Episode 128— December 19th, 2022

Live Cube Update: Making Removal Better in the Bun Magic Cube

2:37
Listener Submitted p1p1
7:08
How Andy solicited input on potential additions to the Bun Magic Cube
11:07
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
14:33
Lovestruck Beast
15:26
Thief of Sanity
18:06
Shardless Agent
19:08
Anje’s Ravager
22:44
Irencrag Pyromancer
26:10
Torens, Fist of the Angels
31:58
Managorger Hydra
34:22
Egon, God of Death
35:24
Anointed Peacekeeper
36:45
Synthesizing the feedback and deciding which cards to add
42:02
Some dark horse considerations that weren’t in the initial poll
42:09
Skystrike Officer
43:17
Aisha of Sparks and Smoke
47:08
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster
49:57
Cutting Cards to Make Room
54:11
Andy adds a card that gains a bunch of life

On the heels of last week’s episode, wherein Andy realized that his 3 drop slot is perhaps inappropriately high-value in the face of removal, and in response to some grumbling from his local playgroup about reactive strategies not being viable because of there being too many recursive threats, the boys are talking through 18 different three drop creatures Andy is considering adding. All of these creatures are more ”Baneslayer” than ”Mulldrifter” with the goal of making removal a bit better in the environment.

To inform his decisions Andy polled his local playgroup, the MTG Cube Talk Discord, and Twitter about which cards they perceived to be the most powerful, least powerful, most fun, and least fun. Some of the results were surprising and throughout this episode Andy and Anthony go into detail about how to parse them.

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Pino’s The CoMa Cube.

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