Lucky Paper Radio

By Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox

Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotati... more

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October 31, 2022CubeCon "Tournament Report"
After a fantastic, if exhausting, inaugural CubeCon, Andy and Anthony are joined by Patrick, Daniel, and Theo to talk about highlights from the weekend. They talk about their favorite Cubes they drafted, top gameplay moments, and what they learned over an amazing few days of Cube.
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Timestamps:
5:30 — Our Favorite Cubes

28:56 — Cards that Surprised Us

40:58 — Complexity Chat

52:21 — Scumboi’s Personal Pack 1, Pick 1

59:11 — Our favorite moments from Cube Con
Discussed in this episode:
Episode 21 on Daniel’s All Gold Cube

CubeCon Coverage VODs
Cubes discussed:
UberBear Artifact Cube

Rainbow Synergy Cube

Reading Rainbow

The Devoid Cube

Four Packs of Magic

Amonkar Desert Cube

Scott Mirts’ Cube

Old Border Foil Cube

The Dichotomy Cube

2cmc Cube

The Turbo Cube

The Dekkaru Cube

The UMA Inspired 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
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 6min
October 24, 2022The Duality of Power Outliers
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Andy and Anthony respond to an episode of The Eternal Glory Podcast on the recent pauper bans. Drawing comparisons between managing a constructed format with bans and Cube design, the boys examine the difference between welcome power outliers and toxic, ban-worthy cards, talk about the nature of evolving metagames, small and large, and interrogate the concept of a “good Magic purist”.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Lukas’s The Horror Of Innistrad cube.
Discussed in this episode:
The Eternal Glory: Episode 81

Bosh and Roll on YouTube

Good Morning Magic Pauper Bans Video

The Cube Map Horror Island

The Magic Multiverse Project

The Degenerate Micro Cube

Jett’s First Tireless Tracker Article
Timestamps:
1:36 — Introduction to Topic

4:49 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1

13:10 — The Similarities Between Playing Multiple Constructed Formats and Having Multiple Cubes

15:13 — Managing a Format Quantitatively and Metagaming

23:49 — “Good Magic” Purists

29:30 — Coping with the Evolution of a Game, Format, or Metagame

38:36 — Using Counterplay to Evaluate Power Outliers

47:58 — Letting Your Local Meta Shake Out

51:29 — Concluding Thoughts
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
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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55min
October 19, 2022 The Road to Cube Con
We’re on our way to Cube Con! We can’t wait to meet listeners and friends from all over.
If you’re attending CubeCon, introduce yourself! We’ll be posting a photo of ourselves on our Twitter account so you know who to look for. Anthony is going to have his battlebox on hand and Andy is looking to grind some games of his mono-colored starter decks.
If you’re not attending CubeCon, you can still join in on the fun remotely. The event is streaming all weekend on twitch.tv/cloudgoatranger, and Andy is going to be doing commentary on a draft starting at 6:30pm Eastern, 5:30pm Central on Friday evening. Tune in and hang out!
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October 17, 2022How to Use Scryfall: Improving Your Decks, Improving Your Cubes, Improving Your Life
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Andy and Anthony talk about a fundamental component of playing Magic, exploring and finding new cards. They talk about their goals and process for finding new cards and talk about leveraging Scryfall’s powerful search features to make this critical component a breeze. They even touch on some of the advanced features that can save you from missing potential pieces. Check out Anthony’s articles on using Scryfall’s search syntax and advanced searches with Regular Expressions for the details on the topics they cover.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 and 2 this week comes from Robbie’s Supreme Commander Cube where every pack comes with two picks!
Discussed in this episode:
Scryfall

Andy’s Mono-Colored Starter Decks

Anthony’s Article on Using Scryfall’s Search Syntax

Anthony’s Article on Searching for Cards with Regular Expressions

Scryfall donate page

Number of New Cards Printed Each Year

Good Luck High Five
Timestamps:
2:59 — Introduction to Topic

5:48 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1

13:35 — Why is being able to search for cards important?

16:35 — What exactly is Scryfall?

21:53 — Combining Multiple Terms for Powerful Searching

26:41 — Searching the Textbox

34:34 — Getting the Most Out of the Sort Options

40:03 — Leveling Up with Regular Expressions

1:00:3 — The Boys Steal a Bit from a Better Podcast
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
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 6min
October 10, 2022Turbo Cube Draft Primer
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If you don’t yet have tickets to CubeCon, you can now sign up for the wait list
Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach drafting Anthony’s novel Turbo Cube where all spells and activated abilities cost less. The Cube will be featured at the inaugural Cube Con. Our hosts talk about the themes and individual cards that define the format. They talk about the ramification of the rules modification and what to look out for when approaching the format.
Discussed in this episode:
The Turbo Cube

Cube Con

Live Paper Gameplay of The Turbo Cube

Lucky Paper’s Channel on YouTube
Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
Timestamps:
4:42 — Overview of the Turbo Cube

9:59 — Detailed Rules Interactions

13:17 — Cards Most Impacted by the Rules Change

16:49 — Draft Format

20:03 — Individual Cards: “Turbo Power”

25:46 — Individual Cards: Contentious S-Tier

33:00 — Individual Cards: Barely Sub “Turbo Power” A-Tier

39:01 — Individual Cards: Anything For Free

49:57 — Drafting the Turbo Cube “Archetypes”

1:01:32 — Interaction in the Turbo Cube

1:06:48 — Under and Over Performers

1:13:07 — Void Mirror Corner
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube

Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 23min
October 03, 2022Regular Cube Draft Primer
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In advance of Anthony’s Regular Cube being featured at CubeCon, Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach the format. The talk about the themes and strategies they think are the most powerful, cards that overperform, and cards that don’t behave like you might expect.
Timestamps:
2:14 — Topic Introduction

4:51 — Overview of The Regular Cube

7:00 — Tip: Look for Synergy

11:40 — Theme: Zombies

14:20 — Archetype: Red Black Sacrifice

19:37 — Theme: Oketra’s Monument “Combo”

21:58 — Key Card: Feather, the Redeemed

24:11 — Theme: Artifacts

27:41 — Naya Aggro

34:13 — Esper Value

38:21 — Musings on Mana Curve

40:59 — The Mana in the Regular Cube

46:45 — Board Wipes

51:47 — Cards that Overperform in the Regular Cube

1:04:19 — Generic Power Outliers

1:14:02 — Pack 1, Pick 1 from the Regular Cube

1:16:44 — Closing Thoughts
Discussed in this episode:
Regular Cube

Good Luck High Five

CubeCon

Wabi Sabi
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
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 23min
September 26, 2022Cards We Were Wrong About: 2022 Standard Rotation
The full timestamps were too long for the RSS feed, so check them out on our website.
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Andy, Anthony, and Parker take the 2022 standard set rotation as an opportunity to look back on sets from the not-too-distant past. Sets rotating out of standard include everything from Zendikar Rising to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. They look back on card they rated (or conspicuously didn’t rate) in Lucky Paper’s prospective surveys, each picking the cards they feel they most under and over rated for their particular environments and cards they think they got just right.
Discussed in this episode:
Warhammer 40k Survey

Uncanny Valley

What If 2

2022 Cube Retrospective Article

Hypergeometric Calculator

Dominaria’s Judgment

Cultic Cube’s City of Brass Preview Video

Episode 110: Tarmogoyfs and Elvish Visionaries

Episode 111: The Texture of Removal

The Resleevables

Andy’s Called Shot on Twitter re: Unholy Heat
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

Parker’s “The Ship of Theseus” Cube
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 60min
September 19, 2022Dominaria United Cube Community Set Review
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Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about the results from the Dominaria United community set review. Almost 350 Cube designers submitted the cards they were interested in from DMU and rated them on how likely they expected to stay in their environment long term. Our hosts talk about the most tested and top-rated cards, examine trends, look at how the set compares to past sets, and offer their own qualitative observations.
Check out the full survey results. Our survey for the next set, Warhammer 40,000 is already up. (Truly preview season never ends!) To make sure you don’t miss the next set’s survey, sign up for our infrequent newsletter.
Discussed in this episode:
Dominaria United Set Review Article

Katamari Damacy

AspiringSpike

Jason Waddell’s Cube Design – Remodeling, Part Two

Dom Harvey’s Cube Thread on Riptide Lab
Timestamps:
5:18 — Episode Format

8:57 — Founding the Third Path

15:08 — Archangel of Wrath (Hot Take)

15:40 — Leyline Binding

21:02 — Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

23:05 — Karn, Living Legacy (Hot Take)

23:35 — Tail Swipe

24:56 — Llanowar Loamspeaker (Hot Take)

26:00 — Tear Asunder

31:49 — King Darien XLVIII and Ajani, Sleeper Agent (Hot Takes)

32:34 — The Elder Dragon War

35:06 — Baird, Argivian Recruiter

39:29 — Urborf Lhurgoyf (Hot Take)

40:00 — Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

44:08 — The Raven Man (Hot Take)

45:24 — 6. Squee, Dubious Monarch

56:50 — 5. Guardian of New Benalia

1:03:38 — 4. Evolved Sleeper

1:08:47 — 3. Cult Conscript

1:11:56 — Tolarian Terror and Urborg Repossession Interlude

1:14:25 — 2. Aether Channeler

1:21:39 — 1. Cut Down
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

Parker’s “The Ship of Theseus” Cube
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 31min
September 12, 2022Dominaria United Cube Additions
Our Cube Prospective Surveys for Dominaria United and accompanying commander sets are closing soon!
Andy and Anthony discuss the new cards from Dominaria United they’re interested in for their own Cube environments. They talk about some powerful new options for Andy’s eternal cube, off-color kicker cards and clean variations on classic cards for Anthony’s unrestricted cube, and a few cards that fit more novel environments.
View all cards mentioned in the episode →
Discussed in this episode:
Dominaria United, Mechanics and Themes Episode

Dominaria United Cube Survey

Episode 111: Texture of Removal

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube

Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

Andy’s Combat Trick Mini Cube

Anthony’s Turbo Cube

Aspiring Spike Playing Shore Up in Modern
Timestamps:
6:41 — Bun Magic Cube Overview

7:48 — Honorable Mention: Serra Paragon

12:42 — Honorable Mention: Quirion Beastcaller

17:12 — Honorable Mention: Electrostatic Infantry

20:05 — 5. Radha’s Firebrand

26:00 — 4. Shivan Devastator

29:03 — 3. Evolved Sleeper

32:49 — 2. Guardian of New Benalia

37:34 — 1. Cut Down

39:47 — Regular Cube Overview

42:46 — Off-Color Kicker Cards

43:18 — Phyrexian Missionary

45:49 — Juniper Order Rootweaver

46:53 — Protect the Negotiators

48:07 — Phyrexian Espionage

50:32 — Aggressive Sabotage

51:07 — Balduvian Atrocity

52:15 — Ghitu Amplifier

54:55 — Sprouting Goblin

55:28 — Elvish Hydromancer

56:58 — Yavimaya Iconoclast

58:10 — Resolute Reinforcements

58:47 — Prayer of Binding

59:51 — Tolarian Terror

1:01:29 — Electrostatic Infantry

1:03:44 — Tail Swipe

1:04:48 — Balmor, Battlemage Captain

1:06:26 — Combat Trick Mini Cube Overview

1:06:52 — Shore Up

1:07:40 — Electrostatic Infantry

1:07:45 — Cut Down

1:09:36 — The Turbo Cube and Salvaged Manaworker
Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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1h 17min
September 05, 2022Dominaria United Mechanics & First Impressions
Our Cube Prospective Surveys for Dominaria United and accompanying commander sets are now open!
Andy and Anthony talk about the new mechanics, themes, and their first impressions of Dominaria United and what they’re most excited about for Cube.
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Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
Timestamps:
1:40 — Episode Structure and Introduction

3:50 — Enlist

9:37 — Read Ahead

13:18 — Domain

19:55 — Kicker

27:19 — Stun Counters

32:22 — Defender Tribal

36:48 — Look at Your Deck

40:55 — The Defiler Cycle
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube

Anthony’s “Regular” Cube
If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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.
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50min

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