Patrick Chapin had started "Chapin draft" as a set of curated cards with set design principles in the late 1990s, which was where the roots of cube began but as a named concept, Cube itself emerged in 2000 in Toronto, Canada, within the playgroup of Gabriel Tsang, Mark Zadjner, Gary Wise, Elijah Pollock, and others in Ontario, with Tsang having named the format (per David Rood) as cubes were carried in 1k longboxes
As with other cards that have restrictions, youll really want to trigger this ability on your opponents turns as well, making instant-speed sources of lifegain a premium
An anniversary card signed by who, you ask
Let's unpack a few of these terms before moving on
Nestled somewhere in there was a set that, as Ive said many times on this very website, didnt get as much love as it deserved
My tendency is to play Mulldrifter in something that blinks (why hello, Eldrazi Displacer), so Im less likely to evoke it