Lucky Paper Radio
Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox.
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Bonus Episode — Obscura: Anti-War (opens the original)
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View all cards mentioned in this episode In the first installment of Obscura cube design discussions, Andy and Anthony are joined by Ollie to talk about Anthony’s cube designed around the prompt “anti-war” . Moving past the literal interpretation of a cube without war, Anthony chose to make his cube all about presenting the profound horrors of war. The cube features cards that aesthetically or mechanically express brutality, hopelessness, greed, and resource extraction. In the first half, record
Summer 2026 Cube Zeitgeist (opens the original)
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about recent trends in Cube design. After looking through the revealed Cube lists for the recent Cube for a Cause: Obscura our hosts noticed a few design features popping up again and again. They talk about them in the broader, evolving context of the Cube design community discussing if they reflect bigger trends. In particular, reflect on “art cards” — cards included for purely aesthetic reasons, desert cubes, cubes with no or minim
What Makes a Card “Sacred?” (opens the original)
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Sometimes a card design just sings — all of the individual elements come together to make an elegant, resonant game piece. In this episode Andy and Anthony talk about this concept through the lens of Andy’s cube Sacred Geometry as he considers committing even harder to the bit. Discussed in this episode: Feudal Cube Auction on Ebay Sacred Geometry Hellraiser Regular Cube Virtually French Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please conside
Open Drafting Take Five (opens the original)
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony collaboratively draft Andy’s Take Five cube, discussing their strategy through a whole draft and how they might approach this unique environment. To follow along, or try the draft yourself before listening, you can download the seeded pack list and upload it to Draftmancer . Also check out the cards mentioned page for the pack by pack view and final deck. Discussed in this episode: Download Pack List to upload to Draftmancer Take Five If
Exploring Cube Cobra’s New Winrate Analysis Features (opens the original)
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony explore Cube Cobra ’s new analytic tools for card and deck winrates. The new features allow you to upload decks and their matchup records, or import matchup data if a Cube has been played at an event using Hedron Network to track matches. After Andy diligently imported hundreds of decks for 100 Ornithopters , they talk through all the different visualizations and how they might use them as Cube designers. Discussed in this episode: Intro
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