I had just the best time at @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com’s weekly cube night this week. I brought all the cubes and we ended up with 13 players.

In case anyone was wondering, these are the cubes I’m bringing to @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com’s weekly cube night. (Im not going to Atlanta and I felt packing post FOMO).

God (voiced by Frances McDormand from Good Omens): Only one single person was eligible for the rapture on September 23, 2025 - a vegetable merchant in Sussex. The whole experience will turn out to be quite distressing for her elderly mother, two cats, and no one else in particular.

My favorite part about MTGO Vintage Cube discourse is when people point out new cards that provide novel and fun gameplay patterns but then just say “yeah but it won’t be good enough compared to all these boring cards we’re required to play with.”

OKAY FOLKS - IT'S OFFICIALLY HERE. THANKS TO YOU, EVERYONE WHO CAME, TWITCH CHAT, AND EVERY WONDERFUL PERSON WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE HAVE RAISED $5,761.12 FOR @maketheroadny.bsky.social !!!

Super exciting night tonight at @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com as we did our first Stone Soup draft! 9 players, no guidelines, and a wild experience!

I've never had a Cube project that I've been *finished* with before and I don't know how to do it. I think I've arrived there with Colorshifted Cube though. I just keep looking at the EOE updates in my cart and just...not wanting to click buy. cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...

One of my favorite things about curating cubes with pretty strict/reduced card pools is that it creates opportunities for certain releases to be very exciting. Below is a list of cards that have never had a modern border reprint.

JJJ says: GET ME SURVEY RESPONSES OF SPIDER-MAN! You may have a lighter load this go-round, but be sure to do your cube homework if you're testing Spider-Man cards!

#mtgmailday this cube is definitely starting to reach the depths of the uncanny. ❤️🤩

The Ball Pit Cometh: A Video Primer #MTGCube youtube.com/shorts/DrN-t...

i love you fizik

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Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.

Which of these cards has the best/most fun play patterns?

I see it as a civic duty to share news articles like this. Not to raise awareness that LLMs can lead you to delusional thoughts, but to increase interaction metrics for the news organizations that write these kinds of pieces, so they write more anti-AI articles. And to spread anti-AI sentiment :)

Listen to Shocker, Cube Designers!

I think this is the first cube event I’m going to without having a cube in the event, just headed down as a regular ol’ player. Looking to be a great event, come play some #mtgCube in DC!

We still have tickets remaining for Capitol Cube Championship 2025 (September 20th in Washington, DC). The price of every remaining ticket purchased will be donated directly to @whitmanwalker.bsky.social. Get your ticket today! capitolcube.org

A motivator for the latest updates to 100 Ornithopters was preparing it for this event! Come play cube with me in DC

A last minute flurry of activity gave us a final count of 14 for tonight’s @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com weekly Wednesday Cube draft. This week I drafted Mate in 15, a 15-card Highlander cube (two packs of 12 cards, exactly 15 card decks, no decking).

Read: The Plurality of the Cards from my Commander Deck Come from:

Feeling some things about Spiderman and the Devoid Cube. Turns out this set is an absolute banger for the Devoid Cube (already more adds than EOE) but man are the vibes discordant for me. I'm somewhere between "Ignore" and "Commission Alters to match the Omenpaths versions."

Kibler Google: do digital only MTG Artists get Artist Proofs? Any chance I can get a UW Artist proof for a cube because there’s some Spider-Man shit that’s A+ for Devoid.

Last minute invite today to a Peasant Cube draft. P1P1 Judith and the lane was super open. Ended up 2-1, a little short on lands and unable to answer a Sailor’s Bane.

Reminiscing on a great weekend at Cube for a Cause in Brooklyn. In a season where I don't get to travel much, this was a delightful reunion with a bunch of friends, many of whom I got to meet in person for the first time. It was a joy to go with the incomparable @goblingathering.bsky.social too!

Just watched like 10m of coverage, and wow, Vivi is a really bad Magic card. Like, Nadu-level terrible Magic card.

Feels like there's an opportunity for a Fading secret lair. Tangle Wire, Paralax Wave, and others could definitely use a reprint, and it's pretty clear that they won't do Fading in the future, given Vanishing. Not me idly thinking about cards for The Uncanny Valley: cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...

A few of our regulars were a bit drafted out after Cube for a Cause this weekend, but we soldered on at @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com for our weekly Cube night! This week I drafted The Strixhaven Cube for Continuing Education, an allied pair reimagining of Strixhaven.

Can anyone think of a more perfect magic card than Scrapwork Mutt? Or do we all agree? #mtgcube

Next, @worklifevalue.bsky.social's Perilous Seas! Another straight banger, and as a fellow nautical nonsense-r myself, I was so happy to draft this fully Grixis desert cube, nautical flavor forward. I drafted a Commander-ass deck, slamming 3color Pirate legends + gy synergies for a clean 2-1. Bliss.

this was the best local #mtgcube event yet

Cube for a Cause healed me.

One final thought as I leave NYC for the weekend after such an amazing time at @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com. 🗣️ protect @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com at all costs 🗣️

Also thank you so so so much @tiddypills.bsky.social and @andy.luckypaper.co for being awesome casters today. My first ever feature match(es!) & post draft interview was this morning and I couldn’t have picked a better pair to chat with

LFG @mindbreaktrap.bsky.social

Man I KNEW I shouldn’t have volunteered to be one of the first casters. I’m going last next time if this is the kind of shit they get up to at the end of the stream

Our top 8 is truly so fire y’all

We’re blessed with yet another insanely good casting team #mtgcube

Get hyped for some S-tier #mtgcube tournament coverage 🙌

AND THAT IS DAY ONE Thank you to all of you who came, who helped, who donated, who made it happen!! SEE YOU TONIGHT AT JADE Enough magic, let’s dance

I fucking love the mtg cube community. This is worth every hour of PTO, every flight, every night spent on a couch, all of it. I can’t overstate how special this is. Shoutout Scott @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com for giving us another reason to be in the same city together ❤️

Tune in tomorrow for more!

Draft Thread for @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com!

@andy.luckypaper.co and Patrick providing the absolute peak of professional Magic: The Gathering commentary at @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com today. More of this tomorrow at 9:30 AM at twitch.tv/luckypapermtg!