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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.
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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
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Designed By Tim ReillyMeant 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!
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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: …
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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…
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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??
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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…
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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 7 Results
Discussion and results from Design League Season 2 Qualifier 7 – Triumph
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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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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 6 Results
Discussion and results from Design League Season 2 Qualifier 6 – Not So Typical.
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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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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 5 Results
Discussion and results from Design League Season 2 Qualifier 5 – Redemption.
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MDub’s Extremely Wrong and Just for Fun Design League Analytics
Monowhiteborder delves into the top submissions from the first four rounds of the Design League.
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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 4 Results
Discussion and results from Design League Season 2’s Qualifier 4 – It’s Unbelievable!
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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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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 3 Results
Discussion and results from Design League Season 2’s Qualifier 3 – Love is a Battlefield.
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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…