The Ravnica block focused on all ten two-color combinations, the Alara block focused on five of the ten three-color combinations, and the upcoming Tarkir block (at least its first set) shall focus on the other five three-color combinations, but will there ever be a set or block that focuses on all ten three-color combinations? How would such a block work? Does anyone here believe that that may be an interesting idea?
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I think it's more likely than another shard set. But it's going to be in a very different style.
For example you may a multi colour block with a lot of pairs but the pairs will not be divided into groups because that's ravnica and wizards don't want pairs to have new names a U/R deck is an Izzet deck. They don't want another name for U/R.
Its why I don't think Louie will be bi coloured they want to establish the clan names for wedges. Given Louie is a going to be a) drafted seperately and b going to be in standard without ktk or frf for a period I don't you'll see Abzan or any other clan name on any card that isn't mono coloured or tri coloured
Focus on all ten? Almost certainly not, it seems like it's hard enough to get five working right, and both Ravnicas had trouble fitting all the two-colour combinations into a reasonable pattern. However, I could see them doing a mythic or rare cycle of ten three-colour cards (possibly Legends, for EDH?) in a set/block that otherwise didn't care about multicolour. Imagine, for example, if Theros's Gods had been three-colour.
Consider that in a given multicolor faction set each color will see use in two factions on average. In Shards and KTK block, each color sees use in three factions. In RAV and RTR, each color sees use in a total of four factions. In a prospective ten trios block, each color is divided between six factions. Granted you could separate the trios the way RTR separates the guilds, with five in one large set and another five in the other. They have a hard enough time getting ten pairs to work in a single set; ten trios most likely ain't happening.
As for the mana base, aside from uncommon trilands you can print common duals, allies in the shard set and enemies in the wedge set, plus perhaps one rare rainbowland for each set. Mana rocks can mirror the lands. In a given set, that amounts to 22 mana sources, 44 total between the two sets. While a L/L block could in theory accomodate ten trios, I'd think you'd want a LsL block for drafting and helping to "glue" the large sets together.
Personally though I like the idea that dualcolor sets like Ravnica get to have more factions to counterbalance the fact that each of its factions is "simpler" than those in a tricolor block. It's a nice balancing act.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”-Thomas Jefferson
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of its user.”-Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism means to stand by one's country; it does not mean to stand by one's president.”-Theodore Roosevelt
My only exception would be some sort of supplementary product (like something for commander), than has a cycle of ten Wedge commanders.
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Why ten wedge commanders, and not five wedge-colored and five shard-colored commanders?
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”-Thomas Jefferson
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of its user.”-Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism means to stand by one's country; it does not mean to stand by one's president.”-Theodore Roosevelt
Sorry, I should have said ten tri-color commanders.
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For example you may a multi colour block with a lot of pairs but the pairs will not be divided into groups because that's ravnica and wizards don't want pairs to have new names a U/R deck is an Izzet deck. They don't want another name for U/R.
Its why I don't think Louie will be bi coloured they want to establish the clan names for wedges. Given Louie is a going to be a) drafted seperately and b going to be in standard without ktk or frf for a period I don't you'll see Abzan or any other clan name on any card that isn't mono coloured or tri coloured
The amount of mana issues you get in a format like that would be unbelievable.
As for the mana base, aside from uncommon trilands you can print common duals, allies in the shard set and enemies in the wedge set, plus perhaps one rare rainbowland for each set. Mana rocks can mirror the lands. In a given set, that amounts to 22 mana sources, 44 total between the two sets. While a L/L block could in theory accomodate ten trios, I'd think you'd want a LsL block for drafting and helping to "glue" the large sets together.
Personally though I like the idea that dualcolor sets like Ravnica get to have more factions to counterbalance the fact that each of its factions is "simpler" than those in a tricolor block. It's a nice balancing act.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.