Battlebox: No Setup, No Bad Mana, All Magic

Andy and Anthony discuss all things Battlebox, one of their favorite casual ways to play Magic. A Battlebox is a great thing to have for quick games between and around matches. Without the variance of land draws it's both very approachable and gives spikes an opportunity to test their skills in detailed aspects of gameplay.

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Milkshake1988’s spell’s only cube, which really commits to the bit.

Discussed in this episode:

• Brian Demars’ Danger Room
• Ben Stark’s Battle Box
• Anthony’s Original List and much tidier current rework
• Andy’s Graveyard Themed Battle Box
• Degenerate Turbo Cube Draft
• Oko Bridge in the DMC

Timestamps:

• 3:11: Listener submitted pack 1, pick 1
• 11:40: What is Battlebox?
• 14:42: Battlebox gameplay
• 18:45: Battlebox design conventions
• 27:22: Introductions to our respective Battleboxes
• 30:56: The design of Battleboxes
• 38:20: Indulgent conversation about our favorite battlebox cards
• 52:03: Actually, mana screw and mana flood is good
• 54:36: Outro

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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]. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.