Many cube designers, Andy and Anthony included, have way more time an energy to put into their Cubes than the rest of their playgroup. Given that designers do spend so much more time thinking about and tinkering with their lists than playing them, how do you set up a feedback loop so you can effectively test your Cube? What are the compromises of testing in different ways? What information should you listen to and what should you ignore? How much trust can you actually put into bot drafts?
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Discussed in this episode:

Andrew Elenbogen’s Tweet
Jett’s Article on Analyzing Draft Data
Two Player Cube Draft Formats
Cube Cobra
dr4ft.info
mtgadraft.tk
Cockatrice
XMage
untap.in
Drafting the Hard Way by Ben Stark
CubeArtisan
Lucky Paper on Twitter: How do designers test their Cubes?
Episode 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown
Episode 111: The Texture of Removal
Hypergeometric calculator

Timestamps:

3:22 — Introduction to Topic
4:23 — What do we mean by “testing”?
12:31 — Testing methods when drafting with a full pod
17:53 — Testing by drafting with smaller groups
22:23 — Testing by drafting against yourself
26:27 — Testing by drafting online with others
31:14 — Testing by playing online
32:28 — Testing by simulating solo drafts
36:44 — Testing by constructing decks from your cube list or playing sealed
40:14 — Testing by thinking really hard about your cube
48:43 — Common pitfalls of looking at your cube quantitatively

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

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