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On this important episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric run through two of the sets released in the Summer of 2018.  Some people laugh at these sets for being so light on playables but we still managed to waste over an hour of your life talking about them.  Listen in as our woke hosts tell you about all the real secret government conspiracies.   0:30 - Intro 3:30 - Battlebond 41:25 - Commander 2018 1:11:00 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Show Notes   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Sole

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric break down the best areas to spend money on to improve your fledgling cube. The guys explain the base improvements you should try to touch on while explaining the traps you can fall into while doing an update on a tight budget.   0:30 - Intro 2:25 - Upgrading New Cubes 28:25 - Outro   Show Links: Mana Fixing Land Rankings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BEwZZ-nqgRGiRUFgXYT1rpOQUQWMy_76oKil9djv4cA/edit?usp=sharing Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Informati

On this important episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric give a complete primer of The Board Game Cube. Covering everything from the history of the cube to the current archetypes supported, the guys start off season 5 by repeating Season 1 Episode 1!  How original… The episode will act as the 2019 primer for those with interest in an extremely budget friendly entry-point into cubing.   0:30 - Intro 2:50 - The Board Game Cube Primer & History 37:10 - Archetype Discussion 1:22:15 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Show Notes   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about the patron chosen topic, traps in cube design. The guys finish season 4 by talking about the major and minor traps in cube design. Season 5 will start up on April 2nd.   0:30 - Intro 3:42 - Cube Design Traps 32:06 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube Show Notes   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the show.  Feel free to email questions and comments to the show’s email

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about using multicolored cards as signals. There are plenty of multicolored cards that are generically good, but that doesn’t mean the entire section should just be these ‘best’ cards.   0:30 - Intro 2:14 - Multicolored Card Signals 30:19 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the show.  Feel free to email questions and comments to the show’s

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about a big update to the Board Game Cube. It has been awhile since the last Board Game Cube update, so this was a fairly large update. The guys start by talking about what rotation means for budget, and then dive into the changes made.   0:30 - Intro 1:21 - Board Game Cube Update 40:33 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube Show Notes   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the s

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about custom cards. The guys are joined by team Think Twice. Justin Parnell and Ali Aintrazi made the custom card cube several years ago, so we figured they might know a thing or two about custom cards.   0:30 - Intro 3:24 - Custom Card Cube 1:34:10 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Custom Card Cube:   Google Drive Zip The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the show.  Fee

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about the white walkers. The guys decided to rank the white planeswalkers. Perhaps not the most exciting of topics, but to amp the episode up a bit the giveaway winners were announced. Remember if you are of the Venser supporter tier you have until Friday the 15th to vote on which topic we should cover this season.   0:30 - Intro 1:09 - White Walkers 35:58 - Giveaway Winners and Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube Show Notes   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely S

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about artifact aggro. The latest cube update for Brad has finally ended the artifact aggro package testing, and the guys talk about how it went. Don’t forget to enter into the giveaway, good luck everyone, it ends Feb 8th.   0:30 - Intro 1:48 - Adding packages to cube 8:13 - Artifact aggro card breakdown 1:03:24 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube Show Notes   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to g

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about cards we originally missed. The guys talk about accepting that you will miss evaluate some cards as a cube designer by going over several cards we were late to the party on. Don’t forget to enter into the giveaway, good luck everyone.   0:30 - Intro 1:13 - State of the Podcast 4:02 - Sleepers 53:36 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric break down Dominaria. The guys talk about basically any cube worthy card from Dominaria. It turned out to be a fairly good set for cubes.   0:30 - Intro 1:13 - State of the Podcast 6:20 - White 8:12 - Blue 31:05 - Black 40:55 - Red 47:28 - Green 58:55 - Multi 1:02:12 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the show.  Feel free to email questions and comments to the show’s em

Join Brad and Eric as they welcome on a guest host, SpootyOne, to join them in the second of a two part bonus episode featuring first impressions rundown of the newest magic set, RNA.  This episode covers all of the multi-color cards of the set.  A text version of Brad and Eric's initial thoughts on the set is also linked in the show notes below. The editing on this is light due to being bonus content and not a main episode.   Show Links: Link to RNA First Impressions Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kqUWQlo8XkzK5uFsctBC0B-rUnrwlbWasUgR6duoZTQ/edit?usp=sharing Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class me

Join Brad and Eric as they welcome on a guest host, SpootyOne, to join them in the first of a two part bonus episode featuring first impressions rundown of the newest magic set, RNA.  This episode covers all of the mono-color cards of the set.  A text version of Brad and Eric's initial thoughts on the set is also linked in the show notes below. The editing on this is light due to being bonus content and not a main episode.  The first episode of this hot-take-fest also suffers from worse audio quality issues than the second episode.   Show Links: Link to RNA First Impressions Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kqUWQlo8XkzK5uFsctBC0B-rUnrwlbWasUgR6duoZTQ/edit?usp=sharing Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporter

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk utility lands. The guys take a page from monopoly and have a wholesome discussion about the colored utility lands. This topic ended up a bit larger than originally planned, so the colorless utility lands will have to wait until we land on the other utility space.   0:30 - Intro 1:39 - White 7:47 - Blue 12:46 - Black 16:42 - Red 23:20 - Green 32:22 - Multi 41:51 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube Ravnica Allegiance First Impressions: Google Doc Link   Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class melbournerobert - Cube of No Name   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely S

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about the best black four drop. The guys have a single card discussion about Ghirapur's most infamous crime lord. Then they smoothly transition into a discussion on seeding packs, and pack distribution.   0:30 - Intro 1:11 - SCD - Gonti, Lord of Luxury 10:40 - Seeding packs 29:55 - Outro   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube 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 Contemporary Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the show.  Feel free to email questions and comments to the show’s email address. You

Brad and Eric make mistakes during episodes, lots of them.  They also talk about off topic subjects.  Here is a short sneak peak at the bonus content Patrons are listening to during the seasonal break.

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric talk about Commander. The guys talk about a deck Brad made after watching Rush Hour a few too many times (is that even possible?) Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?   0:00 - Intro 1:54 - The deck tech 25:51 - Outro   Featured Decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1505657   Introductory Cubes: Season 1 Episode 1: http://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/episode-1-the-board-game-cube ($100 budget) Season 2 Episode 2: http://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/season-2-episode-2-the-misers-cube ($500 budget) Season 3 Episode 8: http://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/season-3-episode-8-is-that-a-short-joke (variable budget)   Show Links: Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/theboardgamecube Brad’s Main Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/travelcube   Draft the cubes of our Bi

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric are joined by Gavin Verhey of Wizards of the Coast.  Brad and Eric ask community questions, and Gavin immediately flips the script and starts interviewing Brad and Eric instead.  Join us as Gavin talks about his favorite format for an hour. (We sure hope it's cube.)  Stay tuned after the credits to get information about Solely Singleton's new Patreon! #BlameVerhey   0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Questions and Answers with Gavin 1:03:25 - Outro 1:09:05 - Bonus Patreon Episode (After-credits)   Introductory Cubes: Season 1 Episode 1: http://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/episode-1-the-board-game-cube ($100 budget) Season 2 Episode 2: http://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/season-2-episode-2-the-misers-cube ($500 budget) Season 3 Episode 8: http://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/season-3-episode-8-is-that-a-short-joke (variable budget)   Show Links:  Gavin Verhey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/GavinVerhey Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Misers Cub

Brad and Eric run you through how the Solely Singleton Patreon is set up in this quick 10 minute episode.  You'll also hear the hilarious blooper where Gavin Verhey discovers the show doesn't have a Patreon when he attempts to advertise it.   Show Links:  Solely Singleton's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton   Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on reddit, discord, and twitter to give input to improve the show.  Feel free to email questions and comments to the show’s email address. Your Hosts: Brad (DrRuler) & Eric (OnekuoSora) Brad’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrRuler Eric’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnekuoSora Show Email: SolelySingleton@gmail.com   MTG Cube Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/ MTG Cube Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/tFBZ2Z3   Licensed Music Used By This Program:   "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod From the Free Music Archive CC BY   "Awel" by Stefsax From the Free Music Archive CC BY

On this episode of Solely Singleton Brad and Eric have their first ever guest on the show.  Justin Parnell joins the cast to talk about the SCGCON Cube!  This cube will be drafted by 8 lucky (and skilled) individuals live at SCGCON, December 9th, for $10,000 dollars.  Join us as we discuss the cube list that will stand prominently in the community's spotlight in the coming months. SCGCON.  There, I said it the required number of times.  Please just give me my dog back Justin.  Leave him out of this.   Important Links: SCGCON Cube on CubeTutor: http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/124032 SCGCON Cube Article by Justin Parnell: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/37995_Introducing-The-SCGCON-Winter-Cube.html SCGCON Site: http://scgcon.starcitygames.com/index.php   0:00 - Intro 2:30 - What is SCGCON? 17:25 - Overview of the SCGCON Cube 1:05:30 - Individual Card Choice Discussion 2:22:00 - Outro   Show Links:  The Misers Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/themiserscube The Board Game Cube: http://www.cubetutor.com/t