Beacon of Creation

PJ aka Commander Replay brings his Boros brewing knowledge to a Design Collab! We've got four commanders we're making cards for: Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider Augusta, Dean of Order Haktos the Unscarred Velomachus Lorehold Even better, I thought we were originally going to make one card per commander but PJ brought a ton! Enjoy all these cool cards and send us your ideas! https://www.youtube.com/comm...

Spellslingers is a faster, simpler Magic built for phones. Tim and Wobbles discuss the game, which also leads to discussion of how it might impact Magic design. There's a surprising amount to learn, even if you don't intend to play! There's a cool set of Dev Diaries for the game: https://magicspellslingers-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/sections/8450476707988-Developer-Diaries Relax a moment with wo...

Our second half review has group activities, reading assignments, equations, essentials, practice, dino bullies (??), bigger bubbles, Brendans, monochrome, and biology. Enjoy all these sweet cards! Moxtober stars Oct 1! Hop on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We cover the first half of the Back 2 School challenge, and after getting into our first couple classes we also review our training, looking for a phone charger, adopt a green lifestyle, and hear about Teferi's school days. Moxtober stars Oct 1! Hop on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Welcome to chapter ten of Design Rush, a quick-on-your-feet card design showcase, hosted by Juliet Louis! This episode's contestants are Aaron & Caro! Find Aaron (he/him): Twitter: https://twitter.com/ehronlime Spectres of Brocken Kickstarting right now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ehronlime/spectres-of-brocken Find Caro (they/them): Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeaExcursion   Exquisite B...

Juliet and Kayiu compare and contrast the different nautical and underwater sets, both seen in the Summer Set Spotlight and beyond. They ask "What does it mean to be young near the shore?" and whether there's a satisfying or swashbuckling way to rekindle one's Timmy spirit as a designer, and discuss some fun facts about otters and different ideas for swimming mechanics in Magic. Discord: https://d...

"In a world of water, humanity battles against all of the horrors of the deep as what little land that remains sinks into the ocean." Learn all about this artifacts-and-enchantments set where steampunk ships and engineers battle deep sea horrors! Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

This week we've got all of your submissions for the Commonaria Design Challenge! We've got origin stories, multiple Squees, Danitha's boss, Teferi's timelines, deep lore, deep diving, first strike, Yawg's other son, combat triggers, death loops, Benalia, and Phyrexianized Merfolk. Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Brandon aka Slayerbfm stuck around to recap Magic Camp with Tim. This is a long weekend full of Magic, and we cover all the sweet formats we played! Cubes, commander, and more. Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Interested in stickers and "legacy"-style cubes? Brandon comes on the pod hot off back-to-back plays of his Chaos Cube! Phyrexian Mana, extra keywords, color shifting and more are all possible. If that's not exciting enough, there's a crazy flip mechanic that slowly morphs the cube from a C/U cube into a vintage cube! Tons to learn and be inspired by. Chaos Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...

You loved it, we loved it, so it's back! Kayiu has picked a new group of cards from MSE Modern, the biggest format of custom Magic. He's quizzing Juliet and Adam on whether each of those cards is relevant in competitive MSEM or not! See if you can guess whether these cards are a hit or a miss. We've got stars, witches, Mauras, heralds, seeds, guards, colorless, four-color, castles, trains, lizard...

A surprising number of very angry trees showed up to our design challenge, so we line them up and hear their complaints one by one. We've got a shrub looking for a quartet, a tree looking for some snowy peace and quiet, a five sided tree, a burning tree, a seventh tree, a wild ride, another burning tree, a decorated tree, and a final burning (but in a good way) tree. You can submit a card to our n...

We're taking shelter under the yuletide tree to review your submissions for the latest design challenge! We've got double trees, angry trees, viking trees, provoking trees, flipping trees, trees for upper bodys, trees hands, giving trees, famous trees, and beastrees! You can submit a card to our new Commonaria challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Juliet and Kayiu hit the waves to discover some cursed omens and trusty first mates of the pirate set Dark Seas of Shiryen by CanterburyEgg, in this second episode of a mini-series exploring different exciting executions on the idea of nautical planes. https://www.planesculptors.net/set/dark-seas-of-shiryen Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Kayiu gives Tim and Markus a tour of the MSE Modern format through a guessing game! MSEM is the largest custom format, encompassing ~60 sets. Kayiu brought a dozen cards and our game is to predict whether those cards matter in competitive play. There are a bunch of wild cards this episode! Can you guess better than T&M? We've got woopip, bros, wubrg, flows, choices, pose(y), hundred card decks, al...

We've got another nine swines this week for our review of the When Pigs Fly Design Challenge! Listen in for suspended bibles, crying in the exile zone, a trip to nwotrovalf, HOPs, double bundles, and war trains. You can submit a card to our new Christmas in July challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

It's a rare event when pigs fly, and it's a rare crossover with Tim and Juliet doing the Challenge Review! We've got floating flocks, Akroma-level pigs, apple cars, Homestuck, PbtA, Italian pilots, and more! You can submit a card to our new Christmas in July challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Check out I'll be Pod for Castmas: https://pnc.st/s/ill-be-pod-for-castmas

Summer is here — let's hit the beaches! Juliet and Kayiu dive right into Elmare: Into the Abyss by Dodger in the first episode of this mini-series exploring different exciting executions on the idea of an underwater plane. https://www.planesculptors.net/set/elmare-into-the-abyss Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

The Agonos cube aspires to bring a better Vintage cube experience. It's a blast to draft, and we had to get creator ThatDamnPipsqueak on to learn how to build Vintage-level drafting. Two ways to check out the cube: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/agonos-cube https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/5e796ee57d65df45f542a03e Catch drafts on our Discord or on MSE: https://discord.gg/b6DGJPMB29

Community contributor Redbay hops on the pod to get everyone hype for Milestone 9 of Castmire, to be completed soon! Lots of new cards and some great lessons learned this time around. Castmire's can be found here: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/castmire  or @createcastmire Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We've got long-time community member, Goblin Artisan contributor, and long-necked avian Wobbles on the podcast this week. The topic is Wobbles' cycle of monocolor mini-cubes, each tackling the constraint in a new way. You can check the lists here: https://goblinartisans.blogspot.com/2021/09/cubelets-mini-cubes.html?m=1 These are inspired by several things, including: Ryan Overturf's Twoberts: http...

Tim and Markus go through your submissions to the Name Inverter challenge! We read, behold, channel and traverse a baker's dozen of piping hot cards.  You may submit a card to our new When Pigs Fly challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Juliet and Kayiu have seen exciting sets under the auspices of Old, New, and Borrowed, so today they check out Something Blue with the Deep Blue Cube by Timespiraled! While there they discuss the fundamental nature of color, rarity, and draft archetypes, and debate how good Delusions of Mediocrity can be in a world of Storm Crows and Welkin Terns. https://www.planesculptors.net/set/deep-blue

As our Lorado episode this week was wrapping up, shadowcentaur kept reading the spoiler and having great memories of making the set. Not quite enough for a whole extra episode, but fun to hear. Not all the card text is covered so you may want to have the set spoiler available for reference: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/lorado  

We've got another classic custom set this week, but with a twist. After diving into the history of Wild West set Lorado, we also look into a new project making Jumpstart packs with that set. https://www.planesculptors.net/set/lorado Ancestral's site is https://mtg.design Ancestral used https://www.drivethrucards.com  to print Lorado cards.