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October 10, 2024Ep 4 - The Shard Cube Erich and Hayden introduce The Shard Cube, an environment focused on Magic’s allied three colour groups and built with a love of Alara block. Rich discussions on the initial difficulty of achieving one’s desired power level and what criteria to examine cards with when making changes ensue.
The cube list and all cards mentioned can be found here
Cube Cruisin - The Shard Cube v1
Cube Cruisin - The Shard Cube v2
Links discussed in this episode
- SCG’s The Resleevables Shards of Alara Episode (Podbay.fm)
- Shards of Alara Flashback Draft Primer (Reddit)
- Conflux Flashback Draft Primer (Reddit)
- Scryfall.com
- Future Islands (Official Website)
- Find Your Local Library (usa.gov)
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Episode overview & background with Shards
04:00 Cube philosophies/What are Shards to us?
07:25 Cube construction & archetypes
15:15 What do we hope to learn?
24:33 How we’re drafting
27:07 First draft discussion
40:59 Cube changes & second draft discussion
47:54 How did we like & what did we learn?
55:29 Peek at the Week!
1:02:51 Outro & Credits
You can find the hosts’ on Cube Cobra:
- Erich's Profile
- Hayden's Profile
Cover art by Brittanie Thompson
Music
My District by Lesfm/Oleksii Kaplunskyi -- https://pixabay.com/music/funk-my-district-152701/
guitar riff 1.wav by kaponja -- https://freesound.org/s/54253/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
...more August 29, 2024Ep 3 - The Triple Threat Cube This episode delves into Erich’s Triple Threat cube born from lofty constraints, most notably that it features cards with Mana Value 3 or less. Erich and Hayden will discuss how low curving cards affect the draft, the impact on manabases, and curating which effects to include that are valuable from early to late game.
The cube list and all cards mentioned can be found here
Cube Cobra - Triple Threat Cube
Links discussed in this episode
- How to Pancake Draft (RiptideLab)
- Criterion Channel (Streaming)
- V-Rising (Steam)
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Episode overview & cube philosophies
08:40 Cube construction & number breakdown
15:24 Multicolor & archetypes
33:44 How we’re drafting
35:01 What we’re hoping to learn
39:01 First draft discussion
48:58 Cube changes post-first draft
1:02:09 How did we like the cube?
1:05:43 What did we learn?
1:12:56 Peek at the Week!
1:22:00 Outro & Credits
You can find the hosts’ on Cube Cobra:
- Erich's Profile
- Hayden's Profile
Cover art by Brittanie Thompson
Music
My District by Lesfm/Oleksii Kaplunskyi -- https://pixabay.com/music/funk-my-district-152701/
guitar riff 1.wav by kaponja -- https://freesound.org/s/54253/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
...more July 18, 2024Ep 2 - The Artifact Twobert In this episode, Hayden and Erich put Hayden’s Artifact Twobert to the test. Covering how initial tinkering will only get one so far, the value of playtesting with rapid iteration and what that means for the design process.
The cube list and all cards mentioned can be found here
Cube Cruisin - Artifact Twobert v1
Cube Cruisin - Artifact Twobert v2
Links discussed in this episode
- What is Grid Draft (Lucky Paper)
- BUS Game Devs (Youtube)
- Slice & Dice (Steam)
Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Overview of the episode & Why Artifacts?
03:12 - Cube philosophies
05:03 - Cube breakdown and numbers
16:00 - Archetypes & What we’re hoping to learn
20:41 - How we’re drafting
24:52 - FIRST draft overview & Revisions
34:49 - SECOND draft overview after revisions
46:37 - Did we like it & What did we learn
54:53 - Final thoughts & What we would change
55:44 - Peek at the Week
1:03:18 - Outro & Credits
You can find the hosts’ on Cube Cobra:
- Erich's Profile
- Hayden's Profile
Cover art by Brittanie Thompson
Music
My District by Lesfm/Oleksii Kaplunskyi -- https://pixabay.com/music/funk-my-district-152701/
guitar riff 1.wav by kaponja -- https://freesound.org/s/54253/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
...more June 06, 2024Ep 1 - The JUND Cube In the inaugural episode, Erich and Hayden discuss their version of THE JUND CUBE through the lens of a 2 player experience. They explore what it means to “Jund Em Out”, discuss their application of that philosophy into this cube, and experience how a single top deck can blast an opponent out of the water.
The cube list and all cards mentioned can be found here
Cube Cruisin - 2P Jund Cube
Links discussed in this episode
- What is "jund em out" mean? (Reddit)
- When in Doubt, Jund ’em Out (Hipsters of the Coast)
- The Jund Cube: The JUNDERDOME (Cube Cobra)
- How to Pancake Draft (RiptideLab)
- How to Housman Draft (Lucky Paper)
- What is Grid Draft (Lucky Paper)
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Overview of the episode & What is JUND?
07:19 Cube philosophies and numbers
09:54 What we’re hoping to learn
12:07 How we’re drafting
16:11 Draft overview
24:46 How’d we like the cube
27:09 Did we capture the feeling of ‘JUND em out’?
28:18 What would we change?
33:03 Peek at the Week
36:31 Outro & Credits
You can find the hosts’ on Cube Cobra:
- Erich's Profile
- Hayden's Profile
Cover art by Brittanie Thompson
Music
My District by Lesfm/Oleksii Kaplunskyi -- https://pixabay.com/music/funk-my-district-152701/
guitar riff 1.wav by kaponja -- https://freesound.org/s/54253/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
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