August 22, 2022

The Texture of Removal

1 hour 14 minutes

Having discussed the impact of different densities of removal ad nauseam, Andy and Anthony turn their attention to the different types of removal spells and how they play differently. They examine the costs of playing too much unconditional removal, wax poetic on their love of "small" removal spells like Portable Hole and Disfigure, and discuss how given two removal spells with equal costs, sometimes the one that hits fewer targets is actually better. They recorded this episode before Cut Down was spoiled from Dominaria United otherwise you bet they'd be talking about it.

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Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Iain’s Vintage Cube.

Timestamps:

2:25 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1

7:17 — Main topic

10:24 — Unconditional Removal

15:45 — Removal with Downside

21:46 — Removal with Additional Costs

26:27 — Removal that Can Be Undone

30:34 — Soft Removal

33:13 — Conditional Removal: Scale of Threat

39:25 — Conditional Removal: Other Card Attributes

47:22 — Conditional Removal: Board State Dependent

52:16 — Our Overall Approaches to Removal in Our Cubes

55:47 — Timing and Efficiency of Removal

1:02:02 — Quantity vs. Quality: Which Matters More, Number of Targets or Quality of Targets

1:05:53 — Potpurri

Discussed in this episode:

Jordan, Jesse, Go

Episode 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown

Episode 101: A Deep Dive on Disruption Density in Cube

Episode 95: The Powered Synergy Cube with Caleb Gannon

Caleb’s YouTube stream

Andy’s Mono-Colored Starter Decks

Munchkin

Andy’s Jeskai Control Battle Box

Anthony’s Mono Black Cube

Andy’s Degenerate Micro Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube

Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

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