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Episode 48 — May 24th, 2021
Playing to Win: Evaluating New Cubes
1:57
Introduction of Main Topic
6:43
Anthony’s First Point: Read the Cube Overview
10:04
Andy’s First Point: Look for Supported Broken Strategies
14:55
Anthony’s Second Point: Look for Patterns and Familiar Cards
17:11
Andy’s Second Point and Anthony’s Third Point: Determine the Speed of the Environment
24:59
Andy’s Third Point: Quantity and Quality of Removal and Board Wipes
26:50
Should the Density of Mana Fixing Affect How You Draft an Environment?
39:22
Andy’s Fourth Point: Look at What the Cube Wants You To Do
40:46
Familiarity Bias
42:04
Know Your Opponent and Meta
46:44
Anthony’s Bonus Point: Look at the Low Mana Value Cards
49:15
Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1
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