28 Episodes Tagged “Cube Spotlight”
Episode 257
The Big, Beautiful World of Set Cubes with Jenn the Judge
June 23rd, 2025
Andy and Anthony are joined by Jenn who shares her expertise in designing all manner of set cubes.
Cube DesignGuest
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 241
Mindbreak Trap Forgives All Sins with Julien Henry
March 3rd, 2025
Andy and Anthony our joined by Julien who offers his pro-tour level insight on potential changes to Anthony's Turbo Cube.
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Episode 219
Boromir Sucks and Oko is a Joke-O: Sweeping Updates to the Turbo Cube
September 30th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about big updates to Anthony's Turbo Cube, a special format where every card is powered up.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 209
It Feels Good to Riffle Shuffle Duals: Preparing the Neoclassical Cube for Steel City
July 15th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about the evolution of the Neoclassical Cube leading up Steel City Cube.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 193
100 Ornithopters in a Trenchcoat
March 25th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about Andy's newest Cube creation, where the only creatures are Ornithopters, and there's no shortage of them.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 185
Solving Game Design Issues with Marshmallows
January 29th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about rapid prototyping and difficult design challenges with a new, experimental Battle Box.
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Episode 184
Designing and Playtesting a New Archetype for the Turbo Cube
January 22nd, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about some recent updates and play experience to Anthony's Turbo Cube, where all spells and activated abilities cost {2} mana less.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 167
Bun Magic Cube Draft Primer
September 25th, 2023
Andy and Anthony discuss how to draft Andy's “Bun Magic Cube” including an overall summary of how the environment plays and key cards and themes to look out for.
Cube Spotlight
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Bonus Episode
Admiring and Analyzing Aquaone’s Powered Cube
August 14th, 2023
Andy and Anthony's plan for this week's episode fell through, so instead they're sharing the audio from a stream in which they discussed Aquaone's legendary Powered Cube with the designer himself.
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Cube Spotlight
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Episode 150
Going Against Your Intuition: A Different Approach to Tuning the Neoclassical Cube
May 22nd, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about the state of Andy's Neoclassical cube: how the environment's been playing out, things they want to tweak, and specific areas of potential change.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 148
Talking Cube Cuts with the Boys: Real-Time Regular Cube Update
May 8th, 2023
Andy, Anthony, and James do a live review of Anthony's Regular Cube. They talk about how the environment has been playing recently, sift through potential cuts, and make a plan for the next iteration of the Cube.
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Episode 142
Pulp Nouveau and Drafting Your Basics with Parker LaMascus
March 27th, 2023
Parker joins Andy and Anthony to talk about his newest Cube design project, Pulp Nouveau, featuring a dark, flavor focused aesthetic and a mechanical variation on a desert cube where players only have free access to basic swamps.
Cube Spotlight
Novelty Cube Design
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Episode 134
The Neoclassical Cube: The Spirit of Old-School Magic, With a Twist
January 30th, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about Andy's latest cube creation, The Neoclassical Cube, intended to capture the spirit of old school Magic.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 128
Live Cube Update: Making Removal Better in the Bun Magic Cube
December 19th, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about updates to Andy's Bun Magic Cube, evaluating three drops that keep removal relevant in the environment.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 122
Lessons From the Death of an Experimental Cube
November 7th, 2022
Andy and Anthony look back at lessons learned from designing and playing Anthony's Mono Black Cube and why it makes sense to start from scratch and iterate on Cube designs.
Novelty Cube Design
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 118
Turbo Cube Draft Primer
October 10th, 2022
Andy and Anthony turn their attention to Anthony's "Turbo Cube" where all spells and activated abilities cost {2} less to cast, talking about how they approach drafting this novel environment and the cards and strategies that define the format.
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Episode 117
Regular Cube Draft Primer
October 3rd, 2022
Andy and Anthony discuss how to draft Anthony's “Regular Cube”, including the themes and strategies they think are the most powerful and key cards that overperform or shape the environment in some way.
Cube Play
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 102
Regular Cube Draft Along
June 20th, 2022
Andy and Anthony collaboratively draft a deck from Anthony's Regular Cube, discussing how they approach the environment and the roles individual cards play.
Cube Spotlight
Cube Play
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Episode 98
Are Synergy and a High Density of Interaction Incompatible?
May 23rd, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about the drafts of Caleb Gannon's Powered Synergy Cube posted to Youtube and whether extremely synergistic decks can thrive in an environment with a high density of interaction.
Cube Spotlight
Cube Play
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Episode 95
The Powered Synergy Cube with Caleb Gannon
May 2nd, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk with Cube designer, scientist, and artist Caleb Gannon about his Powered Synergy Cube, coming to Magic Online.
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Cube Spotlight
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Episode 83
Bottling an Iconic Mirror Match: the Jeskai Control Battle Box
January 31st, 2022
Andy and Anthony discuss a new Battle Box of Andy's design inspired by the Jeskai control mirror.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 80
Open Drafting the Bun Magic Cube
January 10th, 2022
Andy and Anthony separately draft the exact same seat of Andy's Bun Magic Cube and discuss where their decks and card evaluations diverged.
Cube Spotlight
Cube Play
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Episode 77
Inaugural Draft of the Irregular Cube
December 20th, 2021
Andy and Anthony talk about recent drafts of their Cubes and specifically break down rarity and power level disparity in Anthony's Irregular Cube.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 55
In Defense of Unpopular Cards
July 12th, 2021
Andy and Anthony look at Andy's cube through the lens of Cube Cobra's new 'popularity' feature and discuss under-rated cards and why they might be worth another look.
Design Resources
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 54
The Chromatic Cube with David McDarby
July 5th, 2021
Andy and Anthony are joined by Wizards' own David McDarby to talk about the design process of The Chromatic Cube, currently draftable on Arena.
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Cube Spotlight
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Episode 47
Irregular Cube: Rarity in Custom Draft Formats
May 17th, 2021
Andy and Anthony pick apart Anthony’s new ‘Irregular Cube’ which features a separate set of ‘rare’ cards and discuss what rarity can enable in Cube design as well as its challenges.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 25
The Making of the Degenerate Micro Cube
December 14th, 2020
Anthony indulges Andy in a 90 minute discussion about the project he’s been working on almost non-stop since the beginning of the first COVID-19 lockdown: his Degenerate Micro Cube.
Cube Spotlight
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Episode 13
Turbo Eggs
September 21st, 2020
Andy and Anthony spend an entire episode talking about Anthony’s experience designing and playtesing a cube that features a teeny-tiny modification to the core rules of Magic.
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