The Duality of Power Outliers

View all cards mentioned in the episode → Andy and Anthony respond to an episode of The Eternal Glory Podcast on the recent pauper bans. Drawing comparisons between managing a constructed format with bans and Cube design, the boys examine the difference between welcome power outliers and toxic, ban-worthy cards, talk about the nature of evolving metagames, small and large, and interrogate the concept of a “good Magic purist”. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Lukas’s The Horror Of Innistrad cube. Discussed in this episode: The Eternal Glory: Episode 81 Bosh and Roll on YouTube Good Morning Magic Pauper Bans Video The Cube Map Horror Island The Magic Multiverse Project The Degenerate Micro Cube Jett’s First Tireless Tracker Article Timestamps: 1:36 — Introduction to Topic 4:49 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1 13:10 — The Similarities Between Playing Multiple Constructed Formats and Having Multiple Cubes 15:13 — Managing a Format Quantitatively and Metagaming 23:49 — “Good Magic” Purists 29:30 — Coping with the Evolution of a Game, Format, or Metagame 38:36 — Using Counterplay to Evaluate Power Outliers 47:58 — Letting Your Local Meta Shake Out 51:29 — Concluding Thoughts 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. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. 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.