We are back on the rails again with another episode of Cube Engineers!TrainmasterGT and Usman return to help you navigate your second draft as a proud Cube designer at Oko Fazfae’s Pizza. This time, we venture deep into the back rooms of the establishment to determine what is to be done with the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cards in the bulk bins. Can this set be salvaged to the benefit of Cube designers? Does the card file contain anything that might be of interest to people who don’t like Ninja Turtles? The answer might surprise you!All Aboard!

Show Notes

Usman’s Substack

Video Essay about the history and artistry of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic

Epic Rap Battles of History: Ninjas Vs. Artists

2004-5 NHL Lockout

Derrick Green Sepultura Interview

Reddit Thread about White One Drops

The Ball Pit Cube

Casey Jones and his Commemorative Stamp

Highball 4K Cube

Price Chopper

Time Stamps and Major Cards

1:41: Episode Begins

21:06: Prehistoric Pet

33:33: Sneak Cards

54:40: Ravenous Robots

1:01:55: Splinter and Leo, Father and Son

1:07:32: Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justicar

1:14:50: Raph and Leo, Sibling Rivals

1:22:29: Death in the Family

1:26:11: The Ooze

1:34:01: North Wind Avatar

1:41:36: Triceraton Commander

1:52:14: Finale

1:54:43 Outro and Post Credits Scene (Foot Elite in Battle Box)

Cards Discussed

Electric Seaweed

Eliminate (M21)

Prehistoric Pet

Raphael, the Nightwatcher

Dark Leo and Shredder

Leonardo, Leader in Blue

Kytheon, Hero of Akros

Descendant of Storms

Karakas

Mox Amber

Flowering of the White Tree

Ravenous Robots

Young Pyromancer

Myr Battlesphere

Nettlecyst

Chromatic Sphere

Signal Pest

Splinter and Leo, Father and Son

Orcish Bowmasters

United Front

Blade Splicer

April O’Neil, Kunoichi Trainee

Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justicar

Raph and Leo, Sibling Rivals

Combat Celebrant

Fear of Missing Out

Bebop and Rocksteady

Tokka and Rahzar, Terrible Twos

Eidolon of the Great Revel

Sulfuric Vortex

Death in the Family

Anoint with Affliction

The Ooze

Tormod’s Crypt

Ghost Vacuum

North Wind Avatar

Burning Wish

Cunning Wish

Living Wish

Baloth Prime

Generous Ent

Wilderness Reclamation

Swords to Plowshares

Vivi Ornitier

Expressive Iteration

Inzerva, Master of Insights

Abrade

Triceraton Commander

Lorehold, the Historian

Foot Elite

Foot Chopper

Special thanks to Usman Jamil for co-hosting and editing this episode!

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