Updated through M13. Pictures will come whenever I get motivated enough to lay it all out. While my cube design includes power, I don't consider my cube to be "a collection of the absolute best cards printed" some cards are intentionally left out for design purposes.
FAQ
Q: Why don't you include Primeval Titan (or Eldrazi)?
A: I'm not a fan of the concentration of power in the green ramp strategy. It was the MTGO cube that really ruined it, green ramp still exists, but it doesn't have the density that it does in other cubes.
Q: How does the Splinter Twin combo work out for you?
A: Good. Sometimes it just blows people out, but it is pretty fragile so it isn't too over good. Often it is just put in a deck for value as another angle of attack.
Q: What are your thoughts on Thopter/Sword combo? Does it just get hated out?
A: In a 540 cube drafting with 6 players, often you only see one piece of the combo in the draft. It is in a sweet spot of not being played enough to be hate drafted, but cool enough to be included. It was an experiment and one I've been the happy with so far.
Q: Why do you have Black Knight but no White Knight? (Phantom Centaur, Mirran Crusader, etc)
A: Gregory Marques wrote a great article on black in the cube, one of his major points was to stop hating black out. So I did. Chameleon made the cut because of its uniqueness and power level, one pro black creature meant that it only showed up less than half the time.
Q: Why the Enemy Cycle of Pain lands?
A: Allied colors had mana fixing in the form of man lands, these are worse, but the best options available.
FAQ
Q: Why don't you include Primeval Titan (or Eldrazi)?
A: I'm not a fan of the concentration of power in the green ramp strategy. It was the MTGO cube that really ruined it, green ramp still exists, but it doesn't have the density that it does in other cubes.
Q: How does the Splinter Twin combo work out for you?
A: Good. Sometimes it just blows people out, but it is pretty fragile so it isn't too over good. Often it is just put in a deck for value as another angle of attack.
Q: What are your thoughts on Thopter/Sword combo? Does it just get hated out?
A: In a 540 cube drafting with 6 players, often you only see one piece of the combo in the draft. It is in a sweet spot of not being played enough to be hate drafted, but cool enough to be included. It was an experiment and one I've been the happy with so far.
Q: Why do you have Black Knight but no White Knight? (Phantom Centaur, Mirran Crusader, etc)
A: Gregory Marques wrote a great article on black in the cube, one of his major points was to stop hating black out. So I did. Chameleon made the cut because of its uniqueness and power level, one pro black creature meant that it only showed up less than half the time.
Q: Why the Enemy Cycle of Pain lands?
A: Allied colors had mana fixing in the form of man lands, these are worse, but the best options available.
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