How to Define Your Cube Goals

Identifying your specific kind of MTG cube focuses your design goals and allows you to more effectively communicate them. I lay out the major axes of design considerations, and I survey three popular cube taxonomies. We welcome special guest landofMordor, who is the originator of the latest of these: the Strix Scale!


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Works Cited:
landofMordor's Strix Scale: reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/byqv1o/the_serra_…
shadowcentaur's Serra Scale: reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/2qrd09/what_is_yo…
Jason Waddell on archetype design: channelfireball.com/articles/building-a-cube-ar…
Cultic Cube on Signet design: youtube.com/watch?v=DgrxdXi1bn4
Maro on deck size rules: magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-ma…

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