Pulp Nouveau and Drafting Your Basics with Parker LaMascus

Parker joins Andy and Anthony, in studio, to talk about about his latest cube project: Pulp Nouveau. In this dark, gritty, flavor-forward environment the only freely available basic lands are swamps. In order to play other colors, players need to draft from the limited number of basic and dual lands in the draft. They the creative process of cube design and how disparate interests can suddenly coalesce. In this case, Parker’s interest in the dark aesthetic of Streets of New Capenna, among other things, came together with the mechanical structure of a desert cube with a twist.

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They end the episode with a pack 1, pick 1 the cube in question.

Discussed in this episode:

Amonkar Desert Cube
John Terrill’s Cool, Literary Cube Names
Street Fighter Car Bonus Stage
Patrick Chapin Article on Investment
Patrick Sullivan Recurring Insight Video About Goblin Guide
Cube (Movie)
Cube²: Hypercube (Movie)

Timestamps

5:09 — Overview of the Pulp Nouveau Cube
10:02 — What Parker Likes About Having to Draft Your Lands
13:15 — Practical Details of the Pulp Nouveau Cube
24:19 — The Inclusion of the Street Fighter Cards
26:23 — Card Complexity Corner
33:14 — Design Level Up: Threats that Require Investment
1:00:00 — Pack 1, Pick 1 from the Pulp Nouveau Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.