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by Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox
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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- 2 days ago1h 0m
Narrow Tutors in Cube
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about narrow tutors in Cubes. In contrast to the most open ended ways for players to search up a card from their library, narrow tutor effects give cube designers an opportunity to make specific sets of cards more accessible. Our hosts talk about specific “tutor” cards they include in their cubes. They talk about the ways they can create interesting draft challenges, provide targeted redundancy, or let players construct a toolbox of cards they have more opportunities to find.Discussed in this episode:Episode 199: Tutors in Cube Design: Creating Variety by Reducing VarietyEpisode 312: Cards that are Cool — Part 2The next Book Club book: The Score by C. Thi NguyenCubes mentioned:Sacred GeometryTurbo Cube100 OrnithoptersRegular CubeTake FiveBun Magic CubeNeoclassical CubeIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro2:18 - Narrow Tutors13:13 - Tutor Apprehensions15:27 - Stoneforge Mystic19:57 - Brightglass Gearhulk24:05 - Tribute Mage26:45 - Sphinx Summoner30:06 - Goblin Engineer33:06 - Mystical Teachings33:41 - Recruiters35:19 - Open the Armory42:32 - Turbo Cube46:07 - Wizardcycling46:29 - Scrapyard Recombiner50:49 - Transmute56:18 - Appeal to Turbo Cube
- 1 weeks ago1h 6m
CubeCon DMV Tournament Report
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony report on their experience at CubeCon DMV — from the organizers of the original CubeCon — a cube event right in their back yard. They talk about their drafts in the event, highlights from games, and lunchtime highs and lows.Discussed in this episode:Cube Events PageThe Metabolic MachineTake FiveAndy’s Take Five VideosJarvis YubeWorld Championship Museum (96-04)Sacred Geometry100 OrnithoptersGenesis - The first Omen Machine, a.k.a. Chris’s “Completely Normal Game of Magic with One Rules ChangeDichotomy CubeWinston DraftRegular CubeIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro2:11 - Cubecon DMV5:53 - Metabolic Machine15:14 - Take Five16:40 - Cosmogoyf vs Saw In Half23:40 - Take Five Round Timer Issues28:41 - Jarvis Yu’s Jarvis Yube36:26 - Pasta Pizza38:41 - Take Five Again43:05 - More Cool Rulings45:06 - World Championship Museum50:46 - Chris’s Custom Winston Format59:23 - Anthony’s Draft of Sacred Geo1:00:56 - Top 8
- 2 weeks ago1h 1m
Cards that are Cool — Part 2
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about cards they think are cool. In the long anticipated follow up to episode 108, they just talk about things they think are neat. Anthony shares some cards he’s seen pop up regularly in recent cube drafts that spark some intrigue. Andy shares cards that he thinks over-deliver, in a design and gameplay sense, in his own cubes.Discussed in this episode:Episode 108: Cards That Are CoolTake 5Sacred Geometry100 OrnithoptersBun Magic CubeNeoclassical CubeRegular CubeTurbo CubeIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro2:50 - Main Topic: Cool Cards6:24 - Botanical Brawler10:53 - Rot-Curse Rakshasa13:53 - Oni-Cult Anvil19:11 - Fear of Isolation22:11 - Paradoxical Outcome26:22 - Reinforced Ronin31:04 - Second Sunrise38:58 - Fists of Flame44:19 - Engineered Explosives46:30 - Kessig Wolf Run51:44 - Mystical Teachings55:47 - Honorable Mentions
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
Board Stalls and Cube Design
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about board stalls and Cube. They talk about what they don’t like about this particular genera of board state. They theorize about some aspects of a cube’s design would lead to more stalls, and ways they might, as a designer, try to minimize them.This weeks topic was suggested by listener MZ. Thanks, MZ!Discussed in this episode:Lucky Paper Cube Events PageSam Black’s article describing “big” and “small” gamesBun Magic CubeSacred Geometry100 OrnithoptersNeoclassical CubeIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:01 - Andy’s Pool Adventure4:14 - Board Stalls18:33 - Who’s the Beatdown?22:35 - Equilibrium26:10 - Creature Sizing30:11 - Evasion31:40 - Combat Tricks and Friends33:12 - Equipment35:42 - 2 for 1s and Big vs Small Games42:00 - Great Game in Sacred Geometry44:32 - Ornithopters and Neutral States49:18 - Milling Out55:15 - Conclusion
- Jun 29, 20261h 2m
Token Episode
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about the logistics of tokens for Cube. They talk about different ways they’ve managed them over the years and for different Cubes. They make recommendations for the best way to approach the problem, and even how their Cube design is influenced by token makers.Discussed in this episode:InfiniTokensMPC AutofillExample Token Page on Cube CobraCubes Discussed:Sacred GeometryRegular CubeNeoclassical CubePenrose CubeTake 5100 OrnithoptersIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:44 - Main Topic: Token Logistics6:15 - Anthony’s Approach to Tokens9:04 - Challenges Managing Tokens15:28 - Dry Erase Token Rant18:03 - Tokencreep21:29 - Sacred Geometry Tokens27:00 - Green In Sacred Geometry32:47 - How Token Restriction Influences Sacred Geometry34:51 - Bun Magic Tokens39:16 - Problems with Token Bags43:06 - New Token System48:15 - Why Streamline Your Tokens?51:04 - Andy’s Other Tokens56:23 - Other Token Solutions
- Jun 22, 20261h 7m
Powering Down Eternal Cubes with Jake and Parker
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony are joined by Jake and Parker to talk about their shifts in approach to each of their eternal cubes. While Jake, Parker, and Andy have long maintained generally “power motivated” eternal cubes, they’ve each grappled with concerns about aesthetics, complexity, or gameplay in the last few years of Magic releases. They talk about how they’ve changed their design philosophies in light of those changes and how they’ve reframed the way they make decisions about the cards they choose to play.Discussed in this episode:Bodleian CubeBun Magic CubeTheseusTurbo CubeAtavusPulp NouveauMidwinterCascade CascadeFour TCGs in Magic’s Trench Coat, article by Parker LaMascusIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro2:57 - Main Topic: Power Motivated Cube11:21 - The Vibeshift17:08 - Gameplay Styles19:33 - Paper Drafting and Taste24:41 - Why Play High Power Level Magic30:53 - Stat Inflation39:33 - Power Motivation in 202645:46 - Theorycrafting with Powerful Cards49:26 - Concluding Games53:14 - Make Your Cube About Something55:57 - Advice
- Jun 15, 20261h 12m
Cube Cards That Are Hated
View all cards mentioned in this episodeRiffing on last week’s slightly divisive topic, Andy and Anthony talk about cards in their own cubes that players hate. They comb through their cubes discussing the many reasons players might dislike a card and why they might still be justifiable inclusions.Discussed in this episode:NumberphileEpisode 307: Hate Cards in CubeSacred GeometryRegular CubeBun Magic CubeIrregular Cube100 OrnithoptersEpisode 293: The Last Echo of a BoonIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro5:20 - Hated Cards10:00 - What Makes a Card a “Groaner”11:57 - Bun Magic22:52 - Irregular Cube25:37 - Mill28:31 - Silver Border32:02 - Conspiracies36:49 - 100 Ornithopters and Reactive Spells47:30 - Thrumming Stone52:07 - Sacred Geometry57:34 - Regular Cube and Clunky Mana1:02:42 - Neoclassical Cube
- Jun 8, 20261h 6m
Hate Cards in Cube
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about hate cards, and how they fit into Cube design in particular. Of course, they start by trying to define the term. They talk through the pros and cons of them and how different types may play a role in Cubes. They go through a number of their own cubes, analyzing them from this perspective.Discussed in this episode:Take 5Sacred Geometry100 OrnithoptersBun Magic CubeNeoclassical CubeTurbo CubeRegular CubeIf 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” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou 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 PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro0:45 - Main Topic: Hate Cards9:15 - Examples of Hate Cards13:05 - Hate Cards We Cube16:09 - Talking About Constructed17:14 - Aura Shards22:09 - Bun Magic Hate Cards23:53 - Teferi, Time Raveler28:38 - Changing the Math vs Hate31:11 - Take Five34:11 - Hate Combos36:30 - Neoclassical Cube38:48 - White in Neoclassical42:00 - Groundseal44:37 - Humility48:47 - Turbo Cube55:39 - Context Shift Hate59:57 - Mailbag1:02:15 - Garfield
About Lucky Paper Radio
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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