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Andy and Anthony talk about recent trends in Cube design. After looking through the revealed Cube lists for the recent Cube for a Cause: Obscura our hosts noticed a few design features popping up again and again. They talk about them in the broader, evolving context of the Cube design community discussing if they reflect bigger trends. In particular, reflect on “art cards” — cards included for purely aesthetic reasons, desert cubes, cubes with no or minimal deckbuilding, and a casual approach to singleton breaks.
Discussed in this episode:
The Score
Take Five
Turbo Cube
100 Ornithopters
The Amonkar Desert
Loxodon Mierarchs Desert Cube
The Giver Cube
The Ball Pit
Goblin Game
Resplendent
Obscura Cube Lists:
Legacy by Gabor
Monument by Jane
Feudal by Andy
Synesthesia by Lincoln
Omelas by Zach Barash
Cavalier by Dan Schneider
Genesis by Maggie
Ritual by Parker
Collapse by Gabe
Dangerous by Ollie
Telemetry by Gwen
Redemption by John Clara
Sublimate by Max
Worship by Scott
Periodic by Jake
Antiwar by Anthony Mattox
Deja Vu by Brett
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
1:12 - Recent Cube Design Trends
8:18 - Art Cards
16:36 - Asystematic Singleton Breaks
30:05 - Desert Cubes
39:44 - Minimal Deckbuilding Cubes
47:48 - No Deckbuild Logistics
54:17 - Other Trends

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Sometimes a card design just sings — all of the individual elements come together to make an elegant, resonant game piece. In this episode Andy and Anthony talk about this concept through the lens of Andy’s cube Sacred Geometry as he considers committing even harder to the bit.
Discussed in this episode:
Feudal Cube Auction on Ebay
Sacred Geometry
Hellraiser
Regular Cube
Virtually French Cube
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
4:07 - Sacred Geometry Ruminations
8:52 - Slots
11:42 - Tokens
13:07 - Fixing
15:29 - Card Naming Thesaurus
20:13 - Power Deltas
23:30 - Oracle Text
29:47 - Artifacts
40:14 - Artifact Ramp
43:14 - Resonance Problems
48:44 - Mindslaver
50:31 - Conclusions

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Andy and Anthony collaboratively draft Andy’s Take Five cube, discussing their strategy through a whole draft and how they might approach this unique environment. To follow along, or try the draft yourself before listening, you can download the seeded pack list and upload it to Draftmancer.
Also check out the cards mentioned page for the pack by pack view and final deck.
Discussed in this episode:
Download Pack List to upload to Draftmancer
Take Five
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
0:00 - Glasses
2:20 - Draft Along - Take Five
6:14 - Pack 1 Pick 1 - How Important are Lands?
16:29 - Scroll of Fate
27:18 - Pack 2
40:22 - Pack 3
49:45 - Final Cuts
53:34 - Review and Grade

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Andy and Anthony explore Cube Cobra’s new analytic tools for card and deck winrates. The new features allow you to upload decks and their matchup records, or import matchup data if a Cube has been played at an event using Hedron Network to track matches.
After Andy diligently imported hundreds of decks for 100 Ornithopters, they talk through all the different visualizations and how they might use them as Cube designers.
Discussed in this episode:
Intro Source
Cube Cobra
Hedron Network, the software for running Cube events
100 Ornithopters
Winrate Analysis for 100 Ornithopters
Andy’s Video Deep Dive on the Winrate Analysis for 100 Ornithopters
Jett’s Article on winrate analysis
Elo Rating System
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
1:30 - Draft Data
5:51 - Caveats
12:37 - Takign good Deck Photos
16:50 - Winningest Ornithopter Deck
18:03 - Winrate by Color
24:07 - WR by Type and Mana Value
29:00 - Color Performance
30:50 - Matchup Matrix
32:50 - Color Pair Performance
34:33 - All Color Combos
39:35 - Archetype Map
44:12 - Matchup Matrix
47:24 - Win Rate vs Elo
52:24 - Top Synergies
53:36 - All Cards
55:43 - Surprises and Takeaways

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Andy and Anthony first talk about their upcoming series of interviews related to Cube For a Cause: Obscura. The event will feature 17 secret Cubes from 17 well known designers created just for the event. Until the first packs are cracked, the contents of each have been kept completely unknown. Each episode in the series will feature a designer talking about their plans going in before the event and a post-mortem discussion of how their cube played.
With announcements and logistics out of the way, Andy and Anthony open up the mailbag and answer some questions from listeners.
Discussed in this episode:
Our Patreon where you can support us for faster releases of the Obscura Interviews
Andy’s Videos on Youtube
Ryan Overturf’s Videos
Degenerate Cuber featuring Lucky Paper crossed out in the thumbnail
Book Recommendations:
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Blindsight by Peter Watts. The full text is available here for free from the author.
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Top Reddits:
r/ramen
r/fermentation
r/koji
r/xbiking
r/tattooadvice
r/tattoobeginners
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
2:03 - Opening up the Mailbag
5:06 - Obscura
9:34 - Patreon Support for Bonus Episode Releases
15:51 - Obscura Interview Series
17:52 - Andy's Youtube Videos
20:45 - How have we managed to keep the podcast going so long?
24:12 - What's a sign a cube isn't for you?
25:30 - What does 'winning' mean for a cube designer?
28:00 - What's up with that time you stabbed yourself?
33:47 - What's the biggest argument Andy and Anthony have had?
38:03 - What are your favorite dishes the other cooks?
40:54 - Recommend some books.
43:22 - What are your top subreddits?
48:59 - What are your other favorite TCGs or other games?