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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:

The Spirit of Singleton Aug 10, 2020

Show notes

On this episode, Andy and Anthony talk about the nature of singleton. They do a pack 1, pick 1 from MinorBug’s “Tringleton II” cube, an environment with a 3x card limit as opposed to the more common singleton restriction. They also touch on their favorite satirical how-to YouTube channel, some small tweaks Andy has recently made to his cube, retirement homes in the greater Baltimore area, LBBLBFs, powerful cards that uniquely suffer in singleton environments, red Rabblemasters and their competition, mill as a win condition in cube, differences in card evaluation between a cube’s designer and their playgroup, a theoretical cube with only one unique card in each color, and how Magic is more fun when you’re winning.

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

If you want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube on air send a link to your cube, your name, and pronouns to mail@luckypaper.co. This week, we’re also accepting suggestions for the name of our new segment where we discuss changes made to our cubes. Email us your ideas and if we end up using your submitted name we’ll mail you some surprise Magic cards!

Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

The ABCs of Aggro Aug 03, 2020

Show notes

On this episode, Andy and Anthony are talking all things aggro. They do a pack 1, pick 1 from catofcraft’s “Fast Cube”, a low-to-the-ground, efficient environment with no shuffle effects. Anthony dozes off for awhile as Andy talks for ten straight minutes about his personal history with aggro, which leads to a discussion about the definition of aggro and an exploration of how it often manifests itself in typical cube lists and how it might be approached differently. How many aggro decks does your Cube need? Why is consistency so important? Why do people like Avalanche Riders so much? What is a dumpling?

Discussed in this episode:

Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons — Part 2 (Lesson #13: “Make the fun part also the correct strategy to win”)

You can find the hosts’ Cubes on CubeCobra:

If you want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube on air send a link to your cube, your name, and pronouns to mail@luckypaper.co.

The Problem with Five-Color Goodstuff Jul 27, 2020

Show notes

On this episode, Andy and Anthony discuss a pack 1, pick 1 from listener Elle’s ”Graveyard Cube”, then have a conversation about a recent draft of and big batch of changes to Anthony’s Regular Cube. After one of the best players in our playgroup 3-0’s with a five-color goodstuff deck, Anthony talks about why he sees the success of this deck as a problem and goes into detail about how he plans to solve it.

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If you want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube on air send a link to your cube, your name, and pronouns to mail@luckypaper.co.

Drafting Your Own Cube Poorly Jul 20, 2020

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On this episode, Andy and Anthony discuss a pack 1, pick 1 from listener Chris's "Dichotomy Cube", which consists of 180 white cards, 180 black cards, and exactly one copy of Jace, the Mindsculptor. Then, Anthony takes Andy to task for putting up a crap record in a modified team draft of his own cube, causing Andy to expound on the profound shame of regularly drafting his own cube poorly. Andy explains his favorite 4-person draft format, a modified version of Ryan Spain's Double-Decker Draft. Finally, Andy gets Anthony's perspective on a handful of controversial cube cards.

If you want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube on air send a link to your cube, your name, and pronouns to mail@luckypaper.co.

Optimal Sealed Environment Jul 13, 2020

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On this episode, Andy and Anthony discuss a pack 1, pick 1 from Andy's cube, their experiences with IKO and M21 sealed, a theoretical cube designed specifically for playing sealed, and how kitchen table Magic is the purest and best form of the game.

If you want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube on air send a link to your cube, your name, and pronouns to mail@luckypaper.co.

A Cube with No Color Jul 05, 2020

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On this episode, Andy and Anthony discuss Anthony's array of cubes, and do a deep-dive on his monoblack Cube, talking about its origins, how the environment feels, and some potential changes thanks to new cards from Core 2021 and Jumpstart.

You can find Anthony's cube lists on Cube Cobra: