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A show about design in Magic: the Gathering. Each week we cover both official cards and custom cards made by the community. The weekly design challenge gives you the opportunity to make it on the show! Hosted by Tim, Juliet, Kayiu and Markus, with guests!

May 20, 2020

Next week: DC37 "Startling Changes" - Propose a change to the startle mechanic and showcase it with an existing startle card in the set.

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Oct 2, 2019

Learn about the unique aspects to Bradley's Halloween Cube! This spooky set twists things a little beyond the usual Innistrad cube.

Our challenge for next week: Design a costume piece. You'll have to listen to the episode to learn what that means!

Send submissions to: cards@beaconofcreation.com

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Sep 25, 2019

We combine our and your Eldraine card ideas for this all-design challenge episode. Covering new ways to use Adventure, Adamant, equipment, and more!

Our challenge for next week: Design a colored artifact that couldn't be an enchantment (and isn't an equipment).

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Sep 18, 2019

Inspired by last week's talk of old cards in the Estate Sale Cube, the hosts select and discuss a variety of old card designs that have bad aspects to them. Then we discuss the retro card design challenge.

Our challenge for next week: Design a card that mechanically fits in Eldraine.

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Sep 15, 2019

A bonus weekend episode featuring a crack-a-pack of Estate Sale Cube. Special guest Alchemyprime hops in to help give us a fresh perspective.

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For more notes and designs from this week's episodes see beaconofcreation.com