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August 12 Format Smorgasbord! Cube, Coop, and and Collusion at Magic Camp 2026
Our trips to the beach for Magic Camp are always filled with some big swings and fun games. Tim's friend Keith hops on to the pod to help recap a successful outing full of inspiration for cube, card design, and formats.

Keith's cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/Unbound

The No Limit Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/SlayerBFM

The version of Hellscube 4 we played: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/HC4

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1 hr 35 min
August 05 Incarnation Challenge Review, part 1
Our latest challenge asked submitters to submit big, abtract creatures that could fit in a five color cycle. How do you convey vast and unusual in a non-legendary Magic card? Plus, at least one card submitted in jest.

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1 hr 17 min
July 29 Rebel Yell! Learn about New Requiem: Crossfire
Learn all about the newest set from the dynamic duo of Redbay and MonoWhiteBorder! Heavy creature focus, lots of combat rewards, and a free spirit of rebellion. Cyberpunk minus the artifact theme! Lots of fun things to learn about their new project.

Browse the cards from the set: https://rrredbay.github.io/sets/NRC

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52 min
July 22 Marvel Jumpstart Rules, Let's Talk About Why
The new Marvel Jumpstart product has a ton of special things about it. Lots of unique cards just for these packs, some nice fixing and card flow elements, plus a ton of exciting themes that hook into each other. We catch everyone up on Jumpstart, breakdown strengths and weaknesses, then go pack by pack to get some specific lessons from the designs.

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58 min
July 15 Juno Challenge Review, part 3
Wrap up our "hatebears" challenge with your best 2 mana 2/2s that slow down your opponents' strategy. As usual, your submissions drifted from that starting point into some exciting areas. Punish those lacking devotion, buy some plush merch, and witness the return of the Atog in this fun deep dive episode.

New Eps of Juliet's other show coming soon: https://moonshotpods.com/ill-be-pod-for-castmas/

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1 hr 21 min
July 08 Juno Challenge Review, part 2
Continuing our review of your "hatebear" cards, which mix assertive combat with rule-bending counterbalances. These rule-centric cards have HUGE design implications, so stay tuned for, among other things, a review of the layers system.

New Eps of Juliet's other show coming soon: https://moonshotpods.com/ill-be-pod-for-castmas/

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1 hr 27 min
July 01 Juno Challenge Review, part 1
For June, we asked for your best "hatebear" cards. Small creatures, big roadblocks for your opponents. What different ways can you impede your opponent?

New Eps of Juliet's other show coming soon: https://moonshotpods.com/ill-be-pod-for-castmas/

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1 hr 20 min
June 24 Sharpie Cube! Change Cards To Your Heart's Content
Ever want to knock a mana off a creature? Remove a bad drawback from a land? Sharpie Cube is the idea of redacting rules text. Always subtraction, never addition. Community member Otter has extensive experience making these edits and walks us through his principals and rules for modifying cards. Then we sharpie some cards live!

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1 hr 5 min
June 18 Cooperative Magic Mega-sode!
We've got community members AuxilliaryOtter and first time guest CryptRat on to talk cooperative Magic! We go deep on the innovations found in the new TMNT Team Up product, then walk through our community's pitches for cooperative and multiplayer modes! Co-op is still such a new and unexplored part of Magic, so there's plenty to learn in this episode.

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1 hr 58 min
June 10 Swamps and Marshes Challenge Review, part 2
Are you Prepared for the second half of our black-mana artifact and land prepared spell design challenge? Tim and Juliet go on an Adventure reviewing all the submissions and have an Omen for next month's challenge.

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1 hr 14 min

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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!