Magic on the Holodeck: Outlaws of Thunder Junction First Impressions and Personal Cube Additions

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Andy and Anthony talk about their first impressions of Outlaws of Thunder Junction and the cards their interested in for their own Cube lists. Anthony is not too impressed by the aesthetics of the set, but they manage to power through, talk about the mechanics and how they might be relevant to different Cube designers, and even a few individual cards that stand out.

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Discussed in this episode:

• Kristen Schaal is a Horse!
• Washington Cube Champs
• Cali Cube Champs
• Get tickets
• Join the Discord
• Uber Cube Event
• Boston Cube Party
• Cube Dungeon Con
• MagicCon Panel About Representation of Native Peoples, Thanks Brodie!
• The Holodeck
• Episode 129 on the State of the Game and Design for an “Eternal World”
• Good Morning Magic “The Problem with Kicker and How We Fixed It”
• Andy’s Monocolored Starter Decks
• An Ode to Scalable Threats, by Andy
• Emma Partlow’s tweet about the OTJ set symbols

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

3:26 - Upcoming Cube Event Rundown

9:17 - Andy and Anthony’s Broad Impressions of Outlaws of Thunder Junction

25:27 - Mechanics from Outlaws of Thunder Junction

26:10 - Outlaws

28:19 - Committing a Crime

36:01 - Spree

44:29 - Mounts and Saddle

48:08 - Plot

51:12 - Unnamed mechanics and themes

52:14 - Bun Magic Cube Additions

52:55 - Slick Shot Showoff

53:48 - Goldvein Hydra

54:50 - Harvester of Misery

56:22 - Andy’s long list of half-considered ‘maybes’ for the Bun Magic Cube

57:04 - Regular Cube Additions

57:41 - Trained Arynx

58:32 - Demonic Ruckus

59:15 - Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

1:00:17 - 100 Ornithopters Additions

1:02:24 - Lost Jitte

1:04:43 - Trash the Town

1:09:10 - Pitiless Carnage

1:10:14 - Pest Control

1:11:03 - Requisition Raid

1:13:07 - Turbo Cube Additions

1:13:28 - Magebane Lizard

1:14:17 - Geralf, the Fleshwright

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

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