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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 Reilly
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!
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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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Following Signposts – Bloomburrow
Bloomburrow is here! We’ve had a look at the archetypes, and it’s time for us to break down the design of each of them using our four categories.
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777 Jackpot Challenge Review
This month’s challenge is all about making a mana fixing card! Even better if we can get some heist flavor in there. From jewels to rads to chains we’ve got a pile of cards to dive into!
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Design League Season 3 – Tournament Round 2 Results
Design League Season 3: Tournament Round 2 Results
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Live Design – Our Other Half
We’re making good on June’s “Halfway There” and designing cards to go with our favorite submissions from that challenge! Finding the right balance of flavor, deckbuilding, and explosive commander fun is a big challenge! Join our Discord: Show…
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Frog-et Me Not! Making a Splash in Bloomburrow
Tim liked what he saw in Bloomburrow previews ordered up a frog burger with a side of flies and Juliet serves up the A-B-Cs of F-R-O-Gs! We talk a little Bloomburrow, dive deep on the history of frogs in Magic, then explore some design ideas for frogs…
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Design League Season 3 – Tournament Round 1 Results
The Results of Design League Season 3 Tournament Round 1!
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Cool Cards from Design League!
Our competition, the Design League, just finished its first half. Come listen to the great cards designed for this competition. Along the way you’ll also get the POV of both a competitor and a judge for the league.
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Design League Season 3 – The Tournament Begins
Introducing your Design League Season 3 Participants!
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Design League Season 3 – Qualifier 6 Results and Qualification Points Invites
Results from Design League Season 3 Qualifier 6!