How to Win with Young Pyromancer
How to Win with Young Pyromancer  
Podcast: Lucky Paper Radio
Published On: Mon Apr 13 2026
Description: View all cards mentioned in this episodeAndy and Anthony talk about one of Andy’s all time favorite cards Young Pyromancer. After a recent draft of a peasant cube at their weekly cube night, Anthony realized that despite it’s iconic status, it’s not a card he feels like he know’s how to optimize. Andy shares his experience with the card, what he thinks it takes to support it, and a handful of his cube draft decks it headlined.View the full decklists of Andy’s referenced drafts on the  cards page.Discussed in this episode:Library of Babel, Local Peasant CubeDeck Pics!Alternate Timeline cube by Joe DonkeyIf you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen.Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay.You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:Andy’s “Bun Magic” CubeAnthony’s “Regular” CubeYou can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box:Lucky PaperPO Box 4855Baltimore, MD 21211Musical production by DJ James Nasty.Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:03 - Sorting Cards9:07 - Helping Anthony with Young Pyromancer18:40 - Card Quality24:06 - How to Draft the Young Pyromancer Deck29:33 - Why Blue-Red Pyromancer34:51 - Modal Double Faced Cards36:20 - How Many Counterspells37:34 - Mulligans44:30 - Off-Strategy Splashes49:42 - Wrap Up55:17 - Andy is Bad at Big Games