Beacon Of Creation Podcast

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 new Commonaria challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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, all hands on deck, thinking twice, polyp pools, and orange orchards. Good luck! Read up on MSEM at: https://snapdragonfirework.wixsite.com/msem2 Check out Kayiu's new videos at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3bBSvBqn3OwxXNzO9YCLQ Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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: https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/select/introducing-the-tempo-twobert/ Aaron Forsythe's Duplicate Sealed: https://twitter.com/ajlvi/status/1469746172436885509 You can submit a card to our new When Pigs Fly challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

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.

We've got two primo Alara experts on the podcast this week and we're designing cards! Mako, creator of the Alara custom set, puts Tim and Scribbl to the test with five design prompts. Bant redemption? Stealing houses in Unx?? Complicated block triggers??? Find more of Mako and Scribbl's work on these Discord servers: MSE Modern: https://discord.gg/PeUkAfDP9A Magic Set Editor: https://discord.gg/b6DGJPMB29 Also find Alara here: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/alara

You have our permission to enjoy all these sweet "may" cards! All of them provide a choice within their rules text. Join Tim and Markus in considering all the different wrinkles to these choices. You may submit a card to our new Name Inverter challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Juliet and Kayiu continue their stay on a borrowed plane: ALARA by Mako! While there they debate who the most iconic planeswalker from Alara is, the logistics of how Grixis as a setting even works, limited bombs and constructed staples, and a broken card that's still fairer than Noble Hierarch. Check out the preview articles for ALARA at: https://magicseteditor.boards.net/thread/1360/alara-maelstrom-masters https://www.planesculptors.net/set/alara Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Juliet and Kayiu planeswalk into something borrowed: the inimitable ALARA by Mako! While there they check out some of the best documentation in all of custom set design, Encouraging combinations of flavor Tethered to mechanics, and how bottom-up sets can become top-down when they're returned to. Check out the preview articles for ALARA at: https://magicseteditor.boards.net/thread/1360/alara-maelstrom-masters https://www.planesculptors.net/set/alara Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We challenged you all to give us your best "fool" cards. Check out the second half of the review where we get fully bamboozled. Cards from: Juliet, Larcent, Bradley Rose, Wobbles, Home Slice, Redbay, Craftedlavaistrue, Iemcd, Bracsonian, jamesGover Submit your card to our May Powers challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

It's fool or be fooled for Tim and Markus as they review your submissions to the April Fools challenge! This part covers these submissions: - kuyashiiPlays - BoofTroupe - Dillon - Tahanu - underFlorence - Thesixthroc - MonoWhiteBorder Future eps reviewing the rest of the challenge come soon! Submit your card to our May Powers challenge on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh