The Nature of Combo in Cube
Episode description
Andy and Anthony talk about combos. What is a combo? Is it a spectrum? Almost certainly. How are they related to the aggro-midrange-control metagame? How do they affect the draft and gameplay of a given Cube? Does Anthony hate combos? Does Andy hate combos? Only one way to find out.
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Discussed in this episode:
- Lucky Paper Radio — The ABCs of Aggro
- Lucky Paper Radio — The ABCs of Control
- Bosh n Roll on YouTube
- Lucky Paper Radio — Guest Episode with Ryan Saxe
- Anthony’s Personal Journey through Cube Design Article
- Andy’s broken Fastbond Roto deck on YouTube:
- Boonta Vista
- Well There’s Your Problem
- Til’ Death do us Blart
- The Worst Idea of All Time
- The Neighborhood Listen
Cubes Mentioned:
- Bun Magic Cube
- Regular Cube
- Degenerate Micro Cube
- Neoclassical Cube
- The Turbo Cube
- The Irregular Cube
- Lyserg’s Legacy Cube
- Ryan Saxe’s Buildaround Cube
- Ligma Cube
- “The Pube” a.k.a Rally The Peasants
- AiBretty’s Cube
Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:58 - How good is Whitemane Lion plus Oketra’s Monument?
3:08 - Why is combo not Anthony’s favorite style of gameplay?
8:53 - What is a ‘combo’? What is a ‘combo deck’?
20:08 - The tension between heuristics and individual cards
24:09 - Does Andy hate combo?
31:10 - The impacts of combo on gameplay and sequencing
39:35 - How does the presence of combo affect the draft?
45:34 - Satisfying different desires with different cubes
49:01 - Balancing combo alongside fair decks
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.