The Spotlight Cube Series has been going on for several years now, yet it's still always exciting when we get a new designer and a new cube up to share. Getting Ellie to design a cube for us was a real win, and when she proposed the idea of Temur Cube . . . well, Ryan Overturf's Grixis Cube was a success, so I was quite interested in the possibility of other color-limited cubes. After months of design and iteration, the result is what you'll get to play starting tomorrow.

One thing to know: there are multiple copies of some lands in the cube. That's a deliberate design decision Ellie made to compensate for the fact that there are simply much fewer multicolor lands when you're missing two colors. So, if you see two copies of the same fetch land or shock land while you're drafting, rest assured that things are working as intended.

This is also the first spotlight cube for which Play Design's feedback included a note that they were surprised and impressed with an archetype that none of the testers had seen before. Maybe some of you out there have played this before, but it's new to me: a deck based around draw-sevens like Wheel of Fortune and Wheel of Fate. It's super sweet. If you can pick up Molten Psyche, I think you'll be in for a wheely good time.

Allison Steele

Digital product manager, Magic Online

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What's up, Cubers!? I'm Ellie. You may know me from my streams on Twitch (twitch.tv/ellieoftheveil), articles for Magic.gg or Channel Fireball, or Twitter (@ellieoftheveil). I prefer to keep a low profile unless there are snacks involved, but my latest project is definitely worth standing in the spotlight: Temur Cube!

The idea for this cube was born when I was invited to Mythic Championship VII Long Beach. My favorite experience was playing Autumn Burchett's Bant Cube. I was taken aback by how many archetypes three colors could support and how fun it was. That experience led to me thinking over three-color variations I would like, and I eventually settled on Temur.

My goal with this cube was to include the strategies I enjoyed playing the most. That's the great thing about cubes to me: they're personalized. Of course, this means not every cube is for everyone, but that's Magic. You will be seeing a lot of combos and potential degeneracy. Some of you may even say to yourselves, "This is more of a combo cube than anything else." You would be mostly correct. But not to worry, other archetypes are present.

Major Archetypes

Mono-Red Aggro

In order to deal with the over-the-top combos, mono-red aggro had to be swift and vicious. If the picks are obvious in this, that's because I wanted to make sure that those less familiar with the cube could fall into this deck and still have a chance of winning against the other powerful strategies. You will not find a true burn deck; rather, the aggressive form of red is based on creatures, the majority of which have converted mana costs of 1 and 2.

Artifacts

Giving up white and black meant that I could make space for artifacts. Players can find several different flavors of artifacts in the cube. Urza, Lord High Artificer and Master of Etherium may pull you toward a mono-blue shell with a potential for a combo finish. Green will likely be happy to pick up a mana rock or two to help cast its payoffs or any one of the Eldrazi titans in the cube. There are no artifacts that produce green mana; this is by design as green doesn't need any help with ramping. However, this means if your artifact deck is multicolored, it will most likely be blue-red, with cards like Daretti, Scrap Savant, and Trash for Treasure working very well with Emry, Lurker of the Loch.

Green Ramp

A familiar Draft archetype for many, green ramp relies mostly on mana-producing creatures to get to the cube's heavy hitters, whether that be Eldrazi titans or some other freakishly large creature that never missed their Wheaties. Standard format warpers such as Nissa, Who Shakes the World; Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath; and Hydroid Krasis are also in the cube. For those of you who like that sort of thing.

Elves

This deck functions by and large like the Legacy Elves list. The cube is complete with Gaea's Cradle, your usual mana-generating suspects—I mean Elves—and mana sinks such as Allosaurus Shepherd. Eladamri, Lord of Leaves is even better than usual in a three-color cube and will help you get past your opponent's larger creatures just in time.

Gruul Smash

Temur Cube would not be complete without the possibility of assembling a heavy-hitting red-green creature deck. Gruul can lean toward a landfall theme with cards like Brushfire Elemental on the low end, and Omnath, Locus of Rage or Moraug, Fury of Akoum at its top-most end.

Storm

One of my favorite experiences of drafting Autumn's cube was losing to Thoralf Severin playing mono-blue Storm. Now I was still a baby Cuber back then, so I hadn't seen mono-blue Storm in action. I had only ever seen it as blue-red, and it was awesome. That being said, when it comes to storm, you have two options. You can go the more traditional blue-red route with cards like Goblin Electromancer, Grapeshot, and Empty the Warrens, or you can go the mono-blue route with Brain Freeze, High Tide, and Palinchron.

Blue-Red Spells

This archetype is more of an umbrella term for whatever blue-red deck you end up with that rewards you for playing spells. Of course, one is the aforementioned Storm, but that is not going to be your only option. Stormchaser Mage, Thing in the Ice, and Talrand, Sky Summoner may lead you to a more creature-based deck. The Locust God and the many wheels may take you down that route. These decks are also likely to have some sort of combo finish, whether that be through combos such as Sneak and Show, Omni-Show, or Splinter Twin, all are possibilities.

Cube Breakdown

With this cube, you can go under or over, fast with mono-red or slow with an Opposition deck. It's up to you. Just have fun with whatever route you take. I wanted to make sure that drafts weren't so rigid that individual cards only had certain decks to play in and not too loose that newer players got lost in the shuffle. That being said, a lot of cards are multipurpose, and each color has the potential to go in several different directions. Designing this cube was an incredible challenge for me. I hope you all get to enjoy what it has to offer! I'll be streaming it this week on Twitch at twitch.tv/ellieoftheveil!

Full Cube List

Card Name	Color
Aether Gust	Blue
Agent of Treachery	Blue
Aminatou's Augury	Blue
Ancestral Vision	Blue
Arcane Artisan	Blue
Baral, Chief of Compliance	Blue
Blue Sun's Zenith	Blue
Brain Freeze	Blue
Brainstorm	Blue
Brazen Borrower	Blue
Careful Study	Blue
Censor	Blue
Champion of Wits	Blue
Chart a Course	Blue
Cloud of Faeries	Blue
Consecrated Sphinx	Blue
Control Magic	Blue
Counterspell	Blue
Cryptic Command	Blue
Curator of Mysteries	Blue
Curiosity	Blue
Cyclonic Rift	Blue
Deadeye Navigator	Blue
Deceiver Exarch	Blue
Delver of Secrets	Blue
Dig Through Time	Blue
Disallow	Blue
Disdainful Stroke	Blue
Echo of Eons	Blue
Emry, Lurker of the Loch	Blue
Ensoul Artifact	Blue
Essence Capture	Blue
Evacuation	Blue
Fact or Fiction	Blue
Flashfreeze	Blue
Flusterstorm	Blue
Forbid	Blue
Force of Negation	Blue
Force of Will	Blue
Force Spike	Blue
Frantic Search	Blue
Frost Titan	Blue
Gifts Ungiven	Blue
Gilded Drake	Blue
Gitaxian Probe	Blue
Glen Elendra Archmage	Blue
Grand Architect	Blue
High Tide	Blue
Hydroblast	Blue
Impulse	Blue
Intuition	Blue
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	Blue
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy	Blue
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries	Blue
Looter il-Kor	Blue
Magus of the Mind	Blue
Mana Drain	Blue
Mana Leak	Blue
Man-o'-War	Blue
Mass Manipulation	Blue
Master of Etherium	Blue
Mindbreak Trap	Blue
Mind's Desire	Blue
Miscalculation	Blue
Mulldrifter	Blue
Mystic Confluence	Blue
Mystical Dispute	Blue
Negate	Blue
Nexus of Fate	Blue
Omniscience	Blue
Opposition	Blue
Pact of Negation	Blue
Palinchron	Blue
Peregrine Drake	Blue
Pestermite	Blue
Phantasmal Image	Blue
Phyrexian Metamorph	Blue
Ponder	Blue
Pongify	Blue
Preordain	Blue
Pteramander	Blue
Rapid Hybridization	Blue
Reality Shift	Blue
Remand	Blue
Riftwing Cloudskate	Blue
Sai, Master Thopterist	Blue
Sea Gate Oracle	Blue
Sea Gate Stormcaller	Blue
Search for Azcanta	Blue
Serum Visions	Blue
Shark Typhoon	Blue
Show and Tell	Blue
Siren Stormtamer	Blue
Sky Diamond	Blue
Snapcaster Mage	Blue
Sower of Temptation	Blue
Spark Double	Blue
Spellseeker	Blue
Sublime Epiphany	Blue
Talrand, Sky Summoner	Blue
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage	Blue
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir	Blue
Tezzeret the Seeker	Blue
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling	Blue
Thassa's Intervention	Blue
Thassa's Oracle	Blue
The Antiquities War	Blue
Thing in the Ice	Blue
Thirst for Knowledge	Blue
Thought Scour	Blue
Tidespout Tyrant	Blue
Time Spiral	Blue
Time Warp	Blue
Timetwister	Blue
Tinker	Blue
Torrential Gearhulk	Blue
Treachery	Blue
Treasure Cruise	Blue
Trickbind	Blue
Unsubstantiate	Blue
Upheaval	Blue
Urza, Lord High Artificer	Blue
Vendilion Clique	Blue
Venser, Shaper Savant	Blue
Whirler Rogue	Blue
Windfall	Blue
Abbot of Keral Keep	Red
Abrade	Red
Anger of the Gods	Red
Arclight Phoenix	Red
Aria of Flame	Red
Ash Zealot	Red
Banefire	Red
Bedlam Reveler	Red
Bomat Courier	Red
Bonecrusher Giant	Red
Bonfire of the Damned	Red
Bonus Round	Red
Burst Lightning	Red
Cathartic Reunion	Red
Chain Lightning	Red
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	Red
Chandra, Torch of Defiance	Red
Collective Defiance	Red
Daretti, Scrap Savant	Red
Desperate Ritual	Red
Dire Fleet Daredevil	Red
Dragonmaster Outcast	Red
Dreadhorde Arcanist	Red
Earthshaker Khenra	Red
Eidolon of the Great Revel	Red
Electrodominance	Red
Embercleave	Red
Embereth Shieldbreaker	Red
Empty the Warrens	Red
Experimental Frenzy	Red
Faithless Looting	Red
Fanatical Firebrand	Red
Fiery Confluence	Red
Finale of Promise	Red
Fire Diamond	Red
Fireblast	Red
Firebolt	Red
Firedrinker Satyr	Red
Fires of Invention	Red
Forked Bolt	Red
Gamble	Red
Ghitu Lavarunner	Red
Glorybringer	Red
Goblin Bushwhacker	Red
Goblin Dark-Dwellers	Red
Goblin Guide	Red
Goblin Rabblemaster	Red
Goblin Welder	Red
Grapeshot	Red
Grim Lavamancer	Red
Grinning Ignus	Red
Guttersnipe	Red
Hazoret the Fervent	Red
Heartfire Immolator	Red
Hellrider	Red
Ilharg, the Raze-Boar	Red
Imperial Recruiter	Red
Inferno Titan	Red
Iron Myr	Red
Kari Zev, Skyship Raider	Red
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker	Red
Kiln Fiend	Red
Kird Ape	Red
Koth of the Hammer	Red
Lava Dart	Red
Lava Spike	Red
Legion Warboss	Red
Light Up the Stage	Red
Lightning Bolt	Red
Magus of the Wheel	Red
Mana Flare	Red
Molten Psyche	Red
Monastery Swiftspear	Red
Moraug, Fury of Akoum	Red
Past in Flames	Red
Pia and Kiran Nalaar	Red
Pyretic Ritual	Red
Pyroblast	Red
Pyroclasm	Red
Pyrokinesis	Red
Rift Bolt	Red
Rite of Flame	Red
Robber of the Rich	Red
Runaway Steam-Kin	Red
Sarkhan the Masterless	Red
Searing Blaze	Red
Seasoned Pyromancer	Red
Seething Song	Red
Shenanigans	Red
Siege-Gang Commander	Red
Simian Spirit Guide	Red
Skewer the Critics	Red
Skullcrack	Red
Sneak Attack	Red
Soul-Scar Mage	Red
Splinter Twin	Red
Storm's Wrath	Red
Sulfuric Vortex	Red
Sweltering Suns	Red
Temur Battle Rage	Red
Terror of the Peaks	Red
Thrill of Possibility	Red
Through the Breach	Red
Thundermaw Hellkite	Red
Tormenting Voice	Red
Trash for Treasure	Red
Underworld Breach	Red
Wheel of Fate	Red
Wheel of Fortune	Red
Young Pyromancer	Red
Zealous Conscripts	Red
Zurgo Bellstriker	Red
Acidic Slime	Green
Allosaurus Shepherd	Green
Arbor Elf	Green
Avenger of Zendikar	Green
Awakening Zone	Green
Azusa, Lost but Seeking	Green
Barkhide Troll	Green
Beast Whisperer	Green
Beast Within	Green
Berserk	Green
Biogenic Ooze	Green
Birds of Paradise	Green
Birthing Pod	Green
Bloom Tender	Green
Carnage Tyrant	Green
Champion of Lambholt	Green
Collector Ouphe	Green
Courser of Kruphix	Green
Craterhoof Behemoth	Green
Crop Rotation	Green
Cultivate	Green
Deranged Hermit	Green
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove	Green
Duskwatch Recruiter	Green
Edge of Autumn	Green
Elder Gargaroth	Green
Elvish Archdruid	Green
Elvish Mystic	Green
Elvish Reclaimer	Green
End-Raze Forerunners	Green
Eternal Witness	Green
Experiment One	Green
Exploration	Green
Fastbond	Green
Fauna Shaman	Green
Finale of Devastation	Green
Force of Vigor	Green
Fyndhorn Elves	Green
Garruk Wildspeaker	Green
Genesis Hydra	Green
Genesis Wave	Green
Glimpse of Nature	Green
Green Sun's Zenith	Green
Groundswell	Green
Gyre Sage	Green
Harmonize	Green
Harrow	Green
Heartbeat of Spring	Green
Heritage Druid	Green
Heroic Intervention	Green
Hexdrinker	Green
Imperious Perfect	Green
Incubation Druid	Green
Jadelight Ranger	Green
Joraga Treespeaker	Green
Kazandu Mammoth	Green
Kogla, the Titan Ape	Green
Kraul Harpooner	Green
Krosan Grip	Green
Lambholt Pacifist	Green
Life from the Loam	Green
Llanowar Elves	Green
Lotus Cobra	Green
Merfolk Branchwalker	Green
Might of Old Krosa	Green
Nature's Claim	Green
Nature's Lore	Green
Nettle Sentinel	Green
Nightpack Ambusher	Green
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar	Green
Nissa, Who Shakes the World	Green
Noxious Revival	Green
Nullhide Ferox	Green
Once Upon a Time	Green
Oracle of Mul Daya	Green
Paradise Druid	Green
Pelt Collector	Green
Plow Under	Green
Polukranos, World Eater	Green
Primal Might	Green
Primeval Titan	Green
Questing Beast	Green
Quirion Elves	Green
Rampaging Baloths	Green
Ramunap Excavator	Green
Reclamation Sage	Green
Regrowth	Green
Rishkar, Peema Renegade	Green
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary	Green
Scavenging Ooze	Green
Scryb Ranger	Green
Scute Swarm	Green
Scythe Leopard	Green
Shifting Ceratops	Green
Snapping Gnarlid	Green
Song of the Dryads	Green
Summoner's Pact	Green
Survival of the Fittest	Green
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves	Green
Sylvan Library	Green
Sylvan Scrying	Green
Terastodon	Green
Territorial Scythecat	Green
The Great Henge	Green
Thragtusk	Green
Thrashing Brontodon	Green
Tireless Tracker	Green
Titania, Protector of Argoth	Green
Tooth and Nail	Green
Vengevine	Green
Verdurous Gearhulk	Green
Vivien Reid	Green
Wilderness Reclamation	Green
Wood Elves	Green
Worldly Tutor	Green
Yavimaya Dryad	Green
Ancient Grudge	Multicolor
Atarka's Command	Multicolor
Bloodbraid Elf	Multicolor
Brushfire Elemental	Multicolor
Burning-Tree Emissary	Multicolor
Coiling Oracle	Multicolor
Dack Fayden	Multicolor
Domri Rade	Multicolor
Domri, Anarch of Bolas	Multicolor
Edric, Spymaster of Trest	Multicolor
Electrolyze	Multicolor
Escape to the Wilds	Multicolor
Etherium-Horn Sorcerer	Multicolor
Expansion // Explosion	Multicolor
Fire // Ice	Multicolor
Fires of Yavimaya	Multicolor
Frilled Mystic	Multicolor
Gallia of the Endless Dance	Multicolor
Genesis Ultimatum	Multicolor
Ghor-Clan Rampager	Multicolor
Goblin Electromancer	Multicolor
Growth Spiral	Multicolor
Grumgully, the Generous	Multicolor
Gruul Spellbreaker	Multicolor
Huntmaster of the Fells	Multicolor
Hydroid Krasis	Multicolor
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty	Multicolor
Incubation // Incongruity	Multicolor
Ionize	Multicolor
Izzet Charm	Multicolor
Izzet Signet	Multicolor
Keranos, God of Storms	Multicolor
Keruga, the Macrosage	Multicolor
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	Multicolor
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner	Multicolor
Klothys, God of Destiny	Multicolor
Maelstrom Wanderer	Multicolor
Manamorphose	Multicolor
Mystic Snake	Multicolor
Mythos of Illuna	Multicolor
Niv-Mizzet, Parun	Multicolor
Omnath, Locus of Rage	Multicolor
Orcish Lumberjack	Multicolor
Phylath, World Sculptor	Multicolor
Prime Speaker Vannifar	Multicolor
Radha, Heart of Keld	Multicolor
Ral, Storm Conduit	Multicolor
Rattleclaw Mystic	Multicolor
Roalesk, Apex Hybrid	Multicolor
Rubblehulk	Multicolor
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed	Multicolor
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer	Multicolor
Shardless Agent	Multicolor
Song of Creation	Multicolor
Sprite Dragon	Multicolor
Stormchaser Mage	Multicolor
Talisman of Creativity	Multicolor
Tamiyo, Collector of Tales	Multicolor
Tatyova, Benthic Druid	Multicolor
The Locust God	Multicolor
The Royal Scions	Multicolor
Thousand-Year Storm	Multicolor
Trygon Predator	Multicolor
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath	Multicolor
Wrenn and Six	Multicolor
Zhur-Taa Goblin	Multicolor
Aetherflux Reservoir	Colorless
Basalt Monolith	Colorless
Batterskull	Colorless
Blightsteel Colossus	Colorless
Candelabra of Tawnos	Colorless
Chromatic Lantern	Colorless
Chrome Mox	Colorless
Cloudstone Curio	Colorless
Coalition Relic	Colorless
Coercive Portal	Colorless
Coldsteel Heart	Colorless
Crucible of Worlds	Colorless
Defense Grid	Colorless
Doubling Cube	Colorless
Duplicant	Colorless
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn	Colorless
Emrakul, the Promised End	Colorless
Ensnaring Bridge	Colorless
Everflowing Chalice	Colorless
Expedition Map	Colorless
Grim Monolith	Colorless
Hangarback Walker	Colorless
Karn Liberated	Colorless
Karn, Scion of Urza	Colorless
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	Colorless
Kuldotha Forgemaster	Colorless
Lightning Greaves	Colorless
Lion's Eye Diamond	Colorless
Liquimetal Coating	Colorless
Lodestone Golem	Colorless
Lotus Bloom	Colorless
Lotus Petal	Colorless
Mana Crypt	Colorless
Manifold Key	Colorless
Memory Jar	Colorless
Metalworker	Colorless
Mind Stone	Colorless
Mindslaver	Colorless
Mox Diamond	Colorless
Mox Opal	Colorless
Myr Battlesphere	Colorless
Oblivion Stone	Colorless
Palladium Myr	Colorless
Phyrexian Revoker	Colorless
Phyrexian Triniform	Colorless
Scarecrone	Colorless
Shrine of Burning Rage	Colorless
Smuggler's Copter	Colorless
Solemn Simulacrum	Colorless
Stonecoil Serpent	Colorless
Sundering Titan	Colorless
Sword of the Animist	Colorless
Tangle Wire	Colorless
Thran Dynamo	Colorless
Thran Temporal Gateway	Colorless
Ugin, the Ineffable	Colorless
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon	Colorless
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	Colorless
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre	Colorless
Umezawa's Jitte	Colorless
Voltaic Key	Colorless
Walking Ballista	Colorless
Worn Powerstone	Colorless
Wurmcoil Engine	Colorless
Academy Ruins	Land
Ancient Tomb	Land
Blast Zone	Land
Botanical Sanctum	Land
Breeding Pool	Land
Breeding Pool	Land
Castle Embereth	Land
Castle Garenbrig	Land
Castle Vantress	Land
Copperline Gorge	Land
Desolate Lighthouse	Land
Fabled Passage	Land
Field of Ruin	Land
Field of the Dead	Land
Fiery Islet	Land
Frontier Bivouac	Land
Gaea's Cradle	Land
Ghost Quarter	Land
Hinterland Harbor	Land
Kessig Wolf Run	Land
Ketria Triome	Land
Library of Alexandria	Land
Lotus Field	Land
Lotus Vale	Land
Lumbering Falls	Land
Maze of Ith	Land
Mishra's Workshop	Land
Misty Rainforest	Land
Misty Rainforest	Land
Mystic Sanctuary	Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land
Prismatic Vista	Land
Raging Ravine	Land
Rishadan Port	Land
Rootbound Crag	Land
Scalding Tarn	Land
Scalding Tarn	Land
Sheltered Thicket	Land
Spirebluff Canal	Land
Steam Vents	Land
Steam Vents	Land
Stomping Ground	Land
Stomping Ground	Land
Sulfur Falls	Land
Taiga	Land
Temple of Abandon	Land
Temple of Epiphany	Land
Temple of Mystery	Land
Tolarian Academy	Land
Tropical Island	Land
Volcanic Island	Land
Wandering Fumarole	Land
Wasteland	Land
Waterlogged Grove	Land
Wooded Foothills	Land
Wooded Foothills	Land