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Andy and Anthony continue their roughly chronological journey through Magic’s modal mechanics. From transmute, to evoke, to reinforce and everything in between they talk about every mechanic they’d categorize as “modal” from the prospective of gameplay and Cube design.

But first, they have to revisit their age old question of whether or not Lightning Bolt counts as a modal spell.

Discussed in this episode:

• Modal Mechanics 001
• Colin Furze on YouTube
• Drive to Work Podcast
• Take Five Video with Jane
• Take Five Video with with Ryan Overturf

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:

Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:04 - Main Topic, Modal Part 2
• 7:40 - Transmute
• 15:06 - Forecast
• 20:24 - Evoke
• 27:59 - Planeswalkers
• 33:54 - The Moment of Modality
• 38:37 - Sagas vs Planeswalkers
• 41:48 - Lorwyn Commands
• 47:25 - Reinforce

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Andy and Anthony talk through some of their recent drafts from their weekly Cube night. They talk about what they drafted and their impressions of the cubes, including Anthony’s Turbo Cube and a mystery cube brought by a new participant in Cube night.

Discussed in this episode:

• Turbo Cube

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Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:

Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:49 - Main Topic Start
• 5:24 - Turbo Cube
• 32:56 - Mystery Cube
• 50:51 - Takeaways from Mystery Cube
• 57:06 - Wrap Up

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Andy and Anthony talk about Andy’s latest Cube design concept. Inspired by The Ball Pit among other projects, Andy’s goal is to design a desert cube where players play all but 5 cards from their pool. In other words, after the draft, player simply “Take Five” cards out of their pool and get shuffling. Andy’s goal is to push players even harder to make something out of the cards they draft even if they don’t obviously stand well on their own. Our hosts talk about the design process, challenges they anticipate, and potential solutions to this draft structure.

Discussed in this episode:

• Take Five Song Recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Take Five Andy’s Emerging Cube Idea
• The Ball Pit
• 100 Ornithopters
• Andy’s Take Five Brainstorming Videos on YouTube
• Goblin Game, mono-Red No-Deckbuilding Cube by Arlo
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #20 including Arlo’s Explanation of Goblin Game
• Degenerate Micro Cube
• Sacred Geometry
• Bun Magic Cube

If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:

Lucky Paper
PO Box 4855
Baltimore, MD 21211

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 7:23 - Andy's New Cube Concept: "Take Five"
• 26:33 - Complexity Level
• 30:02 - Mana Fixing with Minimal Deckbuilding
• 35:25 - Cube Design Timeline
• 39:59 - Categories of Cards in the Cube
• 47:04 - Future Abandoned Ideas
• 58:26 - Wrap Up