Beacon of Creation

We've got another classic custom set this week, but with a twist. After diving into the history of Wild West set Lorado, we also look into a new project making Jumpstart packs with that set.

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We've got two primo Alara experts on the podcast this week and we're designing cards! Mako, creator of the Alara custom set, puts Tim and Scribbl to the test with five design prompts. Bant redemption…

You have our permission to enjoy all these sweet "may" cards! All of them provide a choice within their rules text. Join Tim and Markus in considering all the different wrinkles to these choices.

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Juliet and Kayiu continue their stay on a borrowed plane: ALARA by Mako! While there they debate who the most iconic planeswalker from Alara is, the logistics of how Grixis as a setting even works, l…

Juliet and Kayiu planeswalk into something borrowed: the inimitable ALARA by Mako! While there they check out some of the best documentation in all of custom set design, Encouraging combinations of f…

We challenged you all to give us your best "fool" cards. Check out the second half of the review where we get fully bamboozled.

Cards from: Juliet, Larcent, Bradley Rose, Wobbles, Home Slice, Redbay,…

It's fool or be fooled for Tim and Markus as they review your submissions to the April Fools challenge! This part covers these submissions:

- kuyashiiPlays - BoofTroupe - Dillon - Tahanu - underFlore…

Returning guest Larcent shares his progress developing a set about changing weather. Each kind of weather has a material effect on the game and picking the right weather is a challenge. The set's oth…

Castmire, our community developed set, is resuming development and we've got a handy introduction to get you excited! This is a great chance to get involved in the set.

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This week our guests are given a custom Commander and have to pick reprints and design new cards for that Commander's precon! Brewer MonoWhiteBorder and long-ago returning guest Gaby team up to crack…

Get in on the next Design Challenge by heading to our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vp…

Celebrate volatile March weather with the review of your Lamb and Lion cards!

Like the last few challenges, we got a lot of submissions! The second half of them will be reviewed in an ep released in …

In Eleventh Edition, we take an existing Magic card and make ten new versions of it. This time, Tim brings on 11E super-fan Christopher Lundgren, and they share and discuss their card designs that us…

Looking to make your own Kamigawa cube? Tim and guest Dan Martin aka thesixthroc have both created and playtested Kamigawa block cubes. Together they discuss an overview of what's available in those …

The second half of our review session is here! We're covering cards from our It Takes Two challenge, where listeners designed cards based off of other designers' cards. 

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Markus AKA Mark Confidant AKA Master of Challenges is back to help Tim review your submissions to the It Takes Two challenge! This challenge was extra cool because the entries we are reviewing all co…

Juliet and Kayiu check out a set from custom Magic's golden age: the brand-new Nangjiao in Bloom by CanterburyEgg! Along the way they study activated abilities mattering in an elegant way, recent ret…

Our first book review episode!

Perry K hops on the pod to discuss Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. This book takes place in a sprawling house, mostly empty of life but full of unusual statues and other ph…

Juliet and Kayiu investigate the classic custom set Aenyr by Zervintz and its place in custom design history, whether art by definition requires audience, some of the great things Aenyr does to avoid…

Markus aka Mark Confidant aka Blonde Bob aka the Colorado Rocket Launcher joins up to help review your submissions for Design Challenge: New Year's Resolutions. This ep goes HEAVY, not just on the ca…