Cuberviews

Welcome to the ninth bonus episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design!
In todays special bonus episode, I’m coming to you live from the Monday night cube draft in Toronto, Canada. We drafted my newest environment, The Arboretum, which is a vibes forward desert cube where green takes center stage, highlighting botanical themes like Saprolings, Plants, Lands, and Squirrels. In this episode, you’ll hear from the whole pod about their impressions of the cube, design recommendations and potential updates, the decks they drafted, and some of the best highlights from our matches.
If you enjoy the show, please like and subscribe, and stay tuned for more deep dives into cube design on future episodes of Cuberviews!

The Arboretum: https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/de4db273-39b1-4cbf-b5b4-c9625bfcec7f

Deck Photos: https://imgur.com/a/iO8HmR4

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Toronto Cube Discord: https://discord.gg/aPuEwnzCUb

Welcome to the 57th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I am happy to be joined by Andrew, also known as Warren Fish, to discuss Melded Mardu Monarchy, a Mardu color restricted cube, which as the name suggests, is very focused on meld cards and the monarchy mechanic. In this episode, we discuss how to implement monarchy in your cube without having it feel oppressive, how adding meld pairs can add some extra spice to your cube, why Andrew has chosen to not include ways to cheat creatures into play for less than five mana besides Kaalia, and much more! I hope you enjoy the episode!

Melded Mardu Monarchy: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/inclined

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed: Funnylittleguys.co

Welcome to the 56th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I am thrilled to be joined by Jane McKinney, the organizer of the Inland Northwest Cube Fest and also a co-host on the cube podcast Pack One Slick Ones, to discuss The Ball Pit, which is a rules change cube where players have to play all the cards they draft, is a desert cube, and most importantly, all cards can optionally be played face down as the card chromatic sphere. In this episode we discuss the gameplay tempo considerations for players when deciding whether to cast cards as a chromatic sphere, the synergies being able to cast cards as an MDFC chromatic sphere adds to the cube, and much more. Enjoy!
The Ball Pit: https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/ballpit?view=primer
Pack One Slick Ones: https://open.spotify.com/show/7oowFWkI4esSo5MEy7yiy4?si=dd834fc5c3ca40c1

Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic

Art by Tyler Reed: Funnylittleguys.co

Welcome to the eighth bonus episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! In today's special bonus episode, I am coming to you live from UberCubeathon in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is a yearly event ran by Stu and Uberbear where friends from across the country are invited down to play some great cubes! You’ll hear about what people drafted, how their decks came together, fun highlights from their matches, and thoughts on the cubes we played. Tune in to hear their insights and stay tuned for more discussions on cube design in future episodes of Cuberviews!
Uber Cube Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3thVViP55LfZbFHka70gpL?si=d77fa09953814be6

Welcome to the 55th episode of Cuberviews, a podcast where I sit down with friends to explore the world of Magic: The Gathering cube design! Today I am excited to be joined by Harrison Dudek to discuss The Epic Experiment, a cube where each player starts the draft with two copies of the sorcery Epic Experiment. In this episode we discuss how Harrison built the cube around wanting Epic Experiment to be powerful, the spellslinger archetype, having a cube with so few creatures, and much more. Enjoy!
The Epic Experiment Cube: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/about/EPIC-EXP
Music By Michael Vekstein: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelJesseMakesMusic
Art by Tyler Reed: Funnylittleguys.co