Today on Clock Spinning, we return to Kamigawa for our last full-color review of Betrayers for cube. In this episode, we’re rating and reviewing at every green card in the set. Journey with Austin and Connor deep into Jukai Forest to find ludicrously overcosted creatures, more snakes than any plane could ever need, and oodles of floating green mana. Our goal is to create a cube that captures some of the unique flavor, feel, and playstyles of OG Kamigawa block.
As always, we’ll use our IMPAB rating system, which stands for:
- Insta-cut
- Meh
- Playable
- Auto-include
- Build-around
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 could use a bit of adjustment (too many snekks?).
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, and EDH subreddits. You can also find every episode on our YouTube channel.
Today’s cards
- Body of Jukai - 2:12
- Budoka Pupil // Ichiga, Who Topples Oaks - 3:53
- Child of Thorns - 9:47
- Enshrined Memories - 12:09
- Forked-Branch Garami - 19:15
- Genju of the Cedars - 25:27
- Gnarled Mass - 29:04
- Harbinger of Spring - 34:26
- Isao, Enlightened Bushi - 37:45
- Iwamori of the Open Fist - 46:42
- Kodama of the Center Tree - 51:54
- Lifegift - 53:55
- Lifespinner - 57:52
- Loam Dweller - 1:00:46
- Mark of Sakiko - 1:04:24
- Matsu-Tribe Sniper - 1:07:00
- Nourishing Shoal - 1:09:07
- Patron of the Orochi - 1:10:33
- Petalmane Baku - 1:17:41
- Roar of Jukai - 1:19:57
- Sakiko, Mother of Summer - 1:22:43
- Sakura-Tribe Springcaller - 1:29:45
- Scaled Hulk - 1:35:01
- Shizuko, Caller of Autumn - 1:37:55
- Sosuke’s Summons - 1:44:46
- Splinter - 1:47:54
- Traproot Kami - 1:49:48
- Unchecked Growth - 1:54:16
- Uproot - 1:57:04
- Vital Surge - 2:01:16
- Outro - 2:03:28