{"id":53290,"date":"2023-09-08T12:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/what-is-cube"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:14:50","slug":"what-is-cube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/mtg\/what-is-cube","title":{"rendered":"What is Cube Format in Magic The Gathering?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those new to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/mtg\/wilds-of-eldraine-most-expensive-cards\">Magic The Gathering <\/a>as a TCG, it&#8217;s got what players refer to as multiple &#8216;formats&#8217;. Similar to other Trading Card Games, you&#8217;re able to choose from these formats to play with your friends, and often you&#8217;ll see different tournaments being run for different formats. Each format also uses a unique ban list and a unique list of cards that you can actually play, making them diverse and different enough from each other to warrant playing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cube is one of those formats and offers an entirely different experience while playing Magic The Gathering. But what exactly is Cube format?<\/p>\n<div class=\"mce-toc\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1ha72ak0a2\">What is Cube Format?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mcetoc_1ha72ak0a3\">What does Drafting entail?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"mcetoc_1ha72ak0a2\">What Is Cube Format?<\/h2>\n<p>Cube Format literally involves the player creating a Cube of Magic The Gathering cards. Usually, that&#8217;s a collection of at least 360 different cards, though it can be increased. The Cube will be made up of a lot of different cards, sometimes themed, sometimes not, and you can use it for any kind of draft format in Magic The Gathering as a game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cube Format is a very fun way to repurpose older cards that you aren&#8217;t using so that they get more use, and with the differing ban lists, you can use cards that you maybe haven&#8217;t used in a long time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mcetoc_1ha72ak0a3\">What Does Drafting Entail?<\/h2>\n<p>Drafting is the act of taking cards that aren&#8217;t pre-prepared into decks, which means not using starter decks or commander decks, and making a deck out of them. You&#8217;re given a certain amount of packs to open, or you&#8217;re given a selection of cards to choose from, and you have to figure out what works best together in any given deck before you&#8217;re challenged by players who have done the exact same thing as you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The format requires you to be able to quickly understand how cards work together rather than understand how one particular deck works and needs you to become a true master of Magic The Gathering as a card game, rather than the master of one particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/mtg\/assassins-creed-release-date-cards\">Magic The Gathering <\/a>deck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"highlighter--hover-tools\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div id=\"highlighter--hover-tools--container\">\n<div class=\"highlighter--icon highlighter--icon-copy\" title=\"Copy\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"highlighter--icon highlighter--icon-change-color\" title=\"Change Color\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"highlighter--icon highlighter--icon-delete\" title=\"Delete\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those new to Magic The Gathering as a TCG, it&#8217;s got what players refer to as multiple &#8216;formats&#8217;. 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