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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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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.
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Enter the Micro-Set: Veyrathal w/Redbay
Juliet and Redbay break down the hip new limited format and custom design project: 45-card Micro-sets for duplicate sealed! Can this new format bring the best of traditional set design limited and the brevity and expediency of jumpstart play?
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You Are What You Eat Challenge Review
Winter hibernation is over and we’re hungry! Our challenge this month was to design cards with cards with devour, emerge, or exploit, so keep those snacks coming!
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Retro Formats – Rise of the Eldrazi
They don’t make formats like they used to… but should they?! Join guest Tom on a tour through the famous Rise of the Eldrazi format. Along the way we’ll also talk about the parallels between ROE and a certain current draft format.
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Episode 400! Remembering and Reconsidering Castmire
Celebrating 400 episodes! This is an intro to the original Beacon of Creation project, Castmire, a spooky Magic set in a world before Duskmourn and Murders at Karlov Manor. The coolest part of the ep is the second half, where we give into sweet ideas…
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Favorite Flavor – Food Cards w/Aaron Lim
Juliet and game designer Aaron Lim dig into Magic’s most interesting cards with the Food subtype! From Gingerbrutes to Krovod Haunches, they resist the urge to create tokens and design some tasty cards that’ll make you say “Bon Appétit”.
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Four Weeks Challenge Review
Big spells with a backup plan! We’ve got all of your entries in our Four Weeks challenge, where designers had to make a spell you can cast for either 8 mana or 2 mana!
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Final Fantasy Hype! w/Ash Parrish
Final Fantasy previews are here and we’ve assembled a heroic party to talk all about it! Tim and Juliet are joined by the wonderful Ash Parrish of the Verge to break down all the cards. We talk our favorite previews, then talk through some…