Beacon of Creation

Beacon of Creation

Beacon of Creation

Episodes 460
Avg. Duration 53m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (9)
Since Dec 2017
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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99%
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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! Music used with permission: https://www.youtube.com/user/daleculp

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S1E455 THE Horse Challenge Review, part 1

Apr 02, 2026 1h 28m

You better be ready for extensive horse content!!! We got a beyond-huge amount of submissions this month for our Design Challenge, so this episode can only tackle the first THIRD of that bumper crop!…

S1 YOUR Fractured Planeswalkers!

Mar 25, 2026 1h 14m

Last week's episode about color-shifted "Fractured" planeswalkers set off a firestorm of design in the Discord! This week we're going over a bunch of those cards. So many cool twists on existing…

S1E453 Fractured Planeswalkers! Classic Characters in New Colors

Mar 18, 2026 1h 6m

Orzhov Ral Zarek is just the beginning! Khord and Tim collaborate on the idea of switched up colors for planeswalkers. Water wizard Chandra? Tezzeret with wooden limbs? Kaito the samurai? It's not…

S1E452 Febru-Air Challenge Review, part 2

Mar 11, 2026 1h 39m

Juliet and Tim review your submissions for the 4/4 flier challenge. Along the way, they dive deep into what makes a keyword plausible, an ability word worthwhile, and randomness in gameplay fun or…

S1E451 Febru-Air Challenge Review, part 1

Mar 04, 2026 1h 43m

This month's challenge standardizes the cost and size: 5 mana, 4/4 flier. From there, our designers could go wherever they want! Plenty of fun designs and great discussion, plus a thorough look into…

S1E450 What Makes a Teenage Turtle Mutant?

Feb 25, 2026 1h 1m

Juliet poses a philsophical question on the nature of identity and gets a crash course on TMNT from turtle-expert Riley Hopkins. In the face of Ooze, does patience or pizza win out? Did you know that…

S1E449 Following Signposts - Lorwyn Eclipsed, plus Hybrid Talk

Feb 18, 2026 59m

Our usual Following Signposts faces its biggest challenge yet: Lorwyn Eclipse's crazy draft structure! Part traditional set, part hybrid nonsense, with 8 archetypes instead of 5 or 10. Tons of hybrid…

S1E448 Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 2

Feb 11, 2026 1h 32m

Flip over last week's episode because we've got a whole extra pod on the back! More of your two-sided noncreature cards this week. We've got references to Alpha, 1500s paintings, multiple Rakdos…

S1E447 Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 1

Feb 04, 2026 1h 25m

This month's challenge asked you to submit double sided cards where neither side is a creature. The star of the show, though, is the bonus challenge, which was to also make the card easy to read!…

S1E446 Shadowmoor and Horror in Magic: the Gathering

Jan 28, 2026 47m

Juliet and special guest horror author Nat Silveira talk about what makes horror as a genre work in speculative fiction and Shadowmoor as a setting, then design two different Shadowmoor-themed…

S1E445 Lorwyn and Peace in Magic: the Gathering

Jan 21, 2026 56m

All this Lorwyn in the air has got Juliet thinking about the works of 1894, which also leads to thoughts of nonviolence. Follow our train of thought to hear a discussion of new player's aversion to…

S1E444 What We Learned From Power Cube

Jan 14, 2026 50m

Power Cube is back on Arena and as wild as always. There's lessons to take away from designing high powered cards and formats. Also make sure to stick around for our fun new game of "B or F?" where…

S1E443 December the Titans Challenge Review

Jan 07, 2026 2h 5m

Another hefty design review ep for all of you! Hear our reactions, feedback and insight on the latest crop of submissions. This time, we're getting cards that (mostly...) have the "enters or attacks"…

S1E442 Revising Revised Edition! Retro Design Philosphy

Dec 31, 2025 1h 24m

Every amateur designer is tempted to mess with the past... What if you could change broken cards? Customize a draft format more to your liking? Provide the perfect on-ramp for new players? Tim brings…

S1E441 Live Design! Designing Commanders for Secret Sram-ta

Dec 24, 2025 1h 43m

This week Gaby is on the pod to talk about a deck swap we're doing with our local friends. Like a Secret Santa, we were each given a mission, and needed to build a deck to that spec. After finishing…

S1E440 At What Cost!

Dec 17, 2025 1h 7m

Juliet's new game has us picking costs from cards, but we don't have all our options available! Can we get a mono-red double striking defender? Abzan direct damage? WB creature stealing? Join Beacon…

S1E439 Nov-Embermage Challenge Review, Part 2

Dec 10, 2025 1h 4m

Juliet and guest-judge Andrew Sherman finish reviewing the the red-mana-dork Design Challenge, asking fiery questions about whether a Mountain is a card, whether a Creature is a Mountain, and whether…

S1E438 Nov-Embermage Challenge Review, Part 1

Dec 03, 2025 1h 4m

Juliet and guest judge Andrew Sherman tackle Mono-Red Mana Dorks for this month's design challenge review. Treasure, One-hit wonders, and Blitz (but not blitzball) all make fiery-hot appearances.…

S1E437 Forging a Format! Learn about Beacon Constructed

Nov 26, 2025 55m

Inspiring episode this week! Khord and IgnitedxSoul hop on the pod this week to tell us about Beacon Constructed, a Standard-like format composed of sets from the Beacon of Creation server. This…

S1E436 Following Signposts - Avatar the Last Airbender

Nov 19, 2025 1h 15m

We're back again on the trail, following where the signposts lead us in draft. This new Avatar set has some new twists on the uncommon gold "archetype" cards and overall has some new ideas on…

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