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The progenitor of the Grixis Cube talks about imbalancing colors or fully excluding some in Cube design! Find out what impact eschewing one or more of Magic's five colors has on a Cube, and what that means for individual designs! 

Ryan Overturf breaks down the concept of Bonus Sheets in draft, going over some versions of Bonus Sheets he's tried in his own Cubes and floats some considerations for different approaches to Bonus Sheets for other Cube designers! SCG Bonus Sheet article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/how-bonus-sheets-play-in-my-twobert-magic-cubes/

Ryan Overturf breaks down how you can use the concept of familiarity as a tool in Cube design to make your Cube more approachable and to get to the fun part of drafting again and again! 

Ryan Overturf concludes his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episodes focuses on individual card designs with regard to where and how they might fit into the world of Cube broadly. 

Ryan Overturf begins his Cube review of Magic's newest release, Avatar: The Last Airbender! This week's episode focuses on the set's new mechanics and themes, and next week's follow-up will highlight additional individual cards. The themes and mechanics covered in this episode are in order:Allies- 2:48Shrines- 9:35Lessons- 13:22Airbending- 19:30Waterbending- 25:26Firebending- 33:27Earthbending- 40:44