If playing with a Cube seems interesting, but the scope of creating one is intimidating, consider grabbing a list online! As with more traditional formats, you can netdeck a budget build, like the very popular Pauper Cube: 450 commons, at about $0.50 USD per card! #mtgcube
The Pauper Cube is a 450 card Cube originally designed by Adam Styborski, but now maintained by a players' committee[1]. It is singleton and adherers to (common-only) Pauper format legality.