Tournament Magic rules are meant to enforce standards of fair play, but they fall short of what your Cube community needs to thrive. How can we players conduct honorable wizard duels? And what's The Princess Bride got to do with it?

Thunder Junction is not Magic’s finest expansion, but it’s no fault of its designers: the Magic ruleset has never been philosophically neutral. We investigate what it looks like to pick the roses and trim the thorns on this mess of a set.

We drove 1,700 miles for CubeCon 2023, and all we have to show for it is this lousy tournament report.