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Ryan Overturf advocates for at least the occasional game of multiplayer Magic, and goes over his favorite ways to play with more than two players!  References:  Free-for-All Magic:  https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Free-for-All Two-Headed Giant:  https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Two-Headed_Giant  Star Magic:  https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Star  Emperor:  https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor  Grand Melee:  http...

Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of his Omniscience Stack- An emblem Cube based on Omniscience Draft on Magic Arena and reminiscent of Type 4!  References:  Omniscience Stack Cube Cobra Page:  https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/91bb6713-5a13-4af9-9caa-29aea609e326  Omniscience Draft Wiki:  https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Omniscience_Draft  Type 4 Wiki:  https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Type_4  Pai Gow Mag...

Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube!  References:  Corey Bowen's article on designing Spider-Man- https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/spider-man-and-pick-two-draft

Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabling players to steal games.  Rhystic Studies' "The Zugzwang Machine":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I06luPguzrk  

The progenitor of the Grixis Cube talks about imbalancing colors or fully excluding some in Cube design! Find out what impact eschewing one or more of Magic's five colors has on a Cube, and what that means for individual designs! 

Ryan Overturf breaks down the concept of Bonus Sheets in draft, going over some versions of Bonus Sheets he's tried in his own Cubes and floats some considerations for different approaches to Bonus Sheets for other Cube designers!  SCG Bonus Sheet article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/how-bonus-sheets-play-in-my-twobert-magic-cubes/

Ryan Overturf breaks down how you can use the concept of familiarity as a tool in Cube design to make your Cube more approachable and to get to the fun part of drafting again and again! 

Ryan Overturf concludes his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episodes focuses on individual card designs with regard to where and how they might fit into the world of Cube broadly. 

Ryan Overturf begins his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episode focuses on the set's new mechanics and themes, and next week's follow-up will highlight additional individual cards. The themes and mechanics covered in this episode are in order: Allies- 2:48 Shrines- 9:35 Lessons- 13:22 Airbending- 19:30 Waterbending- 25:26 Firebend...

Ryan Overturf shares his thoughts from playing the first run of the Arena Powered Cube! What's working, what isn't, and where should the Cube go from here?  Zach Barash's article on the Cube's design: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/arena-powered-cube-draft Cube Cobra page: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/mtgapc

Ryan Overturf breaks down how to assemble a 180-card Cube using only cards from the Magic Foundations Starter Collection. A simple and budget-friendly introduction for anybody new to Cube and/or Magic!  Magic Foundations Starter Collection Twobert Cube Cobra Page: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/dab38b3f-b354-4cb7-9a4f-be06d3989f6f   Tolarian Community College Student Cube video: https://www.youtu...

Ryan Overturf concludes his exploration of Spooky Cube by breaking down the 180-card Monster Module! This one is for fans of using the graveyard as a resource, and things that go bump in the night!  Cube Cobra link for reference: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/1gk8h

Ryan Overturf breaks down the 180-card Human Module of his Spooky Cube, both in regard to how it plays on its own as a 2-4 player Cube and how it lays the groundwork for overlapping synergies in the 360-card Spooky Cube environment!  Cube Cobra link for reference: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/zn1g

Ryan Overturf goes over the concept of Modular Cubes, that is Cubes composed of multiple separate components that can be shuffled together and mixed and matched, his history with this kind of Cube, and how Spooky Cube ended up being the modular environment that really clicked for him.  Spooky Cube Cube Cobra page for reference: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/867d1264-7328-4bfb-a4b8-29990d73dc...

Welcome to Spooky Month on 180 MTG! This week Ryan Overturf begins his exploration of his Spooky Cube, going over inspiration from the original Innistrad block and other mechanical influences for the Cube and some of the ways that the design has evolved over time.  Spooky Cube Cube Cobra link: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/867d1264-7328-4bfb-a4b8-29990d73dcaa  

Ryan Overturf concludes his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Marvel's Spider-Man! This week's episodes focuses on individual card designs with regard to where and how they might fit into the world of Cube broadly.  Spider-Man Set Twobert mentioned at the end of the episode: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/2a990e0c-07ad-482b-b73f-541d4df3bdd4

Ryan Overturf begins his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Marvel's Spider-Man! This week's episode focuses on the set's new mechanics and themes, and next week's follow-up will highlight additional individual cards. The themes and mechanics covered in this episode are in order: Spider Typal Webslinging Transforming Modal Dual Faced Cards, and Mayhem  

Ryan Overturf takes a look under the hood of the Vivi Cauldron Combo deck that has been dominating Standard, breaking down individual cards and interactions to see who the real villains are, and how to approach Constructed decks like this in pursuit of finding the fun in our own Cube environments! 

This week Ryan breaks down the ins and outs of Minneapolis Drafting with two players and drafting 180-card Cubes with four players. 

Ryan Overturf goes over the methodology used for his first 180-card Cube design, offering insights on the way his approach has changed for designing other 180-card environments, and then breaks down the most recent updates made to The Original Recipe Twobert! Relevant links: The Original Recipe Twobert Cube list: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/n1m The original article on Twoberts: https://article...

Ryan Overturf breaks down another of his 180-card Cubes, this one highlighting all things printed before 8th Edition- If you're interested in what Magic looked like in 2003, this one's for you!  Follow along with the Cube Cobra list here: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/9bf800d1-87f8-46ef-af45-eb35f825aedc

Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of his 180-card Final Fantasy VII Cube! You can find the Cube list and follow along on Cube Cobra here: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/b9fc0b1a-033a-4d8c-b5f6-3ab173791501 And here is the article mentioned about designed a Brothers' War Cube: https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/how-to-make-a-twobert-cube-of-the-brothers-war/

Ryan Overturf returns to the world of Cube podcasting with a breakdown of his early impressions of Magic's latest release Edge of Eternities for Cube Draft! This review covers the main set as well as Edge of Eternities Commander.