Chromatic Cube Draft on MTG Arena
In Chromatic Cube, be prepared to draft decks with more expensive spells, more colors, and more dreams to live in the newest addition to MTG Arena's growing cube offerings! Read on for more event details and the philosophy of this big-mana environment.
Chromatic Cube Event Details
Chromatic Cube is a Phantom event. Cards you draft are not added to your collection.
- Dates: June 12, 8 a.m. PT–June 20, 8 a.m. PT
- Format: Phantom Draft Best-of-One and Phantom Draft Best-of-Three
- Entry: 4,000 gold or 600 gems
- Match Record:
- Best-of-One: 7 wins or 3 losses (whichever comes first)
- Traditional Best-of-Three: 3 matches (regardless of win/loss record)
- Rewards:
(Best-of-One)
| Wins | Gold | Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 6,000 | 2 Historic rare ICRs 1 Historic uncommon ICR |
| 6 | 5,000 | 2 Historic rare ICRs 1 Historic uncommon ICR |
| 5 | 4,000 | 2 Historic rare ICRs 1 Historic uncommon ICR |
| 4 | 3,000 | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
| 3 | 2,000 | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
| 2 | 1,000 | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
| 1 | 500 | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
| 0 | - | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
(Best-of-Three)
| Wins | Gold | Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6,000 | 2 Historic rare ICRs 1 Historic uncommon ICR |
| 2 | 4,000 | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
| 1 | - | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
| 0 | - | 1 Historic rare ICR 2 Historic uncommon ICRs |
Chasing the Rainbow
The main goal of this cube is to deliver a cube experience unlike Arena Cube or Tinkerer's Cube. If you've followed my exploits elsewhere, on Magic Online I created the Live the Dream Cube. So, I simply applied that cube's philosophy to MTG Arena and its Historic card pool: lots of big-mana decks and a plethora of crazy interactions to help emulate Commander, all in the context of a cube!
While Arena Cube is a great overall representation of Cube and Magic, and Tinkerer's Cube involves a great deal of synergistic small pieces to craft a deck with a unique and holistically strong mechanical identity, Chromatic Cube replaces aggressive creatures with mana rocks so we can get to the good stuff: cards that cost more and do more! This is a cube where you pray to Esika to open
As Good as Gold
Some cubes are pure "good stuff," meaning all the cards are individually powerful, and you take the "best card per pack" in your deck of two or maybe three colors. Other cubes are synergy driven, which means you may draft a deck that is "on rails" and is looking for a very specific piece to complete your linear, sometimes parasitic, puzzle.
This is the dichotomy of Arena Cube and Tinkerer's Cube. Chromatic Cube lies somewhere in the middle. A lot of the cards are individually good in decks, but there are eleven archetypes for ten color pairs in the game to guide drafters. Not all decks of the same two colors will be the same of course, but if you see an off-the-wall card, you can trust that the cube can support it. And since this is Chromatic Cube, you can bet that there will be enough fixing available to often play more than two colors.
Of course, there are many, many small strategies outside of these eleven archetypes; these are just the loud directions the cube will call out for you to try. Just don't try too hard to draft an aggressive deck that aims to curve out in the early turns with small creatures. This ain't that kind of cube.
Let's just take a look at the ten archetypes, shall we?
White-Blue Blink
Creatures with abilities that trigger when they enter the battlefield are great! What if you could get those abilities again? And again? It'll be Groundhog Day for your opponent as you ride your avalanche of card advantage into the sunset.
Blue-Black Thievery
Sure, your deck might be sweet, but what about your opponent's? Utilize your opponent's cards in this controlling archetype to beat them at their own game. Just make sure you've got enough removal, as this is the slowest archetype, and you better hope your opponent drafted a good deck! Take all the fun and give nothing back.
Black-Red Sacrifice
Not only will this archetype remove your opponent's creatures, you'll remove
Red-Green Stompy
Creatures are the way most Magic decks win games, and this deck has the best ones! Creatures in this archetype can add mana, draw cards, remove other permanents, and most importantly win the game! Hit fast, hit hard, and hit the ground running! Meat and eggs, indeed!
Green-White Tokens
While nothing could be more Selesnya than making tokens, the tokens in the Chromatic Cube come in many shapes and sizes. You'll not just be flooding the board with 1/1s, but they're often doubled in number, quadrupled in size, and octupled in their capacity to brawl!
White-Black Planeswalkers
You are a Planeswalker, and if you draft white-black, you'll be playing with them too! Control the board of all those pesky creatures and use this card type that's like a cross between a battle and a Saga for maximum value!
Blue-Red Storm
Draft some mana ramp, big spells, and some copy effects, and what do you get? The most fun you can have! There are lots of pieces to this strategy, but if the plan all comes together, you'll be playing a completely different game than your opponents. Extra turn effects are particularly potent in this cube, so don't waste any time in taking them.
Black-Green Graveyard
Stop me if you've heard this before: this color combination enjoys accruing value from cards being in the graveyard. The philosophy is the same here, but we tend to go even bigger, so this deck plays in drop G, and turns your graveyard into a raveyard!
Red-White Surprise!
While most Boros decks want to quickly attack, red-white decks in the Chromatic Cube want to knock your socks off and cast things for free! This archetype is like a box of booster packs: you never know what you're gonna get (to cast for free)!
Green-Blue Lands
Every deck should have lands, but this deck should have the most, since that's how you win! Often in Magic, the player with the most mana wins. And in this cube, that axiom is especially true, so be sure to grab all the land acceleration you can! You'll most likely be able to splash all the other good cards you see, so you mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
Five-Color Dream
And finally, we have the bonus eleventh archetype that uses every color we can throw at you. You'll be the slowest deck, the most eccentric deck, and the deck with the most lands (I hope). What you'll also be, though, is the deck with the sweetest turns, as you'll be playing some of the most individually powerful cards in the cube. If you can dream it, you can do it!
Of course, there are many other build-around cards just waiting for you to draft and see what you can make out of them!
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White
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Card Name Color Angel of Invention White Angel of Sanctions White Archangel Elspeth White Banishing Light White Blade Splicer White Brutal Cathar White Cast Out White Cataclysmic Gearhulk White Cathar Commando White Cavalier of Dawn White Charming Prince White Cleansing Nova White Collective Effort White Divine Visitation White Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite White Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines White Elite Spellbinder White Elspeth Conquers Death White Ephemerate White Esper Sentinel White Giant Killer White God-Eternal Oketra White Harmonious Archon White History of Benalia White Inspiring Overseer White Intrepid Adversary White Invoke Justice White Kenrith, the Returned King White Leyline Binding White Lion Sash White Loran of the Third Path White Luminous Broodmoth White Lyra Dawnbringer White March of Otherworldly Light White Mentor of the Meek White Mikaeus, the Lunarch White Mila, Crafty Companion White Monastery Mentor White Mondrak, Glory Dominus White Mysterious Limousine White Planar Disruption White Realm-Cloaked Giant White Repair and Recharge White Restoration Angel White Sanctuary Warden White Serra Paragon White Serra the Benevolent White Skrelv's Hive White Skyclave Apparition White Spirited Companion White Starnheim Unleashed White Static Net White Sune's Intervention White Teleportation Circle White Thalia's Lancers White The Eternal Wanderer White The Restoration of Eiganjo White The Wandering Emperor White Thraben Inspector White Touch the Spirit Realm White Urza's Sylex White Welcoming Vampire White White Sun's Twilight White
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Blue
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Card Name Color Agent of Raffine Blue Spectral Sailor Blue Clone Crafter Blue Fblthp, the Lost Blue Jacob Hauken, Inspector Blue Mercurial Spelldancer Blue Snapcaster Mage Blue The Reality Chip Blue Aether Channeler Blue Alirios, Enraptured Blue Barrin, Tolarian Archmage Blue Champion of Wits Blue Futurist Spellthief Blue Oracle of the Alpha Blue Phyrexian Metamorph Blue Saiba Syphoner Blue Spark Double Blue Surgical Metamorph Blue Thassa, Deep-Dwelling Blue Whirler Rogue Blue Cavalier of Gales Blue Jin-Gitaxias Blue Mulldrifter Blue Voracious Greatshark Blue Dream Eater Blue Warzone Duplicator Blue A-Hullbreaker Horror Blue Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant Blue Scholar of the Lost Trove Blue Teferi, Master of Time Blue Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim Blue Consider Blue Into the Roil Blue Dismiss Blue Kindred Denial Blue Memory Deluge Blue Rewind Blue See Double Blue Gale's Redirection Blue Spell Swindle Blue Commence the Endgame Blue Sublime Epiphany Blue Commit // Memory Blue Hard Evidence Blue Multiple Choice Blue Chart a Course Blue Snowborn Simulacra Blue Inscription of Insight Blue Irenicus's Vile Duplication Blue Karn's Temporal Sundering Blue A-Alrund's Epiphany Blue Blade of Shared Souls Blue Midnight Clock Blue Search for Azcanta Blue The Mirari Conjecture Blue Shark Typhoon Blue One with the Multiverse Blue
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Black
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Card Name Color Evolved Sleeper Black Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia Black Nullpriest of Oblivion Black Reezug, the Bonecobbler Black Swarm Saboteur Black A-Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion Black Braids, Arisen Nightmare Black Callous Bloodmage Black Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor Black Murderous Rider Black Ophiomancer Black Sedgemoor Witch Black Eradicator Valkyrie Black Gonti, Lord of Luxury Black Henrika Domnathi Black Nightmare Shepherd Black Rankle, Master of Pranks Black Ravenous Chupacabra Black Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Black Cavalier of Night Black Doom Whisperer Black Graven Archfiend Black Junji, the Midnight Sky Black Sheoldred Black Cemetery Desecrator Black Massacre Wurm Black Noxious Gearhulk Black Forgefire Automaton Black Hoarding Broodlord Black Liliana of the Veil Black Davriel, Soul Broker Black Sorin the Mirthless Black Liliana, Death's Majesty Black Lolth, Spider Queen Black Liliana, Dreadhorde General Black Vraska, Betrayal's Sting Black Black Sun's Twilight Black Sheoldred's Edict Black Soul Servitude Black Pile On Black Price of Fame Black Bloodchief's Thirst Black Collective Brutality Black Drown in Ichor Black Feed the Swarm Black Finale of Eternity Black Soul Transfer Black Extinction Event Black Settle the Score Black Yawgmoth's Vile Offering Black Breach the Multiverse Black A-The Meathook Massacre Black Black Market Connections Black Phyrexian Scriptures Black The Cruelty of Gix Black The Eldest Reborn Black Invasion of Fiora Black
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Red
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Card Name Color Dragonmaster Outcast Red Rabbit Battery Red Vindictive FlamestokeRed Red Dismissive PyromanceRed Red Magda, Brazen Outlaw Red Magmatic ChanneleRed Red Plargg, Dean of Chaos Red Smoldering Egg Red Young PyromanceRed Red Captain Lannery Storm Red Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin Red Mishra, Excavation Prodigy Red Professional Face-BreakeRed Red Seasoned PyromanceRed Red Squee, Dubious Monarch Red Atsushi, the Blazing Sky Red Captivating Crew Red Jaxis, the TroublemakeRed Red Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion Red Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink Red Toralf, God of Fury Red Cavalier of Flame Red Chaos BaloRed Red Ilharg, the Raze-BoaRed Red Plargg and Nassari Red Siege-Gang CommandeRed Red Terror of the Peaks Red Urabrask, Heretic PraetoRed Red Zealous Conscripts Red Combustible Gearhulk Red Etali, Primal Storm Red Jaya, Fiery NegotiatoRed Red Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv Red Chandra, Hope's Beacon Red Lightning Bolt Red Play with Fire Red Abrade Red Electrodominance Red Electrostatic Blast Red Big Score Red Devil's Play Red Faithless Looting Red Mishra's Command Red Purphoros's Intervention Red Avacyn's Judgment Red Crackle with PoweRed Red Mephit's Enthusiasm Red Roil Eruption Red Shatterskull Smashing Red Collective Defiance Red Fight with Fire Red Nahiri's Warcrafting Red Mizzix's Mastery Red Burn Down the House Red Star of Extinction Red Explosive Singularity Red Bitter Reunion Red Double Vision Red Arcane Bombardment Red Fiery Emancipation Red
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Green
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Card Name Color Elvish Mystic Green Gilded Goose Green Llanowar Elves Green Armored Scrapgorger Green Fauna Shaman Green Ilysian Caryatid Green Incubation Druid Green Llanowar Loamspeaker Green Lotus Cobra Green Menagerie Curator Green Paradise Druid Green Shigeki, Jukai Visionary Green Voracious Hydra Green Augur of Autumn Green Courser of Kruphix Green Dryad of the Ilysian Grove Green Esika, God of the Tree Green Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea Green Llanowar Visionary Green Nissa, Resurgent Animist Green Reclamation Sage Green Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Green Somberwald Sage Green Springbloom Druid Green Tireless Tracker Green Beast Whisperer Green Champion of Rhonas Green Doomskar Warrior Green Howlpack Piper Green Oracle of Mul Daya Green Timeless Witness Green Vizier of the Menagerie Green Cavalier of Thorns Green Silverback Elder Green Kogla, the Titan Ape Green Tovolar's Huntmaster Green Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider Green Hornet Queen Green Titan of Industry Green Craterhoof Behemoth Green End-Raze Forerunners Green Wrenn and Realmbreaker Green Garruk Relentless Green Vivien, Monsters' Advocate Green Wrenn and Seven Green Nissa, Ascended Animist Green Harrow Green Primal Might Green Awaken the Woods Green Emergent Sequence Green Explore Green Finale of Devastation Green Cultivate Green Storm the Festival Green Titania's Command Green Turntimber Symbiosis Green Spawning Pod Green A-Monster Manual Green Esika's Chariot Green The Great Henge Green
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Multicolor
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Card Name Color Lurrus of the Dream-Den Multicolor Emiel the Blessed Multicolor Pull of the Mist Moon Multicolor Rona, Herald of Invasion Multicolor Lutri, the Spellchaser Multicolor Yorion, Sky Nomad Multicolor Joint Exploration Multicolor Vesuvan Mist Multicolor Mythos of Illuna Multicolor Fiend Artisan Multicolor Valki, God of Lies Multicolor Gyruda, Doom of Depths Multicolor Toxrill, the Corrosive Multicolor Mythos of Nethroi Multicolor Discovery // Dispersal Multicolor Alesha, Who Smiles at Death Multicolor Etali, Primal Conqueror Multicolor Fires of Victory Multicolor Cut // Ribbons Multicolor Avacyn's Pilgrim Multicolor Chatterfang, Squirrel General Multicolor Nantuko Slicer Multicolor Ishkanah, Grafwidow Multicolor Jegantha, the Wellspring Multicolor Keruga, the Macrosage Multicolor Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner Multicolor Tear Asunder Multicolor Invasion of New Phyrexia Multicolor Momentary Blink Multicolor Deputy of Detention Multicolor Obscura Polymorphist Multicolor Soulherder Multicolor Elite Guardmage Multicolor Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset Multicolor Cloudblazer Multicolor Siphon Insight Multicolor Halo Forager Multicolor Thief of Sanity Multicolor Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths Multicolor Ertai Resurrected Multicolor Hostage Taker Multicolor Ashiok, Nightmare Muse Multicolor Hidetsugu and Kairi Multicolor Silumgar's Command Multicolor Bank Job Multicolor Kolaghan's Command Multicolor Lagomos, Hand of Hatred Multicolor Ob Nixilis, the Adversary Multicolor Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos Multicolor Prosper, Tome-Bound Multicolor Angrath, the Flame-Chained Multicolor Olivia, Crimson Bride Multicolor Black Market Tycoon Multicolor Radha, Heart of Keld Multicolor Svella, Ice Shaper Multicolor Halana and Alena, Partners Multicolor A-Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes Multicolor Escape to the Wilds Multicolor Lukka, Bound to Ruin Multicolor Kogla and Yidaro Multicolor Ravager Wurm Multicolor Faeburrow Elder Multicolor King Darien XLVIII Multicolor Torens, Fist of the Angels Multicolor Ajani, Sleeper Agent Multicolor Captain Sisay Multicolor Sigarda, Font of Blessings Multicolor Mirari's Wake Multicolor Trostani Discordant Multicolor Ghalta and Mavren Multicolor Priest of Fell Rites Multicolor Anguished Unmaking Multicolor Oath of Kaya Multicolor Invasion of Tolvada Multicolor Kaya the Inexorable Multicolor Sorin, Grim Nemesis Multicolor Kaya, Intangible Slayer Multicolor Primevals' Glorious Rebirth Multicolor Baral and Kari Zev Multicolor Electrolyze Multicolor Prismari Command Multicolor Rielle, the Everwise Multicolor Ral, Storm Conduit Multicolor Ral's Outburst Multicolor Niv-Mizzet, Parun Multicolor Magma Opus Multicolor Grim Flayer Multicolor Skull Prophet Multicolor Maelstrom Pulse Multicolor Old Rutstein Multicolor Binding the Old Gods Multicolor Nissa of Shadowed Boughs Multicolor Polukranos, Unchained Multicolor The Gitrog Monster Multicolor Casualties of War Multicolor Rip Apart Multicolor A-Winota, Joiner of Forces Multicolor Nahiri, the Harbinger Multicolor Nahiri, the Unforgiving Multicolor Showdown of the Skalds Multicolor Campus Renovation Multicolor Djeru and Hazoret Multicolor Nahiri's Resolve Multicolor Quintorius, Loremaster Multicolor Growth Spiral Multicolor Hydroid Krasis Multicolor Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Multicolor Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy Multicolor Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Multicolor Vodalian Tide Mage Multicolor Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir Multicolor Rashmi, Eternities Crafter Multicolor Tatyova, Benthic Druid Multicolor Katilda and Lier Multicolor Raffine, Scheming Seer Multicolor Alela, Artful Provocateur Multicolor Spelldrain Assassin Multicolor Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Multicolor Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh Multicolor Slimefoot and Squee Multicolor Rebuild the City Multicolor Back-Alley Gardener Multicolor Zacama, Primal Calamity Multicolor Archangel of Wrath Multicolor Borborygmos and Fblthp Multicolor Genesis Ultimatum Multicolor Siege Rhino Multicolor Thalia and The Gitrog Monster Multicolor Nethroi, Apex of Death Multicolor Narset, Enlightened Exile Multicolor Zurgo and Ojutai Multicolor Zimone and Dina Multicolor Yarok, the Desecrated Multicolor A-Omnath, Locus of Creation Multicolor Atraxa, Grand Unifier Multicolor Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Multicolor Invasion of Alara Multicolor Jodah, the Unifier Multicolor Niv-Mizzet Reborn Multicolor Omnath, Locus of All Multicolor The Kami War Multicolor
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Colorless
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Card Name Color Timeless Lotus Colorless Hangarback Walker Colorless Ornithopter of Paradise Colorless A-Circuit Mender Colorless Bronze Walrus Colorless Palladium Myr Colorless Thran Spider Colorless Solemn Simulacrum Colorless Argentum Masticore Colorless Platoon Dispenser Colorless Wurmcoil Engine Colorless Meteor Golem Colorless Cityscape Leveler Colorless Emrakul, the Promised End Colorless Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut Colorless Karn, Scion of Urza Colorless Ugin, the Ineffable Colorless Shadowspear Colorless Coldsteel Heart Colorless Guardian Idol Colorless Heart of Kiran Colorless Mazemind Tome Colorless Mind Stone Colorless Reckoner Bankbuster Colorless Treasure Map Colorless A-Lantern of Revealing Colorless Chromatic Lantern Colorless Cultivator's Caravan Colorless Dragon's Hoard Colorless Heraldic Banner Colorless Karn's Sylex Colorless Letter of Acceptance Colorless Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree Colorless Relic of Legends Colorless Skyclave ReliColorless Colorless The Celestus Colorless Firemind Vessel Colorless Hedron Archive Colorless Key to the Archive Colorless Gilded Lotus Colorless Skysovereign, Consul Flagship Colorless The Immortal Sun Colorless Chromatic Orrery Colorless God-Pharaoh's Gift Colorless Portal to Phyrexia Colorless
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Land
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Card Name Color Deserted Beach Land Glacial Fortress Land Hallowed Fountain Land Hengegate Pathway Land Irrigated Farmland Land Temple of Enlightenment Land Clearwater Pathway Land Drowned Catacomb Land Fetid Pools Land Shipwreck Marsh Land Temple of Deceit Land Watery Grave Land Blightstep Pathway Land Blood Crypt Land Canyon Slough Land Dragonskull Summit Land Haunted Ridge Land Temple of Malice Land Cragcrown Pathway Land Rockfall Vale Land Rootbound Crag Land Sheltered Thicket Land Stomping Ground Land Temple of Abandon Land Branchloft Pathway Land Overgrown Farmland Land Scattered Groves Land Sunpetal Grove Land Temple Garden Land Temple of Plenty Land Brightclimb Pathway Land Concealed Courtyard Land Godless Shrine Land Isolated ChapeLand Land Shattered Sanctum Land Temple of Silence Land Riverglide Pathway Land Spirebluff CanaLand Land Steam Vents Land Stormcarved Coast Land Sulfur Falls Land Temple of Epiphany Land Blooming Marsh Land Darkbore Pathway Land Deathcap Glade Land Overgrown Tomb Land Temple of Malady Land Woodland Cemetery Land Clifftop Retreat Land Inspiring Vantage Land Needleverge Pathway Land Sacred Foundry Land Sundown Pass Land Temple of Triumph Land Barkchannel Pathway Land Botanical Sanctum Land Breeding PooLand Land Dreamroot Cascade Land Hinterland Harbor Land Temple of Mystery Land Spara's Headquarters Land Raffine's Tower Land Xander's Lounge Land Ziatora's Proving Ground Land Jetmir's Garden Land Savai Triome Land Ketria Triome Land Indatha Triome Land Raugrin Triome Land Zagoth Triome Land The World Tree Land Cascading Cataracts Land Fabled Passage Land Field of the Dead Land Forsaken Crossroads Land Mana Confluence Land Temple of the Dragon Queen Land