[450][Pauper] Boinknet's Sometimes EDH Cube

#1 Jan 23, 2013

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Background:
This pauper cube came into being in 2009 and has slowly evolved since then. The addition of the 20 legends makes this a build-on-demand pauper EDH cube, and when I'm lucky enough to have the right people around - a sealed pauper EDH matchup. The cube is drafted occasionally, not often, so I would not consider myself an expert on pauper cubing archetypes, etc. but it's a lot of fun. I have a soft spot for older cards, and aesthetically am a little picky.

The Basics:
Pauper Cube (all commons)
Size: 450 + 20 Guildmage Generals
Breakdown: 67 per color, 50 multicolor, 40 colorless, 25 lands
Basics: 250 (50 per color)
Drafted: Occasionally

Considerations:
No: "Un-" sets, Portal, Snow cards (sadly!), Flip cards, Split cards, Double-Faced cards, White borders, Future Sight Bordered cards, Cards "printed" at common only on MTGO.
Reprints: No functional reprints in the same color (ie. Scryb Sprites and Flying Men are okay, Merfolk Looter and Thought Courier are not both compatible).
Banned List: Nope.
Designed for both standard drafting 2-12 players, or EDH 2-5 players.
Even color balance (approximately)
Not perfectly balanced for creatures/spells or cost.

EDH Sealed
The preferable number for EDH sealed is 5, games can be multiplayer or one-on-one.

-Each player chooses a color pair and is dealt at random one of the four commander options, as well as 15 other cards to start their pool off (the 5 multicolor cards from their section, their respective 2 lands and signet, 1 utility land at random, and 6 other artifacts at random).
-Then each player is seated next to their "allied" players and proceed to "Nassif Draft" their colored piles (with a starting pool of 40-67 cards depending on time/interest).
-Decks are constructed.
-Generally the games are played in Star format, but can be done any number of ways.

Sometimes EDH Cube Contents

White (67)

Creatures: (44)

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1CMC: (8) 1x Akrasan Squire 1x Caravan Escort 1x Deftblade Elite 1x Doomed Traveler 1x Goldmeadow Harrier 1x Icatian Javelineers 1x Infantry Veteran 1x Steppe Lynx 2CMC: (13) 1x Azorius Arrester 1x Daring Skyjeck 1x Knight of Cliffhaven 1x Kor Skyfisher 1x Leonin Skyhunter 1x Lone Missionary 1x Porcelain Legionnaire 1x Ronom Unicorn 1x Squall Drifter 1x Stormfront Pegasus 1x Syndic of Tithes 1x Veteran Armorer 1x Wall of Glare	3CMC: (15) 1x Attended Knight 1x Aven Riftwatcher 1x Ballynock Cohort 1x Basilica Guards 1x Benalish Knight 1x Burrenton Bombardier 1x Chapel Geist 1x Dawnglare Invoker 1x Hallowed Healer 1x Kitsune Blademaster 1x Kor Hookmaster 1x Midnight Guard 1x Troubled Healer 1x Wingsteed Rider	4CMC: (6) 1x Cenn's Enlistment 1x Coalition Honor Guard 1x Guardian of the Guildpact 1x Heavy Ballista 1x Kor Sanctifiers 1x Seraph of Dawn 5CMC: (1) 1x Totem-Guide Hartebeest 6CMC: (1) 1x Noble Templar 1x Razor Golem

Spells: (23)

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1CMC: (5) 1x Apostle's Blessing 1x Mana Tithe 1x Pollen Remedy 1x Sunlance 1x Swift Justice 2CMC: (7) 1x Bonds of Faith 1x Celestial Flare 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing 1x Dawn Charm 1x Disenchant 1x Journey to Nowhere 1x Pacifism 1x Shelter	3CMC: (8) 1x Arrest 1x Cage of Hands 1x Embolden 1x Empyrial Armor 1x Hobble 1x Kor Chant 1x Oblivion Ring 1x Prismatic Strands	4CMC: (2) 1x Blinding Beam 1x Faith's Fetters

Blue: (67)

Creatures: (31)

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1CMC: (3) 1x Cloudfin Raptor 1x Phantasmal Bear 1x Wing Crafter 2CMC: (7) 1x Cloud of Faeries 1x Errant Ephemeron 1x Halimar Wavewatch 1x Merfolk Looter 1x Spined Thopter 1x Waterfront Bouncer 1x Welkin Tern	3CMC: (13) 1x Aether Adept 1x Calcite Snapper 1x Man-o'-War 1x Neurok Invisimancer 1x Nimbus Naiad 1x Pestermite 1x Sea Gate Oracle 1x Spiketail Drakeling 1x Stealer of Secrets 1x Stitched Drake 1x Stormbound Geist	4CMC: (4) 1x Aven Fleetwing 1x Illusionary Forces 1x Mist Raven 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours 5CMC: (4) 1x Mnemonic Wall 1x Mulldrifter 1x Prescient Chimera 1x Spire Monitor 6CMC: (2) 1x Benthic Giant 1x Shoreline Ranger

Spells: (36)

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0CMC: (2) 1x Daze 1x Gush 1CMC: (7) 1x Aqueous Form 1x Brainstorm 1x Flood 1x Force Spike 1x Ponder 1x Preordain 1x Silent Departure 2CMC: (11) 1x Counterspell 1x Hands of Binding 1x Hidden Strings 1x Impulse 1x Mana Leak 1x Miscalculation 1x Narcolepsy 1x Perilous Research 1x Remove Soul 1x Snap 1x Spectral Flight 1x Withdraw	3CMC: (7) 1x Claustrophobia 1x Compulsive Research 1x Exclude 1x Frantic Search 1x Repulse 1x Rushing River 1x Undo 4CMC: (4) 1x Deep Analysis 1x Foresee 1x Into the Roil 1x Ray of Command 5CMC: (1) 1x Temporal Fissure	6CMC: (1) 1x Capsize XCMC: (2) 1x Condescend 1x Repeal

Black: (67)

Creatures: (36)

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1CMC: (5) 1x Carnophage 1x Carrion Feeders 1x Fume Spitter 1x Tormented Soul 1x Vampire Lacerator 1x Vault Skirge 2CMC: (10) 1x Blind Hunter 1x Child of Night 1x Fledgling Djinn 1x Highborn Ghoul 1x Nezumi Cutthroat 1x Nightscape Familiar 1x Skittering Skirge 1x Undertaker 1x Vampire Interloper 1x Wretched Anurid	3CMC: (9) 1x Blind Zealot 1x Cadaver Imp 1x Chittering Rats 1x Crypt Rats 1x Dead Reveler 1x Liliana's Specter 1x Phyrexian Rager 1x Skittering Horror 1x Soulcage Fiend 4CMC: (6) 1x Bloodhunter Bat 1x Cavern Lampad 1x Darkling Stalker 1x Faceless Butcher 1x Gravedigger 1x Pith Driller	5CMC: (3) 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi 1x Warren Pilferers 6CMC+: (2) 1x Terrus Wurm 1x Twisted Abomination

Spells: (31)

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0CMC: (1) 1x Snuff Out 1CMC: (9) 1x Dark Ritual 1x Dead Weight 1x Disfigure 1x Duress 1x Innocent Blood 1x Tortured Existence 1x Tragic Slip 1x Unearth 1x Vendetta	2CMC: (8) 1x Diabolic Edict 1x Doom Blade 1x Grim Harvest 1x Hymn to Tourach 1x Last Gasp 1x Nameless Inversion 1x Terror 1x Victim of Night 3CMC: (6) 1x Ashes to Ashes 1x Crippling Fatigue 1x Death's Duet 1x Oubliette 1x Read the Bones 1x Stab Wound	4CMC: (3) 1x Befoul 1x Mark of the Vampire 1x Pestilence 5CMC: (1) 1x Disturbed Burial 6CMC: (1) 1x Evincar's Justice XCMC: (2) 1x Death Denied 1x Stir the Grave

Red: (67)

Creatures: (39)

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1CMC: (5) 1x Goblin Patrol 1x Intimidator Initiate 1x Keldon Halberdier 1x Mogg Fanatic 1x Skitter of Lizards 2CMC: (13) 1x Ashmouth Hound 1x Fireslinger 1x Goblin Bushwhacker 1x Goblin Shortcutter 1x Gore-House Chainwalker 1x Keldon Marauders 1x Kiln Fiend 1x Kruin Striker 1x Mogg War Marshal 1x Plated Geopede 1x Sparksmith 1x Stingscourger 1x Torch Fiend	3CMC: (12) 1x Blood Ogre 1x Crusher Zendikon 1x Fault Riders 1x Fervent Cathar 1x Ghitu Slinger 1x Hanweir Lancer 1x Manic Vandal 1x Ruinous Minotaur 1x Splatter Thug 1x Wall of Heat 1x Vithian Stinger 1x Vulshok Sorcerer 4CMC: (5) 1x Gorehorn Minotaurs 1x Ill-Tempered Cyclops 1x Rubblebelt Maaka 1x Rukh Egg 1x Slash Panther	5CMC: (2) 1x Anarchist 1x Flowstone Crusher 6CMC: (2) 1x Chartooth Cougar 1x Tenament Crasher

Spells: (28)

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0CMC: (1) 1x Fireblast 1CMC: (10) 1x Brute Force 1x Burst Lightning 1x Chain Lightning 1x Faithless Looting 1x Firebolt 1x Flame Slash 1x Lava Dart 1x Lightning Bolt 1x Reckless Charge 1x Rift Bolt	2CMC: (6) 1x Electrickery 1x Fire Whip 1x Incinerate 1x Nightbird's Clutches 1x Searing Blaze 1x Searing Spear 3CMC: (3) 1x Act of Treason 1x Arc Lightning 1x Brimstone Volley	4CMC: (3) 1x Chandra's Outrage 1x Empty the Warrens 1x Magma Burst 5CMC: (1) 1x Pyrotechnics XCMC: (4) 1x Fireball 1x Kaervek's Torch 1x Rock Slide 1x Rolling Thunder

Green: (67)

Creatures: (50)

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1CMC: (10) 1x Arbor Elf 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim 1x Basking Rootwalla 1x Llanowar Elves 1x Quirion Ranger 1x Rogue Elephant 1x Skarrgan Pit-Skulk 1x Skyshroud Ridgeback 1x Wild Dogs 1x Wild Nacatl 2CMC: (13) 1x Ambush Viper 1x Darkthicket Wolf 1x Dawntreader Elk 1x Deadly Recluse 1x Garruk's Companion 1x Leafcrown Dryad 1x Mire Boa 1x River Boa 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder 1x Silhana Ledgewalker 1x Wall of Roots 1x Werebear 1x Wild Mongrel	3CMC: (10) 1x Aura Gnarlid 1x Centaur Courser 1x Crocanura 1x Fertilid 1x Grazing Gladehart 1x Hungry Spriggan 1x Jolreal's Centaur 1x Simian Grunts 1x Trusted Forcemage 1x Yavimaya Elder 4CMC: (7) 1x Blastoderm 1x Elephant Ambush 1x Festerhide Boar 1x Penumbra Spider 1x Primal Huntbeast 1x Thrashing Mossdog 1x Wickerbough Elder	5CMC: (4) 1x Nessian Asp 1x Rubbleback Rhino 1x Sprout Swarm 1x Sentinel Spider 6CMC+: (6) 1x Citanul Woodreaders 1x Havenwood Wurm 1x Kavu Primarch 1x Krosan Tusker 1x Mold Shambler 1x Walker of the Grove

Spells: (17)

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1CMC: (4) 1x Giant Growth 1x Prey Upon 1x Rancor 1x Utopia Sprawl 2CMC: (5) 1x Evolution Charm 1x Moment's Peace 1x Pit Fight 1x Savage Surge 1x Vines of Vastwood	3CMC: (8) 1x Crushing Vines 1x Cultivate 1x Feral Invocation 1x Harrow 1x Moldervine Cloak 1x Presence of Gond 1x Snake Umbra 1x Serpent Skin

Gold: (50)

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WU: 1x Azorius First-Wing 1x Deft Duelist 1x Dismantling Blow 1x Feeling of Dread 1x Minister of Impediments UB: 1x Agony Warp 1x Cavern Harpy 1x Forbidden Alchemy 1x Mystical Teachings 1x Recoil BR: 1x Blightning 1x Minotaur Skullcleaver 1x Strangling Soot 1x Terminate 1x Wrecking Ball RG: 1x Branching Bolt 1x Kird Ape 1x Horned Kavu 1x Wild Hunger 1x Zhur-Taa Swine	GW: 1x Armadillo Cloak 1x Centaur Healer 1x Qasali Pridemage 1x Sundering Growth 1x Travel Preparations WB: 1x Blind Hunter 1x Kingpin's Pet 1x Pillory of the Sleepless 1x Tithe Drinker 1x Unmake UR: 1x Frostburn Weird 1x Goblin Electromancer 1x Izzet Chronarch 1x Jilt 1x Nivix Cyclops GB: 1x Consume Strength 1x Putrid Leech 1x Shambling Shell 1x Sluiceway Scorpion 1x Trestle Troll	RW: 1x Goblin Legionnaire 1x Orim's Thunder 1x Skynight Legionnaire 1x Viashino Firstblade 1x Wojek Halberdiers UG: 1x Assault Zeppelid 1x Beetleform Mage 1x Shambleshark 1x Snakeform 1x Temporal Spring

Colorless: (40)

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Equipment: (15) 1x Adventuring Gear 1x Bone Saw 1x Bonesplitter 1x Flayer Husk 1x Fleetfeather Sandals 1x Kitesail 1x Leonin Bola 1x Leonin Scimitar 1x Opaline Bracers 1x Strider Harness 1x Sylvok Lifestaff 1x Viridian Longbow 1x Vulshok Gauntlets 1x Vulshok Morningstar 1x Whispersilk Cloak	Creatures: (6) 1x Perilous Myr 1x Phyrexian War Beast 1x Pilgrim's Eye 1x Scuttlemutt 1x Skyreach Manta 1x Ulamog's Crusher Utility: (9) 1x Armillary Sphere 1x Mind Stone 1x Moonglove Extract 1x Prismatic Lens 1x Pristine Talisman 1x Serrated Arrows 1x Traveler's Amulet 1x Tumble Magnet 1x Wayfarer's Bauble	Signets: (10) 1x Azorius Signet 1x Boros Signet 1x Dimir Signet 1x Golgari Signet 1x Gruul Signet 1x Izzet Signet 1x Orzhov Signet 1x Rakdos Signet 1x Selesnya Signet 1x Simic Signet

Lands: (25)

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Bouncelands: (10) 1x Azorius Chancery 1x Boros Garrison 1x Dimir Aqueduct 1x Golgari Rot Farm 1x Gruul Turf 1x Izzet Boilerworks 1x Orzhov Basilica 1x Rakdos Carnarium 1x Selesnya Sanctuary 1x Simic Growth Chamber	Gates: (10) 1x Azorius Guildgate 1x Boros Guildgate 1x Dimir Guildgate 1x Golgari Guildgate 1x Gruul Guildgate 1x Izzet Guildgate 1x Orzhov Guildgate 1x Rakdos Guildgate 1x Selesnya Guildgate 1x Simic Guildgate	Utility: (5) 1x Desert 1x Haunted Fengraf 1x Quicksand 1x Rupture Spire 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Legends: (20)

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1x Azorius Guildmage 1x Boros Guildmage 1x Dimir Guildmage 1x Duskmantle Guildmage 1x Golgari Guildmage 1x Gruul Guildmage 1x Izzet Guildmage 1x Korozda Guildmage 1x New Prahv Guildmage 1x Nivix Guildmage 1x Orzhov Guildmage 1x Rakdos Guildmage 1x Rix Maadi Guildmage 1x Selesnya Guildmage 1x Simic Guildmage 1x Skarrg Guildmage 1x Sunhome Guildmage 1x Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage 1x Vizkopa Guildmage 1x Zameck Guildmage

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1x Azorius Guildmage
1x Boros Guildmage
1x Dimir Guildmage
1x Duskmantle Guildmage
1x Golgari Guildmage
1x Gruul Guildmage
1x Izzet Guildmage
1x Korozda Guildmage
1x New Prahv Guildmage
1x Nivix Guildmage
1x Orzhov Guildmage
1x Rakdos Guildmage
1x Rix Maadi Guildmage
1x Selesnya Guildmage
1x Simic Guildmage
1x Skarrg Guildmage
1x Sunhome Guildmage
1x Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage
1x Vizkopa Guildmage
1x Zameck Guildmage

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#2 May 3, 2013
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Sometimes EDH Cube Changes

1/21/13: Gatecrash

White:
Youthful Knight -> Daring Skyjeck
Fledging Griffin -> Syndic of Tithes

Blue:
Scrapskin Drake ->Cloudfin Raptor
Vapor Snage -> Hands of Binding

Green:
Fertile Ground -> Burst of Strength
Arachnus Web -> Pit Fight
Winding Wurm -> Slaughterhorn

Multicolor:
Beckon Apparition -> Kingpin's Pet
Screeching Griffin -> Martial Glory
Temporal Spring -> Shambleshark
Fire at Will -> Wojek Halberdiers
Deadshot Minotaur -> Zhur-Taa Swine

Lands:
Add remaining Guildgates

3/18/2013: Tweaks/Changes

White:
Change of Heart -> Cage of Hands
Temple Acolyte -> Basilica Guards

Blue:
Wayward Soul -> Aven Fleetwing
Think Twice -> Spectral Flight
Freed From the Real -> Rushing River
Wind Zendikon -> Welkin Tern

Black:
Duty-Bound Dead -> Carrion Feeder
Liliana's Shade -> Nezumi Cutthroat

Red:
Explosive Impact -> Fault Riders
Goblin Fireslinger -> Wall of Heat
Smash to Smithereens -> Chain Lightning

5/3/2013 Dragon's Maze

Blue:
Arcane Denial -> Hidden Strings

Red:
Heirs of Stromkirk -> Rubblebelt Maaka

Green:
Slaughterhorn -> Crocanura
Thundering Tanadon -> Thrashing Mossdog

Gold:
Steamcore Weird -> Nivix Cyclops
Gaea's Skyfolk -> Beetleform Mage
Martial Glory -> Viashino Firstblade
Shrieking Grotesque -> Tithe Drinker

6/20/2013 Modern Masters

Blue:
Flying Men -> Perilous Research

Black:
Dirge of Dread -> Syphon Life

Green:
Scryb Sprites -> Wanderer of the Grove
Monstrify -> Moldervine Cloak

8/1/2013 M14

Combat Medic -> Celestial Flare

10/1/2013 Theros & Assorted

Syphon Life -> Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Null Champion -> Basilica Screecher
Pouncing Jaguar -> Aura Gnarlid
Sigil of Sleep -> Aqueous Form
Elgaud Shieldmate -> Benthic Giant
Rishadan Airship -> Prescient Chimera
Plover Knights -> Pollen Remedy
Erg Raiders -> Cavern Lampad
Dragon Hatchling -> Ill-Tempered Cyclops
Order of Leitbur -> Wingsteed Rider
Order of the Ebon Hand -> Read the Bones
Unstable Mutation -> Nimbus Naiad
Nightshade Peddler -> Rubbleback Rhino
Groundswell -> Serpent Skin
Tangle Hulk -> Nessian Asp
Burst of Strength -> Leafcrown Dryad
Mutagenic Growth -> Feral Invocation
Predator's Strike -> Savage Surge
Steel Wall -> Leonin Bola
Dragon Engine -> Fleetfoot Sandals
Rakdos Shred Freak -> Minotaur Skullcleaver

Legends Uncommon Legendary Creatures -> Guildmages

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#3 May 3, 2013
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Looks really interesting! I myself am working on an all-Ravnica pauper ~ sometimes edh cube (with uncommon ravnica generals).

I'd love to read a session report on your cube sometime!

-Dolono

EDIT: Just gonna toss in... have you tried playing pauper edh with uncommon generals? This is by far my preferred method of playing the sub-format, especially over the french vanilla Legends legends. There's a "variant commander format" sub forum in the commander section that has tons of these kinds of lists. IMO, uncommon generals provide for a lot of interesting build-around-me strategies that the vanilla dudes just don't.

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#4 May 15, 2013
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Hey Dolono, thanks for the input! Yes, I have played Pauper EDH! Fun format. I've considered using the guildmages as well as an alternate set of generals. Occasionally when we've drafted I've also let people pick their pools and then pick any legend as the general, can be kind of swingy but it's fun.

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Hey Dolono, thanks for the input! Yes, I have played Pauper EDH! Fun format. I've considered using the guildmages as well as an alternate set of generals. Occasionally when we've drafted I've also let people pick their pools and then pick any legend as the general, can be kind of swingy but it's fun.

Most of the guildmages are fantastic choices for pauper, having diverse and interesting abilities to build around during the draft, even in a cube not explicitly designed for edh games.

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