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Episode 400! Remembering and Reconsidering Castmire
Celebrating 400 episodes! This is an intro to the original Beacon of Creation project, Castmire, a spooky Magic set in a world before Duskmourn and Murders at Karlov Manor. The coolest part of the ep is the second half, where we give into sweet ideas…
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Favorite Flavor – Food Cards w/Aaron Lim
Juliet and game designer Aaron Lim dig into Magic’s most interesting cards with the Food subtype! From Gingerbrutes to Krovod Haunches, they resist the urge to create tokens and design some tasty cards that’ll make you say “Bon Appétit”.
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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The Beast Unleashed! Iterating a Set Mechanic
Would you like to listen to two people say the word “Beast” about two hundred times each? We have the episode for you.
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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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Running an All-Magic Weekend
Calming beach views, cooking for your friends, and all the Magic you could want! Tim and guest Shobi make the case for taking out a whole weekend with friends for playing Magic. Too much? Or not enough?
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Spinning Templates! Tightening Rules Text
Bloomburrow’s rules change to “enters” has us hungry for more! Can we shorten “once a turn”, “flicker”, “end of turn”, and more? Join our tour of rules text minutiae.
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Following Signposts – Bloomburrow
Bloomburrow is here! We’ve had a look at the archetypes, and it’s time for us to break down the design of each of them using our four categories.
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777 Jackpot Challenge Review
This month’s challenge is all about making a mana fixing card! Even better if we can get some heist flavor in there. From jewels to rads to chains we’ve got a pile of cards to dive into!
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Design League Season 3 – Tournament Round 2 Results
Design League Season 3: Tournament Round 2 Results
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Live Design – Our Other Half
We’re making good on June’s “Halfway There” and designing cards to go with our favorite submissions from that challenge! Finding the right balance of flavor, deckbuilding, and explosive commander fun is a big challenge! Join our Discord: Show…
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Frog-et Me Not! Making a Splash in Bloomburrow
Tim liked what he saw in Bloomburrow previews ordered up a frog burger with a side of flies and Juliet serves up the A-B-Cs of F-R-O-Gs! We talk a little Bloomburrow, dive deep on the history of frogs in Magic, then explore some design ideas for frogs…
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Design League Season 3 – Tournament Round 1 Results
The Results of Design League Season 3 Tournament Round 1!
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Cool Cards from Design League!
Our competition, the Design League, just finished its first half. Come listen to the great cards designed for this competition. Along the way you’ll also get the POV of both a competitor and a judge for the league.
