Howdy, gamers!
It's Legacy Cube time, and there are a ton of changes this time around, so I'm going to go ahead and dive right into those, as well as some lessons learned from the last Vintage Cube update.
What's getting stronger?
In short: some color pairs that had middling incentives to move in. Looking over the changes to some multicolor slots, there are some serious power buffs to colors that were severely underperforming during the last Legacy Cube. Golgari is the biggest winner here, with both Grist, the Hunger Tide and Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis serving as game-winning threats that are worth building around. Rakdos is getting a couple of upgrades to its threat suite in Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast and Falkenrath Aristocrat. Both colors, and black in particular, felt like they wanted that extra bump in power to make sure that it was fun to draft the color pairs and not something you just fall into when other plans don't work out.
With the new cards that are being added to black's share of the cube comes some much-needed redundancy for archetypes that aren't always the best at coming together. Archon of Cruelty is a welcome addition as another reanimator target, with Dermotaxi coming in as another sideways form of reanimation (that doesn't always require you to be binning your own creatures!). Dermotaxi in particular makes the smaller creatures in black a bit more attractive than they were previously and can help them translate into the late game a bit better.
On Build-Arounds
Alright, time to eat a little crow here: when updating the Vintage Cube most recently, I lacked an appreciation for a few of the cooler build-arounds that lead to novel and fun experiences in-game. Niv-Mizzet Reborn is the card most emblematic of this, and I'm adding it to Legacy Cube as a result. Rest assured it'll be back in Vintage Cube before you know it, but there are a few new cards in this update to the Legacy Cube in similar space.
Selesnya is a prime example of a color pair that wasn't exactly lacking in good cards but was a bit lower on things that popped off the screen and told you to build a deck. Glare of Subdual is a way for go-wide decks to more reasonably compete with some of the big-creature combo decks in reanimator and Sneak Attack strategies that don't do all the mana denial stuff that Opposition does.
The other color combination getting a bit of a bump here is Boros. Outside of aggressively slanted near-monocolor decks, it could be hard to successfully play anything based in red and white. It's even harder when you factor in how having a mono-red or mono-white drafter can complicate things. Having a few cards in the color combination that don't exclusively point toward aggro is something I'm optimistic about this go around.
Redistributing Colors
As the cube evolves, cards aren't always going to be cut for something to perform the exact same role. Archon of Coronation, for example, is the card on the chopping block for the aforementioned Niv-Mizzet Reborn. There are a lot of factors that play into the decisions, including power level among colors, total number of cards in each color, how likely a color is to support monocolor decks (thus needing more monocolor cards and fewer multicolor ones), and so on.
This kind of thing is perfectly normal, and just like everything else, iterating the cubes is a process, and I hope you like this chapter in Legacy Cube. I'll see y'all in the queues!
Below is the full card list for Legacy Cube! Columns are sortable by clicking their header.
Last Updated: 8/19/2021
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Full Card List
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Card Name |
Color |
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Giver of Runes |
White |
Usher of the Fallen |
White |
Kytheon, Hero of Akros |
White |
Legion's Landing |
White |
Mother of Runes |
White |
Student of Warfare |
White |
Thraben Inspector |
White |
Charming Prince |
White |
Containment Priest |
White |
Remorseful Cleric |
White |
Esper Sentinel |
White |
Selfless Spirit |
White |
Stoneforge Mystic |
White |
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben |
White |
Luminarch Aspirant |
White |
Wall of Omens |
White |
Blade Splicer |
White |
Skyclave Apparition |
White |
Monastery Mentor |
White |
Recruiter of the Guard |
White |
Elite Spellbinder |
White |
Brightling |
White |
Cave of the Frost Dragon |
White |
Hallowed Spiritkeeper |
White |
Gideon Blackblade |
White |
Ranger-Captain of Eos |
White |
Timeless Dragon |
White |
Restoration Angel |
White |
Emeria Angel |
White |
Hero of Bladehold |
White |
Sublime Archangel |
White |
Reveillark |
White |
Venerated Loxodon |
White |
Lyra Dawnbringer |
White |
Archangel Avacyn |
White |
Baneslayer Angel |
White |
Cloudgoat Ranger |
White |
Sun Titan |
White |
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite |
White |
Condemn |
White |
Land Tax |
White |
Mana Tithe |
White |
Oust |
White |
Path to Exile |
White |
Swords to Plowshares |
White |
Honor of the Pure |
White |
Journey to Nowhere |
White |
Banishing Light |
White |
Starnheim Unleashed |
White |
Lingering Souls |
White |
Oblivion Ring |
White |
Council's Judgment |
White |
Paladin Class |
White |
Solitude |
White |
Spear of Heliod |
White |
Armageddon |
White |
Cast Out |
White |
Conclave Tribunal |
White |
Faith's Fetters |
White |
Ravages of War |
White |
Day of Judgment |
White |
Elspeth, Knight-Errant |
White |
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar |
White |
Parallax Wave |
White |
Wrath of God |
White |
Serra's Emissary |
White |
Gideon Jura |
White |
Elspeth, Sun's Champion |
White |
Terminus |
White |
Emeria's Call |
White |
Elspeth Conquers Death |
White |
Slash the Ranks |
White |
Unexpectedly Absent |
White |
Spectral Procession |
White |
Prismatic Ending |
White |
Iona, Shield of Emeria |
White |
Flickerwisp |
White |
Karakas |
White |
Windbrisk Heights |
White |
Blessed Alliance |
White |
Maul of the Skyclaves |
White |
Delver of Secrets |
Blue |
Pteramander |
Blue |
Augur of Bolas |
Blue |
Baral, Chief of Compliance |
Blue |
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy |
Blue |
Looter il-Kor |
Blue |
Merfolk Looter |
Blue |
Phantasmal Image |
Blue |
Search for Azcanta |
Blue |
Snapcaster Mage |
Blue |
Stratus Dancer |
Blue |
Thing in the Ice |
Blue |
Arcane Artisan |
Blue |
Champion of Wits |
Blue |
Deceiver Exarch |
Blue |
Glasspool Mimic |
Blue |
Man-o'-War |
Blue |
Brazen Borrower |
Blue |
Pestermite |
Blue |
Fblthp, the Lost |
Blue |
Spellseeker |
Blue |
Hard Evidence |
Blue |
Vendilion Clique |
Blue |
Glen Elendra Archmage |
Blue |
Murmuring Mystic |
Blue |
Control Magic |
Blue |
Sower of Temptation |
Blue |
Talrand, Sky Summoner |
Blue |
Venser, Shaper Savant |
Blue |
Murktide Regent |
Blue |
Mulldrifter |
Blue |
Urza, Lord High Artificer |
Blue |
Riftwing Cloudskate |
Blue |
Treachery |
Blue |
Consecrated Sphinx |
Blue |
Frost Titan |
Blue |
Torrential Gearhulk |
Blue |
Alrund's Epiphany |
Blue |
Shelldock Isle |
Blue |
Ancestral Vision |
Blue |
Pact of Negation |
Blue |
Brainstorm |
Blue |
Opt |
Blue |
Ponder |
Blue |
Preordain |
Blue |
Serum Visions |
Blue |
Chart a Course |
Blue |
Cyclonic Rift |
Blue |
Portent |
Blue |
Mana Leak |
Blue |
Shark Typhoon |
Blue |
Miscalculation |
Blue |
Negate |
Blue |
Remand |
Blue |
Remove Soul |
Blue |
Counterspell |
Blue |
Compulsive Research |
Blue |
Show and Tell |
Blue |
Supreme Will |
Blue |
Thirst for Knowledge |
Blue |
Forbid |
Blue |
Force of Negation |
Blue |
Fact or Fiction |
Blue |
Careful Consideration |
Blue |
Narset, Parter of Veils |
Blue |
Jace, the Mind Sculptor |
Blue |
Opposition |
Blue |
Cryptic Command |
Blue |
Force of Will |
Blue |
Mystic Confluence |
Blue |
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage |
Blue |
Upheaval |
Blue |
Repeal |
Blue |
Daze |
Blue |
Into the Roil |
Blue |
Time Warp |
Blue |
Gifts Ungiven |
Blue |
Temporal Mastery |
Blue |
Fall from Favor |
Blue |
Cryptbreaker |
Black |
Dread Wanderer |
Black |
Gravecrawler |
Black |
Gutterbones |
Black |
Bitterblossom |
Black |
Valki, God of Lies |
Black |
Dark Confidant |
Black |
Kitesail Freebooter |
Black |
Oona's Prowler |
Black |
Pack Rat |
Black |
Bloodghast |
Black |
Rotting Regisaur |
Black |
Dauthi Voidwalker |
Black |
Bone Shredder |
Black |
Midnight Reaper |
Black |
Ophiomancer |
Black |
Skyclave Shade |
Black |
Nighthawk Scavenger |
Black |
Gatekeeper of Malakir |
Black |
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician |
Black |
Liliana, the Last Hope |
Black |
Vampire Nighthawk |
Black |
Geralf's Messenger |
Black |
Gonti, Lord of Luxury |
Black |
Power Word Kill |
Black |
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet |
Black |
Nekrataal |
Black |
Ravenous Chupacabra |
Black |
Rankle, Master of Pranks |
Black |
Phyrexian Obliterator |
Black |
Shriekmaw |
Black |
Cavalier of Night |
Black |
Gray Merchant of Asphodel |
Black |
Bloodline Keeper |
Black |
Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
Black |
Archon of Cruelty |
Black |
Grave Titan |
Black |
Massacre Wurm |
Black |
Sheoldred, Whispering One |
Black |
Griselbrand |
Black |
Dermotaxi |
Black |
Feed the Swarm |
Black |
Dark Ritual |
Black |
Duress |
Black |
Entomb |
Black |
Fatal Push |
Black |
Inquisition of Kozilek |
Black |
Reanimate |
Black |
Thoughtseize |
Black |
Animate Dead |
Black |
Doom Blade |
Black |
Exhume |
Black |
Go for the Throat |
Black |
Night's Whisper |
Black |
Heartless Act |
Black |
Hymn to Tourach |
Black |
Buried Alive |
Black |
Necromancy |
Black |
Read the Bones |
Black |
Recurring Nightmare |
Black |
Toxic Deluge |
Black |
Hero's Downfall |
Black |
Liliana of the Veil |
Black |
Murderous Rider |
Black |
Makeshift Mannequin |
Black |
Damnation |
Black |
Dread Return |
Black |
Phyrexian Arena |
Black |
Whip of Erebos |
Black |
Bloodchief's Thirst |
Black |
Unburial Rites |
Black |
Lolth, Spider Queen |
Black |
Living Death |
Black |
Ob Nixilis Reignited |
Black |
Extinction Event |
Black |
Agadeem's Awakening |
Black |
Mind Shatter |
Black |
Wretched Confluence |
Black |
Languish |
Black |
Malicious Affliction |
Black |
Sudden Edict |
Black |
Collective Brutality |
Black |
Dragon's Rage Channeler |
Red |
Firedrinker Satyr |
Red |
Goblin Guide |
Red |
Grim Lavamancer |
Red |
Monastery Swiftspear |
Red |
Zurgo Bellstriker |
Red |
Bomat Courier |
Red |
Abbot of Keral Keep |
Red |
Embereth Shieldbreaker |
Red |
Goblin Cratermaker |
Red |
Seasoned Pyromancer |
Red |
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer |
Red |
Dragonkin Berserker |
Red |
Runaway Steam-Kin |
Red |
Young Pyromancer |
Red |
Bonecrusher Giant |
Red |
Imperial Recruiter |
Red |
Legion Warboss |
Red |
Goblin Rabblemaster |
Red |
Pia Nalaar |
Red |
Rampaging Ferocidon |
Red |
Anax, Hardened in the Forge |
Red |
Birgi, God of Storytelling |
Red |
Flametongue Yearling |
Red |
Hazoret the Fervent |
Red |
Hellrider |
Red |
Pia and Kiran Nalaar |
Red |
Rekindling Phoenix |
Red |
Den of the Bugbear |
Red |
Zealous Conscripts |
Red |
Glorybringer |
Red |
Lightning Phoenix |
Red |
Siege-Gang Commander |
Red |
Ilharg, the Raze-Boar |
Red |
Thundermaw Hellkite |
Red |
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker |
Red |
Inferno Titan |
Red |
Bedlam Reveler |
Red |
Goldspan Dragon |
Red |
Burst Lightning |
Red |
Chain Lightning |
Red |
Faithless Looting |
Red |
Firebolt |
Red |
Flame Slash |
Red |
Lightning Bolt |
Red |
Shivan Fire |
Red |
Abrade |
Red |
Ancient Grudge |
Red |
Thrill of Possibility |
Red |
Incinerate |
Red |
Lava Coil |
Red |
Lightning Strike |
Red |
Magda, Brazen Outlaw |
Red |
Magmatic Channeler |
Red |
Pyroclasm |
Red |
Unholy Heat |
Red |
Searing Spear |
Red |
Char |
Red |
Collective Defiance |
Red |
Exquisite Firecraft |
Red |
Chandra, Acolyte of Flame |
Red |
Sulfuric Vortext |
Red |
Outpost Siege |
Red |
Sneak Attack |
Red |
Fiery Confluence |
Red |
Koth of the Hammer |
Red |
Splinter Twin |
Red |
Stoke the Flames |
Red |
Through the Breach |
Red |
Embercleave |
Red |
Chandra, Awakened Inferno |
Red |
Roil Eruption |
Red |
Banefire |
Red |
Devil's Play |
Red |
Bonfire of the Damned |
Red |
Anger of the Gods |
Red |
Fire Prophecy |
Red |
Chandra, Torch of Defiance |
Red |
Rift Bolt |
Red |
Sweltering Suns |
Red |
Avalanche Riders |
Red |
Arbor Elf |
Green |
Avacyn's Pilgrim |
Green |
Birds of Paradise |
Green |
Ignoble Hierarch |
Green |
Elvish Mystic |
Green |
Fyndhorn Elves |
Green |
Joraga Treespeaker |
Green |
Llanowar Elves |
Green |
Noble Hierarch |
Green |
Fauna Shaman |
Green |
Gilded Goose |
Green |
Lotus Cobra |
Green |
Overgrown Battlement |
Green |
Rattleclaw Mystic |
Green |
Sakura-Tribe Elder |
Green |
Scavenging Ooze |
Green |
Sylvan Caryatid |
Green |
Satyr Wayfinder |
Green |
Wall of Blossoms |
Green |
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary |
Green |
Primal Might |
Green |
Ranger Class |
Green |
Reclamation Sage |
Green |
Tireless Tracker |
Green |
Courser of Kruphix |
Green |
Jadelight Ranger |
Green |
Thrashing Brontodon |
Green |
Allosaurus Shepherd |
Green |
Oracle of Mul Daya |
Green |
Questing Beast |
Green |
Master of the Wild Hunt |
Green |
Magus of the Order |
Green |
Toski, Bearer of Secrets |
Green |
Thrun, the Last Troll |
Green |
Thragtusk |
Green |
Acidic Slime |
Green |
Biogenic Ooze |
Green |
Deranged Hermit |
Green |
Deep Forest Hermit |
Green |
Primeval Titan |
Green |
Hornet Queen |
Green |
Gaea's Cradle |
Green |
Circle of Dreams Druid |
Green |
Utopia Sprawl |
Green |
Devoted Druid |
Green |
Explore |
Green |
Farseek |
Green |
Tangled Florahedron |
Green |
Rampant Growth |
Green |
Sylvan Library |
Green |
Beast Within |
Green |
Cultivate |
Green |
Earthshaker Giant |
Green |
Turntimber Symbiosis |
Green |
Nissa, Vastwood Seer |
Green |
Search for Tomorrow |
Green |
Hexdrinker |
Green |
Awakening Zone |
Green |
Birthing Pod |
Green |
Garruk Relentless |
Green |
Garruk Wildspeaker |
Green |
Court of Bounty |
Green |
Natural Order |
Green |
Nissa, Who Shakes the World |
Green |
Primal Command |
Green |
Vivien, Monsters' Advocate |
Green |
Whisperwood Elemental |
Green |
Garruk, Primal Hunter |
Green |
The Great Henge |
Green |
Sawtusk Demolisher |
Green |
Avenger of Zendikar |
Green |
Tooth and Nail |
Green |
Terastodon |
Green |
Craterhoof Behemoth |
Green |
Woodfall Primus |
Green |
Green Sun's Zenith |
Green |
Chord of Calling |
Green |
Genesis Wave |
Green |
Plow Under |
Green |
Elder Gargaroth |
Green |
Polukranos, World Eater |
Green |
Rift Sower |
Green |
Eternal Witness |
Green |
Den Protector |
Green |
Baleful Strix |
Dimir |
Zareth San, the Trickster |
Dimir |
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver |
Dimir |
Fallen Shinobi |
Dimir |
The Scarab God |
Dimir |
Dragonlord Silumgar |
Dimir |
Escape to the Wilds |
Gruul |
Bloodbraid Elf |
Gruul |
Klothys, God of Destiny |
Gruul |
Huntmaster of the Fells |
Gruul |
Xenagos, the Reveler |
Gruul |
Dragonlord Atarka |
Gruul |
Vanishing Verse |
Orzhov |
Tidehollow Sculler |
Orzhov |
Vindicate |
Orzhov |
Damn |
Orzhov |
Priest of Fell Rites |
Orzhov |
Magister of Worth |
Orzhov |
Edric, Spymaster of Trest |
Simic |
Shardless Agent |
Simic |
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath |
Simic |
Oko, Thief of Crowns |
Simic |
Koma, Cosmos Serpent |
Simic |
Hydroid Krasis |
Simic |
Expressive Iteration |
Izzet |
Dack Fayden |
Izzet |
Prismari Command |
Izzet |
Electrolyze |
Izzet |
Niv-Mizzet, Parun |
Izzet |
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer |
Izzet |
Kitchen Finks |
Selesnya |
Knight of Autumn |
Selesnya |
Voice of Resurgence |
Selesnya |
Mirari's Wake |
Selesnya |
Trostani Discordant |
Selesnya |
Glare of Subdual |
Selesnya |
Yorion, Sky Nomad |
Azorius |
Teferi, Time Raveler |
Azorius |
Supreme Verdict |
Azorius |
Fractured Identity |
Azorius |
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria |
Azorius |
Sphinx's Revelation |
Azorius |
Kolaghan's Command |
Rakdos |
Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast |
Rakdos |
Bedevil |
Rakdos |
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger |
Rakdos |
Falkenrath Aristocrat |
Rakdos |
Obosh, the Preypiercer |
Rakdos |
Figure of Destiny |
Boros |
Lightning Helix |
Boros |
Velomachus Lorehold |
Boros |
Ajani Vengeant |
Boros |
Showdown of the Skalds |
Boros |
Nahiri, the Harbinger |
Boros |
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis |
Golgari |
Abrupt Decay |
Golgari |
Fiend Artisan |
Golgari |
Casualties of War |
Golgari |
Grist, the Hunger Tide |
Golgari |
Vraska, Relic Seeker |
Golgari |
Omnath, Locus of Creation |
Four-Color |
Niv-Mizzet Reborn |
Five-Color |
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer |
Esper |
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker |
Grixis |
Relic of Progenitus |
Colorless |
Mind Stone |
Colorless |
Dismember |
Colorless |
Crucible of Worlds |
Colorless |
Mimic Vat |
Colorless |
Oblivion Stone |
Colorless |
Sword of Feast and Famine |
Colorless |
Retrofitter Foundry |
Colorless |
Kaldra Compleat |
Colorless |
Karn Liberated |
Colorless |
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon |
Colorless |
Engineered Explosives |
Colorless |
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger |
Colorless |
Emrakul, the Promised End |
Colorless |
Grim Monolith |
Colorless |
Sword of Light and Shadow |
Colorless |
Solemn Simulacrum |
Colorless |
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth |
Colorless |
Everflowing Chalice |
Colorless |
Phyrexian Revoker |
Colorless |
Spellskite |
Colorless |
Porcelain Legionnaire |
Colorless |
Chromatic Lantern |
Colorless |
Grafted Wargear |
Colorless |
Phyrexian Metamorph |
Colorless |
Hedron Archive |
Colorless |
Karn, Scion of Urza |
Colorless |
Wurmcoil Engine |
Colorless |
All Is Dust |
Colorless |
Myr Battlesphere |
Colorless |
Sundering Titan |
Colorless |
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre |
Colorless |
Coldsteel Heart |
Colorless |
Stonecoil Serpent |
Colorless |
Umezawa's Jitte |
Colorless |
Coalition Relic |
Colorless |
Sword of Hearth and Home |
Colorless |
Sword of Body and Mind |
Colorless |
Thran Dynamo |
Colorless |
Gilded Lotus |
Colorless |
Mindslaver |
Colorless |
The Immortal Sun |
Colorless |
Hangarback Walker |
Colorless |
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn |
Colorless |
Lightning Greaves |
Colorless |
Smuggler's Copter |
Colorless |
Treasure Map |
Colorless |
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim |
Colorless |
Basalt Monolith |
Colorless |
Sword of Fire and Ice |
Colorless |
Tangle Wire |
Colorless |
Worn Powerstone |
Colorless |
Coercive Portal |
Colorless |
Batterskull |
Colorless |
Duplicant |
Colorless |
Walking Ballista |
Colorless |
Copperline Gorge |
Land |
Creeping Tar Pit |
Land |
Darkslick Shores |
Land |
Drowned Catacomb |
Land |
Polluted Delta |
Land |
Raging Ravine |
Land |
Rootbound Crag |
Land |
Stomping Ground |
Land |
Taiga |
Land |
Underground Sea |
Land |
Watery Grave |
Land |
Wooded Foothills |
Land |
Ancient Tomb |
Land |
Botanical Sanctum |
Land |
Breeding Pool |
Land |
City of Brass |
Land |
Concealed Courtyard |
Land |
Fabled Passage |
Land |
Field of Ruin |
Land |
Godless Shrine |
Land |
Hinterland Harbor |
Land |
Isolated Chapel |
Land |
Lumbering Falls |
Land |
Mana Confluence |
Land |
Marsh Flats |
Land |
Mishra's Factory |
Land |
Misty Rainforest |
Land |
Mutavault |
Land |
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx |
Land |
Rishadan Port |
Land |
Scrubland |
Land |
Shambling Vent |
Land |
Tropical Island |
Land |
Horizon Canopy |
Land |
Savannah |
Land |
Scalding Tarn |
Land |
Spirebluff Canal |
Land |
Steam Vents |
Land |
Stirring Wildwood |
Land |
Sulfur Falls |
Land |
Sunpetal Grove |
Land |
Temple Garden |
Land |
Volcanic Island |
Land |
Wandering Fumarole |
Land |
Windswept Heath |
Land |
Badlands |
Land |
Blackcleave Cliffs |
Land |
Blood Crypt |
Land |
Bloodstained Mire |
Land |
Celestial Colonnade |
Land |
Dragonskull Summit |
Land |
Flooded Strand |
Land |
Glacial Fortress |
Land |
Hallowed Fountain |
Land |
Lavaclaw Reaches |
Land |
Urza's Saga |
Land |
Seachrome Coast |
Land |
Tundra |
Land |
Arid Mesa |
Land |
Bayou |
Land |
Blooming Marsh |
Land |
Clifftop Retreat |
Land |
Hissing Quagmire |
Land |
Inspiring Vantage |
Land |
Needle Spires |
Land |
Overgrown Tomb |
Land |
Plateau |
Land |
Sacred Foundry |
Land |
Verdant Catacombs |
Land |
Wasteland |
Land |
Ash Barrens |
Land |
Woodland Cemetery |
Land |
Prismatic Vista |
Land |