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Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 1
This month’s challenge asked you to submit double sided cards where neither side is a creature. The star of the show, though, is the bonus challenge, which was to also make the card easy to read! Along the way Juliet talks about reading Tolstoy, Tim asks for a famous web app, and Guff rewrites history.
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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!
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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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…
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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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“A Gust of Wind” Challenge Review
We issued the A Gust of Wind challenge for August, and now it’s time to review your submissions!
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September Challenge: Con-september
September’s design challenge is all about 2024’s upcoming sets! Learn all about it!
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Design League Finals – Unpacking platypeople
Kayiu and Tim crack open platypeople’s pack for the “Lives and Lies of Tibalt and Tamiyo” Finals challenge for the Design League! We saw LudosGD’s entry earlier in the week, how will the two stack up? We’ve got bullies! Circles! Safes! and Triangles!…
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Design League Season 2 – Finals Results
Your Design League Season 2 Finals Results Article and Winner Announcement!
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Design League Finals – Unpacking LudosGD
Tim and Kayiu are excited to crack open LudosGD’s entry into the “Lives and Lies of Tibalt and Tamiyo” challenge finals! This is both a card-by-card Unpacking as well as their judging conversation. Moon projections! Drones! Tourists! Colossal stuff!…
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Design League Round 2+3 Highlights!
The Design League is roaring towards its conclusion and we’ve got highlights from the tournament rounds! Round 2’s Planeswalker vacations and Round 3’s color-coordinated creature packs made for great cards. Join our Discord: Recaps and card…
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Unpacking – Primivir
In Unpacking, we go through the cards in a pack without knowing anything beyond that pack. Through this lens, we try to guess themes, mechanics, flavor, and more! This time we’re looking at Primivir and starting with a single mysterious image of an…
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Design League Season 2 – The Finals
The Finals Challenge of Design League Season 2!
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Design League Season 2 – Tournament Challenge 3 Results
The results from Tournament Challenge 3 of Design League Season 2! The finals approach!
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Set in Progress – Runeterra Jumpstart
This week, Tim is joined by Fblthp, who is so lost he’s found himself in another IP! Fblthp has 4 different jumpstart packs to discuss from his Runetrra set, a custom magic jumpstart project based on League of Legends. Strap in and check your cool-downs as we delve into Runterra Jumpstart: Noxus. Runterra is the…