100 Ornithopters Cube

Original List by Andy Mangold

My List

In Andy's words: "A perfectly normal Cube with one twist: the only creatures are 100 copies of the card Ornithopter. There are no creature tokens, there are no creature lands, and there are no ways to deal damage to your opponent that don't have something to do with the card Ornithopter."


Playing the Cube

This is a standard 360 card, 8 player cube. 40 card decks, anything you don't use is your sideboard, etc., etc.

Kill Counts

At the end of each game, the winning player takes one Ornithopter that was involved in that kill, and adds a tally mark to the bottom left corner of the art. PLEASE TRY AND REMEMBER TO DO THIS as I would hate for any victories to go unrecorded.

The Right to Alter

Whoever 3-0s the cube at the end earns the privilege of taking one of the Ornithopters from their pool, giving it a permanent name, and altering it in any way they see fit. Check out a couple from Andy's cube:

Ornithopter
Ornithopter
Ornithopter

How many thopters?

A good target is around 15 ish. This will depened heavily on the rest of your deck, but anywhere from 10-20 is pretty standard. Here's some great advice: take the Ornithopters that speak to you.


Color Identity

White

Play Patterns

Notable Cards

Blue

Play Patterns

Notable Cards

Black

Play Patterns

Notable Cards

Red

Play Patterns

Notable Cards

Green

Play Patterns

Notable Cards

Artifacts

Notable Cards

Lands

Includes

Notable Cards


Combos

There are so many fun interactions in this cube, here are just a few example combos.


Intruder alarm + Kyren Negotiations

for a ton of damage with even just couple thopters in hand.


Earthcraft + Jeskai Ascendancy

to storm off and make your board huge.


Pia's Revolution + Goblin Bombardment

for at least 4 damage per thopter.


Powerful Cards

There's a ton of other powerful shit here, just a few power outliers to look out for.

Gaea's Cradle

Tolarian Academy

Glimpse of Nature

Paradoxical Outcome

Echoing Boon (best card in the Cube)

Aura Shards

Meltdown

Preview