Cube Engineers

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A podcast about Magic: The Gathering Cube, Game Design, and more by TrainmasterGT cubeengineers.substack.com

  1. Cube Engineers Episode 34: 2025 Year in Review

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    Cube Engineers Episode 34: 2025 Year in Review

    In this episode, TrainmasterGT and Usman Jamil reflect on the year 2025! They discuss the design and mechanics of the new sets, cover the coolest cards, and share what developments influenced their thoughts and feelings the most. Did any sets prove themselves to be a cut above the rest? Which sets are destined for the dustbins of history? Was 2025 even a good year for Magic? Stay tuned to find out! All Aboard! Timestamps 3:19:00 Aetherdrift: The First Set of 2025! 22:46:00 Tarkir: Dragonstorm 39:34:00 Final Fantasy 56:18:00 Edge of Eternities 1:07:06:00 Spooder Man 1:18:48:00 ATLA 1:21:46:00 Hits and Misses for the Year 1:26:53:00 Cards of the Year 1:30:40:00 Magic in 2026 1:38:25:00 Conclusion Show Notes Usman’s 2025 Cube Cards: Set Overview Article Hej Hej from Sweden! Shoebox 2026 (Also Listen: Interview with Shoebox Organizer Dinrovahorror!) Usman’s Substack Usmantherad on Bluesky Cards Discussed Locust Spray Marauding Mako Monument to Endurance Vanilla and Vanilla Matters in Aetherdrift Spikeshell Harrier Stock Up Thunderous Velocipede Vigean Hydropod Marketback Walker Hangarback Walker Walking Ballista The “Behold a Dragon” Cards Statute of Denial Troll Scavenger (Legends of Runeterra) Sagu Wildling The Siege Cycle Boulder Dragon Dragonstorm Globe Embermouth Sentinel Dragon’s Play Cori-Steel Cutter Frostcliff Siege Quantum Riddler Elspeth, Storm Slayer Twinmaw Stormbrood Roast The Spirit Dragons The Dragonlords Summon: Primal Odin Summon: Brynhildr Hraesvelgr of the First Brood Commune with the Beavers Clive, Ifrit’s Dominant Buster Sword Garland, Knight of Cornelia Yuna’s Whistle Cecil, Dark Knight Gran-Gran Death’s Shadow Mulldrifter Bonecrusher Giant Smuggler’s Copter Kavaron, Memorial World Bygone Colossus Monoist Sentry Consult the Star Charts Icetill Explorer Crucible of Worlds Anticausal Vestige Siege Rhino Spider-Man UK Ultimate Green Goblin Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly Badgermole Cub City Pigeon Momo, Playful Pet Spectacular Save Secret Identity Fire Nation Occupation Abandoned Air Temple Mai, Scornful Striker Zhao, the Moon Slayer Marang River Regent Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justicar Thank you for listening, and for an excellent 2025! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    1 h 43 min
  2. Cube Engineers Episode 33: Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review Part 2: Cabbages Unquenched

    23/12/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 33: Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review Part 2: Cabbages Unquenched

    We are back on the rails again with another exciting episode of Cube Engineers! In this episode, TrainmasterGT is once again joined by Usman Jamil to discuss their favorite cards in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Magic Set. Find out what cards are destined to save the world, and which cards have a lot to learn before they can save anyone… All Aboard! Show Notes The Pack One Slick Ones on Usman’s Revamped Substack Usman’s Article: Avatar: The Last Airbender for Cube A photo of Big Mac the Cat Cards Mentioned Main Discussion Cards Bolded with Timestamps! Badgermole Cub Aang, Swift Savior Llanowar Elves Sylvan Caryatid Anzrag, the Quake Mole Pothole Mole 5:55: Fire Nation Occupation Heirloom Blade Mistbind Clique Pyrogoyf Wan Shi Tong, Librarian Lazotep Quarry Brazen Borrower Snuff Out Parallax Wave Emperor of Bones Stormchaser’s Talent Force of Will Subtlty Endurance Consider 17:54: Katara, Waterbending Master Wilderness Reclamation Spell Peirce Dispel Kitsa, Otterball Elite Meren of Clan Nel Toth Otharri, Suns’ Glory Plagon, Lord of the Beach 26:25: Aang’s Iceberg Oblivion Ring Banishing Light Swords to Plowshares Stormplain Detainment March of Otherworldly Light Prismatic Ending Unexpectedly Absent 32:02 True Ancestry Stern Scolding Starting Town Divide by Zero Professor of Symbology Eyetwitch Poet’s Quill Gnarled Professor Academic Dispute Pop Quiz Sparring Regimen Origin of Spider-Man Spectacular Spider-Man Spider-Woman, Stunning Savior Peter Parker Redirect Lightning Cori-Steel Cutter Think Twice Nature’s Spiral Regrowth It’ll Quench Ya! 43:04: Suki, Courageous Rescuer Glorious Anthem Crusade Honor of the Pure Orcish Oriflame Savannah Lions Ephemerate Soulherder 46:30: Mai, Scornful Striker Siege Rhino Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Eidolon of the Great Revel 51:32: Ba Sing Se The Modern Horizons 2 Bridges Ensoul Artifact The Restless Lands Restless Cottage Restless Prairie Restless Reef Restless Vinestalk The Hideouts Sandbender’s Storm Earthshape 58:14: Zhao, the Moon Slayer Price of Progress 1:03:45: Raven Eagle Graveyard Trespasser Lingering Souls 1:09:09: Firebending Student Heartfire Hero Ouroboroid Monstrous Rage Chainsaw Bonesplitter Burst Lightning The Legend of Roku Showdown of the Skalds 1:16:12: Conclusion Firebender Ascension Sunset Sabotuer Unlucky Cabbage Merchant Tough Cookie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    1 h 26 min
  3. Cube Engineers Episode 32: The Quenchiest Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review with Usman Jamil

    16/12/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 32: The Quenchiest Avatar: The Last Airbender Cube Review with Usman Jamil

    We are back on the rails again with another exciting episode of Cube Engineers! In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites back the always wonderful Usman Jamil to discuss the mechanics of the Avatar: The Last Airbender Magic: The Gathering set! Find out which mechanics translate best from screen to card, and how to implement Avatar themes into your Cube! Will this set quench our thirst for cool new mechanics, or will the set never rise from the ashes of shame and humiliation? Stay tuned to find out! Show Notes The Pack One Slick Ones on Usman’s Substack Standard Bant Airbending A Minecraft Episode with Andy Mangold Thomas Comes to Breakfast Cards Mentioned Waterbender Ascension Aang’s Iceberg Benevolent River Spirit Fire Nation Occupation Waterbender Restoration Foggy Swamp Visions Claim // Fame Unearth Helping Hand Kappa Cannoneer Murktide Regent The Boulder, Ready to Rumble Badgermole Cub Haru, Hidden Talent Darksteel Citadel Modern Horizons 2 Bridges Rampaging Ravine Restless Cottage Restless Vent Restless Anchorage Zuko, Exiled Prince Fire Nation Attacks Loyal Fire Sage Firebending Student Stoke the Flames Hired Claw Kytheon, Hero of Akros Snapcaster Mage Magma Jet Firedrinker Satyr Kellan, Planar Trailblazer Airbending Lesson The Shrine Cycle Aang, Swift Savior Spell Queller Divine Purge Appa, Steadfast Guardian Avatar’s Wrath Whirlwind Technique Cruel Ultimatum Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood Avatar Enthusiasts Drana, Liberator of Malakir Expedition Envoy Gideon, Ally of Zendikar United Front Great Divide Guide Loyal Fire Sage Wan Shi Tong, Librarian Unlucky Cabbage Merchant The Cabbage Merchant That’s Rough Buddy It’ll Quench Ya! Iroh’s Demonstration Thundering Rebuke Divide by Zero Professor of Symbology Poet’s Quill Gnarled Professor Academic Dispute First Day of Class Empty the Warrens Chatterstorm Skirk Prospector Enter the Avatar State Boomerang Basics Monastery Mentor Eyetwitch True Ancestry Fact or Fiction Think Twice Cram Session Study Break Ruinous Waterbending Shared Roots Field Trip Fear of Missing Teeth Igneous Inspiration Char Sparring Regimen Hulking Raptor Ulvenwald Entity Flametongue Kavu Ajani, Nacatl Pariah Guy in the Chair Bagel and Schmear Mai, Scornful Striker Zhao, the Moon Slayer Gran Gran Avatar’s Wrath Wandering Musicians Fire Nation Occupation Katara, Waterbending Master Strip Mine Venser, Shaper Savant Gifts Ungiven Do or Die Truth or Tale Special thanks to Usman for returning to do another set review! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    1 h 44 min
  4. Cube Engineers Episode 31: Sensei's Divining Talks

    02/12/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 31: Sensei's Divining Talks

    In this episode, Chris Taylor takes the Engineer’s seat for a new extended Sensei’s Divining Talks Segment! Chris is joined by TrainmasterGT, a first-year dental student, to deliver an important message about Focal Enamel Hypoplasia. What is this dental disorder, how does it impact patients, and how can it be treated? Stay tuned to find out more! Show Notes Turner’s Tooth: A Rare Case with Review of Literature (2021) Turner’s hypoplasia and non-vitality: A case report of sequelae in a permanent tooth (2010) Management of Turner’s Hypoplasia Using Resin Infiltration: A Case Report Cards Mentioned Pacifism (7th Edition) Pacifism (7th Edition Foil) Pacifism (Onslaught) Pacifism (Mirage) Recycle Special Thanks to Chris Taylor for hosting this episode! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    30 min
  5. Cube Engineers Episode 30: Hosting Cube Events Large and Small with Dinrovahorror

    21/10/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 30: Hosting Cube Events Large and Small with Dinrovahorror

    We’re back on the rails again! In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites Greg Cortazzo (A.K.A. Dinrovahorror) to share his experiences hosting Cube events and discuss the differences between organizing small and large events. Greg is the founder of the Vertex Cube Event Series and a founding member of the new Shoebox Magic event. Learn valuable lessons about how to host Cube events, challenges for event organizers, and how to build the most fun Cube event possible! Additionally, the pair discusses the new Shoebox event, coming to Saint Paul, Minnesota, from March 13th-15th, 2026! All Aboard! Show Notes Shoebox Event Shoebox Badges Shoebox on Discord Dinrovahorror on Bluesky and Cube Cobra Vertex Cube Event Cali Cube Champs Capital Cube Champs Washington Cube Champs Boston Cube Party Cubes Mentioned Cascade Cube Tiny Leaders Cube Companion Cube Atomic Cube 100 Ornithopters Commander Cards, Regular Games Wheeler’s One Drops Value Vintage The Drownyard Cards Mentioned Maelstrom Nexus Original Dual Lands Chaos Orb Gimme Five! Heroes of the Realm Cards Ashnod’s Coupon Dinrova Horror Prophetic Prism Galewind Moose This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    49 min
  6. Cube Engineers Episode 29: A Master Class in Cube Design with Usman Jamil and Chris Taylor (Season 1 Finale)

    19/08/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 29: A Master Class in Cube Design with Usman Jamil and Chris Taylor (Season 1 Finale)

    We’re back on the rails again with another exciting episode of Cube Engineers! In the season finale, TrainmasterGT invites back Usman Jamil and Chris Taylor to give a master class on Cube design! The trio discuss different Cube projects they have completed, and different lessons that can be applied from their designs. Learn about: * Making and using custom cards * Sizing and balancing your Cube * Writing Primers * Finding Ideas and Inspiration * Fixing and how to use Triomes * Basic Land Art Choices * Proxying * Nonsingleton * Microcubes * Setting Goals * And More! Special thanks to Usman and Chris for taking part in the finale, and to every other guest and viewer for being a part of this first season! Show Notes Cube Engineers Episode 3 The Dandy Cube (Full Cube) The Dandy Customs The Usman Cube The Death and Taxes Microcube The Campout Cube Snom Party Usman’s Article about Triomes Usman’s Spider-Man First Thoughts Derail (Rail War) 555-Jank Episode 1,243 of the Drive to Work Podcast Overanalyzing Avatar on YouTube The Sokka Video Essay Cards Noted Image Gallery Leeches Suncleanser Usher of the Fallen Staff of the Storyteller Esper Sentinel Icehide Golem Arcum’s Astrolabe Cranial Plating Nettlecyst Shrapnel Blast Galvanic Blast Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas Virus Bettle Blackmail Creepy Doll Dollhouse of Horrors Splitskin Doll Arabella, Abandoned Doll Twitching Doll Living Phone Stuffy Doll Cankerbloom Ancient Den Garruk Wildspeaker Ursine Monstrosity Death Greeter’s Champion Summon: Good King Mog XII Falcon Airship Sabin, Master Monk Summon: Brinhildr Spider-Punk Psychic Frog Psychatog Sphinx’s Revelation Helitrooper Cori-Steel Cutter Third-Path Iconoclast Gut, True-Soul Zealot Otharri, Suns' Glory Broadside Bombardiers Force of Will Force of Negation Swords to Plowshares Entomb Reanimate Atraxa, Grand Unifier Damnation Vaultborn Tyrant Necromancy Animate Dead Dance of the Dead Spitting Dilophosaurus Grim Bauble Dubious Delicacy Choco-comet Gwen Stacy Abbot of Keral Keep Descendant of Storms Zack Fair Summon: Yojimbo Marang River Regent Cecil, Dark Knight Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Starting Town Tifa Lockheart Gau, Feral Youth Yuffie, Materia Hunter Thieving Skydiver Consult the Star Charts Stock Up Lazotep Quarry Heirloom Blade Lavaspur Boots Adakar Wastes The Landscapes Plains (New Capenna) Unsanctioned Basic Lands Serene Rememberance Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Wasteland Rishadin Port Wasteland Strangler Path to Exile Propaganda Tundra Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Goblin Rabblemaster Chandra, Torch of Defiance The Flux Gaddock Teeg Forth Eorlingas! Glowrider Lightstall Inquisitor Judge’s Familliar Serra Avenger Tommik, Distinguished Advocate White Orchid Phantasm Flickerwisp Vryn Wingmare Restoration Angel Cataclysm Shattering Blow Keeper of the Lens Baleful Strix Thanks again for watching! —GT This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    1 h 51 min
  7. Cube Engineers Episode 28: A Minecraft Episode with Andy Mangold

    12/08/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 28: A Minecraft Episode with Andy Mangold

    In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites Andy Mangold to discuss a topic every Cube podcaster must grapple with at some point in their career: Minecraft! Arguably, the most elegant sandbox game of all time, Minecraft contains many great lessons for any designer. The question is: what can we learn and how can it be applied to Cube? Stay tuned to find out! All Aboard! Show Notes Luck Paper Radio Cube Engineers April Fools Episode Bdoubleo100 on YouTube PaulsoaresJr 100 Ornithopters Cube The Bun Magic Cube Dooby’s in Baltimore Cards Discussed Skirmish Rhino Edge Rover Jace, the Mind Sculptor Hazoret, the Fervent Ornithopter Dandân Oko, Thief of Crowns Questing Beast Fear of Lost Teeth Anticausal Vestige Pulling Teeth (Bella Note: I think TrainmasterGT, Future DDS, would have some better methods of accomplishing this…) Tooth Collector Pith Driller Restoration Specialist Brilliant Restoration Redress Fate Tooth and Nail Root Greevil Special thanks to Andy for being a guest on the show and Bella for doing the card links in the Show Notes! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    1 h 12 min
  8. Cube Engineers Episode 27: Better Card Designs for Cube and Constructed with Dom Harvey

    05/08/2025

    Cube Engineers Episode 27: Better Card Designs for Cube and Constructed with Dom Harvey

    In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites the legendary Dom Harvey to discuss the intersection between fun cards for Cube and Constructed. Learn the anatomy of successful designs for the two formats, and how Cube designers can gain inspiration for their own environments by examining various constructed formats. All Aboard! Show Notes Dominaria’s Judgement Podcast All About Amulet Titan The Companion Cube The Regular Cube Cards Discussed Ravnica Bouncelands Cryptic Spires Summon: Yojimbo Dark Confidant Greater Gargadon Ritual Chamber // Unholy Annex Oko, Thief of Crowns Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Hardened Scales Winding Constrictor Pyromancer Ascension Up the Beanstalk Solitude Fury Overlord of the Hauntwoods Ride’s End Conclave Mentor Panharmonicon (Bella Note: 10/10 excellent wedding venue) Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion Icetill Explorer Ramunap Excavator Crucible of Worlds Strip Mine (Bella Note: a card for the certified Minecraft gamer) Oracle of Mul Daya Trained Armodon Krenko, Baron of Tin-Street Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter Faithless Looting Thought Scour Jeskai Ascendancy Silumgar’s Scorn Dispelling Exhale Quench (Bella Note: There’s nothinggggg quenchier… IT’SSSSS THE QUENCHIEST!!!) Roiling Dragonstorm Chart a Course Kavaron Harrier Plasma Bolt Torch the Tower Magma Spray Flame-Blessed Bolt Hatching Plans Consider Opt Cloud, Midgar Mercenary Stoneforge Mystic Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER (Bella Note: I need their hair care routine asap) Blood Artist Vivi Ornitier (Train Note: you’ll love himb. Bella Note: I LOVE HIMB 🤩) Agatha's Soul Cauldron Twinmaw Stormbrood Marang River Regent Broadside Bombardiers Forth Eorlingas! Minsc and Boo, Timeless Heroes Gut, True Soul Zealot Scavenging Ooze Restore Ursine Monstrosity Tarmogoyf Glarb, Calamity’s Augur Special thanks to Dom for being a guest on the show and Bella for adding the links in the show notes! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

    1 h 29 min
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A podcast about Magic: The Gathering Cube, Game Design, and more by TrainmasterGT cubeengineers.substack.com

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