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You Are What You Eat Challenge Review
Winter hibernation is over and we’re hungry! Our challenge this month was to design cards with cards with devour, emerge, or exploit, so keep those snacks coming!
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Retro Formats – Rise of the Eldrazi
They don’t make formats like they used to… but should they?! Join guest Tom on a tour through the famous Rise of the Eldrazi format. Along the way we’ll also talk about the parallels between ROE and a certain current draft format.
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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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.
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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!!
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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…
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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 2 Results
Discussion and results from Design League Season 2’s Qualifier 2 – Collect ’em All.
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Set Spotlight – Seasons of War
This week is the long-awaited spotlight on Seasons of War, the custom commander limited set! Creator Timespiraled joins the show to tell us everything they learned making it and what they enjoy about the final product!
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Design League Season 2 – Qualifier 1 Results
Review of Design League Season 2 Qualifier 1 submissions and announcement of Qualifier 1 winner.
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Unpacking – Memories of the Silver City
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 Redbay joins Tim in going through…
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Design League: Season 1 Recap
A summary of the first season of Design League, a competitive Design event held on the Beacon of Creation Discord.
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April Design Challenge – Ultimatums
We put our foot down and issue an ultimatum: design us some great cards! You know the community is going to give us a huge haul of cool designs and plenty to talk about.
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Designing Simplicity
Designing cards is hard, and sometimes things get complicated. How to simplify them?