Bar Cube is a TCG cube for Magic the Gathering built on top of few basic principles:
- It fits into a pocket (although I’d argue 180 cards + 100 lands is not very pocket friendly)
- No tokens, no dice, no sleeves: “all you need are the cards”
- Chill vibes, bringing Magic to places where Magic isn’t usually played in
“Bar Cube is a tool to play more often”
Shuffle it up for a quick draft with 2-4 friends at the bar, the picnic table, the Convention table, the Kitchen table.
- A Cube to Fit in Your Pocket: Concerning Bar Cube Design - YouTube
- Bar Cube - The Magic Community’s New Cube Vibe - YouTube
A cube list: Bar Cube - Overview - Cube Cobra
Using unsleeved cards, it easily fits into the main space in the Tolarian Academic 133XL+ deck box, leaving the token side completely free for other stuff.
How about lands?
I carry the basics along with the cube, about 20 of each. They’re very useful for keeping track of life totals — 8 face-down cards can represent 20 life — as I don’t permit phones/paper to keep track when playing Bar Cube.
Cube list
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1 Faerie Guidemother|ELD
1 Aven Squire|CON
1 Master Decoy|TMP
1 Professor of Symbology|STX
1 Shrouded Shepherd|WOE
1 Silverflame Squire|ELD
1 Ardenvale Tactician|ELD
1 Eidolon of Countless Battles|BNG
1 Stockpiling Celebrant|WOE
1 Welcoming Vampire|VOW
1 Blessed Hippogriff|CLB
1 Heliod's Emissary|THS
1 Search Party Captain|MID
1 Faithbearer Paladin|EMN
1 Sunblade Samurai|NEO
1 Crystal Dragon|CLB
1 Soaring Sandwing|LCI
1 Study Break|STX
1 Moment of Valor|WOE
1 Runic Shot|DMU
1 Divine Gambit|KHM
1 Settle Beyond Reality|MH1
1 Grasp of the Hieromancer|ORI
1 Prison Sentence|BRO
1 Network Disruptor|NEO
1 Aquatic Alchemist|WOE
1 Elusive Spellfist|DTK
1 Moon-Circuit Hacker|NEO
1 Stormchaser Drake|VOW
1 Frolicking Familiar|WOE
1 Frost Trickster|STX
1 Icewrought Sentry|WOE
1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest|FRF
1 Shortcut Seeker|AFR
1 Threadbind Clique|WOE
1 Biblioplex Kraken|J22
1 Chillbringer|RNA
1 Tidal Terror|MOM
1 Mirrorshell Crab|NEO
1 Sword Coast Serpent|CLB
1 Arcane Subtraction|STX
1 Pop Quiz|STX
1 Out of Air|LCI
1 This Town Ain't Big Enough|OTJ
1 Ghostform|AVR
1 Press for Answers|SOI
1 One With the Wind|XLN
1 Stop Cold|OTJ
1 Foulmire Knight|ELD
1 Baleful Eidolon|THS
1 Leech Gauntlet|NEO
1 Nullpriest of Oblivion|ZNR
1 Rakdos Trumpeter|RNA
1 Agent of the Fates|THS
1 Myrkul's Invoker|CLB
1 Servant of Nefarox|M13
1 Skymarch Bloodletter|XLN
1 Fell Horseman|WOE
1 Mukotai Ambusher|NEO
1 Revel Ruiner|SNC
1 Spellscorn Coven|WOE
1 Blade Juggler|RNA
1 Gulping Scraptrap|ONE
1 Rampaging Spiketail|LCI
1 Topaz Dragon|CLB
1 Skulduggery|XLN
1 You Are Already Dead|NEO
1 Bladebrand|RNA
1 Necrotic Fumes|STX
1 Eviscerate|DOM
1 No One Left Behind|BRO
1 Mark of the Vampire|M13
1 Rohirrim Lancer|LTR
1 Battle-Scarred Goblin|LTR
1 Ghitu Amplifier|DMU
1 Lizard Blades|NEO
1 Riveteers Requisitioner|SNC
1 Bronzeplate Boar|NEO
1 Hotfoot Gnome|LCI
1 Keldon Overseer|DOM
1 Minecart Daredevil|WOE
1 Chaos Terminator Lord|40K
1 Dinotomaton|LCI
1 Retriever Phoenix|STX
1 Bellowing Bruiser|WOE
1 Two-Headed Hunter|WOE
1 Furnace Host Charger|MOM
1 Ironhoof Boar|NEO
1 Brute Force|PLC
1 Hurloon Battle Hymn|DMU
1 Grab the Reins|MRD
1 Mugging|GTC
1 Igneous Inspiration|STX
1 Start from Scratch|STX
1 Messenger's Speed|THS
1 Madcap Skills|GTC
1 Elvish Mystic|M14
1 Bamboo Grove Archer|NEO
1 Druid of the Cowl|AER
1 Leafcrown Dryad|THS
1 Malamet Brawler|LCI
1 Vineshaper Prodigy|DMU
1 Atzocan Archer|XLN
1 Boon Satyr|THS
1 Drover Grizzly|OTJ
1 Wolfir Avenger|AVR
1 Fierce Witchstalker|PLST
1 Primeval Herald|J22
1 Wildheart Invoker|ROE
1 Arborback Stomper|KLD
1 Beanstalk Wurm|WOE
1 Affectionate Indrik|GRN
1 Timberland Ancient|MOM
1 Bombadil's Song|LTR
1 Bushwhack|BRO
1 Larger Than Life|KLD
1 Rabid Bite|SOI
1 Basic Conjuration|STX
1 Audacity|BRO
1 Cartouche of Strength|AKH
1 Turn to Mist|SHM
1 Senate Griffin|RNA
1 Farm // Market|HOU
1 Torpor Dust|SHM
1 Whisper Agent|GRN
1 Far // Away|DGM
1 Rakdos Shred-Freak|RTR
1 Sootwalkers|SHM
1 Toil // Trouble|DGM
1 Tattermunge Witch|SHM
1 Road // Ruin|MH2
1 Loamdragger Giant|SHM
1 Nature's Chant|MH1
1 Vernadi Shieldmate|GRN
1 Prepare // Fight|AKH
1 Gift of Orzhova|GTC
1 Vizkopa Vampire|RNA
1 Consecrate // Consume|RNA
1 Noggle Bandit|EVE
1 Sonic Assault|GRN
1 Turn // Burn|GK1
1 Pitiless Gorgon|GRN
1 Golgari Longlegs|RTR
1 Down // Dirty|DGM
1 Fresh-Faced Recruit|GRN
1 Hobgoblin Dragoon|EVE
1 Integrity // Intervention|GRN
1 Merfolk of the Depths|GTC
1 Colossal Skyturtle|NEO
1 Spring // Mind|AKH
1 Gingerbrute|ELD
1 Gold-Forged Sentinel|JOU
1 Prophet of the Peak|ELD
1 Scour from Existence|BFZ
1 Environmental Sciences|STX
1 Environmental Sciences|STX
1 Introduction to Prophecy|STX
1 Introduction to Annihilation|STX
1 Ominous Parcel|SNC
1 Quick-Draw Dagger|SNC
1 Idyllic Beachfront|DMU
1 Contaminated Aquifer|DMU
1 Geothermal Bog|DMU
1 Wooded Ridgeline|DMU
1 Radiant Grove|DMU
1 Sunlit Marsh|DMU
1 Molten Tributary|DMU
1 Haunted Mire|DMU
1 Sacred Peaks|DMU
1 Tangled Islet|DMU
1 Seaside Citadel|CM2
1 Arcane Sanctum|CM2
1 Crumbling Necropolis|E02
1 Savage Lands|C13
1 Jungle Shrine|C13
1 Nomad Outpost|DDN
1 Frontier Bivouac|C17
1 Sandsteppe Citadel|KTK
1 Mystic Monastery|C17
1 Opulent Palace|CM2