What Makes a Card “Sacred?”

<p><a href="http://luckypaper.co/podcast/319-what-makes-a-card-sacred/cards">View all cards mentioned in this episode</a></p><p>Sometimes a card design just sings — all of the individual elements come together to make an elegant, resonant game piece. In this episode Andy and Anthony talk about this concept through the lens of Andy’s cube <a href="https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/sacred-geometry?view=primer">Sacred Geometry</a> as he considers committing even harder to the bit.</p><p>Discussed in this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://ebay.io/m/GD0t12">Feudal Cube Auction on Ebay</a></li><li><a href="https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/sacred-geometry?view=primer">Sacred Geometry</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser">Hellraiser</a></li><li><a href="https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/regular?view=primer">Regular Cube</a></li><li><a href="https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/honhonhon?view=primer">Virtually French Cube</a></li></ul><p>If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider <a href="https://patreon.com/LuckyPaper">backing Lucky Paper on Patreon</a> or <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lucky-paper-radio/id1522243165">leaving us a review on iTunes</a> or wherever you listen.</p><p>Check us out on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/luckypapermtg">Twitch</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx9a677zDh8t5jvOHQuBsjA">YouTube</a> for paper Cube gameplay.</p><p>You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:</p><ul><li><a href="https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/andymangold">Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube</a></li><li><a href="https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/regular">Anthony’s “Regular” Cube</a></li></ul><p>You can find both your hosts in the <a href="https://discord.gg/WyEeGABT8P">MTG Cube Talk Discord</a>. Send in questions to the show at <a href="mailto:mail@luckypaper.co">mail@luckypaper.co</a> or our p.o. box:</p><p>Lucky Paper<br>PO Box 4855<br>Baltimore, MD 21211</p><p>Musical production by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jamesnasty/">DJ James Nasty</a>.</p><p>Timestamps</p><ul><li>0:00 - Intro</li><li>4:07 - Sacred Geometry Ruminations</li><li>8:52 - Slots</li><li>11:42 - Tokens</li><li>13:07 - Fixing</li><li>15:29 - Card Naming Thesaurus</li><li>20:13 - Power Deltas</li><li>23:30 - Oracle Text</li><li>29:47 - Artifacts</li><li>40:14 - Artifact Ramp</li><li>43:14 - Resonance Problems</li><li>48:44 - Mindslaver</li><li>50:31 - Conclusions</li></ul>