How to Build and Play a Pokemon Cube - Make Your Own Pokemon Format!

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4 жыл бұрын

The best way to play Pokémon Cards! Andrew Mahone explains how to build and draft a Pokemon Trading Card Game cube. Check out the exciting world of Pokemon cube drafting in this how-to video!
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@thesleepinggloom2603 3 жыл бұрын

How does this video only have 11k views? Man it's a good one. I miss being able to draft cubes regularly. This is one of the things I look forward to most after Corona times.

@Slagomancer 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! Cube Drafting keeps me in card games!

@thomasrowe1460 4 жыл бұрын

I remember messaging you about it on one of the social platforms and knew you were planning to do this at some point. Glad you finally got the chance and loved that you explained the process. Hopefully everyone else loves it and we can get some draft coverage and gameplay!

@BigBiscuittt 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video. I started late XY era after stopping as a kid. A lot of this was new info to me haha. Thanks man.

@davea9585 4 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

@Dellors-Civic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooooo much, Andrew, I've heard my friends refer to certain pokemon as being "apart of their cube" and I had no idea what that meant until now. Super helpful.

@daltonf6016 4 жыл бұрын

New viewer here! Love your cube video, just barely started getting back into pokemon after about 4 years. This inspired me to build a base set - on cube, mostly singleton apart from certain trainers. Hope to see more cube videos!

@wimposquirl3516 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Mahone nice vid! High quality, informative, entertaining... guess that’s not surprising though :)

@xlMantislx 4 жыл бұрын

I like it. Explained very well. Going to try it with the family.

@eulermachado3968 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Mahone!!! I didnt asked but I wanted this video and I think its amazzing!!! Thanks for this

@hosameldinkeheel1599 4 жыл бұрын

very informative, thank you for sharing you experience with us

@scizorzzz 7 ай бұрын

I've found some really good success with my base-neo Singleton cube with the following rule variants: 1) You only draft the highest stage evolution and get each Pokemon in the line below it automatically after the draft when you get basic energy. 2) We don't play with prize cards, Each player just has 6 prize counters. I don't have any cards that refer to prize cards so it works very well to boost consistency for stage 2s not getting prize locked

@alexdarnall8158 4 жыл бұрын

Great work!! Thanks so much for this video my friend

@jaxkasedad4953 4 жыл бұрын

Super cool. Looking forward to doing this sometime.

@LeEpicCrazyMeIsEpic 2 жыл бұрын

great video! super useful info and great tempo

@Zkizzick 4 жыл бұрын

Dude Thanx for this vid!! Have a massive collection so now i know how to make that cube for my League !! Again thanx :D

@TuloBThyName Жыл бұрын

I feel like we should have a video of a draft and game play with your current cube, that’d be super sick!

@citizenfry2945 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video

@matheusselim4418 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Would love to see a cube tournament stream or video. Great work

@speterg2 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@drixiss 3 жыл бұрын

Love your cube! I actually built a singleton mutant evolution cube a few years back, centered around gen 4 power level with lv.X's and the primes from HGSS being the big bomb Pokemon. I was never quite happy with how Pokemon prints their cards though, so I actually created an entirely custom card set designed to make up a mutant cube, which also had some slight rule changes. If you'd like to see it let me know and I can link you :)

@whyjon2990 3 жыл бұрын

It'd be cool to see more drafting videos

@SuperBocaj1 4 жыл бұрын

An awesome birthday gift

@TuloBThyName 4 жыл бұрын

When are you going to drop that video about your own cube? Really appreciate the video and your list is amazing

@Martimmolina 3 жыл бұрын

best video ever?

@jimijames6449 3 жыл бұрын

Genius

@DrWurstpeter 4 жыл бұрын

I was just looking up for a way to Cube Draft in Pokémon TCG two days ago. Have you heard my wish?

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Wurstpeter hahaha - yes apparently

@eulermachado3968 4 жыл бұрын

Mahone skating and reading minds loool

@alexanderjuneja4256 4 жыл бұрын

Great video--I want to build a WOTC-only cube but I see that you've changed your cube, do you have the list of its last update when it was only WOTC? I'd love to see it.

@xilencered7788 4 жыл бұрын

Base to gym cube. Op trainer cards become supporter card

@Conceptzer0 4 жыл бұрын

nice

@jutendouji 4 жыл бұрын

What do you recommend as to amount of cards for a 4 player cube? Keep in mind I haven't built a cube ever, and I'm going to be using mostly Base to Gym Leaders (OG), back from 2001. I just found my card binder and this seems like a good idea! :)

@kaiten619 4 жыл бұрын

quick question on the 180 pokemon for a 360 cube. what will be the ratio for a stage 2 line up and stage 1 line up. cause im like having a hard time lining up the numbers to be that since i plan to have every type. the cube i am planning to build is a standard rotation cube

@Guillolife 4 жыл бұрын

What would be a good size and process for a more intimate two-player draft cube? Or is the point of a draft cube more players? I'm new to drafting but my boyfriend enjoys it, so I'd like to do it with Pokemon.

@quilnation4943 4 жыл бұрын

Super cool! But where did you get that super rad t-shirt?

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Quil Nation thrift store :)

@brandonfoxx83 4 жыл бұрын

Yooo Andrew! Quick question - your 50 draw cards, are you specifically limiting these to Supporters? Would you count Acro Bike as a Draw or Auxiliary? Same goes for search cards - are you counting items like Fan Club in this category? I am making a few changes to my cube before I test it out. Happy to share the Google Doc when it's done.

@theryanmark 2 жыл бұрын

I am building a cube. My plan is to have about 30% of all trainers be supporters. With 6 players this would give 9 supporters and with 8 this would give 6 - 7 on average. I am spreading them out among draw, aux, search, and recovery categories. What did you end up landing on for supporters?

@jonathanburton9855 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I have an idea for a 200ish singleton card cube for 4 people composing of all cards from the first three sets (Im not a genwunner, I jost like stuff being complete), with energy cards on the side and I thought of letting each player use 4 colourless energy. Would this make games slow or still good?

@benfriedman3662 9 ай бұрын

Do you have a visual spoiler list of your cube? Or a website tool that allows mass entry of card lists which would produce a visual spoiler?

@justinmadrid8712 Жыл бұрын

What are the best sets to choose cards from for cube?

@drew8235 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer singleton cube (the only way I play MTG anymore in fact) so I'm gonna try that with singleton basic Pokemon only, little cup essentially. Not sure if it'll work but just sounds fun at least.

@nickhem12 2 жыл бұрын

How did this turn out. I’m building a vintage cube right now.

@CoolRay18 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! However, it didn't really cover some of the other ways to draft, like pod drafting, which is how my cube works. All in all, I think this was a great video for introducing people to the best way to play the Pokemon TCG.

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

TinyCubinator how does pod drafting work? Is that when you draft the evolution and the basics / stage1s are provided?

@CoolRay18 4 жыл бұрын

@@TrickyGym Yep! And in mine the lines are separated from the basics and also trainers/special energy.

@daviebroy9174 16 күн бұрын

Man. I forgot how much weight Jesse has lost. Great job Jesse!

@holychest13 3 жыл бұрын

Are you ever going to do a video on your cube? Like the archetypes in it?

@TrickyGym 3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeep I just keep editing the cube which makes it hard and I never have 8 people to test anymore cause there is a pandemic. One day tho :)

@adamsmith2712 3 жыл бұрын

Just built a SwSh 2020 meta cube. I'm extremely new to the game so naturally I've been collecting competitive staples (ADP Pikarom ETC). Now to change the cube up I'm buying old World Championship reprint decks with interesting support Pokemon JUST to throw a wrench in it. Me and my friends have only used the cube a few times but I absolutely LOVE trying to balance the format on my own time. That being said if ya'll know some older cards I haven't heard of that would be fun with Tag Teams and VMax's I would appreciate any suggestions.

@Superaalleexx Жыл бұрын

Do you have the list?

@elijahhmarshall 4 жыл бұрын

I there a way to do something like this for 2 players that actually works?

@MaximusOverhead 3 жыл бұрын

That Electrode EX at 5:27 Is a $45 card nowadays 🤣.

@deejayr201 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think i'll ever manage to get over 4 players. What would be the best number of cards for that? was thinking 200

@jacksont.7792 4 жыл бұрын

If I want to put in exs/gxs how many would you suggest?

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Comander Bacara about 12. A cool rule I have in my cube is that you can only play 1 ex per deck

@andersballe16 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know of any online communities where you can play cube?

@teamfishknuckles 4 жыл бұрын

Can you help me build a shaymin and celebi cube?

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Team Fish Knuckles omg Hahahaha

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Bro build a grass only cube it would be busted

@zinowardenier 4 жыл бұрын

8:31 You can't look at the cards you picked until the first stack is fully devided, did I get that right? If so, why exactly? Isn't it more fun if players get to chose the optimal card every time they need to pick? If you aren't allowed to look at the cards you picked until you've chosen 15 cards, aren't their a lot of card you wish you would've taken instead of what you actually picked? Or is it the art of cubing to remember what you picked carefully? Then I get why ofc 🙈

@kamilgugaa2597 3 жыл бұрын

It's more about a pause while drafting so you have time to look through your cards. You don't want to take your sweet time while drafting, because it's simply a time consuming process

@chrollolucilfer2484 4 жыл бұрын

Have many basic energy do you have for each type

@natalieshampay214 4 жыл бұрын

Hollow Hunt TCG 20-30, you can have as many as you want to sleeve

@chrollolucilfer2484 4 жыл бұрын

Natalie Shampay Thanks I have around 20 in my cube I only have like 5 types so far

@hellojeff8366 4 жыл бұрын

How do I join a cube

@JeffKloosterman 4 жыл бұрын

Been interested in cube drafting ever since i first learned about it. Put together my first cube about 4 months ago, drafted it again last night. Now im sorting it back out to change things around for next time. Looking forward to the next cube video :) frowncube.info/#/624-cube

@JAlexanderL 4 жыл бұрын

Is your cube too expensive? I will like to build one for 4 players

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Jean Alexander my cube is definitely on the expensive side! You can build super cheap cubes though - I would suggest the xy / sun and moon block or base set - gym in order to keep it as affordable as possible. If you want a 4 player cube I suggest aiming for about 240 cards since 4 players could each draft 4 packs of 15 or you could do 180 cards with 3 packs of 15. Suggest 240 tho since then you could have 6 players draft 4 packs of 10 and that would probably work too

@evileddy4055 4 жыл бұрын

Worlds should be Cube Format. Lol

@Nex41354 4 жыл бұрын

Bro. You need to grow a beard. Out here lookin’ like Chucky. Which Chucky? Both... both.

@mohamedalnahhal4765 3 жыл бұрын

FAK

@winnipegwhatever 4 жыл бұрын

Flexing gold stars in a cube....umm k.

@natalieshampay214 4 жыл бұрын

Jude Games Yep they’re really cool!

@winnipegwhatever 4 жыл бұрын

@@natalieshampay214 I get that but , i mean kinda just coming from the approachable angle.

@natalieshampay214 4 жыл бұрын

Jude Games Andrew’s cube is just an example. You don’t need expensive cards for it, but of course he’s going to show off his

@TrickyGym 4 жыл бұрын

Jude Games cubes can be whatever you want them to be! I happen to have been working on mine for years and put rare cards in it cause I like them, but you can make entirely non gx, non holo or even non rare cubes! I will be showing off more cubes on my channel, this is just the first intro video

@winnipegwhatever 4 жыл бұрын

@@TrickyGym All good and thanks for the response. I have mine and it's pretty budget to say the least. (I'll even use fake china GX cards to be extra spicy cheap)