Welcome to the 51st episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today, I’m happy to be joined by Simon Cloutier to discuss The Six Drop Cube, which is a cube that, as you probably guessed, only include six drops! In this episode, we explore how tempo plays a role in this unique environment, the importance of card advantage, fast mana lands such as the depletion lands, the inspirations behind the cube, and much more!

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 28th to March 1st, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

ConnectiCube Website: https://connecticutcube.com/

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

The Six Drop Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/SixDrops

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Welcome to the 50th episode of Cuberviews🎉, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today, I’m very excited to be joined by Kerby to discuss Omnipresent Imposters, a special rules cube where each player starts the draft with two copies of the card Omnipresent Imposter. In this episode, we explore how a single card can completely recontextualize an environment without changing the rules of Magic, how Kerby balances such a heavily warped environment, lessons learned from testing and cuts, and much more!

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 28th to March 1st, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

ConnectiCube Website: https://connecticutcube.com/

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

Omnipresent Imposters: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/Omnipresent

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Welcome to the 49th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today, I’m thrilled to be joined by Scott Mirts to discuss Kolósaio, a semi-desert cube inspired by Greek mythology and the grandeur of the coliseum! In this episode, we dive into how Scott uses the Theros gods as a baseline for power level, the importance of art and flavor, how giving drafters only Mountains at the end of the draft reshapes both drafting and deckbuilding decisions, and much more.

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 28th to March 1st, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

ConnectiCube Website: https://connecticutcube.com/

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

Kolósaio: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/Kolosaio

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed: Funnylittleguys.co

Welcome to the sixth bonus episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design!

On today’s special bonus episode, you’ll hear from cube designers across the community as they share their favorite cards from 2025, what the cards are, which cubes they’re for, and why they love them.

Enjoy their insights, and stay tuned for more cube design conversations in future episodes of Cuberviews!

ConnectiCube, a 64-person cube event, is happening February 28th and March 1st, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

For more information, join the Discord: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art By Tyler Reed: https://funnylittleguys.com

Welcome to the 48th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I am excited to be joined by Dan Schneider to discuss The Perilous Seas, a Grixis-colored thematic desert cube focused on pirates, sea monsters, and all things nautical! On today's episode we discuss topics such as the card choices included in the cube to make it feel thematic, vibes forward cube design, the imbalance of colors, and much more.

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 28th to March 1st, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

The Perilous Seas: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/perilousseas

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed, Funnylittleguys.co

Welcome to the 47th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I’m thrilled to be joined by Greg Cortazzo, host of the Vertex Cube events, to the discuss The Drownyard, a low-power, color-imbalanced cube with a strong focus on the graveyard.

On today's episode we discuss topics such as including mill in your cube, how the cube's heavy color imbalance shapes draft decisions, the inspirations behind the cube, and much more. Enjoy the conversation and stay tuned for more insights into the world of cube design in future episodes of Cuberviews!

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 28th to March 1st, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

The Drownyard: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drownyard

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed, Funnylittleguys.co

Welcome to the 46th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I’m excited to be joined by Derek Gallen to discuss how embracing variance in your cube design—and experimenting with larger cube sizes—can lead to deeper, more dynamic player experiences. On today's episode we cover topics like when it makes sense to build a 360-card list versus a larger cube, how challenging your players can create more memorable drafts, the concept of negentropy, and much more. Enjoy the conversation and stay tuned for more insights into the world of cube design in future episodes of Cuberviews!

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 14–15, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

4 Packs of Magic: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/8acace2c-841f-4815-8fa9-30fee6e72500

COGWORK COMBO: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/CFTSOC

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed, Funnylittleguys.com

Welcome to the 45th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I’m happy to be joined by artist and cube curator Tyler Reed to discuss both The Bloomburrow Empire, and the Bloomburrow Modified Set Cube. On today's episode, we discuss topics such as the differences between the two cubes, when and why to include cards from outside your featured set, the unique removal suite in the environment, how art inspired the cube, and much more. Enjoy the conversation and stay tuned for more insights into the world of cube design in future episodes of Cuberviews!

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 14–15, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

The Bloomburrow Empire: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/bloomburrowempire

Bloomburrow Modified Set Cube:

https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/bloomburrowdraft

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed, Funnylittleguys.com

Welcome to the fifth bonus episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! In today's special bonus episode I am coming to you live from CubeCon in Madison, Wisconsin. I interview players between rounds, recap my own drafts, and capture the excitement of the event. You’ll hear about what people drafted, how their decks came together, fun highlights from their matches, and thoughts on the cubes we played. Tune in to hear their insights and stay tuned for more discussions on cube design in future episodes of Cuberviews!

My deck lists from the event: https://imgur.com/a/bB5CBtU

ConnectiCube, a 64-person cube event, is happening February 14–15, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art By Tyler Reed: Funnylittleguys.com

Welcome to the 44th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I’m excited to be joined by Nick Z to discuss Red Cube Wins!—a color-restricted cube that embraces chaos and everything that is red, where the only available basics at the end of the draft are Mountains. On today’s episode, we discuss topics such as building a mono-red cube around the color’s strengths and weaknesses, how chaos cards and land destruction shape gameplay, finding the right pack size for color-restricted cubes, and some of Nick’s wildest stories from the table. Enjoy the conversation and stay tuned for more insights into the world of cube design in future episodes of Cuberviews!

ConnectiCube!

64-person cube event happening February 14–15, 2026 at Pack Rat Gaming, just outside Hartford, CT! We'll be featuring lots of amazing local cubes—plus a special guest cube designed by Judge Bones!

Join the ConnectiCube Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/X5mqx46NZW

Red Cube Wins!: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/redwins

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed, Funnylittleguys.com