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View all cards mentioned in this episodeRiffing on last week’s slightly divisive topic, Andy and Anthony talk about cards in their own cubes that players hate. They comb through their cubes discussing the many reasons players might dislike a card and why they might still be justifiable inclusions.Discussed in this episode:NumberphileEpisode 307: Hate Cards in CubeSacred GeometryRegular CubeBun Magic CubeIrregular Cube100 OrnithoptersEpisode 293: The Last Echo of a BoonIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro5:20 - Hated Cards10:00 - What Makes a Card a “Groaner”11:57 - Bun Magic22:52 - Irregular Cube25:37 - Mill28:31 - Silver Border32:02 - Conspiracies36:49 - 100 Ornithopters and Reactive Spells47:30 - Thrumming Stone52:07 - Sacred Geometry57:34 - Regular Cube and Clunky Mana1:02:42 - Neoclassical Cube

View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about hate cards, and how they fit into Cube design in particular. Of course, they start by trying to define the term. They talk through the pros and cons of them and how different types may play a role in Cubes. They go through a number of their own cubes, analyzing them from this perspective.Discussed in this episode:Take 5Sacred Geometry100 OrnithoptersBun Magic CubeNeoclassical CubeTurbo CubeRegular CubeIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro0:45 - Main Topic: Hate Cards9:15 - Examples of Hate Cards13:05 - Hate Cards We Cube16:09 - Talking About Constructed17:14 - Aura Shards22:09 - Bun Magic Hate Cards23:53 - Teferi, Time Raveler28:38 - Changing the Math vs Hate31:11 - Take Five34:11 - Hate Combos36:30 - Neoclassical Cube38:48 - White in Neoclassical42:00 - Groundseal44:37 - Humility48:47 - Turbo Cube55:39 - Context Shift Hate59:57 - Mailbag1:02:15 - Garfield

View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony scour the cutting room floor for unfinished gems. They offer up some of their half-baked, unfinished cube ideas for you to steal. Andy shares his ideas for an aesthetic sun-bleached cube, a cube where your deck is your life total, and an environment built around wishes. Anthony digs up an all alternate win conditions cube and a battle box where the entire game happens in one stack.Discussed in this episode:Anthony’s Alternate Win Condition CubeAnthony’s Single Stack Battle BoxCreatureless CubeDegenerate MicrocubeLoam CubeCompanion CubeArcane LessonsIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:19 - Main Topic: Steal Our Ideas1:57 - Sunbleached Cube6:59 - Alternate Win Cons Cube13:06 - No Life Total Cube24:33 - Where Do Ideas Come From27:33 - Omniscience Battlebox37:24 - Three Wishes Cube49:02 - Custom Ante Cards

View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony are joined by Cube Person of the Year 2024, Ollie, to talk about whether it’s irresponsible to present a cube for drafting without any playtesting. What is the difference between ‘playing’ and ‘playtesting’? Can you design a cube iteratively without playtesting? Just how bad can a cube really be?Discussed in this episode:Upkeep NY/C4ACBodlean CubeCreatureless CubeEpisode 302 — Theory Drafting the Best Decks in Regular CubeThe Ball PitEpisode 206 — The Joy of Gaming with Richard Garfield100 OrnithoptersMarina Abramovic - The Artist is Present (2010)Boston Cube PartyIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro3:41 - Secret Project: Obscura9:13 - Playtesting16:46 - The Case Against Playtesting21:03 - Non-Playtest Data23:09 - The Process29:45 - Playing Vs Playtesting35:17 - Cube First Impressions43:33 - Expectations47:28 - Designing for an Experience52:10 - Marina Abramovic and Artistic Intent58:26 - Logistics

View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony are joined by the de facto Cube judge — Bones! The three recap The Salt Box, a small Cube event in Baltimore. At this event, Andy debuted Take Five and Judge Bones Arcane Lessons. They share what they learned from players drafting their cubes for the very first time and their own experience as cube designers drafting cubes for the first time in a public event.Discussed in this episode:Salt BoxTake 5Take 5 Youtube VideosArcane LessonsBones on Cube CobraChangeling CubeSacred GeometryRegular Cubehttps://cubecobra.com/cube/about/regular?view=primerKulashov CubeThe WetlandsThe Red TerrorMagic History with Bones and DeinonychusIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro0:00 - Special Guest Judge Bones5:11 - Arcane Lessons11:31 - Debuting Arcane Lessons15:38 - Lesson/Learn17:19 - Arcane19:35 - Iteration21:12 - Lessons Learned29:09 - Take Five Debut42:45 - Designing Cubes for Events47:35 - Take Five Feedback51:48 - Anthony’s Salt Box Highlights60:08 - Fun Judge Calls with Judge Bones

View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony are joined by returning guest Zach Barash. They talk about about different lenses Cube designers can use to approach designing a new cube. They finish on a pack 1, pick 1 from Andy’s new cube Take Five.Previous episodes with Zach:001 The Principles of Game Design002 On Terminology, Communication, and Community003 Reflections on Cube Drafts Past004 Building Skill vs. Building Community and Learning from Your Mistakes005 Playtesting and Cube FeedbackDiscussed in this episode:Upkeep NYEpisode 197: Cube Design Iron Chef: Goblin CharbelcherEpisode 182: Emergent Cube Design by ExampleCubes referenced:Bun Magic CubeCascade CubeTurbo CubeReading RainbowSacred GeometryThe Ball PitCompanion CubePerilous SeasDichotomy CubeUMA+ CubeTake FiveIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:27 - Guest: Zach Barash4:59 - Lenses for Approaching Cube Design14:12 - Making a “Good Cube”15:05 - Duplication19:28 - Balance24:13 - Homage25:18 - Powermaxing Diversion33:39 - Novelty37:14 - Balancing Goals vs Taste42:01 - Icebergs46:11 - Restrictions51:33 - Head vs Heart53:43 - Summary58:01 - Crack-a-Pack of Take Five

View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony and joined by Adam, a local player who suggested a novel way to cube. All players involved built what they thought would be the best deck that could ever be drafted from Anthony’s Regular Cube. They talked about the decks they built, their processes for building, and what it revealed about an environment which is typically intended to be drafted.Discussed in this episode:Regular CubeSuper Magic Fun TimeDegenerate MicrocubeIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:27 - Main Topic: Theory Draft with Adam7:48 - RW Heroic18:04 - Metagaming23:50 - Anthony’s Zombie Deck26:58 - Comparing Draft, Constructed, and Rotisserie29:25 - Premium Removal31:03 - Mana34:31 - More Theorydrafting40:17 - Meta Shifts42:51 - Andy’s Ninjas Deck46:04 - Splashes51:05 - Anthony’s WG Landfall Deck53:51 - Adam’s Mono B Zombies54:32 - Sideboards1:03:23 - Reevaluations1:05:41 - The Control Deck1:08:31 - Final Thoughts