Using mana dorks to reach big "payoff" creatures or spells early in the game.

Ensuring players can actually cast their spells—a crucial step many first-time designers forget.

To keep things elegant and balanced for an 8-person draft, I’ve structured the cube into the following sections:

I want my drafters to have a clear "path" once they start picking cards. Here are three key strategies I’ve seeded:

4 dedicated slots for each two-color pair to signal clear archetypes.