Tinkerer's Cube on MTG Arena
Welcome to Tinkerer's Cube, where you draft from a cube to create an engine that's more than the sum of its parts! Read on for this cube's philosophy and the complete card list. Players will draft three fourteen-card packs, but cards selected will not be added to collections.
Event Details
Dates: April 10–17, 2023
Format: Phantom Draft Best-of-One and Phantom Draft Traditional 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:
Historic individual card rewards (ICRs) grant cards from pack releases on MTG Arena. They do not include cards that were released outside of packs (e.g., cards from Historic Anthologies). Historic uncommon ICRs have a 5% upgrade rate to rare. Historic rare ICRs may upgrade to a mythic rare; each rare is twice as likely to be awarded as each mythic rare.
(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 |
Tinker Like a Thinker
Arena Cube showcases some of the strongest cards in MTG Arena, while Chromatic Cube features some of the most expensive and colorful cards.
But Tinkerer's Cube asks you a question: "What can you make?"
Many of the cards in Tinkerer's Cube aren't ones you'll see performing at the highest level of competitive play and wouldn't be included in many "good stuff" decks. But almost all of them ask you to recontextualize what to care about while drafting, and to look between the lines to uncover unique interactions that you might not otherwise be able to find.
Synergy Vs. Combo
Tinkerer's Cube is a "synergy cube." That means that many cards, while certainly playable in a vacuum, ask you to build around them to make them stronger than they would function alone.
That's a synergy.
On the other side of the spectrum, a "combo" cube is one where, when you assemble specific cards, you instantly win the game, usually with two or three cards. In Tinkerer's Cube, perhaps you can find a combo! But probably not with only two cards.
Silverquill Command is a perfect example of a Tinkerer's Cube card. It's a little less efficient than many cards you might find at the Pro Tour. It has a high enough floor that you don't feel bad if you don't build around it. But if you look a bit deeper, there are numerous little synergies you might discover!
Chef! This is your secret ingredient.
Look at some of the ways you can accent your dish!
Whether you find a combo or a synergy, the goal is still the same: look for unique ways to combine cards for maximum results! Whether that's winning, proving you can do it, or just having a good time. Magic is a game after all!
Tinkering Is an Archetype
Many Magic cubes have specific "archetypes" that guide you into "doing the thing" that a particular color pair wants you to do. Such as white-blue "blink," or blue-red "spells matter." However, in Tinkerer's Cube, color pairs don't pertain to such "un-tinkery" mindsets, and many cards are a unique archetype amongst themselves! It's up to you to knock on the sky and listen to the sound each card is making.
If you open a pack of Magic cards, and your mind is immediately filled with ways of expressing yourself through sublime interactions, bizarre ideas, or simply doing the undoable, then Tinkerer's Cube is the event for you.
Happy Tinkering!
Tinkerer's Cube Card Lists
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White
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Against All Odds Ajani, Strength of the Pride Approach of the Second Sun Archon of Sun's Grace Banishing Slash Blade Splicer Bruna, the Fading Light By Invitation Only Bygone Bishop Cast Out Cataclysmic Gearhulk Cathar Commando Cavalier of Dawn Cemetery Protector Charming Prince Citizen's Crowbar Cloudsteel Kirin Collective Effort Conclave Tribunal Dawn of Hope Divine Visitation Dusk // Dawn Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines Elspeth Resplendent Emiel the Blessed Enduring Angel Faith's Fetters Gideon of the Trials Gisela, the Broken Blade Glass Casket Guardian Naga Guardian of New Benalia In the Trenches Inspiring Overseer Kayla's Command Kemba, Kha Enduring Kor Skyfisher Lavabrink Venturer Loran of the Third Path Luminous Broodmoth Lunarch Veteran March of Otherworldly Light Mentor of the Meek Mondrak, Glory Dominus Mysterious Limousine Odric, Lunarch Marshal Ossification Pegasus Guardian Platoon Dispenser Portable Hole Rabble Rousing Realm-Cloaked Giant Recruitment Officer Resolute Reinforcements Savior of Ollenbock Serra Paragon Sigrid, God-Favored Skrelv's Hive Spirited Companion Sram's Expertise Static Net Steel Seraph Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle Thalia's Lancers Thraben Inspector Touch the Spirit Realm True Love's Kiss Urza's Sylex Usher of the Fallen Welcoming Vampire
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Blue
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Agent of Treachery Arcane Proxy Atemsis, All-Seeing Barrin, Tolarian Archmage Blade of Shared Souls Brainstorm Cemetery Illuminator Chemister's Insight Clever Impersonator Combat Courier Commence the Endgame Consider Curious Obsession Departed Deckhand Disallow Discontinuity Displacer Kitten Djinn of Wishes Docent of Perfection Elder Deep-Fiend Emry, Lurker of the Loch Flip the Switch Founding the Third Path Gale's Redirection Grafted Identity Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar Gust of Wind Hard Evidence Hornswoggle Inniaz, the Gale Force Into the Roil Inventive Iteration Irenicus's Vile Duplication Jace, Wielder of Mysteries Kairi, the Swirling Sky Lier, Disciple of the Drowned Metallic Rebuke Mission Briefing Mordenkainen Mulldrifter Mythos of Illuna Neutralize Nimble Obstructionist Of One Mind Ominous Seas Overcharged Amalgam Phyrexian Metamorph Poppet Stitcher Pteramander Quasiduplicate Scholar of the Lost Trove See the Truth Skyship Plunderer Spectral Adversary Spectral Sailor Spell Swindle Startle Syphon Essence Tameshi, Reality Architect Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive Tezzeret's Gambit Thassa's Oracle Thopter Mechanic Thousand-Faced Shadow Timestream Navigator Triskaidekaphile Unctus, Grand Metatect Vizier of Tumbling Sands Whirler Rogue Witching Well Witness Protection
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Black
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Altar of Bhaal Angel of Suffering Angrath, Captain of Chaos Arguel's Blood Fast Asylum Visitor Black Market Connections Blood for Bones Body Launderer Bolas's Citadel Braids, Arisen Nightmare Cemetery Desecrator Changeling Outcast Collective Brutality Cult Conscript Deadly Dispute Demonic Pact Diabolic Intent Dockside Chef Drivnod, Carnage Dominus Drown in Ichor Eat to Extinction Erebos, Bleak-Hearted Extinction Event Feed the Swarm Forsworn Paladin Foul Play God-Eternal Bontu Gonti, Lord of Luxury Grim Hireling Gutterbones Herald of Anguish Innocent Blood Inscription of Ruin Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia Jerren, Corrupted Bishop Kels, Fight Fixer Kinzu of the Bleak Coven Liliana, Waker of the Dead Liliana's Contract Malakir Rebirth March of Wretched Sorrow Mask of Griselbrand Mastermind's Acquisition Morbid Opportunist Murderous Rider Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion Nullpriest of Oblivion Pact Weapon Phyrexian Scriptures Plaguecrafter Revel in Riches Scourge of the Skyclaves Sedgemoor Witch Skullport Merchant Skyclave Shade Sling-Gang Lieutenant Soul Transfer Syr Konrad, the Grim Tatsunari, Toad Rider Tergrid, God of Fright The Raven Man Transmogrant's Crown Triskaidekaphobia Twilight Prophet Tymaret Calls the Dead Undead Butler Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose Vorpal Sword Vraan, Executioner Thane Witch of the Moors Yahenni's Expertise -
Red
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Alesha, Who Smiles at Death Anax, Hardened in the Forge Ancient Copper Dragon Avacyn's Judgment Big Score Bitter Reunion Blazing Crescendo Blood Aspirant Breya's Apprentice Capricious Hellraiser Captivating Crew Collective Defiance Combustible Gearhulk Conspiracy Theorist Delina, Wild Mage Dire Fleet Daredevil Dragon's Rage Channeler Electrodominance Embereth Shieldbreaker Experimental Synthesizer Fast // Furious Feldon, Ronom Excavator Fiendlash Fight with Fire Fire Prophecy Fires of Invention Fists of Flame Flame Sweep Forbidden Friendship Form of the Dinosaur Glint-Horn Buccaneer Glorious End Goblin Engineer Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei Grim Initiate Hanweir Garrison Havoc Jester Irencrag Pyromancer Jaxis, the Troublemaker Lightning Axe Lizard Blades Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast Magic Missile Makeshift Munitions Mirror March Mishra's Research Desk Mythos of Vadrok Ogre-Head Helm Phyrexian Dragon Engine Purphoros's Intervention Quicksmith Rebel Rabbit Battery Reinforced Ronin Rowdy Crew Saheeli, Sublime Artificer Seize the Spoils Shredded Sails Sin Prodder Skitterbeam Battalion Stensia Uprising Sticky Fingers Throes of Chaos Toralf, God of Fury Twinshot Sniper Unholy Heat Urabrask's Forge Vindictive Flamestoker Yidaro, Wandering Monster You Find Some Prisoners Young Pyromancer Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
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Green
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Armored Scrapgorger Beast Whisperer Bootleggers' Stash Briarbridge Tracker Bushwhack Cankerbloom Cemetery Prowler Champion of Lambholt Chatterfang, Squirrel General Chitterspitter Conduit of Worlds Consuming Blob Defiler of Vigor Dragonsguard Elite Duskwatch Recruiter Ecological Appreciation Eldritch Evolution Elvish Reclaimer Emergent Sequence Evolving Adaptive Explore Fauna Shaman Finale of Devastation Gargos, Vicious Watcher Ghalta, Primal Hunger Gilded Goose Glorious Sunrise Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Guardian Project Haywire Mite In Search of Greatness Inscription of Abundance Ishkanah, Grafwidow Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse Kappa Tech-Wrecker Llanowar Visionary Majestic Myriarch Mantle of the Wolf Mayor of Avabruck Neyith of the Dire Hunt Nightpack Ambusher Once Upon a Time Pelt Collector Primal Command Primeval Bounty Ram Through Reclamation Sage Rhonas the Indomitable Ripjaw Raptor Sanctum Weaver Saryth, the Viper's Fang Savage Swipe Scute Swarm Shigeki, Jukai Visionary Silverback Elder Simian Simulacrum Soul of the Harvest Springbloom Druid Teachings of the Kirin Timeless Witness Tireless Provisioner Titania, Voice of Gaea Tyvar's Stand Urborg Lhurgoyf Vivien on the Hunt Vivien, Champion of the Wilds Vizier of the Menagerie Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider Weaver of Harmony Werewolf Pack Leader Wildborn Preserver Wolfwillow Haven Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
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Multicolor
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Aegar, the Freezing Flame Ajani, Sleeper Agent Alchemist's Gambit Altered Ego Angelfire Ignition Arlinn, the Pack's Hope Augmenter Pugilist Baba Lysaga, Night Witch Banish into Fable Blade Historian Can't Stay Away Captain Sisay Chainer, Nightmare Adept Chance for Glory Clay Champion Cloudblazer Connive // Concoct Croaking Counterpart Discovery // Dispersal Domri, Chaos Bringer Doom Foretold Dromoka's Command Ertai Resurrected Escape to the Wilds Etrata, the Silencer Exotic Pets Extus, Oriq Overlord Faithful Mending Fevered Visions Fiend Artisan Gretchen Titchwillow Grim Flayer Grolnok, the Omnivore Gyruda, Doom of Depths Hadana's Climb Havengul Lich Hidden Stockpile Invigorating Hot Spring Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Journey to Eternity Kardur's Vicious Return Knight of Autumn Knight of the Reliquary Kunoros, Hound of Athreos Lagomos, Hand of Hatred Lurrus of the Dream-Den Meria, Scholar of Antiquity Mila, Crafty Companion Mirari's Wake Mishra, Claimed by Gix Momentary Blink Mortality Spear Najal, the Storm Runner Neera, Wild Mage Niambi, Esteemed Speaker Obosh, the Preypiercer Old Rutstein Prime Speaker Vannifar Prophetic Titan Queen Kayla bin-Kroog Radiant Scrollwielder Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage Rakdos, the Showstopper Raphael, Fiendish Savior Rashmi, Eternities Crafter Ravenous Squirrel Response // Resurgence Rielle, the Everwise Rip Apart Rite of Oblivion Samut, Voice of Dissent Shaile, Dean of Radiance Silverquill Command Siphon Insight Skyfisher Spider Solar Blaze Spider Spawning Spirit-Sister's Call Stormfist Crusader Svella, Ice Shaper Swiftblade Vindicator Tear Asunder The Trickster-God's Heist Third Path Iconoclast Thrash // Threat Timely Interference Tolarian Geyser Torens, Fist of the Angels Urza, Lord Protector Urza, Prince of Kroog Valentin, Dean of the Vein Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator Volo, Guide to Monsters Winota, Joiner of Forces Zareth San, the Trickster Zirda, the Dawnwaker
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Colorless
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Azor's Gateway Blackblade Reforged Circuit Mender Cityscape Leveler Coldsteel Heart Containment Construct Cultivator's Caravan Dollhouse of Horrors Eater of Virtue Emrakul, the Promised End God-Pharaoh's Gift Heraldic Banner Karn's Sylex Key to the City Lithoform Engine Maskwood Nexus Mirage Mirror Mishra's Bauble Nettlecyst Oketra's Monument Ornithopter of Paradise Palladium Myr Platinum Angel Precursor Golem Relic of Legends Retrofitter Foundry Solemn Simulacrum The Celestus The Mightstone and Weakstone Thran Spider Traxos, Scourge of Kroog Treasure Map
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Lands
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Adarkar Wastes Argoth, Sanctum of Nature Battlefield Forge Blast Zone Blood Crypt Boseiju, Who Endures Breeding Pool Brushland Cave of the Frost Dragon Caves of Koilos Clifftop Retreat Den of the Bugbear Dragonskull Summit Drowned Catacomb Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Fabled Passage Glacial Fortress Godless Shrine Hall of Storm Giants Hallowed Fountain Hanweir Battlements Hinterland Harbor Hive of the Eye Tyrant Indatha Triome Inventors' Fair Isolated Chapel Jetmir's Garden Karplusan Forest Ketria Triome Lair of the Hydra Llanowar Wastes Lotus Field Mana Confluence Mishra's Foundry Otawara, Soaring City Overgrown Tomb Raffine's Tower Raugrin Triome Rootbound Crag Sacred Foundry Savai Triome Shivan Reef Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance Spara's Headquarters Steam Vents Stomping Ground Sulfur Falls Sulfurous Springs Sunpetal Grove Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Temple Garden Temple of Abandon Temple of Deceit Temple of Enlightenment Temple of Epiphany Temple of Malady Temple of Malice Temple of Mystery Temple of Plenty Temple of Silence Temple of Triumph The Mycosynth Gardens Underground River Watery Grave Westvale Abbey Woodland Cemetery Xander's Lounge Yavimaya Coast Zagoth Triome Ziatora's Proving Ground
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