Lucky Paper Radio
218 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.
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Battlebox: No Setup, No Bad Mana, All Magic
August 09, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBAndy and Anthony discuss all things Battlebox, one of their favorite casual ways to play Magic. A Battlebox is a great thing to have for quick games between and around matches. Without the variance of land draws it's both very approachable and gives spikes an opportunity to test their skills in detailed aspects of gameplay. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Milkshake1988’s spell’s only cube, which really commits to the bit. Discussed in this episode: Brian Demars’...
The Cube Player's Guide to Manabases
August 02, 2021 04:50 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBCube presents unique drafting a deckbuilding challenges when it comes to manabases. Retail limited is our only benchmark for drafting, but non-basic lands are so few and far-between that they don’t have a meaningful impact on most drafts. In cube, however, we don’t have to settle for 9-8 manabases of basics only, but how do you navigate mana successfully in a cube draft? In this episode, Andy and Anthony put their cube designer hat aside and go deep on lands from the perspective of players....
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Cube Set Review
July 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBThis week’s episode is the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Cube set review. A much less involved affair than our Modern Horizons 2 episode, we’re nonetheless touching on a number of noteworthy cards and how they may impact cubes of all kinds. Discussed in this episode: Grid Drafting the Turbo Cube on YouTube I Think You Should Leave Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mechanics Episode Adventures in the Forgotten Realms testing: grid draft on YouTube Timestamps: 4:59: Creature Lands...
The Mechanics of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
July 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBAndy and Anthony discuss their first impressions of Magic’s newest set, D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. Setting aside individual card evaluation, they dive into the mechanics and flavor from a design and gameplay perspective. With dice rolling, dungeon adventuring, and D&D flavor the set brings a whole new twist to the game for D&D lovers and Magic players who enjoy seeing the game pushed in new directions. Discussed in this episode: Matt Tabak on Spindowns “Everything happens so...
In Defense of Unpopular Cards
July 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBOur Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Cube survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. Make sure to check out a special video made by Jason Waddell to accompany this week’s intro. Using Cube Cobra’s new feature to sort a cube by popularity of cards, Andy and Anthony explore Andy’s Bun Magic Cube. They discuss some of the factors that may influence card’s popularity among cube owners and talk through some notable unpopular car...
The Chromatic Cube with David McDarby
July 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBDavid McDarby of Wizards of the Coast joins Andy and Anthony to talk about The Chromatic Cube, designed by David and currently on Arena. They talk about the cube’s goals and how they contrast with those of other cubes on Magic Online and Arena. David shares his design process behind cubes and the inspiration for The Chromatic Cube. They start things off with a pack 1, pick 1 from the cube and talk about their experiences with the cube so far. Discussed in this episode: The Chromatic Cube,...
Magic: the Gathering is a Difficult Game
June 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIn an effort to expand on past discussion about what makes a particular cube “hard” or “easy” to play, Andy and Anthony are dedicating an entire episode to unpacking what exactly makes Magic a difficult game. After being pressed by Andy to define seemingly simple terms, Anthony expounds upon his concepts of a “competency floor”, “mastery ceiling”, and overall “exertion”, and how each of these factors makes the game difficult in a different way. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this wee...
Modern Horizons 2 Cube Set Review
June 21, 2021 11:00 - 3 hours - 207 MBDo some light stretches and grab some popcorn, because this is Lucky Paper Radio’s most in depth set review ever. Andy, Anthony, and Jett dive into Modern Horizons 2, a set with an unprecedented number of cards for cubes of all kinds. They explore support for classic mechanics, designs that can enable new themes, and the many powerful cards pushing the limits. Conversation is guided by the results of our MH2 community survey revealing what in the new set is capturing the cube community’s in...
How to Win Friends & Influence People (into Playing Your Cube)
June 14, 2021 12:15 - 55 minutes - 51 MBAndy and Anthony talk about the practical side of cube. For many of us, Cube is about bringing people together through our favorite game, but finding or creating a consistent playgroup can be a challenge. Our hosts share what they they’ve learned seeing their own group develop, treating a draft like a party, with food and clear communication, and playing with what can turn into a very pricy board game. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from The Oinkinator’s Cube. Timest...
Midrange Matchups with Parker LaMascus
June 07, 2021 08:25 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBTimestamps 5:25 Introduction to Parker’s Cube 19:44 High fixing density, it’s effects and player expectations 23:08 What does it mean for a cube to be ‘hard to draft’? 28:50 Playtesting observations and notes 40:57 Synthesizing our draft experiences 52:26 Highs and lows drafting Mordor’s Cube 1:04:02 Pack 1, pick 1 from Parker’s Cube Our Modern Horizons 2 Cube survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. Cube enthusiast ...
Hope Tender & Devoted Druid & Ragavan & Laelia
May 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBOn this episode, Andy and Anthony are discussing a recent draft of Anthony’s “Regular” Cube, in which Anthony made a stupid amount of mana with Hope Tender, making Andy question all of the decisions he made in his life that led to that moment. This dovetails into a conversation about the nuanced differences in what Anthony and Andy value about Magic and how they capture that in their respective cubes. What is the difference between having conditional cards as enablers vs having conditional c...
Playing to Win: Evaluating New Cubes
May 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBAndy and Anthony talk about how they approach drafting a cube they’ve never played before. What do they look for in the list to optimize their chances of success, and have a good time doing it. After discussing power outliers and big picture structure of an environment, they agree one of the most important aspects to focus on is the speed of the format, which shapes the tempo-value balance and the effectiveness of different strategies. It’s challenging to evaluate an environment just by look...
Irregular Cube: Rarity in Custom Draft Formats
May 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAndy and Anthony discuss Anthony’s newest cube project, Irregular Cube. Like his primary cube it’s a lower power environment with a variety of overlapping archetypes, but it also has a novel structure: a main set and a second list of ‘rare’ cards, largely composed of higher powered cards with a healthy helping of build-arounds. They talk about the many opportunities rarity offers, challenges it imposes, and what they’ve learned from initial playtesting. To kick off the conversation, our pac...
Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube Set Review
May 10, 2021 13:48 - 2 hours - 153 MBOur Strixhaven: School of Mages and Commander 2021 prospectives are out! Thank you to everyone who participated. Andy and Anthony are joined by Lucky Paper contributor Jett for a deep dive on what they believe to be the noteworthy cards from Strixhaven and Commander 2021. In their discussion, they reference their Strixhaven mechanics episode and their episode on Card Evaluation and the Playtesting Paradox. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 8:28 Elite Spellbinder 14:43 Leonin Lightscribe (and white...
Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Set Review
May 10, 2021 13:48 - 2 hours - 153 MBOur Strixhaven: School of Mages and Commander 2021 prospectives are out! Thank you to everyone who participated. Andy and Anthony are joined by Lucky Paper contributor Jett for a deep dive on what they believe to be the noteworthy cards from Strixhaven and Commander 2021. In their discussion, they reference their Strixhaven mechanics episode and their episode on Card Evaluation and the Playtesting Paradox. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 8:28 Elite Spellbinder 14:43 Leonin Lightscribe (and white...
Smells Like Synergy
May 03, 2021 10:27 - 1 hour - 59 MBOur Strixhaven set review episode is coming to you next week. We weren’t able to do the episode in a timely fashion due to life circumstances, but we’re going to make sure we bring the quality. Thanks for your patience! On this week’s episode, Andy and Anthony talk about Cube and synergy. Synergy means many things to many different cube players and designers and is used to talk about both environments and decks. We tease out a few ways to define synergy, and how we use it to frame our goals...
Strixhaven Mechanics and Kinds of Decisions
April 26, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBOur Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube surveys are open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new sets. Andy and Anthony talk about the new mechanics in Strixhaven and what they have us most excited for in cube. They cover the unique draft mechanic of Learn and Lesson and the ways it can be applied to cube, and the exciting expansion of spells matter and protection mechanics. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from captainawe...
The Show Must Go On
April 19, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBOur Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube surveys are open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new sets. Due to the loss of a close, personal friend, Andy and Anthony are off this week. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please consult the resources available from The American Association of Suicidology. If you’re able, please consider donating blood through The Red Cross. This week, guest hosts Parker and Kennedy discuss their most recent...
Cube, Art School, & Critical Discourse
April 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBOur Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Cube surveys are open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new sets. This week, Andy and Anthony share a little of their personal history and how important their tools for critical discourse they learned in art school have been to their lives, Magic very much included. They talk about how they first met and the ubiquitous art school critique. From their pack 1, pick 1 of Jean’s Fast Multiplayer Cube they delve...
Cube Is Not a Monolith
April 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThis week, Andy and Anthony take aim at the dominating rhetoric about Cube which takes for granted it is a format showcasing the most powerful cards in Magic. They tackle the big effects that small patterns in language can have, excluding huge areas of creative cube design. Our hosts reflect on just how effective the Cube Map is at visualizing the existing diversity in the format, and hinting at the vast empty spaces yet to be explored. Our pack 1, pick 1 comes from the Nega Cube, currently...
More Mana, Faster Mana
March 29, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBThis week, Andy and Anthony discuss changes to Andy’s Bun Magic Cube, updated to include a dramatic increase in the number of mana fixing lands and filling out a suite of fast mana. Our hosts discuss how this level of mana fixing changes a draft, and what questions they’re asking themselves to try to recalibrate expectations when drafting the shifted environment. Andy argues increasing the amount of ‘broken’ fast mana decreases variance, creating a more fun draft environment. And Anthony, un...
Introducing the Cube Map
March 24, 2021 12:22 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThe Cube Map: Exploring over 20,000 Magic: the Gathering Cube lists On this very special bonus episode, Andy and Anthony are joined by Jett to tell everyone about a project they have been working on for a long time: the Cube Map! Read more about how the map was made in Jett’s in depth article. A huge thanks to Cube Cobra for providing us with the data to make the map possible. If you have the means, please consider donating to their Patreon to show your support for community driven, open-so...
A Flat Power Level
March 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBAnyone who has spent any time in Cube design circles has heard the supposed virtues of an environment with a “flat” power level, where the worst card is no less appealing or less playable than the best. On this week’s Lucky Paper Radio, Andy and Anthony are unpacking this truism and discussing the impacts of individual card power delta on a given cube more broadly. They two also touch on Magic as a spectator sport, PVDDR’s Youtube channel and subsequent article on Star City Games, Andy’s big...
Cubers Anonymous with Justin Parnell
March 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBAndy and Anthony welcome Justin Parnell on this week’s episode of Lucky Paper Radio. Justin was one of the first Magic writers to write about Cube and graciously shares stories from the format’s earlier days. From curating his own cube to designing environments for open, competitive play, we get a glimpse into how Justin thinks about Magic. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Dan’s “Ancient Times” cube. Thanks, Dan! Discussed in this episode: SCGcon Players’ Cube S...
Spring Cleaning
March 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBDo you like your podcast episodes to be carefully planned and tightly edited, with the hosts staying laser focused on the topic at hand? If so, then this episode of Lucky Paper Radio is probably not for you! This week, Andy and Anthony are jumping around between a couple of topics, some only dubiously related to Magic, so let the timestamps be your guide if you think musings on world geography are a waste of your time. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Pablo’s cube ...
Restrictions & Inspiration
March 01, 2021 14:01 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBOn this week’s Lucky Paper Radio, Andy and Anthony are answering a question from listener Nate about how to decide which cards to “ban” from his Peasant Cube. To date, Nate has used the Legacy banned list for his cube, but the recent addition of Arcum's Astrolabe has him wondering if he should drop this restriction. Then, they discuss the video “Should Cubes be Singleton?”, recounting their own experiences designing for both singleton and non-singleton environments. The confluence of these t...
Spreadsheet: the Gathering
February 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBView the Rotisserie Draft Discussed in this Episode Use the Template in Your Own Rotisserie Drafts On this week’s Lucky Paper Radio, Andy and Anthony are returning to one of their favorite ways to play Cube in the time of covid: online, asynchronous rotisserie drafting. Our heroes are in the midst of the matches following a recent rotisserie draft of Anthony’s “Regular” Cube and they’re discussing everything Anthony has learned from the experience. In their chat they touch on what rotisser...
Card Evaluation and the Playtesting Paradox
February 15, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBAs a follow up to last week’s Kaldheim Set Review episode, Andy and Anthony are going back to first principles and asking, what is card evaluation? How do we look at a piece of paper with a bunch of text on it and make predictions about what that piece of paper will do to other pieces of paper, and ultimately our win percentage, in the future? Is card evaluation important for Cube design? Why or why not? Why did they reference Limited Resources so much in this episode? How many Relentless Ra...
Kaldheim Cube Set Review
February 08, 2021 13:00 - 2 hours - 142 MBOur Kaldheim Prospective is out! Thank you to everyone who participated. Buckle your seatbelts and charge up your podcatchers, because this is our most in-depth set review ever and our longest episode to date. Andy and Anthony are joined by Jett, the author of Lucky Paper’s set prospective series, for a detailed discussion of the results of our Kaldheim Cube survey. Timestamps: White 20:18 Blue 50:12 Black 1:15:38 Red 1:40:56 Green 1:51:08 Lands 2:12:20 Colorless 2:22:07 Gold 2:23:...
Kaldheim Set Review
February 08, 2021 13:00 - 2 hours - 142 MBOur Kaldheim Prospective is out! Thank you to everyone who participated. Buckle your seatbelts and charge up your podcatchers, because this is our most in-depth set review ever and our longest episode to date. Andy and Anthony are joined by Jett, the author of Lucky Paper’s set prospective series, for a detailed discussion of the results of our Kaldheim Cube survey. Timestamps: White 20:18 Blue 50:12 Black 1:15:38 Red 1:40:56 Green 1:51:08 Lands 2:12:20 Colorless 2:22:07 Gold 2:23:...
Personal Cube Level Ups
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBThis is our last chance to complete our Kaldheim Cube Survey! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. Every once in a while, something in your head clicks and the way you think about your cube changes forever. On this episode, Andy and Anthony take some time to reflect on each of their personal biggest Cube design level-up moments. Anthony’s level ups are: Including many more fixing lands The value of hybrid cards as a counterbalance to...
Bread and Butter Breakdown
January 25, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBOur Kaldheim Cube Survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. As Andy tinkers with two lower powered and novel cubes, he finds himself presented with a question he hasn’t actually confronted in depth before: what percentage of a cube should be removal? Or countermagic? Or cantrips and card draw? With higher-powered cubes you’re often constrained by the available card pool, and end up playing as much of these effects as you can ...
Kaldheim First Look
January 18, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBGiven that we’re in the throes of spoiler season, Andy and Anthony are giving their first impressions on the mechanics of Kaldheim and how they relate to other mechanics in Magic or might be integrated into a cube environment. They also do a pack one, pick one from listener Arjan’s Legacy Cube. Thanks, Arjan! Discussed in this episode: Speks Magnet Balls Kinder Eggs Licking Nintendo Switch Cartridges Streisand Effect Kaldheim Mechanics Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 6:29 Listener submitted ...
Vision Design vs. Play Design in Cube
January 11, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBTry as they might, our beloved hosts just can’t stay on track. On this episode, Andy’s attempt to tie up a few loose ends from last week’s episode ends up leading our heroes down another rabbit hole about the Cube design process and how it relates to the player psychographics. It was not a fruitless journey, though! On this episode, Andy and Anthony propose the application of the “Vision Design” and “Play Design” distinction that exists within Magic R&D to Cube design. Tune in to learn all a...
On Being a Cube Spike
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBIt’s a new year and Lucky Paper Radio is back! They also never went anywhere, but they’re back nonetheless. On this episode, Andy and Anthony intend to talk about Anthony’s multiplayer cube that he couldn’t help but make after our little string of multiplayer-focused episodes a couple months back, but instead, our hosts get riled up and end up talking about what it means to be a “cube spike”, and whether or not such a thing even exists. Things really kick off about 1/3rd of the way through, ...
Listener Submitted Chaos Supreme
December 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBIn a year-end extravaganza, Andy and Anthony dedicate an entire episode to doing pack 1, pick 1s from listener submitted cubes. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? We don’t know, but you should tell us what you think! Listener cubes discussed in this episode: Jason’s 600 Card Unpowered Vintage Cube Sir_Magic_Toast’s Pauper Cube Brimlock’s “Fair” 360 Card Vintage Cube Dave, A.K.A. “Guaplord“‘s High-Powered Cube for His Inexperienced Playgroup Joe, A.K.A. “Phene”s Peasant Cube You can fi...
Tribal Themes and Parasitism
December 21, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBIn a decidedly not-so-special holiday episode, Andy and Anthony are talking about tribal synergies in Cube and announce their first formalized rivalry. They do a pack 1, pick 1 from listener Bastian’s GöCube 1.2 and get real sad about how rude people on the internet have tried to convince him that tribal synergies are “bad for Cube”. Anthony sets the table with an open-faced compliment sandwich about tribal effects, and our two hosts go deep discussing what constitutes a synergy deck, what p...
The Making of the Degenerate Micro Cube
December 14, 2020 07:38 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBOur hosts are finally ready to share the Degenerate Micro Cube with the world. This episode is a deep dive on what this cube is all about, why Andy loves it so much, and why it’s just not Anthony’s cup of tea. They do a pack 1, pick 1 from the Degenerate Micro Cube, and discuss how it came to be, why storm is always a trap, the value that secret information plays in game design, how speed is inextricably linked with variance, whether a less enfranchised player could figure out Stage Depths c...
Setting the Tempo
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThis episode is all about tempo — what is it, when does it matter, and how do you apply it to your Cube design and gameplay decisions. Andy and Anthony talk about what “aggro” really means, why some games feel like they’re completely out of your control from the first land you play, the tempo vs value axis, taplands, low CMC spells, scaleable threats, cheap interaction, and what Llanowar Elves, Azorius Signet, and Sleight of Hand have in common. Our pack 1, pick 1 this week is from listener...
Cube Potpourri
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThis is a comparatively aimless episode where our hosts meander through a couple of vaguely related cube topics. They start off by recapping their recent draft of a friend’s greenless, “Breya” cube, which they also do a pack 1, pick 1 from, then move on to cover how draft decisions change in a cube with only four colors, their evaluation of Karn with pants, the dangers of shortcutting cards in your head, whether it’s more painful to walk into a trap or make an obvious punt, the collection of...
Designing a Commander Cube
November 23, 2020 14:27 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThis is your last chance to participate in our Commander Legends Cube Survey! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. On this episode, Andy and Anthony are discussing how they would approach building a Commander cube. After giving a little bit of their personal history with EDH and talking about what it has in common with Cube, our dynamic duo goes deep on Commander’s mechanical underpinnings and how they translate to a drafted environment...
Commander Legends and a Cube That Glitters
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBOur Commander Legends Cube Survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. On this episode, Andy and Anthony are joined by their friend and Commander connoisseur Daniel to discuss his all-gold cube and review the cards from Commander Legends. Find out how you can draft a filthy aggro deck from a cube with zero one drops, how the Monarch mechanic plays in 1v1 Magic, and whether Jeweled Lotus means that Commander has officially jumpe...
Designing for the Draft
November 09, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBThe boys turn their attention to what at least Andy thinks is an under-appreciated context in which to evaluate cards — the draft. Instead of discussing how cards are played in game or what an ideal deck looks like, they’re talking about how the presence or absence of cards in packs will affect how your players draft. Is it possible to have a deck or color-pair that is perfectly viable in your cube, but no one ever drafts? Can swapping cards in or out fix this issue, or is it entirely attrib...
Man vs. Machine
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBOn this episode of Lucky Paper Radio Andy and Anthony are looking at the suggestions from Cube Cobra’s recommender for adds and cuts to their respective primary cubes. This is a jumping off point for discussion about which cards they think are under- or overrated, the philosophies at the foundations of their cubes, how single cards can open up entirely new decks in a draft, the merits of various two-mana green ramp spells, how to balance support for an archetype without it becoming too domin...
Context is King
October 26, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBThis episode of Lucky Paper Radio covers a range of topics all surrounding the importance of context in cube design and card evaluation. To start, Andy and Anthony do a very spooky pack 1, pick 1 from listener Stephen’s seasonally appropriate Innistrad Cube. They go on to discuss a theoretical Christmasland plane and answer a question from listener Adam about including cards of varying power levels in a cube list. Throughout this conversation, they go in depth about the kinds of cards that s...
How and Why to Build a Cube
October 19, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBIn a deviation from our regularly scheduled programming, this episode is specifically catered to new cube designers or players that are interested in building a cube but don’t know how to get started. Even if you’re a seasoned cube designer, we hope this conversation helps you be more conscious of how you frame the format to others. An outline of our suggestions: Most importantly, just do it! Don’t overthink your first cube. Magic is fun and draft is self-correcting. Cube is a great forma...
Complexity in Cube Design
October 12, 2020 12:39 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBOn this week’s episode, Andy and Anthony discuss the new, extensive description and draft guide Anthony wrote about his “Regular” Cube and then consider Mark Rosewater’s definitions for the three types of complexity in Magic and how they might be applied to cube design. They talk about what Cube designers might learn from constructed formats, Anthony’s goal of making his cube resemble retail limited, exactly how many copies of Seven Dwarves you can run in a deck, whether all retail limited i...
Playtesting & Theorycrafting
October 05, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBAndy and Anthony are tackling a big subject in this episode: how do you turn experience playing your cube into informed design decisions that improve your environment? What do you do when your players insist that cards you included are either too good or not good enough and need to be cut? How do you handle people that are unwilling to draft or maindeck certain cards that you think are good? The listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week is actually a pack 1, pick 2, because the boys are d...
Zendikar Rising Set Review
September 28, 2020 11:47 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBOn this special episode of Lucky Paper Radio, 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. After doing a pack 1, pick 1 from listener Jonathan Gibson’s beautifully altered Sol Cube they go on to discuss the most popular and highest ranked cards by our listeners, how the modal double-face cards, both mythic and otherwise, stack up, how ZNR compares to o...
Zendikar Rising Cube Set Review
September 28, 2020 11:47 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBOn this special episode of Lucky Paper Radio, 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. After doing a pack 1, pick 1 from listener Jonathan Gibson’s beautifully altered Sol Cube they go on to discuss the most popular and highest ranked cards by our listeners, how the modal double-face cards, both mythic and otherwise, stack up, how ZNR compares to o...