December 20, 2021

Inaugural Draft of the Irregular Cube

1 hour 6 minutes

Andy and Anthony talk about recent drafts of the Irregular Cube, Anthony’s newest Cube which features ‘rare’ cards, and Andy’s Bun Magic Cube. They review their own drafts, what was working, what was problematic, and how the rare cards influenced the experience. They hypothesize reasons why the draft was not universally enjoyed and how the environment might be changed to improve the experience and better set expectations.

They start things off with a pack 1, pick 1 from the Irregular Cube.

Follow along with all the mentioned cards.

Discussed in this episode:

The Irregular Cube

The Best Ramen in Baltimore

The Regular Cube

The Bun Magic Cube

The Turbo Cube

The Mono Black Cube

Andy’s Deck from the Bun Magic Cube

PVDDR on Mulligans

No Land Beyond

Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning

Drafting the Hard Way

Anthony’s Chicken Stack for Ramen and More

The Essential Pepin

Timestamps:

3:35 — Introduction to the Irregular Cube

5:39 — Pack 1, Pick 1

10:39 — Draft recap: Andy’s deck and setting expectations with the group

21:02 — Is Sprout Swarm fun? Is it too good?

27:19 — Draft recap: Anthony’s deck and the relativity of powerful cards

34:50 — The benefits of variance

39:08 — The pleasantly surprising underperformance of 5 color goodstuff

41:58 — The role of combos and draft diversity in the Irregular Cube

46:55 — How Magic history limits new card design

49:55 — Bun Magic Cube: Brags and Bad Beats

1:01:41 — Recipe corner

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

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