In this episode of Powerful Nothing, we take a look back at the MTGO Vintage Cube from 2016, to see what's changed, what we miss, and what we can apply to our cubes today.

Comparison - https://cubecobra.com/cube/compare/638c85c89422220c310a94ea/to/modovintage

2016 - https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/mtgo-vintage-v1

2026 - https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/T3FmYluQqkmYN-ZI41vMMQ

Video Version: https://youtu.be/vJxk8ULr7co

Timecodes:
1:38 - Introduction
26:12 - Decks We've Lost
50:45 - Decls That Are Very Different
1:03:19 - What Would We Change?

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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In this episode of Powerful Nothing, we discuss James's new Duel Commander Cube. We talk about the design process and what you have to consider when adding a commander to a powerful cube deck, and then go over all the cool things that you can do in it.

Duel Commander Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/603bf4d4-e9bd-463e-892b-e5a1bd224ef4

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/kKtQSZZaWUq1lJ7CpDOnmA

Video Version: https://youtu.be/LMswHWnZFcg

Timecodes:
0:54 - What is a duel commander cube?
15:58 - How did we tackle colour identity?
27:37 - What are the archetypes?
54:59 - What does the rest of the cube look like?

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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In this episode of Powerful Nothing, we discuss the things you need to consider if you want to build a typal matters cube, where the creature types are the things that your pushing.

Timecodes
4:04: What is a creature type matters cube?
7:29: Choosing your creature types
26:44: How do the decks win?
32:21: Cards that will be better
40:08: Things to avoid/consider
46:28: Not everything has to be synergstic

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/Ch8o2O0Edku03RLj4Ii3YQ

Video Version:

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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This is part 2 of our cube set review for Lorwyn Eclipsed. In this episode we cover Green, Red, Multicoloured, Artifacts and lands.

Timecodes:
4:08 - Red
14:51 - Green
38:02 - Multicoloured
1:17:14 - Colourless
1:24:29 - Lands
1:26:53 - Final Thoughs & Our Tests

Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR8rNRtPens

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/iodIZTVNlUyWni8bxVS4wg

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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We're back in a Magic set!!!! This is part 1 of our cube set review for Lorwyn Eclipsed. In this episode we cover White, Blue and Black.

Timecodes:
2:21 - Mechanics
9:19 - White
33:44 - Blue
57:38 - Black

Video Version: https://youtu.be/3WcYIIijOqM

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/OY90G_xjZE2tLvkhk9L-5Q

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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It's the end of the year, an is this epsiode we look back at 2025 as a year in cube, what we like, and what we didn't.

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/UkjQI6y3c0ea3RXsn-7E8g

Time Codes:

2:18 - Aetherdrift
11:18 - Tarkir Dragorstorm
21:12 - Final Fantasy
36:05 - Edge of Eternities
50:35 - Spiderman
1:00:05 - Avatar
1:05:22 - Final thoughts on the year

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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We've built a new cube!! This is a love letter to early magic, and in this episode we're going to break it down, along with what we learned from putting it together.

The Basic Boomer Cube List: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/BasicBoomer

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/lACT8cinWUm76lLZ79e4Vg

Timecodes: 
4:24 - Starting Point
19:25 - Design Process
28:49 - Archetypes
1:12:28 - Thoughts/Things to Consider

Scryfall Search Term: (game:paper) (is:firstprint is:old) eur<50 include:extras unique:prints prefer:best year<=2004

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

Social Links: https://linktr.ee/toosweetmtg

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In this episode we discuss the place of Persist Combos in cube, what you need to consider, and where to get the best out of them.

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/x91RtnGuvU6MAuDuIHHkuQ

Time Codes:
0:47 - Topic Intro
5:30 - Persist Creatrues
16:41 - Combo Enablers
26:24 - Sac Outlets
41:19 - Support Cards
51:32 - What cubes can support Persist Combos
1:05:04 - Overlap Archetypes

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

Social Links: https://linktr.ee/toosweetmtg

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In this weeks episode we talk how to include Conspiracies in your cube, and how they're some of the most fun  and unique cards going.

Card Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/jsZ_LEHN4U2RuVZL6abxRw

1:30 - Overview of Conspiracies
16:39 - The broken conspiracies
25:46 - The fun conspiracies
42:45 - The cube specific conspiracies
59:10 - The downsides of conspiracies
1:03:25 - Final thoughts
1:06:04 - Cube Clash Catchup

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

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This week we crunch the numbers on the Arena Powered Cube to answer the question, what is the best card in vintage cube, and what does this mean for the format?

The Data: https://www.17lands.com/card_data?expansion=Cube+-+Powered&format=PremierDraft&start=2025-10-28

Image Gallery: https://moxfield.com/decks/1ihgCLGfsUOAh21yaHBIMQ

Timecodes
5:24 - Where does the data come from?
23:25 - Why is boros so good?
28:24 - How can we balance things?
57:38 - The effect of best of one on the cube...

My Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sweet
The Treat Yourself Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/treatyourself
James Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/ba642a54-a6c7-4587-b97e-1d95429c59b5
MTGO Vintage Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/modovintage

Social Links: https://linktr.ee/toosweetmtg

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