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At What Cost!
Juliet’s new game has us picking costs from cards, but we don’t have all our options available! Can we get a mono-red double striking defender? Abzan direct damage? WB creature stealing? In this game, Khord and Tim were told they have to draft some number of costs and colors. They didn’t know what game they…
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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Nov-Embermage Challenge Review, Part 2
Juliet and guest-judge Andrew Sherman finish reviewing the the red-mana-dork Design Challenge, asking fiery questions about whether a Mountain is a card, whether a Creature is a Mountain, and whether Pierre Menard is a better author than Cervantes when it comes to three-drop magic design. Check out some of Andrew’s Magic and other game projects:…
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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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I Wanna Rock! League Finals Entry from Bradley Rose
Our league finalists had to invent a whole standard deck, along with making up ideas for a variety of standard sets to go in it! This week is Bradley Rose’s entry, and you’ll learn about it along with us. Super exciting! Join our Discord: Show Notes:
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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!
