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Hey there! I’m Autumn Burchett (@autumnlilypad), and I’m thrilled to have my Bant Cube on Magic Online. I was inspired to build it a few years ago after hearing about Ryan Overturf’s Grixis Cube and a local player’s Sultai Cube. I’ve always loved the Bant color combination and thought it would offer some exciting design space for a cube due to the kinds of archetypes it could encourage!
There is a big focus in Bant Cube on both synergy and exploration. To this end, there are a bunch of synergy-focused archetypes to piece together but also a lot of random pockets of cute interactions scattered around the cube for you to discover for yourself. This process of discovery has led to some exciting decks over the years, and I hope you’ll have fun diving into some drafts!
I’ve put a lot of work into tuning the cube over the last few years and think it’s now in a space where there are a lot of viable ways to draft it, and a ton of fun, strange, and unique games and decks to be found.
Flicker
The flicker archetype takes advantage of enters-the-battlefield effects from cards like Acidic Slime, Reflector Mage, and Venser, Shaper Savant being reused with cards like Thassa, Deep-Dwelling, Crystal Shard, and Emiel the Blessed, or even multiplied with Panharmonicon.
White Aggro
Traditional White Aggro decks are supported in the cube with a clean curve of resilient creatures, taxing effects like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, cards like Stoneforge Mystic that help you grind out longer games, and plenty of ways to keep your creatures pushing through for damage.
In addition, there’s also the option of drafting artifact-based decks in this archetype that are just as able to push pressure while having synergy-focused payoffs that reward you for maintaining an artifact-dense battlefield.
Blue Artifacts
Blue Artifacts varies much more widely than White Aggro. You can complement white’s aggressive artifact strategies by splashing for cards like Ensoul Artifact, though it’s much more likely that you’ll end up in a midrange blue artifact approach featuring cards like Emry, Lurker of the Loch and Urza, Lord High Artificer.
There are also combo angles available here! Of course, Tinker is present, but other ways to cheat big artifacts into play are also present with Arcum Dagsson, Argivian Restoration, and Kuldotha Forgemaster all offering very different avenues to success.
Blue Storm
Storm doesn’t come together often in this cube, but when it does come together, prepare for fireworks! High Tide is definitely the key card here, and if you can have reliable access to it, then you’ll be able to find ways to win out of nowhere. If you aren’t going for mono-blue, then cards like Heartbeat of Spring and Mirari’s Wake offer very different avenues for comboing. Don’t expect this archetype to always be open, but you’re in for a show when it is!
Azorius Control
It’s very easy to make a classic Azorius Control deck in this cube with all the counterspells, card draw, and sweepers you could ask for, as well as big haymakers like Dream Trawler or Dragonlord Ojutai to help you close out the game.
Selesnya Sacrifice Combo
My personal favorite deck to draft in the cube. You’re looking to assemble a persist creature, a sacrifice outlet, and some way to make sure the persist creature returns from the graveyard with no -1/-1 counters on it, allowing you to then sacrifice the persist creature as many times as you want without ever losing it permanently.
Cards like Survival of the Fittest and Chord of Calling provide easy access to your various combo pieces, and beyond this, there are other creature combos available in this archetype. It also just plays a fine midrange gameplan when it needs to.
Selesnya Counters
A Selesnya archetype with an aggressive lean. You’re looking to use Conclave Mentor, Hardened Scales, and Branching Evolution to make your +1/+1 counters spiral out of control, all while taking advantage of all sorts of cards that put counters on your creatures or benefit from having counters put on them.
Simic Flash
Counter your opponent’s spells, use card draw to keep digging through your deck, and look to stick in a flash threat like Nightpack Ambusher that can take over the game or just make your opponent dead. If you can get a hold of Wilderness Reclamation, you can really push this archetype over the top.
Lands
The lands archetype is looking to get extra lands into play via cards like Exploration and take advantage of these lands via cards like Crucible of Worlds while using something like Dark Depths with Thespian’s Stage or Field of the Dead to close out the game. These decks are always green but can take advantage of any of the three colors and be built in a lot of different ways.
Thanks for reading, and have a great time Bant cubing!
Autumn
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Full Bant Cube Card List
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Card Name Color Arcbound Mouser White Champion of the Parish White Court Homunculus White Dauntless Bodyguard White Esper Sentinel White Giant Killer White Giver of Runes White Kytheon, Hero of Akros White Mother of Runes White Selfless Savior White Student of Warfare White Thraben Inspector White Toolcraft Exemplar White Usher of the Fallen White Adanto Vanguard White Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit White Charming Prince White Grateful Apparition White Knight of the White Orchid White Leonin Relic-Warder White Luminarch Aspirant White Mikaeus, the Lunarch White Porcelain Legionnaire White Safehold Elite White Seasoned Hallowblade White Selfless Spirit White Stoneforge Mystic White Thalia, Guardian of Thraben White Thalia’s Lieutenant White Vizier of Remedies White Wall of Omens White Banisher Priest White Benalish Marshal White Blade Splicer White Bygone Bishop White Eldrazi Displacer White Elite Spellbinder White Flickerwisp White Losheel, Clockwork Scholar White Mangara of Corondor White Monastery Mentor White Recruiter of the Guard White Silverblade Paladin White Skyclave Apparition White Vryn Wingmare White Archangel of Tithes White Basri’s Lieutenant White Emiel the Blessed White Felidar Guardian White Galepowder Mage White Glimmerpoint Stag White Halvar, God of Battle White Hero of Bladehold White Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant White Luminous Broodmoth White Restoration Angel White Sublime Archangel White Teshar, Ancestor’s Apostle White Angel of Invention White Cataclysmic Gearhulk White Constable of the Realm White Geist-Honored Monk White Reveillark White Venerated Loxodon White Sun Titan White Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants White Elspeth, Knight-Errant White Condemn White Dispatch White Enlightened Tutor White Ephemerate White Mana Tithe White Path to Exile White Swords to Plowshares White Unexpectedly Absent White Valorous Stance White Break Ties White Unbreakable Formation White Settle the Wreckage White White Sun’s Zenith White Oust White Prismatic Ending White Declaration in Stone White Collective Effort White Council’s Judgment White Sevinne’s Reclamation White Spectral Procession White Late to Dinner White Refurbish White Hour of Revelation White Terminus White Barbed Spike White Dancing Sword White Glass Casket White Maul of the Skyclaves White Spear of Heliod White Legion’s Landing White Paladin Class White Baffling End White Honor of the Pure White Journey to Nowhere White The Birth of Meletis White Oblivion Ring White Stasis Snare White Tempered Steel White Cast Out White Citadel Siege White Conclave Tribunal White Felidar Retreat White Parallax Wave White Teleportation Circle White Elspeth Conquers Death White Ancient Den White Secluded Steppe White Emeria’s Call White Pteramander Blue Spectral Sailor Blue Baral, Chief of Compliance Blue Brineborn Cutthroat Blue Fae of Wishes Blue Fblthp, the Lost Blue Gilded Drake Blue Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy Blue Phantasmal Image Blue Snapcaster Mage Blue Thing in the Ice Blue Watcher for Tomorrow Blue Arcane Artisan Blue Barrin, Tolarian Archmage Blue Brazen Borrower Blue Champion of Wits Blue Cosima, God of the Voyage Blue Emry, Lurker of the Loch Blue Master of Etherium Blue Sai, Master Thopterist Blue Sea Gate Oracle Blue Spellseeker Blue Vendilion Clique Blue Arcum Dagsson Blue Clever Impersonator Blue Dungeon Geists Blue Glen Elendra Archmage Blue Master Transmuter Blue Padeem, Consul of Innovation Blue Sower of Temptation Blue Thassa, Deep-Dwelling Blue Urza, Lord High Artificer Blue Venser, Shaper Savant Blue Whirler Rogue Blue Body Double Blue Mulldrifter Blue Peregrine Drake Blue Riftwing Cloudskate Blue Ethereal Forager Blue Frost Titan Blue Torrential Gearhulk Blue Murktide Regent Blue Palinchron Blue Thought Monitor Blue Inkwell Leviathan Blue Teferi, Master of Time Blue Brainstorm Blue High Tide Blue Mystical Tutor Blue Spell Pierce Blue Thought Scour Blue Vapor Snag Blue Brain Freeze Blue Censor Blue Counterspell Blue Essence Capture Blue Impulse Blue Into the Roil Blue Mana Leak Blue Memory Lapse Blue Miscalculation Blue Remand Blue Archmage’s Charm Blue Complicate Blue Disallow Blue Forbid Blue Frantic Search Blue Ghostly Flicker Blue Metallic Rebuke Blue Repulse Blue Sinister Sabotage Blue Stoic Rebuttal Blue Thirst for Knowledge Blue Commit // Memory Blue Cryptic Command Blue Fact or Fiction Blue Turnabout Blue Force of Will Blue Gush Blue Blue Sun’s Zenith Blue Sublime Epiphany Blue Nexus of Fate Blue Dig Through Time Blue Gitaxian Probe Blue Ponder Blue Preordain Blue Serum Visions Blue Sleight of Hand Blue Chart a Course Blue Ideas Unbound Blue Merchant Scroll Blue Rise and Shine Blue Compulsive Research Blue Tinker Blue Argivian Restoration Blue Deep Analysis Blue Thoughtcast Blue Time Warp Blue Crush of Tentacles Blue Mind’s Desire Blue Time Spiral Blue Finale of Revelation Blue Treasure Cruise Blue Aether Spellbomb Colorless The Blackstaff of Waterdeep Blue Midnight Clock Blue Vedalken Shackles Blue Ensoul Artifact Blue Search for Azcanta Blue The Antiquities War Blue Thopter Spy Network Blue The Mirari Conjecture Blue Lonely Sandbar Land Mystic Sanctuary Land Seat of the Synod Blue Tolarian Academy Blue Arbor Elf Green Avacyn’s Pilgrim Green Birds of Paradise Green Elvish Reclaimer Green Experiment One Green Gilded Goose Green Hexdrinker Green Joraga Treespeaker Green Llanowar Elves Green Noble Hierarch Green Pelt Collector Green Servant of the Scale Green Spore Frog Green Swarm Shambler Green Sylvan Safekeeper Green Avatar of the Resolute Green Devoted Druid Green Dragonsguard Elite Green Duskwatch Recruiter Green Fauna Shaman Green Hermit Druid Green Incubation Druid Green Lotus Cobra Green Melira, Sylvok Outcast Green Nessian Hornbeetle Green Ochre Jelly Green Saddled Rimestag Green Satyr Wayfinder Green Scavenging Ooze Green Sylvan Advocate Green Sylvan Caryatid Green Wildborn Preserver Green Azusa, Lost but Seeking Green Courser of Kruphix Green Dryad of the Ilysian Grove Green Eternal Witness Green Evolution Sage Green Jadelight Ranger Green Kazandu Mammoth Green Llanowar Visionary Green Managorger Hydra Green Nissa, Vastwood Seer Green Oran-Rief Ooze Green Ramunap Excavator Green Reclamation Sage Green Rishkar, Peema Renegade Green Tireless Tracker Green Wayward Swordtooth Green Nightpack Ambusher Green Oracle of Mul Daya Green Polukranos, World Eater Green Surrak, the Hunt Caller Green Timeless Witness Green Toski, Bearer of Secrets Green Vengevine Green Voracious Hydra Green Acidic Slime Green Biogenic Ooze Green Genesis Green Kalonian Hydra Green Thragtusk Green Titania, Protector of Argoth Green Verdurous Gearhulk Green Whisperwood Elemental Green Primeval Titan Green Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider Green Terastodon Green Woodfall Primus Green Garruk Wildspeaker Green Vivien, Arkbow Ranger Green Crop Rotation Green Snakeskin Veil Green Worldly Tutor Green Inscription of Abundance Green Once Upon a Time Green Return to Nature Green Titanic Brawl Green Broken Wings Green Chord of Calling Green Inspiring Call Green Green Sun’s Zenith Green Emergent Sequence Green Explore Green Life from the Loam Green Regrowth Green Smell Fear Green Bala Ged Recovery Green Eldritch Evolution Green Harmonize Green Splendid Reclamation Green Primal Command Green Seasons Past Green Bow of Nylea Green Birthing Pod Green Esika’s Chariot Green The Great Henge Green Exploration Green Hardened Scales Green Oath of Nissa Green Earthcraft Green Evolutionary Leap Green Ranger Class Green Song of Freyalise Green Survival of the Fittest Green Sylvan Library Green Ayula’s Influence Green Branching Evolution Green Curse of Predation Green Heartbeat of Spring Green Song of the Dryads Green Wilderness Reclamation Green Tranquil Thicket Green Tree of Tales Green Treetop Village Green Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Green Turntimber Symbiosis Green Azorius Charm Azorius Dovin’s Veto Azorius Mistmeadow Witch Azorius Staggering Insight Azorius Chrome Courier Azorius Deputy of Detention Azorius Moderation Azorius Reflector Mage Azorius Soulherder Azorius Spell Queller Azorius Elite Guardmage Azorius Narset Transcendent Azorius Ojutai’s Command Azorius Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage Azorius Supreme Verdict Azorius Cloudblazer Azorius Dragonlord Ojutai Azorius Time Wipe Azorius Yorion, Sky Nomad Azorius Dream Trawler Azorius Arcus Acolyte Selesnya Conclave Mentor Selesnya Dromoka’s Command Selesnya Eladamri’s Call Selesnya Fleecemane Lion Selesnya Huatli’s Raptor Selesnya Oath of Ajani Selesnya Appeal // Authority Selesnya Qasali Pridemage Selesnya Saffi Eriksdotter Selesnya Captured by Lagacs Selesnya Good-Fortune Unicorn Selesnya Kitchen Finks Selesnya Knight of Autumn Selesnya Knight of the Reliquary Selesnya Renegade Rallier Selesnya Captain Sisay Selesnya Glare of Subdual Selesnya Shalai, Voice of Plenty Selesnya Mirari’s Wake Selesnya Coiling Oracle Simic Decisive Denial Simic Growth Spiral Simic Kiora’s Follower Simic Lonis, Cryptozoologist Simic Simic Charm Simic Edric, Spymaster of Trest Simic Hadana’s Climb Simic Quandrix Command Simic Temporal Spring Simic Master Biomancer Simic Mystic Snake Simic Prime Speaker Vannifar Simic Tamiyo, Collector of Tales Simic Volo, Guide to Monsters Simic Zegana, Utopian Speaker Simic Mystic Genesis Simic Roalesk, Apex Hybrid Simic Tatyova, Benthic Druid Simic Hydroid Krasis Simic Bant Charm Bant Chulane, Teller of Tales Bant Roon of the Hidden Realm Bant Arcbound Worker Colorless Gingerbrute Colorless Hope of Ghirapur Colorless Signal Pest Colorless Stonecoil Serpent Colorless Arcbound Ravager Colorless Copper Gnomes Colorless Hangarback Walker Colorless Lesser Masticore Colorless Metallic Mimic Colorless Phyrexian Revoker Colorless Spellskite Colorless Steel Overseer Colorless Walking Ballista Colorless Chief of the Foundry Colorless Crystalline Giant Colorless Etched Champion Colorless Metalworker Colorless Palladium Myr Colorless Phyrexian Metamorph Colorless Lodestone Golem Colorless Solemn Simulacrum Colorless Kuldotha Forgemaster Colorless Duplicant Colorless Wurmcoil Engine Colorless Myr Battlesphere Colorless Sojourner’s Companion Colorless Emrakul, the Promised End Colorless Sundering Titan Colorless Karn, Scion of Urza Colorless Ugin, the Ineffable Colorless Tezzeret’s Gambit Colorless Lotus Petal Colorless Mishra’s Bauble Colorless Mox Opal Colorless Sol Talisman Colorless Zuran Orb Colorless Animation Module Colorless Chromatic Star Colorless Expedition Map Colorless Ghostfire Blade Colorless Sensei’s Divining Top Colorless The Ozolith Colorless Altar of Dementia Colorless Guardian Idol Colorless Heart of Kiran Colorless Lightning Greaves Colorless Mazemind Tome Colorless Mind Stone Colorless Prophetic Prism Colorless Sapphire Medallion Colorless Smuggler’s Copter Colorless Treasure Map Colorless Aethersphere Harvester Colorless Blasting Station Colorless Cloudstone Curio Colorless Crucible of Worlds Colorless Crystal Shard Colorless Cultivator’s Caravan Colorless Grafted Wargear Colorless Horn of Greed Colorless Lifecrafter’s Bestiary Colorless Nettlecyst Colorless Phyrexian Altar Colorless Mystic Forge Colorless Panharmonicon Colorless Batterskull Colorless Conjurer’s Closet Colorless Memory Jar Colorless Mindslaver Colorless God-Pharaoh’s Gift Colorless Adarkar Wastes Land Celestial Colonnade Land Flooded Strand Land Hallowed Fountain Land Hengegate Pathway Land Irrigated Farmland Land Mystic Gate Land Nimbus Maze Land Razortide Bridge Land Seachrome Coast Land Temple of Enlightenment Land Tundra Land Branchloft Pathway Land Brushland Land Horizon Canopy Land Razorverge Thicket Land Savannah Land Scattered Groves Land Selesnya Sanctuary Land Stirring Wildwood Land Temple Garden Land Thornglint Bridge Land Cave of the Frost Dragon Land Windswept Heath Land Wooded Bastion Land Barkchannel Pathway Land Botanical Sanctum Land Breeding Pool Land Flooded Grove Land Lumbering Falls Land Misty Rainforest Land Simic Growth Chamber Land Tanglepool Bridge Land Temple of Mystery Land Tropical Island Land Waterlogged Grove Land Yavimaya Coast Land Fabled Passage Land Prismatic Vista Land Seaside Citadel Land Academy Ruins Land Blast Zone Land Blinkmoth Nexus Land Dark Depths Land Darksteel Citadel Land Field of Ruin Land Field of the Dead Land Glacial Chasm Land Glimmervoid Land Karn’s Bastion Land Maze of Ith Land Mishra’s Factory Land Mutavault Land Rishadan Port Land Spire of Industry Land Tectonic Edge Land Thespian’s Stage Land Urza’s Saga Land Wasteland Land
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