Zendikar Rising features a series of really interestingly designed lands called Modal DFCs. Here's my take on the same mechanic from a different perspective.

Episode 13: Draft Signposts part two

Sep 1st, 2020 39m 58s

Since this is a draft set, we need some draft archetypes and signposts. Last episode, we built a cycle of non-creature spells, this time we're putting these effects on bodies!

Episode 12: Draft Signposts part one

Aug 19th, 2020 1h 9m

Since this is a draft set, we need some draft archetypes and signposts. We're doing two full cycles, but here's the first half.

Episode 11: Tribal Commanders and Lords

Aug 5th, 2020 46m 51s

Putting our lore from the previous episode into practice, here are the tribal lords and commanders for Kaldheim's 5 tribes.

Lore of the Land: The Five Tribes of Kaldheim

Jul 22nd, 2020 36m 26s

Rather than create new cards, we come up with some lore for the set which will not only help us design down the road but will also make the set more flavorful.

Episode 9: 4 Color Planeswalkers

Jul 8th, 2020 38m 34s

For the first time ever, 4 color planes walkers. Some are more creative than others, but all of them, we think, represent their 4 colors and are usable planeswalkers.

Episode 8: Multi-Type Planeswalkers

Jun 17th, 2020 23m 50s

We were going to attempt to make something based on M21 but, it being a core set, that wasn't really possible. That said, here are some planeswalkers with additional permanent sub-types.Huge apologies about the end step, we had some technical

Episode 7: Shrines

Jun 3rd, 2020 30m 23s

Shrines are an enchantment sub-type which uniquely uses the number of other shrines in its effect. So we took a stab at making our own shrines. To avoid making them too strong too fast we only did ally colored shrines.

Episode 6: Storm

May 20th, 2020 28m 20s

The Storm Scale is used to determine whether a mechanic is too strong to return in future sets so, naturally, we made an episode to explicitly design cards around the mechanic that birthed the scale!

Episode 5: Level Up Gods

May 6th, 2020 28m 8s

The gods of Theros have an interesting mechanic by which they are not creatures until a certain point. Level up is a... mechanic... Let's see how well those two things interact.

Episode 4: Mutate

Apr 22nd, 2020 41m 55s

We look at the mechanics of the newest set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, and see how we can break them for some new commanders.

Episode 3: Lands

Apr 8th, 2020 21m 38s

I sit down to make a couple of land cycles and, unsurprisingly, rip through them in just a couple minutes. So, for the first time ever, see what happens when we let Cayleb stretch his design muscles in creating a land cycle of his own.

Episode 2: Boon Boosters

Mar 25th, 2020 25m 17s

Making two cycles based off of the famous "Boon Cycle". A set of instants with boon like effects, and a set of sorceries to increase the strength of the boons.