Summer challenge time continues! We’ve got a whole new set of challenges and cards to review. Text changing effects can be quite tricky and unusual, so it takes a lot of unpacking to get to the root of each of them.

Incarnations embody the feeling of an “exciting cycle”. Tune in for our first “reverse challenge” where our member Xena challenges Juliet!

Tune in as we unpack and understand another crop of alien, ephemeral Incarnations! This challenge really brought out the mind bending rules text. We’ve got nine powerful cards to review, some of which are shooting for our “could be in Foundations” bar for complexity. Did anyone make it? Check out the episode! Scryfall gallery of…

Our latest challenge asked submitters to submit big, abtract creatures that could fit in a five color cycle. How do you convey vast and unusual in a non-legendary Magic card?

Wrap up our “hatebears” challenge with your best 2 mana 2/2s that slow down your opponents’ strategy. As usual, your submissions drifted from that starting point into some exciting areas.

Continuing our review of your “hatebear” cards, which mix assertive combat with rule-bending counterbalances. These rule-centric cards have HUGE design implications, so stay tuned for, among other things, a review of the layers system.

For June, we asked for your best “hatebear” cards. Small creatures, big roadblocks for your opponents. What different ways can you impede your opponent?

Tim and Juliet go on an Adventure reviewing all the submissions and have an Omen for next month’s challenge.

This month we pay homage to our nation’s wetlands by reviewing a variety of black mana producing cards. You might be disappointed by only ten cards, but secretly you get the full 20 thanks to adventures, omens, and prepared spells!