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Andy and Anthony talk through some of their recent drafts from their weekly Cube night. They talk about what they drafted and their impressions of the cubes, including Anthony’s Turbo Cube and a mystery cube brought by a new participant in Cube night.

Discussed in this episode:

• Turbo Cube

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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:

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:49 - Main Topic Start
• 5:24 - Turbo Cube
• 32:56 - Mystery Cube
• 50:51 - Takeaways from Mystery Cube
• 57:06 - Wrap Up

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Andy and Anthony talk about Andy’s latest Cube design concept. Inspired by The Ball Pit among other projects, Andy’s goal is to design a desert cube where players play all but 5 cards from their pool. In other words, after the draft, player simply “Take Five” cards out of their pool and get shuffling. Andy’s goal is to push players even harder to make something out of the cards they draft even if they don’t obviously stand well on their own. Our hosts talk about the design process, challenges they anticipate, and potential solutions to this draft structure.

Discussed in this episode:

• Take Five Song Recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Take Five Andy’s Emerging Cube Idea
• The Ball Pit
• 100 Ornithopters
• Andy’s Take Five Brainstorming Videos on YouTube
• Goblin Game, mono-Red No-Deckbuilding Cube by Arlo
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #20 including Arlo’s Explanation of Goblin Game
• Degenerate Micro Cube
• Sacred Geometry
• Bun Magic Cube

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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
• 7:23 - Andy's New Cube Concept: "Take Five"
• 26:33 - Complexity Level
• 30:02 - Mana Fixing with Minimal Deckbuilding
• 35:25 - Cube Design Timeline
• 39:59 - Categories of Cards in the Cube
• 47:04 - Future Abandoned Ideas
• 58:26 - Wrap Up

Andy and Anthony talk about and dispel what they see as the most prevalent myths about Cube drafting and design. While the format has seen a ton of growth in the last few years, it’s still not uncommon for people to think of Cube as primarily defined by the MTGO Cube. Other myths like Cube being only for the most enfranchised players or requiring exactly 8 people are still pervasive.

Discussed in this episode:

• The Chive Guy
• Double-slit Experiment
• The Top 5 Casual Formats Of Magic: The Gathering (not commander) from the Tolarian Community College on YouTube
• Stone Soup Draft Explanation on YouTube
• Many Ways to Draft with Less than 8 Players Explained
• Episode 277: Building the Lords of Limited Cube with Ben and Ethan of the LOL Podcast
• Episode 206: The Joy of Gaming with Richard Garfield with Richard Garfield, Magic’s creator
• Broadcast Shuffle: The Fast Method for Shuffling a Cube
• The Magic Multiverse Project

Cubes Mentioned:

• MTGO Vintage Cube Cube List on Cube Cobra
• Andy’s 100 Ornithopters
• Aquaone Powered a Heavily Altered Powered Vintage Cube
• Anthony’s Turbo Cube
• Andy’s Neoclassical Cube
• Andy’s Sacred Geometry
• Anthony’s Regular Cube
• Companion Cube

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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
• 4:06 - Myth 1: All Cube is Vintage Cube
• 8:40 - Myth 2: Cubes Must Contain the Most Powerful Cards Available
• 12:10 - Cube vs. Commander
• 15:13 - Myth 3: Cube is Expensive
• 29:28 - Myth 4: Cube is for Enfranchised Players Only
• 33:02 - Myth 5: You Need 8 People to Play Cube
• 40:12 - Myth 6: 360 Card Cubes Get Repetitive
• 43:48 - Myth 7: Your Cube Has to Be Perfectly Balanced
• 48:04 - Myth 8: Shuffling is Difficult and Time Consuming
• 48:43 - Myth 9: If You Like Commander You Should Build a Commander Cube
• 50:28 - Myth 10: Your Cube Needs a Gimmick
• 57:21 - Listener Message from Nick

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Andy and Anthony are joined by Jane to talk about her novel Cube The Ball Pit. In this cube, every card is treated as a modal double faced card with Chromatic Sphere on the back side. On top of that, the Cube is also a desert cube, so players must draft their lands and don’t have access to additional basics, and every card drafted must be played in your deck. They talk about Jane’s process designing the cube and how the rules relate to the particular cards included.

Discussed in this episode:

• The Ball Pit
• Data Generated Vintage Cube
• Recross the Paths Discussing the Ball Pit
• Inland Northwest Cube Fest
• CubeCon
• The Dashcon Ball Pit

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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
• 0:42 - The Ball Pit
• 10:21 - Unconventional Cube Maintenance
• 13:33 - Psychographics
• 18:34 - Evaluating Deck Photos
• 20:55 - THE STINKERS
• 24:43 - Ball Pit At CubeCon and Addressing Issues
• 31:06 - Cloudpost
• 32:22 - Reducing Mental Load
• 34:40 - Addressing Long Games
• 46:38 - The Future of The Ball Pit
• 53:00 - Selecting Card Printings
• 54:54 - Final Thoughts

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Andy and Anthony are joined by Ethan and Ben of the Lords of Limited podcast to talk about their new found enthusiasm for Cube and their new Lords of Limited Cube. Inspired to make a cube emblematic of their podcast and limited experience, their cube pulls from all the sets they’ve discussed on the podcast, starting with Hour of Devastation. They talk with Andy and Anthony about refining the list to something ready for playtesting. They talk about proportions of different effects, rough skeletons for color and type breakdowns, and what their goals for this new cube are.

Discussed in this episode:

• Cube Will Outlive Magic Playmat, Second Edition Preorder
• Lords of Limited
• Initial List for the Lords of Limited Cube
• Episode 274: Cube Design Iron Chef: Genesis Wave
• 17 Lands
• The Fire Swamp
• Regular Cube

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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
• 0:57 - Episode Start
• 5:21 - Lords of Limited Cube
• 6:30 - Cube Design by Committee
• 12:48 - 17 Lands
• 15:34 - Supporting Pet Cards and Addressing Power Band
• 25:16 - Ben and Ethan’s Conflicting Goals
• 39:11 - Setting Expectations
• 48:24 - Cube Breakdown and ASFANs
• 56:15 - The Rule of 7
• 1:01:53 - Cube Manabase
• 1:09:53 - Do the decks get soupy when you have 120 lands?
• 1:17:51 - Overall Cube List Feedback
• 1:28:47 - Naming the Lords of Limited Cube

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For this special bonus episode, Andy talks with Wildflower, one of the members of the Cube Fellowship, about her experience at Cube Con 2025. If you’d like to support the Lucky Paper Cube Fellowship you can purchase a supporter pin. All of the profits from those pin sales are given directly to Cube Fellows.

Discussed in this episode:

• Lucky Paper Cube Fellowship
• CubeCon
• 15 Card Highlander
• The Ball Pit
• Tabletop Cube
• 100 Ways to Draft
• A Study in Harmony
• Breaking the Oath 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
• 0:55 - Interview Start
• 3:45 - 15 Card Highlander
• 7:34 - The Ball Pit
• 12:32 - Tabletop Cube
• 14:50 - 100 Ways to Draft
• 18:44 - A Study in Harmony
• 23:16 - Oathbreaker Cube
• 26:51 - Wrap Up/Wildflower’s Cube

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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

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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

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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