Andy and Anthony talk about high mana value cards, their general impact on cube gameplay and particular favorites from their own cubes.

Andy and Anthony discuss some trends they notice in recent Cube design starting with patterns they noticed in C4AC Obscura lists.

Sometimes a card design just sings — all of the individual elements come together to make an elegant, resonant game piece. How do you design a cube around this idea?

Andy and Anthony organize a Cube experiment, playing matches between pods of two separate cubes.

Andy and Anthony talk about narrow tutors, cards that let players search for a limited set of cards a Cube curator can finely tune, and how they fit them into their designs.

Andy and Anthony talk about how they feel about board stalls in Cube and what they can do about them as Cube designers.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Jake and Parker to talk about their experiences shifting their mindset around their power motivated eternal cubes.

Andy and Anthony talk about how they think about hate cards in Cube and how they fit into some of their own specific designs.

Andy and Anthony offer up some of their unfinished cube ideas, things that they never followed through on finishing but might have interesting ideas worthy of another perspective.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Cube Person of the Year 2024, Ollie, to talk about whether it's irresponsible to present a cube for drafting without any playtesting.

Andy and Anthony are joined by returning guest Zach Barash to talk about lenses for starting new cube designs.

Andy and Anthony discuss all things colorless cards. As a cube designer, how should you think about artifacts and other cards that any deck can play?

Andy and Anthony talk about cutting a controversial card, Echoing Boon, from 100 Ornithopters and how a single card can add constraints to a Cube’s design.

Andy and Anthony talk about designing Cubes where the strongest cards are much more powerful than the weakest and strategies for making them fun and replayable.

Andy and Anthony talk about Andy’s latest cube design concept where players include all but five cards from their pool in their decks and all lands have to be drafted.

Andy and Anthony talk with Jane about her cube The Ball Pit where every card can be played face down as a copy of chromatic sphere.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Ethan and Ben of the Lords of Limited podcast to talk about their new project, a Cube highlighting the greatest hits of limited that they've discussed over the many years of their show.

Andy and Anthony dig through Andy's collection to put together a stone soup pool for CubeCon.

Andy and Anthony brainstorm the outline for a new cube starting with one of Anthony's all time favorite cards - Genesis Wave.

Andy and Anthony talk about disenchant control decks in Andy's 100 Ornithopters Cube - again. They review their continued overperformance, why that conflicts with Andy's goals, and what's he's going to do about it.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Jenn who shares her expertise in designing all manner of set cubes.

Andy and Anthony send off Andy's Degenerate Micro Cube, talking about it's highs and lows and why Andy's disassembling it.

Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about Parker and Andy's respective "simple" cubes, Atavus and Sacred Geometry, and what it means to design a clean, approachable cube.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Jane and Arlo to talk about taste in Cube design. What is 'taste' in Magic? Can it be intentionally cultivated? Exactly what does Rothko have in common with Spirit of the Night?

Andy and Anthony talk about the specific challenge in cube design trying to play a counter point to others, but finding them supporting each other instead.

In the afterglow of the second annual Boston Cube Party, Andy and Anthony recap their experience at the tournament, paying special attention to reviewing the deckslists from the first few drafts of Andy's new cube, Sacred Geometry.

Andy, Anthony, and Zach talk about playtesting Cubes and how to ask for and use feedback from players.

Andy and Anthony talk all things combo including their personal history with a sometimes divisive deck strategy and how they approach it in Cubes they design.

Andy and Anthony discuss each of their top ten new cards for cubes from the last year.

Andy and Anthony recap their recent Magic events: the 100 Ornithopters Unite charity stream and Vertex Philadelphia respectively.

Andy and Anthony talk with Carmen Klomparens, lead designer of the Foundations Starter Collection, about the set and how it could be used as a Cube starting point.

Andy and Anthony and returning guest Zach talk about Cube terminology: how the language we use shapes the conversations and community we form.

Andy and Anthony talk about "Tutors" in Cube. How do cards that give you access to any card in your library impact the game?

Andy and Anthony revisit designing a Cube starting with a single card for inspiration and each follow paths branching off Goblin Charbelcher.

Andy and Anthony are joined by Ryan Overturf to talk Cube design, starting with two of Ryan's recent articles on his own process.

Andy and Anthony are joined by writer, podcaster, and Magic raconteur Emma Partlow to discuss her history with the game.

Andy and Anthony talk about rapid prototyping and difficult design challenges with a new, experimental Battle Box.

Andy and Anthony talk about building a Cube on a budget, selecting, acquiring, and safely storing cards.

Andy and Anthony talk through how they would use a single card as a seed crystal for generating ideas for a brand new Cube.

Andy and Anthony talk about all things gold, how multi-colored cards play into the drafts and games of cubes.

Andy and Anthony talk about everything ‘combo' - how combos fit into the game and how they effect drafting and playing cubes.

Andy and Anthony review the decklists from drafts of their cubes at CubeCon 2023, discussing what they can learn from the decks and potential future directions for their cubes.

Andy and Anthony discuss cube accessibility, the importance of, and how to make a cube more approachable and inviting to help grow your playgroup.

Andy and Anthony discuss the mana curves of Cubes, how it influences the way they play and how they think about it as designers.

Andy and Anthony break down everything about control decks in Cubes.

Andy and Anthony talk about mechanics and cards that interact with drafting — with a special emphasis on Cogwork Librarian.

Andy and Anthony talk about the cards Cube Cobra's analytic tools recommend they cut from their main Cubes, and about the limitations of, and necessary context to understand, these tools.

Andy and Anthony talk about Cube restrictions. Designers impose all kinds of restrictions on the cards they put into a Cube to help them push boundaries, meet budges, or found a clear identity for an environment.

Andy and Anthony talk about the unusually class of "wish" cards, why they're interesting, and the challenges they present in Cube design.

Andy and Anthony talk about "Xerox Theory", a strategic Magic concept. Andy explains the history and origins of the idea and how it applies different to early and contemporary Magic.

Andy and Anthony follow up on their discussion with Sam Black on 'big' and 'small' games considering community feedback and attempting to quantitatively analyze their own Cubes.

Andy and Anthony talk about the most common pitfalls new Cube designers fall into and how to avoid them.

Andy and Anthony talk about testing their Cubes. How do you create a feedback loop and assess whether or not your design decisions are having their intended effect?

Andy and Anthony respond to an episode of The Eternal Glory Podcast and discuss reasons and motivations to ban cards in formats. They compare the creative process of banning cards to Cube design.

Andy and Anthony talk about the least fun aspect of Cube curation for many designers: making cuts.

Andy and Anthony discuss building a Cube from your existing collection, including the pros and cons of working with what you have and a process for shaping a Cube.

Andy and Anthony answer a question from the Cube subreddit about signaling cards and how we evaluate them differently as designers and players.

Andy and Anthony talk about the pros and cons of designing your cube with 10, two-color archetypes as the guiding light.

Andy and Anthony talk about a few topics including novelty, Cube evaluation, and player feedback.

Andy and Anthony talk with Jason Waddell about Cube, game design, and the complications of Magic as a hobby.

Andy and Anthony talk about the ‘feel bad’ moments in Magic and the cards that are more likely to create them.

Andy and Anthony talk about the role and importance of one mana spells — how the first play of a deck is the foundation of a plan, and mana costs dictate the sequence of gameplay.

Andy and Anthony are discussing the nuanced differences in their approaches to Cube design, taking a few cards as case studies to help them articulate their goals.

Andy and Anthony are discussing power level and its impacts on designing a cube. How do big outliers affect an environment? Is a truly flat power level possible, or even desirable?