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Tutors in Cube Design: Creating Variety by Reducing Variety

Tutors in Cube Design: Creating Variety by Reducing Variety

FromLucky Paper Radio


Tutors in Cube Design: Creating Variety by Reducing Variety

FromLucky Paper Radio

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Andy and Anthony talk about “tutors” in Cube and how cards that give you access to any card in your library impact the game. Historically, both of our hosts have tended to avoid them in most of their Cube designs, but the serve a unique function that could make them worth considering.
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Discussed in this episode:

Intro
100 Ornithopters
Neoclassical Cube
Irregular Cube
All Tutors on Scryfall
The Cube Map

Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:12 - Andy’s Salty Bad Beats
8:20 - What is a tutor?
11:10 - What tutors have Anthony and Andy been playing since the beginning and why?
16:21 - Why have Anthony and Andy mostly avoided unconditional tutors in their Cube designs?
18:48 - Tutors in the Neoclassical Cube
37:24 - Tutors in 100 Ornithopters
43:47 - Our hosts current advice on designing with tutors
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Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211
Released:
May 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.