MtG: I'm making a pauper cube.

[Tempest]

Yep, that's right. I'll try and have it finished soon, anyone interested? I'm using the peasant rule of if it was ever printed as a common its fair, although some stuff that's essentially rares might not make the cut. I'll be using my discretion, basically. Suggestions welcome.

[Jason Doan]

Fun thought exercise here and it will be fun to play, without any real crazy super bombs.

White:

Holy Strength
Disenchant
D'avenant Archer
Holy Day
Tundra Wolves
Farrel's Zealot
Icatian Javelineers
Icatian Scout
Order of Leitbur


Blue:

Counterspell
Blue Elemental Blast
Prodigal Sorcerer
Unsummon
Boomerang
Energy Tap
Force Spike
Remove soul
Zephyr Falcon
Dandan
Flying Men
Apprentice Wizard
Ghost Ship
Wall of Kelp

Black:

Dark Ritual
Drudge Skeletons
Pestilence
Terror
Darkness
Lesser Werewolf
Vampire Bats
Erg Raiders
Ashes to Ashes
Murk Dwellers
Hymn to Tourach
Mindstab Thrull
Order of the Ebon Hand


Red:

Lightning Bolt
Disintegrate
Fireball
Hill Giant
Stone Rain
Red Elemental Blast
Shatter
Blazing Effigy
Chain Lightning
Pyrotechnics
Kird Ape
Rukh Egg
Fissure
Sisters of the Flame
Goblin Grenade
Ambush
Anaba Bodyguard

Green:

Giant Growth
Llanowar Elves
Fog
Giant Spider
Craw Wurm
Wild Growth
Crumble
Durkwood Boars
Fire Sprites
Wolverine Pack
Ghazban Ogre
Gaea's Touch
Land Leeches
Scavenger Folk
Folk of An-Haava
Leaping Lizard


Artifact:

Dragon Engine
Feldon's Cane
Coal Golem
Fellwar Stone
Clockwork Steed
Clockwork Swarm
Serrated Arrows

Land:

Urza's Mine
Urza's Tower
Urza's Power Plant
Desert

And that's what I found up to and including Homelands...obviously some of them are horrible and will get knocked off my more modern cards.

[Tempest]

I'm starting with more recent stuff (kinda) and working my way back. I haven't decided if I'm gonna go for the 360 or make it larger. I know the urza lands are out, as well as quite a few others. The idea is to use cards that are as good as possible in a limited environment, or at least fun to play. I could see myself using about half of the cards in there that I recognize.

[JohnKapp]

Hey, I found the board. I've thought about building a pauper cube too, here are some of my ideas.

Artifacts
Lotus Petal
Adventuring Gear
Bonesplitter
Cranial Plating
Runed Stalactite
Neurok Stealthsuit
Kitesail
Aeolipile
Æther Spellbomb
Pyrite Spellbomb
Moonglove Extract
Armillary Sphere
10 Rav Signets
Darksteel Ingot
Pilgrim's Eye
Relic of Progenitus
Serrated Arrows
Skyreach Manta
Terrarion


Black
Erg Raiders
Oubliette
Stone-Throwing Devils
Ashes to Ashes
Dark Banishing
Dark Ritual
Choking Sands
Hymn to Tourach
Order of the Ebon Hand
Coercion
Crypt Rats
Abyssal Gatekeeper
Dauthi Horror
Dauthi Slayer
Diabolic Edict
Disturbed Burial
Evincar's Justice
Foul Imp
Carnophage
Befoul
Corrupt
Duress
Exhume
Pestilence
Unearth
Ravenous Rats
Highway Robber
Mind Swords
Seal of Doom
Innocent Blood
Cabal Ritual
Faceless Butcher
Mesmeric Fiend
Rancid Earth
Disciple of Malice
Wretched Anurid
Carrion Feeder
Twisted Abomination
Zombie Cutthroat
Consume Spirit
Cursed Ronin
Distress
Nezumi Cutthroat
Rend Flesh
Wicked Akuba
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
Raving Oni-Slave
Dimir House Guard
Stinkweed Imp
Sangrophage
Tendrils of Corruption
Trespasser il-Vec
Deepcavern Imp
Ichor Slick
Eyeblight's Ending
Nameless Inversion
Moonglove Changeling
Faerie Macabre
Loch Korrigan
Sickle Ripper
Raven's Crime
Glaze Fiend
Viscera Dragger
Absorb Vis
Doom Blade
Sign In Blood
Grim Discovery
Guul Draz Vampire
Hideous End
Surrakar Marauder
Vampire Lacerator
Corrupted Zendikon
Ruthless Cullblade
Cadaver Imp
Null Champion
Zulaport Enforcer
Lilliana's Spectre


This is all I have the energy for right now.

[Tempest]

There's quite a few cards there that I was thinking about too. Don't know about Mind swords. One thing I've come across, and I'll probably be undoing later is cards that rely heavily on certain other cards, like madness, spirit/arcane, allies, etc. I'm throwing them in for now, and then I'll review the thing as a whole when I'm done.

[Dana_Tillusz]

What is a pauper cube? Just wondering...

[Tempest]

Well a cube is a set number of 'the best cards' from Magic's history that you make into packs for drafting. It's a very exciting format, with some ridiculous draft decks. Pauper is the same rough idea, but with all commons. I'll post up some links later if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Also, almost got the rough draft done. Sitting around 800~ cards right now.

[Jason Doan]

Post the list and we'll start cutting it down...800 is way too many methinks.

[Dana_Tillusz]

How do you draft them

[JohnKapp]

Usually by putting them into fifteen card packs with 2 artifacts, 1 non-basic land, 2 multi-colour cards and then 2 cards of each colour. Some do 16 card packs, putting in two non-basics, but I'm not a huge fan of that.