Riding Siege Rhinos to Victory with Tim Meyers

Andy and Anthony are joined by Tim Meyers, a.k.a. donald_k_magic, CubeCon 2023 Champion who shares his wisdom and experience of his path to ultimate Victory! In a field of 400 Cube enthusiasts, Tim’s love of the game carried him to a spot in the top 64, to 3-0 is draft to earn a spot in the top 8 draft, and finally, working with a deck he felt had some rough edges, to win the entire main event.

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Discussed in this episode:

MTG Cube Talk Discord
ChillMtG
CubeCon 2023 Top 8 Coverage
Find Donald_K_Magic on Discord to join his St. Louis playgroup
LCI Cube Survey

Cubes Mentioned

Reading Rainbow
Khans Extended Cube
Bun Magic Cube
15oz Micro Brew
Degenerate Micro Cube
May’s Fae Cube
Dragons of Winters Night
Data Generated Vintage Cube
MTGO Vintage Cube

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

3:15 Tim’s Overall Impressions of Cube Con

5:56 3-0 with BG Gold deck from Reading Rainbow

13:33 2-1 with Four Color deck from the Khan’s Extended Cube

22:14 2-1 with Five Color Jeskai deck from the Bun Magic Cube

29:11 2-1 with RB Artifact Recursion from the 15oz Micro Brew

40:32 3-0, 6-0 with Sultai Faeries in May’s Fae Cube

49:48 BYE 0-2 with BUG Zombies in Dragons of Winter’s Night

55:27 Top 64 — 3-0 with Reanimator in the Data Generated Vintage Cube

1:04:13 Top 8 — 3-0 with Mostly White Aggro in the MTGO Vintage Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.