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Design Crossover – Wingspan
We’re back with a new crossover episode! Peter explains everything Tim needs to know about Wingspan, then they ride the wave of inspiration into a variety of mechanics for Magic! You don’t need to know anything about Wingspan to listen (Tim didn’t!)
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Favorite Flavor – Esper ft. Esper
Juliet and Esper witness the carefully-designed majesty of magister sphinxes on the white-blue-black Esper shard, from its played-everywhere cards to possibly the worst card in all of Magic: The Gathering. Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord: Show Notes:
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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It’s Not Just a Phase, Mom
Spurred by the idea of simultaneous, Peter and Tim delve into all the phases and steps of a turn! After honing our understanding of each one, we also break out into some free form ideas.
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Survey of Extra Turns Cards
This week we are Beacon of Tomorrows, a podcast about time! We look over all the ways Magic has to take extra turns and try to brainstorm some new directions. From Alpha to Dr Who there are many ways to keep it going.
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Elder Dragon Challenge Review
March’s challenge was all about designing new twists on the elder dragons! Nicol and family, Tarkir dragons, Strixhaven, and a few other twists. Guest Cole AKA EclipseMeteor hops in to gush about all these sweet designs!
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Mechanics Draft! First Ten Years
We strategize, agonize, and finally pick mechanics from Magic’s past, snake drafted one at a time! What starts as a simple exercise turns into a thrilling competition. Everything from the pre-Modern era of Magic is on the table except for those pesky evergreen keywords.
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Unpacking Settling Idyll
This week we are looking at the custom set Settling Idyll by Provocative! We are going in only knowing a single image: a heroic mech guarding a town.
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Unpacking the Plundering of Guemhill w/Dodger
The Beacon community finished a second You Make the Pack, where we build a 15 card pack together. This week Kayiu brings on guest Dodger to see how we did!
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Set Skeleton Megaton News!
Mark Rosewater dropped a huge design article about Play Booster set skeletons this week! Skeletons are the outline of a Magic set, so we had to convene a pod to dissect all this new info.
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Leap Year Challenge Review
Jump in to these great submissions… or LOSE THE GAME! We’ve got 13 great designs for our February challenge, which asked people to create cards with the text “lose the game”. Join our Discord: Recaps and card images at: YouTube videos:
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MORE Baldur’s Gate 3 Re-Designs!
We’ve got Gaby back on the pod for more live designing! You don’t need to know anything about the game to listen… we cover what you need! We take a look at the cards for Halsin, Minthara, and Jaheira from the Magic set and give each a facelift.
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Design Rush – Guildpact
Two more contestants, three more guilds… it’s the return of Ravnica Design Rush! What cards can be created in mere minutes?
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Unpacking Murders at Karlov Manor!
Unpacking is a segment where we go totally blind into a pack and just break down the cards we see, as we see them. Usually we do this with older or custom sets, but Kayiu had the great idea of going blind into the new Murders at Karlov Manor set!