Beacon of Creation

The second of our four custom Unpacking episodes, where we go card-by-card in a pack for a set we've never seen before! This time, Tim is joined by community member LudosGD. What will be unveiled whe…

This week is the long-awaited spotlight on Seasons of War, the custom commander limited set! Creator Timespiraled joins the show to tell us everything they learned making it and what they enjoy about…

In Unpacking, we go one-by-one through cards in a pack. We learn what we can from just the cards in front of us; no set summary and no knowledge of the mechanics. It's a fun way to see cards with fre…

We put our foot down and issue an ultimatum: design us some great cards! You know the community is going to give us a huge haul of cool designs and plenty to talk about.

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Kayiu hosts a look at color-blasted, music-infused future set Hyperpop! Creators platypeople and IgnitedxSoul give you a comprehensive look starting with abandoned mechanics, then talking through the…

Episode 300 is here! We recap Castmire, the community-designed spooky mansion set. How it came to be, all the mechanics, and the potential directions for the set! 

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Juliet and Susan discuss the things Cats are always known for: having antlers, flying, and having jobs! We break down some of Magic's most influential and adventurous felines, and together design a b…

March is over and your entries to the design challenge are here! Tim and Juliet review a sometimes-aquatic variety of artifact soldiers. There's lobsters, legions, french fish, swampy subs, an underw…

Realmbreaker has reconnected all the planes and we're reconnecting with a format from the early 2010s: Planechase! This multiplayer-focused format switches rules early and often. What makes a good Pl…

MWB aka Peter challenges Juliet and Tim to layer the flavor on top of three flavorless cards. Each card has so many directions it could go which makes for a very funny discussion.

We've got three mor…

Don't want to make a full cube but want to get more adventurous than a set cube? Check out Tim's Mirrodin Double Block Cube, which brings in cards from six sets and fuses them into something both fam…

Seven days later. Ten new entries! Tune in for some great cards in our combined zombie/cupid design challenge!

ChurchWizard

MWB

JamesDaltonBell

Juliet

Redbay

monaters

3smuth

Eshlelim

Wobbles

JBMannon

February and postapocalyptic zombie comas have one thing in common: 28 days! We review your zombie submissions, with potential bonuses of tokens, tribal, and archery! We'll see who pays tribute to Cu…

It's Cupid month and Juliet is taking us on a deep dive into archery in Magic. What represents archery flavor best? What's the most fun?

Fun Fact: "mechanistic" is another name for slab serifs!

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League champ Wraidzel and league finalist 3smuth both jump on the pod. Get to know both of these great designers and go behind the scenes on their entries across the rounds of the challenge. Super fu…

3... 2... 1... Baby New Year! All the January children have been born, giving us a whopping 16 "Figure of Destiny" card submissions, all ready to be reviewed. What makes a good one drop? What does th…

The finals of the Design League are here: design a booster pack for a set themed around the children's board game Candy Land!! We're reviewing the second finalist in this episode, blown out into full…

The finals of the Design League are here: design a booster pack for a set themed around the children's board game Candy Land!! We got a great pack from each finalist. We're giving each submission its…

Phyrexia: All Will Be One includes a single Flashback card, using that mechanic "deciduously". These present-but-not-everywhere mechanics have been normal in commander decks forever, but it's only in…