Deciding Which Cards to Cut from Your Cube

View all cards mentioned in the episode → Most Cubes are ever-changing, with a constant stream of cards being added as new sets are released and the designer’s sensibilities evolve over time. There is a dark side to the joyous, Christmas-morning feeling of putting new cards in one’s cube, though: making cuts. On this episode, Andy and Anthony talk about how to find cuts from a cube, tackle some common pitfalls newer designers often fall into when removing cards from a Cube list, explore high-level theory around Cube curation, and take a walk down memory lane, defending some of their more contentious cuts from their own environments. Our listener submitted pack 1, pick 1 this week comes from wowitsarlo’s Fair ‘Nuff Cube . Thanks, Arlo! Timestamps 2:59 — Pack 1, Pick 1 10:19 — Don’t take cuts too seriously 13:31 — Avoid like-for-like cut mentality 17:16 — Ask yourself — do you actually NEED to make a cut? 20:37 — Don’t only cut the “bad” cards 25:56 — Make cuts based on your overarching goals 34:17 — Cut known quantity cards to maximize information gleaned from play testing 37:17 — Cut power outliers to activate lower powered cards in your cube 39:20 — Walking down cut memory lane Di…