Beacon of Creation

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: https://mousewifegames.itch.io/princeton Moonshot Patreon for Juliet's next project: https://www.patreon.com/c/moonshotnetwork/posts Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

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! Join Beacon of Creation's Discord:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

This week we're in the lab, talking all about cube experiments! Something between a normal limited format and a custom set, a cube is a way to test out all varieties of Magic in just the right conditions. To help him, Tim brings on cube organizer Alex and format mastermind Sam to go through more than a dozen cube pitches! Join Beacon of Creation's Discord:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: h...

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! Join Beacon of Creation's Discord:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

Part of what makes Custom Magic fun is how easy it is to get into. Design a card, show it around, and done! For the New Year, Juliet wanted to tell us all about other ways to get involved in game design as a solo designer. There's so much in this pod!!! Some of the tools described: GB Studio https://www.gbstudio.dev Bitsy https://bitsy.org Renpy https://www.renpy.org Button Shy https://buttonshyga...

We've got a ten pack of Defender-matters cards to review this month for our (Ad)vent Sentinel design challenge! The added twist here of getting the number 12 on a card really put our designers on an interesting track. Juliet's Castmas pod: https://moonshotpods.com/ill-be-pod-for-castmas/ Join Beacon of Creation's Discord:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

We've got a super cool guest for our episode this week! Principal game designer on the new Teamfight Tactics season, Shawn Elizabeth Main!! Not only that, Shawn was the lead on Conspiracy, so you know we're getting some multiplayer Magic talk in too. These Design Crossover eps are all about learning a new game and then riding that wave of inspiration back into some ideas for Magic. This one is for...

Unpacking is where we go through a pack one card at a time and learn what we can just from that pack. No archetype lists, no explanation of mechanics, just what's on the cards. It's a great way to both see what the packs can tell us, but also brainstorm things that COULD be in a set but aren't. (also shh... we told Bradley he was recording an ep about Foundations so we could suprise him) The pack:...

We've got Bass back on the pod to tell us EVERYTHING about the short-lived Transformers TCG! This game burned short but burned bright. You start with your whole team in play, and each card has value both as a spell but also during the super cool "flip" phase of combat! Like all Crossover eps, we also sprinkle in plenty of ideas of how to cross those mechanics back into Magic. Join Beacon of Creati...

Who needs to cast spells when you can sit back and let your creatures do the casting? Just the easy life for us! Fortunately our listeners didn't take it easy and instead submitted a baker's dozen creatures-that-cast spells cards for us to review. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com Thunder sound by SoundBible

We're back with a new crossover episode! Peter explains everything Tim needs to know about Wingspan, then they ride the wave of inspiration into a variety of mechanics for Magic! You don't need to know anything about Wingspan to listen (Tim didn't!) Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com Bird sound by SoundBible Music by Dee Culp

Spurred by the idea of simultaneous combat, Peter and Tim delve into all the phases and steps of a turn! After honing our understanding of each one, we also break out into some free form ideas. Deleting the draw step? A "start turn" phase to match "end turn"? Multiplayer alternating main phase actions? Lots more discussed. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: h...

Juliet and Esper witness the carefully-designed majesty of magister sphinxes on the white-blue-black Esper shard, from its played-everywhere cards to possibly the worst card in all of Magic: The Gathering. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

Moxtober is our yearly event where we design cards based on a daily, one-word prompt. What would you design for "Alpha" or "Trial"? Our community designed a ton of cards. This year, we're putting the spotlight on all our new submitters (plus a who came back!). Moxtober is for everyone and this episode is a celebration of that! New members in this ep: Smell Hole - Smoking Gun Underworld Dreamer - L...

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:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

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. Along the way, we regenerate the design space for Skeletons of the future! Join Beacon of Creation's Discord:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.co...

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:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

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:  https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

We're putting on our finest outfits and securing our monocles as we review the "To the Nines" challenge review. You all submitted equipment, but you weren't allowed to use the Equip ability! We've got scarabs, fish, crowns and collars this week and it's all going to be fun! More Juliet content at  https://www.twitch.tv/moonshotnetwork Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh S...

Kayiu and Juliet tackle what makes designing for an IP swing or miss, covering Portal: Three Kingdoms and Chikyu: Ruined Future. Along the way, we break down some bad card design habits, some -1/-1 counter mechanics, Dynasty Warriors, a general acclaim for decayed, and a quick introduction to what makes Moxtober great! Juliet & Riley's Three Kingdom Spectacular is on Oct 1st at https://www.twitch....

Our last pod about Design League 3 is here! We've got both league champ Prov and runner-up Brad here to talk about their process, the planes, and their ideas for the future! Be sure to catch our previous two league pods for some helpful context on this one.   Recommendations Brad's twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bradleyrose Prov recommends: watching soccer! Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: https:...

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?? Squares that Cube feed: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2298320 StC Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rM876ypRLwnF7rodNaUAZ StC's Pacific NW drafters Discord: https://discord.gg/eu4nthkkf5 Join Beacon of Creation's...

Our league finalists had to invent a whole standard deck, along with making up ideas for a variety of standard sets to go in it! This week is Provocative's entry, and you'll hear all about some new tokens, Rakdos planeswalkers, and why the sun is bad! Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

Our league finalists had to invent a whole standard deck, along with making up ideas for a variety of standard sets to go in it! This week is Bradley Rose's entry, and you'll learn about it along with us. Super exciting! Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

Calming beach views, cooking for your friends, and all the Magic you could want! Tim and guest Shobi make the case for taking out a whole weekend with friends for playing Magic. Too much? Or not enough? They also go through all the cool drafts they did over the course of three days of Magic. Shobi's show in Portland: https://www.funhouselounge.com/burwesque/ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/t8...