{"podcast":{"title":"Lucky Paper Radio","slug":"lucky-paper-radio-380785","podcast_index_feed_id":380785,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/29f49e0c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://luckypaper.co","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/6938971/6938971-1713137044666-cd45220107ac5.jpg","author":"Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox","episode_count":318,"summary":"Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T00:18:11.796459+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lucky-paper-radio-380785"},"episode":{"title":"Theory Drafting the Best Decks in Regular Cube","slug":"theory-drafting-the-best-decks-in-regular-cube","published_at":"2026-05-04T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lucky-paper-radio-380785/theory-drafting-the-best-decks-in-regular-cube","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lucky-paper-radio-380785","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucky-paper-radio/episodes/Theory-Drafting-the-Best-Decks-in-Regular-Cube-e3irds1","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/29f49e0c/podcast/play/119436609/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-4%2F44910770-8cee-b841-dd82-ba881c384b13.mp3","summary":"View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony and joined by Adam, a local player who suggested a novel way to cube. All players involved built what they thought would be the best deck that could ever be drafted from Anthony’s Regular Cube . They talked about the decks they built, their processes for building, and what it revealed about an environment which is typically intended to be drafted. Discussed in this episode: Regular Cube Super Magic Fun Time Degenerate Microcube 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 1:27 - Main Topic: Theory Draft with Adam 7:48 - RW Heroic 18:04 - Metagaming 23:50 - Anthony’s Zombie Deck 26:58 - Comparing Draft, Constructed, and Rotisserie 29:25 - Premium Removal 31:03 - Mana 34:31 - More Theorydrafting 40:17 - Meta Shifts 42:51 - Andy’s Ninjas Deck 46:04 - Splashes 51:05 - Anthony’s WG Landfall Deck 53:51 - Adam’s Mono B Zombies 54:32 - Sideboards 1:03:23 - Reevaluations 1:05:41 - The Control Deck 1:08:31 - Final Thoughts","meta_description":"View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony and joined by Adam, a local player who suggested a novel way to cube. All players involved built…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4449,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lucky-paper-radio-380785/episodes/theory-drafting-the-best-decks-in-regular-cube/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lucky-paper-radio-380785/theory-drafting-the-best-decks-in-regular-cube.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}