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Buried Cube Treasures – Part 1 »

This guest post is written by Usman Jamil. For those wishing to contribute to cubedrafting.com, contact evan dot erwin at starcitygames dot com. This 2-part article aims to discuss a handful of these lesser-known cards to help cube designers become informed about the existence and use of these buried treasures to use in their cubes.

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Rise of the Eldrazi Cube Update »

Hello again, it’s time for some cube updates! First we’ll go over the big changes put in place last time: Removal of the Signets / Karoos – Still in place! I can safely say I’m much happier with my cube now that these are gone. I don’t miss them and I feel they better define [...]

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M11 Cube Order! »

Beginning with Worldwake I began to pre-ordering foils I expect to put in my cube. Here are the M11 cards I’m adding to the cube for testing. Stay tuned for my official Rise of the Eldrazi cube update soon.

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Contribute to CubeDrafting.com! »

Hey everybody, while we have some fantastic content here on the site from yours truly and readers like yourself, we’d love to have some more! Find out how you can contribute to CubeDrafting.com and get a free month’s subscription to StarCityGames.com Premium just for doing so! Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to [...]

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Cube Design Theory: Aggro in Cube »

This guest post is written by Usman Jamil. For those wishing to contribute to cubedrafting.com, contact eerwin at gmail dot com. On his website about the format, Tom LaPille said this about cube drafting: “Go make a cube, or at least convince someone else to. That cube will enhance your life and the lives of [...]

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Worldwake Cube Update »

Hello everybody, it’s another set release and another update to my Cube. In my last release, I spoke of what I wanted to focus on with that cube update, and I’ll do so again. This update is HUGE in a variety of ways — one, we have a huge sea change in the manafixing portion [...]

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Rise of the Eldrazi Cube Pre-Ordering »

While my Official Worldwake Cube Update is still a week or so away (it will coincide with the actual release of Rise of the Eldrazi, as I fully playtest my changes w new sets before advocating them), starting with Worldwake I’ve begun pre-ordering foils I feel will be worth testing in the cube. After the [...]

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Cube For Two »

This guest post is written by Thea Steele. For those wishing to contribute to cubedrafting.com, contact eerwin at gmail dot com. I have a confession to make- I’m a magic player without a playgroup. I’ve recently moved across the country, and my magic-playing community consists of myself and my boyfriend. The good news is that [...]

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My Cube In Pictures! »

Okay, so I was bored in San Diego waiting for the Pro Tour festivities to start and thought — why don’t I have pictures of my cube? So I made some. Be on the lookout for some Worldwake updates I’m trying out as well! Enjoy!

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Zendikar Cube Update »

So another three months have passed and it’s time to get all cube-updating in this hizzle. Or something. Either way, last go-around I updated the cube with M10 additions. This time we’re adding five cards per color bringing the total cube size to 580 cards. Woo! I’m happy with a growth rate of 25 cards [...]

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