Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH

Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming

Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks

First it was blue, now it's red's turn to take the backseat in Magic. The boys talk about the state of red in Magic, and what it needs to catch back up.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Monster Hunter

05:16 -- Single-Card Discussion

14:18 -- Red Weaknesses

29:19 -- Red Aggro In Vintage Cube

41:10 -- A Case For A Good Red 1-Drop

47:56 -- Commander Influence

51:58 -- Signs Of Hope

1:03:35 -- Wishlist

1:15:38 -- Farewell

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks Speaking to all the 5-color lovers out there with this one. And you know what, the 2-color lovers too. Everyone deserves to have a good, functional manabase. Lets dig into that.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Message to the FBI Agent

05:51 -- Single-Card Discussion

26:25 -- Drafting a Manabase

33:46 -- When to Draft Lands

48:02 -- Splash Like a Magikarp

54:25 -- Land Counts

1:07:20 -- 5-Color Soup

1:25:06 -- Final Thoughts

1:29:59 -- Farewell

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks

What cards are good? Which ones are bad? What aren't you playing THIS? These are the burning card evaluation question we all ask ourselves when deciding on what to include or exclude from our cubes. Let's parse that out.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Forgot we were doing an episode

07:43 -- Established Evaluation Tools

27:14 -- Power Level Considerations

30:00 -- Expected Play Patterns

37:33 -- Ecosystem Considerations

40:33 -- Polarity/Consistency

49:37 -- Archetypal Significance

57:29 -- Reinforcing Established Characteristics

1:00:55 -- Cube Equity

1:11:59 -- Definitely NOT Episode Padding

1:16:49 -- Farewell

For the Outro:

--- Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot ---

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks

Yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaawwwwwww pardners! It's Thunder Junction time! Push all that Twitter discourse aside, this set is AWESOME! Well, for Cube at least. Saddle up, plot ahead, and try not to get lost in the desert, it's time to hang with the outlaws. Timestamps: 00:00 -- Yeehaw!

06:54 -- Messy Set Logistics

10:12 -- Set Mechanics

18:14 -- White

45:02 -- Blue

1:01:30 -- Black

1:17:10 -- Red

1:46:33 -- Green

2:10:53 -- [Panning for] Gold

2:45:43 -- Overall Impressions

2:52:56 -- Farewell

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks Power Creep article by Timothy Zaccagnino: https://draftsim.com/mtg-power-creep/

"Why aren't you playing this card?"

The age-old question. Hopefully today we can explain why Dream Trawler doesn't make the cut in our cube. Join Tim, Chris, and Teld as we discuss the various categorical reasons we "ban" cards from our Unrestricted Cube.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Of Mops and Spaghetti Moms

04:35 -- Introducing Brawlbarians

08:03 -- Banlist Categorization

32:34 -- Polarizing Cards

41:56 -- Snowballing Threats

51:01 -- Mullslayers

54:01 -- Oops I Win!

1:01:08 -- Uninteractable BS

1:08:08 -- Vintage Magic

1:14:05 -- Overturned Cards

1:19:09 -- Who Watches the Watchlist?

1:31:10 -- Upper Limits

1:43:10 -- A New Nomenclature Norman Is Crowned

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming

You know what, Alchemy's not all bad. But Murders at Karlov Manor Alchemy? That's a whole 'nother level of offensive. 00:00 - Alchemy rustles our jimmies 08:26 - Cards we claim to like 13:41- Insanely Overpowered? 33:40 - Verbose, and we can't read 45:13 - Digital-only lies 53.48 - Offensive nonsense

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks

We're following up our Build-a-Cube series with part two, this time helping new-time Cube designers fill out their mono-colored sections and establish their intended archetypes. Next up: Themes and gold design.

Timestamps: 00:00 - Chris Harms an Innocent Bird 01:29 - Intro 05:43 - Archetypes vs. Themes 09:32 - The Major Archetypes 21:40 - Traditional Color Roles 42:25 - The Density Exercise (TM) 59:06 - Handling Expensive Cards/Removal 1:12:22 - Filling in the Gaps 1:15:40 - Summary 1:20:38 - Farewell: Teld Drops the Ball

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Find Teld streaming at Twitch.tv/TeldTalks Ah yes, the time-honored tradition of ROTO-drafting, where it's fare game to cut players off and all the information's drafted face-up. Today the boys talk about Rotisserie drafting, how it's done and some strategic approaches to the format. But first, some chatter about Vein Ripper in Pioneer.

Lucky Paper's ROTO spreadsheets: https://luckypaper.co/resources/formats/rotisserie/

Timestamps:

5:25 -- The ROTO Process

23:12 -- Draft Approaches

39:21 -- The Land Frenzy

47:04 -- Hatedrafting & Sideboarding

1:04:00 -- You Know What Grinds Chris's Gears?

1:12:08 -- Draft Etiquette

1:19:41 -- Variations and the ROTO-Only Experiment

1:35:48 -- Fallout Farewell

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Find Teld streaming at Twitch.tv/TeldTalks

Sorry if you came here for the snow lands. Today the boys talk about Taylor Swift, football, and squeeze in a little bit of conversation about polarizing cards in MTG Cubes. You know that card that really hoses one deck and absolutely sucks against everything else? Yeah, maybe reconsidering playing that.

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming The boys don their deerstalker hats and showcase their finest detective work following the clues set forth by Murders at Karlov Manor. But is there a killer among them? No, there's not.

Mechanics:

7:51 -- Investigate 9:41 -- Disguise 11:01 -- Cloak 12.16 -- Cases 14:32 -- Suspect 16:20 -- Collect Evidence 20:45 -- Split Cards + Misc. Colors:

White -- 21:41 Blue -- 42:25 Black -- 58:56 Red -- 1:09:58 Green -- 1:34:06 Multicolored + Colorless -- 1:47:33 Closing:

Set Impression -- 2:14:27 Sign-Off -- 2:25:25