Would you like to listen to two people say the word “Beast” about two hundred times each? We have the episode for you. Diving into “Call the Beast” from Wrenchmar, we talk all about how to package flavor and novelty into a showstopper mechanic. No need to know anything going in, we cover it all!
Topics:
- preshow edging
- junk world and mad max
- horizon: zero dawn
- ring tempts you
- unpacking ep
- everything is related to one ability (getting gy cards, exiling them, using them to make a robot)
- we guessed wrong on the beast abilities, thinking it would be more like PW
- doing all three
- destroying the enemy base and getting to the next level
- smash brothers stage hazard
- how fun is a temporary 9/9
- combining steps with the beast
- a 3/3 doesn’t really create that beast scare
- giving attack triggers to the beast
- c’thun’s evil druid friends
- bug people like ancient unknowables
- satisfying temporary experience with the beast
- it got bored
- no maximum hand size redundancy
- ball lightning world
- slammin in
- portal wording
- the beast within
- premium segue
- a person in the seat
- being a lazy playtester
- mobile draftmancer???
- veils and prison
- frustrated cyborgs
- the first reverse recommendation