• Trick the Hosts! April Fools Design Challenge

    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…

Card of the Day

  • Prize-Winning Griffin

    Meant 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!

    Designed By Tim Reilly
  • Trick the Hosts! April Fools Design Challenge

    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…

  • Design Crossover – Teamfight Tactics w/Shawn Elizabeth Main!

    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!!

  • You Made the Pack! Cooperative Card Design

    You Made the Pack! Cooperative Card Design

    You Make the Pack was a cooperative event where we designed a pack of cards for an unknown set, one card at a time. It was super fun, and Redbay is on this episode to talk all about it! 

  • Batman Villains w/Fblthp

    Batman Villains w/Fblthp

    We’ve got prolific designer Fblthp on the pod again, this time to talk about some fun Gotham villains! From big names like Joker and Harley to funny ones like Eraser, join us for a flavor and mechanic dive into these Moxtober creations.

  • Redbay Custom Cube

    Redbay Custom Cube

    This was the inaugural/first playtest Draft with the Redbay Custom Cube (RCC), which can be found >> here <<. A little bit of background– My primary mode of playing Magic: The Gathering at current (and for the last 10ish years) is cube, whether it’s my traditional cube, my randomly-generated-and-subsequently-stickered-cube, our proxied rendition of Andy Mangold’s…

  • Nouveau-mber Challenge Review

    Nouveau-mber Challenge Review

    We’re winding down on 2023 and asked you for your best cards using this year’s mechanics! We got battles, cybermans, Marvel characters (??) and a Wurmhole. Be sure to tune in!

  • Making it Jurassic w/Lyght The PhiRexian

    Making it Jurassic w/Lyght The PhiRexian

    Hold on to your butts! We’re recapping our favorite new Universes Beyond Jurassic Park cards, then leaping claws-first into designing some new cards of our own!

  • Five Nights at Freddy’s Custom Commander w/Corv

    Five Nights at Freddy’s Custom Commander w/Corv

    See if your commander pod can survive five nights with these cards!

  • Doctor Who with Bass!

    Doctor Who with Bass!

    A tour of cards and episodes with a guest that knows them both!

  • Oct-faux-ber Challenge Review

    Oct-faux-ber Challenge Review

    This month’s design challenge asked you to make a new card using an existing card’s rules test. The results are wild!

  • Moxtober – Guess the Prompt

    Moxtober – Guess the Prompt

    We’ve got the creator of Moxtober on the pod this week! Hear all about how Moxtober went this year and play along with our guessing game!

  • Make It More…. Spooky!

    Make It More…. Spooky!

    Tim and Peter get together to — make it more… SPOOKY!