Threat Density & Value Against Removal

Andy and Anthony talk the types and distributions of threats in their Cubes. Like they’ve done with removal and fixing in the past with interaction and fixing, they make a somewhat subjective categorization of how resilient threats are against removal and look at how the distribution changes across the mana curve in each of their main cubes.

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Timestamps:

• 5:50 — Belated BRO Hot Take
• 7:47 — Overview of threat analysis methodology
• 12:36 — Evaluation of threats in the Regular Cube
• 28:45 — Summary of threats across mana value and comparisons to the Bun Magic Cube
• 42:02 — Are there are too many recursive threats in the Bun Magic Cube?

Discussed in this episode:

• ChatGPT
• Episode 111: The Texture of Removal
• Episode 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown
• Episode 117: Regular Cube Draft Primer

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

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