New Horizons for Magic Online Vintage Cube or MTGO Vintage Cube: New Horizons (2024)

Posted on Jun 21, 2024

By Chris Wolf & Ryan Spain

Greetings, Vintage Cube enthusiasts! Welcome to the Modern Horizons 3 update of the Magic Online Vintage Cube, which goes live for a three-week run starting next Wednesday, June 26th! As expected, the latest installment of the straight-to-Modern series is packed with powerful, intriguing options for Vintage Cube—so many that not everything that deserves a shot made it in this time, but there are always future iterations right around the corner, so we will get to them in due time!

Speaking of things we will get to, thanks to everyone who took the time to vote on Discord for what themes and archetypes from the options offered that you’d most like to see in the future. It was an informative result, and we will be looking to bring you a Power Max themed Cube with the initiative and other nonsense when it makes sense in our schedule, and we can fully deliver on the premise. For now, we will focus on the significant power infusion of a Modern Horizons set. With a lot of directions to go, where did the horizon lead us in this iteration?

Graveyard Matters

We did not expect Bazaar of Baghdad and Survival of the Fittest to make such a swift return, but MH3 makes a very compelling case for them.

Lands

Marit Lage is back with another way to break her from the ice in Shifting Woodlands, together with a new universal land tutor stapled on a decent body in Sowing Mycospawn. Wight of the Reliquary can help tutor them up together with its older brother Knight of the Reliquary and Crop Rotation. And it also doesn’t end here.

Fastbond can once again deliver copious amounts of landfall triggers with bouncelands. OTJ brought us Bristly Bill, Spine Sower and MH3 adds Springheart Nantuko, so we wanted to give the Landfall archetype another turn to shine as a lot of these cards intertwine nicely. Speaking of synergistic interactions…

Turning up the Heat

Not really a full archetype either, but nonetheless an interesting mention. Flare of Duplication holds some real promise in making Burn a real thing again, copying Fireblast or Fiery Confluence for massive amounts of damage. Couple that with the Char-obsoleting Ghostfire Slice and we might have a new old strategy on our hands—and if your opponent happens to control a multicolored permanent, you’re even looking at a better Lightning Bolt!

Doomsday

Celebrating its return this time as the combo deck alongside Storm is Doomsday. Nothing new here, just a variety swap to keep things fresh.

Dream Halls

Dream Halls has captured many combo player’s hearts, but it’s also difficult support so many different variations of combo decks in the Cube at the same time. This time, we’re giving Doomsday the nod, but rest assured, the Halls to realize your Dreams will be back!

Subsiding the Storm

Last time we talked quite a bit about Storm and took steps and measures in hopes of improving its standing in the Vintage Cube archetype hierarchy. Unfortunately, our efforts didn’t improve things by much, and with the nature of the archetype being inherently parasitic—requiring cards to function that few or no other archetypes need—we are cutting back on the worst performers. Storm occupies a special place in a lot of player’s hearts and we feel that it should stick around, just not with extra support that wasn’t making it any more successful to draft.

Prowess

One of our more experimental archetypes last time around. It did not perform poorly, but is also easy to let go of. If you’ve become a real fan of Proft’s Eidetic Memory, let us know over on our Discord!

Big Mean Green

This has been a long time coming. Green Ramp is no longer what it once was, especially with Vintage Cube inching closer and closer to Eternal-Constructed gameplay. With a lot of cheap interaction and very efficient threats, ramping out big-mana creatures is a huge ask in modern Vintage Cube. If you’re trying to cast expensive stuff with your mana dorks, when they bolt the bird it devastates the plan and you stare at uncastable heavies until dead. If you are simply trying to speed out 3s and 4s, you can still cast some value beaters on curve and force your opponent to have more than just a removal spell for a cheap creature to beat you. We recognize that some of these departing cards are iconic and beloved by many, so they are likely to stop by for visits often.

Card Comments

That’s a high-level look at the changes, but as has become the standard under Daybreak, the card-by-card design comments will give you a closer look at all the swaps we made and why. We hope you enjoy this installment of the Magic Online Vintage Cube, and we look forward to seeing what cards from MH3 become new staples. Tell us what you think over in the Magic Online Discord!

Color	Card In	Design Comment
White	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah	One of MH3’s biggest hits, Ajani holds a lot of promise to become a Vintage Cube staple for years to come.
White	Eagles of the North	The Eagles are back from the bench. A reasonable inclusion in general, it has some extra appeal this time with Detective’s Phoenix in the mix looking for CMC to consume from the graveyard.
White	Ocelot Pride	Some folks are already calling this "White Ragavan" and it can snowball out of control, especially when combined with additional sources of lifegain.
White	Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd	Phelia is going to be an absolute banger for Vintage Cube. You can combine this with Containment Priest to permanently exile your opponent’s creatures, reset your Parallax Wave, or simply use it to blink your creatures for additional ETB triggers.
White	White Orchid Phantom	With many powerful, must-destroy lands like Tolarian Academy and Gaea’s Cradle around, White Orchid Phantom has the potential to do some important work for the decks that can handle the double white.
Blue	Dress Down	Dress Down is a great way to counter a Thassa’s Oracle win, plays well against Constructs and the growing ‘goyf count, and can set up your titans to stick around without having to escape them from the graveyard. Plus, it’s never truly a blank.
Blue	Gush	Gush is one of the best ways to immediately kill your opponent after resolving a Doomsday, but it also works with the Lands package and regular Storm.
Blue	Jace, Wielder of Mysteries	While this Jace can do some work outside of a Doomsday package, he’s back in the curation because of it.
Blue	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student	Tamiyo enters the Vintage Cube with tons of potential—the front side provides continuous value and fuels cards like Tolarian Academy, and there’s a great Planeswalker waiting on the back.
Blue	Thassa's Oracle	Thoracle is back in support of Doomsday.
Black	Barrowgoyf	Lifelink is huge for black, and deathtouch ensures it has value even with fairly empty graveyards. Once it starts connecting, it generates value and keeps fueling itself.
Black	Bazaar of Baghdad	One of the two signposts of the Madness/Graveyard strategies. It can be used to fuel your graveyard for Hogaak and titans, used as a discard outlet for reanimation strategies, and madness and can be mitigated by Urborg and Yavimaya.
Black	Bloodghast	Bloodghast works well in the Survival/Bazaar strategies, and pairs well with Skullclamp and new addition Wight of the Reliquary.
Black	Crabomination	The crab monster is one of those reanimate-or-hard-cast threats that goes a long way. The body is somewhat lackluster, but getting a card out of your opponent’s hand is good value and likely to hit something useful, so it’s worth a tryout.
Black	Doomsday	Doomsday is back as Storm’s combo buddy for this iteration.
Black	Emperor of Bones	Emperor of Bones looks very promising. It’s a solid 2-drop that hates on graveyards and works well in Reanimator strategies with the instant-speed adapt mechanic.
Black	Nethergoyf	This ‘goyf only checks your own graveyard, but it’s cheap, and you should be doing the heavy lifting to enable it anyway—there are lots of ways to do so in this iteration!
Black	Shadowgrange Archfiend	Shadowgrange Archfiend is back with Survival and Bazaar, but this one goes well with any cheap discard outlet.
Black	Souls of the Lost	Souls of the Lost doubles as a graveyard fueler and a pay-off for doing so.
Black	Stitcher's Supplier	When there’s an extra focus on stocked graveyards, the Supplier helps meet the demand, and in addition to Hogaak and Vengevine there are also three ‘goyfs in the mix this time.
Red	Anger	Anger is mainly here as part of the Survival/Bazaar package, but don’t sleep on it! Red has a lot of incidental discard outlets these days, so it can be a worthy inclusion in many aggressive red decks.
Red	Anje's Ravager	Anje’s Ravager is back in conjunction with Survival and Bazaar, but it also works well in low-curve aggressive decks.
Red	Arena of Glory	One of two new utility lands making it into the curation from MH3. With the low floor of being a Mountain and high ceiling of giving up to two creatures haste, this an easy one to try out.
Red	Bitter Reunion	Bitter Reunion replaces Highway Robbery to add more enchantments to the Cube to benefit the ‘goyfs, and giving your Archon/Kroxa/Phlage haste is no joke!
Red	Blazing Rootwalla	Blazing Rootwalla is back to support Survival, Bazaar and Vengevine, while being serviceable as a red 1-drop.
Red	Detective's Phoenix	Detective’s Phoenix is a promising card from MH3 that works particularly well with the Survival/Bazaar package and provides a card-type two-for-one for the ‘goyfs, including the hard-to-get enchantment type.
Red	Flare of Duplication	This card has narrow applications and should go late, but the ceiling of copying Fireblast, Fiery Confluence or even a Time Walk (perhaps your opponent’s?) is compelling enough to give it a shot.
Red	Ghostfire Slice	Char used to be a Vintage Cube staple, but we’ve crept steadily towards better and (strictly) better options. In a lot of matchups, this will behave like a strictly better Lightning Bolt! While devoid can be a drawback with Fury and Pyrokinesis, overall, this is a burn spell that should leave its scorch mark on Vintage Cube.
Red	Harsh Mentor	It’s been a long time since Harsh Mentor has been in the curation, but now is a good time to bring him back, with more activated abilities around to punish than ever.
Red	Kumano Faces Kakkazan	With a reduction in red one-drops in this iteration, bringing back some low-curve firepower for the heavy red strategies made sense. It also introduces more card types for the ‘goyfs while simultaneously helping battle the graveyard-focused creature strategies.
Red	Obsidian Charmaw	This dragon has been pacing the sidelines looking to get in the game, and in an iteration with the highest amount of nonbasic lands worth blowing up ever, the time has come.
Red	Pyrogoyf	One of the more exciting Vintage Cube cards coming out of MH3, this ‘goyf/Flametongue Kavu hybrid looks ridiculous. It hits any target and triggers off other ‘goyfs, so if you manage to copy it, you get double the fun!
Red	Reckless Pyrosurfer	A two-mana 2/2 haste with upside is a respectable baseline for a red creature, and this one has a high ceiling when combined with fetch lands thanks to the battle cry mechanic stacking. Try it with Goblin Rabblemaster!
Red	Squee, Goblin Nabob	Squee can turn Survival and Bazaar into real value engines while also repeatedly fueling any discard effects such as Psychic Frog.
Red	Tribal Flames	With the heavier focus on lands and multicolor strategies in this iteration, it’s a good time to bring back Tribal Flames to join the other domain cards in the curation.
Red	Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle	The pillar for combo kills with your Lands decks when combined with Dryad of the Ilysian Grove or Prismatic Omen, and Scapeshift or Primeval Titan.
Green	Arboreal Grazer	Arboreal Grazer provides a defensive body and gets extra lands into play for the decks that care about that.
Green	Basking Rootwalla	Basking Rootwalla is back to support Survival, Bazaar and Vengevine.
Green	Courser of Kruphix	Courser is back with some serious support for the Lands archetype.
Green	Crop Rotation	Crop Rotation comes back for Lands support, and helps you chip all the ice off Marit Lage more consistently.
Green	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove	Huge with Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle and very serviceable otherwise.
Green	Elvish Reclaimer	Elvish Reclaimer bridges the gap between many of the supported strategies for green in this iteration. It can tutor up a Gaea’s Cradle for midrange decks, a Bazaar of Baghdad for graveyard decks, and is a Swiss Army knife in the Lands archetype.
Green	Fanatic of Rhonas	The jury is still out on Fanatic of Rhonas, but it could serve as a good replacement for Rofellos, and considering all the graveyard shenanigans around, it should play well here. The 4 toughness is respectable and makes it hard to remove, which is a good place for your mana dork to be.
Green	Life from the Loam	Life from the Loam has a lot of applications in Vintage Cube, but it doesn’t come together often enough to warrant regular inclusion. With newly added Six and Shifting Woodland in the mix, though, this is a good time for it to come off the bench.
Green	Malevolent Rumble	A very respectable common coming out of MH3 that does a little bit of everything, and pairs especially well with all the graveyard support.
Green	Primeval Titan	The Titan is back, and with proper support, including Field of the Dead, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, and all the old classics!
Green	Prismatic Omen	Here to enable Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle.
Green	Reclamation Sage	With Pest Infestation and Fiery Confluence continuing to offer multi-target artifact hate and Survival of the Fittest returning, Reclamation Sage comes in for Force of Vigor.
Green	Sakura-Tribe Elder	The venerable snake is back as a ramp spell that blocks and supports the landfall mechanic.
Green	Satyr Wayfinder	Satyr Wayfinder helps fill your graveyard or digs for that busted land you built your deck around and leaves a body behind for interactions like Recurring Nightmare.
Green	Scapeshift	Scapeshift is back to combo with Field of the Dead and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle.
Green	Shifting Woodland	This is similar to Arena of Glory in that the floor is close to basic Forest, but the ceiling ... oh boy! Copy a Dark Depths in your graveyard to make Marit Lage or copy an Archon of Cruelty. Heck, you can even copy Emrakul with the shuffle trigger still on the stack!
Green	Six	Wrenn and ... No! It’s just Six! And a wild one. We even added back Life from the Loam for you to go even wilder with this one, but we expect it do plenty of good work on its own.
Green	Sowing Mycospawn	The real kicker here is just the basic cast trigger. Being able to tutor up any land and have it ETB is very strong as-is, but getting an immediate use out of your Gaea’s Cradle or Strip Mine is a huge bonus. This card has major potential.
Green	Springheart Nantuko	Springheart Nantuko is another promising card, not only to combo with Nadu, Winged Wisdom and landfall in general, but also to make multiple copies of your best threat. Say ... Pyrogoyf?
Green	Survival of the Fittest	One of two signposts of the Madness/Graveyard archetypes. Try running this in conjunction with Vengevine, Rootwallas and Anger for quick kills, or with Squee, Goblin Nabob or Master of Death to create your own value engine, or both!
Green	Vengevine	Vengevine gives Survival of the Fittest an alternate combo-card role, while also being a reasonable hard-cast. While Vengevine’s star has faded over time from its glory days, it earns its keep in the right decks.
Boros	Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury	Look! It’s Uro’s ... fiery sister? A three-mana Lightning Helix at sorcery speed is lackluster, but if you can escape it, your opponent is in for a furious assault.
Boros	Showdown of the Skalds	Showdown is back, living its best life being great card draw for your Fastbond/Exploration Omnath-colored decks, also working with Nadu there, besides being just a great way to refuel for Boros.
Dimir	Master of Death	Mainly a combo with Survival and Bazaar, but unlike Squee, this one is reasonable to cast.
Dimir	Psychic Frog	This looks to be one of the best Cube cards coming out of MH3. It’s a big reason for bringing Survival/Bazaar back this iteration because it plays so well with Madness, Reanimation, Squee, Master of Death, and so much more.
Golgari	Deathrite Shaman	Deathrite Shaman was an experiment the last time Survival/Bazaar were in the Cube, and it exceeded expectations by quite a bit, so it’s back, even with trimmed support for those archetypes.
Golgari	Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis	One of the best payoffs for Survival and Bazaar, especially when “Angered”... your opponent will lose with great haste!
Golgari	Wight of the Reliquary	Wight of the Reliquary is one of those perfect Cube cards because it kind of does it all. Works well with Bloodghast, Dark Depths, can grow huge with self-mill, while also being a very cheap creature. Consider us excited!
Golgari	Witherbloom Command	Witherbloom Command will once again be our Golgari removal of choice, due to its synergy with a lot of the cards present in this iteration.
Gruul	Bloodbraid Challenger	Who doesn’t remember Bloodbraid ... oh, wait! This costs more, but it’s also bigger and it has Escape? Graveyards, Survival, you know what’s up!
Gruul	Escape to the Wilds	We’re Escaping to the Wilds again with Lands as a supported archetype! One of the key draw spells for those decks, while also doing the thing they care about the most: putting extra lands into play.
Gruul	Gruul Turf	We’re only bringing in three bouncelands this time and adding them to the existing fixing rather than swapping them out, so they are more delineated as "combo pieces" for the decks that truly want them. You can use them for multiple Landfall-triggers with the likes of Fastbond and Exploration, as well as using them as slow card-advantage, but beware of opposing land-destruction!
Rakdos	Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	Kroxa is back and especially threatening with this much graveyard support, and specifically Anger to haste your giant into combat for an immediate second trigger, probably spelling doom for your opponent.
Selesnya	Knight of the Reliquary	Knight is back! Why, you ask? Well… it tutors up lands.
Selesnya	Selesnya Sanctuary	See Gruul Turf.
Selesnya	Simic Growth Chamber	See Gruul Turf.
Simic	Bonny Pall, Clearcutter	This ox-herding giant ramps up your mana and the total number of lands in play, so this should come in handy.
Simic	Nadu, Winged Wisdom	Some of the loudest chatter leading up to the release of MH3 was around this card. Was it a design mistake? Is it going to break Constructed? Without the ability to build a pure combo deck around it, Nadu won’t break Vintage Cube, but it’s still a card with a fantastic ability at an efficient rate. To maximize the combo ability, be sure to pick up Bristly Bill or Lightning Greaves!
Simic	Planar Genesis	Impulse that allows you to put a land card directly on the battlefield, why not?
Multicolor	Golos, Tireless Pilgrim	Golos can work in a variety of strategies and is a particularly good fit for an iteration where we’re trying to find specific lands and assembling domain.
Colorless	Dark Depths	The Depths are back with more tutors than ever. Use Sylvan Safekeeper to protect your Marit Lage, Lightning Greaves to haste it, and Shadowspear to make it trample over opposing chump blockers.
Colorless	Expedition Map	Expedition Map plays well with all the great nonbasics in Vintage Cube in general, and there are even more than usual this time around.
Colorless	Field of the Dead	A cornerstone of the Lands archetype, rewarding your for putting extra Lands onto the battlefield that combined well with Scapeshift. Don’t miss on using your Bouncelands to repeatedly trigger this once you’ve reached the threshold of seven different lands!
Colorless	Lightning Greaves	We welcome back the Greaves to combo with Nadu, Winged Wisdom in addition to protecting your big reanimation targets while getting them in the red zone right away.
Colorless	Porcelain Legionnaire	Porcelain Legionnaire is back as a colorless aggressive 2-drop with a three-mana mode in white decks.
Colorless	Thespian's Stage	Here to help you make a Marit Lage with Dark Depths.
Colorless	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	Last time we tried focusing more on the Annihilator Eldrazi coupled with Goryo’s Vengeance, but the Ceaseless Hunger makes a return for this iteration.

Color	Card Out	Design Comment
White	Adanto Vanguard	As a purely aggressive 2-drop, this Vampire is the easiest cut for Ajani/Phelia coming in.
White	Collector's Cage	Collector's Cage was definitely fun and enabled some novel situations but is not hard to let go of overall.
White	Enlightened Tutor	Enlightened Tutor rarely sees play, and while it is nice to have cards in white that aren't purely aggro or midrange, we can bench this without a heavy heart.
White	Leonin Relic-Warder	Relic-Warder passes the torch to another WW creature, but one that goes after nonbasics rather than artifacts or enchantments.
White	Monastery Mentor	With the speed of the format ever increasing, the Mentor loses its footing, but is likely to make a return at some point.
White	Sanguine Evangelist	Can't really go wrong with value creatures like these in white, but also not critical for its success. Expect this bat-wielding vampire to come back at some point as well.
White	Student of Warfare	Student gives way for the new and exciting Ocelot Pride.
Blue	Akal Pakal, First Among Equals	Artifacts enjoyed heavy support this past iteration, so we're pulling some of that back to make room for other archetypes.
Blue	Dream Halls	Archetype rotating out.
Blue	Hard Evidence	Craben Inspector is being upgraded to Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student.
Blue	High Tide	We're pulling the worst performers from the Storm card pool and keeping the best of them around so it can still come together nicely when open.
Blue	Jace Reawakened	Archetype-based swap.
Blue	Mind's Desire	We're pulling the worst performers from the Storm card pool and keeping the best of them around so it can still come together nicely when open.
Blue	Proft's Eidetic Memory	Archetype rotating out.
Blue	Simulacrum Synthesizer	Artifacts enjoyed heavy support this past iteration, so we're pulling some of that back to make room for other archetypes.
Blue	Stoic Sphinx	Archetype-based swap.
Blue	Three Steps Ahead	Archetype-based swap.
Blue	Turnabout	We're pulling the worst performers from the Storm card pool and keeping the best of them around so it can still come together nicely when open.
Black	Beseech the Mirror	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Goryo's Vengeance	We tried Goryo's with the full Annihilator Eldrazi package, but it did not perform well, so we're walking it back. Good try.
Black	Graveyard Trespasser	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Hostile Investigator	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Kaervek, the Punisher	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Long Goodbye	Long Goodbye is a solid card, but also doesn't feel super necessary.
Black	Phyrexian Fleshgorger	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Tenacious Underdog	Archetype-based swap.
Black	Tourach, Dread Cantor	Archetype-based swap.
Red	"Name Sticker" Goblin	This enables some cool stuff in Vintage Cube, but it’s not a card that exists in this form on tabletop, so we’re benching it, at least for now.
Red	Birgi, God of Storytelling	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Dreadhorde Arcanist	Archetype rotating out.
Red	Flametongue Kavu	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Grim Lavamancer	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Highway Robbery	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Lava Dart	Archetype rotating out.
Red	Magda, the Hoardmaster	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Mizzix's Mastery	Archetype rotating out.
Red	Monastery Swiftspear	Archetype rotating out.
Red	Runaway Steam-Kin	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Simian Spirit Guide	Archetype-based swap.
Red	Slickshot Show-Off	Archetype rotating out.
Red	Soul-Scar Mage	Archetype rotating out.
Red	Thundermaw Hellkite	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Arbor Elf	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Craterhoof Behemoth	Archetype rotating out.
Green	Elvish Spirit Guide	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Force of Vigor	Hating a little less strongly on artifacts in this version, due to it receiving a slight nerf to begin with.
Green	Garruk Relentless	Archetype rotating out.
Green	Garruk Wildspeaker	Archetype rotating out.
Green	Goldvein Hydra	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Gruff Triplets	Vaultborn Tyrant supersedes Gruff Triplets as the flexible Flash/Reanimation card, that's fairly castable and we feel like there doesn't have to be an unlimited amount of these.
Green	Legolas's Quick Reflexes	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Nissa, Ascended Animist	Archetype rotating out.
Green	Ornery Tumblewagg	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Railway Brawler	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Ranger Class	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Regrowth	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary	Archetype rotating out.
Green	Sandstorm Salvager	Archetype-based swap.
Green	Smuggler's Surprise	Smuggler's Surprise in fact surprised us, but we're also going a little less heavy on that kind of cheaty stuff, so we feel it's fair to swap it out. This was mainly here on trial, but after delivering a rather impressive performance, it could make a return at some point.
Green	Tough Cookie	Tough Cookie was on the weaker end generally speaking, but made for some nice, novel gameplay, draft and deckbuilding decisions, so we might bring it back at some point.
Green	Utopia Sprawl	Archetype-based swap.
Boros	Winota, Joiner of Forces	Archetype-based swap.
Dimir	Lazav, Wearer of Faces	Psychic Frog take-over!
Dimir	Lim-Dul's Vault	Archetype-based swap.
Golgari	Glissa Sunslayer	Archetype-based swap.
Golgari	The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride	Archetype-based swap.
Gruul	Halana and Alena, Partners	Archetype-based swap.
Izzet	Magma Opus	Archetype rotating out.
Orzhov	Ashen Rider	Archetype-based swap.
Selesnya	Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar	Archetype-based swap.
Simic	Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	Archetype-based swap.
Multicolor	Cruel Ultimatum	Archetype rotating out.
Multicolor	Leovold, Emissary of Trest	Archetype-based swap.
Multicolor	Mana Confluence	Making room for a smattering of nonbasic lands.
Colorless	Aetherflux Reservoir	Reservoir theoretically works as a Storm payoff, but often enough doesn't perform all that well. It does do work with Bolas's Citadel still, but as mentioned in the article, we're pulling a lot of the fringe Storm support this time around.
Colorless	Candelabra of Tawnos	With High Tide leaving, that leaves Candelabra with Tolarian Academy as it's only use-case, so we're letting it ride the bench for this run at least.
Colorless	Helm of Awakening	Helm of Awakening leaves together with Aetherflux Reservoir and Mystic Forge.
Colorless	Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	We tried Goryo's with the full Annihilator Eldrazi package, but it did not perform well, so we're walking it back. Good try.
Colorless	Mutagenic Growth	Archetype rotating out.
Colorless	Mystic Forge	Artifacts enjoyed heavy support this past iteration, so we're pulling some of that back to make room for other archetypes.
Colorless	Nettlecyst	Artifacts enjoyed heavy support this past iteration, so we're pulling some of that back to make room for other archetypes.
Colorless	Nexus of Becoming	Nexus of Becoming was a nice bridge between cheaty and artifact strategies, but definitely doesn't qualify as a Vintage Cube all-star, so expect this one to be here periodically.

Color	Card Name
White	Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
White	Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
White	Aven Interrupter
White	Balance
White	Benevolent Bodyguard
White	Blade Splicer
White	Cathar Commando
White	Containment Priest
White	Council's Judgment
White	Damn
White	Eagles of the North
White	Elite Spellbinder
White	Elspeth, Knight-Errant
White	Ephemerate
White	Esper Sentinel
White	Flickerwisp
White	Giver of Runes
White	Glimmer Lens
White	Guardian Scalelord
White	Hero of Bladehold
White	Intrepid Adversary
White	Karakas
White	Leyline Binding
White	Lion Sash
White	Loran of the Third Path
White	Luminarch Aspirant
White	Mana Tithe
White	Mother of Runes
White	Mox Pearl
White	Ocelot Pride
White	Oust
White	Palace Jailer
White	Parallax Wave
White	Path to Exile
White	Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
White	Portable Hole
White	Prismatic Ending
White	Reprieve
White	Samwise the Stouthearted
White	Selfless Spirit
White	Serra Paragon
White	Sevinne's Reclamation
White	Skyclave Apparition
White	Solitude
White	Staff of the Storyteller
White	Steel Seraph
White	Stoneforge Mystic
White	Sunfall
White	Swords to Plowshares
White	Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
White	The Wandering Emperor
White	Thraben Inspector
White	Timeless Dragon
White	Touch the Spirit Realm
White	Unexpectedly Absent
White	Usher of the Fallen
White	Virtue of Loyalty
White	White Orchid Phantom
White	Winds of Abandon
White	Wrath of God
Blue	Aether Spellbomb
Blue	Ancestral Recall
Blue	Brain Freeze
Blue	Brainstorm
Blue	Brazen Borrower
Blue	Chart a Course
Blue	Chrome Host Seedshark
Blue	Consider
Blue	Counterspell
Blue	Cryptic Coat
Blue	Cryptic Command
Blue	Daze
Blue	Dig Through Time
Blue	Displacer Kitten
Blue	Dress Down
Blue	Duelist of the Mind
Blue	Echo of Eons
Blue	Faerie Mastermind
Blue	Flash
Blue	Force of Negation
Blue	Force of Will
Blue	Forensic Gadgeteer
Blue	Frantic Search
Blue	Gitaxian Probe
Blue	Gush
Blue	Hullbreacher
Blue	Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Blue	Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Blue	Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Blue	Kappa Cannoneer
Blue	Kitesail Larcenist
Blue	Ledger Shredder
Blue	Lórien Revealed
Blue	Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
Blue	Mana Drain
Blue	Mana Leak
Blue	Memory Lapse
Blue	Miscalculation
Blue	Mox Sapphire
Blue	Mystic Confluence
Blue	Mystical Tutor
Blue	Narset, Parter of Veils
Blue	Otawara, Soaring City
Blue	Phantasmal Image
Blue	Ponder
Blue	Preordain
Blue	Remand
Blue	Serum Visions
Blue	Shelldock Isle
Blue	Show and Tell
Blue	Smirking Spelljacker
Blue	Snapcaster Mage
Blue	Spell Pierce
Blue	Spellseeker
Blue	Stern Scolding
Blue	Subtlety
Blue	Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
Blue	Thassa's Oracle
Blue	Thieving Skydiver
Blue	Thought Scour
Blue	Time Spiral
Blue	Time Walk
Blue	Time Warp
Blue	Timetwister
Blue	Tinker
Blue	Tishana's Tidebinder
Blue	Tolarian Academy
Blue	Treachery
Blue	Treasure Cruise
Blue	Trinket Mage
Blue	True-Name Nemesis
Blue	Upheaval
Blue	Urza, Lord High Artificer
Black	Animate Dead
Black	Archon of Cruelty
Black	Baleful Mastery
Black	Barrowgoyf
Black	Bazaar of Baghdad
Black	Bitter Triumph
Black	Bloodghast
Black	Bolas's Citadel
Black	Bone Shards
Black	Cabal Ritual
Black	Caustic Bronco
Black	Collective Brutality
Black	Concealing Curtains
Black	Corpse Dance
Black	Crabomination
Black	Cut Down
Black	Dark Confidant
Black	Dark Petition
Black	Dark Ritual
Black	Dauthi Voidwalker
Black	Deep-Cavern Bat
Black	Demonic Tutor
Black	Doomsday
Black	Duress
Black	Emperor of Bones
Black	Entomb
Black	Evolved Sleeper
Black	Exhume
Black	Fatal Push
Black	Grave Titan
Black	Grief
Black	Griselbrand
Black	Harvester of Misery
Black	Hymn to Tourach
Black	Imperial Seal
Black	Infernal Grasp
Black	Inquisition of Kozilek
Black	Life/Death
Black	Liliana of the Veil
Black	Mind Twist
Black	Mox Jet
Black	Necromancy
Black	Nethergoyf
Black	Night's Whisper
Black	Orcish Bowmasters
Black	Preacher of the Schism
Black	Rain of Filth
Black	Reanimate
Black	Recurring Nightmare
Black	Shadowgrange Archfiend
Black	Shallow Grave
Black	Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Black	Sheoldred's Edict
Black	Snuff Out
Black	Souls of the Lost
Black	Stitcher's Supplier
Black	Tendrils of Agony
Black	Thoughtseize
Black	Toxic Deluge
Black	Troll of Khazad-dûm
Black	Unearth
Black	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Black	Vampiric Tutor
Black	Virtue of Persistence
Black	Wishclaw Talisman
Black	Yawgmoth's Will
Red	Abrade
Red	Anger
Red	Anje's Ravager
Red	Arc Trail
Red	Arena of Glory
Red	Bitter Reunion
Red	Blazing Rootwalla
Red	Bonecrusher Giant
Red	Bonehoard Dracosaur
Red	Broadside Bombardiers
Red	Burst Lightning
Red	Chain Lightning
Red	Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Red	Death-Greeter's Champion
Red	Delayed Blast Fireball
Red	Detective's Phoenix
Red	Dragon's Rage Channeler
Red	Elemental Eruption
Red	Embereth Shieldbreaker
Red	Etali, Primal Conqueror
Red	Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
Red	Faithless Looting
Red	Fiery Confluence
Red	Fireblast
Red	Firebolt
Red	Flame Slash
Red	Flare of Duplication
Red	Fury
Red	Generous Plunderer
Red	Ghostfire Slice
Red	Goblin Rabblemaster
Red	Goldspan Dragon
Red	Gut, True Soul Zealot
Red	Harsh Mentor
Red	Headliner Scarlett
Red	Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
Red	Kumano Faces Kakkazan
Red	Laelia, the Blade Reforged
Red	Legion Extruder
Red	Lightning Bolt
Red	Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Red	Mine Collapse
Red	Mox Ruby
Red	Obsidian Charmaw
Red	Oliphaunt
Red	Pyrogoyf
Red	Pyrokinesis
Red	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Red	Rampaging Raptor
Red	Reckless Pyrosurfer
Red	Rite of Flame
Red	Robber of the Rich
Red	Scrapwork Mutt
Red	Seasoned Pyromancer
Red	Seething Song
Red	Sneak Attack
Red	Squee, Goblin Nabob
Red	Through the Breach
Red	Tribal Flames
Red	Trumpeting Carnosaur
Red	Underworld Breach
Red	Unholy Heat
Red	Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Red	Voldaren Epicure
Red	Wheel of Fortune
Green	Arboreal Grazer
Green	Augur of Autumn
Green	Avacyn's Pilgrim
Green	Basking Rootwalla
Green	Birds of Paradise
Green	Boseiju, Who Endures
Green	Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
Green	Channel
Green	Courser of Kruphix
Green	Crop Rotation
Green	Delighted Halfling
Green	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
Green	Elvish Mystic
Green	Elvish Reclaimer
Green	Endurance
Green	Esika's Chariot
Green	Eternal Witness
Green	Eureka
Green	Exploration
Green	Fanatic of Rhonas
Green	Fastbond
Green	Gaea's Cradle
Green	Generous Ent
Green	Green Sun's Zenith
Green	Haywire Mite
Green	Hexdrinker
Green	Ignoble Hierarch
Green	Life from the Loam
Green	Llanowar Elves
Green	Lotus Cobra
Green	Malevolent Rumble
Green	Mox Emerald
Green	Natural Order
Green	Nishoba Brawler
Green	Nissa, Who Shakes the World
Green	Noble Hierarch
Green	Oath of Druids
Green	Once Upon a Time
Green	Outland Liberator
Green	Paradise Druid
Green	Pest Infestation
Green	Pick Your Poison
Green	Primeval Titan
Green	Prismatic Omen
Green	Questing Beast
Green	Ramunap Excavator
Green	Reclamation Sage
Green	Sakura-Tribe Elder
Green	Satyr Wayfinder
Green	Scapeshift
Green	Scavenging Ooze
Green	Sentinel of the Nameless City
Green	Shifting Woodland
Green	Six
Green	Sowing Mycospawn
Green	Springheart Nantuko
Green	Survival of the Fittest
Green	Sylvan Caryatid
Green	Sylvan Library
Green	Sylvan Safekeeper
Green	Tarmogoyf
Green	Tireless Tracker
Green	Titania, Protector of Argoth
Green	Ulvenwald Oddity
Green	Vaultborn Tyrant
Green	Vengevine
Green	Woodfall Primus
Green	Worldspine Wurm
Green	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Boros	Arid Mesa
Selesnya	Arwen, Mortal Queen
Multicolor	Atraxa, Grand Unifier
Rakdos	Badlands
Dimir	Baleful Strix
Golgari	Bayou
Rakdos	Blackcleave Cliffs
Rakdos	Blood Crypt
Gruul	Bloodbraid Challenger
Rakdos	Bloodstained Mire
Rakdos	Bloodtithe Harvester
Golgari	Blooming Marsh
Simic	Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
Simic	Botanical Sanctum
Simic	Breeding Pool
Multicolor	Bring to Light
Rakdos	Carnage Interpreter
Azorius	Celestial Colonnade
Gruul	Commercial District
Orzhov	Concealed Courtyard
Gruul	Copperline Gorge
Dimir	Creeping Tar Pit
Izzet	Dack Fayden
Dimir	Darkslick Shores
Golgari	Deathrite Shaman
Boros	Elegant Parlor
Gruul	Escape to the Wilds
Izzet	Expressive Iteration
Multicolor	Fabled Passage
Dimir	Fallen Shinobi
Izzet	Fiery Islet
Boros	Figure of Destiny
Rakdos	Fire Covenant
Azorius	Flooded Strand
Boros	Forth Eorlingas!
Azorius	Fractured Identity
Orzhov	Godless Shrine
Multicolor	Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
Golgari	Grist, the Hunger Tide
Gruul	Gruul Turf
Azorius	Hallowed Fountain
Simic	Hedge Maze
Golgari	Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Selesnya	Horizon Canopy
Multicolor	Huatli, Poet of Unity
Multicolor	Indatha Triome
Boros	Inspiring Vantage
Multicolor	Jetmir's Garden
Dimir	Kaito Shizuki
Multicolor	Ketria Triome
Selesnya	Knight of the Reliquary
Rakdos	Kolaghan's Command
Rakdos	Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Orzhov	Lingering Souls
Orzhov	Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Selesnya	Lush Portico
Gruul	Manamorphose
Orzhov	Marsh Flats
Dimir	Master of Death
Azorius	Meticulous Archive
Gruul	Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
Simic	Misty Rainforest
Simic	Nadu, Winged Wisdom
Azorius	No More Lies
Golgari	Nurturing Peatland
Simic	Oko, Thief of Crowns
Multicolor	Omnath, Locus of Creation
Gruul	Orcish Lumberjack
Boros	Otharri, Suns' Glory
Golgari	Overgrown Tomb
Boros	Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
Golgari	Pillage the Bog
Simic	Planar Genesis
Boros	Plateau
Dimir	Polluted Delta
Multicolor	Prismatic Vista
Dimir	Psychic Frog
Selesnya	Qasali Pridemage
Multicolor	Raffine's Tower
Gruul	Raging Ravine
Rakdos	Raucous Theater
Multicolor	Raugrin Triome
Selesnya	Razorverge Thicket
Multicolor	Relic of Sauron
Rakdos	Restless Vents
Boros	Sacred Foundry
Izzet	Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
Simic	Sail into the West
Multicolor	Savai Triome
Selesnya	Savannah
Izzet	Scalding Tarn
Orzhov	Scrubland
Azorius	Seachrome Coast
Selesnya	Selesnya Sanctuary
Orzhov	Shadowy Backstreet
Azorius	Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Boros	Showdown of the Skalds
Orzhov	Silent Clearing
Selesnya	Simic Growth Chamber
Multicolor	Spara's Headquarters
Izzet	Spirebluff Canal
Izzet	Steam Vents
Gruul	Stomping Ground
Boros	Sunbaked Canyon
Gruul	Taiga
Boros	Talisman of Conviction
Izzet	Talisman of Creativity
Simic	Talisman of Curiosity
Dimir	Talisman of Dominance
Rakdos	Talisman of Indulgence
Azorius	Talisman of Progress
Simic	Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
Golgari	Tear Asunder
Azorius	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Azorius	Teferi, Time Raveler
Selesnya	Temple Garden
Gruul	Territorial Kavu
Izzet	Third Path Iconoclast
Multicolor	Thopter Foundry
Izzet	Thundering Falls
Orzhov	Tidehollow Sculler
Selesnya	Torsten, Founder of Benalia
Simic	Tropical Island
Azorius	Tundra
Dimir	Undercity Sewers
Golgari	Underground Mortuary
Dimir	Underground Sea
Simic	Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
Rakdos	Valki, God of Lies
Golgari	Verdant Catacombs
Orzhov	Vindicate
Izzet	Volcanic Island
Simic	Waterlogged Grove
Dimir	Watery Grave
Golgari	Wight of the Reliquary
Selesnya	Windswept Heath
Golgari	Witherbloom Command
Gruul	Wooded Foothills
Gruul	Wrenn and Six
Multicolor	Xander's Lounge
Multicolor	Zagoth Triome
Multicolor	Ziatora's Proving Ground
Boros	Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Colorless	Agatha's Soul Cauldron
Colorless	Ancient Tomb
Colorless	Basalt Monolith
Colorless	Batterskull
Colorless	Black Lotus
Colorless	Blightsteel Colossus
Colorless	Chromatic Star
Colorless	Chrome Mox
Colorless	City of Traitors
Colorless	Coalition Relic
Colorless	Coveted Jewel
Colorless	Crucible of Worlds
Colorless	Currency Converter
Colorless	Dark Depths
Colorless	Dismember
Colorless	Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Colorless	Everflowing Chalice
Colorless	Expedition Map
Colorless	Field of the Dead
Colorless	Grim Monolith
Colorless	Kaldra Compleat
Colorless	Karn, Scion of Urza
Colorless	Library of Alexandria
Colorless	Lightning Greaves
Colorless	Lion's Eye Diamond
Colorless	Lotus Petal
Colorless	Mana Crypt
Colorless	Mana Vault
Colorless	Manifold Key
Colorless	Memory Jar
Colorless	Mind Stone
Colorless	Mishra's Bauble
Colorless	Mishra's Research Desk
Colorless	Mishra's Workshop
Colorless	Mox Diamond
Colorless	Mox Opal
Colorless	Myr Battlesphere
Colorless	Palantír of Orthanc
Colorless	Pentad Prism
Colorless	Phyrexian Metamorph
Colorless	Phyrexian Revoker
Colorless	Porcelain Legionnaire
Colorless	Portal to Phyrexia
Colorless	Relic of Progenitus
Colorless	Retrofitter Foundry
Colorless	Sensei's Divining Top
Colorless	Shadowspear
Colorless	Skullclamp
Colorless	Smuggler's Copter
Colorless	Sol Ring
Colorless	Soul-Guide Lantern
Colorless	Strip Mine
Colorless	Sword of the Meek
Colorless	The Mightstone and Weakstone
Colorless	The One Ring
Colorless	Thespian's Stage
Colorless	Triplicate Titan
Colorless	Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Colorless	Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Colorless	Umezawa's Jitte
Colorless	Urza's Saga
Colorless	Walking Ballista
Colorless	Wasteland
Colorless	Zuran Orb