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This is for a Cube. One half of the cube consists of existing cards (which can be found here: cubecobra.com/cube/list/bubl), the other half are cards I came up with.

There are a lot of new mechanics. Steal, which is primarily in red, but also in blue and black, takes cards from opponents libraries and turns them into Loot Artifacts. By themselves they do nothing, but you can sacrifice them for other cards for effects.

There's also Size Advantage, only in green, that makes it so creatures can only blocked by a certain amount of power, usually lower than their toughness, which ensures their survival.

There is a new enchantment type called Gravebound which sends enchantments directly into the graveyard, and as long as they remain there they have an effect. They are found primarily in black and white, with a few cards in green.

Fortifications also play a big role in this set. They mostly function the same: When you fortify a land, the mana the land produces has an additional effect. Then you can unattach the Fortifications to have a bigger effect. Because of their artifact nature, they remain on the battlefield.

Vehicles also play a big role. I wanted them to have a bigger effect on the creatures that crew them.

There's also a new colorless creature type called Shimmerlings. They are supposed to be Eldrazi Light, otherwordly and influencing the world around them, but without the world ending bit.

Finally there's two melding creatures in there that you are supposed to meld from four different cards you can mix and match as you like.

I have no idea if the cube is balanced. It's supposed to be self contained, but I would like to know if something could be too powerful, so I'm grateful for feedback.