Lucky Paper Radio16 Joulu 2024

A Loom Made of Yarn: the Tools of Cube Design

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Andy and Anthony talk about the essential digital tools and workflows for Cube designers. Starting with finding and gathering cards on Scryfall, to sculpting and sharing lists on Cube Cobra and tools for analyzing and comparing lists, they talk about how to leverage resources to make designing and playing Cube easier. Our hosts also share about some of the tools they’ve built to address their own needs that come up regularly in Cube design.

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
7:51 - Introduction to topic
9:09 - Scryfall
14:00 - Cube Cobra
28:14 - Spreadsheets
29:35 - MTGTop8
32:36 - Lucky Paper Cube Design Tools
38:15 - Commander Spellbook
41:34 - Honorable mention: sealeddeck.tech
44:10 - Collection management
46:38 - Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1

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