No Gigantosaurus? Can we get a mod to delete that post???
General Actual contest: Design a 360 card cube with 100 unique cards
- Thread starter Jason Waddell
- Start date
Yeah, why go for boring big dudes, when you can play something like Nemesis of Mortals or Nessian Wilds Ravager instead?
This is my bad submission: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/alvoi-zoo
The idea comes from: less unique cards implies more chances for archetypes that need a significant volume of cards of the same type. I love aggressive decks so my thought went to an aggro cube. Then I thought of putting a lot of fetchlands, to support multicolored aggressive decks, and then the idea of landfall creatures. There are also converge/sunburst/domain cards, so people can take even Watery Grave even though the cube is only Naya. I know this cube is very "one-dimensional", but I added a lot of removal to make it very combat-focused and creature-centered. The cards are 22 "rares" (1x), 26 "uncommons" (3x) and 52 "commons" (5x) to a grandtotal of 1x22+3x26+5x52=360 and 22+26+52=100. Yeah, diophantine equations!
The idea comes from: less unique cards implies more chances for archetypes that need a significant volume of cards of the same type. I love aggressive decks so my thought went to an aggro cube. Then I thought of putting a lot of fetchlands, to support multicolored aggressive decks, and then the idea of landfall creatures. There are also converge/sunburst/domain cards, so people can take even Watery Grave even though the cube is only Naya. I know this cube is very "one-dimensional", but I added a lot of removal to make it very combat-focused and creature-centered. The cards are 22 "rares" (1x), 26 "uncommons" (3x) and 52 "commons" (5x) to a grandtotal of 1x22+3x26+5x52=360 and 22+26+52=100. Yeah, diophantine equations!
Are there infinite-mana combos in the cube or are players expected to win the hard way with Helix Pinnacle?
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
This is as good as it's going to get with the time I have! 
I present to you, Breya's Baby, a.k.a. the UN-G100 cube!
I present to you, Breya's Baby, a.k.a. the UN-G100 cube!
Long time lurker, first time poster here! Hopefully you'll forgive me for immediately enrolling in a contest, but it was the final push that made me register an account here. (I promise I'm not a second account of someone to get a second entry ). Here's the 360/100 cube:
Seems to me like changelings are a fun direction for this contest, because their abilities shift depending on the tribe they support, while also making it far easier to support those tribe. I tried to keep the tribal possibilties as open-ended as possible, as I generally dislike draft-on-rails. Have a draft and let me know if I succeeded!
). Here's the 360/100 cube:Seems to me like changelings are a fun direction for this contest, because their abilities shift depending on the tribe they support, while also making it far easier to support those tribe. I tried to keep the tribal possibilties as open-ended as possible, as I generally dislike draft-on-rails. Have a draft and let me know if I succeeded!
Chris Taylor
Contributor
An underrated feature of this contest is all the great punny names, I'm so here for it
Deadline day!
Here's my entry: The Constrained Cube. I tried to make a 'normal' cube that maximizes agency during the draft and during gameplay, keeping in mind the 360/100 constraint. I haven't had much time to playtest so I can't guarantee that it's any fun though
Here are the submissions I saw so far in the thread. Please let me know if I accidentally skipped one, because I am very sleep deprived.
Mown - The Aether Hub: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/puzzleknot
Onderzeeboot - UN-G100: http://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/ung100
MilesOfficial - 100 Unique Cards: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1dft
LadyLynn - Party in Amonkhet: http://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/4qg
Japahn - Total War Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/total-war
LadyMapi - Green Is Not A Creative Color: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/notcreative
Alovi - Zoo Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/alvoi-zoo
TrainMasterGT - Broken by Technicality: https://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/broken-by-technicality-a-360-100-cube.3437/#post-104102
ellogeyen - How to Change a Changeling: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/changeling
AceHart - The Constrained Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1crv
Mown - The Aether Hub: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/puzzleknot
Onderzeeboot - UN-G100: http://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/ung100
MilesOfficial - 100 Unique Cards: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1dft
LadyLynn - Party in Amonkhet: http://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/4qg
Japahn - Total War Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/total-war
LadyMapi - Green Is Not A Creative Color: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/notcreative
Alovi - Zoo Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/alvoi-zoo
TrainMasterGT - Broken by Technicality: https://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/broken-by-technicality-a-360-100-cube.3437/#post-104102
ellogeyen - How to Change a Changeling: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/changeling
AceHart - The Constrained Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/1crv
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Looks like a healthy workload to me
I'm a procrastinator. It should be up in, I dunno, 12-16 hours? Making tweaks.
The idiocy of the CC bots is really apparent when they first pick a card you have 35 copies of and it dries up right away and then they 6-8th pick away all 60 copies of the other card you have a lot of. Taking cards in a specific order makes them suddenly disappear from the pack really inorganically.
The idiocy of the CC bots is really apparent when they first pick a card you have 35 copies of and it dries up right away and then they 6-8th pick away all 60 copies of the other card you have a lot of. Taking cards in a specific order makes them suddenly disappear from the pack really inorganically.
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
I had an early idea for a cube where you had to draft your basic lands, but it was literally undraftable on CC, as the bots were picking basic lands of all colors before they started picking actual cards.
What if this is just the correct way to draft it.
Here is my submission for the contest:
Zurgo vs The Biovisionaries
Was pretty fun to make. Have done absolutely no testing so probably some broken archetypes/cards.
Also a lot of recent archetypes from retail drafts in here just because they were fresh in my mind and looked like they fit.
Fun Numbers:
Only 2 different non-basic lands in the cube, but 15 of each.
20 Biovisionary
6 Murder
5 Volcanic Hammer
1 More alternate win condition other than Biovisionary
Zurgo vs The Biovisionaries
Was pretty fun to make. Have done absolutely no testing so probably some broken archetypes/cards.
Also a lot of recent archetypes from retail drafts in here just because they were fresh in my mind and looked like they fit.
Fun Numbers:
Only 2 different non-basic lands in the cube, but 15 of each.
20 Biovisionary
6 Murder
5 Volcanic Hammer
1 More alternate win condition other than Biovisionary
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Not if every bot starts with picking up whatever basic lands they can grab, then draft a two color deck for which they don't have enough basics.
This is not just a meme
https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/n3i
Full description in the cube's overview.
Example decks
Naya Zoofall https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9c0fae28e7a1041b60daa
Classic beatdown with an emphasis on landfall... If the bots had let me take Vistas. I didn't realize until it was too late that they were first picking them.
Waddell Level Blue https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9c6cae28e7a1041b62acd
One for one your opponent with extremely efficient removal, reload with Frantic Inventory, and play a threat when there's an opening.
Animar https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9d3eae28e7a1041b6476a
Get Animar onto the board and try to start a chain of Endless Ones. Pattern Matcher can help to continue it.
GR Monsters https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9d5e3e28e7a1041b65416
Took a break and forgot the bots were going to steal the Vistas. Realistically, everyone will have 3-6 Vistas unless 7 of the players decide to first pick them.
If you try to draft it, the bots WILL fuck it up, so keep that in mind. A real deck will have ~5 fixing lands and 5-10 Endless Ones, depending on Endless prioritizing.
https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/n3i
Full description in the cube's overview.
Example decks
Naya Zoofall https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9c0fae28e7a1041b60daa
Classic beatdown with an emphasis on landfall... If the bots had let me take Vistas. I didn't realize until it was too late that they were first picking them.
Waddell Level Blue https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9c6cae28e7a1041b62acd
One for one your opponent with extremely efficient removal, reload with Frantic Inventory, and play a threat when there's an opening.
Animar https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9d3eae28e7a1041b6476a
Get Animar onto the board and try to start a chain of Endless Ones. Pattern Matcher can help to continue it.
GR Monsters https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/60c9d5e3e28e7a1041b65416
Took a break and forgot the bots were going to steal the Vistas. Realistically, everyone will have 3-6 Vistas unless 7 of the players decide to first pick them.
If you try to draft it, the bots WILL fuck it up, so keep that in mind. A real deck will have ~5 fixing lands and 5-10 Endless Ones, depending on Endless prioritizing.
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