Beacon of Creation

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Beacon of Creation episodes

September 03, 2025 Objection Challenge Review, Part 1
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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1 hr 16 min
August 27, 2025 You Make the Pack, But Like, Right Now!
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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1 hr 3 min
August 20, 2025 Favorite Flavor - Final Fantasy XII w/Brendan McLeod
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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1 hr 5 min
August 13, 2025 Create a Custom Set in a Month!
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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59 min
August 06, 2025 Following Signposts - Edge of Eternities
Signpost gold cards are a great way to teach your drafters what archetypes and decks can be drafted in limited. By learning from retail Wizards sets, we can improve our design skills and make more fun sets ourselves. In our Following Signposts episodes, we break down what we learn JUST from the archetype card and the uncommon gold cards. Your drafters won't know the whole picture, but what can they gleam from a handful of cards?

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1 hr 29 min
July 30, 2025 Ju-Lie Challenge Review
Tapping is core to Magic and it's about time we did a Design Challenge all about it! This month you sent us all your cards that tap lots of creatures, and as an extra challenge we said to do it without blue! As always lots of innovative cards and plenty of deep dives into the nooks and crannies of each submission.

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1 hr 23 min
July 23, 2025 Star-Crossed Lovers of New Capenna
A little bit of romance, a dash of action, some new mechanics, and even a speedy bunch of card crafting. This episode has it all! Fusing Capenna's angels and demons world with families, weddings, and duels of honor seems like it will make for a super fun set!

Be sure to check Juliet and co's production of Hamlet but with Sonic characters this Saturday at https://twitch.tv/moonshotnetwork

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1 hr 11 min
July 16, 2025 Card Colosseum: Sudden Death
Design or Die! To celebrate Card Colosseum, Khord and Tim are design cards at lightning speed! Each prompt gets three minutes, for 15 cards all in one podcast. Listen to our answers to these prompts, then hop on the Discord and give us your versions!

Card Colosseum is a yearly event in the Magic Set Editor (MSE) Discord where pairs of players battle it out, bracket-style, to see which designer comes out on top.

Khord's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Khord22

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54 min
July 09, 2025 Final Fantasy Tactics (Advance!) Set w/ Judge Bones
Passion project meets mainstream set release with Judge Bones's Final Fantasy Tactics Advance project. Started before FIN and reinvented afterward, we talk through all the components he needs to jumpstart this fun adaptation. Learn a bit about some classic games, brainstorm about advanced sideboards, and embrace our new Geomancer overlords.

Meet Bones at Cube for a Cause: https://www.upkeepnewyork.com/c4ac

Bones bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/goblingathering.bsky.social

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1 hr 25 min
July 02, 2025 Finality Fantasy Challenge Review
Your last chance on the battlefield! This month's design challenge is all about finality counters. Bring creatures back, but not forever. Added on top is a whole lot of Universes Beyond-style top down flavor! Tune in to hear about all the twists our designers found for this still-new mechanic.

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1 hr 18 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!