Our Favorite Cards from 2024
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about their favorite cards from the last year. They each go through their top favorite unique cards or cycles discussing their impact on t...
24 Feb 20251h
Aesthetic Values and Style in Cube Design
View all cards mentioned in this episodeInspired by two standards of beauty from different cultures — the Japanese Wabi-Sabi and the Italian Sprezzatura — Andy and Anthony are talking about a seemingl...
17 Feb 20251h 7min
Vintage Cube Sucks
View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about why they think Vintage Cube sucks. Riddled with unintelligibly complicated cards, self-solving puzzles, and value generating haymake...
10 Feb 20251h 1min
Debriefing Vertex Philadelphia & 100 Ornithopters Unite
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony recap Magic events they participated in this week. First, Anthony talks through his experience at Vertex Philadelphia, a ~100 person Cube tour...
3 Feb 20251h 16min
The Barash Files 003 — Reflections on Cube Drafts Past
View all cards mentioned in this episode On the third installment of The Barash Files, Zach shares stories from his drafts of some of Andy and Anthony’s cubes over the last few years. He shares insigh...
27 Jan 20251h 21min
Using the Foundations Starter Collection as the Base for Your Own Cube — with Carmen Klomparens
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk with Carmen Klomparens, lead designer of the Foundations Starter Collection, about the set and how it’s a great option for new Cube playe...
20 Jan 20251h 19min
Changing Patterns in Magic R&D
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about changes to the design of Magic cards over the years: including some overt changes like “snap on equipment” and more subtle differen...
13 Jan 20251h 5min
The Barash Files 002 — On Terminology, Communication, and Community
View all cards mentioned in this episode In the second installment of “The Barash Files”, Andy, Anthony, and Zach talk about Cube terminology. They talk about how the language we use effects that kind...
6 Jan 20251h 25min
