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This week is the long-awaited spotlight on Seasons of War, the custom commander limited set! Creator Timespiraled joins the show to tell us everything they learned making it and what they enjoy about the final product! Chat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Check out the cards in the set: https://msem-instigator.herokuapp.com/card?q=e%3Aswr Go deep with the design doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LXCrKJ-QoP2beLdMyKnmNQBeDafC5_ab1UyMNObTCGs/edit

In Unpacking, we go one-by-one through cards in a pack. We learn what we can from just the cards in front of us; no set summary and no knowledge of the mechanics. It's a fun way to see cards with fresh eyes. This time Redbay joins Tim in going through a pack of Memories of the Silver City by Chartate101. We go in just seeing a picture of a green forest portal in a run-down city. Come along with us as we discover the set through the lens of a pack. Talk with us through our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

We put our foot down and issue an ultimatum: design us some great cards! You know the community is going to give us a huge haul of cool designs and plenty to talk about. Visit our Discord to enter our May Challenge: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Kayiu hosts a look at color-blasted, music-infused future set Hyperpop! Creators platypeople and IgnitedxSoul give you a comprehensive look starting with abandoned mechanics, then talking through the featured keywords, into themes, and finally some Revolution constructed shots. Check out the set: https://www.planesculptors.net/set/hyperpop Browse the Revolution format at: https://revolution-manifesto.herokuapp.com/format/revolution Visit our Discord for even more links: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Episode 300 is here! We recap Castmire, the community-designed spooky mansion set. How it came to be, all the mechanics, and the potential directions for the set!  https://www.planesculptors.net/set/castmire Come chat with everyone on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Castmire theme is "Nightmare" by https://alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com

Learn all about Mattelonian's art and performance set, Merveaux! We learn all about what it takes to merge artifacts, enchantments, and three color wedges into one heavily playtested package.

Juliet and Susan discuss the things Cats are always known for: having antlers, flying, and having jobs! We break down some of Magic's most influential and adventurous felines, and together design a blue(paw)print card for what the future of this flavor might hold. You can find Susan's photography at https://instagram.com/qusiepop   the Moonshot Network's patreon at https://patreon.com/moonshotnetwork  and Three Little Words at https://linktr.ee/the3lwpodcast

March is over and your entries to the design challenge are here! Tim and Juliet review a sometimes-aquatic variety of artifact soldiers. There's lobsters, legions, french fish, swampy subs, an underwater robot, an undercover otter, overarmor, unliving, a hydrophile, a hydrophobe, filled bowls and hollow knights.  No episode next week! The team is busy. We'll be back the week after! Hop on our Discord to check out the April design challenge, talk MotM spoilers, and get updates on the upcoming community blog: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Realmbreaker has reconnected all the planes and we're reconnecting with a format from the early 2010s: Planechase! This multiplayer-focused format switches rules early and often. What makes a good Plane card? Are the bad cards fun or just part of the vibe? What even is Belenon? Shout out to Christopher Lundgren for supplying the list of planes. Hop on our Discord to participate in the design challenge, talk MotM spoilers, and get updates on the upcoming community blog: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

MWB aka Peter challenges Juliet and Tim to layer the flavor on top of three flavorless cards. Each card has so many directions it could go which makes for a very funny discussion. We've got three more unseasoned cards for you to spice up. Find them and give your ideas on our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Juliet's new game: https://mousewifegames.itch.io/echolocation Theme music by Dee Culp

Don't want to make a full cube but want to get more adventurous than a set cube? Check out Tim's Mirrodin Double Block Cube, which brings in cards from six sets and fuses them into something both familiar and new. Redbay hops on the pod to ask all his questions about the cube and to suggest some fun additions from All Will the One. Our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh Visit Redbay's band: https://odinfist.bandcamp.com

Seven days later. Ten new entries! Tune in for some great cards in our combined zombie/cupid design challenge! ChurchWizard MWB JamesDaltonBell Juliet Redbay monaters 3smuth Eshlelim Wobbles JBMannon Hop onto our Discord and get working on your entry for March: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

February and postapocalyptic zombie comas have one thing in common: 28 days! We review your zombie submissions, with potential bonuses of tokens, tribal, and archery! We'll see who pays tribute to Cupid in part one, covering the first half of submissions from: Sage B CryptRat Wraidzel Dillon PANOPTES BulkRare Grrrbear Dragon of the West The second half comes later this week! Until then, hop onto our Discord and get working on your entry for March: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

It's Cupid month and Juliet is taking us on a deep dive into archery in Magic. What represents archery flavor best? What's the most fun? Fun Fact: "mechanistic" is another name for slab serifs! Hop on our Discord and tell us your ideal archers: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh  

League champ Wraidzel and league finalist 3smuth both jump on the pod. Get to know both of these great designers and go behind the scenes on their entries across the rounds of the challenge. Super fun ep with great guests! Submit your card for our new challenge, "28 Days Later", in our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

3... 2... 1... Baby New Year! All the January children have been born, giving us a whopping 16 "Figure of Destiny" card submissions, all ready to be reviewed. What makes a good one drop? What does the curveout look across three abilities? What is Juliet's "most weird card ever"?? Submit your card for our new challenge, "28 Days Later", in our Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

The finals of the Design League are here: design a booster pack for a set themed around the children's board game Candy Land!! We're reviewing the second finalist in this episode, blown out into full Unpacking style. Card by card we speculate on themes, mechanics, and more! Head to the Discord to find out the winner on Wednesday! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

The finals of the Design League are here: design a booster pack for a set themed around the children's board game Candy Land!! We got a great pack from each finalist. We're giving each submission its own episode, blown out into full Unpacking style. Card by card we speculate on themes, mechanics, and more! Head to the Discord to find out the winner on Wednesday! https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

Phyrexia: All Will Be One includes a single Flashback card, using that mechanic "deciduously". These present-but-not-everywhere mechanics have been normal in commander decks forever, but it's only in the last year or so that standard sets have done this. Tim lit the beacon looking for someone to geek out on this with and Discord member LudosGD answered the call! We talk through what the current deciduous mechanics guidelines might be and then talk through how those rules apply to a variety of old mechanics. As usual, the best way to engage with us is through Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh

The mother of machines and her armies loom large! We cover what phyrexia did in the past and what new mechanics could be corrupted for their purposes! Join the MSE server: https://discord.gg/R2AuKs4aYe Join us on the Beacon Discord: https://discord.gg/t88Vpwh