After spending a long weekend in a cabin in the woods with 8 friends playing 8 Cubes, Andy and Anthony recap their drafts. Each player brought a cube to share which they drafted back to back over course of the weekend.

Discussed in this episode:

• Regular Cube
• Sacred Geometry Cube
• 100 Ornithopters
• Documental
• The Drownyard
• Vertex Cube Events
• The Oldest School
• Joe’s Anarchy Cube
• Bodleian Cube
• 100 Ornithopters
• Rhystic Studies 100 Ornithopters video
• Doubleton Synergy
• The Bolt 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.

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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
• 4:43 - Andy’s Draft of The Drownyard
• 7:19 - Anthony’s Draft of The Drownyard
• 10:19 - Andy’s Draft of The Oldest School
• 14:33 - Anthony’s Draft of The Oldest School
• 17:01 - Andy’s Draft of Anarchy Cube
• 20:41 - Anthony’s Draft of Anarchy Cube
• 23:21 - Andy’s Draft of The Regular Cube
• 25:20 - Anthony’s Draft of The Regular Cube
• 29:00 - Andy’s Draft of 100 Ornithopters
• 32:57 - Anthony’s Draft of 100 Ornithopters
• 40:41 - Andy’s Draft of Doubleton Synergy
• 44:52 - Anthony’s Draft of Doubleton Synergy
• 46:20 - Andy’s Draft of Bolt Cube
• 50:37 - Anthony’s Draft of Bolt Cube
• 53:12 - Andy’s Draft of Bodleian Cube
• 58:24 - Anthony’s Draft of Bodleian Cube

Andy and Anthony talk with Joe Anderson, proprietor of Cali Cube Champs, host of Joe’s Week in Magic, and a model local cube scene organizer about their theory of Cube Design and some of their favorite game moments.

Discussed in this episode:

• Support Lucky Paper on Patreon
• Lucky Paper Cube Fellowship Application
• Nutritious Cube
• Sacred Geometry Cube
• The 540
• The Third Power
• Solely Singleton
• Bun Magic Cube
• Atomic Cube
• Companion Cube
• Aquaone’s Powered Cube

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 4:51 - Episode and Guest Introduction
• 36:43 - Playing Magic for Big Story Moments

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Continuing on their archetype breakdown series, Andy and Anthony talk about midrange decks. They talk about the theory behind the tempo based meta-game and where midrange decks fit. They talk about ways to think of midrange in different cube environments, or if it even makes sense to. They also discuss strategy and how it can be used as a framework for thinking about the way a particular deck can win games.

Discussed in this episode:

• Monster Factory
• The Jund Cube
• Theseus Cube

Also in the series:

• The ↑↑↓↓←→←→ABCs of Combo
• The ABCs of Control
• The ABCs of Aggro

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:43 - What is a midrange deck?
• 11:50 - Does every cube have a midrange deck?
• 26:12 - The Relationship Between Midrange Decks and Synergy Decks
• 36:30 - How the Color Pie Sees Midrange
• 48:29 - How To Think About Midrange as a Cube Designer

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After five full years of Lucky Paper Radio, Andy and Anthony reflect on how their local playgroup, the podcast, and the broader cube community have evolved. They talk about their recent experience of keeping a weekly Cube night going without a local game store and how you can make it work. They also talk about the supportive, casual vibe of their local community and how a young player having a great time cubing is something of a litmus test for a strong community.

Our hosts also introduce a new Patreon to support the show, the goal of which is to keep the show sustainable, covering the cost of an editor and other expenses. After years of hard work on Andy’s part, the show’s production needs to evolve to stay tenable. If they exceed that goal they have bigger ambitions of ways to support the Cube community.

Andy and Anthony are excited to use this as an opportunity to record a bonus podcast for supporters: Magic Doesn’t Exist. All the Cube discussion will stay in the main feed available to everyone. The bonus feed will be an opportunity for our two hosts to talk about whatever else catches their interest. Anything at all, except Magic: hobbies, interests, books their reading, koji, mechanical watches, more koji probably until Anthony falls into a different rabbit hole, how they feel about Pokemon…

If you want to support the show and hear more from our hosts, consider joining!

Discussed in this episode:

• Our Patreon Page
• Lucky Paper Expenses Page
• Fadensonnen
• Peabody Heights Brewery

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:31 - Our Fifth Anniversary and Starting Our Patreon
• 8:26 - Our Reservations on Monetizing Our Labor of Love
• 15:37 - Patreon Stretch Goals
• 22:34 - Our Bonus Podcast: Magic Doesn’t Exist
• 25:32 - Our Commitment to Transparency
• 30:17 - The Lucky Paper Discord
• 32:16 - Building a Cube Playgroup without a Local Game Store
• 40:13 - The Logistics of Playing in Non-Magic Sanctioned Spaces
• 48:51 - The Ten-Year-Old Child Test for Your Playgroup

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Andy and Anthony each draft the same seat of Andy’s Neoclassical Cube and then talk about it. They discuss strategy, what they were thinking as they went through each pick, and how they ultimately feel about the decks they drafted. Follow along with each, and see all of the cards from each pack they drafted on the cards mentioned page.

If you want to draft this same seat as well, either before or after listening to the episode, follow these steps:

• Download the predetermined booster packs
• On Draftmancer:

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:44 - Draft-along overview
• 5:32 - An Overview of the Neoclassical Cube
• 14:05 - Draft Breakdown — Pack 1
• 44:20 - Draft Breakdown — Pack 2
• 58:12 - Draft Breakdown — Pack 3
• 1:09:35 - Final Deck Thoughts and Lessons Learned

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Andy and Anthony are once again joined by Jenn who shares her expertise in designing set cubes. They talk about Jenn’s experience designing many many set and plane themed cubes and more broadly about the different ways to approach designing them.

Discussed in this episode:

• Cube Con 2025 Tickets
• Ravnica Idealized
• Bloodburrow
• Khans Expanded Cube
• Episode 229: Fixing is Cringe with Jenn the Judge
• Sacred Geometry

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 4:49 - Cube Con 2025 Overview
• 12:31 - On Pack Collation in Set Cubes
• 13:15 - What is a set Cube?
• 23:56 - Multi-Set/Planar Theme Cubes
• 25:34 - On Breaking Singleton in Theme Cubes
• 29:55 - A Complete Introduction to Ravnica Idealized
• 32:20 - Balancing Mechanical Gameplay and Vibes in Ravnica Idealized
• 38:00 - Dealing With Power Creep in Multi-Set Cubes
• 42:30 - Set Cubes as a Means of Exploring Flawed Limited Sets
• 50:21 - Five Color Soup in Ravnica Idealized
• 54:39 - Andy’s Sacred Geometry Artifact Deck Fail
• 57:53 - Advice for First Time Set Cube Designers

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Andy and Anthony send off Andy’s Degenerate Micro Cube. After many years, Andy has decided to take apart the Cube, reclaiming its cards, sleeves, and mental space. The Cube attempted to capture something about the most high powered vintage games with a twist on the typical draft format and a tiny deck size. They talk about why Andy’s decided to take it apart, it’s highs, and lows, and lessons learned from playing with it over the years.

Discussed in this episode:

• Final Fantasy and Commander Set Surveys
• The Degenerate Micro Cube
• An Introduction to the Degenerate Micro Cube
• Neoclassical Cube
• 100 Ornithopters
• LPR covering Andy’s experience with Ensnaring Bridge in the Degenerate Micro Cube
• Eggs for Four

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 0:00 - An Announcement Regarding Future Set Reviews
• 7:00 - A Eulogy for the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 10:50 - What was the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 17:29 - How Combo Is or Is Not in Dialogue with Fair Archetypes
• 20:30 - The History of The Degenerate Micro Cube
• 24:22 - On the Deck Size Requirement in the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 28:39 - What Andy Still Likes about the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 38:11 - The Cost of Rules Modifications
• 42:18 - The cards Andy is going to miss playing with most from the Degenerate Micro Cube

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This episode was recorded a few weeks ago, so forgive the untimely references to the Rhystic Studies video on 100 Ornithopters. At our weekly cube night, Andy and Parker swapped drafts of eachother’s simple cubes: Andy playing Parker’s cube Atavus and Parker playing Andy’s cube Sacred Geometry. On this episode we dive into the goals for each of these cubes, both of which focus on simple cards and strive to be an approachable cube to new drafters, and hear a draft report from both Andy and Parker. Finally, Anthony, as the elder statesman of ‘clean’ cubes, weighs in on who has better realized their goals.

Discussed in this episode:

• TCG Player Boycott
• Atavus
• Sacred Geometry
• Regular Cube
• Eldrazi Domain Cube
• Ryan Saxe’s Buildaround Cube
• Every Cube Night has 12 Losers by Parker LaMascus

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:25 - Introduction to ‘simple’ cubes and an overview of The Regular Cube
• 10:20 - An overview of Atavus, Parker’s simple cube
• 18:40 - An overview of Sacred Geometry, Andy’s simple cube
• 27:55 - Parker’s draft report of Sacred Geometry
• 42:30 - Andy’s draft report of Atavus
• 1:07:32 - On color hate in Atavus

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Andy and Anthony walk through (some of) the history of modal mechanics: cards that offer players choices between multiple effects. Starting with alpha they look at the different manifestations of modality, how they compare and contrast, and how they impact gameplay and fit into their Cube design philosophy.

Discussed in this episode:

• An 11 hour game of commander ends in a draw and irrecoverable footage
• RhymeZone
• Neologism
• Episode: 243: In which Parker shares his criticism of Cycling

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:44 - Introduction to main topic
• 5:40 - What is a modal card?
• 8:15 - The history of modal effects
• 9:36 - Charms, Commands, and Confluences
• 22:41 - Bloomburrow’s Pawprint Mechanic
• 24:42 - Cycling
• 33:31 - Kicker
• 38:05 - Split Cards
• 43:47 - Morph
• 47:38 - Entwine
• 49:36 - Overload
• 53:35 - Channel

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Andy and Anthony are joined by Jane (a.k.a. maramas) and Arlo (a.k.a. gaytransmulldrifter) to talk about taste and aesthetics in Cube design. Building off recent discussions on the show, they question if there is such a thing as “taste” in cube design and what it means.

Find more of Arlo and Jane, along with a motley cast of Cube designers, on their new podcast Pack1, Slick 1s.

Discussed in this episode:

• Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would ban care for transgender people on Medicaid and Obamacare
• A4TE Condemns House Budget Cuts as Cruel Attack on Trans Lives and Lifesaving Healthcare
• Pack 1, Slick 1s
• Andy’s Tangle Wire Reddit Post
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #8 - Bitter Foods and Drafters’ Moods
• Invitation to a Banquet by Fuchsia Dunlop
• Trap Street
• Reading Rainbow Cube
• Jeff Koons
• Yves Klein
• Glenstone Museum
• Untitled Blue Sponge Relief by Yves Klein
• Mark Rothko
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #4 - Is Cube Punk Rock?
• Inland Northwest Cube Fest
• Upcoming Cube Events on Lucky Paper
• gaytransmulldrifter on YouTube
• Robert Rauschenberg, Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953
• Punxsutawney Phil

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

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 6:27 - Tangle Wire Corner
• 19:53 - What does it mean to develop one’s taste in Magic?
• 35:57 - Is there such a thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ taste?
• 56:08 - Is a Cube a painting?