You could also buy those booster packs in booster boxes at the time
Cube Staples I dont love the MTG Salvation Cube forumstheyre prone to herding, and they dont always have a great sense of funbut its still the best place to get a good sense of what the greater Cube community is excited about
Getting to cast cards like Thought-Knot Seer, Glaring Fleshraker, and Kozilek's Command one turn earlier is so advantageous in formats like Modern
Rather than cards that do nothing due to being expensive and then requiring further conditions to be met to enact their effect thus ultimately doing nothing, the cube do nothings are low resource cost cards that have incredibly minor, often negligible effects
Every Deck Carry When in doubt, take this deck out
Emet-Selch, Unsundered* An early game looter and body with vigilance, gives way to a mid-late game card advantage engine and finisher threat, making it one of the best in the set