It Feels Good to Riffle Shuffle Duals: Preparing the Neoclassical Cube for Steel City

Andy and Anthony talk about Andy’s Neoclassical Cube. They talk about some of the changes Andy’s been making leading up to it being played by a wider audience at Steel City Cube. They talk about how the design philosophy has evolved and their recent experience playing the Cube. View all cards mentioned in this episode. Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction and Airplane Corner 6:04 - Overview of the Neoclassical Cube and why old school Magic might appeal to players due to its simplicity 10:44 - The Beauty of Games Book Club Check In 12:15 - Lucky Paper Mail Bag: bird p1p1 and custom cards in cube 20:07 - Deep-dive on the design of the Neoclassical Cube: what defines ‘old school’ Magic? 27:16 - Dialing in the right quantity and quality of powerful enablers 32:41 - Storm in the Neoclassical Cube 38:37 - Resource denial, creatureless decks, and other aesthetic departures from modern Magic 47:46 - The Kiki Jiki Question 52:41 - The state of Reanimator 55:07 - The death of the cycling deck 57:37 - The state of the Burn deck Discussed in this episode: The Neoclassical Cube Steel City Cube The Turbo Cube The Beauty of Games Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junko Kakapo and David Attenborough Intertwingled Episode 134: The Neoclassical Cube: The Spirit of Old-School Magic, With a Twist Episode 150: Going Against Your Intuition: A Different Approach to Tuning the Neoclassical Cube 2007 Nostalgia Cube 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 If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. 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.