• Favorite Flavor – Skeletons

    Favorite Flavor – Skeletons

    Juliet and Mdub dig up the bones of Magic’s Skeletons—from the ever-imitated Drudge Skeletons, to Skeletons that are Swamps, to modern Demilichs, not forgetting a number of cards that are clearly Skeletons in all but name.

  • Following Signposts – Duskmourn

    Following Signposts – Duskmourn

    We’re back again with a deep dive on the uncommon gold cards of the newest set! We’re honing our instincts on the design of these types of cards, and talk about how to apply it to our own designs.  Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord:  Show Notes:

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
  • 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!).

  • Going Ghost Challenge Review

    Going Ghost Challenge Review

    You all went quiet on us… but then came back! In the Going Ghost challenge, we asked for cards that blink out but take some time to come back. Plenty of spooky ghosts and funny flavor to be found in this ep! Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord: …

  • Join Moxtober!

    Join Moxtober!

    What is Moxtober? For those of you who don’t know. Moxtober is a month long creative challenge like Inktober, but focused around Magic the Gathering creative projects in general, and for a lot of people specifically around custom Magic cards. 31 prompts, 31 days. How do I participate? The simplest way to participate is to submit…

  • Favorite Flavor – Skeletons

    Favorite Flavor – Skeletons

    Juliet and Mdub dig up the bones of Magic’s Skeletons—from the ever-imitated Drudge Skeletons, to Skeletons that are Swamps, to modern Demilichs, not forgetting a number of cards that are clearly Skeletons in all but name.

  • Following Signposts – Duskmourn

    Following Signposts – Duskmourn

    We’re back again with a deep dive on the uncommon gold cards of the newest set! We’re honing our instincts on the design of these types of cards, and talk about how to apply it to our own designs.  Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord:  Show Notes:

  • Mailbag Episode! Tim Answers Your Questions

    Mailbag Episode! Tim Answers Your Questions

    You’ve got questions, we’ve got an episode! We’ve got a whopping twenty-five questions packed into this episode, so you better press play! Theme music by Dee Culp “Misty Bog” by Eric Maytas soundimage.org Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord:  Show…

  • “To The Nines” Challenge Review

    “To The Nines” Challenge Review

    We’re putting on our finest outfits and securing our monocles as we review the “To the Nines” challenge review. You all submitted equipment, but you weren’t allowed to use the Equip ability!

  • Designing for IPs and Moxtober Hype!

    Designing for IPs and Moxtober Hype!

    Kayiu and Juliet tackle what makes designing for an IP swing or miss, covering Portal: Three Kingdoms and Chikyu: Ruined Future.

  • Champion’s Podium! League Wrap-Up w/Provocative and Brad

    Champion’s Podium! League Wrap-Up w/Provocative and Brad

    Our last pod about Design League 3 is here! We’ve got both league champ Prov and runner-up Brad here to talk about their process, the planes, and their ideas for the future!

  • Eight Legs Challenge Review w/Squares that Cube

    Eight Legs Challenge Review w/Squares that Cube

    Two-thirds of the Squares that Cube podcast join the pod this week to break down YOUR submissions to our Octopus-Overloaded challenge, Eight Legs a Week! Will our six arms be enough??

  • Sunset Sacrifice! League Finals Entry from Provocative

    Sunset Sacrifice! League Finals Entry from Provocative

    Our league finalists had to invent a whole standard deck, along with making up ideas for a variety of standard sets to go in it! This week is Provocative’s entry, and you’ll hear all about some new tokens, Rakdos planeswalkers, and why the sun is bad!

  • Design League Season 3 – Finals and Winner

    Design League Season 3 – Finals and Winner

    The Final Challenge of Design League Season 3! Who was our winner?

  • I Wanna Rock! League Finals Entry from Bradley Rose

    I Wanna Rock! League Finals Entry from Bradley Rose

    Our league finalists had to invent a whole standard deck, along with making up ideas for a variety of standard sets to go in it! This week is Bradley Rose’s entry, and you’ll learn about it along with us. Super exciting! Join our Discord: Show Notes: