52 Episodes Tagged “Set Review”
Episode 267
2025 Standard Set Rotation in Review
September 1st, 2025
Andy and Parker review the cards rotating out of Standard and how they've impacted their cubes.
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Episode 249
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Cube Set Review
April 28th, 2025
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the community survey results from Magic's next visit to Tarkir talking about what the new set offers to Cube curators.
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Episode 243
Aetherdrift Cube Set Review
March 17th, 2025
Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about Aetherdrift, discussing the results of the Cube community set review and their own impressions of the set.
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Episode 228
Foundations Community Set Review
December 2nd, 2024
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Foundations and Jump Start surveys, discussing the cards the Cube community is most excited to try.
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Episode 225
Foundations First Impressions
November 11th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions of Foundations including overall feelings about the set and individual cards they're interested in.
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Episode 222
Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror Cube Community Set Reviews
October 21st, 2024
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Cube community set reviews from Bloomburrow and Duskmourn.
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Episode 212
Bloomburrow First Impressions, Mechanics, and Personal Cube Additions
August 5th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions of Bloomburrow and the cards they're interested in for their Cubes.
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Episode 208
Modern Horizons 3 Cube Community Set Review
July 8th, 2024
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Modern Horizons 3 Cube Community Survey.
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Episode 204
A Review of All the Coolest Cards from Modern Horizons 3
June 10th, 2024
Andy and Anthony take a first look at Modern Horizons 3, discussing their overall impression and individual cards they're interested in.
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Episode 198
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Cube Community Set Review
April 29th, 2024
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of our community set review of Outlaws of Thunder Junction.
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Episode 195
Magic on the Holodeck: Outlaws of Thunder Junction First Impressions and Personal Cube Additions
April 8th, 2024
Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions of Outlaws of Thunder Junction and the cards their interested in for their own Cube lists.
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Episode 190
Murders at Karlov Manor Cube Community Set Review
March 4th, 2024
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Murders at Karlov Manor Cube Community Survey and discuss the top, most popular, cards.
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Episode 187
Murders at Karlov Manor and Ravnica: Clue Edition Personal Cube Additions
February 12th, 2024
Andy and Anthony review the cards they are planning on adding to their four relevant Cube projects from the latest sets, while also touching on cards they're specifically not adding and potentially starting a new Cube culture war with a hot take about a widely beloved card.
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Episode 186
Murders at Karlov Manor and Ravnica: Clue Edition First Impressions
February 5th, 2024
Andy and Anthony discuss the mechanics of Murders at Karlov Manor and their first impressions of the set for Cube.
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Episode 176
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Cube Community Set Review
November 27th, 2023
Andy, Anthony, and Parker discuss the results of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan community Cube survey.
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Episode 174
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan First Impressions, Mechanics, and Personal Cube Additions
November 13th, 2023
Andy and Anthony take a first look at The Lost Caverns of Ixalan giving their thoughts in the new mechanics, themes, and the specific cards they're interested in for their Cubes.
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Episode 166
Wilds of Eldraine Cube Community Set Review
September 18th, 2023
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Wilds of Eldraine Cube community set review discussing the top cards the community is interested in and shifting trends in Cube design.
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Episode 164
Wilds of Eldraine First Impressions, Mechanics, and Personal Cube Additions
September 4th, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions and the mechanics of Wilds of Eldraine and their own Cube addions.
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Episode 157
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Cube Community Set Review
July 10th, 2023
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the Cube community response to The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.
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Episode 156
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Mechanics & Cube Additions
July 3rd, 2023
Andy and Anthony take a first look at The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, discuss the mechanics, and talk about cards their interested in for their own Cubes.
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Episode 147
March of the Machine Cube Community Set Review
May 1st, 2023
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the March of the Machine Cube community set review, discussing the top cards appealing to the most designers, things that surprised them, and a deep dive on Battles.
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Episode 145
March of the Machine Mechanics and Cube Additions
April 17th, 2023
Andy and Anthony take a first look at March of the Machine, considering the new mechanics from an abastract, game design perspective and also assessing individual cards that have a chance in their own cubes.
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Episode 138
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Cube Community Set Review
February 27th, 2023
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the ONE and ONC community set reviews, talking about the cards the community is most excited for and patterns and surprises in the survey results.
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Episode 136
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Cube Additions
February 13th, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about the cards they're interested in giving a try in each of their own Cube environments, including Andy's eternal Bun Magic Cube, Anthony's low power 'Regular Cube' and a few more extreme environments.
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Episode 135
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Mechanics & First Impressions
February 6th, 2023
Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions of the mechanics and themes from Phyrexia: All Will Be One, which is full of new takes on classic mechanics.
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Episode 126
The Brothers’ War Cube Community Set Review
December 5th, 2022
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results and most popular cards in The Brothers’ War Cube community set review.
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Episode 124
The Brothers’ War Cube Additions
November 21st, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about the individual cards from The Brothers’ War they're interested in giving a chance in their own cubes.
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Episode 123
The Brothers’ War Mechanics & First Impressions
November 14th, 2022
Andy and Anthony review the mechanics and themes from The Brothers' War, a set jam-packed with artifacts, in the context of Cube design.
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Episode 115
Dominaria United Cube Community Set Review
September 19th, 2022
Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about the results of the Dominaria United community set review. They explore the results of the community survey including the top cards, highest rated cards, qualitative trends in comments, and some things that surprised them.
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Episode 114
Dominaria United Cube Additions
September 12th, 2022
Andy and Anthony discuss the new cards from Dominaria United they're interested in for their own particular cube environments, focusing on Andy's Eternal cube, Anthony's unrestricted mid-power cube, and a few other novel environments.
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Episode 113
Dominaria United Mechanics & First Impressions
September 5th, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about the new mechanics, themes, and their first impressions of Dominaria United and what they're most excited about for Cube.
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Episode 103
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate Cube Set Review
June 27th, 2022
Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate Cube survey.
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Episode 96
Streets of New Capenna Cube Community Set Review
May 9th, 2022
Andy, Anthony, and Parker discuss the results of our survey, reviewing the most popular Cube cards from Streets of New Capenna.
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Episode 93
Streets of New Capenna Cube Additions
April 18th, 2022
Andy and Anthony discuss each card their interested in giving a try in their own Cube environments, including a high powered legacy Cube, low powered peasant-ish list and a few more novel contexts.
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Episode 92
Streets of New Capenna Mechanics & First Impressions
April 11th, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about the headline mechanics of Magic's latest premier set, Streets of New Capenna.
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Episode 86
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Cube Community Set Review
February 21st, 2022
Andy and Anthony are joined by Parker LaMascus to discuss the results of the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Cube community set review.
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Episode 85
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Cube Additions
February 14th, 2022
Andy and Anthony talk about the Neon Dynasty cards they're interested in giving a shot in their own various Cube environments.
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Episode 84
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Mechanics & First Impressions
February 7th, 2022
Andy and Anthony analyze Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty’s mechanics and themes in their first of three set review episodes.
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Episode 74
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Cube Community Set Review
November 29th, 2021
Andy and Anthony are joined by Parker LaMascus to share the results of the Innistrad: Crimson View cube community survey.
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Episode 73
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Cube Additions
November 22nd, 2021
Andy and Anthony discuss the cards from Crimson Vow that they are going to be testing in their respective cubes.
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Episode 72
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Mechanics & First Impressions
November 15th, 2021
Andy and Anthony take a first look at Innistrad: Crimson Vow, breaking down themes, mechanics, and cycles for Cube.
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Episode 67
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Cube Set Review
October 4th, 2021
Andy and Anthony are Joined by Parker to dive into Innistrad Midnight Hunt and all the cards and mechanics they’re interested in for cubes of call kinds.
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Episode 64
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Mechanics & First Impressions
September 13th, 2021
Andy and Anthony take a first look at Innistrad: Midnight Hunt breaking down the mechanics from a design perspective for Cube and other casual formats.
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Episode 57
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Cube Set Review
July 26th, 2021
Andy and Anthony review the noteworthy cards from the newest expansion: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
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Episode 56
The Mechanics of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
July 19th, 2021
Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, breaking down the mechanics and flavor of the set.
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Episode 52
Modern Horizons 2 Cube Set Review
June 21st, 2021
Andy, Anthony, are joined by Jett for their most in depth set review yet — Modern Horizons 2. They discuss which cards provide support for classic mechanics, cards that enable new themes, exciting unique designs, and powerful stand-outs.
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Episode 46
Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube Set Review
May 10th, 2021
Andy, Anthony, and Jett are discussing the results of the Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube surveys and sharing some of their own thoughts about the standout cards in the latest sets.
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Episode 44
Strixhaven Mechanics and Kinds of Decisions
April 26th, 2021
Andy and Anthony talk about the mechanics of Strixhaven and what they’re most interested in for Cube, from avant garde new draft mechanics to polished up classics.
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Episode 33
Kaldheim Cube Set Review
February 8th, 2021
Andy and Anthony are joined by Jett, the author of Lucky Paper’s set prospective series, for their most in-depth set review ever.
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Episode 30
Kaldheim First Look
January 18th, 2021
Andy and Anthony are in the throes of spoiler season and give their first impressions of the mechanics in Kaldheim.
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Episode 14
Zendikar Rising Cube Set Review
September 28th, 2020
Andy and Anthony are joined by Lucky Paper founding contributor Jett Crowdis to preview the results of our Zendikar Rising cube survey and talk about our evolving impressions of the set.
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Episode 1
Core Set 2021 Cube Set Review
July 5th, 2020
Andy and Anthony introduce themselves and discuss the cards that interest them most from Core Set 2021.
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