Beacon Of Creation Podcast

Design League contestants Juliet and MonoWhiteBorder take over the pod and talk through how they came up with their cards. The challenges for reference: Card A: Submit a non-white, mono-colored card with the Ancestor mechanic to represent The New Age. (We will be using the Ancestor mechanic as written in Courageous Commander.) Cards B and C: (One of the following cards must include a returning mechanic from retail Magic.) Submit a card to represent an “Old Believer” that has a multicolored identity without sharing a color with your Card A design. Submit a card to represent the Gods return and attack on New Age Gandgoma. This should use a different card type than your Card B design. Round 1 Entries: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IOGhXg-_43S7wMOan5HzzFq2f1PTsGTZUh0uRkI5G44/edit?usp=sharing Or check everything out on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We dive head-first into the anime pool this week, discussing the early 2000s series Naruto! We break down some core mechanics from the series in Magic terms, then sketch out how some of the characters could be designed. Design Collab episodes always lead to interesting places and this one is no different! Follow along with Design League on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Deep dive into the eight qualifiers with help from league mastermind Redbay! Follow along with Design League on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

League mastermind Redbay is here to catch everyone up on his Design League and to announce the tournament challenge!  Hop onto the Discord now to follow along! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Music by Dee Culp

We've got just one pack to learn as much as we can about Dragons of Tarkir. What will it tell us? Is this secretly Muraganda? Are X/1s the name of the game? Is this set Silumgar vs Atarka? Are there even dragons here??? Submit your entry for the new design challenge in our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We've got two pieces and it's time to meld these 8 challenges with Wednesday's 8! There's parenthesis names, lectures, searches, bright futures, lairs, lols, acronyms and agoraphobes. Submit your entry for the new design challenge in our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Music as usual from Dee Culp

We've got the URge to ZA this week with your design challenge submissions! Listen in for scraps, warships, living robots, babies, lectures, expansions, walls, windows, and failures. Second half of the submissions coming this weekend! Submit your entry for the new design challenge in our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Music as usual from Dee Culp

What could you learn from just a pack? This week we put aside anything we know about AVR and look at what one pack tells us. What are the themes and what does the gameplay look like? Tell us what packs you want to see on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Jaunty music from FreePD.com

We've got a great new tribute set Legacies of Tarkir on the pod this week! Creator Fblthp is here to help us break down their classic take on Tarkir. Full Set: https://cubeartisan.net/cube/yz/overview  Say hi to Fblthp and jump into our new Design League on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Tentacles! Branches! Hooks! Bows! Armor! Turtle Power! Mr Fantastic! Pumpkins without the hyphen! Devils! Mogwai! We've got it all in the second half of the Pump-kin challenge review. Your best and funniest Halloween cards in a battle to the death! Hop into the new Design League and more at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We've got a card to preview for you for Spellslinger's upcoming Helvault Unsealed set! See if you can guess it, then let's think through all the decks and slingers it combos with! Wobbles leads the discussion and makes sure we have all the best info. This ep is good for newbies to SS as well. That game engine is just different enough from regular MTG that it's informative and interesting to compare cards between them. Definitely some good inspiration here! Hop on our Discord and share your ideas for Spellslingers decks and cards! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Check out MTG-SS, the biggest site about the game: https://mtg-ss.net/ Theme by Dee Culp

All the critters come out for the Pump-kin challenge! All of your best pump spells with all your spookiest tribes. We've got healthy Skeletons, merfolks protecting the rim, scarecrows, swarms, eyes, goggles that do nothing, bog standards, per-Blex-ing batches, and a lil fruit bat in this episode! Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Moxtober is finishing up and we're highlighting a bunch of special projects that go beyond the base "prompt a day" style submissions: MWB's Classic Movie Monsters Dillion's Legends reborn Bradley's Chimaera deck LudosGD's illustrated story Loreley Weisel-Librizzi's twitter-size planeswalker stories. Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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! Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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 wobbles' art blog: https://wobbles.tumblr.com/ Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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 Biome: https://seaexcursion.itch.io/exquisite-biome Follow @magicdesigncast and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

"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