Tim
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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.
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Episode 400! Remembering and Reconsidering Castmire
Celebrating 400 episodes! This is an intro to the original Beacon of Creation project, Castmire, a spooky Magic set in a world before Duskmourn and Murders at Karlov Manor. The coolest part of the ep is the second half, where we give into sweet ideas…
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Favorite Flavor – Food Cards w/Aaron Lim
Juliet and game designer Aaron Lim dig into Magic’s most interesting cards with the Food subtype! From Gingerbrutes to Krovod Haunches, they resist the urge to create tokens and design some tasty cards that’ll make you say “Bon Appétit”.
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Four Weeks Challenge Review
Big spells with a backup plan! We’ve got all of your entries in our Four Weeks challenge, where designers had to make a spell you can cast for either 8 mana or 2 mana!
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Final Fantasy Hype! w/Ash Parrish
Final Fantasy previews are here and we’ve assembled a heroic party to talk all about it! Tim and Juliet are joined by the wonderful Ash Parrish of the Verge to break down all the cards. We talk our favorite previews, then talk through some…
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You Make the Pack! But What One Should We Make??
You Make the Pack is our community project where we build a pack of Magic cards, one card at a time! We’re looking at all the submissions that would kick off the new pack!
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Following Signposts – Aetherdrift
This week is all about drift archetypes! We break down all ten from the new set along with their gold cards. Are they exciting? Believeable? Synergistic? This is a great way to get familiar with the components of the set’s limited design.
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First of Its Kind Challenge Review
What is Magic missing? We listened to all of you! This month’s challenge was to use a new creature type and we went through all your cards. Juliet’s new game: Moonshot Patreon for Juliet’s next project: Join Beacon of Creation’s Discord: Show Notes:
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Design Crossover – Joyride: Survival of the Fastest
In this episode we learn about Joyride, a bumper car battle race board game. Along the way we brainstorm ideas in Magic inspired by this new game!
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Cube Concoctions! Reviewing Your Cube Pitches
This week we’re in the lab, talking all about 15 cube experiments submitted by you!