180 MTG
A Magic: The Gathering Cube podcast hosted by Ryan Overturf.
Episodes
Ryan Overturf takes a look back at blue/black Faeries from 2008, how that deck shaped his perception of Magic, and how Faeries offers concrete examples of different categories of cards that can inform Cube design.
Ryan Overturf talks through his experience attending the first ever Shoebox event, highlighting the various Cubes that he drafted over the weekend.
Bonus Cube: 100 Black Lotuses
Ryan Overturf talks through how experience with competitive Constructed Magic informs his personal Cube design and the ways it can inform Cube design generally, calling on examples from his history playing Standard and Modern Prowess.
Ryan Overturf concludes his first impressions Cube review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, going over individual appealing cards for Cube!
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Get your tickets for Shoebox!
Ryan Overturf begins his first impressions Cube review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, going over the set's mechanics and themes!
Donate to the Kansas ACLU and ACE Foundation!
Get your tickets for Shoebox!
Ryan Overturf talks about his relationship with powered Cubes and why unpowered environments have been capturing more of his attention lately.
Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of 30-50 Feral Hogs, a Twobert designed around drafting and winning games with an obscure Limited gem from New Phyrexia.
Cube Cobra Page for 30-50 Feral Hogs
Cube Cobra Page for 100 Ornithopters and corresponding Rhystic Studies Video
Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of The Tundra- a Twobert that heavily breaks singleton where you have to draft even your (Snow-Covered) Basic Lands!
Good Luck High Five fundraiser/giveaway
Minnesota Mutual Aid and article on Ashley Fairbanks
Ryan Overturf expresses why he prefers maintaining singleton in Cube design, and the mythos that is inspired by making every individual card special.
Good Luck High Five Fundraiser/Giveaway
Ryan Overturf concludes his first impressions Cube review of Lorwyn Eclipsed, going over individual appealing cards for Cube!
Good Luck High Five Fundraiser/Giveaway
For reference if needed, CNN published a rather thorough and well-documented overview of the situation in Minnesota: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/01/09/us/dhs-immigration-crackdown-ice-arrests-protests-vis/
Ryan Overturf begins his first impressions Cube review of Lorwyn Eclipsed, going over the set's mechanics and themes!
Good Luck High Five Fundraiser/Giveaway
For reference if needed, CNN published a rather thorough and well-documented overview of the situation in Minnesota: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/01/09/us/dhs-immigration-crackdown-ice-arrests-protests-vis/
Ryan Overturf advocates for at least the occasional game of multiplayer Magic, and goes over his favorite ways to play with more than two players!
References:
Free-for-All Magic: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Free-for-All
Two-Headed Giant: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Two-Headed_Giant
Star Magic: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Star
Emperor: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor
Grand Melee: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Melee
Ryan Overturf breaks down the design of his Omniscience Stack- An emblem Cube based on Omniscience Draft on Magic Arena and reminiscent of Type 4!
References:
Omniscience Stack Cube Cobra Page: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/91bb6713-5a13-4af9-9caa-29aea609e326
Omniscience Draft Wiki: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Omniscience_Draft
Type 4 Wiki: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Type_4
Pai Gow Magic Wiki: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Pai_Go...
Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube!
References:
Corey Bowen's article on designing Spider-Man- https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/spider-man-and-pick-two-draft
Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabling players to steal games.
Rhystic Studies' "The Zugzwang Machine": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I06luPguzrk
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- 2:48
Shrines- 9:35
Lessons- 13:22
Airbending- 19:30
Waterbending- 25:26
Firebending- 33:27
Earthbending- 40:44
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