Judge Bones Teaches You How To Organize Your Own Grassroots Cube Event

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Andy and Anthony are joined by Judge Bones. As mid-sized Cube events have flourished, Bones has spearheaded the task of judging and carried valuable lessons over from event to event. Hot on the heels of The Salt Box in Baltimore, the three talk about Bones’ history with Cube and what it takes to host and judge a Cube event.

Discussed in this episode:

• Eiganjo Drift
• The Amonkar Desert Cube
• Bones on Recross the Paths
• Loxodon Mierarch’s Desert Cube
• Hedron Network
• The Broadcast Shuffle
• Stripe Payment Links
• Lucky Paper Events Page

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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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Baltimore, MD 21211

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 4:48 - What is a Magic judge?
• 8:05 - Judge Bones’s history with Magic and Judging
• 13:21 - Judge Bones’s history with Cube
• 21:45 - What is it like judging a small, grassroots Cube event?
• 26:23 - How are grassroots Cube events run?
• 31:43 - How to run your own grassroots Cube event
• 38:43 - Security concerns, or lack thereof, of having strangers draft your cube
• 46:34 - Bones’s tips to other judges for working Cube events
• 51:35 - Rapid fire logistics of Cube event organization
• 1:00:34 - Andy, Anthony, and Bones’s purely subjective suggestions for running your Cube event