13 Episodes Tagged “Mechanic Focus”
Episode 254
Modal Mechanics 001 — Some Nonzero Number of Mechanics Are Kicker
June 2nd, 2025
Andy and Anthony start a journey through the history of modal mechanics comparing them and discussing how they fit into their Cube design philosophies.
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Episode 177
The Nature of Combo in Cube
December 4th, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about everything ‘combo' - how combos fit into the game and how they effect drafting and playing cubes.
Cube Design
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 149
All About Ramp
May 15th, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about ramp, how it fits in their cubes and broadly in green's identity.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 111
The Texture of Removal
August 22nd, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about all things removal. They categorize the different types of removal and discuss how all these features impact gameplay in an environment.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 107
How Many Lands Should you Include in Your Cube?
July 25th, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about how many lands to include in a Cube, drawing precedents from other formats and analysis of draft data from Cube Cobra.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 101
A Deep Dive on Disruption Density in Cube
June 13th, 2022
Andy and Anthony return to one of their most discussed episodes, Bread and Butter Breakdown, for a detailed analysis of how the Bun Magic Cube has changed in the last 17 months, with a special focus on disruption.
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Episode 97
Lands That Do Things: All About Fetch Lands
May 16th, 2022
Andy and Anthony are going deep on fetch lands, discussing their benefits, to both players and cube designers, as well as their costs.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 76
Un-Cards for Cube
December 13th, 2021
Andy and Anthony talk about all things un-, the history of silver bordered Magic, and if and how to play these cards in Cube.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 62
Atomic Spells: The Role of One Mana Cards in Cube
August 30th, 2021
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.
Cube Design
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 40
More Mana, Faster Mana
March 29th, 2021
Andy and Anthony discuss updates to Andy's cube: more lands and fast mana. Have we found the upper limit of lands? Can fast mana work in a fair environment?
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 31
Bread and Butter Breakdown
January 25th, 2021
Andy and Anthony are doing the math on the densities of removal, countermagic, hand hate, card draw, and mana fixing in their respective cubes and talking about what it means, if anything.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 26
Tribal Synergies and Parasitism
December 21st, 2020
Andy and Anthony are discussing tribal synergies, parasitism, and their newly formed rivalry which a much more successful Magic: the Gathering podcast.
Mechanic Focus
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Episode 11
Lay of the Lands
September 7th, 2020
Andy and Anthony go deep on evaluating the new modal double-face card mechanic in Zendikar Rising by comparing it to a variety of existing mechanics from Magic’s past.
Mechanic Focus
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