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Andy Mangold

@andy.luckypaper.co

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Here to talk about Magic, mostly Cube and other casual formats. Occasionally speaks in to microphones. He/himbo https://luckypaper.co/ My cubes: https://cubecobra.com/user/view/andymangold

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

It was… something!

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

I haven’t been keeping up with my #cubetuesday posts, but it’s a heater this week. We rotisserie BUILT a RUG cube in our playgroup and I drafted this.

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Some good-ass answers in here. Especially Vault Skirge.

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

You had me at “Ephemerate can sit down.”

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

It will always be evergreen in my heart

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

I have always had a soft spot for Crashing Drawbridge.

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

That’s a big bonus to me, ha. I hate when games are all about some stupid lifelinker or when life totals get out of hand: he solves both those issues!

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Oh. I feel like that’s at least face up about what death touch really is. It’s an edict that draws a card and your opponent has a little agency around.

Maybe my answer is actually Ohran Frostfang, though, to your point.

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Overall I think it suggests/teaches bad habits and unfun play patterns.

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Recorded a whole episode about it and I know you listened to it.

I think inherently defensive mechanics overall suck for a game that already advantages the defender in so many ways. It also feels bad for many people to play against because they don’t want to attack even when it’s correct.

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Death Touch is a hard one but that’s mostly because I hate that mechanic. I’m inclined to say Baleful Strix

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Shhhh he’s gonna hear you!!!

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

This goes in the Char Rumbler / Evra category for me

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

In Ollie’s defense one of my first two examples was a land.

I think Kari Zev is a great example of first strike.

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Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 1d

Love this question! Some haste candidates

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

I think Evra is cute and funky, but not actually the best example. Evra is to lifelink as Char Rumbler is to double strike

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Yeah I think it’s Griselbrand for me

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Jane McKinney @janemckinney.bsky.social · 1d

Lifelink: Evra, with a runner up of Griselbrand

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Maybe Drana, Liberator of Malakir for first strike? What card is the most exemplary use of Flying? Or lifelink?

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

Fun game @phantooom.bsky.social just invented: for each evergreen keyword ability, what is the card that uses it best? For example: Celestial Colonnade is the best use of vigilance, Ball Lightning is the best use of Trample, etc.

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 1d

For me:
- Cube is just as much about the community as it is about the design — so much harder to build and grow a community around games you design from scratch
- Every time I start to design my own game it's basically just Magic anyway
- We're putting ground up Labubus in the podcast to hook you

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 2d

Really wish this would read in audio-only format as a podcast intro...

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 3d

Buddy, I got no idea how to give feedback on this, ha. Would definitely draft it once!

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Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 5d

Very simple to not have to keep track of when we started exactly or whatever. If you have a set end time you can always work backwards and then tell people up front when rounds go to turns, ideally in nice round numbers.

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 5d

We “time rounds”, which is to say we start at 6:30, round 1 goes to turns at 8pm, round 2 goes to turns at 9pm, venue closes at 10pm.

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