Cross Pod Cube Throw Down: Regular Cube vs Sacred Geometry

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In a strange experiment, Andy and Anthony organize drafts of their cubes Sacred Geometry and Regular Cube and then pair players against the opposite cube. The two cubes have some major similarities, and clear differences. They wanted to see how drastically skewed win records would be towards one cube, and see what else they can learn. The experiment highlighted some unexpected differences and individual cards that skewed up or down when played against a different battery of opponents.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
01:45 - The Experiment - Regular Cube vs Sacred Geometry
11:10 - Post-Draft
12:32 - Anthony’s Draft
13:56 - Andy vs Anthony
18:33 - Max Aggro
20:51 - Control Mirror
26:47 - Impossible Mirror
30:21 - Anthony is Outclassed
33:30 - Results
41:08 - Texture vs Density
42:29 - Subverted Expectations
46:11 - Expanding on the Concept
50:43 - Mana Fixing
53:23 - More Cube vs Cube

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