The Duality of Power Outliers

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Andy and Anthony respond to an episode of The Eternal Glory Podcast on the recent pauper bans. Drawing comparisons between managing a constructed format with bans and Cube design, the boys examine the difference between welcome power outliers and toxic, ban-worthy cards, talk about the nature of evolving metagames, small and large, and interrogate the concept of a “good Magic purist”.

Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from Lukas’s The Horror Of Innistrad cube.

Discussed in this episode:

• The Eternal Glory: Episode 81
• Bosh and Roll on YouTube
• Good Morning Magic Pauper Bans Video
• The Cube Map Horror Island
• The Magic Multiverse Project
• The Degenerate Micro Cube
• Jett’s First Tireless Tracker Article

Timestamps:

• 1:36 — Introduction to Topic
• 4:49 — Listener Submitted Pack 1, Pick 1
• 13:10 — The Similarities Between Playing Multiple Constructed Formats and Having Multiple Cubes
• 15:13 — Managing a Format Quantitatively and Metagaming
• 23:49 — “Good Magic” Purists
• 29:30 — Coping with the Evolution of a Game, Format, or Metagame
• 38:36 — Using Counterplay to Evaluate Power Outliers
• 47:58 — Letting Your Local Meta Shake Out
• 51:29 — Concluding Thoughts

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

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

If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at [email protected]. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.