Category: Show Notes
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Design League Round 2+3 Highlights!
The Design League is roaring towards its conclusion and we’ve got highlights from the tournament rounds! Round 2’s Planeswalker vacations and Round 3’s color-coordinated creature packs made for great cards. Join our Discord: Recaps and card…
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Unpacking – Primivir
In Unpacking, we go through the cards in a pack without knowing anything beyond that pack. Through this lens, we try to guess themes, mechanics, flavor, and more! This time we’re looking at Primivir and starting with a single mysterious image of an…
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Set in Progress – Runeterra Jumpstart
This week, Tim is joined by Fblthp, who is so lost he’s found himself in another IP! Fblthp has 4 different jumpstart packs to discuss from his Runetrra set, a custom magic jumpstart project based on League of Legends. Strap in and check your cool-downs as we delve into Runterra Jumpstart: Noxus. Runterra is the…
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July Design Challenge – Tokens
This month we had a listener submitted design challenge from Craftedlavaistrue! We got a whopping 18 submission containing some of the most unique, unusual, and rarely seen tokens in Magic: the Gathering because “Twoken play at that game!” The Challenge: Choose a token which is only produced by a single existing card. Design a new…
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June Design Challenge – Insects
Buggy big bugs! We asked for your 6/3 insects with some sort of design flaw. We got a swarm of submissions, so Tim’s friends joined Hayley as a guest! The “bugs” in each card are each their own little puzzle and it’s fun to dig into the rules. The Challenge: Design an Insect, Pest, or…
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Set Spotlight – “Such a Little Thing”
Join us unearthing a custom LOTR set made before the new Wizards set! Lots of mechanics and flavor to talk about!
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Set Spotlight – Animus Vox
This week Juliet and Kaiyu are joined by Pipsqueak, creator of Lovesong, to discuss her newest set — Animus Vox.
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May Design Challenge – Modified
Every month Beacon of Creation tests its community with a design challenge. This month the design challenge is… Maybe She’s Born With It – Design a card using modified with cosmetic flavor. The design comes from the famous slogan for the cosmetics company Maybelline — “Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Maybelline.” Tim posted…
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Unpacking – The Grand Gala
In Unpacking, we go one-by-one through cards in a pack. We learn what we can from just the cards in front of us; no set summary and no knowledge of the mechanics. It’s a fun way to see cards with fresh eyes. This time Ludos GD joins Tim in going through a pack of The…
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Set Spotlight – Seasons of War
This week is the long-awaited spotlight on Seasons of War, the custom commander limited set! Creator Timespiraled joins the show to tell us everything they learned making it and what they enjoy about the final product!