Parker LaMascus

Parker LaMascus

@parker.luckypaper.co

[he/him] writes about game design; edits luckypaper.co; watches birds; reads a lot

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Parker LaMascus
@parker.luckypaper.co

there’s one card with “Biddy Blas” anagrammed in its flavor text. you can tattoo it on your arm and it will be worth a million dollars one day

Ryan Overturf@ryanoverdrive.bsky.social

A Cube themed around excessive information tracking called Scrib Doon

Parker LaMascus
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If you want to tear my handmade collage out of a physical magazine and chop it up into your own collages, there’s only one place to do that: preorder Issue Two at cascadecascade.com

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Parker LaMascus
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a power-cube gamer told me i should have mentioned that Unearth can flex into legacy and vintage lists as a combo with Oculus and Monastery Mentor. true, i suppose

Parker LaMascus
@parker.luckypaper.co

Manga-style signoff: alas, mainstream menswear is more faux-golfer by the day, all statement socks and skinny stretchy fabric. i long for less comfy clothing.

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We don't make videos, we don't podcast, we just let the writers write. We're trying to prove that there's still an audience for written work about a thing we all love and word of mouth helped us sell nearly a thousand issues last time. It would rule to get over that line this time around.

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Parker LaMascus
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The Manhattan Project cost $36B in today’s dollars. Two+ years to go from an empty ranch to nuclear fission, building on decades of Nobels and physics consensus. Anthropic lost $42B in 2026 alone. And for 4 years, AGI has been “one model release away.” Real science is falsifiable, and this ain’t.

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Sam
@rhysticstudies.bsky.social

Replying to @fynale.bsky.social

dont buy magic cards should be the slogan! magic cards are cigarettes that everyone thinks are apples.

Parker LaMascus
@parker.luckypaper.co

i just finished one of the issue 2 bonuses yesterday :)

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Parker LaMascus
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New article! A design-focused look back defending Magic’s most “unbalanced” draft set ever, and why I love that. Also: my analysis of Day/Night. Magic has dropped Evergreen mechanics in favor of seasonal saplings — thirsty but rootless. luckypaper.co/articles/mid...

luckypaper.coMidnight Hunt: A Retro Review — Lucky PaperA spooky set with a notorious Draft environment, Midnight Hunt offers an object lesson in the limits of "balanced" gameplay. In its zombie hordes, we see a glimpse of what's possible with crystal-clea...

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Commander's Herald
@commanders-herald.bsky.social

What followed was a 20 minute diatribe on how I’m anti-blue. How he was just doing what had to be done for the people he loved. In every scenario he was blameless, but it did not sound like he believed himself free of blame.

commandersherald.comReality Fracture Charlie Kirk Doesn't Have Hole In Neck | Commander's Herald“The multiverse within my brain is more divided than ever,” Jace mumbles at me before wiping away a tear and continuing, “and the only person who understood that was gone.” The “man” known as The Theo...
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Parker LaMascus
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And despite all this fanciness, Unearth *still* Just Works! You don’t seed to know about Skaab Ruinator to enjoy playing with Unearth! And the whole thing just costs 5-10 slots! It ROCKS. Study Unearth like a book. Look for more cards with these qualities, and cube them more often.

Parker LaMascus
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another benefit I forgot: Unearth plays well in any Black-aligned color pair, and for *different reasons* in each. White has Helping Hand and Blade Splicer. Blue has easy discard outlets. Green has the bulkiest critters and self-mill. Etc. No two Unearth drafts look alike, but all are fun!

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Parker LaMascus
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Fundamentally these “combos” are all still midrange combat, and easily answerable with the usual Doom Blades and combat tricks. But it feels like you’re cheating the system.

Parker LaMascus
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Importantly, these synergies are both emergent and discoverable by even fresh Cubeheads. To illustrate the importance of these qualities, contrast to Infect or Dungeons (not emergent from Magic’s basic economy and gameplay) or KCI or Dredge (not discoverable within the average pack of cube).

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Parker LaMascus
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You actually have to deckbuild around it, and plan to engage in midrange creature combat. Control won’t play enough creatures for Unearth. Aggro isn’t invested enough in any single creature to buy one back, and/or doesn’t want the game to last that long.

Parker LaMascus
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Second: If you pepper the draft with just a handful of ”devil’s bargain” drawback creatures, Unearth becomes *busted*. Or… at least busted-feeling, and that’s what matters.

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Replying to @bencollins.bsky.social

Anyway, good piece in the Times here. (It still happens!) People are starting to talk very weird about AI on this site, and honestly it's kind of distressing seeing people fall into the abyss thinking it's alive. That ain't good. The rest of us should expect boring bad stuff and guard against it.

nytimes.comOpinion | How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? (Gift Article)The dark and distressing way that Silicon Valley talks about A.I. can be traced to a philosophy that influenced many tech executives.
Parker LaMascus
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The Zeta Set is several firsts for Magic: the first SLD lootbox, the first use of public domain art, and… the first set that begs us to make it ourselves, but better. Have a party. Invite friends, plus Fiskar and Elmer. Let’s DIY this poser set already.

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Parker LaMascus
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my face every time my cube pack wheels something good

Ruxhart@ruxhart0.bsky.social

Sorry, the article was very very interesting but I got completely distracted by the greatest sticker of all time on the end collage

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Triske 🔜 Boston, Very Slowly
@triske.chicagostylecu.be

"Y-y-y-ya've got it all WRONG. Quintorius's weird half-human lil' fetus ain't in this Secret Lair Product. It's in Ollie's Sharpie cube, and, and, in Orcish's microfiction, and, y'know, whichever screenshot Cary is splicing a Robert B. Wintermute reference into."

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Dan Sheehan
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When @parker.luckypaper.co pitches a piece that includes both a thoughtful takedown of commodified creativity and a handmade collage you say "yeah absolutely"

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Parker LaMascus
@parker.luckypaper.co

cube is literally so cool. people are so creative. d.s.b. rocks.

DSB@dsb-cubes.bsky.social

Now that Obscura is over and the Telemetry box as been seen… I can share some details. Much of my art draws huge inspiration from Calvin & Hobbes, specifically the Spaceman Spiff stories. So I just leaned into those environments: