As a courtesy to the lazy and the easily distracted... oooo shiny!... I've added a list of links in the first post of the thread that point to the most helpful and useful posts of the thread.
So if you ask a question that can be found in one of those posts, you shall receive a spanking.
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For anyone who's having issues with wondering whether or not it's okay to do some color-pie bleeding, Devin Low's last two articles provide explanations for various cases of color pie bleeds are are helpful for understanding when it's okay to make an exception and give a card an ability that's not normally in its color. The articles can be found here and here.
For anyone who doesn't like reading through the goofy style of the articles, a summary:
-"A deck can break the color pie if it jumps through enough hoops."
(example: zombify allows black to play non-black creatures that do non-black things without paying mana of their color, but the deck has to get them into the graveyard and then zombify them to do so)
-"A card can break the color pie when it has truly outstanding, compelling flavor."
(example: Form of the Dragon has effects that aren't red, but the flavor of turning yourself into a dragon is very red, and the non-red effects go well with that flavor)
-"A card can stretch the color pie in the mechanical tools it uses, if it stays within the colors' philosophies."
(Example: White doesn't normally counter spells, but Rebuff the Wicked is okay because it protects creatures in similar ways to white effects like granting a creature protection from a color in response to a spell of that color targeting it)
-"A card can break the color pie to maintain the integrity of a key rare cycle."
(Example: Green doesn't normally get big flying creatures, but Jugan, the Rising Star is okay because it's part of a cycle of big flying dragons)
-"A card can reach into the color pie of the past, especially if it combines it with an aspect of the modern color pie."
(Example: Twincast is mainly a blue effect now, but Wild Ricochet is okay because the Shunt part is now primarily red and the other part used to be red with fork (and still is occasionally)
-"It's okay for a keyword to appear in all colors, even when it best matches the color pie of a single color."
(Example: scry was in all colors in Fifth Dawn even though it does something that's normally a blue effect)
-"Some mechanics correctly allow you to play some cards of a color without having lands that produce that color of mana." (Example: Morph creatures like Zombie Cutthroat and Gathan Raiders can be played by any color deck)
Also, the article in two weeks is going to address the issues of color pie bleeds in hybrid cards like Augury Adept, so I imagine it will offer a lot of insight into what is and is not okay to do with a hybrid card with regards to the color pie.
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Hate to be a noob, but how do you make the hybrid mana symbol? I can't find any resource in an obvious place to tell me how to do this, and I've decided just to break down and ask.
Just because creatures are more powerful now that they have ever been, does not mean you can stick ancestral recall or infest as a come into play effect on a land then declare it balanced because of "all the powercreep".
Basneslayer angel and tarmogoyf are the exceptions, not the baseline.
Before you declare your land as "not strictly better than a basic land", please be aware of how Wizards defines "strictly better". It doesn't matter diddly if your card is worse if your opponent mindslaves you or requires some other hokey setup, that isn't how wizards defines strictly better.
“Strictly better” means that one card is in all occurrences (within reason) better than another. An example of a “strictly better” would be Lightning Bolt versus Shock. Barring a really convoluted set-up (you know your opponent has Eye for an Eye and you're at 3 life while he's at 2), you would always want Lightning Bolt over Shock. For an identical cost, it just does exactly the same thing, but better.
I'm having trouble with my version of MTG Set Editor. I downloaded the latest one but I still can't make clear, leveler or 4 ability planeswalkers. I suspected that here was as good as any to ask about it.
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I'm having trouble with my version of MTG Set Editor. I downloaded the latest one but I still can't make clear, leveler or 4 ability planeswalkers. I suspected that here was as good as any to ask about it.
Actually, the best place to solve your problem is here.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
i did 2 decks in 5 minutes.
i dont know where the best place to post this is, but maybe it could help some of you make decks faster?
This is the card creation forum, is there a place that more directly deals with proxies?
I never have luck cutting multiple sheets of paper together to save time. It seems like a good idea but ends up being more trouble than it's worth. Even trying to align them, they aren't quite right or slip during cutting. You're onto something taping the sheets together but even that doesn't seem perfect. A printer might not position each page quite the same or the blade might slip.
I'm writing a series of articles called "The Lion's Lair" all about custom card design. Here is the list of all articles in the series. I'll keep the list in this post up to date with future articles too.
EDIT: You can also find the same articles in my blog. Here is the article index, always updated with the latest content.
MCC - Winner (6): Oct 2014, Apr Nov 2017, Jan 2018, Apr Jun 2019 || Host (15): Dec 2014, Apr Jul Aug Dec 2015, Mar Jul Aug Oct 2016, Feb Jul 2017, Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) || Judge (34): every month from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016 except Oct 2015, every month from Feb to Jul 2017 except Apr 2017, then Oct 2017, May Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) CCL - Winner (3): Jul 2016 (tied with Flatline), May 2017, Jul 2019 (last one here) || Host (5): Feb 2015, Mar Apr May Jun 2016 DCC - Winner (1): Mar 2015 (tied with Piar) || Host (3): May Oct 2015, Jan 2016
• The two public custom sets I've been part a part of the design team for: "Brotherhood of Ormos" - Blog post with all info - set thread - design skeleton / card list || "Extinctia: Homo Evanuit" - Blog post with all info - set thread - card list spreadsheet
• "The Lion's Lair", my article series about MTG and custom card design in particular. Latest article here. Here is the article index.Rather outdated by now, and based on the old MCC rubric, but I'm leaving this here for anybody that might be interested anyway.
• My only public attempt at being a writer: the story of my Leonin custom planeswalker Jeff Lionheart. (I have a very big one that I'm working on right now but that's private for now, and I don't know if I will ever actually publish it, and I also have ideas for multiple future ones, including one where I'm going to reprise Jeff.)
So if you ask a question that can be found in one of those posts, you shall receive a spanking.
Current New Favorite Person™: Mallory Archer
She knows why.
For anyone who doesn't like reading through the goofy style of the articles, a summary:
-"A deck can break the color pie if it jumps through enough hoops."
(example: zombify allows black to play non-black creatures that do non-black things without paying mana of their color, but the deck has to get them into the graveyard and then zombify them to do so)
-"A card can break the color pie when it has truly outstanding, compelling flavor."
(example: Form of the Dragon has effects that aren't red, but the flavor of turning yourself into a dragon is very red, and the non-red effects go well with that flavor)
-"A card can stretch the color pie in the mechanical tools it uses, if it stays within the colors' philosophies."
(Example: White doesn't normally counter spells, but Rebuff the Wicked is okay because it protects creatures in similar ways to white effects like granting a creature protection from a color in response to a spell of that color targeting it)
-"A card can break the color pie to maintain the integrity of a key rare cycle."
(Example: Green doesn't normally get big flying creatures, but Jugan, the Rising Star is okay because it's part of a cycle of big flying dragons)
-"A card can reach into the color pie of the past, especially if it combines it with an aspect of the modern color pie."
(Example: Twincast is mainly a blue effect now, but Wild Ricochet is okay because the Shunt part is now primarily red and the other part used to be red with fork (and still is occasionally)
-"It's okay for a keyword to appear in all colors, even when it best matches the color pie of a single color."
(Example: scry was in all colors in Fifth Dawn even though it does something that's normally a blue effect)
-"Some mechanics correctly allow you to play some cards of a color without having lands that produce that color of mana."
(Example: Morph creatures like Zombie Cutthroat and Gathan Raiders can be played by any color deck)
Also, the article in two weeks is going to address the issues of color pie bleeds in hybrid cards like Augury Adept, so I imagine it will offer a lot of insight into what is and is not okay to do with a hybrid card with regards to the color pie.
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Thanks to High~Light Studios for the awesome sig. Go check'em out!
In [mana] tags, use {xy}.
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(W/R)
Whooooooooooo! Thanks a lot VN.
Thanks to High~Light Studios for the awesome sig. Go check'em out!
Basneslayer angel and tarmogoyf are the exceptions, not the baseline.
Before you declare your land as "not strictly better than a basic land", please be aware of how Wizards defines "strictly better". It doesn't matter diddly if your card is worse if your opponent mindslaves you or requires some other hokey setup, that isn't how wizards defines strictly better.
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr65
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
Decks
- Abyssal Control WBR
- Jund Hits BR G
- Eldrazi Summoning Trap GWU
Legacy
- Zoo RG[MANA]W[/MANA]
EDH
- Vorosh G[MANA]UB[/MANA]
- Gaddock Teeg G[MANA]W[/MANA]
- Teneb, the Harvester BGW
Actually, the best place to solve your problem is here.
R Citizen Cane (Feldon of the Third Path)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTzuvHL2aBA
i did 2 decks in 5 minutes.
i dont know where the best place to post this is, but maybe it could help some of you make decks faster?
This is the card creation forum, is there a place that more directly deals with proxies?
For individual cards, try http://shenafu.com/magic/cc.php. Save the image to your computer.
For whole sets, try http://multiverse.heroku.com/.
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Thanks
There's no good way to get a set from MSE into multiverse, is there? I just have to do it by hand?
Not directly. You can import a .csv file. There are instructions on the exact formatting of the text.
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I never have luck cutting multiple sheets of paper together to save time. It seems like a good idea but ends up being more trouble than it's worth. Even trying to align them, they aren't quite right or slip during cutting. You're onto something taping the sheets together but even that doesn't seem perfect. A printer might not position each page quite the same or the blade might slip.
Vintage: Dredge | Legacy: Burn, Goblins, Soldier | Standard: Mono-Red Aggro
Commander: Nicol Bolas, Sliver Overlord, Rafiq
Casual: Selesnya Saproling Smackdown, Izzet Labs, Rebel
Played since June 2004, mostly inactive June 2011 to March 2018
Other usernames include AlanFromRochester, homerthebeerbaron
MTG checklists from Alpha to Ravnica Allegiance - https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-magic-products/third-party-products/805324-checklists-for-everything-from-alpha-to-ravnica
Living Thing XXWW
Enchantment
Whenever a Permanent you control leaves the battlefield, you gain X life.
If the Permanent left the battlefield as target of a black spell, you may gain another X life.
All things are living. Sometimes, you will be surprised what they are.
Despicable Cannibal BBB
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of creatures you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on ~ for each creature sacrificed this way.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from ~: Target creature attacks this turn if able. If it leaves the battlefield this turn, Put 3 +1/+1 counters on ~.
Hiding in the shadows relies on what you have. Going out into the open can get you more- if you don't die.
EDIT: You can also find the same articles in my blog. Here is the article index, always updated with the latest content.
#9 - "The last one"
#8 - "A rare occurrence" (A custom card design guide: rarity)
#7 - "Name dropping" (A custom card design guide: psychographics)
#6 - "Mark of quality, part 2" (A custom card design guide: templating)
#5 - "Mark of quality" (A custom card design guide: templating)
#4 - "The price is right" (A custom card design guide: mana and mana costs)
#3 - "As simple as that" (A custom card design guide: complexity and elegance)
#2 - "A slice of pie" (A custom card design guide: the color pie)
#1 - "Welcome home!" (A custom card design guide: introduction)
MCC - Winner (6): Oct 2014, Apr Nov 2017, Jan 2018, Apr Jun 2019 || Host (15): Dec 2014, Apr Jul Aug Dec 2015, Mar Jul Aug Oct 2016, Feb Jul 2017, Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) || Judge (34): every month from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016 except Oct 2015, every month from Feb to Jul 2017 except Apr 2017, then Oct 2017, May Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here)
CCL - Winner (3): Jul 2016 (tied with Flatline), May 2017, Jul 2019 (last one here) || Host (5): Feb 2015, Mar Apr May Jun 2016
DCC - Winner (1): Mar 2015 (tied with Piar) || Host (3): May Oct 2015, Jan 2016
• The two public custom sets I've been part a part of the design team for:
"Brotherhood of Ormos" - Blog post with all info - set thread - design skeleton / card list || "Extinctia: Homo Evanuit" - Blog post with all info - set thread - card list spreadsheet
• "The Lion's Lair", my article series about MTG and custom card design in particular. Latest article here. Here is the article index. Rather outdated by now, and based on the old MCC rubric, but I'm leaving this here for anybody that might be interested anyway.
• My only public attempt at being a writer: the story of my Leonin custom planeswalker Jeff Lionheart. (I have a very big one that I'm working on right now but that's private for now, and I don't know if I will ever actually publish it, and I also have ideas for multiple future ones, including one where I'm going to reprise Jeff.)
looking for feedback, card names, and card proposals for a handful or rare and mythic slots.