Lucky Paper Radio12 Juli 2021

In Defense of Unpopular Cards

Our Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Cube survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set.

Make sure to check out a special video made by Jason Waddell to accompany this week’s intro.

Using Cube Cobra’s new feature to sort a cube by popularity of cards, Andy and Anthony explore Andy’s Bun Magic Cube. They discuss some of the factors that may influence card’s popularity among cube owners and talk through some notable unpopular cards.

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Geena’s Unpowered 270 Cube

Discussed in this episode:

Timestamps:

3:24 Listener submitted pack 1, pick 1
9:33 Introduction to card popularity
11:14 Portent
15:38 Primordial Mist
19:52 Bloodsky Berserker
26:07 Ulcerate
29:06 Tarfire and Seal of Fire
38:15 Edge of Autumn
42:23 Oath of Nissa
45:40 Fire Covenant
49:56 City of Traitors

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

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