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Lucky Paper Radio

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.

Latest Episodes:

CubeCon "Tournament Report" Oct 31, 2022

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After a fantastic, if exhausting, inaugural CubeCon, Andy and Anthony are joined by Patrick, Daniel, and Theo to talk about highlights from the weekend. They talk about their favorite Cubes they drafted, top gameplay moments, and what they learned over an amazing few days of Cube.

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Timestamps:

5:30 — Our Favorite Cubes
28:56 — Cards that Surprised Us
40:58 — Complexity Chat
52:21 — Scumboi’s Personal Pack 1, Pick 1
59:11 — Our favorite moments from Cube Con

Discussed in this episode:

Cubes discussed:

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

The Duality of Power Outliers Oct 24, 2022

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Andy and Anthony respond to an episode of The Eternal Glory Podcast on the recent pauper bans. Drawing comparisons between managing a constructed format with bans and Cube design, the boys examine the difference between welcome power outliers and toxic, ban-worthy cards, talk about the nature of evolving metagames, small and large, and interrogate the concept of a “good Magic purist”.

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Lukas’s The Horror Of Innistrad cube.

Discussed in this episode:

Timestamps:

1:36 — Introduction to Topic
4:49 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1
13:10 — The Similarities Between Playing Multiple Constructed Formats and Having Multiple Cubes
15:13 — Managing a Format Quantitatively and Metagaming
23:49 — “Good Magic” Purists
29:30 — Coping with the Evolution of a Game, Format, or Metagame
38:36 — Using Counterplay to Evaluate Power Outliers
47:58 — Letting Your Local Meta Shake Out
51:29 — Concluding Thoughts

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

The Road to Cube Con Oct 19, 2022

Show notes

We’re on our way to Cube Con! We can’t wait to meet listeners and friends from all over.

If you’re attending CubeCon, introduce yourself! We’ll be posting a photo of ourselves on our Twitter account so you know who to look for. Anthony is going to have his battlebox on hand and Andy is looking to grind some games of his mono-colored starter decks.

If you’re not attending CubeCon, you can still join in on the fun remotely. The event is streaming all weekend on twitch.tv/cloudgoatranger, and Andy is going to be doing commentary on a draft starting at 6:30pm Eastern, 5:30pm Central on Friday evening. Tune in and hang out!

How to Use Scryfall: Improving Your Decks, Improving Your Cubes, Improving Your Life Oct 17, 2022

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Andy and Anthony talk about a fundamental component of playing Magic, exploring and finding new cards. They talk about their goals and process for finding new cards and talk about leveraging Scryfall’s powerful search features to make this critical component a breeze. They even touch on some of the advanced features that can save you from missing potential pieces. Check out Anthony’s articles on using Scryfall’s search syntax and advanced searches with Regular Expressions for the details on the topics they cover.

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 and 2 this week comes from Robbie’s Supreme Commander Cube where every pack comes with two picks!

Discussed in this episode:

Timestamps:

2:59 — Introduction to Topic
5:48 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1
13:35 — Why is being able to search for cards important?
16:35 — What exactly is Scryfall?
21:53 — Combining Multiple Terms for Powerful Searching
26:41 — Searching the Textbox
34:34 — Getting the Most Out of the Sort Options
40:03 — Leveling Up with Regular Expressions
1:00:3 — The Boys Steal a Bit from a Better Podcast

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

{2} — **Turbo Cube Draft Primer** Oct 10, 2022
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If you don’t yet have tickets to CubeCon, you can now sign up for the wait list

Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach drafting Anthony’s novel Turbo Cube where all spells and activated abilities cost less. The Cube will be featured at the inaugural Cube Con. Our hosts talk about the themes and individual cards that define the format. They talk about the ramification of the rules modification and what to look out for when approaching the format.

Discussed in this episode:

The Turbo Cube

Cube Con

Live Paper Gameplay of The Turbo Cube

Lucky Paper’s Channel on YouTube

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

Timestamps:

4:42 — Overview of the Turbo Cube

9:59 — Detailed Rules Interactions

13:17 — Cards Most Impacted by the Rules Change

16:49 — Draft Format

20:03 — Individual Cards: “Turbo Power”

25:46 — Individual Cards: Contentious S-Tier

33:00 — Individual Cards: Barely Sub “Turbo Power” A-Tier

39:01 — Individual Cards: Anything For Free

49:57 — Drafting the Turbo Cube “Archetypes”

1:01:32 — Interaction in the Turbo Cube

1:06:48 — Under and Over Performers

1:13:07 — Void Mirror Corner

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube

Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

Regular Cube Draft Primer Oct 03, 2022

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In advance of Anthony’s Regular Cube being featured at CubeCon, Andy and Anthony talk about how they approach the format. The talk about the themes and strategies they think are the most powerful, cards that overperform, and cards that don’t behave like you might expect.

Timestamps:

2:14 — Topic Introduction
4:51 — Overview of The Regular Cube
7:00 — Tip: Look for Synergy
11:40 — Theme: Zombies
14:20 — Archetype: Red Black Sacrifice
19:37 — Theme: Oketra’s Monument “Combo”
21:58 — Key Card: Feather, the Redeemed
24:11 — Theme: Artifacts
27:41 — Naya Aggro
34:13 — Esper Value
38:21 — Musings on Mana Curve
40:59 — The Mana in the Regular Cube
46:45 — Board Wipes
51:47 — Cards that Overperform in the Regular Cube
1:04:19 — Generic Power Outliers
1:14:02 — Pack 1, Pick 1 from the Regular Cube
1:16:44 — Closing Thoughts

Discussed in this episode:

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

Cards We Were Wrong About: 2022 Standard Rotation Sep 26, 2022

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Andy, Anthony, and Parker take the 2022 standard set rotation as an opportunity to look back on sets from the not-too-distant past. Sets rotating out of standard include everything from Zendikar Rising to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. They look back on card they rated (or conspicuously didn’t rate) in Lucky Paper’s prospective surveys, each picking the cards they feel they most under and over rated for their particular environments and cards they think they got just right.

Discussed in this episode:

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

Dominaria United Cube Community Set Review Sep 19, 2022

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Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about the results from the Dominaria United community set review. Almost 350 Cube designers submitted the cards they were interested in from DMU and rated them on how likely they expected to stay in their environment long term. Our hosts talk about the most tested and top-rated cards, examine trends, look at how the set compares to past sets, and offer their own qualitative observations.

Check out the full survey results. Our survey for the next set, Warhammer 40,000 is already up. (Truly preview season never ends!) To make sure you don’t miss the next set’s survey, sign up for our infrequent newsletter.

Discussed in this episode:

Timestamps:

5:18 — Episode Format
8:57 — Founding the Third Path
15:08 — Archangel of Wrath (Hot Take)
15:40 — Leyline Binding
21:02 — Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
23:05 — Karn, Living Legacy (Hot Take)
23:35 — Tail Swipe
24:56 — Llanowar Loamspeaker (Hot Take)
26:00 — Tear Asunder
31:49 — King Darien XLVIII and Ajani, Sleeper Agent (Hot Takes)
32:34 — The Elder Dragon War
35:06 — Baird, Argivian Recruiter
39:29 — Urborf Lhurgoyf (Hot Take)
40:00 — Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
44:08 — The Raven Man (Hot Take)
45:24 — 6. Squee, Dubious Monarch
56:50 — 5. Guardian of New Benalia
1:03:38 — 4. Evolved Sleeper
1:08:47 — 3. Cult Conscript
1:11:56 — Tolarian Terror and Urborg Repossession Interlude
1:14:25 — 2. Aether Channeler
1:21:39 — 1. Cut Down

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

Dominaria United Cube Additions Sep 12, 2022

Show notes

Our Cube Prospective Surveys for Dominaria United and accompanying commander sets are closing soon!

Andy and Anthony discuss the new cards from Dominaria United they’re interested in for their own Cube environments. They talk about some powerful new options for Andy’s eternal cube, off-color kicker cards and clean variations on classic cards for Anthony’s unrestricted cube, and a few cards that fit more novel environments.

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Discussed in this episode:

Timestamps:

6:41 — Bun Magic Cube Overview
7:48 — Honorable Mention: Serra Paragon
12:42 — Honorable Mention: Quirion Beastcaller
17:12 — Honorable Mention: Electrostatic Infantry
20:05 — 5. Radha’s Firebrand
26:00 — 4. Shivan Devastator
29:03 — 3. Evolved Sleeper
32:49 — 2. Guardian of New Benalia
37:34 — 1. Cut Down
39:47 — Regular Cube Overview
42:46 — Off-Color Kicker Cards
43:18 — Phyrexian Missionary
45:49 — Juniper Order Rootweaver
46:53 — Protect the Negotiators
48:07 — Phyrexian Espionage
50:32 — Aggressive Sabotage
51:07 — Balduvian Atrocity
52:15 — Ghitu Amplifier
54:55 — Sprouting Goblin
55:28 — Elvish Hydromancer
56:58 — Yavimaya Iconoclast
58:10 — Resolute Reinforcements
58:47 — Prayer of Binding
59:51 — Tolarian Terror
1:01:29 — Electrostatic Infantry
1:03:44 — Tail Swipe
1:04:48 — Balmor, Battlemage Captain
1:06:26 — Combat Trick Mini Cube Overview
1:06:52 — Shore Up
1:07:40 — Electrostatic Infantry
1:07:45 — Cut Down
1:09:36 — The Turbo Cube and Salvaged Manaworker

Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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.

Dominaria United Mechanics & First Impressions Sep 05, 2022

Show notes

Our Cube Prospective Surveys for Dominaria United and accompanying commander sets are now open!

Andy and Anthony talk about the new mechanics, themes, and their first impressions of Dominaria United and what they’re most excited about for Cube.

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Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.

Timestamps:

1:40 — Episode Structure and Introduction
3:50 — Enlist
9:37 — Read Ahead
13:18 — Domain
19:55 — Kicker
27:19 — Stun Counters
32:22 — Defender Tribal
36:48 — Look at Your Deck
40:55 — The Defiler Cycle

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. 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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