• Through the Omenpaths Re-Flavoring

    Through the Omenpaths Re-Flavoring

    Wizards is releasing Through the Omenpaths, a full reflavoring of their Spider-Man set. That got us curious how the existing Universes Beyond sets could be redone too! Khord jumps on the pod as we tackle cards from LotR, 40k, Doctor Who, and more.

  • High Octane Cube Selesnya w/zurishmi

    High Octane Cube Selesnya w/zurishmi

    This week we’re putting aside our usual design goals and focusing on a new one: creating cards good enough to hang in a high powered cube! Selesnya hasn’t gotten as much love as the other color pairs in high power formats, but our community is here to…

  • Hit the Books Challenge Review

    Hit the Books Challenge Review

    This challenge review dives into “spellbook” technology from Arena. What cool cards can you design when that card has access to three other cards? We got a ton of submissions again, so you’ll learn all about the possible tech! Join Beacon of…

Card of the Day

  • Prize-Winning Griffin

    Meant to help push an aspect of the enchantment theme in WUR in Contenders. Adds a mana on top of Heliod’s Pilgrim in exchange for an extra power and flying. A great base to build Auras onto!

    Designed By Tim Reilly
  • Through the Omenpaths Re-Flavoring

    Through the Omenpaths Re-Flavoring

    Wizards is releasing Through the Omenpaths, a full reflavoring of their Spider-Man set. That got us curious how the existing Universes Beyond sets could be redone too! Khord jumps on the pod as we tackle cards from LotR, 40k, Doctor Who, and more.

  • Design Crossover – Teamfight Tactics w/Shawn Elizabeth Main!

    Design Crossover – Teamfight Tactics w/Shawn Elizabeth Main!

    We’ve got a super cool guest for our episode this week! Principal game designer on the new Teamfight Tactics season, Shawn Elizabeth Main!!

  • Moxtober Cube 2023! A Lore-Blasted Set

    Moxtober Cube 2023! A Lore-Blasted Set

    Moxtober is about designing cards every day. A team of five from the MSE server expanded this into designing enough for a 360 card cube! They also crafted a ton of lore around the set, too!

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 Companions Re-Designed!

    Gaby and Tim break down each of the vidoegame’s six companions, their existing card, their personality, and design something new for them!

  • Why Does Simic Struggle in Limited?

    Why Does Simic Struggle in Limited?

    Simic has been consistently a low-finisher in draft over the last few years. Can we learn some lessons why?

  • Deux-cember Challenge Review

    Deux-cember Challenge Review

    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, blue land destruction and more!

  • Art of the Year 2023 w/DrChillbrain

    Art of the Year 2023 w/DrChillbrain

    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! Gallery with all the picks from the ep: — Join our Discord:  Recaps and card images at: Music is “Hey,…

  • You Made the Pack! Cooperative Card Design

    You Made the Pack! Cooperative Card Design

    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! 

  • Batman Villains w/Fblthp

    Batman Villains w/Fblthp

    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 mechanic dive into these Moxtober creations.

  • Redbay Custom Cube

    Redbay Custom Cube

    This was the inaugural/first playtest Draft with the Redbay Custom Cube (RCC), which can be found >> here <<. A little bit of background– My primary mode of playing Magic: The Gathering at current (and for the last 10ish years) is cube, whether it’s my traditional cube, my randomly-generated-and-subsequently-stickered-cube, our proxied rendition of Andy Mangold’s…

  • Nouveau-mber Challenge Review

    Nouveau-mber Challenge Review

    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!

  • Making it Jurassic w/Lyght The PhiRexian

    Making it Jurassic w/Lyght The PhiRexian

    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!