Designing and Playtesting a New Archetype for the Turbo Cube

Andy and Anthony talk about updates to Anthony’s Turbo Cube and how changing a few cards can impact the way a cube feels. In this environment, all spells and activated abilities cost  generic mana less. They cut some of the most potent win conditions including Teferi's Tutelage, and added a handful of cards to bolster black discard focused strategies.

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0:00 - Introduction

4:09 - Small (but actually big) changes to the win conditions in the Turbo Cube

16:50 - Do the colors have identities in the Turbo Cube?

20:18 - The problem with black in the Turbo Cube

28:03 - Tournament report from the first draft of the new discard package

39:40 - Ideas for improving the archetype after the first playtest

54:12 - How will Anthony evaluate success or failure of this archetype moving forward?

58:34 - Tidebinder Corner

Discussed in this episode:

• MAGfest
• Lucky Paper Radio on YouTube

Cubes Mentioned:

• Turbo Cube

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• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.