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Irregular Cube: Rarity in Custom Draft Formats

Irregular Cube: Rarity in Custom Draft Formats

FromLucky Paper Radio


Irregular Cube: Rarity in Custom Draft Formats

FromLucky Paper Radio

ratings:
Length:
67 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Andy and Anthony discuss Anthony’s newest cube project, Irregular Cube. Like his primary cube it’s a lower power environment with a variety of overlapping archetypes, but it also has a novel structure: a main set and a second list of ‘rare’ cards, largely composed of higher powered cards with a healthy helping of build-arounds. They talk about the many opportunities rarity offers, challenges it imposes, and what they’ve learned from initial playtesting.
To kick off the conversation, our pack 1, pick 1 comes from the cube in question.
Discussed in this episode:

Irregular Cube + Rare List
Regular Cube
The Legend Cube by Listener Josh
Limited Resources: Time Spiral Remastered
LPR on Designing for the Draft Experience
Andy’s Combat Trick Mini Cube
LPR on Sealed in Cube Environments
(A different) Josh’s Powered Un-Cube and the Robo Rosewater Cube
Conspiracies

Timestamps:

4:03 Pack 1, Pick 1
8:49 Capturing the Thrill and Novelty of Rarity
16:57 Playtesting First Impressions
47:30 The Impact of Conspiracies
1:06:08 Outro

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at mail@luckypaper.co. Please include how you’d like to be credited on air, your pronouns, and if you’re submitting a cube for the pack 1, pick 1, a link to said cube.
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Released:
May 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.