Singleton is pretty close to the top of the list for my standards for what is a cube, but I agree that "Custom limited environment" is the only essential component to be a cube.
I think there are a number of interesting ideas and permutations out there for Cubes, many of which I never would have thought of by myself. What amazes me is how much you can learn about your own cube even from ones that are very dissimilar.
That being said, I wouldn't know what to do with a Cube that involved using multiples. I wouldn't know where to stop, and wouldn't like updating it. For me, the singleton rule is a very important restriction that makes it possible for me to decide what to include and what to cut. I like the variety and it focuses how I can improve archetypes or colors.
And lastly, I really like the feeling that if I buy one old expensive card I am set for life to cube with that card.
I just won this tonight. It looks amazing in person. Beautiful filagree on the staff and soaring vista with the contrast of near and far. I traded it to a very jealous opponent (whose deck ran farseek) I just beat for two boros charms.
Honestly, this card will be worth more than those two because people are going to be farseeking shocks for a long time in modern.
I think there are a number of interesting ideas and permutations out there for Cubes, many of which I never would have thought of by myself. What amazes me is how much you can learn about your own cube even from ones that are very dissimilar.
That being said, I wouldn't know what to do with a Cube that involved using multiples. I wouldn't know where to stop, and wouldn't like updating it. For me, the singleton rule is a very important restriction that makes it possible for me to decide what to include and what to cut. I like the variety and it focuses how I can improve archetypes or colors.
And lastly, I really like the feeling that if I buy one old expensive card I am set for life to cube with that card.
Honestly, this card will be worth more than those two because people are going to be farseeking shocks for a long time in modern.