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The Barash Files 001 - The Principles of Game Design

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A Loom Made of Yarn: the Tools of Cube Design

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Fixing is Cringe with Jenn the Judge

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Foundations Community Set Review

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On Board Wipes and Cube Design

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The Barash Files 002 — On Terminology, Communication, and Community

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In the second installment of “The Barash Files”, Andy, Anthony, and Zach talk about Cube terminology. They talk about how the language we use effects that kinds of conversations we have which in turn effect the kinds of communities we build. New terminology can enable talking more efficiently about concepts that get condensed into a term, but also make it harder to communicate the nuance and variety in those concepts, potentially making communities harder to enter.
Zach shares his thoughts on different parts of cube design, including ideation before any...

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1:29:06

Always Be Cubing - 2024 in Review

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View all cards mentioned in this episode (luckypaper.co/podcast/232-always-be-cubing-2024-in-review/cards) Andy and Anthony close out 2024 reflecting on their year in Magic. This year Magic’s new direction as a product driven primarily by marketing goals fueled with cheap gimmicks and cross branding feels solidified. Our hosts talk, kind of briefly, on how their relationships to the game have c...

The Barash Files 001 - The Principles of Game Design

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The Barash Files 001 - The Principles of Game Design

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View all cards mentioned in this episode (luckypaper.co/podcast/231-the-barash-files-001-the-principles-of-game-design/cards) Zach Barash joins Andy and Anthony for the first episode in a series where he shares his game design expertise. In this first episode, the three talk about the first principles of game design, including the iteration loop most game designers follow (and similar processes...

A Loom Made of Yarn: the Tools of Cube Design

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A Loom Made of Yarn: the Tools of Cube Design

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View all cards mentioned in this episode (luckypaper.co/podcast/230-a-loom-made-of-yarn-the-tools-of-cube-design/cards) Andy and Anthony talk about the essential digital tools and workflows for Cube designers. Starting with finding and gathering cards on Scryfall (scryfall.com/) , to sculpting and sharing lists on Cube Cobra (cubecobra.com/) and tools for analyzing and comparing lists, they tal...

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Fixing is Cringe with Jenn the Judge

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View all cards mentioned in this episode (luckypaper.co/podcast/229-fixing-is-cringe-with-jenn-the-judge/cards) Andy and Anthony are Joined by Jenn the Judge (linktr.ee/Jenn.the.Judge) to talk about “5 Color Good Stuff” decks in cube. They talk about what aspects of a Cube enable 5 color decks, and the impacts these decks have on the feel and fun of an environment. They talk about some of the s...

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Foundations Community Set Review

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View all cards mentioned in this episode (luckypaper.co/podcast/228-foundations-community-set-review/cards) Andy, Anthony, and Parker review the results of the Foundations Cube Community survey (luckypaper.co/articles/cube-prospective-foundations/) . They talk through the top cards that have Cube designers most excited and theorize about what’s catching people’s interest and some of the pattern...

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On Board Wipes and Cube Design

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Andy and Anthony talk all things board wipes in Cube. They talk about the varieties and boundaries of cards that reset the board state and how they effect gameplay and add strategic depth to games with or against them. They talk about the roles of board wipes in their main Cubes. View cards mentioned in this episode ＞ (luckypaper.co/podcast/227-on-board-wipes-and-cube-design/cards/) Discussed i...

Clown Shoes Cubes and How to Use Feedback

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Clown Shoes Cubes and How to Use Feedback

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Andy and Anthony talk about their Cubes included in CubeCon (cubecon.org/) 2024: Andy’s 100 Ornithopters (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/100-ornithopters) and Anthony’s Regular (cubecobra.com/cube/list/regular) and Turbo Cubes (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/turbo) . They talk about what they learned about each from players’ feedback and the decklists after the event. They also talk about potential c...

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Foundations First Impressions

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Andy and Anthony talk about Foundations, Magic’s latest set, akin to old Core Sets. The set fills multiple roles including being an approachable set for beginners, a nostalgic set to invested players, and a way to support standard with basic effects that stay in the format longer. Our hosts talk about their overall impressions of the set and individual cards they’re interested in for their own ...

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Heuristics for Having a Good Time

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In the wake of CubeCon 2024 (cubecon.org/) , Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach drafting new Cube environments. They talk about their general draft strategies and heuristics they start with to get a sense of what’s going to be important in the environment just by looking at the packs being passed. View all cards mentioned in this episode (luckypaper.co/podcast/224-heuristics-for-havi...

2-1 Into 3-0 Into 3-0 Into 3-0 Into Drop and Go Eat Ramen

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2-1 Into 3-0 Into 3-0 Into 3-0 Into Drop and Go Eat Ramen

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Andy and Anthony, are joined by perennial favorite, Patrick, to recap their experience at CubeCon 2024 (cubecon.org/) . They talk about how they approached the event, the Cubes they drafted, and the highs and lows of every deck they drafted throughout the event. Growing to almost 600 players in it’s third year, CubeCon continued to deliver on being an opportunity to play a huge range of novel e...

Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror Cube Community Set Reviews

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Bloomburrow and Duskmourn: House of Horror Cube Community Set Reviews

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Andy, Anthony, and Parker, belatedly discuss the results from the last two standard sets’ Cube community surveys, Bloomburrow (luckypaper.co/articles/cube-prospective-bloomburrow/) and Duskmourn: House of Horror (luckypaper.co/articles/cube-prospective-duskmourn-house-of-horror/) . They talk about the top cards that have the attention of the most Cube designers as well as their general observat...

Ryan Saxe’s Auto Battler Inspired Format

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Ryan Saxe’s Auto Battler Inspired Format

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Andy and Anthony talk with Ryan Saxe about his latest Magic passion project (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/auto) . Inspired by one of his favorite video game genres, AutoBattlers, Ryan has been working to create a Magic variant that incorporates the feeling of quick mini-games and constant upgrades and expansion of your arsenal. In his format, players face of in a series of mini-games with only a...

Boromir Sucks and Oko is a Joke-O: Sweeping Updates to the Turbo Cube

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Boromir Sucks and Oko is a Joke-O: Sweeping Updates to the Turbo Cube

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Andy and Anthony talk about a big batch of updates to Anthony’s Turbo Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/turbo) . In this Cube, all spells and activated abilities cost {2} less. They talk about their general philosophy of updating Cubes, what types of strategies Anthony is hoping to bolster with these updates, and talk through the changes card by card. View all cards mentioned in this episode (l...