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.

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.

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:

Altered Cards
Altered Ornithopter Altered Ornithopter Altered Ornithopter

Decklists

Lists may be from older iterations of the cube so while individual cards may differ, these should still give a good idea of macro archetype/strategy.

3-0
3-0 Decklist 1 3-0 Decklist 2 3-0 Decklist 3 3-0 Decklist 4
2-1
2-1 Decklist 1 2-1 Decklist 2 2-1 Decklist 3

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 a 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.

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