How to Test Your Cube
Many cube designers, Andy and Anthony included, have way more time an energy to put into their Cubes than the rest of their playgroup. Given that designers do spend so much more time thinking about and tinkering with their lists than playing them, how do you set up a feedback loop so you can effectively test your Cube? What are the compromises of testing in different ways? What information should you listen to and what should you ignore? How much trust can you actually put into bot drafts? View all cards mentioned in the episode → Discussed in this episode: Andrew Elenbogen’s Tweet Jett’s Article on Analyzing Draft Data Two Player Cube Draft Formats Cube Cobra dr4ft.info mtgadraft.tk Cockatrice XMage untap.in Drafting the Hard Way by Ben Stark CubeArtisan Lucky Paper on Twitter: How do designers test their Cubes? Episode 31: Bread and Butter Breakdown Episode 111: The Texture of Removal Hypergeometric calculator Timestamps: 3:22 — Introduction to Topic 4:23 — What do we mean by “testing”? 12:31 — Testing methods when drafting with a full pod 17:53 — Testing by drafting with smaller groups 22:23 — Testing by drafting against yourself 26:27 — Testing by drafting online with others 31:14 — Testing by playing online 32:28 — Testing by simulating solo drafts 36:44 — Testing by constructing decks from your cube list or playing sealed 40:14 — Testing by thinking really hard about your cube 48:43 — Common pitfalls of looking at your cube quantitatively Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. If you’d like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty.