HeyJaredUsman’s Cube Articles & The Pack One Slick Ones podcast
I’m Usman Jamil. I’ve been talking about Magic: The Gathering's cube since 2010; long enough to be the longest-running cube design writer and one of the first folks to approach cube as a design problem instead of just saying, ‘wow, cube rules.’
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Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #32 - What are Design Mistakes in Cube, Anyway? (opens the original)
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Cube Review: The Hobbit with Kai at usmantherad.com (opens the original)
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I wrote a review of The Hobbit over at my site, usmantherad.com. Check it out over there, since I post stuff over there. I did a video with Shivam Bhatt that you can find over there too. :)
Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #31 - Unfair Magic in Cube (opens the original)
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