MadOlaf's Magic Cards

Design challeges due Dec 24 at 7pm Pacific: Top down design: Big holiday meal or get-together Bottom up design: Your take on gates, onl...

Design challenges due Dec 10 at 7pm. -Top-down challenge: Design a card that evokes the sensation of being “indoors”. -Bottom-up challe...

Challenges due Monday, December 3rd by 7pm Pacific time. Worldbuilding Challenge: Rare mystery card that use clues.  Make sure it's a...

Our design challenges for next week are due Monday, Nov 26, at 8pm Pacific Time. -Design a rare for constructed. -Design a green common th...

Hey there, Beaconeers! We got a lot done this episode regarding Castmire. We talked about the color combinations, draft archetypes, and m...

Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge #1 - Create a white common combat trick that gives +2/+2 and a small bonus. Castmire Worldbuilding Chall...

Cardcrafting Challenge: Design a card that evokes a costume change Castmire Worldbuilding challenge: Black uncommon that returns a cr...

Design Challenge Due Oct. 29 Cardcrafting challenge: Make an escape room card Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge: Pumpkin pat...

Cardcrafting Challenge: Make a two-card combo with a card that doesn’t have a combo Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge: Detain at common...

Cardcrafting Challenge: Design a simple card that hasn't been designed yet.  Castmire Worldbuilding Challeng: Pick an Inktober 201...

Submissions due Monday, October 8th. Cardcrafting challenge Design a creature card that has an effect that is related to a loud sound flav...

Design Challenges due Monday. October 1st. Cardcrafting challenge ZAREPATH SUGGESTION: Make a card from a setting that WotC would never do...

Challenges due Monday, September 24th Cardcrafting Challenge Make a mythic X spell that is flavored as either Golgari, Simic, or Orzho...

Design Challenges Due for next week (Sept 17) Cardcrafting Challenge Design a card that is fairy tale themed... Castmire Worldbuildin...

Design Challenges Due for Next Week (Sept 10) Cardcrafting challenge French vanilla creature with a combination of two evergreen/decidu...

Challenges for Monday, September 3rd. Cardcrafting Challenge: Design a card with one line of rules text that references a new keyword a...

Hey there Beaconeers! Here is the challenge due on Monday the 27th: Cardcrafting challenge: Make a Dark Age card from one the mechanic...

Challenges due August 20 Host/Augment: An uncommon draft-around card exploring an "uncommon" theme/ not an enchantment or creatu...

Hey there, Beaconeers! Challenges due August 13 Host/Augment: Make a Legendary Aura/ it must be a callback to a previous card. Castmi...

Hey there Beaconeers!  Challenges due August 6 Host/Augment: Design a card that mentions the term "commander"/must be colorles...

Challenges due July 30: Host/Augment: A black draw spell that doesn't make you sacrifice a permanent or lose life. Castmire Worldbu...

He there Beaconeers! Challenges due July 23: Host/Augment (hole filling edition): Design a green enchantment that is powerful enough to...

 Hey there Beaconeers! We just bought the domain beaconofcreation.com . (I'm not sure why I linked it, since it just brings you back h...

Challenges due Monday July 9: Host/Augment: Design three cards that care about being cast in sequence / must have an ability outside the b...

Hey there Beaconeers! Challenges due Monday, July 2: Host/Augment: A planeswalker from a specific plane and race that doesn't match...

Hey there Beaconeers! Quick update to the the blog:  I added a sidebar for important link suck as the Creature Grid and a full version of ...

Hey there Beaconeers, Our creature grid is done!  You can check out the final version here. When designing creatures in the future, re...

Hey there Beaconeers! This week's challenge (due Monday June 11 at 7pm Pacific): Host/Augment: Something silver-bordered that isn...

Hey there beaconeers! First things first:  We have a new way to vote!  I made four separate surveys where you can vote for the creatures t...

Hey there Beaconeers, Design Challenges due on Monday, May 28th: Host/Augment Challenge: A Vehicle that works better in multiplayer W...

So, to keep up the trend, I'm doing all the GDS3 challenges in the limited time frame available before the real results are out.  The ru...