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Intro Post.
Welcome. I’ve been writing and podcasting about Magic: The Gathering’s cube format since 2010. On the top of the page, there’s a ribbon to access the various sections of the page.
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Cube Overview: Secrets of Strixhaven and SOS Commander
(Originally posted on my Substack on 4/13/26.) This article discusses Secrets of Strixhaven’s impact on cube, using a higher-powered non-thematic perspective for evaluation via real-world cube testing. Although I physically test cards with reps in my own cube (tl;dr it’s currently a “Legacy-lite cube”), that isn’t the sole context of evaluation; as someone who works…
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Cube Overview – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & TMNT Commander
(Originally posted on my Substack on 2/27/26.) As this round of previews has ended, I’ve written an article about how the TMNT set impacts cube. As usual, this cube review focuses more on ‘high power’ cubes than thematic ones, using a more high-powered, generalist perspective for cube card evaluation. Although I physically test cards with…
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Cube Overview – Lorwyn Eclipsed & Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
(Originally posted on my Substack on 1/16/26.) As this round of perpetual previews has ended, as I’ve done for the most of the past 15 years, I’ve written an article about how the set impacts cube. As usual, this cube review focuses more on ‘high power’ cubes than thematic ones, using a more high-powered, generalist…
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2025 Cube Cards: Set Overview
(Originally posted on my Substack on 12/29/25.) Like many people do at year’s end, I’ve been reflecting on 2025, which naturally led me to think about the year’s cube sets, which gave me the idea to write a post‑mortem and overview of the 2025 cube releases. Earlier this year I posted a cube post‑mortem for…
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Paving Desire Paths in Cube Design and Cube Drafting
(Originally posted on my Substack on 12/18/25.)As a techy nerd who got into cube design during its infancy, and whose writing helped to pave the ground to define modern cube design theory, I wanted to discuss this topic for my 60th article about cube design as I felt a strong connection when I saw the…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender for Cube
(Originally posted on my Substack on 11/10/25.) As I’ve done in my cube reviews, this cube review focuses more on ‘high power’ cubes than thematic ones. I’ve traditionally used a more high-powered, generalist perspective for cube card evaluation, allowing designers to adjust as needed for their specific environments. Although I test cards in my own…
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Going Through Cube Changes
(Originally posted on my Substack on 10/14/25.)Originally, this article was started in 2016 with the whirlwind of great sets in that year. It’s now 2025 and not only do we have more sets per year, but the sets are generally more powerful on a pound-for-pound basis. As someone who got into the world of cube…
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Marvel’s Spider Man: Cube Review
(Originally posted to my Substack on 9/10/25.) It’s time for another cube review and I’m pretty jazzed about adding cards from the Spider Man set to my cube. Although there will be Omenpath reskins of these cards for MTGO and MTG Arena, I’ll be referring to these cards by their paper printing names for clarity.…
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Usman & TrainmasterGT Edge of Eternities: Cube Review
(Originally posted to my Substack on 7/20/25.) It’s time for another cube review, this time… IN SPACE! Since the Aetherdrift review, two scales were used for rating cards: power and vibes. The latter scale looked to encompass the non-power ratings that people use for rating cards. I’ve decided to name it the “vibes” scale instead,…