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 differences in how attack triggers are worded they feel would have been done differently in the past. They talk about how each changes the texture and focus of games and how they think about them as Cube designers, whether they add more options or are a reason to pick cards from particular eras of the game. Discussed in this episode: Cooking Issues The Oldest School Cube Richard Garfield’s Post on Reddit Lucky Paper Radio 213: French Vanilla Face-Off Upcoming Cube Events Cube for a Cause AW25 Playing Oppression PDF The Best Method for Shuffling Cubes Detailed Analysis and Comparison of Cube Shuffling Methods Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at [email protected] or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:31 - Tofu Corner 3:18 - Introduction to changing patterns in Magic R&D 5:15 - Changing pattern: more enter the battlefield abilities on creatures 21:04 - Changing pattern: the proliferation of trinket artifacts like clues, blood tokens, map tokens, etc. 30:28 - Changing pattern: eliminating edge-case targets 38:58 - Changing pattern: ’snap-on’ equipment that attaches on entering 46:09 - Changing pattern: ‘whenever ~ attacks’ triggers vs. ‘whenever you attack’ triggers 59:08 - Closing thoughts and calls to action