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Andy and Anthony talk all things “combo”. After talking about both luckypaper.co/podcast/006-the-abcs-of-aggro and luckypaper.co/podcast/165-the-abcs-of-control on the show, they finally get around to this sometimes divisive part of the Magic landscape. They try to come up with a working definition of combo strategies, talk about their own history with it as players and cube designers.
Discussed in this episode:
• Tarkir: Dragonstorm Cube Survey (luckypaper.co/survey/tdm)
• Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander Cube Survey (luckypaper.co/survey/tdc)
• “The Daigo Parry” (youtube.com/watch?v=klaWV-szmnY)
• Episode 6: ABCs of Aggro (luckypaper.co/podcast/006-the-abcs-of-aggro)
• Episode 165: ABCs of Control (luckypaper.co/podcast/165-the-abcs-of-control)
• Impostor Syndrome (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome)
• The Turbo Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/turbo)
• When Trivia Beats Strategy (luckypaper.co/articles/when-trivia-beats-strat…) by Parker LaMascus
• Bun Magic Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/andymangold)
• Degenerate Micro Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/degenerate-micro-c…)
• 100 Ornithopters (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/100-ornithopters)
• The Neoclassical Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/neoclassical)
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
• 1:52 - Introduction to Combo
• 8:59 - How are Andy and Anthony defining a ‘combo’
• 16:47 - A selection of combos from the Turbo Cube
• 25:06 - Why does Anthony include combos in the Turbo Cube?
• 26:59 - Andy’s journey to loving combo
• 48:13 - How playing against combo changes your decision making
• 52:19 - The inescapable danger of playing combos alongside fair decks