Aetherdrift Cube Set Review

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Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about Aetherdrift and peripheral sets. They review the results of the Cube community survey where Cube designers submit the cards they’re giving a shot in their cubes and how highly they rate them. They also give their own overall impressions of the set in this single-episode review. Finally, they close with Parker’s rundown of his experience at Cube For a Cause in New York.

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
4:52 - Episode Overview
7:47 - Mechanic: Start Your Engines and Speed
12:24 - Mechanic: Exhaust
15:07 - How do we approach vehicles in our cubes?
20:08 - On the coexistence of vehicles and mounts
22:21 - Why cycling is a cowardly ability (according to Parker)
33:46 - Overview of Lucky Paper Cube Survey
35:46 - 5. Diversion Unit
40:16 - 4. Scrounging Skyray
42:18 - 3. Greasewrench Goblin
44:07 - 2. Marauding Mako
46:26 - 1. Grim Bauble
57:40 - Honorable Mention: Brightglass Gearhulk
1:00:39 - Honorable Mention: Cryptcaller Chariot
1:03:04 - Honorable Mention: Sundial, Dawn Tyrant
1:06:20 - Honorable Mention: Agonasaur Rex
1:11:19 - Honorable Mention: Shefet Archfiend
1:14:54 - Honorable Mention: The Aetherspark
1:21:18 - Parker’s Cube for a Cause Tournament Report

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Aetherdrift Cube Set Review

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published about a year ago

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View all cards mentioned in this episode

Discussed in this episode:

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:

Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
4:52 - Episode Overview
7:47 - Mechanic: Start Your Engines and Speed
12:24 - Mechanic: Exhaust
15:07 - How do we approach vehicles in our cubes?
20:08 - On the coexistence of vehicles and mounts
22:21 - Why cycling is a cowardly ability (according to Parker)
33:46 - Overview of Lucky Paper Cube Survey
35:46 - 5. Diversion Unit
40:16 - 4. Scrounging Skyray
42:18 - 3. Greasewrench Goblin
44:07 - 2. Marauding Mako
46:26 - 1. Grim Bauble
57:40 - Honorable Mention: Brightglass Gearhulk
1:00:39 - Honorable Mention: Cryptcaller Chariot
1:03:04 - Honorable Mention: Sundial, Dawn Tyrant
1:06:20 - Honorable Mention: Agonasaur Rex
1:11:19 - Honorable Mention: Shefet Archfiend
1:14:54 - Honorable Mention: The Aetherspark
1:21:18 - Parker’s Cube for a Cause Tournament Report

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#Lifestyle #Games and Gambling #Andy Mangold And Anthony Mattox #Andy Mangold #Anthony Mattox

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14 weeks ago1:21:12

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View all cards mentioned in this episode On the third installment of The Barash Files , Zach shares stories from his drafts of some of Andy and Anthony’s cubes over the last few years. He shares insights into how he approaches them as a player, and how effectively they deliver on their stated goals. Discussed in this episode: Drafting the Bun Magic Cube with Zach Barash Zach’s Roto Deck Anthony’s Roto Deck Zach’s First Article for Hipsters of the Coast “Level Up Moments” The Turbo Cube Reading Rainbow 100 Ornithopters Episode 229: Fixing is Cringe with Jenn the Judge The Modern Darlings Cube Old Border Foil Cube Dan Schneider’s Old Border Battlebox Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Introduction to Topic 3:50 - Anthony’s Level Up Moment from Zach’s advice on Anthony’s gameplay in a single match 18 months ago 16:06 - Level up moments as a Cube designer 18:13 - Zach’s Reflections on Playing The Regular Cube 24:45 - Reflections on Playing The Bun Magic Cube 32:42 - Zach’s Reflections on Playing The Turbo Cube 44:00 - Zach’s Reflections on Playing 100 Ornithopters 1:09:00 - Zach’s Reflections on The Neoclassical Cube Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211…

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Using the Foundations Starter Collection as the Base for Your Own Cube — with Carmen Klomparens 1:19:00

15 weeks ago1:19:00

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk with Carmen Klomparens , lead designer of the Foundations Starter Collection, about the set and how it’s a great option for new Cube players looking for a starting point. They talk about what’s in the set, how and how it was designed, and then each offer ideas and specific cards they’d add and cut to use it as a cube. Discussed in this episode: Nile on Twitch The full list of cards in the Foundations Starter Collection Foundations Starter Collection on the mothership The Uncanny Valley The Regular Cube Sacred Geometry Carmen Klomparens on Bluesky Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:33 - Did Magic R&D consider that the Foundations Starter Collection might make a great skeleton for a Cube? 6:29 - Limited and Cube as a proxy for kitchen table Magic 8:44 - What are the high level goals of Foundations 11:24 - Using mechanics to encourage your players to discover what is cool about Magic 14:49 - What is included in the Foundations Starter Collection 19:37 - What would Carmen, Andy, and Anthony would add to the Foundations Starter Collection if they were to turn it into a Cube 20:21 - Addition: a set of mono-color Planeswalkers 22:28 - Addition: Archangel of Thune 23:23 - Addition: Emeria Angel 24:18 - Addition: another cycle of fixing lands 27:29 - Addition: Remand 28:52 - Addition: Ravnica bounce lands 29:40 - Addition: more support for the ‘gates’ theme 33:24 - Addition: Viscera Seer 36:57 - Addition: Kess, Dissident Mage 39:28 - Addition: Faithless Looting 40:46 - Addition: Irencrag Pyromancer 42:11 - Addition: Future Sight 43:19 - Addition: A good black green threat 46:06 - Addition: Krosan Tusker 47:30 - Addition: Treetop Village 49:56 - What would Carmen, Andy, and Anthony would cut from the Foundations Starter Collection if they were to turn it into a Cube 50:21 - Cut: the color hate cards 51:24 - Cut: Hidetsugu’s Second Rite 52:07 - Cut: Wishclaw Talisman 52:50 - Cut: Feldon’s Cane 55:33 - Cut: Command Tower 58:19 - Cut: Fog Bank 59:33 - Cut: Rogue’s Passage 1:01:22 - Cut: Stroke of Midnight and Harmless Offering 1:03:45 - Cut: Sol Ring 1:05:57 - The lessons Cube designers can take from Carmen’s experience with Magic R&D 1:10:09 - Llanowar Elves vs. Elvish Mystic 1:14:52 - A thank you for Burst Lightning…

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Changing Patterns in Magic R&D 1:05:35

16 weeks ago1:05:35

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about changes to the design of Magic cards over the years: including some overt changes like “snap on equipment” and more subtle differences in how attack triggers are worded they feel would have been done differently in the past. They talk about how each changes the texture and focus of games and how they think about them as Cube designers, whether they add more options or are a reason to pick cards from particular eras of the game. Discussed in this episode: Cooking Issues The Oldest School Cube Richard Garfield’s Post on Reddit Lucky Paper Radio 213: French Vanilla Face-Off Upcoming Cube Events Cube for a Cause AW25 Playing Oppression PDF The Best Method for Shuffling Cubes Detailed Analysis and Comparison of Cube Shuffling Methods Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:31 - Tofu Corner 3:18 - Introduction to changing patterns in Magic R&D 5:15 - Changing pattern: more enter the battlefield abilities on creatures 21:04 - Changing pattern: the proliferation of trinket artifacts like clues, blood tokens, map tokens, etc. 30:28 - Changing pattern: eliminating edge-case targets 38:58 - Changing pattern: ’snap-on’ equipment that attaches on entering 46:09 - Changing pattern: ‘whenever ~ attacks’ triggers vs. ‘whenever you attack’ triggers 59:08 - Closing thoughts and calls to action…

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The Barash Files 002 — On Terminology, Communication, and Community 1:25:15

17 weeks ago1:25:15

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View all cards mentioned in this episode In the second installment of “The Barash Files”, Andy, Anthony, and Zach talk about Cube terminology. They talk about how the language we use effects that kinds of conversations we have which in turn effect the kinds of communities we build. New terminology can enable talking more efficiently about concepts that get condensed into a term, but also make it harder to communicate the nuance and variety in those concepts, potentially making communities harder to enter. Zach shares his thoughts on different parts of cube design, including ideation before anyone touches a card, material choices, what happens during the draft, and in game rules. His hope is to offer new terminology to push the boundaries of what cube designers consider when building a cube. Discussed in this episode: Parker’s History of Cube Article The Dunning Kruger Curve The Cascade Cube Eiganjo Drift Ryan Saxe’s Autobattler Cube The Devoid Cube Curio Cube Degenerate Micro Cube The Bauble Cube Reading Rainbow Companion Cube Tupelo Honey UMA Plus Cube Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:04 - Zach’s Preamble 6:14 - What is a “Cube”? 20:09 - Where did the normative ideas of power-maxing and constructed ban list naming conventions come from? 29:50 - The need for new terminology for different kinds of cube design 38:36 - On strange, non-descriptive deck names and accessibility vs gatekeeping 45:15 - Zach’s Five Areas of Cube Design 58:11 - The costs of making design choices in unexpected areas of Cube design 1:10:07 - On calling small Cubes “Twoberts” 1:14:52 - On referring to Cubes as “Baltimore Singleton”…

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Always Be Cubing — 2024 in Review 1:29:05

18 weeks ago1:29:05

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony close out 2024 reflecting on their year in Magic. This year Magic’s new direction as a product driven primarily by marketing goals fueled with cheap gimmicks and cross branding feels solidified. Our hosts talk, kind of briefly, on how their relationships to the game have changed because of that. More importantly, they talk about their personal highs and lows with the game this year. Regardless of the direction Magic as a product is moving, the Cube community has surged in so many ways. Small, grassroots events have become a norm. The local Baltimore Cube community is hitting a stride. The interstate Cube culture is emerging and flourishing. They also talk about some of their struggles in taking on more ambitions projects and how the podcast has effected their relationship to the online community. Discussed in this episode: Glengarry Glen Ross Episode 218: State of the Game 2024 The Adventure Zone Hello from the Magic Tavern My Brother, My Brother, and Me Til Death do us Blart 100 Ornithopters Episode 206: The Joy of Gaming with Richard Garfield Potsdam Gravity Potato Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 8:48 - Recap of last year’s recap 10:51 - How our relationship with Magic changed in 2024 13:34 - The perishability of joy, novelty, and discovery: why Andy and Anthony no longer listen to most McElroy brothers podcasts 23:34 - On decreased participation in set surveys 25:07 - Shared High: Small, Grassroots Cube Events 32:18 - Andy’s High: The Design of and Reception to 100 Ornithopters 37:35 - Anthony’s High: The Variety of Depth of What is Accepted as a Cube 42:28 - Anthony’s High: The State of Our Local Cube Playgroup 44:17 - Andy’s High: Having Richard Garfield on Lucky Paper Radio 48:36 - Anthony’s High: He’s Good at Magic Now 53:18 - Anthony’s High: Connecting with Magic Friends about Things Other than Magic 55:45 - Andy’s High: The Reception to Our First Playmat 57:04 - Andy’s Low: The Playmat International Shipping Fiasco 1:09:43 - Andy’s Low: His Sensitivity to Discussion on the Podcast…

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The Barash Files 001 — The Principles of Game Design 1:12:44

19 weeks ago1:12:44

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Zach Barash joins Andy and Anthony for the first episode in a series where he shares his game design expertise. In this first episode, the three talk about the first principles of game design, including the iteration loop most game designers follow (and similar processes in other fields!). Starting with ideation, then forming a hypothesis, finally prototyping and playtesting, designers feed the results they learn back into the beginning of the process. They talk about how cube designers can learn from the process, adopting the role and mindset of a game designer. Zach works at Wizards of the Coast on the Arena team, designing many of the events available — his opinions on the show are his own. We’re excited to have him join us for four more episodes in the near future. Discussed in this episode: The Power Broker Kingdom Death Drawing Live: Zach’s Column for Hipsters of the Coast Spaced Penguin Playthrough on YouTube The Cascade Cube The Turbo Cube Reading Rainbow Cube Andrew Elebogen Tween about Extrapolating from Too Small Sample Sizes The Beginning of Infinity The Modern Darlings Cube The Museum of Modern Cube Linguistic Relativity Playing Oppression Andy , Anthony , Parker , and Zach on BlueSky Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 10:02 - Game Design with Training Wheels 12:43 - Anthony’s History with Game Design 19:21 - The Basic Principles of Game Design: The Iteration Loop 33:56 - Balance is Overrated 47:32 - How does one go about uncovering truths about their cube? 59:11 - What does a cube designer mean when they say they want ‘balance’?…

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A Loom Made of Yarn: the Tools of Cube Design 56:59

20 weeks ago56:59

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about the essential digital tools and workflows for Cube designers. Starting with finding and gathering cards on Scryfall , to sculpting and sharing lists on Cube Cobra and tools for analyzing and comparing lists, they talk about how to leverage resources to make designing and playing Cube easier. Our hosts also share about some of the tools they’ve built to address their own needs that come up regularly in Cube design. Discussed in this episode: Scryfall Cube Cobra Lucky Paper Rotisserie Draft Sheet Anthony’s articles about Scryfall’s search syntax and regular expressions Building a Cube from Your Collection Article and Podcast Moxfield Lucky Paper Cube Map Sacred Geometry 100 Ornithopters Anthony’s CubeCobra API toolkit Anthony’s Google Sheets Integration MTGTop8 Degenerate Micro Cube EDHRec Lucky Paper List Formatter Lucky Paper List Differ Commander Spellbook Neoclassical Cube Andy’s Small Combo Cube “Eggs for Four” sealeddeck.tech deckstats.net Surveil Lands Playing Oppression The Dandy Cube Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 7:51 - Introduction to topic 9:09 - Scryfall 14:00 - Cube Cobra 28:14 - Spreadsheets 29:35 - MTGTop8 32:36 - Lucky Paper Cube Design Tools 38:15 - Commander Spellbook 41:34 - Honorable mention: sealeddeck.tech 44:10 - Collection management 46:38 - Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1…

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Fixing is Cringe with Jenn the Judge 1:07:29

21 weeks ago1:07:29

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony are Joined by Jenn the Judge to talk about “5 Color Good Stuff” decks in cube. They talk about what aspects of a Cube enable 5 color decks, and the impacts these decks have on the feel and fun of an environment. They talk about some of the strategies they employ in their own cubes, including Jenn’s Ravnica Cube , to control what kinds of multi-color decks are likely to be drafted. Discussed in this episode: The Oldest School Cube Jenn’s Ravnica Cube Jenn’s Linktree Hex and Company Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:06 - The fixing in your cube is too good 5:02 - Ravnica limited formats and how they might inform fixing in Cube 8:10 - What is wrong with five color good stuff? 15:56 - On disliking Triomes in Cube 22:51 - The effects on less experienced players in fixing dense cubes 26:12 - How do players that spend high picks on lands still end up with super high card quality in their deck? 28:23 - The various factors that contribute to the viability of five-color good stuff decks? 35:21 - How does Jenn limit soupy decks in their Ravnica Cube 48:09 - Does the five-color good stuff deck self balance in draft? 53:33 - Are there different kinds of five-color good stuff decks? What are their various merits and downsides? 58:17 - Closing thoughts on five-color good stuff and mana fixing in cubes…

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Foundations Community Set Review 1:30:56

22 weeks ago1:30:56

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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Foundations Cube Community survey . They talk through the top cards that have Cube designers most excited and theorize about what’s catching people’s interest and some of the patterns in the results. They talk about the associated Jump Start set with one major stand out: Scythecat Cub which is apparently both highly anticipated and polarizing. Finally, they can’t help but talk about the trends, stand outs, and misses in the new set’s artwork . We’ve chosen Playing Oppression for our next Book Club episode . We’ll be reading the book and discussing it in an episode after the holidays. Pick up a copy if you want to read along with us! Discussed in this episode: Foundations Cube Prospective Foundations Jumpstart Cube Prospective Andy , Anthony , and Parker on BlueSky Ollie’s post on BlueSky about Alesha Reprints with new illustrations on Scryfall Lucky Paper List Formatter Lucky Paper List Differ Upcoming Cube Events on Lucky Paper Vertex Philadelphia Discord Server Playing Oppression , our next Book Club book, on MIT Press Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:52 - Parker’s Successful Dissertation Defense 7:51 - Foundations Cube Prospective Overview 13:01 - 8. Goblin Surprise 17:11 - 7. Kiora, the Rising Tide 24:28 - 6. Sphinx of Forgotten Lore 32:36 - 5. Sun-Blessed Healer 41:16 - 4. Kellan, Planar Trailblazer 51:39 - 3. Mischievous Mystic 54:54 - 2. Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate 1:02:35 - 1. Searslicer Goblin 1:07:17 - On the recent trend of ‘simple’ cubes 1:11:02 - Foundations Jumpstart — Scythecat Cub 1:15:47 - On the Anime Art Legends in Jumpstart Foundations…

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On Board Wipes and Cube Design 1:07:56

23 weeks ago1:07:56

1:07:56

Andy and Anthony talk all things board wipes in Cube. They talk about the varieties and boundaries of cards that reset the board state and how they effect gameplay and add strategic depth to games with or against them. They talk about the roles of board wipes in their main Cubes. View cards mentioned in this episode > Discussed in this episode: Foundations and Jump Start Cube Surveys Lucky Paper Upcoming Cube Events Page Andy , Anthony , and Parker on BlueSky Timestamps 1:22 - Topic introduction 2:22 - What is a board wipe? 20:25 - How much should a board wipe cost and how much does it matter? 45:27 - Different densities of board wipes and how they affect their respective cube environments 51:15 - The draft and play patterns that board wipes create 59:19 - Summary Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website . You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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Clown Shoes Cubes and How to Use Feedback 1:04:35

24 weeks ago1:04:35

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Andy and Anthony talk about their Cubes included in CubeCon 2024: Andy’s 100 Ornithopters and Anthony’s Regular and Turbo Cubes . They talk about what they learned about each from players’ feedback and the decklists after the event. They also talk about potential changes they’re considering based on that feedback. View all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: Lucky Paper Events Page LSVs Draft of “6 Ornithopters” Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 3:34 - Regular Cube Feedback 16:14 - Turbo Cube Feedback 30:53 - 100 Ornithopters Feedback Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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Foundations First Impressions 1:19:11

25 weeks ago1:19:11

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Andy and Anthony talk about Foundations, Magic’s latest set, akin to old Core Sets. The set fills multiple roles including being an approachable set for beginners, a nostalgic set to invested players, and a way to support standard with basic effects that stay in the format longer. Our hosts talk about their overall impressions of the set and individual cards they’re interested in for their own Cube projects, including Andy’s new Cube: Sacred Geometry . View all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: Jbro’s GoFundMe Large Painted Locust Foundations and Jump Start Cube Surveys Lucky Paper Resources Anthony’s Article on Game Design List formatter Cube Map List of Upcoming Cube Events The Regular Cube Sacred Geometry Magic Data Science Thread on Vanilla Creatures Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website . You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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Heuristics for Having a Good Time 1:07:17

26 weeks ago1:07:17

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In the wake of CubeCon 2024 , Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach drafting new Cube environments. They talk about their general draft strategies and heuristics they start with to get a sense of what’s going to be important in the environment just by looking at the packs being passed. View all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: Anthony’s Big Bottle Opener Episode 48: Playing to Win: Evaluating New Cubes Episode 215: Using Little Pieces of Paper as a Supermassive Random Number Generator Anthony’s Fire Swamp and C/Ube Decks Game Objects Cube The Fire Swamp Keldan’s Simple Cube Streisand Effect Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 6:09 - Are we good at Magic? 8:56 - How do we approach drafting a completely unfamiliar list 19:29 - Should you look at the available mana fixing in a cube? 26:08 - The categories of cards to pay attention to in the draft 30:25 - How often should you end up playing your pack 1, pick 1 in Cube draft? 31:59 - The importance of recontexualizaion 40:26 - The Value of Having a Plan 48:04 - How much do you trust the Cube designer? 57:24 - Heuristics for having a good time Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website . You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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2–1 Into 3–0 Into 3–0 Into 3–0 Into Drop and Go Eat Ramen 1:31:50

27 weeks ago1:31:50

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Andy and Anthony, are joined by perennial favorite, Patrick, to recap their experience at CubeCon 2024 . They talk about how they approached the event, the Cubes they drafted, and the highs and lows of every deck they drafted throughout the event. Growing to almost 600 players in it’s third year, CubeCon continued to deliver on being an opportunity to play a huge range of novel environments, and catch up with old or meet up with new friends in the Cube community. View all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: CubeCon The Fire Swamp The Way too Hybrid Cube The Good Old Days The Mono Red Cube Shrek Retold Wally the Dog & Patrick’s Shrek Costume Short Stack Eatery The Shadow Cube The Simple Cube C/Ube The Bodleian Cube 100 Ornithopters Klug’s Altered Ornithopter The Salt Box (Baltimore Cube Event) Lucky Paper Cube Events Calendar Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 5:00 - The Fire Swamp 17:43 - The Way too Hybrid Cube 21:21 - The Good Old Days 29:24 - The Mono Red Cube 34:40 - Spicy Ramen Cube 43:03 - Death’s Shadow Cube 46:06 - Alpha Reimagined 57:12 - The Simple Cube 1:02:12 - C/Ube 1:10:24 - The Bodleian Cube 1:15:30 - 100 Ornithopters Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website . You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror Cube Community Set Reviews 1:49:28

28 weeks ago1:49:28

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Andy, Anthony, and Parker, belatedly discuss the results from the last two standard sets’ Cube community surveys, Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror . They talk about the top cards that have the attention of the most Cube designers as well as their general observations about what from each set the community is responding to. View all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: Documental The Steel Curtain Bloomburron Community Review Results Duskmourn: House of Horror Community Review Results Episode 217: Cards We Were Wrong About: 2024 Standard Rotation Episode 213: French Vanilla Face-Off Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 6:54 - Episode format overview 7:55 - Bloomburrow Overview 10:12 - On the decreasing number of survey respondents more broadly 14:21 - Bloomburrow top cards — Number 5. Hired Claw 19:51 - 4. Shoreline Looter 23:09 - 3. Kitsa, Otterball Elite 29:28 - 2. Fell 34:49 - 1. Emberheart Challenger 44:13 - Bloomburrow Commander Shout Out: Jacked Rabbit 46:06 - Duskmourn Overview 48:54 - Duskmourn top cards — Number 5. Overlord of the Mistmoors 55:11 - 4. Insidious Fungus 56:54 - 3. Wildfire Wickerfolk 1:01:23 - 2. Chainsaw 1:03:54 - The flavor of Duskmourn overall 1:07:44 - 1. Fear of Missing Out 1:10:47 - Cube Mechanical Miss: Survivor 1:13:25 - Cube Mechanical Miss: Rooms 1:16:16 - On Manifest Dread and Abhorrent Oculus 1:21:28 - Honorable Mention: Split Up 1:24:46 - Honorable Mention: Come Back Wrong 1:28:44 - Duskmourn Wrap-Up Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website . You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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Ryan Saxe’s Auto Battler Inspired Format 1:47:13

29 weeks ago1:47:13

1:47:13

Andy and Anthony talk with Ryan Saxe about his latest Magic passion project . Inspired by one of his favorite video game genres, AutoBattlers, Ryan has been working to create a Magic variant that incorporates the feeling of quick mini-games and constant upgrades and expansion of your arsenal. In his format, players face of in a series of mini-games with only a few cards available to each player. After each quick game, players get to modify and expand their available pool of cards to use by trading with a random new selection of cards from the Cube list . Players are eliminated as they accrue a certain number of losses leaving one the champion. The three talk about the design process, challenges and successes Ryan’s had through iterating on the rules system, and their experience drafting the AutoBattler cube. V iew all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: George W. Hart’s Geometric Sculptures Pai Gow AutoBattler Cube Rules and Card List Ryan’s Autobattler Discord Ogre Battle Tactics: Match of the Black Queen Team Fight Tactics Loading, Ready, Run AutoBattler Stream Slay the Spire Timestamps 0:00 - AI Corner 13:01 - Introduction to Ryan’s new format 14:20 - What is an auto battler? 17:59 - How did Ryan go about applying the patterns of an auto battler to Magic? 28:42 - How does Ryan’s auto battler format work? 46:16 - Designing the rules system vs. designing the cube list 53:22 - A deep dive on the design details of the auto battler 1:33:45 - How Anthony would teach the auto battler format 1:35:40 - Is it productive to describe this as an auto battler? Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website . You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty .…

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