Limited Resources 846 - A Conversation with Zach Barash, Wizards of the Coast Designer of the Arena Powered Cube
3/27/20261 hr 23 min
This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis welcome Cube designer Zach Barash on the show to dive into how the Arena Powered Cube was designed, how it's curated, what goes into the decision making process around new cards, and a lot more! Thanks to Zach for the great insight!
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First 90 secondsMarshall Sutcliffe· Host0:00
[rock music] What is up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of Limited Resources. This, episode number 846. My name is Marshall. I'm one of your Limited Resources, and joining me on the line all the way from Denver, Colorado, it's Luis Scott-Vargas. Luis, did you win your cube draft?
Luis Scott-Vargas· Host0:30
I did. We, uh- Nice ... you know, we- we- we have, like, a kind of, I would say, like, twice a monthly date or so where we play against a- a team of, uh, Finnish guys, uh, The Finns, and, uh, they're- they're all great dudes. Actually, Ira just, uh, top-eighted a Pro Tour, uh, pretty recently.
Marshall Sutcliffe· Host0:45
Oh, wow.
Luis Scott-Vargas· Host0:46
You- you might have gotten to cover one of his matches. He, it was, like, I think the standard one- Mm-hmm ... uh, two PTs ago or something along those lines. Um, but yeah, always, always fun to cube draft against those guys. There's really something to cube drafting with the same people and same teams, 'cause it's usually, like, me, uh, my buddy Mark, who also drafts bowls to citadels, uh, Will, and Quiniac is- is- is, like, our kind of our standard team. We just get to know each other's predilections. So I opened Time Walk, Mox Ruby, Demonic Consultation. My teammate Mark, two seats down, I knew it was gonna line up. I take Walk. The- the guy in betweens us takes, uh, Ruby. Mark gets a third pick Demonic Consultation and is kind of in the- in the lane he wants, so.
Marshall Sutcliffe· Host1:23
That's the vibe.
Luis Scott-Vargas· Host1:24
Yeah, it- it can be really fun.
Marshall Sutcliffe· Host1:26
Do- do you have a good sense for the opponents as well?
Luis Scott-Vargas· Host1:28
Yeah, yeah.