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Andy and Anthony talk all things “combo”. After talking about both aggro and control on the show, they finally get around to this sometimes divisive part of the Magic landscape. They try to come up with a working definition of combo strategies, talk about their own history with it as players and cube designers.

Discussed in this episode:

• Tarkir: Dragonstorm Cube Survey
• Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander Cube Survey
• “The Daigo Parry”
• Episode 6: ABCs of Aggro
• Episode 165: ABCs of Control
• Impostor Syndrome
• The Turbo Cube
• When Trivia Beats Strategy by Parker LaMascus
• Bun Magic Cube
• Degenerate Micro Cube
• 100 Ornithopters
• The Neoclassical Cube

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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
• 1:52 - Introduction to Combo
• 8:59 - How are Andy and Anthony defining a ‘combo’
• 16:47 - A selection of combos from the Turbo Cube
• 25:06 - Why does Anthony include combos in the Turbo Cube?
• 26:59 - Andy’s journey to loving combo
• 48:13 - How playing against combo changes your decision making
• 52:19 - The inescapable danger of playing combos alongside fair decks