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A Magic: The Gathering Cube podcast hosted by Ryan Overturf.

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42:39

Color-Based Archetypes in Twobert Design

180 MTG ·

2026/04/06

Ryan Overturf breaks down how to design a 180-card environment along color lines, seeding five explicit archetypal lanes for four-player drafts.

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40:24

2008 Standard Dimir Faeries and Cube

180 MTG ·

2026/03/30

Ryan Overturf takes a look back at blue/black Faeries from 2008, how that deck shaped his perception of Magic, and how Faeries offers concrete examples of different categories of cards that can inform Cube design. Support Mutual Aid Networks in Minnesota Antti Malin's 2008 World Championship winning Faeries deck

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71:25

Shoebox Event Report

180 MTG ·

2026/03/23

Ryan Overturf talks through his experience attending the first ever Shoebox event, highlighting the various Cubes that he drafted over the weekend. Eiganjo Drift Budget Synergy Cube Spicy Ramen Cube The Ball Pit The Fire Swamp Bonus Cube: 100 Black Lotuses

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57:12

Competitive Constructed and Cube Design

180 MTG ·

2026/03/16

Ryan Overturf talks through how experience with competitive Constructed Magic informs his personal Cube design and the ways it can inform Cube design generally, calling on examples from his history playing Standard and Modern Prowess.

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46:41

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cube Review Part 2:...

180 MTG ·

2026/03/09

Ryan Overturf concludes his first impressions Cube review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, going over individual appealing cards for Cube! Support Minnesota Mutual Aid! Donate to the Kansas ACLU and ACE Foundation! Get your tickets for Shoebox!

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51:52

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cube Review Part 1: New...

180 MTG ·

2026/03/02

Ryan Overturf begins his first impressions Cube review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, going over the set's mechanics and themes! Support Minnesota Mutual Aid! Donate to the Kansas ACLU and ACE Foundation! Get your tickets for Shoebox!

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43:02

Falling Out Of Love With Powered Cubes

180 MTG ·

2026/02/23

Ryan Overturf talks about his relationship with powered Cubes and why unpowered environments have been capturing more of his attention lately. Support Minnesota Mutual Aid Register for Shoebox

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53:11

30-50 Feral Hogs: The Razor Swine Twobert

180 MTG ·

2026/02/16

Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of 30-50 Feral Hogs, a Twobert designed around drafting and winning games with an obscure Limited gem from New Phyrexia. Support Minnesota Mutual Aid Register for Shoebox Cube Cobra Page for 30-50 Feral Hogs Cube Cobra Page for 100 Ornithopters and corresponding Rhystic Studies Video

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64:12

The Tundra: A Snow Desert Twobert

180 MTG ·

2026/02/09

Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of The Tundra- a Twobert that heavily breaks singleton where you have to draft even your (Snow-Covered) Basic Lands! Good Luck High Five fundraiser/giveaway Minnesota Mutual Aid and article on Ashley Fairbanks Cube Cobra page for The Tundra

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38:02

In Defense of Singleton

180 MTG ·

2026/02/02

Ryan Overturf expresses why he prefers maintaining singleton in Cube design, and the mythos that is inspired by making every individual card special. Minnesota Mutual Aid Orgs Good Luck High Five Fundraiser/Giveaway Rhystic Studies Dear Gonti, Love Sophie Andy Mangold's 100 Ornithopters

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55:37

Lorwyn Eclipsed Cube Review Part 2: Individual Cards...

180 MTG ·

2026/01/26

Ryan Overturf concludes his first impressions Cube review of Lorwyn Eclipsed, going over individual appealing cards for Cube! Minnesota Mutual Aid Orgs Good Luck High Five Fundraiser/Giveaway For reference if needed, CNN published a rather thorough and well-documented overview of the situation in Minnesota: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/01/09/us/dhs-immigration-crackdown-ice-arrests-protests-vis/

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50:08

Lorwyn Eclipsed Cube Review Part 1: New Mechanics and...

180 MTG ·

2026/01/19

Ryan Overturf begins his first impressions Cube review of Lorwyn Eclipsed, going over the set's mechanics and themes! Minnesota Mutual Aid Orgs Good Luck High Five Fundraiser/Giveaway For reference if needed, CNN published a rather thorough and well-documented overview of the situation in Minnesota: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/01/09/us/dhs-immigration-crackdown-ice-arrests-protests-vis/

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33:13

Multiplayer Magic

180 MTG ·

2026/01/12

Ryan Overturf advocates for at least the occasional game of multiplayer Magic, and goes over his favorite ways to play with more than two players! References: Free-for-All Magic: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Free-for-All Two-Headed Giant: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Two-Headed_Giant Star Magic: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Star Emperor: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor Grand Melee: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Melee

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36:40

The Omniscience Stack

180 MTG ·

2026/01/05

Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of his Omniscience Stack- An emblem Cube based on Omniscience Draft on Magic Arena and reminiscent of Type 4! References: Omniscience Stack Cube Cobra Page: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/91bb6713-5a13-4af9-9caa-29aea609e326 Omniscience Draft Wiki: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Omniscience_Draft Type 4 Wiki: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Type_4 Pai Gow Magic Wiki: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Pai_Gow_Magic

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81:13

2025 Cube Year in Review

180 MTG ·

2025/12/29

Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube! References: Corey Bowen's article on designing Spider-Man- https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/spider-man-and-pick-two-draft

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37:07

Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Garbage Time, and Stealing...

180 MTG ·

2025/12/22

Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabling players to steal games. Rhystic Studies' "The Zugzwang Machine": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I06luPguzrk

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33:49

Designing With Color Restrictions

180 MTG ·

2025/12/15

The progenitor of the Grixis Cube talks about imbalancing colors or fully excluding some in Cube design! Find out what impact eschewing one or more of Magic's five colors has on a Cube, and what that means for individual designs!

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32:28

Bonus Sheets

180 MTG ·

2025/12/08

Ryan Overturf breaks down the concept of Bonus Sheets in draft, going over some versions of Bonus Sheets he's tried in his own Cubes and floats some considerations for different approaches to Bonus Sheets for other Cube designers! SCG Bonus Sheet article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/how-bonus-sheets-play-in-my-twobert-magic-cubes/

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50:27

Familiarity as a Cube Design Tool

180 MTG ·

2025/12/01

Ryan Overturf breaks down how you can use the concept of familiarity as a tool in Cube design to make your Cube more approachable and to get to the fun part of drafting again and again!

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55:20

Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review Part 2:...

180 MTG ·

2025/11/24

Ryan Overturf concludes his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episodes focuses on individual card designs with regard to where and how they might fit into the world of Cube broadly.

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