The Jank Tank

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks   You asked, so we've got more Peasant Cube content coming in, this time with our review of Bloomburrow for Peasant Cubes! We suggest you check out Ep. 26 of the mainline podcast first for more insight into our thoughts on the set, the mechanics, and all...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks   Bloom! Here comes the Bloom! Ready or not! The best set of 2024 is here, and it's a homerun for all three of the boys. Let's talk squirrels, offspring, and generally good Cube cards. Forgive us if your thinking gets a little bit... fuzzy.   Timestamps:...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks We're getting a little experiemental on this one, so feedback will be much appreaciated! Join Teld, Tim, and Chris over our shoulders as we talk through a mid-set cube update. Think of it like listening in on one of our routine design conversations, with...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks Power Creep in MTG - What is it and How Does it Happen? by Timothy Zaccagnino Teld and Tim sit down to a discussion about power creep, both in Magic as a whole and Cube specifically. Grab a drink, tag along, and don't be a creep!   Timestamps: 00:00 -- It...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks   Part one of an ongoing "Challenging Heuristics" series where the boys discuss card types with a poor rep in Cube environment. In this case, we're making a case for combat tricks, and how the good ones we've been getting can add some welcome complexity t...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks Teld and Tim tackle  another 3-hour review, this time with some of the best commons and uncommons we've ever seen. We also spend a good bit upfront talking about the new land cycles and how they're going to affect the Jank Diver Gaming Peasant Cube. Strap...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks   A new Modern Horizons set? In the day and age of Play Boosters? Surely nothing broken to be seen here, right?  ...right?   Timestamps: 00:00 -- Excitement On The Horizons 02:18 -- Def Not Explaining Set Mechanics 10:21 -- White 38:50 -- Blue 57:56 -- Bl...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks First it was blue, now it's red's turn to take the backseat in Magic. The boys talk about the state of red in Magic, and what it needs to catch back up.   Timestamps: 00:00 -- Monster Hunter 05:16 -- Single-Card Discussion 14:18 -- Red Weaknesses 29:19 --...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks Speaking to all the 5-color lovers out there with this one. And you know what, the 2-color lovers too. Everyone deserves to have a good, functional manabase. Lets dig into that. Timestamps:  00:00 -- Message to the FBI Agent 05:51 -- Single-Card Discussion...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks   What cards are good? Which ones are bad? What aren't you playing THIS? These are the burning card evaluation question we all ask ourselves when deciding on what to include or exclude from our cubes. Let's parse that out.   Timestamps: 00:00 -- Forgot we...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks   Yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaawwwwwww pardners! It's Thunder Junction time! Push all that Twitter discourse aside, this set is AWESOME! Well, for Cube at least. Saddle up, plot ahead, and try not to get lost in the desert, it's time to hang with the outlaws. Timesta...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks Power Creep article by Timothy Zaccagnino: https://draftsim.com/mtg-power-creep/ "Why aren't you playing this card?" The age-old question. Hopefully today we can explain why Dream Trawler doesn't make the cut in our cube. Join Tim, Chris, and Teld as we di...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming You know what, Alchemy's not all bad. But Murders at Karlov Manor Alchemy? That's a whole 'nother level of offensive. 00:00 - Alchemy rustles our jimmies 08:26 - Cards we claim to like 13:41- Insanely Overpowered? 33:40 - Verbose, and we can't read 45:13 - Digital-only lies 53.48 - Offensive nonsense

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming  Check out Teld streaming at twitch.tv/TeldTalks We're following up our Build-a-Cube series with part two, this time helping new-time Cube designers fill out their mono-colored sections and establish their intended archetypes. Next up: Themes and gold design.  Timestamps: 00:00 - Chris Harms an Innocent...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Find Teld streaming at Twitch.tv/TeldTalks Ah yes, the time-honored tradition of ROTO-drafting, where it's fare game to cut players off and all the information's drafted face-up. Today the boys talk about Rotisserie drafting, how it's done and some strategic approaches to the format. But first, some ch...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Find Teld streaming at Twitch.tv/TeldTalks Sorry if you came here for the snow lands. Today the boys talk about Taylor Swift, football, and squeeze in a little bit of conversation about polarizing cards in MTG Cubes. You know that card that really hoses one deck and absolutely sucks against everything e...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming The boys don their deerstalker hats and showcase their finest detective work following the clues set forth by Murders at Karlov Manor. But is there a killer among them? No, there's not.   Mechanics: 7:51 -- Investigate 9:41 -- Disguise 11:01 -- Cloak 12.16 -- Cases 14:32 -- Suspect 16:20 -- Collect Evid...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Chris and Teld tagteam a discussion on their NEO Reloaded Cube, designed to rework the original Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set into a revisioned Set Cube. If you'd like more bonus content on individual cubes, let us know!

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming We're kicking off part 1 of a long-running series on how to build Cubes from scratch, starting with the bear-bones basic information! The next part in this series will delve deeper into card selection and density exercises, after which we'll explore archetype/theme design for multicolored sections.

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Happy New Year's folks! We talk plenty about our Peasant and Unrestricted Cubes, but out alternative options have become quite popular lately, so let's invite Mopbeeble to the show and talk about them! Mopbeeble's CubeCobra page:  https://cubecobra.com/user/view/5e8c824097968b319ce16a24 Caleb Gannon art...

Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming 02:16 -- Phyrexia: All Will Be One 18:49 -- Shadows Remastered 25:06 -- March of the Machine 39:34 -- March of the Machine: Sloppy Seconds 44:07 -- Lord of the Rings 1:00:27 -- Arena Anthologies 1:03:55 -- Wilds of Eldraine 1:14:28 -- Lost Caverns of Ixalan 1:20:37 -- Khans of Tarkir 1:23:23 -- Cube De...

Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Everyone's favorite set of all time is coming to Magic Arena this December, which is as good a time as any for us to evaluate the lasting impact of Khans of Tarkir in Cube. Join us as we reminisce about the Limited format, gush about Swiftspear, and sing the praises of a time where a 3-mana 2/2 wasn't i...

What's the hurry? We're just talking about tempo today! Coming off the back of LCI blue tempo's never looked better for cube. But that's not entirely a blue thing, is it? Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming Watch Teld at twitch.tv/TeldTalks

As always, like, comment and subscribe! Find our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Welcome Theo (theopolist) to the podcast with his experiences on CubeCon 2023! Everything from blowing up walls to eating good cheese, Theo's got the scoop on this year's event.

Tim & Teld chat breakdown everything you need to know about Jank Diver Gaming's Historic Peasant Cube. Color pairs, themes, lessons learned...it's all here! Find our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/RFYhasUuXH Find us on Twitter @JankDiverGaming