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Well, this is one of the reasons blue can get away with less creatures, because it has the superior draw spells. That said, you want to spread the love around. In my 450 cube the following cards draw more than one card (so, real card advantage) green has almost as many options as blue, and blue...

I tried the Homunculus, and it didn't do much before, but I still have some hopes for it. Tell me if it plays well and I might give it another shot! :)

Also, except for spells matter and hard control, decks ideally run at least 12 creatures, preferably more, which only leaves room for so many spells. The creature to spells ratio in most of my colors reflects this, it's approximately 3:2, except in blue and the blue multicolor slots, which is...

I didn't calculate an ideal ratio.

Yeah, I'ld say the problem is that you have a limited amount of slots for non-instants / non-sorceries, and you want use those slots to either be game-changers or cards that shore up a weakness in your deck. This is neither of those. It's a value engine, but you're much better off using instants...

Any (but probably not all) of the following. aerial engineer Raff capashen, ship's Mage Ethercaste knight Ethersworn shieldmage The grand calcutron Aethershield artificer Daring archaeologist Servo exhibition Toolcraft exemplar Master trinketeer Built to last Tragic arrogance Spear of heliod...

No problem! I will say I originally chose this particular color wheel, because I don't much cared for the available multicolor options in {w/u}. Before my current cube I had one with a WRUBG color wheel. WotC printed a few pretty cool Azorius cards since I picked the color wheel for my cube...

I run a cube based on one of Jason's old articles where he discussed solutions for better multicolor support. One of his options was to shuffle up the color wheel and only support the (now) allied colors, which is what I did. I currently run a WBURG cube, so white and blue are no longer adjacent...

In order, no / not really / no. I just didn't like the repetitive play pattern, plus creatures with etb effects really don't need any help imo (because unlike other creatures, they always gain some value if they resolve, even if they are immediately dealt with). I'ld rather have people jump...

For once I don't really have a recommendation to make. Not only do I not support {w/u} in my cube, I also cut direct blinking from my cube entirely. There's now only a custom Kor Skyfisher-variant (I changed it to an artifact creature that can't blink itself) and the self-blinking Ojutai...

I really like the oddsmaker. Worst case scenario it's a 3/3 for three, which is actually a super acceptable body in those colors. Best case scenario you get to draw cards while fueling your graveyard shenanigans. Obviously best if you include some nice evasive creatures in the color, preferably...

I've never found it to be that overwhelming. It makes groundbound dorks, you are taking a turn off doing absolutely nothing, and you need the expensive spell to be in your hand the turn afterward to build something that does have impact. In my opinion it's a sweet build around card that isn't as...

As sigh said, Gelectrode is gas. I love splashing for it in {R/G} enrage decks, but that's my particular environment :)

Thermo-Alchemist and Aberrant Researcher are not showing for me in your post, not sure why. Your point on Swiftspear is interesting, it was feeling a bit meh for me as well, and I think you are spot on in your analysis. The spells matter archetype is indeed a more controlling one in my cube as...

Oh, right! I just added that in my last update as well. What do you run to support it, because it's been slightly lackluster in testing for me?

Goblin Dark-Dwellers I cut. It wasn't the most interesting addition, and the big payoff spells for the spells matter archetype are already expensive, so it often gets cut. In the end I felt that slot was better spent on a red five drop that helps out the Wildfire archetype, I believe I swapped...

I think part of the charm of the format is that you don't know exactly what two basic lands your opponent starts off with. Cutting a color would eliminate this tension.

Solved! (Art link) This also neatly adds another artifact creature to the cube for the light touch of delirium that exists in {W/B}.

I run a spells matter archetype in {U/R} in my cube, and I used to run it in Jeskai, when that was still a thing in my cube. The archetype gets picked up often, is a blast to play, and can be succesful, so I can at least show you what works in my cube! I'ld say the main cards that draw a...

Seems pretty reasonable. Fun way to fire off a quick game, though I do wonder about the land base.