I have been wanting to assemble a smaller cube to use when teaching friends about drafting, deckbuilding and magic in general.
I wanted to use pauper as a restriction, as a friend already has a standard cube and I also wanted to have this as an alternative to draft with that group of friends when we have a smaller group.
I am starting the cube at 180 but I can already tell it wont be too long before I push it to 360.
Cube Size: 180 Cards
Breakdown: 25 WUBRG, 30 Guild, 25 Colorless,
Standard or Theme: Standard
Snow Lands: No
Average Number of Players: 2-4
How Often Drafted: ...
Card Selection
Proxies: No
Portal: No
"Un" Cards: No
Banned Cards: Shadow
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard
Sideboards?: Generally, no
Color Balance: Yes
Gold Balance: Yes, 2 cards per guild including lands
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes
Color Triggers as Gold: No
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
I am kind of jumping head first into this whole pauper format, admittedly without much knowledge. This is exactly the kind of information I am looking for - thanks.
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I'll be interested to find out how well the cube plays with such a high percentage of guild cards at 180! I only run one of each pair and I'd like to increase it a bit but worry the cards will table a lot.
I'll be interested to find out how well the cube plays with such a high percentage of guild cards at 180! I only run one of each pair and I'd like to increase it a bit but worry the cards will table a lot.
Yeah, at this ratio I am exactly half of what a 360 cube does (USAstrat's 360 anyway).
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I have been wanting to assemble a smaller cube to use when teaching friends about drafting, deckbuilding and magic in general.
I wanted to use pauper as a restriction, as a friend already has a standard cube and I also wanted to have this as an alternative to draft with that group of friends when we have a smaller group.
I am starting the cube at 180 but I can already tell it wont be too long before I push it to 360.
Cube Size: 180 Cards
Breakdown: 25 WUBRG, 30 Guild, 25 Colorless,
Standard or Theme: Standard
Snow Lands: No
Average Number of Players: 2-4
How Often Drafted: ...
Card Selection
Proxies: No
Portal: No
"Un" Cards: No
Banned Cards: Shadow
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard
Sideboards?: Generally, no
Color Balance: Yes
Gold Balance: Yes, 2 cards per guild including lands
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes
Color Triggers as Gold: No
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Icatian Javelineers (dci foi)
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Pride Guardian
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Lone Missionary
CMC 3
1 Aven Riftwatcher
1 Ballynock Cohort
1 Kor Hookmaster
1 Cenn's Enlistment (foil)
1 Seraph of Dawn
1 Guardian of the Guildpact
CMC 6
1 Razor Golem
1 Mana Tithe
1 Sunlance
1 Swift Justice
1 Bonds of Faith
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Pacifism
1 Arrest
1 Empyrial Armor
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Blinding Beam
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Phantasmal Bear
CMC 2
1 Cloud of Faeries
1 Errant Ephemeron (foil)
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Man-o'-War
1 Pestermite
1 Stormbound Geist (foil)
CMC 4
1 Mist Raven
1 Shimmering Glasskite
1 Mulldrifter
CMC 7
1 Scrapdiver Serpent
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
CMC 2
1 Counterspell
1 Deprive
1 Runner's Bane
1 Mana Leak
1 Frantic Search
CMC 4
1 Foresee (foil)
1 Ray of Command
CMC 5
1 Gush
1 Capsize
CMC X
1 Condescend
1 Fume Spitter
1 Vampire Lacerator
CMC 2
1 Nezumi Cutthroat
1 Vampire Interloper
1 Blind Zealot
1 Dead Reveler
1 Liliana's Specter
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Faceless Butcher (foil)
1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
CMC 5
1 Warren Pilferers (foil)
CMC 6
1 Twisted Abomination (foil)
1 Snuff Out
CMC 1
1 Dark Ritual
1 Duress
1 Tragic Slip
1 Unearth
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Sign in Blood
1 Stab Wound
CMC 4
1 Evincar's Justice
1 Mark of the Vampire
CMC X
1 Death Denied
1 Goblin Patrol
1 Mogg Fanatic
CMC 2
1 Gore-House Chainwalker
1 Goblin tunneler
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Kiln Fiend
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Torch Fiend
1 Manic Vandal
1 Inner-Flame Acolyte (foil)
1 Splatter Thug
CMC 4
1 Gorehorn Minotaurs (foil)
1 Battle-Rattle Shaman
1 Chartooth Cougar
1 Faithless Looting
1 Electrickery
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Incinerate (DM Foil)
1 Searing Spear
CMC 3
1 Arc Lightning
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Staggershock
1 Pyrotechnics
CMC X
1 Kaervek's Torch
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Wild Nacatl (fnm foil)
CMC 2
1 Ambush Viper
1 Garruk's Companion (foil)
1 River Boa
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Grazing Gladehart (foil)
1 Yavimaya Elder
CMC 4
1 Blastoderm
1 Thrashing Mossdog
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Sprout Swarm
CMC 6
1 Mold Shambler (foil)
CMC 7
1 Havenwood Wurm
1 Mutagenic Growth
CMC 1
1 Rancor
CMC 2
1 Moment's Peace
1 Predator's Strike
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Crushing Vines
1 Harrow
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Snake Umbra
1 Perilous Myr
1 Scuttlemutt
1 Ulamog's Crusher
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Spined Thopter
1 Vault Skirge
Equipments
1 Adventuring Gear
1 Bonesplitter
1 Flayer Husk
1 Leonin Scimitar (foil)
1 Opaline Bracers (foil)
1 Sylvok Lifestaff
1 Vulshok Gauntlets (foil)
1 Vulshok Morningstar
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mind Stone
1 Pristine Talisman
Utility
1 Aeolipile
1 Serrated Arrows (fnm foil)
1 Tumble Magnet (foil)
Lands
1 Desert (ftv foil)
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Rupture Spire
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Transguild Promenade
1 Deft Duelist
1 Feeling of Dread
1 Dimir Guildgate
1 Recoil
1 Deathcult Rogue
1 Rakdos Guildgate
1 Strangling Soot
1 Terminate
1 Gruul Guildgate
1 Kird Ape
1 Zhur-Taa Druid
1 Armadillo Cloak
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Pillory of the Sleepless
1 Unmake
1 Golgari Guildgate
1 Consume Strength
1 Putrid Leech
1 Simic Guildgate
1 Assault Zeppelid (foil)
1 Winged Coatl
1 Jilt
1 Wee Dragonauts
1 Boros Guildgate
1 Wojek Halberdiers
1 Skyknight Legionnaire
[Pauper Cube] - Heisen's Travel Cube || [Cube] - USAstrat's Cube
[EDH] - Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind || [Modern] - Grixis Kiln
Removing Wildcards section. Bumping guild section up to 30 cards, reducing colourless to 25.
Out
In
Moved
Wee-Dragonauts from Wildcards to guild.
[Pauper Cube] - Heisen's Travel Cube || [Cube] - USAstrat's Cube
[EDH] - Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind || [Modern] - Grixis Kiln
Thanks for the reply.
I am kind of jumping head first into this whole pauper format, admittedly without much knowledge. This is exactly the kind of information I am looking for - thanks.
[Pauper Cube] - Heisen's Travel Cube || [Cube] - USAstrat's Cube
[EDH] - Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind || [Modern] - Grixis Kiln
Reason: I just don't want them included right now.
[Pauper Cube] - Heisen's Travel Cube || [Cube] - USAstrat's Cube
[EDH] - Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind || [Modern] - Grixis Kiln
Removing Wildcards section. Bumping guild section up to 30 cards, reducing colourless to 25.
Out
In
Moved
Wee-Dragonauts from Wildcards to guild.
[Pauper Cube] - Heisen's Travel Cube || [Cube] - USAstrat's Cube
[EDH] - Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind || [Modern] - Grixis Kiln
I'll be interested to find out how well the cube plays with such a high percentage of guild cards at 180! I only run one of each pair and I'd like to increase it a bit but worry the cards will table a lot.
Yeah, at this ratio I am exactly half of what a 360 cube does (USAstrat's 360 anyway).
[Pauper Cube] - Heisen's Travel Cube || [Cube] - USAstrat's Cube
[EDH] - Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind || [Modern] - Grixis Kiln