I started playing Magic as a kid in 1995, and most of my cards back then were Revised/4th Edition. I then took about 15 years off until some friends got me back into drafting. I like drafting the new sets, but have huge nostalgia for the 4th edition era cards. And I still have a ton of those cards. So a friend and I decided to try to "remaster" 4th Edition into a draftable set.
We've been working on this for a while, and think it's in pretty good shape. We started with 4th Edition and Chronicles (about 500 cards) and then cut it down to a modern-size set of 234 cards. This allowed us to get rid of most of the painfully bad cards. We also assigned cards rarities to replicate the feel of drafting a set. There are 4 copies of each common, 2 copies of each uncommon, and 1 copy of each rare. (The card quality is way too low for a singleton cube.) We've drafted it once and it basically works, though the cards are very straightforward. I'd really appreciate any feedback for further edits. I'm not looking to make major changes, just tweaks here and there to improve the draftability. This includes card replacements and changes in "rarity."
Here are the parameters:
4th Edition and Chronicles only. Those are the cards I have and the ones I feel nostalgic for. Plus it keeps the cost down.
I want to preserve the feel of the 4th Edition era, which means leaving in some weak but thematic cards (Healing Salve, Sea Serpent, Walls).
True to this era of Magic, the spells are mostly strong and the creatures are weak. I want the cube to embrace that rather than trying to fight it.
We've been working on this for a while, and think it's in pretty good shape. We started with 4th Edition and Chronicles (about 500 cards) and then cut it down to a modern-size set of 234 cards. This allowed us to get rid of most of the painfully bad cards. We also assigned cards rarities to replicate the feel of drafting a set. There are 4 copies of each common, 2 copies of each uncommon, and 1 copy of each rare. (The card quality is way too low for a singleton cube.) We've drafted it once and it basically works, though the cards are very straightforward. I'd really appreciate any feedback for further edits. I'm not looking to make major changes, just tweaks here and there to improve the draftability. This includes card replacements and changes in "rarity."
Here are the parameters:
Here is the current list (Cubetutor link http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/76990):
4x Benalish Hero (C)
4x Savannah Lions (C)
4x Tundra Wolves (C)
4x Mesa Pegasus (C)
4x Pikemen (C)
4x Repentant Blacksmith (C)
4x Samite Healer (C)
2x White Knight (U)
4x D'Avenant Archer (C)
4x Keepers of the Faith (C)
4x Pearled Unicorn (C)
2x Northern Paladin (U)
4x Wall of Swords (C)
4x War Elephant (C)
2x Witch Hunter (U)
2x Petra Sphinx (U)
2x Serra Angel (U)
1x Personal Incarnation (R)
4x Healing Salve (C)
2x Righteousness (U)
4x Swords to Plowshares (C)
4x Disenchant (C)
4x Morale (C)
1x Reverse Damage (R)
2x Alabaster Potion (U)
White Sorcery
1x Balance (R)
1x Armageddon (R)
1x Wrath of God (R)
White Enchantment
4x Holy Strength (C)
1x Land Tax (R)
4x Spirit Link (C)
2x Blessing (U)
2x Circle of Protection: Black (U)
2x Circle of Protection: Red (U)
1x Crusade (R)
1x Island Sanctuary (R)
4x Castle (C)
2x Kismet (U)
4x Merfolk of the Pearl Trident (C)
4x Giant Tortoise (C)
2x Lord of Atlantis (U)
4x Zephyr Falcon (C)
4x Apprentice Wizard (C)
4x Prodigal Sorcerer (C)
1x Time Elemental (R)
4x Wall of Air (C)
4x Azure Drake (C)
2x Phantasmal Forces (U)
4x Phantom Monster (C)
2x Air Elemental (U)
2x Pirate Ship (U)
2x Water Elemental (U)
1x Mahamoti Djinn (R)
4x Sea Serpent (C)
1x Leviathan (R)
2x Blue Elemental Blast (U)
4x Twiddle (C)
4x Unsummon (C)
4x Boomerang (C)
2x Counterspell (U)
4x Remove Soul (C)
1x Mana Short (R)
2x Power Sink (U)
4x Spell Blast (C)
Blue Sorcery
2x Mind Bomb (U)
1x Juxtapose (R)
1x Recall (R)
4x Flight (C)
2x Flood (U)
4x Unstable Mutation (C)
4x Phantasmal Terrain (C)
4x Psychic Venom (C)
1x Stasis (R)
4x Gaseous Form (C)
1x Control Magic (R)
2x Steal Artifact (U)
4x Vampire Bats (C)
2x Will-o'-the-Wisp (U)
2x Black Knight (U)
4x Bog Imp (C)
4x Cyclopean Mummy (C)
4x Drudge Skeletons (C)
2x Nether Shadow (U)
4x Frozen Shade (C)
1x Hypnotic Specter (R)
1x Royal Assassin (R)
4x Scathe Zombies (C)
2x Sorceress Queen (U)
4x Wall of Bone (C)
2x Zombie Master (U)
2x Bog Wraith (U)
1x Hell's Caretaker (R)
4x Murk Dwellers (C)
4x Scavenging Ghoul (C)
2x Fallen Angel (U)
2x Sengir Vampire (U)
1x Nightmare (R)
1x Lord of the Pit (R)
4x Dark Ritual (C)
4x Terror (C)
4x Howl from Beyond (C)
Black Sorcery
4x Raise Dead (C)
2x Ashes to Ashes (U)
1x Mind Twist (R)
4x Drain Life (C)
Black Enchantment
4x Evil Presence (C)
4x Paralyze (C)
4x Unholy Strength (C)
2x Animate Dead (U)
1x Bad Moon (R)
4x Blight (C)
4x Fear (C)
1x Greed (R)
2x Pestilence (U)
4x Goblin Balloon Brigade (C)
4x Goblin Digging Team (C)
4x Mons's Goblin Raiders (C)
4x Ironclaw Orcs (C)
1x Ball Lightning (R)
4x Brothers of Fire (C)
4x Dwarven Warriors (C)
2x Goblin King (U)
4x Gray Ogre (C)
4x Hurloon Minotaur (C)
2x Orcish Artillery (U)
2x Uthden Troll (U)
4x Wall of Fire (C)
2x Dragon Whelp (U)
4x Hill Giant (C)
2x Keldon Warlord (U)
2x Stone Giant (U)
2x Earth Elemental (U)
2x Fire Elemental (U)
1x Shivan Dragon (R)
4x Lightning Bolt (C)
2x Red Elemental Blast (C)
4x Blood Lust (C)
4x Shatter (C)
Red Sorcery
1x Winds of Change (R)
4x Stone Rain (C)
4x Pyrotechnics (C)
2x Disintegrate (U)
1x Earthquake (R)
2x Fireball (U)
Red Enchantment
4x Firebreathing (C)
4x Immolation (C)
4x Giant Strength (C)
1x Smoke (R)
1x Land's Edge (R)
1x Mana Flare (R)
1x Manabarbs (R)
4x Orcish Oriflamme (C)
2x Birds of Paradise (U)
4x Llanowar Elves (C)
4x Scavenger Folk (C)
4x Argothian Pixies (C)
2x Elvish Archers (U)
4x Grizzly Bears (C)
2x Whirling Dervish (U)
4x Cat Warriors (C)
2x Killer Bees (U)
4x Ley Druid (C)
1x Verduran Enchantress (R)
4x Wall of Ice (C)
2x Erhnam Djinn (U)
1x Fungusaur (R)
4x Giant Spider (C)
4x War Mammoth (C)
2x Elven Riders (U)
4x Ironroot Treefolk (C)
2x Thicket Basilisk (U)
4x Craw Wurm (C)
1x Force of Nature (R)
1x Gaea's Liege (R)
4x Crumble (C)
4x Fog (C)
4x Giant Growth (C)
Green Sorcery
1x Channel (R)
2x Tranquility (U)
4x Untamed Wilds (C)
1x Desert Twister (R)
2x Hurricane (U)
2x Winter Blast (U)
Green Enchantment
1x Concordant Crossroads (R)
4x Instill Energy (C)
4x Wild Growth (C)
4x Regeneration (C)
1x Sylvan Library (R)
2x Lure (U)
4x Wanderlust (C)
2x Stangg (U)
Jund
1x Vaevictis Asmadi (R)
Naya
1x Palladia-Mors (R)
1x Rubinia Soulsinger (R)
1x Arcades Sabboth (R)
Esper
1x Dakkon Blackblade (R)
1x Chromium (R)
1x Sol'kanar the Swamp King (R)
1x Nicol Bolas (R)
4x Ornithopter (C)
4x Brass Man (C)
4x Dragon Engine (C)
4x Yotian Soldier (C)
4x Clay Statue (C)
2x Primal Clay (U)
4x Obsianus Golem (C)
1x Tetravus (R)
1x Triskelion (R)
1x Colossus of Sardia (R)
2x Fountain of Youth (U)
1x Black Vise (R)
2x Feldon's Cane (U)
1x Ivory Tower (R)
1x Mana Vault (R)
1x Meekstone (R)
1x The Rack (R)
1x Ankh of Mishra (R)
4x Fellwar Stone (C)
1x Howling Mine (R)
2x Millstone (U)
1x Winter Orb (R)
1x Ashnod's Altar (R)
1x Disrupting Scepter (R)
1x Jalum Tome (R)
1x Barl's Cage (R)
2x Jayemdae Tome (U)
1x Nevinyrral's Disk (R)
2x Rod of Ruin (U)
1x The Hive (R)
1x Armageddon Clock (R)
2x City of Brass (U)
2x Mishra's Factory (U)
1x Safe Haven (R)
1x Strip Mine (R)