Andy and Anthony talk about common pitfalls new Cube designers fall into. There’s no right way to build a Cube, but new designers very often fall into similar patterns and a few pieces of feedback consistently come up.

Play more mana fixing lands
Lower the average mana cost of cards
Increase the amount of interactive spells
Lower the number of multi-color cards
Don’t let power outliers outshine the fun
Don’t feel obligated to adhere to 10 themes for each two color pair
Be aware of the high cost of rules modifications

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Garrett Townsend’s Frozen Solid Cube. View all cards mentioned in the episode →
Timestamps:

2:59 — Regular Cube Draft Recap
13:12 — Common Pitfalls of New Cube Designers
15:38 — Mistake Number 1: Including Too Few Lands
21:52 — Mistake Number 2: Having Too High a Mana Curve
27:05 — Mistake Number 3: Not Including Enough Interaction
30:10 — Mistake Number 4: Including Too Many Gold Cards
33:17 — Summary of Mistakes: Focusing on Cards Instead of Decks
36:04 — Mistake Number 5: Overshadowing Synergies with Power Outliers
40:11 — Mistake Number 6: Rigidly Adhering to Two-Color Archetypes
42:42 — Mistake Number 7: Underestimating the Cost of Rules Modifications

Discussed in this episode:

MagicCon Philly
Neoclassical Cube
Dear Gonti, Love Sophie
Neoclassical Cube Want List
Guardian Project Podcast
Regular Cube Games on YouTube
r/mtgcube
How Many Lands Should You Include in Your Cube?
Lucky Paper Radio Episode on Archetype Driven Design
The Trolley Problem

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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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