• Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 2

    Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 2

    Flip over last week’s episode because we’ve got a whole extra pod on the back! More of your two-sided noncreature cards this week. We’ve got references to Alpha, 1500s paintings, multiple Rakdos goopy trash cards, and a Battle for the finale. Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned Tidbits and topics: Submissions ChrisTomReilly (New submitter!!!) mothyawg (New…

  • What Makes a Teenage Turtle Mutant?

    What Makes a Teenage Turtle Mutant?

    Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! Juliet poses a philsophical question on the nature of identity and gets a crash course on TMNT from turtle-expert Riley Hopkins. In the face of Ooze, does patience or pizza win out? Did you know that Splinter is a cross-universe pun the whole time? Along…

  • Following Signposts – Lorwyn Eclipsed, plus Hybrid Talk

    Following Signposts – Lorwyn Eclipsed, plus Hybrid Talk

    Our usual Following Signposts faces its biggest challenge yet: Lorwyn Eclipse’s crazy draft structure! Part traditional set, part hybrid nonsense, with 8 archetypes instead of 5 or 10. Tons of hybrid talk, which is looking to be a key part of the UB small set era. Khord’s stuff: https://linktr.ee/Khord22 Topics and Tidbits Tim’s Ratings Excitement…

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
  • Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 2

    Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 2

    Flip over last week’s episode because we’ve got a whole extra pod on the back! More of your two-sided noncreature cards this week. We’ve got references to Alpha, 1500s paintings, multiple Rakdos goopy trash cards, and a Battle for the finale. Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned Tidbits and topics: Submissions ChrisTomReilly (New submitter!!!) mothyawg (New…

  • 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!!

  • Design League Season 3 – Qualifier 1 Results

    Design League Season 3 – Qualifier 1 Results

    DLS3Q1 Results Article

  • All About Eldrazi

    All About Eldrazi

    Modern Horizons 3 is bringing back the broods and titans, so it’s time to venture back into the Blind Eternities! The Eldrazi are a super-cool creature type that has gotten some, but not a ton, of exploration over the years.

  • How to Win Design League

    How to Win Design League

    Design League starts back up May 26th, and to get you ready we’ve got League Emperor Redbay and longtime judges Juliet and Tim. They talk through the process, their judging styles, and even live design and judge a card on air!

  • Design Crossover – Midnight Suns

    Design Crossover – Midnight Suns

    Heat up your cauldron and practice your hexes because we’re going goth! We’re looking at the videogame Midnight Suns and seeing what we can carry back into Magic.

  • Solar Eclipse Challenge Review

    Solar Eclipse Challenge Review

    We’re taking your submissions one day (and night) at a time! We asked for your common day/nightbound cards and we got a bumper crop!

  • Following Signposts – Thunder Junction Arc-Uns, part 2

    Following Signposts – Thunder Junction Arc-Uns, part 2

    Time to bring the cows home! We’ve got the second half of our new episode format, where we check out all the draft archetypes of a set. This is focused on the gold cards and on Wizard’s description of the pairs. Our categories are: Excitement: Is…

  • Following Signposts – Thunder Junction Arc-Uns, part 1

    Following Signposts – Thunder Junction Arc-Uns, part 1

    New set! New mechanics! New episode format??? We kick the tires on a new way to break down arcuns, those gold cards we get every set that help define draft.

  • Survey of Extra Turns Cards

    Survey of Extra Turns Cards

    This week we are Beacon of Tomorrows, a podcast about time! We look over all the ways Magic has to take extra turns and try to brainstorm some new directions. From Alpha to Dr Who there are many ways to keep it going.

  • Elder Dragon Challenge Review

    Elder Dragon Challenge Review

    March’s challenge was all about designing new twists on the elder dragons! Nicol and family, Tarkir dragons, Strixhaven, and a few other twists. Guest Cole AKA EclipseMeteor hops in to gush about all these sweet designs!

  • Mechanics Draft! First Ten Years

    Mechanics Draft! First Ten Years

    We strategize, agonize, and finally pick mechanics from Magic’s past, snake drafted one at a time! What starts as a simple exercise turns into a thrilling competition. Everything from the pre-Modern era of Magic is on the table except for those pesky evergreen keywords.