Beacon of Creation

We've got Gaby back on the pod for more live designing! You don't need to know anything about the game to listen... we cover what you need! We take a look at the cards for Halsin, Minthara, and Jahei…

Two more contestants, three more guilds... it's the return of Ravnica Design Rush! What cards can be created in mere minutes?

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Unpacking is a segment where we go totally blind into a pack and just break down the cards we see, as we see them. Usually we do this with older or custom sets, but Kayiu had the great idea of going …

This week we review your Faerie cards that mix in digital and other special mechanics!

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The new season of Design Rush starts here!

Juliet ambushes Kayiu and Tim with a quick-on-your-feet card design showcase of the guilds of Ravnica (that's Ravnica, not Guilds of Ravnica). Play along at…

Moxtober is about designing a card a day for a month. But what if you designed a whole set? A team of five from the MSE Discord made that happen! We've got three of them, Cool Beens, crime?, and kayi…

Now that we've played through the amazing Baldur's Gate 3, we've got opinions on the designs from Battle for Baldur's Gate! Gaby and Tim break down each of the vidoegame's six companions, their exist…

Spurred by the recent discussion of Blue-Green's years-long limited slump, Tim and Peter dive into more than a dozen UG signpost uncommons. Can we learn about how to make better UG cards by finding p…

Another month, another crazy design challenge! This month was all about finding ways to break the color pie within a single color's effects. We've got multiple white time walks, black Izzet cards, bl…

Kayiu and guest DrChillbrain take a break from design talk to dive into their favorite card art of the year and what makes them special!

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You Make the Pack was a cooperative event where we designed a pack of cards for an unknown set, one card at a time. It was super fun, and Redbay is on this episode to talk all about it! 

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We've got prolific designer Fblthp on the pod again, this time to talk about some fun Gotham villains! From big names like Joker and Harley to funny ones like Eraser, join us for a flavor and mechani…

We're winding down on 2023 and asked you for your best cards using this year's mechanics! We got battles, cybermans, Marvel characters (??) and a Wurmhole. Be sure to tune in!

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Hold on to your butts! We're recapping our favorite new Universes Beyond Jurassic Park cards, then leaping claws-first into designing some new cards of our own! To help us, our guest Lyght learned to…

See if your commander pod can survive five nights with these cards!

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Dive into Bass's favorite cards from the new Dr Who set! Don't worry if you don't know the show, you'll get filled in on all sorts of flavor. Plus a nice helping of weird alien guys.

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One of our coolest Design Challenges ever! We asked you to take the rules box of an existing card and spin it into a new one without changing more than a single word. The submissions are amazing!

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Moxtober is the big yearly Magic design event in the custom community! We've got the creator of Moxtober on the pod this week. We talk about where this year's prompts came from, then we play a game w…

We're live designing this week! Start with an existing card and some directions, and punch that card up! We've got vampires, obsession, booster packs, Grozoth, skeletons, and playtest cards!

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This episode has it all! A new set! More spooky Castmire! Moxtober tie-in! New Battle subtype! A dead body! Listen in to hear all about Juliet's new Jumpstart set. Ten packs, but with 13 cards per pa…