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Author Aaron Paquette

Aaron Paquette

Aaron's been playing Magic for almost 20 years, and and his format of choice for the majority of that time has been Cube. He delivers card discussions, set reviews, archetype breakdowns, and pretty much anything else Cube-related.

Cubism: Throne of Eldraine Cube Review – Part 2!

Aaron Paquette
October 3, 2019
Cubism
We're back with the second half of our Throne of Eldraine cube review! Even with a shaky spoiler-season start, Throne of Eldraine quickly turned into another great fall set to cap off what might be one of the m... Read More...

Cubism: Throne of Eldraine Cube Review – Adventures!

Aaron Paquette
September 27, 2019
Cubism
This week we talk about Throne of Eldraine's most interesting mechanic - Adventure! In this half of our review, we go over mechanics and all the fun new Adventure cards that might be worth testing out in cube! ... Read More...

Cubism: Cube Draft and Gameplay #2

Aaron Paquette
September 16, 2019
Cubism
This week Aaron's drafting his own 45o Legacy Cube doing anything he can to do better than Cam's 0-3 from last week (but that shouldn't be too hard). Still working on some editing tweaks but we're slowly gettin... Read More...

Cubism: Cube Draft and Gameplay

Aaron Paquette
September 2, 2019
Cubism
After weeks of trial and error, we're finally able to release Cube draft & gameplay (still got some bug to figure out). This week we follow Cam drafting Drew's 540 Cube and all 3 of his matches. https://... Read More...

Cubism: Core 2020 Cube Top 8!

Aaron Paquette
July 12, 2019
Cubism
We're back with what seems like an endless number of sets back-to-back-to-back. Already our 4th set this year, Core 2020 lands on the heels of Modern Horizons AND War of the Spark. Is there any world in which a... Read More...

Cubism: Modern Horizons Cube Review – Part 2

Aaron Paquette
June 7, 2019
Cubism
We're back with the second half of one of the best cube sets in years — Modern Horizons! Legends from the history books to mythic rare Savannah Lions, the set continues to give us everything we could have wante... Read More...

Cubism: Modern Horizons Cube Review – Part 1

Aaron Paquette
May 31, 2019
Cubism
Modern Horizons is going to be the most impactful set for Cube in years. Sword cycle, Talisman cycle, Force cycle, Canopy cycle, 2-mana lands-matter Planeswalker, Snow-theme, Tribal, tons of new cards supportin... Read More...

Cubism: War of the Spark Cube Review – Part 2

Aaron Paquette
May 18, 2019
Cubism
We're back rounding out the back half of our War of the Spark review! You can find part one here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwGlCz_grmY Aaron’s Cube Drew’s Cube Audio Here... Read More...

Cubism: War of the Spark Cube Review – Part 1

Aaron Paquette
May 11, 2019
Cubism
Chalked full of the best card type in cube (...planeswalkers), Drew and Aaron break down one of the most anticipated sets in years! Will Ravnica's third act finally bring us the Simic cards we've been waiting f... Read More...

Cubism: Ravnica Allegiance Cube Review Part 2

Aaron Paquette
January 25, 2019
Cubism
We're back with the second half of Ravnica Allegiance! We cover the missing Planeswalkers from last episode and try to find anything playable for some of the worst cube guilds. How many more trips to Ravnica wo... Read More...
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