The Texture of Removal

Having discussed the impact of different densities of removal ad nauseam, Andy and Anthony turn their attention to the different types of removal spells and how they play differently. They examine the costs of playing too much unconditional removal, wax poetic on their love of "small" removal spells like Portable Hole and Disfigure, and discuss how given two removal spells with equal costs, sometimes the one that hits fewer targets is actually better. They recorded this episode before Cut Down was spoiled from Dominaria United otherwise you bet they'd be talking about it.

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Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Iain’s Vintage Cube.

Timestamps:

• 2:25 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1
• 7:17 — Main topic
• 10:24 — Unconditional Removal
• 15:45 — Removal with Downside
• 21:46 — Removal with Additional Costs
• 26:27 — Removal that Can Be Undone
• 30:34 — Soft Removal
• 33:13 — Conditional Removal: Scale of Threat
• 39:25 — Conditional Removal: Other Card Attributes
• 47:22 — Conditional Removal: Board State Dependent
• 52:16 — Our Overall Approaches to Removal in Our Cubes
• 55:47 — Timing and Efficiency of Removal
• 1:02:02 — Quantity vs. Quality: Which Matters More, Number of Targets or Quality of Targets
• 1:05:53 — Potpurri

Discussed in this episode:

• Jordan, Jesse, Go
• Episode 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown
• Episode 101: A Deep Dive on Disruption Density in Cube
• Episode 95: The Powered Synergy Cube with Caleb Gannon
• Caleb’s YouTube stream
• Andy’s Mono-Colored Starter Decks
• Munchkin
• Andy’s Jeskai Control Battle Box
• Anthony’s Mono Black Cube
• Andy’s Degenerate Micro Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected] or submit your cube. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.