Cube Design Iron Chef: Genesis Wave

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Andy and Anthony brainstorm a brand new cube starting from a single card: Genesis Wave. Like the two previous episodes, featuring Goblin Charbelcher and Trade Routes, they expand from a single card considering what kind of environment it would make sense in. They take a few further steps considering more layers of cards that fit together in different ways. They end up with a rough sketch for a cube idea, including some general themes and a few open questions still to answer to turn their initial brainstorm into a playable list.

Discussed in this episode:

• Second Edition of the Cube Will Outlive Magic Playmats Available for Preorder
• Lucky Paper Patreon
• Episode 197: Cube Design Iron Chef: Goblin Charbelcher
• Episode 182: Emergent Cube Design by Example starting with Trade Routes

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

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:30 - Building a Cube Starting from Genesis Wave
• 7:55 - Why Andy Doesn't Like Genesis Wave
• 16:34 - Level 1 Cards
• 23:52 - Permanent Based Interaction
• 26:54 - Landfall
• 30:42 - ETB Payoffs
• 34:28 - Level 2 Cards
• 42:01 - Vendilion Clique Corner
• 51:57 - Open Questions Remaining
• 57:46 - Approaching the Manabase
• 1:01:54 - Conclusion