Every Cube a Painting with Jane and Arlo

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Andy and Anthony are joined by Jane (a.k.a. maramas) and Arlo (a.k.a. gaytransmulldrifter) to talk about taste and aesthetics in Cube design. Building off recent discussions on the show, they question if there is such a thing as “taste” in cube design and what it means.
Find more of Arlo and Jane, along with a motley cast of Cube designers, on their new podcast Pack1, Slick 1s (usmantherad.substack.com/podcast).
Discussed in this episode:
• Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would ban care for transgender people on Medicaid and Obamacare (independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-polit…)
• A4TE Condemns House Budget Cuts as Cruel Attack on Trans Lives and Lifesaving Healthcare (transequality.org/news/a4te-condemns-house-bud…)
• Pack 1, Slick 1s (usmantherad.substack.com/podcast)
• Andy’s Tangle Wire Reddit Post (reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/ia6fn1/does_tang…)
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #8 - Bitter Foods and Drafters’ Moods (usmantherad.substack.com/p/pack-one-slick-ones…)
• Invitation to a Banquet (wwnorton.com/books/9780393867138) by Fuchsia Dunlop
• Trap Street (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street)
• Reading Rainbow Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/allgoldcube)
• Jeff Koons (jeffkoons.com)
• Yves Klein (yvesklein.com/en/yves-klein)
• Glenstone Museum (glenstone.org)
• Untitled Blue Sponge Relief (glenstone.org/artworks/untitled-blue-sponge-re…) by Yves Klein
• Mark Rothko (mark-rothko.org)
• Pack One Slick Ones - Episode #4 - Is Cube Punk Rock? (usmantherad.substack.com/p/pack-one-slick-ones…)
• Inland Northwest Cube Fest (tixtree.com/e/inw-cubefest-2025-17d12a2cb4ed)
• Upcoming Cube Events on Lucky Paper (luckypaper.co/events)
• gaytransmulldrifter on YouTube (youtube.com/@gaytransmulldrifter/videos)
• Robert Rauschenberg, Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953 (sfmoma.org/artwork/98.298)
• Punxsutawney Phil (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil)
Check us out on Twitch (twitch.tv/luckypapermtg) and YouTube (youtube.com/channel/UCx9a677zDh8t5jvOHQuBsjA) for paper Cube gameplay.
You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/andymangold)
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/regular)
You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord (discord.gg/WyEeGABT8P). Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty (facebook.com/jamesnasty).
Timestamps
• 0:00 - Intro
• 6:27 - Tangle Wire Corner
• 19:53 - What does it mean to develop one’s taste in Magic?
• 35:57 - Is there such a thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ taste?
• 56:08 - Is a Cube a painting?