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Sobre o podcast
Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.
Episódios 349
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Omelas
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk with Zach Barash about his Obscura cube designed from the prompt “Omelas.” The references a short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula …
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Andy and Anthony talk with Zach Barash about his Obscura cube designed from the prompt “Omelas.” The references a short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin in which a society maintains utopia on the condition that a single child is made to suffer endlessly. Zach’s cube embodies the questions of social rules and ethics, putting players into the position of deciding whether or not to embrace authoritarian fascism.
Discussed in this episode:
- Omelas by Zach Barash
- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Feudal
- Anti War
- 100 Ornithopters
- Neoclassical Cube
- Planar 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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 16:27 - Omelas
- 26:18 - Goals
- 32:36 - Ludonarrative Resonance
- 36:46 - Achievements and Reminders
- 42:52 - Postgame (Signing the Box)
- 49:48 - Achievements cont.
- 51:31 - Fixing and Multicolor
- 58:55 - Thematic Framing
- 1:07:56 - Other Cube Achievements
- 1:11:51 - Fascism Loses
Cube Ennui
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony some of the challenges with saying engaged with Cube design as a hobby and in particular how Andy feels about his current roster of cubes.Discussed in …
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Andy and Anthony some of the challenges with saying engaged with Cube design as a hobby and in particular how Andy feels about his current roster of cubes.
Discussed in this episode:
- Take Five
- 100 Ornithopters
- Sacred Geometry
- Neoclassical Cube
- Portlandia Sketches We Can Pickle That and Put a Bird on it
- Obscura Cubes
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:35 - Looms and LaserDiscs
- 13:48 - Cube Ennui
- 17:32 - MTGO and Draws
- 22:28 - Universes Beyond
- 24:48 - Take Five
- 31:59 - Crossroads
- 37:29 - Ambition
- 44:11 - Sacred Geometry
- 50:48 - Balancing Projects
- 54:06 - Criticism
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Monument
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk with Jane about her Obscura cube based on the prompt ”Monument.” Starting with a heavy dose of memorials, obelisks, and other monumental structures …
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Andy and Anthony talk with Jane about her Obscura cube based on the prompt ”Monument.” Starting with a heavy dose of memorials, obelisks, and other monumental structures she designed a cube that itself feels like a monolith. Players draft 4 packs of 15 in this desert cube and can’t make any cuts, forcing them to engage with, and find a way to use, every card they draft.
Discussed in this episode:
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 7:34 - History
- 10:34 - Small Creatures and Enchantments
- 15:55 - Lands
- 24:08 - Aesthetics
- 27:59 - Power Outliers
- 31:39 - Vorthos
- 35:22 - Postgame
- 38:53 - Anthony’s Draft
- 42:10 - NASA Tampons
- 52:46 - Flavor Text
- 55:58 - Lessons
Set Review Backlog: Edge of Eternities to Reality Fracture
View all cards mentioned in this episodeRejoice! Parker is back in the studio for a second episode in a row! He’s joining Andy and Anthony to do a little speedrun through all the recent sets they haven’t …
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Rejoice! Parker is back in the studio for a second episode in a row! He’s joining Andy and Anthony to do a little speedrun through all the recent sets they haven’t reviewed on the podcast — from Edge of Eternities to Reality Fracture. Which sets have been the most popular for cubes across all of Cube Cobra? Which cards and mechanics do they like the most? Why does it seem like every Universes Within set is a nostalgia-laden, Modern Horizons style callback? Does “genius” exist?
Discussed in this episode:
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:31 - Genius
- 7:55 - Set Roundup
- 10:08 - Edge of Eternities and Warp
- 19:36 - Cryogen Relic
- 23:18 - Ourobouroid
- 28:18 - Spider Man
- 30:42 - Badgermole Cub
- 33:43 - Lessons
- 36:44 - Lorwyn and Nostalgia
- 41:43 - Jellyfish
- 45:17 - TMNT
- 48:27 - Secrets of Strixhaven
- 55:38 - The Hobbit
- 58:16 - Reality Fracture
- 1:04:28 - Zeta Set
- 1:05:52 - Wrap Up
Book Club: The Score by C. Thi Nguyen
Andy, Anthony, and Parker tackle C. Thi Nguyen’s The Score in their fourth episode of “Book Club.” Nguyen’s book compares how metrics apply to and effect games and social structures. He argues that while …
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Andy, Anthony, and Parker tackle C. Thi Nguyen’s The Score in their fourth episode of “Book Club.” Nguyen’s book compares how metrics apply to and effect games and social structures. He argues that while metrics are a defining construct that allow games to exist and be fun, when applied to social situations and optimized they are often destructive. Our hosts discuss this theses and other arguments presented in the book.
Discussed in this episode:
- The Score by C. Thi Nguyen
- Merlin Bird I.D App
- Episode 206: The Joy of Gaming with Richard Garfield
- Games and the Art of Agency by C. Thi Nguyen
- A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein
- How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell
- End Times Fascism by by Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor
- The Nerd Reich by Gil Durán
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 5;30 - Birds and Value Capture
- 15:35 - Stakes and Metrics
- 19:24 - Andy Doesn’t Like Books
- 23:40 - The Art of Decision Making
- 32:27 - How to Stop Playing Someone Elses Game
- 38:12 - Lecturing
- 46:05 - Neologisms
- 53:54 - Cube Design and Events
- 1:02:28 - Big Tech
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Legacy
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk with Gabor about their Obscura Cube designed from the prompt “Legacy,” a very loaded term in the Cube space. Skipping past the obvious …
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Andy and Anthony talk with Gabor about their Obscura Cube designed from the prompt “Legacy,” a very loaded term in the Cube space. Skipping past the obvious interpretation, Gabor chose to look to legacy board games for inspiration — games that permanently change across a series of play sessions. Starting with a nostalgic list of iconic cards, Gabor altered the Cube over the course of the weekend, swapping in cards from an second list with input from players. Drafters made choices about host the cube changed and also altered cards from their decks. At the end of the weekend, the cube was left more powerful and marked by each player.
Discussed in this episode:
- Gabor’s Cube: “Legacy”
- C4AC Obscura
- Legacy Board Games
- Oath, Board Game by Cole Wehrle
- “King Me”: A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design, talk by Cole Wehrle
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Cube
- Roguelike Celebration
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:29 - Legacy
- 12:03 - The List
- 17:16 - Goals
- 22:10 - Predictions
- 26:32 - Postgame and Top 8
- 28:43 - Mystery
- 33:33 - Sharpies and Stickers
- 42:48 - Trust
Inland Northwest Cube Fest II Recap
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy recaps his experience at the second annual Inland Northwest Cube Fest to Anthony. He talks through each of his four drafts at the event, recounting how he handled …
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Andy recaps his experience at the second annual Inland Northwest Cube Fest to Anthony. He talks through each of his four drafts at the event, recounting how he handled novel Cube environments and gameplay highlights. He talks about the overall experience of the event including the printed cube companion guides, hosting a draft of 100 Ornithopters, and other extra-curricular activities.
Discussed in this episode:
- Inland Northwest Cube Fest
- Sliverhome
- Bridges Over Troubled Waters
- The Second Hand
- Middle Child
- DSB Tokens
- The Shepard Cube
- 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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:29 - Inland Northwest Cube Fest II
- 7:15 - Bridges Over Troubled Water
- 20:20 - Secondhand
- 29:46 - 100 Ornithopters
- 32:47 - Middle Child
- 41:47 - The Shepard Cube
- 52:47 - Magic is Hard
- 53:25 - Extras
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Feudal
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy, Jane, and Anthony talk about Andy’s Obscura cube, prompted with the word ”feudal.” His attempted to capture the experience of feudalism in gameplay by putting the …
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Andy, Jane, and Anthony talk about Andy’s Obscura cube, prompted with the word ”feudal.” His attempted to capture the experience of feudalism in gameplay by putting the powerful cards in certain spots that would force players to build decks a certain way. Powerful, high devotion lords, as much as possible represented by sinister human creatures, motivate players into mono colored decks. Players have no option but to fill out their decks with individually weak, under-rate creatures. As a foil, players eschew the high devotion lords and unite the individually weak cards multi-color deck rewarded by domain payoffs.
The talk about Andy’s design process. Then looking at the decks drafted at the event, they reflect on how successful these specific design goals were.
Discussed in this episode:
- Andy’s Feudal Obscura Cube
- Cabbages and Kings
- INW Cube Fest
- The Ball Pit
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 4:12 - Feudal
- 9:06 - Monocolored Decks
- 12:28 - Flavor
- 16:56 - Multicolor Decks
- 24:30 - Scarecrows
- 30:25 - Predictions
- 37:17 - Metagame Breakdown
- 46:49 - Changes
- 51:53 - Manabases
- 58:09 - Balance
- 1:00:30 - Does any of this Matter
The Paradox of Balance in Cube Design
View all cards mentioned in this episodeWhat makes a cube “balanced”? When a card or deck performs very differently in the hands of especially skilled players, are they using their greater knowledge of the game …
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What makes a cube “balanced”? When a card or deck performs very differently in the hands of especially skilled players, are they using their greater knowledge of the game to exploit a balance issue that others can’t see? Or are they just having the predictable success you would expect from a more skilled player? Is the experience of strong players a better indicator of a cube’s balance because they use cards optimally? Or are they exploiting the cards in a way that, if balanced for, would negatively impact the play experience of the average player?
We sure as hell don’t know, but you can listen to us try to figure it out for an hour if you want.
Discussed in this episode:
- Episode 322 With Ryan Overturf
- 100 Ornithopters
- The Fire Swamp
- The Red Terror
- Anthony’s Obscura Cube Anti-War
- Regular Cube
- Monocolored Starter Decks
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 3:30 - Balance
- 14:56 - Fun
- 19:45 - Expectations
- 23:14 - 100 Ornithopters Balance
- 28:10 - Metagame Development
- 37:47 - Smash Ultimate
- 49:33 - Starter Decks
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Déjà Vu
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk with Brett about his Obscura Cube. Prompted with the phrase “Déjà vu” Brett explored some wild, logistically impossible ideas before settling on a …
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Andy and Anthony talk with Brett about his Obscura Cube. Prompted with the phrase “Déjà vu” Brett explored some wild, logistically impossible ideas before settling on a cube filled to the brim with subtle repetitions. The feeling of things having happened before manifests in my ways from multiple copies of Accumulated Knowledge, Memory Lapses that create repeated moments, and repetitive single card engines.
Discussed in this episode:
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:14 - Déjà vu
- 11:46 - One Card Decks
- 14:55 - Balancing
- 20:50 - Hatebears
- 26:02 - Defining Déjà vu
- 29:44 - Callbacks
- 34:44 - Postgame
- 38:08 - Familiarity
- 41:21 - Blue-White Blink
- 45:25 - Blind Cubes
- 47:53 - Tension
- 49:32 - Moodboarding
- 51:58 - Future Updates
Capitol Cube Championship 2026 Tournament Report
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony recap their experience at Capitol Cube Championship in Washington D.C. They talk about the five different cube drafts they did between them and their …
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Andy and Anthony recap their experience at Capitol Cube Championship in Washington D.C. They talk about the five different cube drafts they did between them and their overall experience at the event.
Discussed in this episode:
- Team Fundraiser for Birds of Paradise
- 100 Ornithopters Champion’s Draft Digital Qualifier
- Capitol Cube Champs
- The Score by C. Thi Nguyen
- The Desert Bird
- Upkeep Zine
- Trinket Cube
- Synesthesia
- 100 Ornithopters
- Invasion to Kamigawa 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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 4:36 - Capitol Cube Champs
- 4:52 - Andy’s Desert Bird Draft
- 16:49 - Andy’s Desert Bird Games
- 27:45 - Anthony’s Desert Bird Draft
- 33:27 - Anthony’s Desert Bird Games
- 37:36 - Alex Responds
- 39:02 - Trinket Cube Draft
- 49:09 - Synesthesia Draft
- 53:28 - Synesthesia Games
- 61:18 - Invastion to Kamigawa Draft
- 69:51 - Invasion to Kamigawa Games
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Dangerous
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk with Ollie about their Obscura Cube with the prompt “Dangerous.” Ollie’s interpretation of the prompt led them to build a desert cube where all …
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Andy and Anthony talk with Ollie about their Obscura Cube with the prompt “Dangerous.” Ollie’s interpretation of the prompt led them to build a desert cube where all lands cost life to generate colored mana. Limiting each player to 20 colored pips of mana over the course of a game reshapes the way player’s engage with their life total as a resource and creates a truly dangerous feeling sensation.
Discussed in this episode:
- Ollie’s Dangerous Cube
- C4AC Obscura
- Hoopin
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:54 - Dangerous
- 12:45 - Lifegain
- 20:09 - Swamps
- 32:40 - Flavor
- 35:42 - Postgame
- 37:02 - Coverage
- 40:38 - Maintaining Dangerous
- 45:21 - Feedback
- 51:53 - New Cards
Leveraging Scarcity in Cube Design and Play
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy, 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 …
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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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Collapse
View all cards mentioned in this episodeGabe 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 …
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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:
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Drafting and Designing Weird Cubes with Ryan Overturf
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Cavalier
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Expensive Spells We Actually Like
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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:
You 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 Paper
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Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Anti-War
View all cards mentioned in this episodeIn the first installment of Obscura cube design discussions, Andy and Anthony are joined by Ollie to talk about Anthony’s cube designed around the prompt “anti-war” …
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In the first installment of Obscura cube design discussions, Andy and Anthony are joined by Ollie to talk about Anthony’s cube designed around the prompt “anti-war”. Moving past the literal interpretation of a cube without war, Anthony chose to make his cube all about presenting the profound horrors of war. The cube features cards that aesthetically or mechanically express brutality, hopelessness, greed, and resource extraction.
In the first half, recorded before the event, they talk about their hopes and expectations for the cube. In the second, post-event half they reflect on how well the design met its goals.
Discussed in this episode:
- Anthony’s Anti-War Obscura Cube List
- Pacifism Cube
- C4AC Obscura
- The Fire Swamp
- Yayoi Kusama
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 5:42 - Anti-War
- 10:15 - Power Outliers and Balance
- 19:38 - Feedback
- 29:00 - Postgame
- 30:25 - Edits
- 35:08 - Titan of Industry
- 39:41 - Things Happening
- 42:19 - Reflections
Summer 2026 Cube Zeitgeist
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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.
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
What Makes a Card “Sacred?”
View all cards mentioned in this episodeSometimes 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 …
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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:
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.
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Open Drafting Take Five
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Exploring Cube Cobra’s New Winrate Analysis Features
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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
Summertime Mailbag
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy 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 …
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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:
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.
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical 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?
Cross Pod Cube Throw Down: Regular Cube vs Sacred Geometry
View all cards mentioned in this episodeIn a strange experiment, Andy and Anthony organize drafts of their cubes Sacred Geometry and Regular Cube and then pair players against the opposite cube. The two cubes …
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In a strange experiment, Andy and Anthony organize drafts of their cubes Sacred Geometry and Regular Cube and then pair players against the opposite cube. The two cubes have some major similarities, and clear differences. They wanted to see how drastically skewed win records would be towards one cube, and see what else they can learn. The experiment highlighted some unexpected differences and individual cards that skewed up or down when played against a different battery of opponents.
Discussed in this episode:
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 01:45 - The Experiment - Regular Cube vs Sacred Geometry
- 11:10 - Post-Draft
- 12:32 - Anthony’s Draft
- 13:56 - Andy vs Anthony
- 18:33 - Max Aggro
- 20:51 - Control Mirror
- 26:47 - Impossible Mirror
- 30:21 - Anthony is Outclassed
- 33:30 - Results
- 41:08 - Texture vs Density
- 42:29 - Subverted Expectations
- 46:11 - Expanding on the Concept
- 50:43 - Mana Fixing
- 53:23 - More Cube vs Cube
Narrow Tutors in Cube
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about narrow tutors in Cubes. In contrast to the most open ended ways for players to search up a card from their library, narrow tutor effects give …
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Andy and Anthony talk about narrow tutors in Cubes. In contrast to the most open ended ways for players to search up a card from their library, narrow tutor effects give cube designers an opportunity to make specific sets of cards more accessible. Our hosts talk about specific “tutor” cards they include in their cubes. They talk about the ways they can create interesting draft challenges, provide targeted redundancy, or let players construct a toolbox of cards they have more opportunities to find.
Discussed in this episode:
- Episode 199: Tutors in Cube Design: Creating Variety by Reducing Variety
- Episode 312: Cards that are Cool — Part 2
- The next Book Club book: The Score by C. Thi Nguyen
Cubes mentioned:
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.
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:18 - Narrow Tutors
- 13:13 - Tutor Apprehensions
- 15:27 - Stoneforge Mystic
- 19:57 - Brightglass Gearhulk
- 24:05 - Tribute Mage
- 26:45 - Sphinx Summoner
- 30:06 - Goblin Engineer
- 33:06 - Mystical Teachings
- 33:41 - Recruiters
- 35:19 - Open the Armory
- 42:32 - Turbo Cube
- 46:07 - Wizardcycling
- 46:29 - Scrapyard Recombiner
- 50:49 - Transmute
- 56:18 - Appeal to Turbo Cube
CubeCon DMV Tournament Report
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony report on their experience at CubeCon DMV — from the organizers of the original CubeCon — a cube event right in their back yard. They talk about their …
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Andy and Anthony report on their experience at CubeCon DMV — from the organizers of the original CubeCon — a cube event right in their back yard. They talk about their drafts in the event, highlights from games, and lunchtime highs and lows.
Discussed in this episode:
- Cube Events Page
- The Metabolic Machine
- Take Five
- Andy’s Take Five Videos
- Jarvis Yube
- World Championship Museum (96-04)
- Sacred Geometry
- 100 Ornithopters
- Genesis - The first Omen Machine, a.k.a. Chris’s “Completely Normal Game of Magic with One Rules Change
- Dichotomy Cube
- Winston Draft
- Regular 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.
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:11 - Cubecon DMV
- 5:53 - Metabolic Machine
- 15:14 - Take Five
- 16:40 - Cosmogoyf vs Saw In Half
- 23:40 - Take Five Round Timer Issues
- 28:41 - Jarvis Yu’s Jarvis Yube
- 36:26 - Pasta Pizza
- 38:41 - Take Five Again
- 43:05 - More Cool Rulings
- 45:06 - World Championship Museum
- 50:46 - Chris’s Custom Winston Format
- 59:23 - Anthony’s Draft of Sacred Geo
- 1:00:56 - Top 8
Cards that are Cool — Part 2
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about cards they think are cool. In the long anticipated follow up to episode 108, they just talk about things they think are neat. Anthony shares …
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Andy and Anthony talk about cards they think are cool. In the long anticipated follow up to episode 108, they just talk about things they think are neat. Anthony shares some cards he’s seen pop up regularly in recent cube drafts that spark some intrigue. Andy shares cards that he thinks over-deliver, in a design and gameplay sense, in his own cubes.
Discussed in this episode:
- Episode 108: Cards That Are Cool
- Take 5
- Sacred Geometry
- 100 Ornithopters
- Bun Magic Cube
- Neoclassical Cube
- Regular Cube
- Turbo 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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:50 - Main Topic: Cool Cards
- 6:24 - Botanical Brawler
- 10:53 - Rot-Curse Rakshasa
- 13:53 - Oni-Cult Anvil
- 19:11 - Fear of Isolation
- 22:11 - Paradoxical Outcome
- 26:22 - Reinforced Ronin
- 31:04 - Second Sunrise
- 38:58 - Fists of Flame
- 44:19 - Engineered Explosives
- 46:30 - Kessig Wolf Run
- 51:44 - Mystical Teachings
- 55:47 - Honorable Mentions
Board Stalls and Cube Design
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about board stalls and Cube. They talk about what they don’t like about this particular genera of board state. They theorize about some aspects of a …
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Andy and Anthony talk about board stalls and Cube. They talk about what they don’t like about this particular genera of board state. They theorize about some aspects of a cube’s design would lead to more stalls, and ways they might, as a designer, try to minimize them.
This weeks topic was suggested by listener MZ. Thanks, MZ!
Discussed in this episode:
- Lucky Paper Cube Events Page
- Sam Black’s article describing “big” and “small” games
- Bun Magic Cube
- Sacred Geometry
- 100 Ornithopters
- Neoclassical 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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:01 - Andy’s Pool Adventure
- 4:14 - Board Stalls
- 18:33 - Who’s the Beatdown?
- 22:35 - Equilibrium
- 26:10 - Creature Sizing
- 30:11 - Evasion
- 31:40 - Combat Tricks and Friends
- 33:12 - Equipment
- 35:42 - 2 for 1s and Big vs Small Games
- 42:00 - Great Game in Sacred Geometry
- 44:32 - Ornithopters and Neutral States
- 49:18 - Milling Out
- 55:15 - Conclusion
Token Episode
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about the logistics of tokens for Cube. They talk about different ways they’ve managed them over the years and for different Cubes. They make …
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Andy and Anthony talk about the logistics of tokens for Cube. They talk about different ways they’ve managed them over the years and for different Cubes. They make recommendations for the best way to approach the problem, and even how their Cube design is influenced by token makers.
Discussed in this episode:
Cubes Discussed:
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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 [email protected] or our p.o. box:
Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:44 - Main Topic: Token Logistics
- 6:15 - Anthony’s Approach to Tokens
- 9:04 - Challenges Managing Tokens
- 15:28 - Dry Erase Token Rant
- 18:03 - Tokencreep
- 21:29 - Sacred Geometry Tokens
- 27:00 - Green In Sacred Geometry
- 32:47 - How Token Restriction Influences Sacred Geometry
- 34:51 - Bun Magic Tokens
- 39:16 - Problems with Token Bags
- 43:06 - New Token System
- 48:15 - Why Streamline Your Tokens?
- 51:04 - Andy’s Other Tokens
- 56:23 - Other Token Solutions
Powering Down Eternal Cubes with Jake and Parker
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony are joined by Jake and Parker to talk about their shifts in approach to each of their eternal cubes. While Jake, Parker, and Andy have long maintained …
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Andy and Anthony are joined by Jake and Parker to talk about their shifts in approach to each of their eternal cubes. While Jake, Parker, and Andy have long maintained generally “power motivated” eternal cubes, they’ve each grappled with concerns about aesthetics, complexity, or gameplay in the last few years of Magic releases. They talk about how they’ve changed their design philosophies in light of those changes and how they’ve reframed the way they make decisions about the cards they choose to play.
Discussed in this episode:
- Bodleian Cube
- Bun Magic Cube
- Theseus
- Turbo Cube
- Atavus
- Pulp Nouveau
- Midwinter
- Cascade Cascade
- Four TCGs in Magic’s Trench Coat, article by Parker LaMascus
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:
You 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 Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 2:57 - Main Topic: Power Motivated Cube
- 11:21 - The Vibeshift
- 17:08 - Gameplay Styles
- 19:33 - Paper Drafting and Taste
- 24:41 - Why Play High Power Level Magic
- 30:53 - Stat Inflation
- 39:33 - Power Motivation in 2026
- 45:46 - Theorycrafting with Powerful Cards
- 49:26 - Concluding Games
- 53:14 - Make Your Cube About Something
- 55:57 - Advice
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