Beacon Of Creation Podcast

We're kicking off Milestone 6 by checking out your focus channel submissions! M6 will be quick, containing just two Design Challenges and two Focus channels. DC61 - "Pull the Lever!” - Design the Heavy Chandelier or Strange Carpet card that Dubious Lever references. Check here for the cards in the set: http://www.planesculptors.net/set/castmire Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

A minute to design a Magic card?? Juliet hosts this game show and challenges Brad and Tim to push their design skills to the limit! Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Music from Rafael Krux and Bryan Teoh

Check out the great ideas coming from the Banquet! Lots of discussion on Castmire's development in this ep. Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Juliet and Tim get the details and lessons from Bradley's NaGaDeMon project, Conspiracy Jumpstart. This sweet Jumpstart format is built to be played Star format, where each player's win condition is eliminating the two players across from them. That means your neighbors are your conspirators, and deals abound. ConspiracyJS:  http://www.planesculptors.net/set/conspiracyjumpstart Also check out our Castmire Banquet poll: https://forms.gle/gGfUrXtmvFCQpRpX8 Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We review the submissions for DC 59 "Milestone 5 Jumpstart" - Design a Jumpstart pack of Castmire cards! Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Ten new versions of Path to Exile with Kess aka @Kesswylie aka kess.co! Follow @magicdesigncast account and join us at https://discord.gg/b7FDjHw

We're in mid-preview season for Kaldheim! Bradley & Tim discuss mechanics and cards and their impact from a Magic design lens. DC 59 "Milestone 5 Jumpstart" - Design a Jumpstart pack of Castmire cards! You can use up to two reprints from outside Castmire in your pack. This is an extended deadline, but you may submit a second Jumpstart pack! Due Monday, January 18th Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Milestone 5 of Castmire is wrapping up, meaning it's playtesting time! We get hype for the new cards and combos and lay out the schedule for playtesting. DC 59 "Milestone 5 Jumpstart" - Design a Jumpstart pack of Castmire cards! You can use up to two reprints from outside Castmire in your deck. Due Monday, January 11th Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Play along with this trivia and design quiz! Even if you don't know the card, your Magic design skills can still get you the right answer! Music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

There have been fifteen holiday cards in Magic, let's review their jokes and mechanics! Music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

Larcent joins the cast to check out the results of the Red/White, Red/Black, and Blue/Black focus channels, and talk about how they went so right. The cards came out great and we hear a lot about Larcent's experience leading a team. Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Tim and Juliet share their impressions of and give feedback on Nils's first custom Magic set, Yggdrassil: Battle for the Nine Realms. A set based on Norse mythology with a sprinkling of Scandinavian folklore! Check out the Planesculptors set file: http://www.planesculptors.net/set/yggdrassil#details Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh "Horizon Flare" music by Alexander Nakarada

Tim and Bradley discuss their efforts to help design an EDH deck for Bradley that maximizes fun. This means a deck that actually can win rather than using one of Bradley's low-powered artistic deck creations in a game of Commander, which can actually LOWER fun for everyone! Bradley's Virtus decklist: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/virtus-for-vendetta-1/?cb=1607996988 Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We talk about putting art on Castmire playtest cards and review your design challenge submissions. What exactly did Jeff eat for lunch? How deep does Castmire go if it's got fish pirates? Did that lich really have to go and cut their hand off?  Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Ten new versions of Prodigal Sorcerer with Robby aka @mtgcolorpie! Follow @magicdesigncast account and join us at https://discord.gg/b7FDjHw

Juliet's project for November was to make 5 custom Jumpstart packs, all set in Ravnica. Solving the multicolor issues with some serious use of hybrid, we break down all the factors that make it tick. Does the color pie change if you're requiring multiple land types in the deck? What is a Syzygy?  Castmire Design Challenge: DC57 - “Uncanny Likeness” - Design any uncommon card. However, you also have to link art for the card. Due: Dec 7th Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We check out rare visit card submissions for Castmire. Topics include: Acceptable complexity of visit cards between common and rare; supporting visit-based decks; and flavorful callbacks. Next Design Challenge: DC57 - “Uncanny Likeness” - Design any uncommon card. However, you also have to link art for the card. Due: Dec 7th Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Commander Legends is coming out and Tim played ten hours of Commander over the weekend. He and Bradley give their ideas on what the set accomplishes and what we can learn about multiplayer design. Are we just too scared about not getting a commander in draft? Has there been a mechanic with more game actions than Encore? Why did anyone attack before Monarch came around? Is there a mechanic more irrationally loved than Cascade? Follow @magicdesigncast and join us at https://discord.gg/b7FDjHw

We check out Green Visit and Inhabit submissions. Topics include: Should some Visit be instant? How do you make common-level visit effects? Do beasts better fit Visit or Inhabit? What words of wisdom do baby pigs have for us? Next Design Challenge: DC56 - “Beyond the Red Room” - Design a Non-Red Rare with Visit, either a Creature or an Artifact. Due Nov 23rd Follow @magicdesigncast and @createcastmire accounts and join us at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh New music from http://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Mark_Confidant, Kayiu, & Ancestral of MTG.Design join Bradley for this Moxtober 2020 wrapup, discussing creating cards, sharing designs with communities, and other Moxtober takeaways. Follow this episode's guests on Twitter: @Mark_Confidant @kayiu102 @mtgdotdesign Follow @magicdesigncast and join us at https://discord.gg/b7FDjHw