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Live Design – Tarkir Dragonstorm but make it Alchemy!
With Dragonstorm out but Alchemy not yet revealed, we’re taking a shot at some ideas for Arena play with these new mechanics! Long time discord member Craftedlavaistrue joins Tim and Peter for a trio of new cards.
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Enter the Micro-Set Voc-Gal Techniques w/Khord
This week’s ep is about Khord’s contribution to the Micro-Set project, Voc-Gal Techniques.
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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Trick the Hosts! April Fools Design Challenge
Don’t miss this ep! Our listeners each sent us one of two things: either a custom card (of any design) or a real card with the name and types changed. The job for us hosts is to guess which is which, and you can play along! Join Beacon of…
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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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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!
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Janu-Faerie Challenge Review
This week we review your Faerie cards that mix in digital and other special mechanics!
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Design Rush – Ravnica
Juliet ambushes Kayiu and Tim with a quick-on-your-feet card design showcase of the guilds of Ravnica (that’s Ravnica, not Guilds of Ravnica). Play along at home!
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Moxtober Cube 2023! A Lore-Blasted Set
Moxtober is about designing cards every day. A team of five from the MSE server expanded this into designing enough for a 360 card cube! They also crafted a ton of lore around the set, too!
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Companions Re-Designed!
Gaby and Tim break down each of the vidoegame’s six companions, their existing card, their personality, and design something new for them!
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Why Does Simic Struggle in Limited?
Simic has been consistently a low-finisher in draft over the last few years. Can we learn some lessons why?
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Deux-cember Challenge Review
Another month, another crazy design challenge! This month was all about finding ways to break the color pie within a single color’s effects. We’ve got multiple white time walks, black Izzet cards, blue land destruction and more!
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Art of the Year 2023 w/DrChillbrain
Kayiu and guest DrChillbrain take a break from design talk to dive into their favorite card art of the year and what makes them special! Gallery with all the picks from the ep: — Join our Discord: Recaps and card images at: Music is “Hey,…