Listen "Un-Cards for Cube"
Episode Synopsis
Andy and Anthony talk about all things un-. They discuss the history of silver-bordered and other non-tournament Magic cards, how they’re designed, and the categories they fall into so you can choose if and how to play them in your Cube.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Myagic’s Storytime Cube featuring fairytale themes and a sprinking of un-cards.
Discussed in this episode:
Drive to Work: Unglued
Drive to Work: Making Un-Cards
Munchkin
The Misery Cube
Unstable Foil Tabletop Card Prices
LRR plays the Roborosewater Cube
Timestamps:
1:59 — Listener submitted pack , pick 1
7:13 — Why un-cards are interesting
9:47 — The history of un-cards
12:50 — Un-adjacent cards
14:06 — Should you put un-cards in your cube?
17:38 — The different categories of un-cards
18:17 — Cards that care about some aspect of a card that black border can’t
26:39 — Physical challenge cards
28:31 — Cards that care about something outside the game
32:30 — Outside assistance cards
36:03 — Unclassified cards that just don’t work in black border
53:56 — Cards with weird flavor
58:05 — Cards with extreme variance
1:00:27 — Draft matters cards
1:07:18 — Conspiracies
1:09:26 — The most Uncube Unmaginable
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
If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected]. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Myagic’s Storytime Cube featuring fairytale themes and a sprinking of un-cards.
Discussed in this episode:
Drive to Work: Unglued
Drive to Work: Making Un-Cards
Munchkin
The Misery Cube
Unstable Foil Tabletop Card Prices
LRR plays the Roborosewater Cube
Timestamps:
1:59 — Listener submitted pack , pick 1
7:13 — Why un-cards are interesting
9:47 — The history of un-cards
12:50 — Un-adjacent cards
14:06 — Should you put un-cards in your cube?
17:38 — The different categories of un-cards
18:17 — Cards that care about some aspect of a card that black border can’t
26:39 — Physical challenge cards
28:31 — Cards that care about something outside the game
32:30 — Outside assistance cards
36:03 — Unclassified cards that just don’t work in black border
53:56 — Cards with weird flavor
58:05 — Cards with extreme variance
1:00:27 — Draft matters cards
1:07:18 — Conspiracies
1:09:26 — The most Uncube Unmaginable
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
If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected]. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.
Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
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