Cube Engineers – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode of Cube Engineers, TrainmasterGT invites special guest Usman Jamil to discuss Aetherdrift: the latest Magic: the Gathering set and its potential impact on the Cube format. We also discuss cards from the set we are excited about in various contexts. Start your engines; this will be fun!

Guest Links:

Usman’s Link Tree

Usman’s Substack

Cubes Discussed:

UsmanCube

Highball 4K

Unstable Cubicorns

Eiganjo Drift

Cards Discussed:

FULL LIST

Shark Typhoon

Zenith Flare

Flourishing Fox

Drannith Stinger

Valiant Rescuer

Loot, the Pathfinder

Boommobile

Draconautics Engineer

Gas Guzzler

Debris Beetle

Siege Rhino

Dracosaur Auxiliary

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief

Greasewrench Goblin

Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

Cursecloth Wrappings

Whip of Erebos

Bulwark Ox

Selfless Spirit

Ornery Tumblewagg

Amonkhet Raceway

Arena of Glory

Avishkar Raceway

Muraganda Raceway

Molt Tender

Birds of Paradise

Patchwork Beastie

Flooded Strand

Fabled Passage

Escape Tunnel

Fyndhorn Elves

Llanowar Elves

Stridehangar Automaton

Pia and Kiran Nalaar

Thraben Inspector

Voldaren Epicure

Thunderous Velocipede

Dragon’s Rage Channeler

Agonasaur Rex

Kalonian Hydra

Verdurous Gearhulk

Momentum Breaker

Trial of Ambition

Nurturing Pixie

Hopeless Nightmare

Hopeful Vigil

Tithing Blade

Nowhere to Run

Grim Bauble

This Town Ain’t Big Enough

Kor Skyfisher

Mishra’s Bauble

Glint Hawk

Riptide Gearhulk

Ravenous Chupacabra

Monastery Swiftspear

Monastery Mentor

Ensoul Artifact

Dragonlord Ojutai

Galvanic Blast

Defend the Rider

Royal Treatment

Tamiyo’s Safekeeping

Intimidation Tactics

Thoughtseize

Gastal Raider

Ketria Triome

Despise

Diversion Unit

The Aetherspark

FULL LIST

In the first episode of Cube Engineers, TrainmasterGT discusses the history and rebirth of Amonkhet.

Cards Discussed:

–The Gods of Amonkhet

–Authoritarian Cards

–The Hour Cycle

–Ramunap-Related Cards

–Leave // Chance

–Basri Ket

–The Hand That Moves Story

–Cards of the New Amonkhet

–Cards of the Chitin Court

–Cards of the Maahestet

–Captsone: Scoured Barrens

In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites the host of the Recross the Paths Podcast, Kade Goforth, to discuss his experiences conversing with Cube designers. Learn the origins of Recross the Paths and how to get more out of your conversations with Cubers!

Additional Links:

Recross the Paths Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Trade Routes Games Tulsa

Cards Mentioned:

Rise of the Dark Realms

Sentinel Sliver

Kalonian Hydra

Sphinx’s Revelation

Supreme Verdict

Pack Rat

Maze’s End

Special thanks to Kade for being a guest on the episode!

In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites Chris “'Cashew” Taylor of Riptidelab fame to discuss how Cube designers can use custom cards in their Cubes! Learn how to make and use custom cards to improve your Cube, and how to upgrade existing cards to better suit your needs!

Show Notes:

—The Dandy Cube on Cubecobra and Riptidelab

—Fox Stevenson (Official YouTube Channel)

—Magic Set Editor Modern

—Rail War Set

—High Noon Set

—The Coalesce Mechanic

—Art Station

Cards Discussed:

—Sudden Shock

—Grave Titan

—Oni Cult Anvil

—Snapcaster Mage

—Ice Cauldron (Read at your own risk!)

—Agatha’s Soul Cauldron

—Adeline, Resplendant Cathar

—Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath

—Repentance

—Thraben Inspector

—The Rail Line Cards

—Warning Shot

Special thanks to Chris Taylor for being a guest on the episode!

In this episode, TrainmasterGT explores how emotional value plays a role in Cube design and why we find certain cards to be so special. Explore the universe of cards with heart, and a few examples from TrainmasterGT’s own collection! Grab your Penumbra Wurms, Wabi-Sabi Ugins, and misprint Godless Shrines, it’s going to be a wild ride!

Show Notes

The Pack One Slick Ones Podcast

Episode 239 of Lucky Paper Radio

Wabi-Sabi (Wikipedia)

Cards Discussed

Rot Wolf

Oak Street Innkeeper

Mwonvuli Beast Tracker

Roaring Primadox

Penumbra Wurm

Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Shivan Dragon

Godless Shrine

Batterskull

Reap Intellect

Vraska the Unseen

Elspeth, Sun’s Champion

Siege Rhino

Courser of Kruphix

Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury

Whisperwood Elemental

Soulflayer

Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Crux of Fate

Wild Slash

Mardu Woe-Reaper

Whisperer of the Wilds

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Chord of Calling

Jace, Vyrn’s Prodigy

Collected Company

Temple of Triumph

Peak Eruption

Polukranos, World Eater

Roast

Temur Charm

Wooded Foothills

Elvish Mystic

Seeker of the Way

Savage Ventmaw

Muscle Sliver

Sinew Sliver

Predatory Sliver

Glistener Elf

Blighted Agent

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Ral, Storm Conduit

Fblthp, the Lost

Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

Chandra, Fire Artisan

Gideon Blackblade

Ugin, the Ineffable

Wrenn and Six

Fable of the Mirror Breaker

Up the Beanstalk

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Stoneforge Mystic

Borderless Furbait

Furry Jace

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

30th Anniversary Year Promos

Liliana of the Veil

Nissa, Vastwood Seer

Vandalblast

Blood Artist

Thanks for watching! Tune in next week for the introduction to Tarkir month!

In this episode, TrainmasterGT journeys to the Netherlands to meet with the legendary Cube designer Onderzeeboot and discuss one of the coolest Cubes around: Heritage! Heritage: a Sticker Cube combines classic Magic gameplay with elements from Legacy board games like Risk: Legacy and Gloomhaven. Learn all about how Heritage was designed, and how to build your own Heritage Cubes at home!

Show Notes

Heritage: A Sticker Cube Links:

Riptidelab Thread

CubeCobra Link

Modified Cards Gallery

Jason Waddell’s article on Multicolor Cubes and Onderzeeboot’s thoughts on the article

Omniczech’s Sticker Cube

Dave Chalker’s Article about the original Victor’s Spoils mechanic

Cards Discussed

Faerie Seer

Treasure Cruise

Basri, Tomorrow's Champion

Icatian Javelineer

Scab-Clan Giant

Ash Barrens

Electrolyze

Snapback

Wicked Akuba

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Corpse Knight

Dismember

Audacious Thief

Modified Discussed Card Image Gallery

In this episode, TrainmasterGT explores what he thinks constitute the five best Cube sets ever released! This may be a simple premise, but there is an intriguing answer.

Show Notes:

Unstable Cubicorns Battle Box

Cards Discussed:

Introduction:

The Power 9

The Original Dual Lands

Lightning Bolt

Llanowar Elves

Counterspell

Dark Ritual

Amonkhet:

Dusk//Dawn

Claim//Fame

Insult//Injury

Drake Haven

Archfiend of Ifnir

Astral Slide

Censor

Hieroglyphic Illumination

Cast Out

Glorybringer

Snapcaster Mage

Gust Walker

Khans of Tarkir

Treasure Cruise

Dig Through Time

The Khans

The Charms

Siege Rhino

Mantis Rider

Throne of Eldraine

Bonecrusher Giant

Lovestruck Beast

Edgewall Inkeeper

Lucky Clover

Gingerbrute

Gilded Goose

The Adamant Mechanic

The Quad-Hybrid Cards

Irencrag Feat

Fires of Invention

Once Upon a Time

Oko, Thief of Crowns

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Double-Faced Sagas

Fable of the Mirror Breaker

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

The Shattered States Era

Boseuju Reaches Skyward

Blade of the Oni

Rabbit Battery

Neon Dynasty Ninjutsu

Colossal Skyturtle

Twinshot Sniper

Touch the Spirit Realm

The Neon Dynasty Spirit Dragons

The Champions of Kamigawa Spirit Dragons

Honorable Mentions

Spyglass Siren

Cenote Scout

Deep-Cavern Bat

Bitter Triumph

Dinosaurs with Landcycling

Trumpeting Carnosaur

Sentinel of the Nameless City

Delirium Cards from Duskmourn

Example of Cool Duskmourn Enchantments: The Overlords

Modern Horizons 2

Mox Opal (and its original banning)

Thought Monitor

Thoughtcast

Memnarch

Red White Modular Cards

Green Storm Cards

Dragon’s Rage Channeler

Lose Focus

Prismatic Ending

Unholy Heat

Hard Evidence

Murktide Regent

Abiding Grace

Scuttletide

Fae Offering

Priest of Fell Rites

Archon of Cruelty

Serra’s Emmisary

Evoke Elementals

Force of Will

Grief

Unmask

Thanks for listening!

In this episode, TrainmasterGT scrambles to create an episode after having to push back the first part of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm podcast by a week. Will he be able to create a decent episode in time? Maybe, but only with a little help from his friends!

Show Notes:

The Pack One Slick Ones Podcast (Usman Jamil’s Substack)

Ubercubathon 2025

Lucky Paper Radio

Neoclassical Cube

Degenerate Microcube

Bun Magic Cube

Sacred Geometry

Turbo Cube

The Pauper Cube

Cards Discussed:

Sagu Archer

Arc Lightning

Monastery Flock

Vedalken Shackles

Skirmish Rhino

Siege Rhino

Mulldrifter

Unearth

Helping Hand

No One Left Behind

Recommission

Collected Company

Skirmish Rhino

Siege Rhino

Rhino Tribal Enablers

Lightning Helix

Fruit of the First Tree

Tree of Redemption

Skirmish Rhino

Siege Rhino

Flame Slash

Soulherder

Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd

Rhino-

Vedalken Shackles

Special thanks to:

Uberbear

The other hosts of The Pack One Slick Ones Podcast, Arlo Jessie, Jane, and Usman

Andy Mangold

Anthony ‘Skirmish Rhino’ Mattox

Onderzeeboot

Chris Taylor

Judge Bones

Shep

Jason Waddell

Kade Goforth

Markiplier

Rocco Dupris

Wadi-Safra

Thanks for listening!

LEGAL NOTICE: The Dutch Tourism and Culture Export Board does not actually exist, it is a fabrication for this podcast. We still haven’t sold out!

Cube Engineers is back on the rails again! In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites Pauper Cube Committee member Omniczech to discuss the history of the official Pauper Cube community and how the committee uses big data. Learn about The Pauper Cube Polling App, Net Promoter Scores (NPS), and how community data is used to update one of the most visible Cubes in the community! It’s time for some good, common fun!

All Aboard!

Show Notes

A Good Omen Contest

The Pauper Cube Website

The Pauper Cube List

The Pauper Cube Official Discord

The Pauper Cube Polling App

The Cube Is Bigger Than You by Usman Jamil

Usman’s $100 Budget Cube

Cards Discussed

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Lightning Bolt

Carnophage

Omen Commons

Sagu Wildling

Sea Snidd

Avishkar Raceway

Syndic of Tithes

Derranged Assistant

Sakura Tribe Elder

Llanowar Elves

Yavimaya Elder

Special thanks to Bella for being this episode’s Cold Open guest!

In the epic conclusion of Tarkir month, TrainmasterGT and Usman return to conclude their review of Tarkir: Dragonstorm! Usman and Trainmaster take an all-out approach to the review, discussing the cards they’re most excited about for their Cubes! Will Tarkir: Dragonstorm soar like a Dragon, or Return to the Earth? Stay tuned to find out!

Show Notes

A Good Omen Contest

Guest Links:

Usman’s Link Tree

Usman’s Substack

The Pack One Slick Ones Podcast

Cubes Discussed:

UsmanCube

Highball 4K

Unstable Cubicorns (Mentioned Only).

Cards Discussed

Main Cards are in Bold.

Stock Up

Spirit Dragon Cycle

Teval, Arbiter of Virtue

The Triomes

Troll of Khazad-dûm

Entomb+Reanimate

Wooded Foothills

Splinter Twin

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Deceiver Exarch

Cori-Steel Cutter

Sword of Forge and Frontier

Sword of Wealth and Power

Clarion Spirit

Shatter

Mabel and Cragflame

Auroral Procession

Regrowth

Up the Beanstalk

Growth Spiral

Explore

Shark Typhoon

Voracious Bibliophile

Swords to Plowshares

Tersa Lightshatter

Gut, True Soul Zealot

Broadside Bombardiers

Fable of the Mirror Breaker

Goblin Rabblemaster

Legion Warboss

Squee, Dubious Monarch

Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin

Ivora, Insatiable Heir

Marauding Mako

Flame of Anor

Sin, Spira's Punishment

Flooded Strand

Songcrafter Mage

Mystic Confluence

Collected Company

Volcanic Hammer

Incinerate

Snapcaster Mage

Dark Ritual

Archmage’s Charm

Cryptic Command

Ugin, Eye of the Storms

Vindicate

Maelstrom Pulse

Ashes to Ashes

Smuggler’s Copter

Grave Titan

Jeskai Revelation

Marang River Regent

Descendant of Storms

Usher of the Fallen

Siege Rhino

Ensoul Artifact

Dragonlord Ojutai

Foul-Tongue Invocation

Caustic Exhale

Last Gasp

Ulcerate

Dispelling Exhale

Quench

Molten Exhale

Silumgar’s Scorn

Roiling Dragonstorm

Encroaching Dragonstorm

Explosive Vegetation

Dragonlord Atarka

Lava Coil

Thundering Rebuke

Timeless Dragon

The Dragonlords

Marang River Regent (Episode Key Art).

Scavenger Regent

Bloomvine Regent

Twinmaw Stormbrood

Roast

Loxodon Hierarch

Runescale Stormbrood

Sagu Wildling

Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Elspeth, Sun’s Champion

Garruk Wildspeaker

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Garruk, Cursed Huntsman

Brimaz, King of Oreskos

Adeline, Resplendant Cathar

Sage of the Skies

Baubles

Clarion Conqueror

Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage

Winternight Stories

Glacial Dragonhunt

Channeled Dragonfire

Unending Whisper

Special thanks to Usman for returning for this review!