The Phyrexians are everywhere! Let's take a look at the MTGMOM cards that make the cut in different Cube environments! Video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/je0IElaKsGs CUBECON!: https://www.mtgcubecon.com/Cubes Referenced:Petty Nobility Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/pettynobilityEleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culti…

Avid cube designer and friend Stephen Konefal returns to guide us through Dominaria United! Join us as we evaluate cards and chat about CubeCon and more! For a video version of the podcast with cards displayed, visit https://youtu.be/GbhzOmSrQUE! Special thanks to all our Patreon members and to super patron Cube Cobra for their support! Guest Resou…

Magic visits a world of bootleggers and art deco! In part two of my MTGSNC review, we look at those New Capenna cards that I'm adding to my lower power, Jenny/Johnny-oriented environment. YouTube version of podcast (with card visuals): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRD1j1shb1M CUBECON!: https://www.mtgcubecon.com/ Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: …

Magic visits a world of bootleggers and art deco! In part one of my MTGSNC review, we look at those New Capenna cards that I'm adding to my higher power, vintage unpowered environment. YouTube version of podcast (with card visuals): https://youtu.be/D1F8ikLE87I Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube Petty Nobilit…

We're back in Kamigawa! In part two of my MTGNEO review, we look at those Neon Dynasty cards that I'm adding to my lower power, masters unpowered environment. Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube Petty Nobility Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/pettynobility Projects Referenced: Cultic Bestiary tokens: http…

A return to Kamigawa brings a raft of cards that look awesome for all sorts of cubes. In part one of my MTGNEO review, we look at those Neon Dynasty cards that I'm adding to my higher power, vintage unpowered environment. Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube Petty Nobility Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/…

Let's take a tour through the VOW cards that make the cut for my higher-power and lower-power cubes! Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube Petty Nobility Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/pettynobility Projects Referenced: VOW Preview Card: https://youtu.be/C0wlfNKGH60/ Cultic Bestiary tokens: https://cultic…

Magic artist Joshua Raphael joins us today! Podcast listeners may wish to tune in on YouTube in order to see the art we discuss: https://youtu.be/pFSKYxordaA. Josh illustrated our preview card from Crimson Vow, and besides working on MTG, he has worked on Dungeons & Dragons, Eternal, and Flesh and Blood, and many more IPs. Come hang out and learn a…

Prerelease is upon us for a return to Magic’s beloved spo-o-oky world: Innistrad! I’ve been pouring over the Midnight Hunt spoiler, picking out cards I want to run in my cubes. Today we’ll take a quick tour through the MID offerings that I plan to add to my vintage unpowered environment. Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/li…

Prerelease is upon us for a return to Magic’s beloved spo-o-oky world: Innistrad! I’ve been pouring over the Midnight Hunt spoiler, picking out cards I want to run in my cubes. Today we’ll take a quick tour through the MID offerings that I plan to add to my vintage unpowered environment. Cubes Referenced: Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/li…

Wizards' Dungeons & Dragons Magic set is entirely spoiled, and it’s time to update the cubes! This episode combines both sections of my video review on Cultic Cube, where I run through the AFR cards that I am adding to my vintage unpowered and to my masters-level unpowered cubes. Video Reviews: Part 1: https://youtu.be/-Ke1BOWvXz4 Part 2: https://y…

Modern Horizons 2 is more or less out now, and it’s time to update the cubes! In the second of a two part series, I run through the MH2 cards that I am adding to my lower power, synergy-driven cube. Cubes Referenced: Video version: https://youtu.be/sNfCnM-QTN8 Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube Petty Nobility Cube: https://cub…

With Modern Horizons 2 entirely spoiled, it’s time to update the cubes! In the first of a two part series, I run through the MH2 cards that I am adding to my unpowered vintage cube. Cubes Referenced: Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI1-QN2jI6I Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube Petty Nobility Cube: https://cubec…

I participated in WOTC’s Strixhaven Symposium live on Twitch, where I represented Quandrix College! My talk: “Manamancy: The origin, application, and exploitation of Magic's fundamental resource.” For those who didn’t catch the live lecture, I reprise it now on the Cultic Cube YouTube channel and on the Chateau Cube podcast! The YT video version of…

Magic streamer Floopy Minx joins us today! Floopy got her start in our beloved game by playing paper Vintage Cube. When she began her successful professional streaming career, she naturally gravitated toward Cube even as she embraced other formats. She explains today how building a community around her stream fosters goodwill and supports the visib…

Andrew Magrini, jankmaster extraordinaire and stalwart of the New York City cube scene, joins us to talk about how he conjoins the high-powered and the broken with the intricate and the idiosyncratic. We discuss Andrew’s vintage cube in the first part of the conversation, then move on to his new passion project, which brings 3 vs. 1 Archenemy game …

J.J. the ManCub, cube design streamer and lover of cube curiosities, joins us to chat about his approach to creating cubes that express one’s own personality, interests, and principles. He shares joy he has found in bringing the community into his design process as he develops cubes live on stream. Then we chat about the advantages and disadvantage…

Andy Mangold of Lucky Paper joins us for the conclusion of the conversation that we began last week. Today we focus on the Degenerate Micro Cube, a powerful cube environment that Andy pioneered and that has been his quarantine passion project. It has a novel mechanism for bringing Vintage constructed-level consistency to a limited environment. Spec…

Andy Mangold is the founder of Lucky Paper, a blog devoted to cube, battlebox, and other such sandbox environments. He co-hosts the Lucky Paper podcast, which has quickly proved itself a must-listen resource for cube enthusiasts. In this first segment of a two-part conversation, Andy and I set out to talk about cube in schematic terms, discussing h…

Jonathan Brostoff, a.k.a. TeamJBro, is a popular streamer and peerless master of cube play. He won the SCGCon Winter 2019 cube championship, and he is by far and away the most consistent trophy leader in MTGO cubes. CUBECON is very much Jonathan’s initiative as well, and I’m excited to be part of the team that is putting together a big, real-life c…

Drew Pierce, a.k.a. Beyond the Machina, is an awesome artist and graphic designer who produces Magic-related work. He is also a cube aficionado and designer of a budget-friendly pauper cube. We discuss Drew’s affection for the madness mechanic and how he sculpts an environment around it, cycles and the New Phyrexian shrines, pack one pick one, diff…

Thomas Krone has what is, to my knowledge, the longest-running competitive cube event in history: Cubevitational, founded in the Netherlands in 2010. He and I sit down to explore a host of issues: Testing cards, vagaries of pronouncing Garruk, D6 game (Gruul!), Spell punishing mechanics, Green sections, why Thomas began cubing, benefits of differen…

Gwen Dekker teaches us all about advanced features of Cube Cobra and the behind-the-scenes effort that makes the cube management platform tick. We share stories about the sometimes surprising uses that we have found for Cobra tools. Here we do a p1p1 of the Dekkaru cube, talk about how the two of us met, discuss the ELO system of card ranking for d…

Stephen Konefal has designed many cube environments with the overarching goals of creating aesthetically unified spaces, whether by crafting environments based on place in the multiverse, moment in Magic history, or artistic impulse and style. We discuss lessons that Core Sets teach cube designers, ways of limiting new product overload, knitting to…

Ben Fleisher, alias fleish_dawg, is brimming with ideas about how to modify existing Magic cards in order to better fit his design vision. You may have heard me mention Ben’s innovations in Cultic Cube videos. Ben and I discuss errataing cards, the value of diverse cube fora, the importance of empathy in design conversation, Ben's boardgame theory …

Here’s a bonus episode that brings exciting news! WOTC is featuring one of my cubes and my guest’s cube on MTGO from May 13-27, 2020! Wizards is using two of the ten cubes that will be played in the main events at CubeCon, an event for which I am an organizer. The spotlighted cubes are legacy environments by me and by our guest, Gwen Dekker. Gwen i…

We welcome SirFunchalot, co-host of the MTG CubeCats podcast, to Château Cube. Dan and John talk about how Magic compares to other TCGs, the place of game theory in Magic, data collection in cube draft, the role of sideboard cards in cube design, Dan's radically different approaches to designing vintage and legacy environments, and a novel approach…

We welcome Usman Jamil, godfather of cube, to Château Cube. Usman and John talk about testing new sets for cube, new card overload, the origins of cube, design level-ups, the "problem" of the 5 color cube deck, multicolor sections, interpreting testing data, cooking creatively, Picasso, Freud, and Heirloom Blade (of course!). Come join us for convi…

Château Cube is a series of conversations between me, John Terrill of Cultic Cube (youtube.com/culticcube), and cube designers and players. Topics are free-ranging, but the heart and soul of the conversation is cube. Episodes are released every other Friday. Come join us for convivial and high-level mtg cube talk! Support the Show: ►Patreon: patreo…

After another hiatus, Eck & TSG return to break down the two newest batches of cards for cube, this time from Battle For Zendikar and Commander 2015! Click Here to Listen!By Eck & TSG

We're back! After a 5-month hiatus, Eck & TSG return once more to talk all things cube! Magic Origins changes, the storm archetype, promos, and morphs all get discussions in this long overdue new episode. Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG return, once more, to break down a new set for cube drafting! Going over all the new goodies from DTK for cube appropriateness, with a healthy dose of arguing! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck and TSG reunite for their (semi)regular discussion on new cards, new changes, and some drastic overhauls to start out 2015! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

We're Back! Eck & TSG return to once again review new cards for cube- this time, it's Commander 2014. Topics covered also include the new 'Legacy' MTGO cube, as well as looming major cube list overhauls! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG are back in action to break down the entire Khans of Tarkir spoiler, the big MTGO cube update, and a summer update to the cube list! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

We're Back! Eck & TSG return from exile to talk cube once more! Catching up on the last 3 months, we go over all of Conspiracy as well as the M15 set with hot hot takes on all the cube news that's fit to print (well, talk about). Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG go over the entire Journey Into Nyx set and it's cueb implications! Click here to listen!By Eck & TSG

The Magic Box comes to you this week from a noisy sports bar in Las Vegas! Apologies for the sound quality in this one, it was recorded on an iPhone (in mono) so I can't really clean it up like I'd prefer to. That being said, enjoy! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG are back in action as they discuss their recent rotisserie drafting, the latest MTGO cube run, the final BotG changelist and what may be on the chopping block in the near future! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Miss us? Eck & TSG return from exile to talk Born of the Gods, MTGO's holiday cube list, the newest iteration of MTGO cube, and 2014 resolutions! Click Here to Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG wrap up 2013 with their Top 5 lists of best, worst, and most dearly departed cube favorites of the year. In addition, they go in depth on the recent Cube Rotisserie Draft, discussing their picks and strategies as well as how to set one up for your own playgroup! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

After a lengthy break, Eck & TSG return to talk all things cubic! This week's topics include Commander 2013 inclusions as well as philosophical discourse on the color blue. Very insightful! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG are back to go over Commander 2013 spoilers and how they may impact the cube environment- command zone need not apply! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Eck & TSG are joined this week by a special guest, Kevy Metal of the Heavy Meta podcast! We talk starter cubes, specialty products, and more shenanigans! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

This week Eck & TSG update their Theros changes, and go in-depth on a number of popular cube cards they DON'T run, and why! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

This week Eck & TSG reveal the first draft of their Theros cube update, including a number of changes that are sure to spark debate! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Zach Preston stops by once more to talk about the newest round of Theros spoilers, with many cards with real cube potential! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

Theros spoilers are in full effect, and Eck & TSG have a lot to talk about in the first pass on many new Theros cards and what the future of cube holds! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

This week, Eck & TSG discuss early Theros spoilers before going in depth on combo in Cube, including the ins and outs of what does and doesn't work in a cube environment. Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG

In this week's episode, Eck & TSG go in depth to look at the history and evolution of black's place in the cube, as well as what's wrong with the color as it stands now, potential solutions for common problems, and what they'd like to see in the future! Click Here To Listen!By Eck & TSG