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Episode 8 of Cube Engineers is now live! Episode 8: Tarkir, Sabrina Carpenter, and the Reservoir In this episode, I scrambles to create an episode after having to push back the first part of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm podcast by a week. Will I be able to create a decent episode in time? Maybe...

Placeholder for a forgotten post about Episode 7.

I feel like it had roughly the same number as Dragons of Tarkir, except they're at lower rarities.

@Brad turns out, when you’re expecting a ton of slam-dunk 3-color cards and dragons, but then you only get two dragons which are sort of ok enough to be comfortable calling long-term material and two three color cards that are both themselves callbacks to older cards, the set feels light!

This is a testing/includes thread. Post pictures using /ci or a text list using /c with what cards you plan to include and what cards you plan to test. Including: Descendant of Storms Voice of Victory Dispelling Exhale Twinmaw Stormbrood Roiling Dragonstorm Unending Whisper Caustic Exhale...

I will get the testing thread up in a little bit, I have to finish some stuff for my Job before I can comb through the set one last time.

I have no idea, to be honest. I don't think it would be any better than the Mice abominations that are currently everywhere in Standard, even if it would have a higher floor than Heartfire Hero. Red just doesn't have a lot of interesting two-power one-drops, which is a bit of a disappointment...

I was kind of hoping for a Mobilize Jackal Pup, but this is pretty cool too!

So, funny thing. There are two classifications for Rare cards at WOTC: cards in "the good place" and cards in "the bad place." Cards in "the good place" are tuned for construction and, therefore, are desirable by players of several different types, even if they end up being game-warping in the...

Oh man, this card is so cool! After having spent months being unhappy with my White Three Drops, it seems like this set is giving me several cool options to choose from!

There's a lot of cool stuff in Dragonstorm, so if I would encourage you to explore the new Cube option if you're feeling inspired! As for Omens and Adventures, I think this is a weird space. There are multiple issues that I think could serve as challenges here for a Cube designer. First is the...

To be honest, I feel like White and Black are not the colors a player would usually want to pair a "power matters snapcaster" with anyway. As much as I can understand not wanting the prescriptiveness of a multicolor card, I also think it's not very stylish to avoid a card that you like the...

Just Cube it, there's a certain point where three color cards become strong enough to usually justify the cost, and I think this one fits the bill, especially if you're not power-prioritizing.

Teeming Dragonstorm Roiling Dragonstorm Corroding Dragonstorm Breaching Dragonstorm Encroaching Dragonstorm I’m a bit disappointed with how this cycle ended up shaking out. I feel like the Blue one is far and away the most interesting as a build-around, while the rest are a bit more middling. I...

So many of these Dragon cards and Clan cards have been disappointments, but damn is this card sweet. Sonic Shrieker It's like they basically took Siege Rhino and gave it an Archangel of Wrath/Blightning/Kolaghan's Command sort of flare. 2WRB seems a bit steep for aggressive Mardu decks, but I...

I don't actually think this is a weak card. It feels like an aggressively slanted Seasoned Pyromancer. It's a little worse in certain regards (it can't just draw two cards when you play it without an empty hand, and it doesn't do anything with tokens), but it's also a bigger, hasty attacker that...

Eshki Dragonclaw She's a baddie, right? I really want to combine this card with Mishra's Bauble, Lotus Petal, Gitaxian Probe, and Gut Shot et al., as that would allow for immediately triggering this gal on turn four. Technically, you can do it on turn three with the Lotus Petal! I think this may...

Usman and I talked about this briefly in our Aetherdrift Cube Review Cube Engineers Episode. This core of cards may be good enough for high-powered environments! I definitely think you could do something cool with it here, especially in conjunction with some classic Blink enablers and payoffs in...

This is far and away one of the most stylish cards in the set in my opinion. This is exactly what a White Mardu card should feel like! I'm surprised, this card feels less like a "made for Commander" card than the actual main set Zurgo, Thunder's Decree. If I end up using a Zurgo to round out...

Come on now! Calling Rakshasha's Bargain an abomination is like saying chocolate cake is just a glorified mud pie. Have you ever tried embracing the absurdity? It's like slapping on a pair of goggles and diving into a pool of chaos—refreshing and ridiculous all at once! If I’m an...