Today we sit down with Parker LaMascus (landofMordor) to discuss how we talk about cubes, where restrictions fit into the design process, and the future of cubing.
Watch with video at: https://youtu.be/NzKG2li6p50
Parker's Cubes on CubeCobra: https://cubecobra.com/user/view/5d35b48796dd684d71e9fc2d
00:00 Intro - Strix Scale
05:00 Restrictions
12:00 Parker's Cubes and the Need to Design
17:45 Playtesting Paucity and Eldrazi Domain
23:25 Power Level As a Design Space Reducer
26:35 Parker's Midrange Unpowered Cubes
30:40 Allocating Brain Space to Cards
38:00 Goals and 'Best in Slot' Discourse
42:20 First Four Cube Questions
48:00 Restrictions Clashing with Goals
51:40 The Cube Map
58:25 Specific Singleton Breaks
1:04:20 The Future of Cubing and Challenging Assumptions
1:11:30 Coming of Age and Digital Identities
1:14:40 Designing for Rotisserie / Sealed
