A Eulogy for the Degenerate Micro Cube

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Andy and Anthony send off Andy’s Degenerate Micro Cube. After many years, Andy has decided to take apart the Cube, reclaiming its cards, sleeves, and mental space. The Cube attempted to capture something about the most high powered vintage games with a twist on the typical draft format and a tiny deck size. They talk about why Andy’s decided to take it apart, it’s highs, and lows, and lessons learned from playing with it over the years.

Discussed in this episode:

• Final Fantasy and Commander Set Surveys
• The Degenerate Micro Cube
• An Introduction to the Degenerate Micro Cube
• Neoclassical Cube
• 100 Ornithopters
• LPR covering Andy’s experience with Ensnaring Bridge in the Degenerate Micro Cube
• Eggs for Four

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 0:00 - An Announcement Regarding Future Set Reviews
• 7:00 - A Eulogy for the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 10:50 - What was the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 17:29 - How Combo Is or Is Not in Dialogue with Fair Archetypes
• 20:30 - The History of The Degenerate Micro Cube
• 24:22 - On the Deck Size Requirement in the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 28:39 - What Andy Still Likes about the Degenerate Micro Cube
• 38:11 - The Cost of Rules Modifications
• 42:18 - The cards Andy is going to miss playing with most from the Degenerate Micro Cube