This challenge review dives into "spellbook" technology from Arena. What cool cards can you design when that card has access to three other cards? We got a ton of submissions again, so you'll learn all about the possible tech!

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Big episode! Alexis Janson breaks down their game and helps brainstorm how to steal some of that technology for our own Magic designs. Alexis was a Beacon host way back in the day, so you know they're ready to go deep on the design and ideas behind Galaxy.

Check out the game: https://galaxy.fun

The dev twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/playgalaxygame

Yukmouth streams the game daily: https://www.twitch.tv/yukmouth

Alexis's bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexisjanson.com

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Kayiu and Juliet walk through the basics of Moxtober 2025, the yearly community custom Magic event!

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Juliet is joined by Gabe Lincoln to ask to borrow a cup of one of Magic's oldest flavors, Giant non-Lizard-Wizard non-Hero-Villain Spiders. How do the arachnids that predate the keywording of reach differ from the ones that come after? What is the anatomy of a two-color gold Spider? Why does Ravnica get the most Giant Spiders of them all?

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Wizards is releasing Through the Omenpaths, a full reflavoring of their Spider-Man set. That got us curious how the existing Universes Beyond sets could be redone too! Khord jumps on the pod as we tackle cards from LotR, 40k, Doctor Who, and more.

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Our packed court of Objection! submissions wraps up this week with another packed ep full of great cards! This wide open challenge asked submitters to design a mechanic called "Objection" and we got SO MANY versions. Listen in for our thoughts on all these cards, including three more new submitters!

Submissions from: Xena, MWB, JamesDaltonBell, Juliet, Keith^3, Pat, Inte, Selkie, kuyashiiPlays, Mark Confidant, and Redbay

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You won't hear me objecting to so many design submissions, but you WILL hear all about the first half of our cards with the Objection mechanic! Keywords, ability words, and flavor, this challenge is all about defining "Objection!" as a Magic mechanic.

Due to some Discord issues and due to the huge number of submissions, this week's ep just covers the first half, from:

Dragon of the West AuxiliaryOtter Vtbassmatt Kumrac Sagebeez SillyPhilly Khord Qirn Justnigel KennaKhaos Larcent

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We've told you about You Make the Pack, now it's time to do it!! We've got some live design this week, making submissions for the YMTP event. We brought on new community member KennaKhaos to help and it was definitely the right choice! We tackle both a rare and a common for this emerging project.

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Juliet and game designer Brendan McLeod dispel Ondore's lies as they talk about Final Fantasy XII's sparse appearances in the canon "Magic: The Gathering–FINAL FANTASY", and set out to make a jeskai Commander deck with all new designs for the game's biggest hitters and most memorable moments and characters.

Brendan's bsky with links to Paper Labyrinths and The Prisoner's Dilemma: https://bsky.app/profile/brendanmcleod.com

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How do you make your own set in a month? The power of friendship! Beacon regular Brad (aka Redbay) breaks down the schedule he and Peter (MonoWhiteBorder) used to finish and release an entire set in a month. There's a TON of great tips for making sets in this ep, so you won't want to miss it!

Check out the set here: https://rrredbay.github.io/sets/SOC

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