Protecting your draft cube: storage for homemade formats
A cube is a format that belongs to you alone. Hundreds of cards picked one by one, archetypes tuned to perfection, draft nights that exist nowhere else. Which is exactly why it stings when the stack of mismatched storage boxes collapses in your bag. Here is how to give your homemade format the storage it deserves.
The cube, king of homemade formats
Popularized by Magic: The Gathering players before inspiring other communities, cube draft means building your own curated pool of cards to draft with friends, no boosters, no rotation. A cube is a living thing: you cut a card, test another, rebalance an archetype after every game night.
It is also an investment. A cube takes months to build, sometimes years, and many owners protect every card with double sleeves. Storage that measures up is what separates a cube that lasts for years from a cube that takes damage on every trip.
How many boxes for a cube?
Our deckboxes hold up to 125 double sleeved standard cards, in an internal volume of 76 × 68 × 98 mm, with broad sleeve compatibility: Ultra Pro, Dragon Shield, KMC, Gamegenic and most sleeves on the market.
The math is quick:
- a 360 card cube, the classic size for an eight player draft, fits in 3 boxes;
- a 450 card cube fits in 4 boxes;
- a large 540 card cube fits in 5 boxes.
Add a dedicated box for basic lands or tokens if your cube provides them, and the whole set stays compact, stackable and easy to spread across the table when the draft begins.
A matching set, not a mismatched pile
This is where the Forge, our online configurator, changes the game. Design the perfect box for your cube, theme, colors from the 11 available options including the glittering Starlight finishes, raised details, then duplicate the configuration in one click to order the full set. Your cube arrives in twin boxes, designed as a whole.
Two tricks from cube owners:
- Vary a single color between boxes, same theme but a different accent, so you can tell at a glance which box holds what.
- The optional lid engraving lets you label each box: the cube's name, a series number, or a mark for the lands.
And if you go for the Inksmith finish, entirely hand painted, mention in the order comment that the boxes belong to one set: we can match the paint batch for a consistent look from box to box. It is the kind of detail that turns storage into a collector's piece.
Handmade, built to last
Every box is made to order in our French workshop: 3D printed in premium PLA at 0.12 mm layers, then finished with acrylic paint and non toxic varnish applied by hand. No two boxes are strictly identical, and that is the point: the hand finish signs each piece, just as your cube carries your signature as a curator.
For vivid colors and sharp contrasts, the Ironsmith finish in full color 3D printing delivers artwork no brush could achieve. Every piece is photographed before shipping, production usually takes under 10 business days, and delivery is tracked worldwide. More than 1,500 boxes sold and a 4.9/5 rating across 319 verified Etsy reviews: deck owners already trust us with their cards, cube owners are right at home too.
Off to draft night
A cube travels more than any deck: one friend's place, then another's, then the game store for a special evening. Our deckboxes close with a snug interlocking fit, with no magnet on the closure: nothing pops open by accident in the bag, and your carefully sorted stacks stay sorted. Once you arrive, the boxes spread across the table and the draft can begin.
Your friends leave impressed? Your set's configuration is saved in the Forge: ordering a matching box for whoever hosts the next draft night takes a minute.
Forge a home for your cube
Your cube is one of a kind, its home should be too. Head over to the Forge to design your matching set of deckboxes, with a live preview and prices starting at 27 € per box.
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