Beacon of Creation

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!

Three Tickets to Flavortown

Mar 22, 2023

MWB aka Peter challenges Juliet and Tim to layer the flavor on top of three flavorless cards. Each card has so many directions it could go which makes for a very funny discussion.

We've got three more unseasoned cards for you to spice up. Find them and give your ideas on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Juliet's...

Mirrodin "Double Block" Cube

Mar 15, 2023

Don't want to make a full cube but want to get more adventurous than a set cube? Check out Tim's Mirrodin Double Block Cube, which brings in cards from six sets and fuses them into something both familiar and new. Redbay hops on the pod to ask all his questions about the cube and to suggest some fun additions from All...

28 Days Later Challenge Review, Part 2

Mar 8, 2023

Seven days later. Ten new entries! Tune in for some great cards in our combined zombie/cupid design challenge!

ChurchWizard

MWB

JamesDaltonBell

Juliet

Redbay

monaters

3smuth

Eshlelim

Wobbles

JBMannon

Hop onto our Discord and get working on your entry for March:

28 Days Later Challenge Review, Part 1

Mar 1, 2023

February and postapocalyptic zombie comas have one thing in common: 28 days! We review your zombie submissions, with potential bonuses of tokens, tribal, and archery! We'll see who pays tribute to Cupid in part one, covering the first half of submissions from:

Sage B

CryptRat

Wraidzel

Dillon

PANOPTES

BulkRare

Grrrbear

Take a Bow

Feb 22, 2023

It's Cupid month and Juliet is taking us on a deep dive into archery in Magic. What represents archery flavor best? What's the most fun?

Fun Fact: "mechanistic" is another name for slab serifs!

Hop on our Discord and tell us your ideal archers: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh