Yawgmoth's Win

This is where I will be documenting my new Vintage cube. I will be writing my thoughts on cube design and working to make it the most effective and fun cube it can be. Join me!

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Second wave of cuts

It's the end of an era. Stifle/Phyrexian Dreadnought has long been one of my favorite decks. With the expansion of the cube I would need more support to really keep it relevant. Since I still need lots of cuts it's time to say goodbye. The rest are cards that are good but either sideboard pieces, redundancy, or corner cases. We still need 6x cuts to get it down to 360, then probably another 10 or so for the green expansion. I’ll make a separate post about that.

Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty   Qasali Pridemage   Terravore   Tireless Tracker   Prismatic Omen   Torpor Orb   Stifle   Phyrexian Dreadnought   Echoing Truth   Shambling Shell   Garruk Wildspeaker   Scroll Rack   Staff of Domination  

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First round of cuts and a cry for help

Green sucks. That isn’t to say the decks aren’t GOOD, but they aren’t fun or satisfying to draft. While the cube is still in desperate need of cuts it doesn’t matter how many cards there are if an entire color is feel bad. FlashHulk is a classic archetype that I’m going to support again. Green really needs clearer signposting and build arounds.

For the cuts themselves I’m cutting back on some of the cuter interactions, cards that don’t play into the main archetypes, and some of the lower power stuff.

Cuts: Basking Rootwalla   Krovikan Horror   Hellspark Elemental   Flickerwisp   Serenity   Goblin Lackey   Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor   Restore Balance   Living End   Wheel of Fate  Hypergenesis 

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Vintage Restricted List

For ease of digestion, here’s the full Vintage Restricted List. Remember every card you draft EXCEPT this cards you get 4x copies to build your deck with. The physical copy of the cube has all these cards labelled. I’ve endeavored to include more restricted cards in this latest update than ever. I’ve still excluded a few of the more narrow options, but none of these are really off limits.

The following cards are restricted, which means you can only have one of them in your main deck and sideboard combined:

Ancestral Recall

Balance

Black Lotus

Brainstorm

Chalice of the Void

Channel

Demonic Consultation

Demonic Tutor

Dig Through Time

Flash

Gitaxian Probe

Golgari Grave-Troll

Gush

Imperial Seal

Karn, the Great Creator

Library of Alexandria

Lion's Eye Diamond

Lodestone Golem

Lotus Petal

Mana Crypt

Mana Vault

Memory Jar

Mental Misstep

Merchant Scroll

Mind's Desire

Monastery Mentor

Mox Emerald

Mox Jet

Mox Pearl

Mox Ruby

Mox Sapphire

Mystic Forge

Mystical Tutor

Narset, Parter of Veils

Necropotence

Ponder

Sol Ring

Strip Mine

Thorn of Amethyst

Time Vault

Time Walk

Timetwister

Tinker

Tolarian Academy

Treasure Cruise

Trinisphere

Vampiric Tutor

Wheel of Fortune

Windfall

Yawgmoth's Will

Here is where you will now find the most up to date list: https://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/177577

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We’re Back!!!

With the release of Time Spiral Remastered, I figured it as a good opportunity to revive my favorite cube.

I’ve decided to expand things to a full 360. This cube was originally built to be drafted by 6 people. I kept the total below 360 so we’d always have more than half the cube in the pool. With this update I wanted to be able to support 8-person pods (or 2x 4p). As a result it does dilute the deck, so I've gone a little deeper on some archetypes and also raised the overall power level to something a little closer to Constructed Vintage.

There’s been some turmoil that has pushed me away from MtG, but MtG Arena got under my skin and I've got the sickness again. I’m hoping to really get things going when the apocalypse is over.

To start with, here is the last condition the VCC was in when I stepped away: https://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/23458

From here I’ve added quite a large number of newer cards, strategies, and otherwise powerful choices that were originally removed. As it stands I still need 30 cuts, but figured I’d give anyone still listening a taste of where things are headed. I’ll be using a new link for the sake of preservation of the final state of the first VCC.

Here is where you will now find the most up to date list: https://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/177577

Problems moving forward:  Storm: is there enough support? It was easier to pull a storm deck together with the smaller card pool since the best cards were pretty narrow and the smaller number meant you were sure to get some of what you needed. I don’t want it to get short changed and I also can’t let the archetype fall apart as I feel it is an essential facet of this style of cube. 

Archetypes: are some of these stale? They’re meant to show off the history of Magic’s oldest formats but are there more in testing things I can be doing than hate bears and Dark Depths? Second Sunrise could be spicy with the already heavy focus on artifacts but that would require a lot of retooling. 

1-drop mana dorks: Should there be more? I limited this number to avoid green being perceived as being deeper than it is. Since this is a 4x cube something like 4x Birds of Paradise is an extremely high pick. Is this lack of 1-drop interaction negatively impacting green based decks? I’m hoping allosaurus Shepherd can help, but is that enough?

Here are the additions. I’ve only made a couple cuts so far:

Allosaurus Shepherd Ancestral Vision Archon of Emeria Basking Rootwalla Cavern of Souls Conspicuous Snoop Cranial Plating Crop Rotation Crystalline Giant Demonic Consultation Dreadhorde Arcanist Emry, Lurker of the Loch Flickerwisp Force of Negation Force of Vigor Garruk Wildspeaker Goblin Cratermaker Goblin Engineer Goblin Lackey Goblin Recruiter Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Hollow One Hullbreacher Hypergenesis Krovikan Horror Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Living End Luminarch Aspirant Manifold Key Mother of Runes Mystic Forge Mystic Sanctuary Narset, Parter of Veils Oko, Thief of Crowns Once Upon a Time Opposition Agent Pact of Negation Palace Jailer Paradox Engine Paradoxical Outcome Prismatic Omen Prized Amalgam Remand Repeal Restore Balance Scapeshift Shambling Shell Silence Skirk Prospector Spell Queller Stonecoil Serpent Survival of the Fittest Thalia, Heretic Cathar Torch Courier Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Underworld Breach Urza, Lord High Artificer Vengevine Wheel of Fate Wrenn and Six Thassa's Oracle Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor Simian Spirit Guide Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty Summoner's Pact Inventors' Fair Chief of the Foundry Foundry Inspector Steel Overseer Vesuva

-Notion Thief got the boot since Hullbreacher is usually just better and easier to cast.

Some notable additions: Goblins. Red has felt pretty lackluster. I avoided goblins because they are too linear to draft (in the way Elves was). With the increase in overall power level and the dilution of the card pool I think this is less a problem. It’s also allowed me to tighten my Human and Eldrazi tribes (thereby putting Cavern of Souls back on the table). Since I still need cuts this will be cut back, but I wanted to be as inclusive as possible for the first new update.

Green is also a tricky thing for a cube like this. In one of my final updates to the first version I focused on a Miracle Gro strategy, which I think is an excellent option. Since many decks are bizarre frankensteins of Vintage archetypes a pillar like miracle gro has a lot of incidental depth even if you’re not building a Gro deck. That said, every deck needs some way to play unfair in Vintage. Greens latest toys are a heavier focus on land based strategies as well as some mana cheating with cards like Hypergenesis.

Many archetypes have additions for them in this update that may raise eyebrows. I’ve had to add additional depth to some archetypes (take Dredge as an example) in order to keep draft consistency up. Shambling Shell absolutely does not add anything new or exciting to the draft, but a 4-person draft has only half the cube in rotation at any time now. It is essential to all supported archetypes that they have some level of consistency. All that said, shambling shell specifically may still get cut but it illustrates the point. I’ve also bumped up Ravager Shops support.

I’m currently working through cuts, but it’s of course challenging to know what’s what when testing is out of the question. I’m also concerned that there are some options or strategies that I’ve missed as I haven’t paid much attention over the last 3 years or so. Next updates will include the cuts, some updates on the physical copy, and any additional ideas that come to me between now and those 30 cuts. I’ll probably do the cuts in waves, trimming 10 or so each time after some sealed and bot drafts. Unfortunately the bots are not useful since they can’t follow the 4x gimmick, but should still give me a decent feeling.

Feel free to draft it on cube tutor, but please remember to draft it with awareness of the 4x unrestricted cards vs 1x restricted card gimmick. While this cube absolutely can be (and often is) drafted as a normal 1x cube, the intended experience is 4x copies and 60 card decks.

Have at it!

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Bringing Things Up to Speed

Kaladesh brings some neat toys. The only vehicles I like are ones that will be played in multiples and can be crewed by Phyrexian Revoker. Painters Grindstone have consistently been last picks, so they've gotta go. As always the latest revision can be found here: www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/23458 -Eladamri's Call -Green Sun's Zenith -Cavern of Souls -Grindstone -Painter's Servant -Blue Sun's Zenith -Fatestitcher -Thought Scour -Thalia, Heretic Cathar +Kataki, War's Wage +Leonin Arbiter +Flagstones of Trokair +Ceremonious Rejection +Smuggler's Copter +Fleetwheel Cruiser +Leovold, Emissary of Trest +Snuff Out +Sanctum Prelate

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Trimming the Fat

Cutting some cards to get back to a more round number.  The ideal number would be 315, but for now 320 is acceptable.  I’m adding Nahiri, the Harbinger. I apparently forgot about Stony Silence, so that needs a cut.  Dismember or Snuff Out will likely make the cut as well.

Atog and Disciple being gone means the Artifact lands don’t do much, so I’m only keeping the best 2. Earthcraft was there for Elves and Jeskai Ascendancy while Ascendancy’s main synergy was cut when Elves bit the dust. Gifts is a redundant draw engine in a cube that blue dominates.

-Vault of Whispers -Great Furnace -Disciple of the Vault -Gifts Ungiven -Earthcraft -Jeskai Ascendancy +Nahiri, the Harbinger

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Some Small Tweaks

My last update added two new archetypes to the cube while the previous update added one.  These are some of the biggest changes the VCC has experienced.  As such, things will be in flux for the next few weeks.  The latest changes go to the printer soon.  Until then I’m tweaking, furiously.

Supporting Life from the Loam means it needs support.  Some of what I added is nice, but a lot of it is too clunky to survive in this format.  It needs to be lean and efficient to have any shot.  Life was actually one of my original pillars, but was pushed out when Elves became Green’s focus.  Now a lot of that stuff comes back in.  This update also addresses some of the issues I mentioned with the last update.  Changes follow:

Impulse > Moat Atog > Through the Breach Lupine Prototype > Winter Orb Titania, Protector of Argoth > Splendid Reclamation Yixlid Jailer > Murderous Cut High Tide > Molten Vortex Candelabra of Tawnos > Mox Diamond Restoration Angel > Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Karn Liberated > Primeval Titan

A goal I had with the latest update is to slow the cube down.  Winter Orb accomplishes that, solidifies some existing archetypes, and has Loam synergy.  Splendid Reclamation might be a total dud, but seems like it will be fun.  Mox Diamond, Molten Vortex, Valakut, and Primeval Titan all play to Loam.   Moat solidifies some more controlling decks.  Through the Breach could really add a lot to the Show/Tell decks.

Lupine Prototype and Titania were the latest additions.  I think they are both too clunky.   Impulse is good, but cantrips are a dime a dozen here.   Atog is generally mediocre Yixlid Jailer is another piece of graveyard hate, of which the cube is well endowed.  High Tide is fun, but not consistent when you can so easily play many colors due to almost guaranteed fixing.  Candelabra of Tawnos goes with Elves and High Tide, yet both of those have been cut.  Restoration Angel is okay and might come back, but it’s mostly just been a flyer with power and toughness.  Karn Liberated was added to give Shops consistency in the draft portion; Eldrazi now offers that.

Demonic Consultation could come back.  Right now Black feels like it’s lacking in focus.  I’ve really focused on making the other colors have cohesion while Black is just a huge pile of broken spells (and some discard).  I hope to address this in the next update.

The cube is still about 10 cards too many for my liking.  Getting it down to 315 would leave 45 cards out of a 6-person pod (the cube’s ideal pod size).  Nothing can be cut until we get some actual testing in.  I’ll try to get some kind of quick write up next time I organize a VCC night.

As always, you can find the most up to date version here:

http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/23458

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Sideboarding Rules Change

Deck-building for the Vintage Constructed Cube is likely the most difficult part of drafting it. We allow some wiggle room to account for sheer complexity, but you are still expected to assemble your 60 card list in a reasonable timeframe. As such, side boarding has always taken a back seat. Historically, we've allowed players to use up to 4 copies of ANY card in their pool for side boarding. If that sounds egregious, you'd be correct in that assumption. While it makes deck-building quicker it results in unsatisfying games where potentially a player at the table has multiple cards that can be brought in completely hosing your main strategy and overwhelming your answers with sheer numbers. Thus, players must now construct 15 card sideboards alongside their 60 card main deck. While it will impact deck building, I feel it will lead to less feel-bads all around and reward intelligent decision making. It will also prevent players from taking a lot of hate cards from other players during the draft.

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Time for a Real Change!

Since the initial design process, very little has changed about the cube. Sure some archetypes have made their way in and out, but the pillars have by and large remained the same. This cube maintains a full complement of the current best decks in Vintage, but is also fleshed out with tech from other or older formats. The biggest of which has always been Elves.

Early in the design process I wanted to make sure there was a linear drafting option for players less involved in the Vintage metagame. Dredge is completely linear to draft as all its cards are specific to it exclusively, thusly a dredge player rarely has to fight for pieces. Elves seemed like a solid foil to Dredge for similar reasons.

The problem with that notion is it caters to people who don’t know nor care to learn about Vintage. There is absolutely plenty to be said for balancing the ease of drafting Dredge and bringing less experienced players into the fold, but an archetype as laser-focused and deep as Elves restricted design in other areas. Any and all interesting green cards printed in later sets have to be weighed against the whole Vintage power level, but then also against its draft-ability in regards to the Elves archetype.

Too often elves get passed around the table. Alternatively a player sits and watches the Elves player twiddle their own stuff since most of the playable hate in the format isn’t effective against Elves. It requires no drafting skill and even deck building is relatively easy as you just max out as many pieces as possible.

Instead I figured I could take a page out of Magic’s past with Green Stompy/Miracle Gro. Efficient dudes that can apply pressure at all points of the game. Moving away from Elves allows me some breathing room to tighten up the Humans/Hatebears deck as well as bring back one of my favorite cards, Life from the Loam.

For reference, this is what came out:

Heritage Druid Llanowar Elves Nettle Sentinel Priest of Titania Regal Force Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary Summoner’s Pact Wirewood Symbiote Birchlore Rangers Elvish Visionary Glimpse of Nature Ash Zealot Banefire Leyline of Sanctity

Ash Zealot isn’t really good enough. Banefire is a little narrow, though I think I’ll be re-adding it in the future. Leyline of Sanctity is just too hateful. Cards like Leyline of Sanctity and Rest in Peace are too powerful because they completely hose opposing strategies with few means of interacting for those decks.

And here is what I’m doing instead:

Thalia, Heretic Cathar Lupine Prototype Elspeth, Knight-Errant Vryn Wingmare Quirion Dryad Life from the Loam Curious Homunculus Eldrazi Displacer Exploration Raven’s Crime Terravore Knight of the Reliquary Reflector Mage Thalia’s Lieutenant Squandered Resources Nimble Mongoose Tireless Tracker Mayor of Avabruck Titania, Protector of Argoth

As you can see, I’ve solidified hatebears and humans a bit. Plenty of Loam synergy and some new toys for Storm and Eldrazi. I’m hoping Tireless Tracker works the way i want it to in the Loam deck. Azusa, Lost but Seeking might be a better fit. Titania is kind of a wild card and is likely too cute. Probably better as Primeval Titan. Lupine Prototype could have been a Vintage monster if Eldrazi hadn’t happened; Eldrazi will probably keep it out of here as well…

I have a few other cards that still need a place. Moat and Molten Vortex being the most important. Some more changes coming soon. As well as a small rules update which I’ll post shortly.

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UPDATE: Elliot Raff made multiple attempts over the years to claim credit for my work on both the McCube and the Vintage Constructed Cube. Both of these designs are and always have been entirely my own and any outside influence is strictly supporting. I have since taken ownership of his proxied copies of my work, but not before the damage to my own reputation was done.

A little coverage regarding my Multicolor Cube and the Vintage Constructed Cube. For clarification the Vintage Constructed Cube is designed by myself and the MC Cube is designed by me with codesigners Elliot Raff and Alex Lasky. Elliot maintains the paper copies as I cashed out of paper MtG a few years ago.

For what it’s worth, the MC Cube is like the MTGO Legendary Cube without all the mediocrity. It's kept up to date here: http://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/27931

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A Big One

We are still here and still cubing. Our paper copies are a couple updates behind because I’m lazy, but I’m always tuning and looking for feedback. This post represents one of the most significant updates in a long time.

Firstly, I’m expanding the cube from 305 cards to 320. Drafts have been extremely consistent. 360 is certainly too many for this cube.

The main reason for the expansion is to add Eldrazi representation. When Eldrazi Mimic was spoiled I immediately said, ”I want to play 4 of this in Vintage. “ Little did I know, Lodestone Golem got the axe and Shops would need to adapt a bit.

I’m expanding a couple other archetypes so things don’t turn drastically Shops heavy. The main focus is tightening up some control elements. Dark Petition was supposed to be in the last update, but I never got around to making a cut.

Elspeth, Knight-Errant and Moat are on my short list right now. I don’t want to expand past 320 cards, so these would need cuts. They’ve both been in and out before.

Without further ado, here is the list! Only additions this time, no cuts.

Dark Petition Eye of Ugin Eldrazi Temple Eldrazi Mimic Phyrexian Dreadnought Endless One Endbringer Thought-Knot Seer Reality Smasher Managorger Hydra Torpor Orb Triskelion Daze Dragonlord Ojutai Dragonlord Kolaghan

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Just a Reminder

As always, the most recent revision can be found here:

http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/23458

When you draft a card you get up to 4 copies to play in your deck and you build 60 card decks.  Restricted cards only have 1 copy available.

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Cutting the Rector Package

It’s just not ever good enough.  That said, I like Omnscience, so I’m keeping it.

-Academy Rector -Perilous Research -Flash

+Eladamri’s Call +Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy +Wurmcoil Engine

I don’t know why I ever cut Wurmcoil engine.  Either way it was probably wrong.  Jace does a lot of work, I’m very excited about it.  Eladamri’s Call is great in elves, hate bears, junk, pretty much anything creature based in addition to being great in Omnscience sideboards.

Through the Breach is a card that could help tighten some things up.  There’s no shortage of options and it makes drafting Sneak Attack more consistent.  Hoping to at least 4-person later today.

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We're Still Here

I’m still at it. I’ve picked up a full time job which inhibits my ability to test constantly, but I’m tuning and updating. The latest changes are:

-Sword of War and Peace -Goblin Piledriver

+Ral Zarek +Stasis

Sword of War and Peace and Piledriver are, inevitably, not good enough too often. Value goblins never really came together and Sword is too mana intensive for not enough effect. Few decks ever want it.

Ral and Stasis have piles of synergy. The strength of these additions have me reconsidering several planeswalkers.

The next card to make its way in is likely Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy. He can do a lot of work. Worldgorger Dragon is also on the short list. I’m not sure Bazaar decks need more ways to come together.

I have a day off coming up, so I’ll hopefully get a chance to look at some things.

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A Small Update

-Gorilla Shaman

+Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Khans block has given us some great goodies.  I’m unsure of how Tasigur will do and I feel Monastery Mentor has underperformed so far, but Mox Monkey has been entirely unplayable.  Much less effective when everybody doesn't have a bunch of Power.

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Rector? I hardly even know her!

UPDATE: Elliot Raff made multiple attempts over the years to claim credit for my work on both the McCube and the Vintage Constructed Cube. Both of these designs are and always have been entirely my own and any outside influence is strictly supporting. I have since taken ownership of his proxied copies of my work, but not before the damage to my own reputation was done.

This is the first revision I’ve completed since this article was written about the cube by my friend, Elliot:

http://manadeprived.com/introducing-the-vintage-constructed-cube/

This revision adds an Omniscience package and shores up a couple holes. The changes are as follows:

- Survival of the Fittest - Rolling Earthquake - Demonic Consultation - Grim Lavamancer - Land Tax - Meditate

Survival and Land Tax have been underperforming significantly. Meditate is good, but there are better options (even for the High Tide deck). G. Lavamancer is too slow and low impact and Rolling Earthquake is all-around awkward. Demonic Consultation has been pretty good, but gets stranded in sideboards more often than any other restricted card.

+ Academy Rector + Omniscience + Flash + Perilous Research

This is the core of the Academy Rector deck. There is plenty of other support for these cards in the likes of Show and Tell and Sundering Titan. Perilous Research provides an instant-speed means of triggering Rector.

+ Trinket Mage + Hellspark Elemental

Hellspark strengthens red, which has been under drafted of late. Trinket Mage has a lot of utility; it was originally cut for the sake of space, but its presence has been sorely missed.

As always, the most recent revision can be found here:

http://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/23458

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UPDATE:  After dozens of iterations, I’ve mostly given up on this idea.

The Vintage Constructed Cube is one of my favorite things ever. That said, sometimes people don’t want to throw Time Vaults and Bazaar of Baghdads at each other. Variety is the spice of life!

Another problem I have with the Vintage cube is there are many cards that I love to play with that just don’t make the cut in the hostile environment that is Vintage. Cryptic Command, Birthing Pod, Bitterblossom; all excellent cards that I love playing with but had to cut from the Vintage cube along with countless others. These cards deserve a home.

Introducing The Modern Constructed Cube:

http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/24598 http://www.cubetutor.com/visualspoiler/24598

Right now this is only the basic skeleton. I’ve yet to round out my archetypes, include sideboard options, or finish the mana base, but this is where I’m starting.

I started with the main pillars of modern Modern (decks like Burn, Abzhan, Infect, Delver, Affinity) then sprinkled some powerful decks from Modern past (Birthing Pod, Pyramancer Storm, Eggs) and filled in the cracks with everything else.

You may have noticed I’ve decided to take a very lose interpretation of the ban list. While the ban list is a pretty essential part of Modern, I’ve decided to pay attention to the ban list’s intention. I understand Jace and Stoneforge being banned for reasons and they will remain off the list unless that changes. Dredge is not a terribly compelling archetype to support and is more at home in the Vintage cube anyways. Eggs may be bad for tournaments and Birthing Pod may be too consistent and versatile, but neither of those points holds true when you have to draft everything in the first place.

I’ll be honest, the lack of a restricted list makes the draft portion a little less exciting. First picks are less in your face than the Vintage cube, but the power level will be more consistent across drafts and between players.

I still have to figure out my number. I’m thinking about 50 non basics; 10 shocks, 10 fetches, 10 filters, 5 Scars Duals, 5 Vivids, 10 spell-like/essentials (maybe 10 buddy duals). Since I haven’t included sideboard options or filled the gaps iI’m archetypes yet I figure it will have to be at least 360, mayhaps closer to 400 (the skeleton right now is around 320).

I still need to deal with the transportation issue, especially considering I’ve now more than doubled the number of cards I would have to carry around (to approximately 3000, double sleeved). More updates to come.

I’m also working on the latest Vintage Cube revision. So far Survival of the Fittest and Rolling Earthquake are out, Demonic Consultation is on the chopping block. Survival is becoming Trinket Mage. My options for Rolling Earthquake are Omniscience, Spark Elemental, Hellspark Elemental, Bonesplitter, Craterhoof Behemoth, Flash, Academy Rector, Life from the Loam, Exploration. I’m not sure what direction I want the additions to go yet.

Craterhoof may find its way back in since it serves as a win condition for multiple decks.

Life supports an archetype that is basically non existent presently. The real problem with supporting Lands in this format is Exploration is kind of narrow.

If I add Rector then Omniscience needs to be in and at least one or two other cards should make their way in to support that deck. Basically, I know the cuts I want to make, but I’m not sure if I want to strengthen existing archetypes or add one additional.