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Brad, Eric, and Christian are back again for their world famous* hot takes/first impressions episode, this time on Core Set 2021!  Only our core fanbase will truly appreciate what a core set has to offer.  You wouldn’t want to be a part of the non-core fanbase, would you? *The phrase ”world famous” has been reported to have lost all meaning   Intro - 00:30 White - 1:10 Blue - 16:55 Black - 45:55 Outro - 1:04:40   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 Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty P

On this season finale episode of Solely Singleton, Brad learns his co-host doesn’t actually know any pokemon outside of Gen 1, and immediately fires him, giving rise to a new and spootier kind of power...That is to say, Christian is on in lieu of Eric for this episode.     It’s the patron decided episode for Season 9!  And this time the chosen episode was much more outside the norm for the guys.  Come and take a listen as Brad and Christian discuss some of their favorite pokemon and how they map to some of their favorite cube archetypes!   Thank you all again so much for the support in Season 9.  Season 10 will begin on July 21st, but there will be bonus content released for all 2 dollar patrons as per the usual!   Intro - 00:30 The Pokemans - 3:05 Outro - 37:25   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/c

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad, Eric, and Christian return to finish off the Modern Horizons postmortem, this time covering the red, green, multicolored, and colorless cards.  Modern Horizons has been an incredible set for cube, and magic as a whole.  Come listen as they round out their thoughts on what might be one of magic’s most unique and successful sets ever released.   Intro - 00:30 Red - 1:05 Green - 22:20 Multicolor - 41:45 Colorless - 1:06:20 Outro - 1:31:20   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

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are back for their most extensive postmortem to date on Modern Horizons.  In fact, this set was such an absurd one that they’ve even brought Christian back on to give the peasant perspective!  This will be the first of a two-part series as the set is absolutely chock full of heavy-hitters and near-misses.  Part 1 covers all of the white, blue, and black cards worth discussing.   Intro - 00:30 White - 2:59 Blue - 23:59 Black- 52:10 Outro - 1:17:20   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  

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are joined by Dimir Keyrune enthusiast Justin Parnell, who is exclusively known for his opinions regarding mana rocks and what should be included in one’s cube.  And what do you know! This week’s episode is an in-depth discussion on the differences between the talisman cycle and signet cycle, and the positives and negatives between them.     0:30 - Intro 3:20 - Talismans vs Signets with Justin Parnell 35:55 - Outro     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

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are covering the talk of the town with the recent bannings in Legacy and Vintage.  That’s right! The conspiracy cards!...what’s that? Companions?  Never heard of them.   0:30 - Intro 1:45 - Conspiracy Discussion  46:35 - Outro     Show Links:   https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Aconspiracy   https://cubecobra.com/tool/topcards?f=t%3Aconspiracy   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 Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Pe

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are FINALLY back for the regular start of Season 9! To kick things off right, they have returned to have a hybrid single-card/archetype discussion on Birthing Pod and the various other Birthing pod-lites that have been printed.   Note that season 9 will in fact be a shorter than normal season due to the pushed back season start.  That said, make sure to check out the special bonus content that has been released in the past 5 weeks!   0:30 - Intro 2:45 - The Various Pods and Podlikes 18:30 - The podsitives and negatives of cubing with pod 32:15 - How to draft pod, build pod, and win with pod   45:30 - Outro     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.co

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Christian (who is filling in for Eric while he is finding his way back to planet Earth) have a nice discussion on the deckbuilding and collection organization site Archidekt.  Archidekt has a multitude of good qualities going for it despite it still being in Beta, but it isn’t perfect either.  Join the guys as they go over these positives and negatives and see if Archidekt is right for you!   0:30 - Intro 1:50 - Archidekt 32:20 - Outro     Show Links:   Try Archidekt for Yourself:  www.archidekt.com   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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - W

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric unearth the EDH time capsule that is the original Commander set released back in 2011.  This 5-deck set provides a fantastic comparison point when looked at through a lens of Commander 2020 having just been released.  Join the guys as they talk about how this set shaped commander sets and the format moving forward, as well as the decks themselves.   0:30 - Intro 2:20 - Commander 2011: Time Capsule 1:03:05 - Outro     Show Links:   Commander 2011 Deck Links:   https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Sealed+Product/Commander+Mirror+Mastery#paper https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Sealed+Product/Commander+Political+Puppets#paper https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Sealed+Product/Commander+Devour+for+Power#paper https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Sealed+Product/Commander+Heavenly+Inferno#paper https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Sealed+Product/Commander+Counterpunch#paper   Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patre

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric hate Magic the Gathering and all it stands for and it’s totally not that they have no interest in playing cube online.  Thus, they are back to discuss video games of all sorts that they have been playing during the stay-at-home order to pass the time.  Take a listen and see if there are any you might be interested in, yourself!   0:30 - Intro 3:10 - Vidja Gams 59:20 - Outro     Show Links:   Links for video games seriously you’re not even gonna send me a list you made up ahead of time holy crap guess I’ll actually have to listen to the podcast this time:   Civilization VI: https://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI/ Civilization V: https://store.steampowered.com/app/8930/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_V/ Total War: Rome II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/214950/Total_War_ROME_II__Emperor_Edition/ Total War: Warhammer II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/594570/Total_War_WARHAMMER_II/ Crusader Kings II: https://store.steampowered.

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric return without Spooty (he was fired for real, and this is definitely not because there were no uncommons to discuss) to discuss the small handful of cards from C20 that they think could have cube potential.  There are a whopping 11 cards to get through, so prepare for a lengthy one.   0:30 - Intro 3:10 - C20 Hot Takes 39:30 - Outro     Show Links:   Season 9 Shownotes    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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/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 360 Cube Heroscreed

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad, Eric, and Christian return from their slumber with hot takes!  Join them as they discuss all of the cards in Ikoria they feel are worth discussing, as well as give their first real impressions on the mechanics and set as a whole.     This is part two of two, discussing the multicolored and colorless cards.  And as always, feel free to join along by going to the season 9 shownotes below to see the cards as they are discussed.   0:40 - Intro 1:00 - Ikoria Multi/Colorless Hot Takes 1:00:05 - Outro     Show Links:   Season 9 Shownotes    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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad, Eric, and Christian return from their slumber with hot takes!  Join them as they discuss all of the cards in Ikoria they feel are worth discussing, as well as give their first real impressions on the mechanics and set as a whole.     This is part one of two, discussing the White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green cards.  And as always, feel free to join along by going to the season 9 shownotes below to see the cards as they are discussed.   0:30 - Intro 3:20 - Ikoria WUBRG Hot Takes 1:49:20 - Outro     Show Links:   Season 9 Shownotes    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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Sp

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are joined by Spooty and it isn’t even hot takes time - What’s up with that?  This season finale was, as always, chosen by our lovely patrons, and this time around you all chose to do a cube spotlight on Spooty’s Peasant Cube.  Come and learn a little about the peasant format, and enjoy a deep dive into what makes Spooty’s cube unique.   0:30 - Intro 2:35 - Who is Spooty *really*? 9:00 - Peasant Basics 30:00 - Cube Spoot-light 1:13:20- Outro     Show Links:   Spooty: thespootyone@gmail.com     Twitter:  @Spootyone   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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peas

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric return to normalcy with a postmortem!  This go around they are taking a look back at War of the Spark. WAR was an iconic and wholly powerful set for cube.  Join them as they discuss which cards have stood the test of time.   0:30 - Intro 1:30 - Postmortem for War of the Spark 1:41:45- Outro     Show Links:   Season Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0i0g3tmLq34oKdZuJSl0gLJ3RDLjLwgG4B9D48kAkY/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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/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

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric have Gavin Verhey one last time this season to cover the finale of their Mystery Booster playtest card talk-through.  Join them as they cover all of the stories behind the multicolored and colorless cards from the set! 0:30 - Intro 1:20 - MYB with Gavin Verhey! 1:08:55- Outro     Show Links: Playtest Cards from MYB: https://scryfall.com/sets/cmb1?as=grid&order=set Season Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0i0g3tmLq34oKdZuJSl0gLJ3RDLjLwgG4B9D48kAkY/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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/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 have Gavin Verhey on again for part two of their Mystery Booster Draft playtest card talk-through!  This episode contains the black, red, and green cards. Stay tuned next week where they will cover the rest of the cards!!   0:30 - Intro 1:15 - MYB with Gavin Verhey! 1:35:45- Outro     Show Links:   Playtest Cards from MYB: https://scryfall.com/sets/cmb1?as=grid&order=set Season Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0i0g3tmLq34oKdZuJSl0gLJ3RDLjLwgG4B9D48kAkY/edit?usp=sharing Ben Bateman: https://twitter.com/benbatemanmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor   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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the c

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric have Gavin Verhey back on to discuss Mystery Booster Draft, as well as get the in-depth backstories behind all of the playtest cards.  This episode will contain all of the white and blue cards. Stay tuned for an episode that will cover the rest!   0:30 - Intro 2:05 - MYB with Gavin Verhey! 47:50- Outro     Show Links:   Playtest Cards from MYB: https://scryfall.com/sets/cmb1?as=grid&order=set Season Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0i0g3tmLq34oKdZuJSl0gLJ3RDLjLwgG4B9D48kAkY/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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric go over a small subsection of cards known as “rainbow lands”, or more specifically, lands that can tap for mana of any color.  What kinds of rainbow lands exist, and which should you include in your cube? Take a listen to find out!   0:30 - Intro 1:25 - Rainbow Lands! 24:50- 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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/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 360 Cube Heroscreed - Peasant Cube  Angela - Angela’s Cube Rofeletan - Rof's Cube toddCubed - Th

On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are joined by limited and cube mastermind Ryan Saxe to discuss the in-depth theories and machinations behind something as simple as changing out a single card in your cube.  Every change you make has a trade-off associated with it, and Ryan believes being cognizant of this is an essential part of leveling up as a cube designer.   0:30 - Intro 1:15 - Trade-Offs in Cube Design 44:15- Outro     Show Links:   Guest Host - Ryan Saxe: https://twitter.com/rcsaxe Ryan Saxe’s Cube: https://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/64542   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: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasa