This is not the compiled info thread, but don't expect to see redundant posts deleted. Try to start with the less obvious things, and don't post tons of 0 results.
Good luck and good hunting!
The following FAQ is thanks to Guinea Pig. Please read and follow it.
What does the Orb of Insight count?
The Orb of Insight counts all occurences of a single word in the name(s), mana cost(s), typeline(s), rule text(s), reminder text(s), artist name, and power/toughness of all cards in a given set. It counts mana costs such as 3W and power/toughness combinations such as 2/1 as single words.
The Orb of Insight does not count words found in the flavor texts of cards unless it is somehow broken. That has only been the case once so far.
What is this special code thing?
You must type in the special code you see at the bottom of the Orb to verify that you are an actual human being rather than an automatized process designed to check every word. If you don't see a special code, then something is wrong with the Orb. Check back later.
Does capitalization matter?
No. It matters neither in the search word nor in the special code.
If I get a result of 6 for Dragon, or 15 for Sliver, does that mean there are 6 Dragon/15 Sliver cards in the set?
In all likelihood, no. The orb counts occurences, not cards. A card named "Fiery Dragon" with type "Creature - Dragon" and rules text "Flying; R: Fiery Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn" would contribute 3 occurences of the word Dragon. Likewise, Sliver cards usually use the word Sliver at least three times per card (Name, Type, Ability).
I don't get results for searches like "Counter target spell". Why?
The orb does not search phrases, only single words.
I'm getting 1 result for Mountainwalk, but 0 results for walk. Why?
The Orb only counts whole words, not partial words. Likewise, plurals and singulars are different words. If you get 10 results for Goblin and 1 result for Goblins, the former does not include the latter.
There don't seem to be any results for can't, creature's, etc...
The Orb usually has a problem with the apostrophe normally found on keyboards. Copy this->’<-apostrophe and use it in your words. That should do it.
There don't seem to be any results for non-creature, non-land, etc...
For colors, types, and supertypes, you omit the hyphen from the word (noncreature, nonland). You only use the hyphen for subtypes (non-Goblin, non-Lair).
There don't seem to be any results for certain mana costs, such as B3 or GR...
The mana costs follow a strict pattern. The generic cost is always listed first, and X is listed before numbers. For colored mana, the pattern is:
2 colors
WU - UB - BR - RG - GW
UR - WB - BG - RW - GU
How can I search for words that include non-english letters such as ä, ö, ü, or Æ?
Unfortunately, you can't with the current version of the Orb.
How can I find certain symbols such as hybrid mana?
Hybrid mana is C/D, where C is the first color of mana, and D is the second, such as W/U.
Snow mana is S. The untap symbol is Q.
Loyalty symbols for Planeswalker abilities are +N or -N, where N is any number or X.
I'm getting a strange result...
It's likely from an artist name.
... Boros
Zoltan Boros, artist.
... D as single word
D. Alexander Gregory, artist.
... E or M as single words
E. M. Gist, Scott M Fischer, and Thomas M. Baxa, artists.
... Mark as single word
Several artists (Mark Brill, Mark Tedin, Mark Zug). Occasionally a card name.
... rk or post as single word
rk post, artist.
S or Waters as single words
Anthony S Waters, artist. Unless there are many instances of S, then it might be the Snow mana symbol.
... Rush as single word
Christopher Rush, artist. Occasionally a card name.
... Seagrave as single word
Dan Seagrave, artist.
... Walker as single word
Kev Walker, artist. Rarely, there might be a card with Walker in its name.
There seem to be a lot of occurences of certain words...
They're probably normal, and you might be missing another word that usually goes with those words, such as "remove" for "game," or "turn" for "end." On the other hand, you might just have found the name of or a hint to a mechanic!
Also, in a large set, there is a full complement of 20 basic lands, four for each color. Each basic land version provides two instances of the land's name, for a total of 8.
Btw; on the visual spoiler of alara product section, it has lich lord of unx and a border post
The lich has BU tap: put a 3/3 blue... zombie wizard (cant see from there)
The firewild borderpost says " you may pay 1 and..."
Because she's the hero standard deserves, but not the one it needs right now... and so we'll chase her... because she can take it... because she's not a hero... she's a silent guardian
Terminate is being reprinted, keeping fingers crossed for Pyre Zombie.
All it takes is...one search
pyre - 0
A compiled thread will be put up in due time.
I am glad we have an orb, will be able to figure out quite a bit, I'm sure this set will have many 'never before done' casting costs.
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Every rarity gets good cards. That means that some mythic rares will be tournament quality as will some commons, some uncommons and some rares. My promise wasn't that mythic rares wouldn't get good cards but that we wouldn't limit the good cards to only being mythic rare.
Bear this in mind the next time a powerful mythic rare is spoiled
Thanks to chaostheory90 for finding this quiz for me
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This is not the compiled info thread, but don't expect to see redundant posts deleted. Try to start with the less obvious things, and don't post tons of 0 results.
Good luck and good hunting!
The following FAQ is thanks to Guinea Pig. Please read and follow it.
The Orb of Insight counts all occurences of a single word in the name(s), mana cost(s), typeline(s), rule text(s), reminder text(s), artist name, and power/toughness of all cards in a given set. It counts mana costs such as 3W and power/toughness combinations such as 2/1 as single words.
The Orb of Insight does not count words found in the flavor texts of cards unless it is somehow broken. That has only been the case once so far.
What is this special code thing?
You must type in the special code you see at the bottom of the Orb to verify that you are an actual human being rather than an automatized process designed to check every word. If you don't see a special code, then something is wrong with the Orb. Check back later.
Does capitalization matter?
No. It matters neither in the search word nor in the special code.
If I get a result of 6 for Dragon, or 15 for Sliver, does that mean there are 6 Dragon/15 Sliver cards in the set?
In all likelihood, no. The orb counts occurences, not cards. A card named "Fiery Dragon" with type "Creature - Dragon" and rules text "Flying; R: Fiery Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn" would contribute 3 occurences of the word Dragon. Likewise, Sliver cards usually use the word Sliver at least three times per card (Name, Type, Ability).
I don't get results for searches like "Counter target spell". Why?
The orb does not search phrases, only single words.
I'm getting 1 result for Mountainwalk, but 0 results for walk. Why?
The Orb only counts whole words, not partial words. Likewise, plurals and singulars are different words. If you get 10 results for Goblin and 1 result for Goblins, the former does not include the latter.
There don't seem to be any results for can't, creature's, etc...
The Orb usually has a problem with the apostrophe normally found on keyboards. Copy this->’<-apostrophe and use it in your words. That should do it.
There don't seem to be any results for non-creature, non-land, etc...
For colors, types, and supertypes, you omit the hyphen from the word (noncreature, nonland). You only use the hyphen for subtypes (non-Goblin, non-Lair).
There don't seem to be any results for certain mana costs, such as B3 or GR...
The mana costs follow a strict pattern. The generic cost is always listed first, and X is listed before numbers. For colored mana, the pattern is:
2 colors
WU - UB - BR - RG - GW
UR - WB - BG - RW - GU
3 colors
WUB - UBR - BRG - RGW - GWU
WBR - URG - BGW - RWU - GUB
4 colors
WUBR - UBRG - BRGW - RGWU - GWUB
5 colors
WUBRG
How can I search for words that include non-english letters such as ä, ö, ü, or Æ?
Unfortunately, you can't with the current version of the Orb.
How can I find certain symbols such as hybrid mana?
Hybrid mana is C/D, where C is the first color of mana, and D is the second, such as W/U.
Snow mana is S. The untap symbol is Q.
Loyalty symbols for Planeswalker abilities are +N or -N, where N is any number or X.
I'm getting a strange result...
It's likely from an artist name.
... Boros
Zoltan Boros, artist.
... D as single word
D. Alexander Gregory, artist.
... E or M as single words
E. M. Gist, Scott M Fischer, and Thomas M. Baxa, artists.
... Mark as single word
Several artists (Mark Brill, Mark Tedin, Mark Zug). Occasionally a card name.
... rk or post as single word
rk post, artist.
S or Waters as single words
Anthony S Waters, artist. Unless there are many instances of S, then it might be the Snow mana symbol.
... Rush as single word
Christopher Rush, artist. Occasionally a card name.
... Seagrave as single word
Dan Seagrave, artist.
... Walker as single word
Kev Walker, artist. Rarely, there might be a card with Walker in its name.
There seem to be a lot of occurences of certain words...
They're probably normal, and you might be missing another word that usually goes with those words, such as "remove" for "game," or "turn" for "end." On the other hand, you might just have found the name of or a hint to a mechanic!
Also, in a large set, there is a full complement of 20 basic lands, four for each color. Each basic land version provides two instances of the land's name, for a total of 8.
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Sphinx - 5
Fieldmist - 3
Btw; on the visual spoiler of alara product section, it has lich lord of unx and a border post
The lich has BU tap: put a 3/3 blue... zombie wizard (cant see from there)
The firewild borderpost says " you may pay 1 and..."
EllE:
land = 10
lose = 0
win = 2
equip - 6
GW - 4
1GW - 4
2GW - 3
4GW - 3
1GGW - 1
1GWW - 1
RG - 1
1RG - 5
2RG - 2
3RG - 4
4RG - 2
1RGG - 1
2RRRG - 1
WU - 3
1WU - 6
2WU - 3
3WU - 1
4WU - 2
5WWU - 1
UB - 4
1UB - 7
2UB - 3
3UB - 3
4UB - 1
UUBB - 1
3UUBB - 1
BR - 2
1BR - 5
2BR - 2
3BR - 6
4BR - 2
5BR - 2
3BBR - 1
WB - 1
1WB - 2
2WWBB - 1
:3mana::symw::symb::symb: - 1
RW - 3
1RW - 1
2RW - 1
BG - 1
1BG - 1
3BG - 2
4BG - 1
GU - 1
1GU - 3
3GU - 1
UR - 1
3UR - 2
5UR - 1
UUR - 1
WUB - 1
1WUB - 1
2WUB - 1
4WUB - 1
5WUB - 1
GWU - 2
1GWU - 1
2GWU - 1
xGWU - 1
RGW - 1
1RGW - 2
2RGW - 2
BRG - 1
1BRG - 1
3BRG - 1
4BRG - 1
xBRG - 1
1UBR - 1
2UBR - 1
4UBR - 1
UBBR - 1
:symbg::symr: - 2
3:symbg::symr: - 1
G - 2
2G - 1
:symgu::symw: - 2
2(G/U)W - 1
:symwb::symu: - 2
2(W/B)U - 1
:symur::symb: - 1
2(U/R)B - 1
3(U/R)B - 1
WUBRG - 1
Activation costs:
(R/G) - 2
(G/W) - 2
(U/B) - 2
(B/R) - 2
(W/U) - 2
U - 2
2U - 2
R - 2
2R - 2
G - 2
2G - 2
W - 2
1W - 1
2W - 2
B - 3
2B - 2
destroy - 7
protection - 1
devour - 3
cascade - 12
unearth - 6
exalted - 6
giant - 2
elemental - 2
wurm - 4
red - 3
green - 4
blue - 2
white - 2
black - 3
breath - 2
of - 100
malfegor - 2
lightning - 3
bolt - 2! New burn
10 - 2
20 - 1!
:symu::symr::symg: Maelstrom Wanderer
Remove - 36
counter - 15
708th at Grand Prix: Toronto 2013
Modern: U/R Delver, RUG Scapeshift, Pod
Standard: Jeskai Tempo
Legacy: Dredge, Burn
Pauper: Mono-U Delver
EDH: Ghave, Token Master
Cycling - 10
Cascade - 12
(the official name for the mechanic rumored to be "double cast")
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Terminate is being reprinted, keeping fingers crossed for Pyre Zombie.
RIzzetU
RGWNayaRGW
Destroy-7
Enchantment-16
and we can confirm that belongs to offering to asha in the precon. no creature Asha?
ChibiSwan! YOU ROCK!
...........Shin on the textless Cryptic Command
Tameron - 0
Crucius - 0
Sphinx - 5
All it takes is...one search
pyre - 0
A compiled thread will be put up in due time.
I am glad we have an orb, will be able to figure out quite a bit, I'm sure this set will have many 'never before done' casting costs.
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This has to be something "big"
WUBRG
add - 5
mana - 30
pool - 6
landcycling - 0 (does this mean no more basic landcycling?)
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11 - 0 times
10 - 2 times
9 - 0 times
8 - 0 times
7 - 0 times
Etherium -1
EDIT:
Reborn - 1
Rebirth - 3
New - 2
I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way. - Gustav Mahler
MOTL Refs:Here
eBay Refs: Here
Etherium - 1
Discard - 18
WU - 3
UB - 4
WB - 1
1br - 5
2br - 2
3br - 6
4br - 2
5br - 2
6br - 0
Shroud - 3
Flip - 2
Just a few words I like ot look for on each set. I loves me some untouchable things and coin flip cards are always fun
EDIT:
Rat - 1
Rats - 0
Plains/Island/Etc cycling- 2 each likely 1 card for each allied pair
1/1 - 13
1/2 - 0
1/3 - 1 (ethercaste knight)
2/1 - 5
Bear this in mind the next time a powerful mythic rare is spoiled
Thanks to chaostheory90 for finding this quiz for me