Power 9 Low Power 360 Card Cube
A cube with the Power 9 and other powerful spells from the early days of magic, paired with simple but sweet cards drawn from Modern around 2015 and Pauper. Inspired by the Oldschool 93/94 format, and letting the game of Magic the Gathering itself shine, in place of the text boxes of individual cards.
This is basically my idea of a "classic cube", without the trappings of just playing whatever cards are the strongest, favoring instead a play style closer to building kitchen table decks with access to strong spells.
Cubecobra link: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/80bf8290-6bf2-4027-a573-9882e37d2337
Color Identities
I haven't assigned any particular color pair identities, choosing instead to favor a kind of "pile of cards" approach, where each color has internal build around cards (mostly the powerful spells listed below). The individual colors are pretty straight forward:
: White weenies curving into balance, armageddon or cataclysm
: Play some fliers, then backup with counter spells and bounce
: Discard, removal and symmetric sacrifice as disruption, with creatures that try to break the symmetry
: Ramp into fat 4 and 5 drop creatures, backup with pump spells
: Goblins and burn, classic red deck wins approach
Cube Foundation
The basis for the cube is pairing the Power 9 and other powerful spells with pretty average creatures. The Power 9 consists of:
Some additional powerful spells:
This is then paired with a bunch of riptide lab style low-to-mid power creatures that mostly can't take over the game itself:
Example Decks
So far I've only done a couple of test drafts on CubeCobra, but here's some of them:
A cube with the Power 9 and other powerful spells from the early days of magic, paired with simple but sweet cards drawn from Modern around 2015 and Pauper. Inspired by the Oldschool 93/94 format, and letting the game of Magic the Gathering itself shine, in place of the text boxes of individual cards.
This is basically my idea of a "classic cube", without the trappings of just playing whatever cards are the strongest, favoring instead a play style closer to building kitchen table decks with access to strong spells.
Cubecobra link: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/80bf8290-6bf2-4027-a573-9882e37d2337
Color Identities
I haven't assigned any particular color pair identities, choosing instead to favor a kind of "pile of cards" approach, where each color has internal build around cards (mostly the powerful spells listed below). The individual colors are pretty straight forward:
: White weenies curving into balance, armageddon or cataclysm: Play some fliers, then backup with counter spells and bounce: Discard, removal and symmetric sacrifice as disruption, with creatures that try to break the symmetry: Ramp into fat 4 and 5 drop creatures, backup with pump spells: Goblins and burn, classic red deck wins approachCube Foundation
The basis for the cube is pairing the Power 9 and other powerful spells with pretty average creatures. The Power 9 consists of:
Some additional powerful spells:
This is then paired with a bunch of riptide lab style low-to-mid power creatures that mostly can't take over the game itself:
Example Decks
So far I've only done a couple of test drafts on CubeCobra, but here's some of them:
Jeskai Black Lotus Tempo
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UB Timetwister Aggro
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Abzan Siege Rhino Cataclysm
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