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Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about how to draft cubes better by framing their thinking in terms of the scarcest resource in any give context. Flipping the perspective, they talk about how to leverage a diversity of themes as a cube designer.
Discussed in this episode:
Birds of Paradise Fundraiser
Level Up Your Cube Drafting With Scarcity article by Parker
The Self-Defeating Irony of Cube Conceits article by Parker
Parker’s Articles on Cascade Cascade
Turbo Cube
Tupelo Honey
100 Ornithopters
Sacred Geometry
If 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” 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
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
5:15 - Turbo Cube
16:11 - Tupelo Honey
20:18 - Scarcity
26:41 - Applying Scarcity to New Cubes
34:24 - Scarcity for Designers
41:29 - Metagame Degeneration
56:57 - CASCADE CASCADE

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Gabe joins Andy and Anthony talk about his Obscura cube, starting with the prompt “collapse”. Gabe chose to build on the theme in both aesthetic and mechanical ways. Pulling heavily from zendikar sets he set a tone of a world after the collapse of civilization. Mechanically he hoped to create gameplay that put players in committed positions that could easily crumble. In the first half, before the event, they talk about the design process and fears and expectations. In the second they reflect on how the cube played out.
Discussed in this episode:
Collapse Cube by Gabe
Tupelo Honey Cube
Obscura Vods
Etherium Landscape
If 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” 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
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
3:12 - Collapse
7:17 - Risk / Reward
14:05 - Balancing Vibes
18:21 - Expectations
23:09 - Postgame
26:31 - Hatching Plans
29:10 - Speed
31:45 - Landcallers
36:33 - Inferno Titan
40:21 - Desert Cubes
45:31 - Hindsight

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Andy and Anthony are joined by Cube icon Ryan Overturf to talk about drafting and designing weird cubes. They talk about his experience at CubeConbroadening his experience into novel designs. They go more in depth into Ryan’s cube Stadium Stampede where all players start with a copy of Strixhaven Stadium in play.
Discussed in this episode:
Ryan’s Cubes on Cube Cobra
The Onebert
Ryan’s Youtube
180 MTG Podcast
1UP Cube
Aquaone Powered Cube
Episode 238: Vintage Cube Sucks
Obscura
Stadium Stampede
Grixis Cube
Eiganjo Drift
Death by 10 Cuts
Bridges Over Troubled Water
If 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” 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
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Welcome Ryan Overturf
8:29 - Weird Cubes
14:11 - CubeCon
26:02 - Stadium Stampede, Ryan's Strixhaven Stadium Cube
31:40 - Uninteractible Permanents
36:43 - Stampede Continued
42:02 - Conceit Breaking
56:50 - Trusting Cube Designers, or Not
1:06:46 - Taking Weird Cubes Seriously

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Andy and Anthony talk with Dan, best known for creating the Devoid Cube, about his cube for Cube for a Cause: Obscura. Starting with the prompt “cavalier” Dan dove into the world of knights and found himself with a cube pulling heavily from the plane of Eldraine.
Discussed in this episode:
Dan’s Cavalier Cube
Dan’s Cubes on Cube Cobra
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
King Charles
Ikoria at Home
Arena Planar Cube
Midwinter
Dragons of Winters Night
If 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” 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
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
3:42 - Cavalier
7:53 - Eldraine at Home
12:45 - Flavor v. Mechanics
13:56 - Goals and Apprehensions
22:00 - Aesthetic Breaks
26:57 - Planar Cube
29:16 - Postgame / Selling the Cube
38:48 - The Other Prompts
41:42 - Resonance
48:05 - Lessons
50:40 - Bulk Sorting

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Andy and Anthony talk about expensive cards in Cube — how high mana value cards fit into their cube designs. They talk about specific expensive cards they love, break down some specific roles they see the cards playing, and how variety makes cubes more fun.
Discussed in this episode:
Status and Culture by W. David Marx
The Score by C. Thi Nguyen
If 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” 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
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
5:20 - High Mana Value Cards
13:25 - Pseudo Expensive Cards
22:00 - Baneslayers
36:35 - Interaction
40:14 - Texture
43:02 - Board Wipes
44:31 - Other Threats
49:54 - Lessons