Post 2 - Cube Part 2

The previous post, I introduced the concept of "The Cube" a card pool created by a fellow duelist that would be what your deck would compose of. This post will explain how to make your own cube, and what is exactly in my own cube. This link explains well how to start your own cube, but because the site is for Magic: the Gathering, I will attempt to Yugioh-fy it.

Step 1: Theme
Very similar to the above link, you start off construction by choosing the theme of your cube. The theme determines what kind of play style you want the other people to use when playing with your cube, and also what cards will go into your cube. Whether you fill your cube with high ATK monsters and equips, monsters and support for a certain archetype, or cards that no one would want to use in a normal constructed deck, the theme will determine what cards go in.

Myself, I am personally working on 2 cubes of my own. The first one is what M:tG would call a power cube, the best cards throughout the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!. The second one is a tribute to the roots of cube draft. In MtG, you want to select an equal number of cards for each of the five different colors when making a MtG cube. in YuGiOh, we don't have colors persay, but attributes are pretty close. Therefore, a cube based on the six attributes of yugioh isn't that bad of an idea

Step 2: Budget
Now that you have a list of cards that you want in your cube, you should set out a budget for both the cards AND your sleeves for your cards. You don't want your cards to get wrecked by the second playthrough of your cube, especially if they are holos, so sleeves so be almost as important as the actual cards. The second choice you need to make, is whether you are going to buy the shiniest holos for your deck, doing the exact opposite and getting the cheapest commons, or even proxying some or all of the cards. I perfer having a physical copy of the card, but again it's up to what the cube creator wants in his cube.

Step 3: Compile
You have the theme and the budget, now is the to actually put your physical cube together. You should have a  minimum of 40-60 cards multiplied by the number of people you want using your cube. Myself I have 480 cards in both of my cubes, enough to support a 12-person draft.


Step 4: Playtest
You have the cards, sleeved, the cube is built to what you think it should be. The only think left to do is to playtest your cube with whoever else has some interest. When playtesting, watch for cards no one wants, or cards that are too game-breaking. These cards may not belong in your cube and should be replaced. As new cards are released, you may/may not be doing this a lot

Now the question people may be asking right now; How do you play with a cube? Again, it is up to you. The next few posts will explain different ways that I personally use the cube.