Card draw that comes at a cost in white!
So whatcha got? How do you make Armistice work...?
Friendly reminder, please ensure all recommendations have an old border printing and they apply to the cube format. Failure to do so will result in a Grizzly Bear coming your way!
One of the biggest changes in my approach to cube hasn't been about cube design. It's been about people. When I first started curating, almost all of my attention went toward the list itself and the common questions that come with this task. Over time, after hundreds of drafts and many iterations, those questions have become less dominant. Now, I find myself asking something very different:
What experience is most likely to succeed with this particular group of people tonight?
That shift completely changed how I think about hosting cube. This article explores that evolution as I've realized that I'm not just curating cubes anymore; I'm curating experiences.
The article: Curating Beyond the Cards
I'd love to hear whether anyone else has found their thinking evolving in a similar direction!
Today we are picking from the "Juju's Classic Cube".
From the curator:
This is Juju's Classic Cube, one of the earlier old-border cubes to be made. It was started in 2011 as a response to my horror at Blastoderm getting power-crept out of my regular unpowered cube. I wanted a way to keep playing all of my favourite old cards in a cube environment.
Cube can be found here: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/3tt2r
Would you like your cube featured? DM me!
Welcome to Day 19 of the 2026 oldbordercube Share Your... series.
Today we will be discussing 0-3 Mana Colorless Non-creature spells. What's working for you? What do you wish we had access to?
Next time we will be discussing Black Artifacts and Enchantments
I always try to check out local card shops when I go abroad. This time in Hamburg I found a very nice shop with binders you could flicker through. Picked out some cards for my regular cube, bar cube and other old border projects!
Been trying to get a hold of a [[Naturalize]] for some time, so that was a nice find! Any favourites in the bunch?
Cheers!
These cards have always screamed "magic" to me and I love the art across the different colours.
What's the best art for CoP: White?
Thanks for all the answers!
Filling in for our esteemed ToT author this week!
It's time for This or That Tuesday. I will show you two or more cards with similar effects and power level and you tell me which one you'd pick if all of them were in a pack and/or which one you'd run in a typical old border cube. I try to avoid cards that need strong synergies to be good since you don't get any context in form of a specific cube, but for the sake of this thread just assume you have a typical old border cube that runs all of the best pre-Mirrodin old border cards, but no overpowered retro frame cards.
Today we'll talk about X based counterspell, Power Sink and Syncopate. What do you value more, the exile of the spell or the ability to tap your opponent out?
Bonus question: Do you prefer hard counters or soft counters in your cube?
I have never fathomed putting this card in a cube but really want to see it work!
So whatcha got? How do you make Atogatog work...?
Friendly reminder, please ensure all recommendations have an old border printing and they apply to the cube format. Failure to do so will result in a Grizzly Bear coming your way!
Question 1: Singleton 360 – How do you distribute the cards?
If you’re building a classic 360-card singleton cube (each card only once), how would you typically distribute things per color?
How many creatures per color?
How many instants/sorceries?
How many enchantments?
How many artifacts?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or does it vary a lot?
Question 2: Set Cube – 180 vs. 360?
For a set cube (e.g., something like Dominaria Remastered), does a 180-card or 360-card cube make more sense if each card only appears once?
Question 3: What exactly is a “3-2-1 Cube”?
I occasionally read about 3-2-1 cubes—does that mean:
A) You run 3 copies of each common, 2 of each uncommon, and 1 of each rare/mythic (so with duplicates)?
B) It refers to a rarity distribution (like percentages of commons/uncommons/rares)?
C) Something else entirely?
Also: Is 3-2-1 mainly used for set cubes, or do people also use it for regular 360 cubes?
Today we are picking from the "White Frame Old Border Cube".
From the curator:
Revised through Seventh Edition White Border Cube
Cube can be found here: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/whiteborderoldframe
Would you like your cube featured? DM me!
This card has a big range of different treatments! Really cool to see the different styles as the sets progressed.
What's the best art for Redwood Treefolk?
It's time for This or That Tuesday. I will show you two or more cards with similar effects and power level and you tell me which one you'd pick if all of them were in a pack and/or which one you'd run in a typical old border cube. I try to avoid cards that need strong synergies to be good since you don't get any context in form of a specific cube, but for the sake of this thread just assume you have a typical old border cube that runs all of the best pre-Mirrodin old border cards, but no overpowered retro frame cards.
Today we'll talk about black aggro one drops. Carnophage and Sarcomancy are the only 2 power one drops available (not counting retro frame cards) that are playable in a high power old border cube and both come with a downside. Which one is your favourite and why?
Bonus question: What kind of zombie synergies do you have in your cube?
Welcome to Day 19 of the 2026 oldbordercube Share Your... series.
Today we will be discussing Red 2 Mana Value Creatures. What's working for you? What do you wish we had access to?
Next time we will be discussing 0-3 Mana Colorless Non-creature spells!
Howdy folks!
What do you use in your cube for closing games that aren't traditional creatures?
It can range from cards that can potentially spawn endless tokens, like [[sacred mesa]], [[goblin trenches]], [[mobilization]], [[decree of justice]], [[,verdant force]], etc.
Maybe it can take the form of big burn spells, like [[fireball]], [[disintegrate]], [[ertai's thunder]], [[drain life]], [[soul burn]], [[corrupt]], or maybe even cards [[urza's rage]].
Mill and forcing the opponent to deck themselves can also count into this kind of win cons, with cards like [[brain freeze]], [[altar of dementia]], [[memory jar]], [[wheel of fortune]], [[prosperity]], etc.
Maybe you don't like dealing damage and support direct life loss like [[tendrils of agony]], [[kaervek's spite]], [[shepherd of rot]], etc.
You could choke the life out of them slowly with cards like [[sulfuric vortex]], [[megrim]], [[underworld dreams]], [[black vise]], [[the rack]], [[ankh of mishra]], etc.
Maybe it's something completely different I haven't mentioned at all? Let me know in the comments below.
edit: It's not Ertai's thunder, it's rolling thunder. Ertai is quoted in flavor text, so I just went along with his name.