• Shadowmoor and Horror in Magic: the Gathering

    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!

  • Lorwyn and Peace in Magic: the Gathering

    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

  • 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
  • Revising Revised Edition! Retro Design Philosphy

    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.

  • 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 Finals – Unpacking platypeople

    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!…

  • Design League Season 2 – Finals Results

    Design League Season 2 – Finals Results

    Your Design League Season 2 Finals Results Article and Winner Announcement!

  • Design League Finals – Unpacking LudosGD

    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!…

  • Design League Round 2+3 Highlights!

    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…

  • Unpacking – Primivir

    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…

  • Design League Season 2 – The Finals

    Design League Season 2 – The Finals

    The Finals Challenge of Design League Season 2!

  • Design League Season 2 – Tournament Challenge 3 Results

    Design League Season 2 – Tournament Challenge 3 Results

    The results from Tournament Challenge 3 of Design League Season 2! The finals approach!

  • Set in Progress – Runeterra Jumpstart

    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…

  • July Design Challenge – Tokens

    July Design Challenge – Tokens

    This month we had a listener submitted design challenge from Craftedlavaistrue! We got a whopping 18 submission containing some of the most unique, unusual, and rarely seen tokens in Magic: the Gathering because “Twoken play at that game!” The Challenge: Choose a token which is only produced by a single existing card. Design a new…

  • Design League Season 2 – Tournament Challenge 3

    Design League Season 2 – Tournament Challenge 3

    Design League Season 2 – Tournament Challenge number 3!