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Cube Engineers · Dec 16, 2025 · 1 hr 44 min

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

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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
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