DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why is it that we forgot the specifics of dreams but not the feelings? How can I seemingly live some insane adventure, only to remember a vague awe of it? Are we doing this is waking life too? Just running on vibe echos? 000
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I am learning so much. How is there still so much to learn? 070
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Firsthand - DRAFT REPORT Biggest lesson learned : Don't let people dwell on the past. cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl...cubecobra.comDRAFT REPORT_ DRAFT REPORT I’ve decided to stop worrying, and love the atom bomb Firsthand. The feedback has come in. The feedback takes many forms, from many folks, and is many flavors. But my conclusion is thus... 020
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Gotta share a few opening 7’s from the group playing Firsthand last week. Here a very smart mill package. Deck had a bunch of desert for the Riv too. Remember, it’s 30 card decks so mill is totally a win con. 120
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026When folks play your experimental cube and are chill and have fun… it’s like … maybe we’re going to make it as a species, ya know? If we can relax our egos, and laugh and help each other understand rules and interactions, maybe, just maybe we’ll survive. 170
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Firsthand is on main next week. This is not your typical cube, and as such I highly recommend taking a minute and reading these two posts about how to draft Firsthand. How to draft Firsthand(cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl...) Intermediate Strategies(cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl...)cubecobra.comHow to draft FIRSTHAND (v1)How to draft FIRSTHAND This advice may change. None-the-less, here is my current strategy for brewing a competitive deck (which also exposes a bunch of my design assumptions about this environment) 1 ... 140
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This latest Obscura Cube event really delivered some amazing designs! A beautiful example of how creatively diverse cube can be. Check out @andy.luckypaper.co spitting facts about his contribution! Super cool design. youtu.be/bLwKn-rbOK4?...youtu.beFinally sharing the cube I've been secretly working on for 9 months! (and it could be YOURS)YouTube video by Lucky Paper 031
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In 10 days our playgroup will be firing my most stressful game design experience: First Hand cubecobra.com/cube/about/f... And I’m going to be totally normal about this until then… … .. .cubecobra.comCube Cobra: FirsthandPick your opening hand from your draft pool, then the fun begins. 070
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Now that Obscura is over and the Telemetry box as been seen… I can share some details. Much of my art draws huge inspiration from Calvin & Hobbes, specifically the Spaceman Spiff stories. So I just leaned into those environments: 5238
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I gotta share this incredible test draft of Library is Life by fellow chef ReptilianAppeal cubecobra.com/cube/deck/7d... Remember you start with an emblem that reads If you would lose life, instead draw that many cards, then exile that many cards from your hand.cubecobra.comCube Cobra Deck: Library is Life_ Each player starts with an emblem that reads: If you would lose life, instead draw that many cards, then exile that many cards from your hand. _ 030
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Library is Life Each player starts with an emblem that says: If you would lose life, instead draw that many cards, then exile that many cards from your hand. Bar Cube No tokens, no counters, no dice, just cards cubecobra.com/cube/list/Li... Work in progress. Suggestions welcome!cubecobra.comCube Cobra List: Library is Life_ Each player starts with an emblem that reads: If you would lose life, instead draw that many cards, then exile that many cards from your hand. _ 4101
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Continuing my journey of watching early 80s sci-fi, I watched Electric Dreams (1984) At the time this movie probability was meant to be fantastical and impossible, but now it’s a grim reality. Basically a Black Mirror episode, skinned as a comedy. I do not recommend 020
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026So I watched Short Circuit (1986) last night and... omg that movie hits different these days. The impossibility of AI and autonomous robots in 1986 vs the creepy current reality of today. Who wants to talk more about this... I've got emotions. 030
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The informational entropy of a 32 card 5 Alive list, if all cards are equally probable, is log2(32) =5 bits Coincidence? 200
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026@tolariancommunitycollege.com when are you going to run a Stone Soup draft with @rhysticstudies.bsky.social and friends? 010
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026When your friends are a giant puppet art collective, your kid grows up around glowing monsters www.thecolossalcollective.com 021
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Thoughts about Beauty. The argument is : Beauty is an evolutionary response to non threatening rarity. Beauty is subjective of course. In the eye of the beholder. The viewer creates the beauty, such that they have the beautiful feeling, when exposed to the rare thing. 110
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 21/06/2026If you were bitten by a tick when you were young, you are 70% more likely to become an outdoor wedding photographer. Whereby herding groups of brightly dressed people into tall grass, just like the ticks want. 020
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Weeding a garden is a rich man’s looking for treasure. If you’re well off enough to have time and worries about garden weeds, then you already found the treasure. So enjoy weeding rich kid 110
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Been a while since I made one of these mashups - Planet Earth 3, ep 5 - BICEP | SIENA (FEAT. CLARA LA SAN) drive.google.com/file/d/1AdMe...drive.google.comPlanetEarth_Whistles.mp4 000
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Cube Idea : Tarot Cube All cards are Tarot cards AND magic cards. Needs about 2.5 tarot decks (classic tarot is 78 cards). Drafting your deck is choosing your future. Game states answer mystical questions. What cards are the Major Arcana? Wheel of Fortune is already there?!? 220
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The corner of my house has a patch of clover that must be growing on toxic soil because it ALWAYS has 4 Leaf Clovers. This picture has no less than three 4 leafers in just one square foot. 010
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"That's the news from Lake of the Deadbegon, where all the synergies are strong, all the tokens are good-looking, and all the commons are above average." 150
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I want to play a cube that has Lord of the Pit, and it’s actually good and interesting. 430
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Remember folks : if you are playing with friends, Rules do not exist. Only agreements exist. And you and your friend can agree on anything you want. No one has to know. Try stuff. Get weird. 440
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026For any of you following the 5 ALIVE format, Judge Bones @goblingathering.bsky.social just dropped the most sus list I’ve ever seen. moxfield.com/decks/gDuhbR...moxfield.com5A - 5-Time - Bones - NoneA None deck created on Moxfield by ahnkili. 231
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Our cube group has grown and changed. It’s become more competitive, more knowledge testing, more …pompous (I guess). I feel the days of exploration are over. The experiments and laughter has given way to combos and judge calls. Do I move on? Have I lost touch? 150
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Someone asked why I like singleton formats and I had an existential crisis on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/co...reddit.comFrom the mtgcube community on RedditExplore this post and more from the mtgcube community 190
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Does anyone have a format that mixes Magic the Gathering and Legos? I wanna cast spells and build little cities. 460
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026What did I put in this birthday booster pack for my friend? 020
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It’s 3pm on Friday and everything at work is starting to look like a Monday problem 000
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 27/04/202660 card singleton constructed decks made from ELC and SOS packs is peek magic. 60 card singleton is the new thing. Screw commanders, screw 4-of play sets, join the Inconsistent Revolution! New play the same game twice! 030
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Making random boats with my kid in the flooded spring creeks. 050
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The recent @rysticstudy.bsky.social video about Mox Amber has some wonderful overlaps with John Berger - Ways of Seeing. I am reminded of this particular moment in Ep 3 : drive.google.com/file/d/1dWNz... (remixed with Hidden Orchestra, VIII. Hushed Clarinets)drive.google.comvalue_as_illusion (1080p).mp4 000
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026What the hell everybody! Why didn’t anyone tell me about Jesse Welles?! Well… what’s your favorite Jesse Welles song? Cause I’m listening to all of them right now. 130
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A small group of us are playing a sealed meta with only ELC, only trades, only 36 packs each. We have decided to allow an additional 15 packs of SOS. What’s going to pop off? 220
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I played 3 or 4 games of 5 Alive before a cube draft the other night, and I forgot how much fun these quick games can be. Check out all these awesome lists, then make your own! moxfield.com/users/ahnkilimoxfield.comahnkili# 5 Alive Rules! ## Draft * Lay all 32 cards face up on the table * Players alternate picking a card, till each player has 7 cards * Those seven cards are the starting hands * Shuffle remaining c... 040
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 11/04/2026@rhysticstudies.bsky.social when are you going to go down the Stone Soup rabbit hole? 130
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Equipment and Flavor : An Opinion Attacking creature should be able to equip opponents un equipped equipment at instant speed. After all, it’s just sitting there on the battlefield. And they ran across the board to attack. It should be within arms reach. Thoughts? 210
DSB @dsb-cubes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This is the CubeFest that matters most! (…to me at least). 050
