Category: Show Notes
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December the Titans Challenge Review
Another hefty design review ep for all of you! Hear our reactions, feedback and insight on the latest crop of submissions. This time, we’re getting cards that (mostly…) have the “enters or attacks” titan text.
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Revising Revised Edition! Retro Design Philosphy
Tim brings Peter on to go in-depth on his long-simmering project of overhauling early Magic through the lens of Revised aka 3rd Edition.
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Live Design! Designing Commanders for Secret Sram-ta
Designing commanders for a holiday deck swap!
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At What Cost!
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! 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…
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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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Nov-Embermage Challenge Review, Part 1
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! Juliet and guest judge Andrew Sherman tackle Mono-Red Mana Dorks for this month’s design challenge review. Treasure, One-hit wonders, and Blitz (but not blitzball) all make fiery-hot appearances. Scryfall Gallery of cards mentioned Check out some of Andrew’s Magic and other game projects: https://acsherman.github.io/sets/TPW https://acsherman.itch.io…
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Forging a Format! Learn about Beacon Constructed
Khord and IgnitedxSoul hop on the pod this week to tell us about Beacon Constructed, a Standard-like format composed of sets from the Beacon of Creation server.
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Following Signposts – Avatar the Last Airbender
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! We’re back again on the trail, following where the signposts lead us in draft. This new Avatar set has some new twists on the uncommon gold “archetype” cards and overall has some new ideas on structure. How do you structure a set with four types…
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Live Design – The Year of Mechanics w/rexxer2
Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and now Youtube Music! We’ve got a combo episode this week. Part project showoff, part live design, and all weird old mechanics. Rexxer2 aka Spencer hops on the pod with Tim to talk through this mechanic-a-day project and then dive in to design three of the cards! Fans (if…
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Rhoxtober Challenge Review
Spooky season meets rhinoceroses in our monthly challenge! We got your best card ideas submitted throughout the month and we cover the entries in this episode.