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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Recap

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Recap

FromLucky Paper Radio


Rock, Paper, Scissors, Recap

FromLucky Paper Radio

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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Apr 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Andy and Anthony revisit the topic of the rock, paper, scissors metagame on the axis of tempo and respond to listener feedback from last week’s episode. In addition, they share some highlights and bad-beats from a long weekend playing a range of Cubes.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Gasedup’s Micro Grixis Cube.
Timestamps:

1:56 — Brags and Bad Beats: A Cube Weekend Recap
8:43 — Cube Con: The long anticipated, premier Cube event
14:28 — Pack 1, Pick one from Gasedup's Micro Grixis Cube
17:32 — Follow up from last week’s listener submitted pack 1, pick 1
21:16 — Follow up from last week’s main topic: the RPS meta game
32:12 — Reacting to LSV’s “The Meaning of Midrange” article from 2009
39:05 — Reacting to the “PV’s Playhouse — Midrange” article from 2013

Discussed in this episode:

Daniel’s Gold Cube
The 555-Jank Cube
Last week’s episode on the Aggro-Midrange-Control RPS Meta
CubeCon
Degenerate Micro Cube
Jeskai Control Battlebox
The Turbo Cube
Referenced Legacy Decklists
RPS polls thread on Twitter
LSV’s Initial Technology – The Meaning of Midrange (and Why It’s Terrible)
Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa on Midrange
Sam Black’s poll on the Wandering Emperor

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.
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, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Released:
Apr 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.