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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!

Apr 30, 2025

Don't miss this ep! Our listeners each sent us one of two things: either a custom card (of any design) or a real card with the name and types changed. The job for us hosts is to guess which is which, and you can play along! 

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Apr 23, 2025

With Dragonstorm out but Alchemy not yet revealed, we're taking a shot at some ideas for Arena play with these new mechanics! Long time discord member Craftedlavaistrue joins Tim and Peter for a trio of new cards.

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Apr 16, 2025

Arms and the magic we sing of fate
And Voc-Gal's micro-set Battle rate.
Meanwhile the well-built set speedily came to the isle of the two Sirens, for a fair and gentle wind bore her on. Then presently the wind ceased and there was a windless calm, and a god lulled the waves to sleep.


Apr 9, 2025

Juliet and Redbay break down the hip new limited format and custom design project: 45-card Micro-sets for duplicate sealed! Can this new format bring the best of traditional set design limited and the brevity and expediency of jumpstart play? Check out a preview of five different Micro-sets made by different...


Apr 2, 2025

Winter hibernation is over and we're hungry! Our challenge this month was to design cards with cards with devour, emerge, or exploit, so keep those snacks coming! We've got dreadmaws, eldrazi books, corrupt sherifs, lots of red arrows, and more!

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