Holy crap, wasn't expecting to get shouted out by name in a TCC video when I woke up this morning! If you want to give Companion Cube a try, you can draft it at, uh, [unannounced] in January, [unannounced] in February, or [unannounced] in March... IYKYK 😅

it should play really fast by looking at the list. I absolutely LOVE these aspects of the cube, but it definitely comes with a downside in the specific context of 1. timed rounds and 2. a higher-than-normal proportion drafters unfamiliar with the cube.

shut the door by turns 5-7, but spend more real time figuring out which removal spell lines up best here, or when and how best to resolve hand attack. Aggro decks have to think more about what order to deploy threats when they all cost 1-2 mana. It tends to add up, even if the cube seems like-

boards and fast aggro decks. There are always tons of things to do out of your hand and important sequencing choices, even if there aren't a million triggers and planeswalkers and trinket tokens to keep track of, which can create analysis paralysis of its own sort. Control decks usually aim to-

have each turn (which is helped by lots of cheap cards and lots of ways to spend mana that aren't spells) than it is by game speed. I think the skill ceiling on decks of all speeds is pretty high in Atomic Cube, which undoubtedly has contributed to its slow pace at events, in spite of its small-

toward small-game cards, but fast decks are still fast enough to punish stumbling with bad curves or manabases, and when two decks that want to do that run up against each other, it's definitely a race. Generally speaking, I think decision density is more affected by the number of options you-

are not at all at odds with high decision density, especially if players have a lot of control over mitigating the variance of their draws (cantrips, mana sinks, etc). Slow decks are undeniably powerful, and cards that are capable of gumming up the board are at a premium because the cube trends-

I don't have a tidy, 300-character answer to this question, but a few thoughts: Atomic has an abnormally high removal density, but this tends to help both fast and slow decks, so I see a lot of races and a lot of standoffs depending on matchup. I also think long, grindy games-

Definitely one of the more interesting takeaways from seeing this cube in the context of events. Short games (turns) =/= short games (clock time).

And when the designers come and say, hey, you aren't using the pieces we made correctly, is that a genuinely valid concern? People are having a blast working within the rules they made with your toys. They are still buying Legos, just not building the picture on the box

In game, I'm a border enjoyer, but holy crap is this an amazing piece

Narcomoeba, Faerie Macabre, other plans that cheat permanents or spells (Sneak Attack, Omni, Creativity, Greasefang, Rector, S&T), Street Wraith, Phyrexian mana, MDFC lands in Oops/Belcher, Land Grant, Pacts, Leylines, Mindbreak Trap, Spirit Guides, every Dredge/Hollowvine payoff

Now I want to see a cube in the style of @goblingathering.bsky.social 's Museum of Modern (cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...) designed by @boshnroll.bsky.social and focusing on the golden age of Legacy instead 👀👀👀

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Dandan means we can make whatever we want with Magic cards, with no regard for what formats they're good in, how valuable they are, or what WotC designs them to do, and still create rich, strategic, and fun games. Dandan means Magic belongs to the players.

This is such sick Cal lore, can I hit you up for outdoor mushroom advice after I'm done moving 👀

have you heard about our lord and savior, cube?