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Vintage Cube updates? Vintage Cube updates.
Just in time for the spooky season, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is here, bringing with it a host of changes to Vintage Cube. Last time, we saw Modern Horizons do some work shaking things up, and monocolor aggro decks got a bit of a power boost in various Naya colors.
This time, we’re looking at expanding the parts of the sandbox that include build-arounds and reactive cards.
Dive into the details below and check out the updated Magic Online Vintage Cube list for the latest breakdown.
In this case, “The Sandbox” refers to the entire environment and what tools are available. For example, last update, I removed the cards Niv-Mizzet Reborn and Birthing Pod. Both decks are linchpins of their respective archetypes, and this unfortunately did some damage to narrow the range of archetypes that can be played. That ran antithetical to the general goals I have when curating cubes, in that it shifts the range of ways that people can engage with cubes and play Magic in ways they find compelling and fun.
So, as you may have guessed, those are back in. To that end, this update to the cube has a handful of other cards being added for the sake of allowing other kinds of archetypes. These enablers are generally going to be effects that are harder to replace in their respective archetypes or have more unique effects.
These are cards like Karmic Guide and Rite of Harmony. Some of their use cases may be obvious, but having a Karmic Guide to grab with Survival of the Fittest, for example, is a way to provide additional consistency to green-rooted reanimator decks that would otherwise be more difficult to obtain.
Enablers aren’t the only part of expanding the sandbox, however. Part of what’s important is providing reasonable countermeasures against things.
Some of the cards in the newest update are explicitly to push against some of the stronger things in the cube and make it main deckable. Sure, something narrow like Crush is going to be strong against the artifact decks in the environment, but it’s so rarely making main decks that it won’t always come up in the matches where it matters. Cathar Commando, on the other hand, is the type of card that will make it more likely that that artifact removal shows up when it’s needed, even if the creature itself isn’t the strongest thing to be doing in 100% of instances.
One of the least-exciting-but-most-necessary parts of environment cultivation is ensuring that players are able to cast their spells on time. Thankfully, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt has a new dual land cycle that’s incredible for Cube, one that I’m excited to add to the environment. Some flashier cards are being cut for them, but the amount of traditional mana fixing felt just a hair under, and I suspect this will help bring that to a better place.
Finally, we’ve got some goodies from supplemental tabletop products coming to Vintage Cube: the new and improved Wheel of Misfortune and Laelia, the Blade Reforged. Both cards are Cube all-stars, and I couldn’t be more excited to try them out here.
As always, I’ll be scarfing down candy diligently watching how this version of the cube plays out and am excited to see the new decks people build. I’ll see you in the queues!
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Full Cube List
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Card Name Color Giver of Runes White Kytheon, Hero of Akros White Sungold Sentinel White Mother of Runes White Student of Warfare White Thraben Inspector White Containment Priest White Selfless Spirit White Soulfire Grand Master White Stoneforge Mystic White Thalia, Guardian of Thraben White Tithe Taker White Wall of Omens White Leonin Relic-Warder White Blade Splicer White Skyclave Apparition White Monastery Mentor White Recruiter of the Guard White Intrepid Adversary White Adeline, Resplendent Cathar White Flickerwisp White Vryn Wingmare White Silverblade Paladin White Restoration Angel White Loyal Warhound White Hero of Bladehold White Linvala, Keeper of Silence White Karmic Guide White Seasoned Hallowblade White Elspeth Conquers Death White Baneslayer Angel White Lyra Dawnbringer White Sun Titan White Spectral Procession White Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite White Karakas White Mox Pearl White Condemn White Palace Jailer White Land Tax White Mana Tithe White Path to Exile White Swords to Plowshares White Balance White Disenchant White Honor of the Pure White Oust White Banishing Light White Cathar Commando White Council’s Judgment White Gideon Blackblade White Usher of the Fallen White Armageddon White Faith’s Fetters White Ravages of War White Damn White Elspeth, Knight-Errant White Gideon, Ally of Zendikar White Elite Spellbinder White Parallax Wave White Wrath of God White Elspeth, Sun’s Champion White Solitude White Cave of the Frost Dragon White Unexpectedly Absent White Gideon Jura White Adanto Vanguard White Archangel Avacyn White Iona, Shield of Emeria White Thassa’s Oracle Blue Spell Pierce Blue Baral, Chief of Compliance Blue Daze Blue Mana Leak Blue Phantasmal Image Blue Remand Blue Snapcaster Mage Blue Thieving Skydiver Blue Counterspell Blue Mana Drain Blue Deceiver Exarch Blue Pestermite Blue Spellseeker Blue Trinket Mage Blue Shark Typhoon Blue Force of Negation Blue Narset, Parter of Veils Blue Vendilion Clique Blue Memory Deluge Blue Control Magic Blue Glen Elendra Archmage Blue Jace, the Mind Sculptor Blue Sower of Temptation Blue Urza, Lord High Artificer Blue Venser, Shaper Savant Blue Mulldrifter Blue Bribery Blue Commit // Memory Blue Tezzeret the Seeker Blue Treachery Blue Consecrated Sphinx Blue Frost Titan Blue Torrential Gearhulk Blue Upheaval Blue Inkwell Leviathan Blue Shelldock Isle Blue Ancestral Vision Blue Mox Sapphire Blue Gitaxian Probe Blue Ancestral Recall Blue Brainstorm Blue Mystical Tutor Blue Ponder Blue Preordain Blue Brain Freeze Blue Chart a Course Blue Portent Blue Miscalculation Blue Time Walk Blue Emry, Lurker of the Loch Blue Frantic Search Blue Show and Tell Blue Thirst for Knowledge Blue Timetwister Blue Tinker Blue Fact or Fiction Blue Mystic Confluence Blue Turnabout Blue Cryptic Command Blue Gush Blue Force of Will Blue Mind’s Desire Blue Time Spiral Blue Palinchron Blue Treasure Cruise Blue Dig Through Time Blue Repeal Blue Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy Blue Riftwing Cloudskate Blue Sea Gate Stormcaller Blue Suspicious Stowaway Blue Brazen Borrower Blue Time Warp Blue High Tide Blue Opposition Blue Duress Black Fatal Push Black Inquisition of Kozilek Black Thoughtseize Black Cabal Ritual Black Collective Brutality Black Dark Confidant Black Bloodchief’s Thirst Black Kitesail Freebooter Black Bone Shards Black Valki, God of Lies Black Night’s Whisper Black Power Word Kill Black Wishclaw Talisman Black Hymn to Tourach Black Scrapheap Scrounger Black Bone Shredder Black Ophiomancer Black Opposition Agent Black Rotting Regisaur Black Toxic Deluge Black Hero’s Downfall Black Woe Strider Black Murderous Rider Black Nighthawk Scavenger Black Damnation Black Gonti, Lord of Luxury Black Ebondeath, Dracolich Black Liliana, the Last Hope Black Ravenous Chupacabra Black Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Black Shriekmaw Black Dark Petition Black Liliana, Death’s Majesty Black Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia Black Bazaar of Baghdad Black Rishadan Port Black Mox Jet Black Dark Ritual Black Entomb Black Imperial Seal Black Putrid Imp Black Reanimate Black Vampiric Tutor Black Animate Dead Black Demonic Tutor Black Exhume Black Oona’s Prowler Black Pack Rat Black Shallow Grave Black Infernal Grasp Black Corpse Dance Black Necromancy Black Recurring Nightmare Black Yawgmoth’s Will Black Liliana of the Veil Black Makeshift Mannequin Black Tendrils of Agony Black Unburial Rites Black Living Death Black Grave Titan Black Yawgmoth’s Bargain Black Massacre Wurm Black Sheoldred, Whispering One Black Griselbrand Black Mind Twist Black Bitterblossom Black Tasigur, the Golden Fang Black Archon of Cruelty Black Bolas’s Citadel Black Goblin Guide Red Goblin Welder Red Grim Lavamancer Red Soul-Scar Mage Red Monastery Swiftspear Red Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Red Bomat Courier Red Abbot of Keral Keep Red Dire Fleet Daredevil Red Bloodthirsty Adversary Red Embereth Shieldbreaker Red Runaway Steam-Kin Red Young Pyromancer Red Eidolon of the Great Revel Red Shrine of Burning Rage Red Char Red Goblin Rabblemaster Red Imperial Recruiter Red Magda, Brazen Outlaw Red Seething Song Red Wheel of Fortune Red Seasoned Pyromancer Red Sulfuric Vortex Red Avalanche Riders Red Flametongue Yearling Red Hazoret the Fervent Red Hellrider Red Pia and Kiran Nalaar Red Rampaging Ferocidon Red Glorybringer Red Thundermaw Hellkite Red Siege-Gang Commander Red Goldspan Dragon Red Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Red Inferno Titan Red Den of the Bugbear Red Strip Mine Red Wasteland Red Mox Ruby Red Burst Lightning Red Chain Lightning Red Firebolt Red Unholy Heat Red Lightning Bolt Red Abrade Red Smoldering Egg Red Desperate Ritual Red Incinerate Red Lightning Strike Red Flame Spill Red Pyretic Ritual Red Pyroclasm Red Light Up the Stage Red Birgi, God of Storytelling Red Daretti, Scrap Savant Red Past in Flames Red Sneak Attack Red Chandra, Torch of Defiance Red Laelia, the Blade Reforged Red Koth of the Hammer Red Splinter Twin Red Through the Breach Red Dragon’s Rage Channeler Red Fireblast Red Wheel of Misfortune Red Banefire Red Zealous Conscripts Red Empty the Warrens Red Faithless Looting Red Mana Flare Red Arbor Elf Green Avacyn’s Pilgrim Green Birds of Paradise Green Ignoble Hierarch Green Elvish Mystic Green Fastbond Green Fyndhorn Elves Green Joraga Treespeaker Green Llanowar Elves Green Noble Hierarch Green Birthing Pod Green Oath of Druids Green Regrowth Green Sakura-Tribe Elder Green Survival of the Fittest Green Sylvan Caryatid Green Sylvan Library Green Wall of Roots Green Channel Green Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary Green Cultivate Green Search for Tomorrow Green Rift Sower Green Courser of Kruphix Green Circle of Dreams Druid Green Oracle of Mul Daya Green Eureka Green Court of Bounty Green Natural Order Green Storm the Festival Green Wrenn and Seven Green Tovolar’s Huntmaster Green Primeval Titan Green Augur of Autumn Green Green Sun’s Zenith Green Finale of Devastation Green Gaea’s Cradle Green Mox Emerald Green Nature’s Claim Green Nissa, Vastwood Seer Green Devoted Druid Green Fauna Shaman Green Gilded Goose Green Scavenging Ooze Green Wall of Blossoms Green Beast Within Green Ramunap Excavator Green Reclamation Sage Green Eternal Witness Green Garruk Relentless Green Elder Gargaroth Green Garruk Wildspeaker Green Hexdrinker Green Polukranos, World Eater Green Questing Beast Green Thragtusk Green Acidic Slime Green Biogenic Ooze Green Deranged Hermit Green Nissa, Who Shakes the World Green Toski, Bearer of Secrets Green Magus of the Order Green Avenger of Zendikar Green Craterhoof Behemoth Green Woodfall Primus Green Tireless Tracker Green Heartbeat of Spring Green Terastodon Green Plow Under Green Angrath’s Rampage Rakdos Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger Rakdos Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast Rakdos Kolaghan’s Command Rakdos Rakdos’s Return Rakdos Yorion, Sky Nomad Azorius Teferi, Time Raveler Azorius Fractured Identity Azorius Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Azorius Geist of Saint Traft Azorius Figure of Destiny Boros Lightning Helix Boros Showdown of the Skalds Boros Nahiri, the Harbinger Boros Wear // Tear Boros Lonis, Cryptozoologist Simic Oko, Thief of Crowns Simic Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath Simic Trygon Predator Simic Hydroid Krasis Simic Tidehollow Sculler Orzhov Lingering Souls Orzhov Vindicate Orzhov Ashen Rider Orzhov Liesa, Forgotten Archangel Orzhov Manamorphose Gruul Wrenn and Six Gruul Arlinn, the Pack’s Hope Gruul Huntmaster of the Fells Gruul Dragonlord Atarka Gruul Baleful Strix Dimir Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver Dimir Ludevic, Necrogenius Dimir Fallen Shinobi Dimir The Scarab God Dimir Kitchen Finks Selesnya Knight of Autumn Selesnya Knight of the Reliquary Selesnya Rite of Harmony Selesnya Mirari’s Wake Selesnya Goblin Electromancer Izzet Dack Fayden Izzet Expressive Iteration Izzet Thousand-Year Storm Izzet Expansion // Explosion Izzet Assassin’s Trophy Golgari Maelstrom Pulse Golgari Old Stickfingers Golgari Grist, the Hunger Tide Golgari Vraska, Golgari Queen Golgari Leovold, Emissary of Trest Multicolor Omnath, Locus of Creation Multicolor Sphinx of the Steel Wind Multicolor Niv-Mizzet Reborn Multicolor Ancient Tomb Land Badlands Land Blackcleave Cliffs Land Blood Crypt Land Bloodstained Mire Land Celestial Colonnade Land Flooded Strand Land Hallowed Fountain Land Lavaclaw Reaches Land Library of Alexandria Land Urza’s Saga Land Mishra’s Workshop Land Prismatic Vista Land Seachrome Coast Land Tolarian Academy Land Tundra Land Arid Mesa Land Botanical Sanctum Land Breeding Pool Land Inspiring Vantage Land Lumbering Falls Land Mishra’s Factory Land Misty Rainforest Land Mutavault Land Needle Spires Land Plateau Land Sacred Foundry Land Tropical Island Land Concealed Courtyard Land Copperline Gorge Land Godless Shrine Land Marsh Flats Land Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx Land Raging Ravine Land Scrubland Land Shambling Vent Land Stomping Ground Land Taiga Land Wooded Foothills Land Creeping Tar Pit Land Darkslick Shores Land Polluted Delta Land Razorverge Thicket Land Savannah Land Stirring Wildwood Land Temple Garden Land Underground Sea Land Watery Grave Land Windswept Heath Land Bayou Land Blooming Marsh Land Hissing Quagmire Land Overgrown Tomb Land Scalding Tarn Land Spirebluff Canal Land Steam Vents Land Verdant Catacombs Land Volcanic Island Land Wandering Fumarole Land Deserted Beach Land Haunted Ridge Land Rockfall Vale Land Overgrown Farmland Land Shipwreck Marsh Land Academy Ruins Land Black Lotus Colorless Chrome Mox Colorless Everflowing Chalice Colorless Mana Crypt Colorless Mox Diamond Colorless Mana Vault Colorless Sol Ring Colorless Azorius Signet Colorless Rakdos Signet Colorless Boros Signet Colorless Simic Signet Colorless Winter Orb Colorless Crucible of Worlds Colorless Tangle Wire Colorless Lodestone Golem Colorless Smokestack Colorless Karn Liberated Colorless Ugin, the Spirit Dragon Colorless Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Colorless Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Colorless Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Colorless Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Colorless Lotus Bloom Colorless Lion’s Eye Diamond Colorless Skullclamp Colorless Gruul Signet Colorless Lotus Petal Colorless Orzhov Signet Colorless Umezawa’s Jitte Colorless Coalition Relic Colorless Sword of Body and Mind Colorless Sword of Feast and Famine Colorless Sword of Fire and Ice Colorless Gilded Lotus Colorless Batterskull Colorless Wurmcoil Engine Colorless Relic of Progenitus Colorless Sensei’s Divining Top Colorless Dimir Signet Colorless Phyrexian Revoker Colorless Selesnya Signet Colorless Dismember Colorless Oblivion Stone Colorless Phyrexian Metamorph Colorless Solemn Simulacrum Colorless Memory Jar Colorless Mindslaver Colorless Stonecoil Serpent Colorless Hangarback Walker Colorless Walking Ballista Colorless Emrakul, the Promised End Colorless Golgari Signet Colorless Grim Monolith Colorless Izzet Signet Colorless Smuggler’s Copter Colorless Porcelain Legionnaire Colorless Basalt Monolith Colorless Metalworker Colorless Worn Powerstone Colorless Karn, Scion of Urza Colorless Thran Dynamo Colorless Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Colorless Kuldotha Forgemaster Colorless Myr Battlesphere Colorless Sundering Titan Colorless Blightsteel Colossus Colorless Coercive Portal Colorless
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