Inspiring episode this week! Khord and IgnitedxSoul hop on the pod this week to tell us about Beacon Constructed, a Standard-like format composed of sets from the Beacon of Creation server. This contained setup has a lot of advantages and helps them playtest with each other.
Topics and Tidbits
- the joy of seeing your cards mix with other custom cards
- hitting a critical mass of sets in the beacon discord
- working together on a set vs combining independent sets into a format
- how do I get people to play this with me?
- each person wants something tested and they set them together in a group
- MSEM and Revolution custom formats
- Jardeka – post-apocalypse artifact set
- equipment theme gets stronger the more sets you include
- Leffway – Surrealist “creation of a plane” set
- multi-type cards, including sorcery creatures
- outpost zero – scifi horror set artifact themes
- graveyard interaction and counters themes
- stars of cinesterra – movie tropes themed set
- auras theme is another piece to the “modified” archetype
- voc-gal echoes – voice-themed set with sagas
- wrenchmar: gambit of the junklords – hootin’ n’ hollerin’ mad max wall-e world
- more artifact themes; vehicles and Junk specifically
- the format is more artifact heavy than you’d want in a canon format but it’s still deep enough for these purposes
- main topic for the ep: deckbuilding in beacon constructed!
- build around starting point is “Double Time Shanty” which removes then double places counters
- XX and XXX mana costs
- Experiment mechanic: add or remove an existing counter or add a +1/+1
- MSE set hub
- ouroboroid detour
- ways to just dip a toe into playing with custom formats
- MSE hub tags!
- tagging for deckbuilding and tagging for design goals
- dylan tyler ward on amazon
Custom Cards mentioned during deck building
