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Lucky Paper Radio

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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00:59:33

Deciding Which Cards to Cut from Your Cube

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/07/04

View all cards mentioned in the episode → Most Cubes are ever-changing, with a constant stream of cards being added as new sets are released and the designer’s sensibilities evolve over time. There is a dark side to the joyous, Christmas-morning feeling of putting new cards in one’s cube, though: making cuts. On this episode, Andy and Anthony talk about how to find cuts from a cube, tackle some common pitfalls newer designers often fall into when removing cards from a Cube list, explore high-level

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01:14:56

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Cube Set...

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/06/27

View all cards mentioned in the episode → View the full survey results → Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate, reviewing the results of the Cube Survey and what the new and returning mechanics offer for cube designers. Special thanks to Kennedy McAlister for this week’s intro music. Timestamps: 5:53 — New Mechanics 6:09 — Backgrounds 9:57 — The Initiative 15:43 — Myriad 17:00 — Gates 22:59 — Survey Overview 29:00 — Archivist of Oghma 34:15 —

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01:11:44

Regular Cube Draft Along

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/06/20

Andy and Anthony collaboratively draft a deck from Anthony’s Regular Cube, discussing how they approach the environment and the roles individual cards play. From the individual cards, they jump into bigger conversations about the environment and what they think successful draft strategies look like. Follow along with each pick of the draft to see the full set of cards in each pack. Draft the same seat on Cube Cobra to compare how your own approach. Discussed in this episode: Anthony’s Regular

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01:00:57

A Deep Dive on Disruption Density in Cube

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/06/13

After teasing it on their Centennial Retrospective, Andy and Anthony are revisiting the topic of one of their notable past episodes, number 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown. With some small revisions to his categorization system, Andy tallies up the density of disruptive cards in the current iteration of his Bun Magic Cube and compares them to the numbers from January of last year, with some surprising results. What starts as a nuts-and-bolts discussion of how the density and quality of disruption

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01:14:52

Centennial Retrospective

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/06/06

On their milestone, 100th show, Andy and Anthony reflect on important past episodes and things they’ve learned in the last two years of Lucky Paper Radio. Timestamps: 4:15 - Overview of a Self-Indulgent Episode 6:49 - "Pack 1, Pick 1" (The Whitemane Lion Tier List) 18:58 - Episode 5: The Problem with 5 Color Good Stuff 24:03 - Episode 17: How and Why to Build a Cube 29:10 - Episode 24: Setting the Tempo 31:41 - Episode 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown 36:17 - Episode 39: A Flat Power

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01:02:09

How To Build a Cube From Your Collection

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/05/30

Have you always wanted a Cube of your own? Do you have a box full of jank and draft chaff taking up space that you can’t bring yourself to get rid of? You’re in luck! On this week’s show, Andy and Anthony discuss how to build a Cube from your existing Magic collection. They talk about the pros of working within novel constraints. Building from a collection likely means working with cards you already have some connection and familiarity with. The unique constraint fuels coming up with unique and

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00:57:37

Are Synergy and a High Density of Interaction...

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/05/23

After watching Caleb draft his Powered Synergy Cube on Magic Online for hours, Andy is dying to support some more sweet, synergistic decks in his Bun Magic Cube. After some reflection, he’s not sure if that would even work, so he’s bringing his hopes and dreams to Anthony to discuss whether it’s even possible to support Bazaar of Baghdad, Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle, or Molten Vortex in a cube that is over one-third interaction. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Donald K

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00:58:13

Lands That Do Things: All About Fetch Lands

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/05/16

If you’d like to support the show, we’d love help annotating old episodes! Andy and Anthony are going deep on fetch lands. They discuss the long tail of exciting interactions, the powerful mana fixing, and the real costs to gameplay experience associated with them. What are their benefits as a player? What are their benefits as a Cube designer? What are their biggest downsides? Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from LuckyLooter’s Amonkar Desert Cube where players have to start

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01:25:46

Streets of New Capenna Cube Community Set Review

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/05/09

Andy, Anthony, and Parker discuss the results of Lucky Paper’s Streets of New Capenna Cube Community Set review. They talk through the top cards most appealing to the largest portion of the Cube community, theorize on why cards may appear where they do, analyze interesting outliers, compare the results to past sets, and offer their own opinions of cards in the new set. View cards mentioned in the episode Timestamps: 2:42 — Explanation of Show Format 3:52 — Overview of New Capenna Commander 5:21

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01:08:19

The Powered Synergy Cube with Caleb Gannon

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/05/02

Our Streets of New Capenna survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. Caleb Gannon joins Andy and Anthony to talk about his Powered Synergy Cube which is about to be featured on Magic Online! Caleb goes into detail about the environment, which takes what’s loved about the MTGO Vintage Cube and dials up the synergistic aspects while tuning down other themes and cards that win the game on their own. The Cube is full of complex,

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00:56:01

Cooking & Cube, Breaking Bread & Cracking Packs

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/04/25

Our Streets of New Capenna survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. Andy and Anthony take a step back and talk about Cube and Cooking, the many things two of their favorite hobbies have in common, and what they love about them. Both are creative endeavors that are interesting things to master in their own right as well as tools to bring people together and serve as an entry point for broader personal growth. Our listener submitted

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01:09:00

Streets of New Capenna Cube Additions

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/04/18

Our Streets of New Capenna survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set. Andy and Anthony discuss each card their interested in giving a try in their own Cube environments, including Andy’s Bun Magic Cube, a high powered legacy environment, Anthony’s peasant-ish Regular Cube, and a few other more novel environments. Visit our website for detailed, linked show notes and a visual spoiler of every card mentioned in this episode in

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00:58:34

Streets of New Capenna Mechanics & First Impressions

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/04/11

Andy and Anthony talk about the headline mechanics of Magic’s latest premier set, Streets of New Capenna, a set featuring five, three-color factions, the families, each with their own named mechanic. They discuss each abstractly, breaking down the possible design space, how they fit into existing contexts, and what kinds of individual card designs they’re hoping to see. 27 weeks to CubeCon! Timestamps: 5:33 — The mechanics of Streets of New Capenna 7:52 — The Brokers (Bant): Shield Counters

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01:01:46

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Recap

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/04/04

Andy and Anthony revisit the topic of the rock, paper, scissors metagame on the axis of tempo and respond to listener feedback from last week’s episode. In addition, they share some highlights and bad-beats from a long weekend playing a range of Cubes. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Gasedup’s Micro Grixis Cube. Timestamps: 1:56 — Brags and Bad Beats: A Cube Weekend Recap 8:43 — Cube Con: The long anticipated, premier Cube event 14:28 — Pack 1, Pick one from Gasedup's

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01:05:23

Rock Beats Paper, Paper Beats Scissors, Scissors...

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/03/28

After alluding to it in passing multiple times, Andy and Anthony are finally going deep on Andy’s contentious assertion that there are no intrinsically favored matchups between aggro, midrange, and control as the common heuristic suggests. In this episode, they define the macro-archetypes, talk about where they come from, and cover appropriate and innappropriate applications of these kinds of thought technologies. Then, they discuss how each matchup is won and lost for all the permutations of aggro,

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01:11:00

Slay the Spire with Parker LaMascus and Jason Waddell

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/03/21

Andy and Anthony are off this week, but fear not! Friends of the show Parker LaMascus and Jason Waddell are filling in and discussing one of their favorite, non-Magic card games: Slay the Spire. You do not need to have played Slay the Spire to appreciate this episode as Parker and Jason tie their experience with the game back to Cube design and Magic more broadly. Check out Jason’s Twitch stream where he has been playing Slay the Spire recently. If you have a question for the show, or want us to do

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01:00:10

Hausman, Grid, and Beyond: Cube Drafting with Two...

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/03/14

Andy and Anthony discuss the new, popular two player draft format, Hausman draft, where players draft a series of rounds exchanging cards from hidden hands with a shared, face-up, set of cards. They talk about their experience with the format, the kinds of decks it creates and pros and cons for this style of drafting. In closing, they touch briefly on the strengths and weaknesses of some other popular draft formats for two players. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from

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01:06:34

How To Use the Other Half of Your Cube

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/03/07

Andy and Anthony explore at length a question from the MTG Cube Reddit. As Cube designers, how do we think about cards with strong build-around, signaling potential when they seem like they may not be a good fit for the environment. View linked timestamps and our kitchen tier list on our website. Discussed in this episode: Birthday brunch Irregular Cube u/jselzo’s Reddit post on unintended signals Modern Greasefang Combo No one ever got fired for buying Microsoft Thermapen Cooking

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01:04:54

My Deck Is a 7 With Mike Coyle & Andy Floury

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/02/28

Andy and Anthony are joined by guests Andy Floury and Mike Coyle of The Guardian Project Podcast to discuss their approach to Commander, which has a lot in common with Lucky Paper Radio’s approach to Cube. By figuring out how to use data to optimize for fun, recognizing that the most powerful cards do not always lead to interesting play patterns, and understanding that setting expectations is one of the most important factors in any game, Andy and Mike have established themselves as kindred spirits

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01:37:45

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Cube Community Set Review

Lucky Paper Radio ·

2022/02/21

Andy and Anthony are joined by Parker LaMascus to review the results from the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Cube community set review. They talk about the set as a whole and the themes the community is most excited about. They go card by card through the top 16 cards the most respondents are trying in their cubes. Check out the complete results and our written analysis in our set review article. You can follow along with a visual spoiler of all the cards mentioned in the episode. Discussed in this

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