Beacon of Creation
A show about design in Magic: the Gathering. Each week we cover both official cards and custom cards made by the community. The weekly design challenge gives you the opportunity to make it on the show! Hosted by Tim, Juliet, Kayiu and Markus, with guests!
Music used with permission: https://www.youtube.com/user/daleculp
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 430
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ep. 185 - Design Rush V: Kayiu & Markus
Welcome to chapter five of Design Rush, a quick-on-your-feet Magic card design showcase! This episode's contestants are Kayiu & Markus! Follow Kayiu on Twitter: @kayiu102 Follow Markus on Twitter: …
Ep. 184 - Strixhaven's Lorehold & Red-White Design Space
Tim & Bradley discuss Lorehold cards previewed on Monday, how red-white has played in the past in Limited and Commander, and Bradley's experience last weekend with his Adriana Commander deck.
Bradley…
Ep. 183 - Design Rush IV: DesignSkeleton & MonoWhiteBorder
Welcome to chapter four of Design Rush, a quick-on-your-feet head-to-head Magic card design challenge! This episode's two contestants are DesignSkeleton & MonoWhiteBorder! Follow Bill on Twitter: @D…
Episode 182 - Castmire's New Guest
We're reviewing your submissions for Castmire's new black legendary creature that is a guest in the mansion!
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Design Rush Ep. III w/ Natalie & Esper
It's the third chapter in the fast-paced, head-to-head Magic card design showdown, Design Rush! With contestants Natalie Libre & Esper Quinn! Follow Natalie on Twitter: @bigstuffedcat Follow Esper o…
Episode 180 - Castmire's Dubious Lever
We're reviewing your Heavy Chandeliers and Strange Carpets to go with Dubious Lever. Hear our discussion and the finalists! Then, submit your entry for our second Design Challenge of Milestone 6:
DC6…
Episode 179 - Design Rush Returns! Mad Olaf is Here!
The people demanded it and we brought it back! We've got two new challengers and four new cards to design. Still just a minute!
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Episode 178 - Castmire Milestone 6 Begins!
We're kicking off Milestone 6 by checking out your focus channel submissions! M6 will be quick, containing just two Design Challenges and two Focus channels.
DC61 - "Pull the Lever!” - Design the Hea…
Episode 177 - Design Rush! One Minute Madness!
A minute to design a Magic card?? Juliet hosts this game show and challenges Brad and Tim to push their design skills to the limit!
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Episode 176 - Castmire Milestone 5 Banquet
Check out the great ideas coming from the Banquet! Lots of discussion on Castmire's development in this ep.
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Episode 175 - Bradley's Conspiracy Jumpstart!
Juliet and Tim get the details and lessons from Bradley's NaGaDeMon project, Conspiracy Jumpstart. This sweet Jumpstart format is built to be played Star format, where each player's win condition is …
Episode 174 - Castmire Milestone 5 Jumpstart Packs
We review the submissions for DC 59 "Milestone 5 Jumpstart" - Design a Jumpstart pack of Castmire cards!
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Episode 173 - Eleventh Edition: Path to Exile
Ten new versions of Path to Exile with Kess aka @Kesswylie aka kess.co!
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Episode 172 - Kaldheim Design Discussion
We're in mid-preview season for Kaldheim! Bradley & Tim discuss mechanics and cards and their impact from a Magic design lens.
DC 59 "Milestone 5 Jumpstart" - Design a Jumpstart pack of Castmire card…
Episode 171 - Castmire Milestone 5 Takes a Bow
Milestone 5 of Castmire is wrapping up, meaning it's playtesting time! We get hype for the new cards and combos and lay out the schedule for playtesting.
DC 59 "Milestone 5 Jumpstart" - Design a Jump…
Episode 170 - Whose Statline Is It, Anyway?
Play along with this trivia and design quiz! Even if you don't know the card, your Magic design skills can still get you the right answer!
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Episode 169 - Sending Holiday Cards
There have been fifteen holiday cards in Magic, let's review their jokes and mechanics!
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Episode 168 - Focus Channel Wrap-up
Larcent joins the cast to check out the results of the Red/White, Red/Black, and Blue/Black focus channels, and talk about how they went so right. The cards came out great and we hear a lot about Lar…
Episode 167 - Yggdrassil: Battle for the Nine Realms Set Review
Tim and Juliet share their impressions of and give feedback on Nils's first custom Magic set, Yggdrassil: Battle for the Nine Realms. A set based on Norse mythology with a sprinkling of Scandinavian …
Episode 166 - Designing EDH Decks to Maximize Fun
Tim and Bradley discuss their efforts to help design an EDH deck for Bradley that maximizes fun. This means a deck that actually can win rather than using one of Bradley's low-powered artistic deck c…