We're putting on our finest outfits and securing our monocles as we review the "To the Nines" challenge review. You all submitted equipment, but you weren't allowed to use the Equip ability! We've got scarabs, fish, crowns and collars this week and it's all going to be fun!

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

Kayiu and Juliet tackle what makes designing for an IP swing or miss, covering Portal: Three Kingdoms and Chikyu: Ruined Future. Along the way, we break down some bad card design habits, some -1/-1 counter mechanics, Dynasty Warriors, a general acclaim for decayed, and a quick introduction to what makes Moxtober great!

Juliet & Riley's Three Kingdom Spectacular is on Oct 1st at https://www.twitch.tv/moonshotnetwork

Kayiu's live set-design streams are Sundays at https://www.twitch.tv/kayiu102

Schwa's article on fan-sets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CcsU5xtDLNSm2DWh4zZDY46gDuvZkHBh3beFj3qioPk/edit?usp=sharing

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

We're making good on June's "Halfway There" and designing cards to go with our favorite submissions from that challenge! Finding the right balance of flavor, deckbuilding, and explosive commander fun is a big challenge!

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

Music by Dee Culp

We've got the URge to ZA this week with your design challenge submissions!

Listen in for scraps, warships, living robots, babies, lectures, expansions, walls, windows, and failures. Second half of the submissions coming this weekend!

Submit your entry for the new design challenge in our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Music as usual from Dee Culp

What could you learn from just a pack? This week we put aside anything we know about AVR and look at what one pack tells us. What are the themes and what does the gameplay look like?

Tell us what packs you want to see on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Jaunty music from FreePD.com

We've got a great new tribute set Legacies of Tarkir on the pod this week! Creator Fblthp is here to help us break down their classic take on Tarkir.

Full Set: https://cubeartisan.net/cube/yz/overview 

Say hi to Fblthp and jump into our new Design League on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Tentacles! Branches! Hooks! Bows! Armor! Turtle Power! Mr Fantastic! Pumpkins without the hyphen! Devils! Mogwai!

We've got it all in the second half of the Pump-kin challenge review. Your best and funniest Halloween cards in a battle to the death!

Hop into the new Design League and more at https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We've got a card to preview for you for Spellslinger's upcoming Helvault Unsealed set! See if you can guess it, then let's think through all the decks and slingers it combos with! Wobbles leads the discussion and makes sure we have all the best info.

This ep is good for newbies to SS as well. That game engine is just different enough from regular MTG that it's informative and interesting to compare cards between them. Definitely some good inspiration here!

Hop on our Discord and share your ideas for Spellslingers decks and cards! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Check out MTG-SS, the biggest site about the game: https://mtg-ss.net/

Theme by Dee Culp

All the critters come out for the Pump-kin challenge! All of your best pump spells with all your spookiest tribes. We've got healthy Skeletons, merfolks protecting the rim, scarecrows, swarms, eyes, goggles that do nothing, bog standards, per-Blex-ing batches, and a lil fruit bat in this episode!

Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Moxtober is finishing up and we're highlighting a bunch of special projects that go beyond the base "prompt a day" style submissions:

MWB's Classic Movie Monsters

Dillion's Legends reborn

Bradley's Chimaera deck

LudosGD's illustrated story

Loreley Weisel-Librizzi's twitter-size planeswalker stories.

Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

PJ aka Commander Replay brings his Boros brewing knowledge to a Design Collab! We've got four commanders we're making cards for:

Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider
Augusta, Dean of Order
Haktos the Unscarred
Velomachus Lorehold

Even better, I thought we were originally going to make one card per commander but PJ brought a ton! Enjoy all these cool cards and send us your ideas!

https://www.youtube.com/commanderreplay

Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Spellslingers is a faster, simpler Magic built for phones. Tim and Wobbles discuss the game, which also leads to discussion of how it might impact Magic design. There's a surprising amount to learn, even if you don't intend to play!

There's a cool set of Dev Diaries for the game: https://magicspellslingers-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/sections/8450476707988-Developer-Diaries

Relax a moment with wobbles' art blog: https://wobbles.tumblr.com/

Keep the Moxtober heat up by hopping on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Our second half review has group activities, reading assignments, equations, essentials, practice, dino bullies (??), bigger bubbles, Brendans, monochrome, and biology. Enjoy all these sweet cards!

Moxtober stars Oct 1! Hop on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Tim liked what he saw in Bloomburrow previews ordered up a frog burger with a side of flies and Juliet serves up the A-B-Cs of F-R-O-Gs! We talk a little Bloomburrow, dive deep on the history of frogs in Magic, then explore some design ideas for frogs in the future.

Juliet's July/December Christmas pod: https://moonshotpods.com/ill-be-pod-for-castmas/

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

We cover the first half of the Back 2 School challenge, and after getting into our first couple classes we also review our training, looking for a phone charger, adopt a green lifestyle, and hear about Teferi's school days.

Moxtober stars Oct 1! Hop on our Discord and share your designs! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Welcome to chapter ten of Design Rush, a quick-on-your-feet card design showcase, hosted by Juliet Louis!

This episode's contestants are Aaron & Caro!

Find Aaron (he/him):
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ehronlime
Spectres of Brocken Kickstarting right now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ehronlime/spectres-of-brocken

Find Caro (they/them):
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeaExcursion 
Exquisite Biome: https://seaexcursion.itch.io/exquisite-biome

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Juliet and Kayiu compare and contrast the different nautical and underwater sets, both seen in the Summer Set Spotlight and beyond. They ask "What does it mean to be young near the shore?" and whether there's a satisfying or swashbuckling way to rekindle one's Timmy spirit as a designer, and discuss some fun facts about otters and different ideas for swimming mechanics in Magic.

Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

"In a world of water, humanity battles against all of the horrors of the deep as what little land that remains sinks into the ocean."

Learn all about this artifacts-and-enchantments set where steampunk ships and engineers battle deep sea horrors!

Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

This week we've got all of your submissions for the Commonaria Design Challenge!

We've got origin stories, multiple Squees, Danitha's boss, Teferi's timelines, deep lore, deep diving, first strike, Yawg's other son, combat triggers, death loops, Benalia, and Phyrexianized Merfolk.

Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Brandon aka Slayerbfm stuck around to recap Magic Camp with Tim. This is a long weekend full of Magic, and we cover all the sweet formats we played! Cubes, commander, and more.

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Interested in stickers and "legacy"-style cubes? Brandon comes on the pod hot off back-to-back plays of his Chaos Cube! Phyrexian Mana, extra keywords, color shifting and more are all possible. If that's not exciting enough, there's a crazy flip mechanic that slowly morphs the cube from a C/U cube into a vintage cube! Tons to learn and be inspired by.

Chaos Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/boi

Hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

You loved it, we loved it, so it's back! Kayiu has picked a new group of cards from MSE Modern, the biggest format of custom Magic. He's quizzing Juliet and Adam on whether each of those cards is relevant in competitive MSEM or not! See if you can guess whether these cards are a hit or a miss.

We've got stars, witches, Mauras, heralds, seeds, guards, colorless, four-color, castles, trains, lizard bites, and dragon's breath all in the ep!

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

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

Our competition, the Design League, just finished its first half. Come listen to the great cards designed for this competition. Along the way you'll also get the POV of both a competitor and a judge for the league.

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

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

This month's challenge review takes on Partner With commanders. We've got a whole bunch of great submissions from Kithkin to Moby Dick! Lots of crazy flavor, technology, and even some mystery.

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

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

Returning guest Larcent shares his progress developing a set about changing weather. Each kind of weather has a material effect on the game and picking the right weather is a challenge. The set's other mechanics also have some cool ties to that central theme.

Check out the set here: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/storms-of-yerzivan

Jump into the discussion on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Castmire, our community developed set, is resuming development and we've got a handy introduction to get you excited! This is a great chance to get involved in the set.

Jump into the discussion on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We built a pack together and it came out very Lorwyn-y! Patrick and khord22 hop on the pod to tell Tim all about it. Listen in to learn about collaborating on Magic designs!

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Show Notes: https://beaconofcreation.com

This week our guests are given a custom Commander and have to pick reprints and design new cards for that Commander's precon! Brewer MonoWhiteBorder and long-ago returning guest Gaby team up to crack "Roose, Waste Manager".

Share your ideas for Roose on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Get in on the next Design Challenge by heading to our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Celebrate volatile March weather with the review of your Lamb and Lion cards!

Like the last few challenges, we got a lot of submissions! The second half of them will be reviewed in an ep released in a few days.

Get in on the next Design Challenge by heading to our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh