Solely Singleton

On this special bonus episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric delve into the deep and silly lore of Warhammer 40k.  This is the first in a planned miniseries of bonus episodes revolving around Warhammer, it’s designed half as entertainment and half as a decent starting point for learning 40k’s lore.  Don’t get hung up on the details though! This episode is mostly for fun and to make fun of your favorite faction while you’re forced to listen and scream at us through your radio.   Strap on your Terminator armor and get the heavy flamer, we’re going in!     Q&A from the future: Was this episode too much to attempt in one shot? Yes. Should this single topic have been done instead as a more serious miniseries? Yes.  Was the 11,000+ word script Brad wrote out for this episode half wasted? Yes.  Do we regret trying this stupid idea? Nah.   0:30 - Intro 7:55 - Imperium History and Factions 1:03:25 - Chaos History and Factions 1:33:00 - Xenos History and Factions 2:17:00 - Outro   Episode Links:   Bricky’s 40k

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are joined once again by the ever-amazing Gavin Verhey to discuss his most recent child: Commander Legends.  While this is, indeed, a set designed to be able to draft and play commander in limited, the set is littered with many cards that are potentially cube-worthy.  Joins the guys as they interview Gavin on the set, it’s design, and what he had in mind for cube when making it.   0:30 - Intro 1:45 - Discussing Commander Legends with Gavin Verhey 1:10:00 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 11 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQg_hj0Cbp6l31ZzMjnC6poOl5pJkfjEPWGdCH_OCvQ/edit?usp=sharing   The Spooty Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/spooty   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.c

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad, Eric and Christian return to finish up their Hot Takes on the new set Commander Legends.  For a set built to appeal to Commander players, there are quite a few cards to discuss for cube, so throw some earbuds in and crank that volume for the second part of this 2-parter episode, which will cover the red, green, multicolored and colorless cards left to go.   0:30 - Intro 1:35 - Red 39:50 - Green 58:15 - Multicolored 1:08:00 - Colorless 1:16:25 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 11 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQg_hj0Cbp6l31ZzMjnC6poOl5pJkfjEPWGdCH_OCvQ/edit?usp=sharing   The Spooty Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/spooty   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drr

It’s time for Hot Takes once again! On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are joined as always by self-proclaimed and not-yet-challenged peasantologist Spootyone as they dive into the surprisingly deep set of Commander Legends, and what it could possibly have in store for cubes.  This is part 1 of a 2-part episode, where this first half covers white, blue, and black.     0:30 - Intro and News 06:05 - White 47:20 - Blue 1:07:30 - Black   Show Links:   Season 11 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQg_hj0Cbp6l31ZzMjnC6poOl5pJkfjEPWGdCH_OCvQ/edit?usp=sharing   The Spooty Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/spooty   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric head back into the time machine to take a look at a year no one ever thinks about: 2016.  Join them as they discuss their favorites from each of the six sets that released that year, from Oath of the Gatewatch to Kaladesh to Commander 2016.   0:30 - Intro 1:30 - Playing favorites 2016 39:35 - Outro   Show Links:   The Spooty Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/spooty   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube Awkamess - Multicolor Custom

It’s postmortem time here at Solely Singleton! Join Brad and Eric as they return to Throne of Eldraine, a powerhouse of a set filled with brilliant designs, blundering mistakes, and plenty of cube staples for what may be years to come.  Also, this is a monumental episode of Solely Singleton!  This is Episode 100 of the main episode series, and we want to celebrate. Make sure to stick around until the end for a special message!   0:30 - Intro 2:15 - White 20:55 - Blue 30:45 - Black 50:50 - Red 1:08:30 - Green 1:22:30 - Colorless 1:31:00 - Multicolored 1:39:00 - ELD Brawl Decks 1:45:00- Giveaway Discussion and Outro   Show Links:   The Spooty Peasant Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/spooty   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/

On this episode of Solely Singleton, our heroes return from their slumber to cover a dual-topic episode! First off is a single-card-discussion on Braids, Cabal Minion.  They then discuss Pack Wars and how and why they’ve been playing it wrong all this time. Pack some buds into those ears and give it a listen!   0:30 - Intro 1:30 - SCD: Braids, Cabal Minion 19:20 - Pack Wars 35:50 - Outro   Show Links:   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube Awkamess - Multicolor Custom Cube Karl - Karls Unpowered 3

Hot takes are back, baybee (part 2)!  Join Brad, Eric, and Christian (part 2) as they cover the last three colors people think of when they want to talk about magic the gathering (part 2): Black, Blue, and White!  This is part 2 of 2, with part 1 to be released before this.     ...asspoo.   0:30 - Intro 1:35 - A Fever Dream of a Hot Takes 1:26:55 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class

Hot takes are back, baybee!  Join Brad, Eric, and Christian as they cover the first four colors people think of when they want to talk about magic the gathering: Colorless, Multicolored, Green and Red.  This is part 1 of 2, with part 2 to be released soon.     Fireballlllll!   0:30 - Intro 2:25 - Hot Takes 1:56:30 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube Awkam

On this patron decided episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are joined by none other than Jeremy White of North 100 podcast fame!  The guys interview Jeremy on Canadian Highlander as a format - what it is, how the points system works, and what you can expect from decks in the format.  In addition, they discuss how cube ideas and canlander deck ideas can sprout from one another.   Remember, we will be returning on Tuesday, October 20th for the opening of season 11!  Hot takes and other bonus content are on their way in the meantime! 0:30 - Intro 1:35 - What is a Canadian? What is a Highlander? What is a Canlander? 50:15 - Outro Show Links: Canlander discord: https://discord.gg/85xYK3B Gladiator discord: https://discord.com/invite/kg5XUPV Canlander Points List: https://canadianhighlander.wordpress.com/rules-the-points-list-and-deck-construction/ Canlander Decks: https://tappedout.net/users/CanadianHighlanderDatabase/mtg-decks/ Jeremy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jrhwhite North 100: https://www.you

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric take on a commonly postulated topic by cube designers: How should one go about adding and removing whole archetypes from their cube?  In addition to that, the guys have a single card discussion on the landfall-enabling Undiscovered Paradise from the set Visions, and how it might be useful to you with the release of Zendikar Rising.   0:30 - Intro 1:25 - SCD: Undiscovered Paradise 10:35 - Adding and Removing Archetypes 30:25 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Dra

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric discuss their experiences of using Brad’s cube to take on a cube thought experiment/challenge.  That is, to cut your cube down to a 360.  This concept is one that can be incredibly eye-opening from a design point of view.  Not only does it showcase you or your playgroups own biases, but it can also show you which cards or archetypes might be worth cutting.  Come take a listen and try the challenge out for yourself!   0:30 - Intro 2:00 - Cube Exercise: Cutting Down to 360 47:30 - Outro   Show Links:   Brad’s Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/drruler Brad’s Cut to 360: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/drruler360 Eric’s Cut to 360: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/DrRuler360-Test Brad’s Cuts: https://cubecobra.com/cube/compare/DrRuler360/to/DrRuler Eric’s Cuts: https://cubecobra.com/cube/compare/DrRuler360-Test/to/DrRuler Brad’s vs Eric’s cuts: https://cubecobra.com/cube/compare/DrRuler360/to/DrRuler360-Test Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.goo

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric turn to the Solely Singleton community for a nice session of storytelling.  One thing many of us are missing right now is the crazy moments that occur when cubing with friends.  If you’re one of these people, you’re going to love to listen to some of the guys’ best cubing moments, as well as some of the moments shared from the patreon group!   0:30 - Intro 2:00 - Story Time! 31:25 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku

On this episode of solely singleton, Brad and Eric finally return to a project that they’ve been getting requests for for a while now: The Miser’s Cube!  Not sure what the Miser’s Cube is?  Want to hear how it has been updated?  Simply miss the dulcet tones of “how’s it goin?”  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then come and take a listen.  Note:  Please purchase this cube using the buying options through CubeCobra if you choose to do so   0:30 - Intro 1:25 - The Miser’s Cube 31:00 - Outro   Show Links:   The Miser’s Cube: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/595   The OG Miser’s Cube: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube    Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/o

On this episode of solely singleton, Brad and Eric return for another discussion in which they are covering the all-too-classic Blue-Red spells archetype.  Join them as they take in detail about what the deck entails, how to pilot the deck against various matchups, what to be looking out for in a draft, and more!   0:30 - Intro 1:40 - What Defines a UR Spells Deck 9:45 - How to Play a UR Spells Deck 28:40 -  Key Pickups in the Draft and General Advice 39:35 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of o

On this episode of solely singleton, Brad and Eric turn back the clock to 2011.  The year that brought us Caw-Blade and Modern, truly a terrible time for Magic.  Join them in this trip down memory lane as they discuss their personal favorite cards from each set of the year and how they impacted the cube format. 0:30 - Intro 2:00 - Playing Favorites 2011 25:00 - Outro Show Links: Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the

On this episode of solely singleton, Brad and Eric discover that it has both already been as well as only been a year since Core Set 2020 and Commander 2019 released.  Join them in this postmortem episode as they discuss the cards they have tested from the sets, and figure out what was good, what was bad, and what was forgotten.   0:30 - Intro 1:15 - White 3:35 - Blue 17:35 - Black 28:55 - Red 37:00 - Green 49:50 - Multicolored 51:50 - Colorless 58:25 - C19 1:17:45 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cu

On this episode of solely singleton, Brad and Eric shred - er - *shed* some light on a large number of equipment cards that they have played with in cube.  Notably, this list excludes all of the “swords of X&Y”, such as Sword of Fire and Ice or Sword of Feast and Famine.  Cards of this category can range from embarrassingly bad to embarrassing that they even got printed in the first place, and the boys are here to sort them all out for you.     00:30 - Intro 1:30 - Top 28 non-sword (of X&Y) equipments 1:05:05 - Outro   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.

On this episode of solely singleton, Brad and Eric are kicking off Season 10 with the long awaited (and perhaps forgotten) snow episode!  Join them as they discuss snow mana, the best of the “snow” cards that exist for cube, and the conundrum of utilizing snow-covered basics.   Intro - 00:30 Let it Go - 1:25 Outro - 18:30   Show Links:   Season 10 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSFuLrhdArHtOPaJ5iINg5ugM-40osgr_TOF-ELirT4/edit?usp=sharing   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube Awkam

Brad, Eric, and Christian return for the second part of their Core Set 2021 first impressions episode!  Join them as they discuss all of the red, green, multicolored, and colorless cards, as well as a select number of worthwhile cards from the upcoming set Jumpstart!  Is Spooty horribly wrong or only very wrong about cardboard?  Listen to find out!   Intro - 00:30 Red - 1:00 Green - 15:30 Multicolor - 32:35 Colorless - 52:15 Jumpstart - 55:30 Outro - 1:08:30   Show Links:   Season 9 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uIm2wcr-uEHh8sQQW_k2QJOqhZ2_jgPEI3wzovd8byM/edit   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporter