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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

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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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PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211

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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