We’re very excited to bring you a new, sleek, streamlined episode of Clock Spinning! Today we’re hiking the Sokenzan Mountains to find out which red cards from Betrayers of Kamigawa can make the cut for our Kamigawa cube. We’ll be braving barbs, blades, blazes, and blizzards in search of some (deeply) hidden gems.
You might have noticed that instead of our usual “Color Part 1” format for these Kamigawa set review episodes, we’re bringing you all 30 red cards from Betrayers in one, not-that-much-longer episode. Tune in to today’s episode for all the details, but we’re hoping this new format will let us focus on the most interesting cards from this and other sets without getting bogged down by Frost Ogres.
We’ll still be sticking with our tried-and-tested IMPAB rating system for every card we examine, which stands for:
- Insta-cut
- Meh
- Playable
- Auto-include
- Build-around
Our goal, as always, is to build a cube that captures the unique spirit (ha) and flavor of the original Kamigawa block while exploring the history and trivia of its coolest cards.
You can find our first episode here, where we also explain our IMPAB rating system in depth and introduce our cube. Or, if you’d like to just pick up from the top of Betrayers, you can start with episode 14.
We also update the cube with our cuts ratings after every episode on Cube Cobra, and we would love for you to try playtesting it if you’re interested! This really helps us see what’s working in the cube and what might need a bit more TLC.
If you have any thoughts to share about the cards we discuss on the show, cube philosophy, or just Magic in general, please get in touch! You can email us at clockspinningpodcast@gmail.com, or find us over on the MagicTCG, MTGCube, and EDH subreddits. You can also find every episode on our YouTube channel.
Today’s cards
- Akki Blizzard-Herder - 02:52
- Akki Raider - 04:09
- Ashen Monstrosity - 06:49
- Aura Barbs - 12:46
- Blademane Baku - 13:51
- Blazing Shoal - 15:41
- Clash of Realities - 21:32
- Crack the Earth - 24:32
- Cunning Bandit // Azamuki, Treachery Incarnate - 25:29
- First Volley - 30:11
- Flames of the Blood Hand - 35:14
- Frost Ogre - 39:34
- Frostling - 41:18
- Fumiko the Lowblood - 46:39
- Genju of the Spires - 51:35
- Goblin Cohort - 55:55
- Heartless Hidetsugu - 56:46
- In the Web of War - 1:01:51
- Ire of Kaminari - 1:07:12
- Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot - 1:13:46
- Kumano’s Blessing - 1:18:23
- Mannichi, the Fevered Dream - 1:20:28
- Ogre Recluse - 1:23:36
- Overblaze - 1:24:57
- Patron of the Akki - 1:26:58
- Ronin Cliffrider - 1:30:33
- Shinka Gatekeeper - 1:34:00
- Sowing Salt - 1:35:10
- Torrent of Stone - 1:36:58
- Twist Allegiance - 1:40:14