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Live Design – The Year of Mechanics w/rexxer2
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! We’ve got a combo episode this week. Part project showoff, part live design, and all weird old mechanics. Rexxer2 aka Spencer hops on the pod with Tim to talk through this mechanic-a-day project and then dive in to design three of the cards! Fans (if…
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Rhoxtober Challenge Review
Spooky season meets rhinoceroses in our monthly challenge! We got your best card ideas submitted throughout the month and we cover the entries in this episode.
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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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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Following Signposts – Avatar the Last Airbender
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! We’re back again on the trail, following where the signposts lead us in draft. This new Avatar set has some new twists on the uncommon gold “archetype” cards and overall has some new ideas on structure. How do you structure a set with four types…
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First of Its Kind Challenge Review
What is Magic missing? We listened to all of you! This month’s challenge was to use a new creature type and we went through all your cards. Juliet’s new game: Moonshot Patreon for Juliet’s next project: Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord: Show Notes:
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Design Crossover – Joyride: Survival of the Fastest
In this episode we learn about Joyride, a bumper car battle race board game. Along the way we brainstorm ideas in Magic inspired by this new game!
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Cube Concoctions! Reviewing Your Cube Pitches
This week we’re in the lab, talking all about 15 cube experiments submitted by you!
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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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Ways for You to Make a New Game in the New Year!
Part of what makes Custom Magic fun is how easy it is to get into. Design a card, show it around, and done! For the New Year, Juliet wanted to tell us all about other ways to get involved in game design as a solo designer.
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Advent Sentinel Challenge Review
We’ve got a ten pack of Defender-matters cards to review this month for our (Ad)vent Sentinel design challenge! The added twist here of getting the number 12 on a card really put our designers on an interesting track. Juliet’s Castmas pod: Join…
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Unpacking – Wrenchmar
Unpacking is where we go through a pack one card at a time and learn what we can just from that pack. No archetype lists, no explanation of mechanics, just what’s on the cards. It’s a great way to both see what the packs can tell us, but also…
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Design Crossover – Transformers Card Game
We’ve got Bass back on the pod to tell us EVERYTHING about the short-lived Transformers TCG! This game burned short but burned bright.
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You Make the Pack: Duplicate Sealed
Hi All! We recently finished our 6th pack of You Make the Pack. IgnitedxSoul and I have been kicking some tires on doing a Duplicate Sealed for these six packs, so I wanted to share some highlights from the packs for anybody interested. What is Duplicate Sealed? Sealed is a format where players open booster…