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A Magic: The Gathering Cube podcast hosted by Ryan Overturf. 

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    2025 Cube Year in Review

    Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube!  References:  Corey Bowen's article on designing Spider-Man- https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/spider-man-and-pick-two-draft

    1h 21m

  2. 22/12/2025

    Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Garbage Time, and Stealing Games

    Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabling players to steal games.  Rhystic Studies' "The Zugzwang Machine": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I06luPguzrk

    37 min

  3. 15/12/2025

    Designing With Color Restrictions

    The progenitor of the Grixis Cube talks about imbalancing colors or fully excluding some in Cube design! Find out what impact eschewing one or more of Magic's five colors has on a Cube, and what that means for individual designs!

    34 min

  4. 08/12/2025

    Bonus Sheets

    Ryan Overturf breaks down the concept of Bonus Sheets in draft, going over some versions of Bonus Sheets he's tried in his own Cubes and floats some considerations for different approaches to Bonus Sheets for other Cube designers!  SCG Bonus Sheet article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/how-bonus-sheets-play-in-my-twobert-magic-cubes/

    32 min

  5. 01/12/2025

    Familiarity as a Cube Design Tool

    Ryan Overturf breaks down how you can use the concept of familiarity as a tool in Cube design to make your Cube more approachable and to get to the fun part of drafting again and again!

    50 min

  6. 24/11/2025

    Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review Part 2: Individual Cards for Cube

    Ryan Overturf concludes his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episodes focuses on individual card designs with regard to where and how they might fit into the world of Cube broadly.

    55 min

  7. 17/11/2025

    Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review Part 1: New Mechanics and Themes

    Ryan Overturf begins his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episode focuses on the set's new mechanics and themes, and next week's follow-up will highlight additional individual cards. The themes and mechanics covered in this episode are in order: Allies- 2:48 Shrines- 9:35 Lessons- 13:22 Airbending- 19:30 Waterbending- 25:26 Firebending- 33:27 Earthbending- 40:44

    47 min

  8. 10/11/2025

    Arena Powered Cube First Impressions

    Ryan Overturf shares his thoughts from playing the first run of the Arena Powered Cube! What's working, what isn't, and where should the Cube go from here?  Zach Barash's article on the Cube's design: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/arena-powered-cube-draft Cube Cobra page: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/mtgapc

    44 min
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A Magic: The Gathering Cube podcast hosted by Ryan Overturf. 

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    Ryan
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  • Episodes
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    © 2025 180 MTG
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