October 18, 2021

A Normal Conversation About Magic Cards

45 minutes

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Andy and Anthony talk about a handful of individual cards from each of their Cubes: why they like them, how they’ve shaped the format or changed as the format evolved, and gameplay highlights. Follow along with the cards in the image gallery.

Timestamps:

1:42 — Balance

5:29 — Portable Hole

8:17 — Dryad Greenseeker

10:16 — Serum Visions

11:52 — Mogg War Marshal

13:46 — Censor

15:29 — Rix Maadi Reveler

18:23 — Murktide Regent

20:44 — Go for the Throat

22:02 — Barbed Spike

23:54 — Recurring Nightmare

27:53 — Discovery // Disperal

31:20 — Seal of Fire

31:12 — Untethered Express

37:51 — Shocklands

Discussed in this episode:

The Resleevables

Anthony’s Irregular Cube

Daniel’s Gold Cube

Anthony’s Turbo Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube

Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected]. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

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