• Ways for You to Make a New Game in the New Year!

    Ways for You to Make a New Game in the New Year!

    Part of what makes Custom Magic fun is how easy it is to get into. Design a card, show it around, and done! For the New Year, Juliet wanted to tell us all about other ways to get involved in game design as a solo designer.

  • Advent Sentinel Challenge Review

    Advent Sentinel Challenge Review

    We’ve got a ten pack of Defender-matters cards to review this month for our (Ad)vent Sentinel design challenge! The added twist here of getting the number 12 on a card really put our designers on an interesting track. Juliet’s Castmas pod: Join…

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
  • 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!!

  • The Beast Unleashed! Iterating a Set Mechanic

    The Beast Unleashed! Iterating a Set Mechanic

    Would you like to listen to two people say the word “Beast” about two hundred times each? We have the episode for you.

  • Advent Sentinel Challenge Review

    Advent Sentinel Challenge Review

    We’ve got a ten pack of Defender-matters cards to review this month for our (Ad)vent Sentinel design challenge! The added twist here of getting the number 12 on a card really put our designers on an interesting track. Juliet’s Castmas pod: Join…

  • Unpacking – Wrenchmar

    Unpacking – Wrenchmar

    Unpacking is where we go through a pack one card at a time and learn what we can just from that pack. No archetype lists, no explanation of mechanics, just what’s on the cards. It’s a great way to both see what the packs can tell us, but also…

  • Design Crossover – Transformers Card Game

    Design Crossover – Transformers Card Game

    We’ve got Bass back on the pod to tell us EVERYTHING about the short-lived Transformers TCG! This game burned short but burned bright.

  • You Make the Pack: Duplicate Sealed

    You Make the Pack: Duplicate Sealed

    Hi All! We recently finished our 6th pack of You Make the Pack. IgnitedxSoul and I have been kicking some tires on doing a Duplicate Sealed for these six packs, so I wanted to share some highlights from the packs for anybody interested. What is Duplicate Sealed? Sealed is a format where players open booster…

  • Going Nova Challenge Review

    Going Nova Challenge Review

    Who needs to cast spells when you can sit back and let your creatures do the casting? Just the easy life for us! Fortunately our listeners did the work and submitted creatures-who-cast-spells for us to review.

  • Design Crossover – Wingspan

    Design Crossover – Wingspan

    We’re back with a new crossover episode! Peter explains everything Tim needs to know about Wingspan, then they ride the wave of inspiration into a variety of mechanics for Magic! You don’t need to know anything about Wingspan to listen (Tim didn’t!)

  • It’s Not Just a Phase, Mom

    It’s Not Just a Phase, Mom

    Spurred by the idea of simultaneous, Peter and Tim delve into all the phases and steps of a turn! After honing our understanding of each one, we also break out into some free form ideas.

  • Favorite Flavor – Esper ft. Esper

    Favorite Flavor – Esper ft. Esper

    Juliet and Esper witness the carefully-designed majesty of magister sphinxes on the white-blue-black Esper shard, from its played-everywhere cards to possibly the worst card in all of Magic: The Gathering. Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord: Show Notes:

  • Moxtober Card Highlights! The Newbies are Here!

    Moxtober Card Highlights! The Newbies are Here!

    Moxtober is our yearly event where we design cards based on a daily, This year, we’re putting the spotlight on all our new submitters (plus a few who came back!).