It Feels Good to Riffle Shuffle Duals: Preparing the Neoclassical Cube for Steel City

Andy and Anthony talk about Andy’s Neoclassical Cube . They talk about some of the changes Andy’s been making leading up to it being played by a wider audience at Steel City Cube . They talk about how the design philosophy has evolved and their recent experience playing the Cube. View all cards mentioned in this episode. Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction and Airplane Corner 6:04 - Overview of the Neoclassical Cube and why old school Magic might appeal to players due to its simplicity 10:44 - The Beauty of Games Book Club Check In 12:15 - Lucky Paper Mail Bag: bird p1p1 and custom cards in cube 20:07 - Deep-dive on the design of the Neoclassical Cube: what defines ‘old school’ Magic? 27:16 - Dialing in the right quantity and quality of powerful enablers 32:41 - Storm in the Neoclassical Cube 38:37 - Resource denial, creatureless decks, and other aesthetic departures from modern Magic 47:46 - The Kiki Jiki Question 52:41 - The state of Reanimator 55:07 - The death of the cycling deck 57:37 - The state of the Burn deck Discussed in this episode: The Neoclassical Cube Steel City Cube The Turbo Cube The Beauty of Games Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junko Kakapo and David Attenborough Intertwingl…