C4AC - a cube charity event

HELLO #MTGCube people #C4ACOBSCURA tickets are LIVE! www.upkeepnewyork.com/c4ac-obscura... We’re recreating the early days of Magic. 17 never before seen cubes 17 of the best designers in the US Fully private lists, full random event 136 players DO NOT MISS THIS! 8/22-8/23, Brooklyn New York.

What's up #MTGCube fam - it's time for another Upkeep Substack release! This is the first in a new, ongoing series called Upkeep.FM: a collection of DJ sets from folks related to our crew or in it. First up is myself & DanXP @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com upkeepnewyork.substack.com/p/upkeepfm-0...

Save the date ✨🐰✨ #mtgcube

The second recording from our coverage of @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com Obscura is up. In @johnclara.bsky.social's Cube, Redemption, you start with a card of your choice from your draft pool in your graveyard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLRh...

Come to Upkeep NYC and @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com - we out in these streets designing cubes based on dystopian utilitarian short stories.

Gooood afternoon #MTGCube Players!!! It’s with tremendous excitement that I ask you to SAVE THE DATE: CUBE FOR A CAUSE AW27 FEB 20 & 21, 2027 160 players Over 20 cubes Brooklyn, New York Flyers and tickets forthcoming There’s going to be some fun surprises and prizes this time ;)

I wanna cook so bad and I hate to ask, but I need help. Please share if nothing else

LOOKING FOR SPONSORS! Trying to do something much more ambitious next year but venues in Boston are prohibitively expensive. If you can help in any way or know someone who can, lmk! RTs appreciated ❤️

If you're more of an Audio/Podcast person vs. written words, you can also now listen to my Obscura Design interview with @andy.luckypaper.co and @anthony.luckypaper.co if that's more your speed! The article goes into more detail around my experience at Obscura too! open.spotify.com/episode/70jB...

I did a thing! Scott asked me to write a bit about my full Obscura experience (spanning nearly a year!) from Cube Ideation all the way through making Top 8 at the event itself! This is long - since it's both design article and tournament report - but please let me know your thoughts!

Still hungry for even more #C4ACObscura? @worklifevalue.bsky.social drafted (heh) a recap of his experience and process as an Obscura designer, as well as a tournament report on his journey to the top 8. #MTGCube upkeepnewyork.substack.com/p/behind-the...

🦋✊ Thank you for supporting our immigrant communities and our work to keep each other safe!

It’s time to formally announce how much #C4ACObscura raised for our friends @maketheroadny.bsky.social Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁 From GFM to tickets to auctions (another resolving soon for $759 more) to our sponsor & legend @slickjagger.bsky.social we raised: $11,300 #MTGcube Thats community.

obscure these arms @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com this is your sign to take all your event shirts and turn them into stringers and crop tops and show off your huge guns and cute tums

AND OLLIE!!!!!!

Hungry for more #c4acobscura updates? I just dropped off our charity auction winners cubes with USPS! Congrats to our bidders and winners!

And so it brings folks - @andy.luckypaper.co and @anthony.luckypaper.co speak about Anthony’s cube Anti-War from #c4acobscura open.spotify.com/episode/3CvM...

A few hours left in the second Obscura auction, @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com’s “Worship”! Make a donation to a great charity and grab yourself a sick cube in the process ebay.io/m/K0jDo7

I’ve gotten a couple questions about what “proceeds” means, and to clarify every single dollar of this auction (minus eBay fees) goes directly to @maketheroadny.bsky.social.

Last chance gang!! 4ish hours left until @andy.luckypaper.co ‘s project Feudal is finished at the auction house! Every dent goes to Make The Road New York! ebay.io/m/B4Hy9O

Friendly reminder crew! This auction ends FRIDAY! 2 days and 5hrs left! #mtgcube

Live up on our eBay is @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com cube from Obscura, Worship! As with Andy’s, all funds will be donated directly to Make The Road New York! ebay.io/m/R6u43F

cubecon day 2058371705 reppin’ the home team @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com

3!! Even a higher sign of culture! Willing to break singleton to convey a cohesive experience!!! Also shows the designer took extra thought and care to the types of effects they wanted to see more of in their cube. Even better!

I’m also donating a 90 minute video call with the winner to talk about what I learned from this event, the buyer’s goals for the cube, and how I would tweak the list with both in mind.

#mtgcube this is sick as hell, go buy Andy's Obscura cube!

Live from eBay it’s @andy.luckypaper.co ‘s FEUDAL ebay.io/m/92uGqr ALL FUNDS RAISED GO TO MAKE THE ROAD!!!

@cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com Obscura, 2026 🧵 View more photos in the comments 👇 #mtgcube @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com @andy.luckypaper.co @gdekker.io @parker.luckypaper.co @ollie.bostoncubeparty.com @anthony.luckypaper.co @nyc-mtg.com @improphilo.bsky.social @deinonychus9.bsky.social

Links will be live this afternoon y’all!! 💸🤑

Hey gamers! As part of winding down a VERY successful #C4ACObscura, we will be auctioning off TWO of the cubes from this exciting #mtgcube event. Feudal by @andy.luckypaper.co and Worship by @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com We’ll be sharing eBay links this Friday!

Hey everyone else posted there’s so here’s my @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com #MTGCUBE list for #C4ACObscura cubecobra.com/cube/list/Wo... Worship was my exploration of religious expressions and expressions of fanaticism within Magics universe.

🦋 Thank you for supporting our work in immigrant and working-class communities of color in NY! ¡Sí se puede!

CUBE FOR A CAUSE: OBSCURA BABYYYYYYYYYYYY infinite thanks/love/gratitude to @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com and all the @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com crew for, easily, the best Cube event of all time. Obscura ruled, and I'm so lucky to be so close to it. And now, some decks and cubes!

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I don’t have words to express how critical this community that has been built @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com has become. Each person who worked on preparing this event, executing it, and supporting me through it is so important to me. We’re reaching new heights, I’m excited to soar together.

The four winners of Periodic, my cube designed specifically for @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com all got to sign basics. Thank you to @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com and all of mountain team for this unforgettable design experience.

@cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com Obscura was an amazing time, everyone should go check out the lists this week to see the great designs!

Four first picks #c4ac

favorite play of the weekend: in Telemetry, playing into a Ratchet Bomb and then proliferating it on my end step after my opponent ticked it up to the right number

There is no #C4ACObscura without our family and core. Our team for casting and judging @nyc-mtg.com @andy.luckypaper.co @jenn-the-judge.bsky.social @tarmogal.bsky.social Our singular but goated sponsor!! @slickjagger.bsky.social It’s a privilege to run this event with these legendary folks.

And that's a wrap for C4AC SS26 Obscura @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com ! Thank you to everyone who made this such a wonderful experience:

I am finally able to share with you this cube that I put so much mental energy into. This cube was designed for @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com Obscura - a one of a kind event hosted by @scottmirts.upkeepnewyork.com My prompt was "Telemetry", and here was my take: cubecobra.com/cube/list/te...

@cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com Obscura may be over… but Collapse is just beginning. The secret is OUT The embargo is LIFTED The list is PUBLIC Thank you to everybody who drafted it this weekend. If you haven’t yet… you’re next! cubecobra.com/cube/list/Co...

Died in the semis of @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com, after drafting solid and losing a writhing chrysalis in round 1 after it got o-ringed. Draft 1 LL LWW LWW Draft 2 WW WW WLL Draft 3 WLW WW WW Bubbled at 8 (turned out to be 6th after people dropped) QF WW SF WLL @fireshoes.bsky.social

Alright @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com obscura is a wrap so I can finally share my list. So proud of this one cubecobra.com/cube/list/Da...

It’s 5:30 and my @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com is over, so it’s story time! I have drafted 4 cubes that I have never seen before and I have had an incredible weekend. 🧵

Last cube of @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com Obscura: Periodic by @deinonychus9.bsky.social