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Shadowmoor and Horror in Magic: the Gathering
Juliet and special guest horror author Nat Silveira talk about what makes horror as a genre work in speculative fiction and Shadowmoor as a setting, then design two different Shadowmoor-themed body-horror cards!
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Lorwyn and Peace in Magic: the Gathering
All this Lorwyn in the air has got Juliet thinking about the works of 1894, which also leads to thoughts of nonviolence. Follow our train of thought to hear a discussion of new player’s aversion to combat, the joy of changelings, and the diet of Mirrans. Then we each design a new Lorwyn card building…
Card of the Day
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Designed By Tim ReillyMeant 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!
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Revising Revised Edition! Retro Design Philosphy
Tim brings Peter on to go in-depth on his long-simmering project of overhauling early Magic through the lens of Revised aka 3rd Edition.
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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!!
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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!
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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.
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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…
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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!
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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!
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Five Nights at Freddy’s Custom Commander w/Corv
See if your commander pod can survive five nights with these cards!
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Doctor Who with Bass!
A tour of cards and episodes with a guest that knows them both!
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Oct-faux-ber Challenge Review
This month’s design challenge asked you to make a new card using an existing card’s rules test. The results are wild!
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Moxtober – Guess the Prompt
We’ve got the creator of Moxtober on the pod this week! Hear all about how Moxtober went this year and play along with our guessing game!
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Make It More…. Spooky!
Tim and Peter get together to — make it more… SPOOKY!