AuthorUsman Jamil

Kaizen is a business concept about continual improvement using careful, in-depth analysis of a business model and its processes. How can we apply this to our cubes to make them the best they can be?

During spoiler season is when cube designers and players alike have to remain vigilant when evaluating new cards. Before you jump the gun and claim a card unplayable, read this article on evaluating new cards.

Usman Jamil discusses the values of how managing and building a non-rare cube can help you develop and improve upon the fun and strength of your regularly managed cube.

Usman Jamil addresses a touchy topic today. Do signets and bouncelands make green and aggressive decks worse by invalidating one of green’s primary functions as a color?

Usman Jamil explains how cycles can restrict cube design. When should you break up cycles? When is it better to keep them intact for color balance? Is it okay to break up mana-fixing cycles?

Usman Jamil talks about the cards from M12 and the Commander product that should go in your cube along with some borderline ones that are on the fringe of playability. Bonus section for Pauper/Peasant cubes!

In this week’s Cube Holistic Wisdom, Usman talks about how to figure out what cards to take out when new cards get printed or discovered.

In this week’s Cube Holistic Wisdom, Usman talks about how cards can play differently from cube to cube.

In this week’s Cube Holistic Wisdom, Usman talks about having an on-deck binder and how it’s a useful tool to have for those who have cubes and Commander decks.

In this week’s Cube Holistic Wisdom, Usman talks about having an on-deck binder and how it’s a useful tool to have for those who have cubes and Commander decks.

Usman Jamil goes in-depth into which cards are cubeworthy despite not working the same way they do in Constructed as they do in Draft. Read for his discussion on Tangle Wire, Life from the Loam, and Abyssal Persecutor.

Usman Jamil goes in-depth into which cards are cubeworthy despite not working the same way they do in Constructed as they do in Draft. Read for his discussion on Tangle Wire, Life from the Loam, and Abyssal Persecutor.

Usman Jamil goes through all of New Phyrexia, scouting out the perfect cards for cube. Which ones make it in and which ones come close but don’t pass muster?

Usman Jamil goes through all of New Phyrexia, scouting out the perfect cards for cube. Which ones make it in and which ones come close but don’t pass muster?

Monday, April 25 – In this week’s edition of Holistic Wisdom, Usman talks about the concept of Opportunity Cost and how it applies to cube!