The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Mechanics & Cube Additions

This is your last week to fill out the Lord of the Rings and associated commander deck surveys! Share your own perspective on the new set.

Andy and Anthony take a first look at Magic’s first, full crossover set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. They talk about the mechanics and their first impressions of the set. Share some of the cards their interested in trying out in their own Cube environments.

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Discussed in this episode:

• LTR Mechanics Article on the Mothership
• Lucky Paper Radio Episode 49 on Ragavan and Laelia
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Cube Survey
• Tales of Middle-earth Commander Cube Survey
• Updated Rotisserie Draft Sheet
• CubeCobra Google Sheets Integration

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

7:20 - The Mechanics of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

8:18 - The Ring and The Ring Tempts You

17:32 - Amass Orcs

19:49 - Food

21:35 - Typed Landcycling

23:53 - Sagas

24:52 - Legends Matter

26:53 - Scry Matters

27:24 - Creature Type Matters

29:34 - Is this a “Commander” set?

31:58 - Personal Cube Inclusions: The Neoclassical Cube

35:29 - Personal Cube Inclusions: The Regular Cube

35:40 - Improvised Club

36:25 - Shower of Arrows

36:51 - Stern Scolding

42:14 - Legolas, Master Archer

46:23 - Personal Cube Inclusions: The Bun Magic Cube

47:06 - Anduril, Flame of the West

51:29 - Flame of Anor

54:17 - Stern Scolding

57:19 - Orcish Bowmasters

1:04:23 - Reprieve

1:10:55 - Personal Cube Inclusions: The Turbo Cube

1:11:09 - Wizard Rockets

1:13:38 - Boromir, Warden of the Tower

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

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