In the wake of CubeCon 2024, Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach drafting new Cube environments. They talk about their general draft strategies and heuristics they start with to get a sense of what’s going to be important in the environment just by looking at the packs being passed.
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Discussed in this episode:

Anthony’s Big Bottle Opener
Episode 48: Playing to Win: Evaluating New Cubes
Episode 215: Using Little Pieces of Paper as a Supermassive Random Number Generator
Anthony’s Fire Swamp and C/Ube Decks
Game Objects Cube
The Fire Swamp
Keldan’s Simple Cube
Streisand Effect

Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
6:09 - Are we good at Magic?
8:56 - How do we approach drafting a completely unfamiliar list
19:29 - Should you look at the available mana fixing in a cube?
26:08 - The categories of cards to pay attention to in the draft
30:25 - How often should you end up playing your pack 1, pick 1 in Cube draft?
31:59 - The importance of recontexualizaion
40:26 - The Value of Having a Plan
48:04 - How much do you trust the Cube designer?
57:24 - Heuristics for having a good time
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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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