# How Do We Know What We Know About Magic: The Gathering

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Podcast: [Lucky Paper Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lucky-paper-radio-380785)
Published: 2026-03-16T10:30:00+00:00
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View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony finally just talk about epistemology and sort of address Magic: the Gathering. They talk about the way we all generally learn things and incorporate them into our understanding of the world around us, and how that manifests in the smaller world of the game. Discussed in this episode: ContraPoints on YouTube The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts 100 Ornithopters Regular Cube Cascade Cascade Cube Map If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:55 - Epistemology 11:43 - The Enlightenment 14:43 - Authority 20:29 - Empiricism 26:49 - Explanations 29:58 - Science as a Creative Process 33:18 - Knowledge in Magic 37:04 - Emergent Properties 41:54 - Aggro-Midrange-Control 45:53 - Cube Experiments 51:10 - Mailbag!

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