Beacon of Creation

Worlds collide with community member Fblthp's League of Legends-themed MEGAset. We get the download on the shape of the Jumpstart packs and then get some flavor and cards for the Noxus faction.

Set file: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/runeterra-jumpstart-noxus#cards

Noxus Lore: https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/region/noxus/

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Recaps and card images at: https://www.beaconofcreation.com

Tokens, Two-Headed Giant, and Draft collide with the "Two-ken Play At That Game" challenge! You all scoured Scryfall for the most obscure tokens and cooked up your coolest multiplayer cards! Tim and MDub go through all 18 of your submissions and pick their favorites.

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Recaps and card images at: https://www.beaconofcreation.com

Kayiu and Juliet bring on Queen Emily to talk about her latest completed project, Songs of Yisai! Inspired by Jewish mythology and biblical sources, this set mixes artifacts, enchantments, and a WUBRG theme.

Songs of Yisai PlaneSculptors: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/songs-of-yisai

Songs of Yisai Stories: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l4hgZTjI94G-dwVhhY3i5sY8MnvSe6kzCvnDJ38Fcp8/edit

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Recaps and card images at: https://www.beaconofcreation.com

Commander Redbay has launched the fleet of League designers into the world of planet-scale sci-fi adventure! Tim and Juliet set the stage for this setting and then highlight cards from the recently completed Design League Season 2 Top 8.

Experience Christmas in July via comparative fiction with Juliet's other show, I'll be Pod for Castmas: https://moonshotpods.com/ill-be-pod-for-castmas/

Juliet has also been on other pods for the Moonshot Network https://moonshotpods.com/

Follow the league and join the design challenges on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Recaps and card images at: https://www.beaconofcreation.com

Buggy big bugs! We asked for your 6/3 insects with some sort of design flaw. We got a swarm of submissions, so I brought on Hayley as a guest! The "bugs" in each card are each their own little puzzle and it's fun to dig into the rules.

Next month's challenge asks for some unique tokens, so get your scryfall searches going. Find out more on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Recaps and card images at: https://www.beaconofcreation.com

This week Juliet brings on Middle Earth Horse Expert Westley to discuss all the horse cards of the new LOTR set! An episode sure to be a colt classic.

Check out the full run of Shadowfacts: https://shadowfactspod.podbean.com/

and find Westley on Cohost: https://cohost.org/HorseArchivist

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

Recaps at: https://www.beaconofcreation.com

Jump into another world with a Lord of the Rings custom set made before the Wizards set! Bass walks us through the brainstorm and playtesting of his ideas for Middle Earth. If you like keywords and mechanics, this is the episode for you, as Bass tried a lot of big new mechanics and little tweaks and keywordings!!

Check out Bass's mega blog post and learn even more about this set.

Follow Bass on Twitter @Bass_Wakil and @bassimstory

Bass's story podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-story-toolkit/id1132638400

His writing podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5C6z1SIN9m8stESI6UzvM9?si=RM3TISJ7TX6E5uweyHB6Ng

And our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Full show notes at https://www.beaconofcreation.com

We've got custom Magic superstar Pipsqueak back on the pod this week to talk about her set Animus Vox. Space exploration, music, and contemplation set the mood for this great set.

Check out the MSEverse page, especially the fiction: https://mseverse.miraheze.org/wiki/Animus_Vox_(set)

Also mentioned in the ep is Pipsqueak's Lion's Eye Quotient: https://custommagiccodex.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/the-lions-eye-quotient/

Visit the MSE Discord: https://discord.gg/KakTcDcnK

Or our discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Full show notes at https://www.beaconofcreation.com

May's challenge asked the community for cards using "modified" that had cosmetic flavor. We've got 16 great cards to talk about and Tim and MWB dive right in!

Chat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Full show notes at https://www.beaconofcreation.com

The second of our four custom Unpacking episodes, where we go card-by-card in a pack for a set we've never seen before! This time, Tim is joined by community member LudosGD. What will be unveiled when the curtain rises??

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Full Grand Gala card list: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/the-grand-gala