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Fetid Heath
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Flooded Grove
1 Graven Cairns
1 Mystic Gate
1 Rugged Prairie
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Twilight Mire
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Boros Garrison
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Gruul Turf
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Simic Growth Chamber
//Vivid Lands
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow
//Shards Tri-Lands
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Savage Lands
1 Seaside Citadel
//WWK Man Lands
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
1 Raging Ravine
1 Stirring Wildwood
//Mana Fixing
1 City of Brass
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Terramorphic Expanse
//Specialty
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Dread Statuary
1 Dust Bowl
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mutavault
1 Mystifying Maze
1 Rishadan Port
1 Strip Mine
1 Tectonic Edge
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Wasteland
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Kor Haven
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Academy Ruins
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Shelldock Isle
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Cabal Pit
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Kher Keep
1 Pendelhaven
1 Treetop Village
Some cards which might get cut:
Phyrexian Scuta
Tezzeret the Seeker
Obelisk of Alara
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Rude Awakening
Cloudthresher
Mirri the Cursed
Visara the Dreadful
All Suns' Dawn
Some potential swaps:
Behemoth Sledge -> Glare of Subdual: I'm uncertain of this one. Sledge has been really good so far, but I feel like it's going the way of Loxodon Warhammer (which I do still have).
Ashenmoor Gouger -> Shambling Remains: Easier to cast in mono-coloured decks vs. one less toughness and unearth. I think I'm leaning toward the Remains.
Nucklavee -> Spellbound Dragon: This is happening as soon as I get the dragon.
Suffocating Blast -> Jilt: I'm not 100% on this, but I think I like Jilt better.
Karn, Silver Golem -> Triskelion: I never liked Trike much, but it seems to do well for a lot of people and the cube doesn't support the artifact theme too well.
Potential M12 additions:
Azure Mage
Jace, Memory Adept
Phantasmal Image
Chandra, the Firebrand
Chandra's Phoenix
Garruk, Primal Hunter
Primordial Hydra
Skinshifter
Throne of Empires
Other potential additions:
Hornet Queen
Blade Splicer
Thawing Glaciers
Ravages of War (definitely; just don't have it yet)
Mana Drain
Steel Hellkite
Precursor Golem
Nameless Inversion
Shambling Remains
Terastodon
Red Sun's Zenith
Repeal
Spined Thopter
Whipflare
Spell Pierce
Green Sun's Zenith
Temporal Spring
Pestermite
Opportunity
Wretched Anurid
Predatory Nightstalker
Imperial Seal
Lu Xun, Scholar General
Sigil of Distinction
Ravenous Skirge
Daggerclaw Imp
While I do include some Portal cards in the cube, there are many which I feel to be "unfair;" that is, because they were designed for a particular environment (e.g. Lu-Xun, Scholar General or Rolling Earthquake), they are significantly more powerful in an environment that is not saturated with those mechanics. On the flip side, I realize that one aspect of cube is playing with the best/most powerful cards possible, and so, in time, it is likely that I will include some of these other cards.
As I don't store my cube in order and am part-way through double-sleeving it, it's not really in any position to be photographed. Pictures will come in time, though.