CubeOpen Potsdam 2026

The event is currently fully booked. You can still register, and you will be placed on the waiting list. As soon as a spot becomes available (e.g., because people cancel or do not pay even after being asked), we will contact you.

It’s time for the next CubeOpen – in Potsdam on January 31-February 1!

CubeOpen is an event dedicated to celebrating Magic’s greatest format and showcasing a wide variety of cubes.

You don’t need to bring any cards to participate – everything you need will be provided.

CubeOpen is an inclusive environment. We do not tolerate any form of racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia. If you hear, see, or experience anything at our event or leading up to it that makes you or someone else feel unsafe, please reach out to us as soon as possible.

If you cannot wait anymore or didn’t get a seat you could always come to the weekly cube night each Wednesday at 18:30 “Bar Gelb” Charlottenstraße 29, Potsdam Innenstadt 🙂

When and Where?

CubeOpen Potsdam II will be held the weekend of January 31 – February 1, 2026 at Freiland Haus 1: Friedrich-Engels-Straße 22, 14473 Potsdam (google maps).

Doors open at 9:15 and drafting starts 10:00. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to get settled in and not miss any cubing.

Register for the CubeOpen now

Schedule

Friday, January 30, 2026
16:00 Setup
18:00 Free cube drafting

Saturday, January 31, 2026
9:00 Registration
9:30 Registration closes

10:00 1st tournament draft: 8 parallel cubes

14:15 Lunch break

15:30 2nd tournament draft: 8 parallel cubes
20:00 End of Main Event Day 1
20:30 Stone Soup & Free cube drafting

Sunday, February 1, 2026

9:30 Check-in
10:00 3rd tournament draft: 8 parallel cubes

14:15 Lunch break

15:30 Top 8 cube draft + parallel free cube drafting
20:00 End of Main Event Day 2

Eat and drink

Cold drinks, hot tea and coffee will be available for purchase at the venue for a small price.

We’ll organize some food and snacks, but please have a plan B / bring some of your own food, as we cannot guarantee providing enough food for all people 🙂

The Cubes

Recent Cube

Approachable fair cube featuring recent cards, a relatively high power level, and synergy.

Shivan Cube

An Old Bordered Vintage Cube. Power 9, Chaos Orb, Old Man of the Sea, Shivan Dragon and a whole lot of stuff in between..

The Mighty Cube

Fully powered Vintage cube. Get ahead with fast mana, take the Initiative, or straight up combo kill your opponents. No holding back with this cube.

Shadow Daycare & Adoption Center

Rules change: everyone gets 3 Death’s Shadow after the draft. The cube is focused on black and paying life to enable the shadows.

The Recycling Cube

A high power level graveyard recursion cube, featuring some combos, draft matters and previously digital only cards!

Casual Champions Cube

The freedom and ingenuity of kitchen table magic, converted into cube!

Less is More

A very approachable cube featuring elegant, simple cards.

Call of the Nerd

A Cube that showcases the depth of gameplay possible with cards from the premodern era (before 2003).

Fabled Realms

Once upon a time in a tavern… – A Fairy Tale Cube

Fleo’s Legacy Cube

A classic Legacy Cube

Grixis Vintage

A non-powermaxed Grixis Vintage Cube showcasing some of the most powerful cards in those colors.

Puristic Pauper

A beginner/iconic oriented Cube. Only cards with at least one common print, many from Core Sets (simple/puristic) and Masters Sets (iconic/nostalgic). The aim is to represent every color of magic in its basic form and values.

Cube of Legends

A rules-change 1v1 Cube filled with themes about historic spells and permanents.

Lorwyn Homage – Unity Through Diversity

A cube featuring many interesting decisions until late into the draft between: power level, hard typal commits and flexibility.

The PiPe Cube

A museum of Pioneer legal draft formats packaged into a Peasant Cube.

Orni Cube

Featuring 100 copies of Ornithopter and no other creatures, based on the idea of Andy Mangold.

The Top 8 Cube

Dragonstorm Cube

Originally started as a challenge to create a format in which one of our favorite cards, Dragonstorm, is viable. Since then it has settled into a modern power level, but the namesake card continues to be supported.

Prizes

1st place: Strip Mine (Secret Lair, Borderless, Galaxy Foil, SLD 472)
2nd place: Boseiju Who Endures (Borderless, NEO 412)
3rd place: Steam Vents (Lorwyn Eclipsed, Double Sided Foil, ECL 348)
4th place: Misty Rain Forest (Borderless, SPG 111)
5-8th place: Windswept Heath (Borderless, MH3 360
1-8th place: Lorwyn Eclipsed Booster + Set of Basics
Each pod winner: Cube Open Draft Winner Badge + Lorwyn Eclipsed booster.

(The prizes are not guaranteed to be exactly as shown here, mistakes are possible.)