Version 0.7.5 - Release Notes

Version 0.7.5 adds a new online draft format: Winston Draft.

Winston is a compact two-player draft format built around hidden information, small decisions, and shared piles. Instead of opening packs and passing them around the table, players inspect one pile at a time. You can take the current pile, or leave it behind and add another card from the pool before moving to the next pile.

It creates a very different draft texture from normal pack drafting. Every pass makes a pile more tempting, every take resets part of the table, and both players are trying to read value from very little public information.

🃏 Winston Draft is now available

You can now choose Winston Draft from online draft setup.

CubeForge's Winston Draft uses:

• Exactly two seats
• Three shared piles
• A shared card pool
• Face-down piles on the table
• A fixed turn order between the two players

Seats are fixed at two, and you can choose the size of the draft pool. The default and minimum pool size is 90 cards.

🤖 Start against a bot, or invite another player

Winston drafts can start privately with you against one bot.

That makes the format easy to try without waiting for another player. If you do want to draft with someone else, you can use the invite link to bring them into the lobby and replace the bot with a real player.

🎴 A dedicated table view

Winston drafts use a dedicated table view with the shared pool, three face-down piles, and a compact turn indicator.

Cards stay face down on the table. When you inspect a pile, its contents open in a focused overlay with a blurred backdrop, using the same compact Magic card rendering as the regular draft pack view.

The inspect view also supports zoom controls, so you can make the pile contents larger or smaller depending on screen size.

📊 Table progress and clearer turns

The draft pool sidebar tracks the number of cards left on the Winston table, not just cards remaining in the hidden pool.

That means the progress bar accounts for cards still in the shared pool and cards sitting in all three piles.

This gives a clearer sense of how much of the draft is actually left, especially near the end when the pool is empty but piles still contain cards.

The table also makes turn ownership more visible. When it is not your turn, the board shifts into an inactive state so it is easier to tell that the other player or bot is acting.

The goal is simple: when it is your turn, you should know which pile to inspect; when it is not your turn, the board should clearly feel like it belongs to the opponent.

Winston Draft should be a good fit when you want something more intimate than a full table draft, or when you want to quickly test a cube against a single opponent.

As always, if you notice anything off, please create a bug report here: Report a bug. You can also ask me directly in the CubeForge Discord.