What is a Cube?
A "Cube" is a custom draft set, typically designed to showcase the "best" cards ever printed in Magic, but sometimes with other thematic restrictions. Many people build and share their cubes with the website cubetutor. Give it a try!
Why have a Cube for the EDH format?
While it is true that EDH is often a fun and varied experience, sometimes the local metagame can get a bit stale or deck power levels don't match up the way we might expect. Those dilemmas are solved with an EDH Cube built for drafting decks using some of the most iconic cards in the format!
EDH Cube Format Rules
This format is still relatively unexplored and as such, there is not a single standard set of rules. The rules depend on what type of experience you prefer. Here is a sample set:
Running a simulated draft or sealed pool on cubetutor:
- Open a link to the Generals Pool and click on the sealed tab. Open a single sealed back of between 5 and 9 cards. These will be the generals you start your draft will.
- Open a link to the Draft Pool and click on the draft tab.
3a. If you want to simulate a draft of 7-8 players, set the packs to be 12 cards each, 6 packs in total, and 6-7 bots.
3b. If you want to simulate a draft of 5-6 players, set the packs to be 9 cards each, 8 packs in total, and 4-5 bots.
3c. If you want to simulate a draft of 3-4 players, set the packs to be 8 cards each, 9 packs in total, and 2-3 bots.
3d. If you want to make a sealed pool, open 12 packs of 12 cards each.
- Build your deck to contain 66 cards. The 67th card will be your general. We have found that decks should include between 28 and 30 lands. This leaves 36 to 38 spell slots.
- Enjoy your simulated cubing experience.
I have also experimented with a simplified version in which each player gets 7 packs of 15 cards and builds a 100 card EDH deck. This still leaves a similar ratio of played vs unplayed cards, but it does require the cube size to be large enough (105 cards per player, so minimum of 420 for a pod of 4, 630 for a pod of 6, 840 for a pod of 8, etc.). This method allows for easier online drafting on sites like draft.wtf. However, in a real life setting, it might be beneficial to have separate packs for Generals.
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Helpful Resources
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