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Andy and Anthony recap Andy’s experience at the fourth annual CubeCon. They talk about how the event went overall, their thoughts on changes to the event structure — in particular separating open play and main event tickets — and Andy’s drafts throughout the weekend.

Discussed in this episode:

• CubeCon
• Sacred Geometry
• Red Terror
• Boudican Destruction Horizon cube by DarthPinkHippo
• World Champ Cube
• Lords of Limited × Lucky Paper Episode
• Museum of Modern cube by Judge Bones
• Pringlesman’s Cube
• Episode 275: In the Kitchen Making Stone Soup of Lucky Paper Radio

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:25 - Presents from Listeners
• 2:57 - CubeCon Recap
• 4:21 - CubeCon Open Play Area vs Main Event
• 11:30 - Draft 1 of Joe’s World Champs Cube
• 23:06 - Draft 2 of Pringlesman's Cube
• 29:58 - Draft 3 - Stone Soup
• 46:36 - Draft 4 of Red Terror
• 46:57 - Too Many Cubes
• 52:34 - Draft 5 of Sacred Geometry
• 56:02 - Wrap Up

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In preparation for this year’s CubeCon, Andy and Anthony dive through some of Andy’s collection to put together a Stone Soup card pool for Andy to bring to the event. In this format, each player brings 45 cards of their choice. All the cards are combined and shuffled up and drafted like a collaboratively built cube. They talk about considerations for the kinds of cards to include while exploring stacks of cards, and ultimately picking out the 45 to bring.

Discussed in this episode:

• Episode 265: Stone Soup, A Magical Community Stew with D.S.B.
• Cube Will Outlive Magic, Second Run Playmat Preorders on Stitcher’s Supply
• The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:00 - What is a stone soup draft
• 10:55 - Choosing lands for the soup
• 16:09 - Removal for the soup
• 25:54 - 10 cool cards
• 38:14 - Anthony critiques the soup
• 45:58 - Full soup contribution recap
• 50:36 - Addressing color imbalance in the soup
• 54:41 - Second run of "Cube Will Outlive Magic" playmat preorders

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Andy and Anthony brainstorm a brand new cube starting from a single card: Genesis Wave. Like the two previous episodes, featuring Goblin Charbelcher and Trade Routes, they expand from a single card considering what kind of environment it would make sense in. They take a few further steps considering more layers of cards that fit together in different ways. They end up with a rough sketch for a cube idea, including some general themes and a few open questions still to answer to turn their initial brainstorm into a playable list.

Discussed in this episode:

• Second Edition of the Cube Will Outlive Magic Playmats Available for Preorder
• Lucky Paper Patreon
• Episode 197: Cube Design Iron Chef: Goblin Charbelcher
• Episode 182: Emergent Cube Design by Example starting with Trade Routes

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:30 - Building a Cube Starting from Genesis Wave
• 7:55 - Why Andy Doesn't Like Genesis Wave
• 16:34 - Level 1 Cards
• 23:52 - Permanent Based Interaction
• 26:54 - Landfall
• 30:42 - ETB Payoffs
• 34:28 - Level 2 Cards
• 42:01 - Vendilion Clique Corner
• 51:57 - Open Questions Remaining
• 57:46 - Approaching the Manabase
• 1:01:54 - Conclusion

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Andy and Anthony talk about each of their top 5 favorite cards from the history of the game. They talk about where they first encountered them whether it was an exciting level up moment in a draft or as a key card that inspired a deck.

Discussed in this episode:

• CubeCon
• Lucky Paper Cube Fellowship
• The Eternal Glory Podcast
• Anthony’s First Ever 3-0 Deck Featuring Archfiend of Ifnir
• Eric Klug’s Peasant Cube
• Recross the Paths
• Lords of Limited

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:24 - Episode Start
• 6:02 - Anthony Favorite Cards #1 Whitemane Lion
• 12:43 - #2 Noosegraf Mob
• 17:29 - #3 Genesis Wave
• 21:45 - #4 Archfiend of Ifnir
• 26:32 - #5 Sphinx's Tutelage
• 34:40 - Andy Favorite Cards History
• 36:55 - #1 Masticore
• 42:10 - #2 Managorger Hydra
• 48:49 - #3 Skeleton Ship
• 53:55 - #4 Portent
• 59:26 - #5 Ornithopter

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Andy and Anthony talk about the last year in Magic and, in broad strokes, where they think the game stands from a design and product perspective. They start with Mark Rosewater’s own annual retrospective and talk about wether or not they agree on his take on the past year’s sets.

Discussed in this episode:

• Mark Rosewater’s 2025 State of Design Article
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #18 - Having a Healthy Relationship with Magic, Especially Outside of Cube
• General Apathy on YouTube
• Ornithological Studies Secret Lair

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 05:48 - State of Design 2025
• 28:05 - The end of "hat" sets?
• 46:48 - Meditations on Fandom Culture
• 50:01 - State of Design Lighting Round

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Andy and Anthony, along with Zach, Gabor, and Scott, recap their drafts from the most recent Capitol Cube Championship. The five of them, at sixty other players, spent a whole Saturday in DC Cube drafting. They talk about the cubes and decks they each drafted and highlights from the event.

Discussed in this episode:

• Capitol Cube Championship
• Bodleian Cube
• Atomic Cube
• Bun Magic Cube
• Compost Cube
• Depleted Lands
• Penrose Cube
• Tresserhorn Gardens
• Alatta
• Time Spiral Altered
• 100 Ornithopters

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 00:54 - Capitol Cube Champs
• 03:30 - Compost Cube
• 07:34 - Depleted Lands
• 25:20 - Penrose Cube
• 37:58 - Tresserhorn Gardens
• 55:58 - Alatta
• 01:02:26 - Time Spiral Altered
• 01:10:56 - 100 Ornithopters
• 01:23:31 - Anthony's Top Eight Draft

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Andy and Anthony talk about the the new draft format Wizard’s intends for playing their latest release: Marvel’s Spider-Man. Designing the set approachable for small play groups, they propose a four player draft where each player takes two cards at a time from sealed booster packs. Our hosts talk about the design of the format, and the constraints in packaging and communication that informed it. They talk about the ways they prefer to draft with small groups and the options available to them as Cube organizers that they can take advantage of to have fun with any number of players.

Discussed in this episode:

• Gavin’s Video Explaining Pick 2
• Good Luck High Five’s Episode on Pick 2 Draft
• Housman Draft
• Grid Draft
• Double Decker Draft
• Wimbledon Draft
• Alpha Reimagined 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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:34 - Main Topic: Pick 2 Draft
• 8:04 - Potential Downsides of Pick 2 Draft
• 20:49 - Other Implications of Double Picks
• 27:29 - Fan Made Small Pod Draft Formats
• 30:19 - Drafting with Smaller Pack Sizes
• 33:44 - Housman Draft
• 40:32 - Grid Draft
• 43:46 - Ryan Spain’s 2-Deck Draft
• 45:52 - Wimbledon Draft
• 51:35 - Final Thoughts on Pick 2 Draft
• 57:09 - 2 Card Combos in Drafts for Small Groups

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Andy and Anthony co-draft Anthony’s Turbo Cube, talking through each of their picks as they navigate putting a deck together in this novel environment. In the Turbo Cube, all spells and activated abilities cost 2  mana less. While they draft, they discuss how the rules change effects each pick and their overall strategy.

Because of the unique environment, our hosts collaborativly draft with eight real players rather than separately drafting the same simulated seat as they have in previous draft along episodes.

Follow along with their draft on the cards mentioned page to see the full set of cards in each pack.

Discussed in this episode:

• Turbo Cube
• Next “Book Club” Read: The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman
• Recross the Paths, Episode with Andy Discussing the Cube Fellowship
• Cube Fellowship

Previous open drafting episodes:

• The Bun Magic Cube
• Regular Cube
• 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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:27 - Book Club - The Design of Everyday Things
• 6:59 - Cube Fellowship
• 9:11 - Turbo Cube Draft Along
• 14:29 - Draft Pack 1
• 26:38 - Draft Pack 2
• 37:06 - Draft Pack 3
• 45:11 - Draft Pack 4
• 54:10 - Deck Build
• 58:02 - Deck Review and Grade
  

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Anthony is one again out sick, and trying to fill his sizable shoes are both judge Bones and Kade from Recross the Paths for a discussion with a potpurri of topics. They recap Cube for a Cause, talk about how to divorce player experience from the outcome of their matches, and, of course, The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

Discussed in this episode:

• Cube for a Cause Coverage on YouTube
• Cube For A Cause (C4AC)

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 8:55 - Main Topic Start
• 18:58 - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
• 31:20 - Vibe Curation
• 40:33 - H** O***
• 42:40 - Okay Maybe Winning Does Matter
• 53:06 - Bones’ Judge Corner

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Andy and Parker look back at all the cards rotating out of Standard this summer. They look at the specific cards they were interested in for their cubes and talk about what they were right and wrong about.

Search your own past survey submissions here.

Discussed in this episode:

• 2025 Standard Rotation Article by Parker LaMascus
• Theseus
• Pulp Nouveau
• Sacred Geometry
• Bun Magic
• Neoclassical
• Regular
• Cube for a Cause UMA Cube Draft

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:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:24 - Main Topic: Post Rotation Cube Survey Retrospective
• 10:47 - Surprising Trends
• 17:14 - Parker’s Lessons
• 36:32 - Andy’s Picks
• 50:07 - Correct Predictions
• 57:29 - Wrap Up