If this is a Cube, I don't think you need to cut these provided you have some enablers in the Cube. Stoneforge just needs 3-5 decent pieces of equipment in the list (looking at you, Maul of the Skyclaves!), and Monastery Mentor just wants a good density of cheap spells (cantrips, bolts/shocks, spellbombs, baubles, and so on).
Sloppy cube decks.
It's 2-4 cards seeded into a sealed pool that you have to build two decks from. Hoping for deck variety but we'll see.
OOOh I like this idea. Chromantiflayer is definitely a viable option, then!
I would maybe save this for a follow-up tournament with slightly different parameters, but I definitely don't hate it.
I think some of the prereleases would have a base pack of guild cards or whatever and then a pool, as well. Kind of like that? A package to give you some initial direction?
Between Return to Ravnica and Magic Origins, one of the booster packs in a prerelease kit would be replaced with a "seeded" pack focusing on cards of one color or faction. Before Khans of Tarkir, these kits had locked promo rares with alternate art. Starting with Battle for Zendikar, seeded boosters were replaced with a normal booster, but prerelease kits gained a random foil rare. However, seeded boosters are still sometimes used in faction sets like Guilds of Ravnica and Strixhaven.
That's what I said.
I'm a little undecided. Current rules are here: https://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/tournament-of-champions-community-sealed-event.3519/Are the players forced to include both the Captain and the Sidekick/Signature Spell?
If yes, I would consider giving the more powerful Captains a weak Signature Spell.
Like Jace, the Mind Sculptor gets
Of course the cards still have to go together. Not only in name but also in theme.
