So if I manage to play it on an opponent's turn, will I be able to play a land on their turn (since normally I can play 0 lands on other player's turn, so with this card I can play one?)
No:
"If you somehow manage to cast Urban Evolution when it's not your turn, you'll draw three cards when it resolves, but you won't be able to play a land that turn." (Source)
thanks to those who have contributed so far, keep posting, am starting to catch up on everything, need to take a two hour break now will continue when I come back, in the mean time keep adding data!
thanks to those who have contributed so far, keep posting, am starting to catch up on everything, need to take a two hour break now will continue when I come back, in the mean time keep adding data!
NOTE#2: APPRAENTLY BECAUSE OF THIS POST SOME PEOPLE ARE PRIVATE MESSAGING ME ASKING FOR SPECIAL CODES! THE "SPECIAL CODE" IS JUST A CAPTCHA WHICH SHOWS UP ON THE ORB ITSELF, PLEASE READ THE FAQ I HAVE ENOUGH PMs TO GO THROUGH AS IT IS!
According to here the Mirrodin Besieged Orb of insight is coming out on Wednesday so lets be prepared for it
I copied this from previous Orb of Insight posts.
I will be updating this post with the results as you guys post them
On Notations
A result annotated as "X/Y" indicates that of the Y total instances of that word returned by the Orb, X are used in that specific section. This will typically happen with artist names (particularly "Warren") and creature types (particularly "Angel" and "Dragon").
On Editting Posts
If you editted a post after the indicated post number (see below), contact me with the post link (assuming it isn't deleted, of course; this thread is sometimes cleaned up). Also, please put the editted part in a separate location so I'm not guessing what you editted in.
Instant - 8
Sorcery - 14
Enchantment - 3
Creature - 101
Artifact - 36
Land - 3
Planeswalker - 0
Tribal - 0
Basic - 1
Legendary - 1
Equipment - 10
Aura - 2
Plains - 0
Island - 0
Swamp - 0
Mountain - 0
Forest - 0
White - 1
Blue - 0
Black - 8
Red - 1
Green - 3
Colorless - 2
Dave Allsop - 4
John Avon - 1
Steven Belledin - 2
Mike Bierek - 2
Johann Bodin - 1
Whit Brachna - 3
Matt Cavotta - 2
Jason Chan - 2
Chippy - 1
Scott Chou - 2
Daarken - 3
Eric Deschamps - 2
Nils Hamm - 1
Austin Hsu - 1
Izzy - 1
Jaime Jones - 3
Dave Kendall - 2
Igor Kieryluk - 5
Karl Kopinski - 1
Daniel Ljunggren - 4
Efrem Palacios - 1
Ryan Pancoast - 1
Jung Park - 1
Chris Rahn - 2
David Rapoza - 3
James Ryman - 1
Dan Scott - 2
Adrian Smith - 3
Greg Staples - 1
Matt Stewart - 2
Kev Walker - 2
Shelly Wan - 2
Erica Yang - 1
Mark Zug - 2
Here is the Orb faq (thanks to Guinea Pig)
Orb FAQ: 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.
Granted. He is so addicted to that game he can never quit playing so he stays in the house all day long playing the game doing nothing else not even sleeping
NOTE#2: APPRAENTLY BECAUSE OF THIS POST SOME PEOPLE ARE PRIVATE MESSAGING ME ASKING FOR SPECIAL CODES! THE "SPECIAL CODE" IS JUST A CAPTCHA WHICH SHOWS UP ON THE ORB ITSELF, PLEASE READ THE FAQ I HAVE ENOUGH PMs TO GO THROUGH AS IT IS!
Note: Added Orb of Insight FAQ to bottom of post make sure to read it if you've never used the orb before!
According to here the Mirrodin Besieged Orb of insight is coming out on Wednesday so lets be prepared for it
I copied this from previous Orb of Insight posts.
I will be updating this post with the results as you guys post them
On Notations
A result annotated as "X/Y" indicates that of the Y total instances of that word returned by the Orb, X are used in that specific section. This will typically happen with artist names (particularly "Warren") and creature types (particularly "Angel" and "Dragon").
On Editting Posts
If you editted a post after the indicated post number (see below), contact me with the post link (assuming it isn't deleted, of course; this thread is sometimes cleaned up). Also, please put the editted part in a separate location so I'm not guessing what you editted in.
Instant - 13
Sorcery - 6
Enchantment - 1
Creature - 90
Artifact - 42
Land - 1
Planeswalker - 0
Tribal - 0
Basic - 0
Legendary - 1
Equipment - 8
Aura - 0
Plains - 0
Island - 0
Swamp - 0
Mountain - 0
Forest - 0
White - 4
Blue - 2
Black - 2
Red - 3
Green - 2
Colorless - 4
Steven Belledin - 1
Jason Chan - 3
Chippy - 1
Izzy - 1
Igor Kieryluk - 2
Kekai Kotaki - 2
Terese Nielsen - 2
Jana Schirmer - 3
Raymond Swanland - 1
Johannes Voss - 3
Kev Walker - 1
Here is the Orb faq (thanks to Guinea Pig)
Orb FAQ: 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.
No:
"If you somehow manage to cast Urban Evolution when it's not your turn, you'll draw three cards when it resolves, but you won't be able to play a land that turn." (Source)
http://ww2.wizards.com/Magic/Orb/E8670681E0244fe49F8402DA32160B06.aspx
NOTE#2: APPRAENTLY BECAUSE OF THIS POST SOME PEOPLE ARE PRIVATE MESSAGING ME ASKING FOR SPECIAL CODES! THE "SPECIAL CODE" IS JUST A CAPTCHA WHICH SHOWS UP ON THE ORB ITSELF, PLEASE READ THE FAQ I HAVE ENOUGH PMs TO GO THROUGH AS IT IS!
TO POST MIRRAN CARDS GO HERE: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=294174
According to here the Mirrodin Besieged Orb of insight is coming out on Wednesday so lets be prepared for it
I copied this from previous Orb of Insight posts.
I will be updating this post with the results as you guys post them
On Notations
A result annotated as "X/Y" indicates that of the Y total instances of that word returned by the Orb, X are used in that specific section. This will typically happen with artist names (particularly "Warren") and creature types (particularly "Angel" and "Dragon").
On Editting Posts
If you editted a post after the indicated post number (see below), contact me with the post link (assuming it isn't deleted, of course; this thread is sometimes cleaned up). Also, please put the editted part in a separate location so I'm not guessing what you editted in.
Instant - 8
Sorcery - 14
Enchantment - 3
Creature - 101
Artifact - 36
Land - 3
Planeswalker - 0
Tribal - 0
Basic - 1
Legendary - 1
Equipment - 10
Aura - 2
Plains - 0
Island - 0
Swamp - 0
Mountain - 0
Forest - 0
White - 1
Blue - 0
Black - 8
Red - 1
Green - 3
Colorless - 2
Planeswalker - 0
Elspeth - 0
Karn - 0
Venser - 0
Tezzeret -0
Loyalty- 0
Angel - 0
Antelope - 0
Assassin - 0
Avatar - 0
Basilisk - 0
Bat - 0
Bear - 0
Beast - 3
Berserker - 0
Bird - 1
Boar - 0
Cleric - 1
Construct - 2
Crab - 0
Demon - 0
Dragon - 0
Drake - 1
Drone - 0
Druid - 0
Elemental - 0
Elephant - 0
Elf - 3
Frog - 0
Germ - 5
Giant - 0
Goblin - 0
Golem - 1
Griffin - 0
Hellkite - 0
Hellion - 0
Homunculus - 1
Horror - 8
Hound - 5
Human - 0
Hydra - 4
Illusion - 0
Imp - 3
Insect - 0
Jellyfish - 0
Juggernaut - 3
Knight - 1
Kor - 0
Lizard - 0
Manticore - 0
Merfolk - 0
Minion - 0
Minotaur - 0
Monk - 0
Myr - 6
Ogre - 0
Ooze - 0
Rat - 1
Rogue - 0
Scorpion - 0
Scout - 1
Shade - 0
Shaman - 1
Shapeshifter - 0
Skeleton - 0
Snake - 0
Soldier - 0
Spawn - 0
Sphinx - 2
Spider - 1
Spirit - 0
Surrakar - 0
Vampire - 0
Vedalken - 2
Wall - 0
Warrior - 1
Wizard - 1
Wolf - 3
Wurm - 4
Zombie - 5
Token - 9
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X - 4
0 - 0
1 - 9
2 - 13
3 - 2
4 - 11
5 - 4
6 - 2
7 - 1
8 - 0
9 - 0
10 - 0
11 - 0
12 - 1
One - 2
Two - 3
Three - 2
Four - 0
Five - 0
Six - 1
Seven - 1
Eight -0
Nine - 0
Ten - 0
Eleven - 0
Twelve - 0
0/0 - 5
0/1 -
0/2 -
0/3 -
0/4 -
0/5
0/6 -
1/1 - 0
1/2 - 1
1/3 - 0
1/4 -
1/5 -
1/6 -
1/7 -
2/1 -
2/2 - 8
2/3 - 1
2/4 -
2/5 -
2/6 -
2/7 -
2/8 -
3/1 -
3/2 - 1
3/3 - 4
3/4 -
3/5 -
3/6 -
3/7 -
3/8 -
4/1 -
4/2 - 1
4/3 -
4/4 - 1
4/5 -
4/6 -
4/7 -
4/8 -
5/1 -
5/2 -
5/3 -
5/4 -
5/5 - 1
5/6 -
5/7 -
5/8 -
6/1 -
6/2 -
6/3 -
6/4 -
6/5 -
6/6 - 0
6/7 -
6/8 -
7/7 - 1
8/8 - 1
9/9 - 0
10/10 - 0
11/11 - 1
X/X -
*/* - 1
Pumps/Shrinks
+1/+1 - 5
+2/+2 - 1
+3/+3 - 0
+X/+X - 1
+0/+1 - 1
+2/+4 - 1
-1/-1 - 25
-2/-2 - 1
T - 5
X - 4
0 - 0
1 - 9
2 - 13
3 - 2
4 - 11
5 - 4
6 - 2
7 - 1
8 - 0
9 - 0
10 - 0
11 - 0
12 - 1
W - 0
1W - 0
2W - 3
3W - 1
4W - 0
WW - 0
1WW - 0
2WW - 0
3WW - 1
4WW - 1
2WWW - 0
XUU - 0
U - 1
1U - 1
2U - 2
3U - 1
4U - 0
UU - 0
1UU - 1
2UU - 3
3UU - 1
4UU - 1
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4UUU - 0
XB - 0
XBB - 1
B - 2
1B - 2
2B - 3
3B - 1
4B - 2
5B - 1
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1BB - 3
2BB - 1
3BB - 1
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5BB - 0
3BBB - 1
4BBB - 0
5BBB - 0
XR - 0
R - 0
1R - 0
2R - 1
3R - 0
4R - 0
5R - 0
RR - 0
2RR - 1
3RR - 0
4RR - 0
5RR - 0
XG - 1
XXG -
G - 1
1G - 1
2G - 3
3G - 1
4G - 0
7G - 0
GG - 0
1GG - 2
2GG - 1
3GG - 2
4GGG - 1
5GGG - 1
Multicolor
BGG - 1
Evergreen
Deathtouch - 1
Defender - 0
Double strike - 0
Enchant - 2
Equip - 6
First strike - 2
Flash - 0
Flying -8
Haste - 2
Indestructible - 1
Intimidate - 0
Islandwalk - 0
Lifelink - 1
Protection - 1
Reach - 2
Regenerate - 3
Scry - 0
Shroud - 0
Swampwalk - 0
Trample - 2
Unblockable - 0
Vigilance - 1
On the strikes: First - 2 ; Double - 0; Strike - 3
Scars of Mirrodin Block Specific
Imprint - 0
Metalcraft - 0
Infect - 20
Proliferate - 4
Poison - 23
Poisoned - 1
Trying something different this time with "subordinate" words (see "counter" for what I mean; non-singular form aren't used as much).
A - 59
Ability - 0
Abilities - 1
Able - 1
Activate - 0
Activated - 2
Add - 2
Addition - 0
Additional - 1
After - 0
Again - 0
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Already - 4
Also - 1
Among -0
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And - 28
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Another - 6
Any - 6
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Are - 1
Artifacts - 2
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As - 4
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Assigns - 9
At - 3
Attach - 6
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Attack - 0
Attacks - 2
Attacked - 0
Attacking - 1
Auras - 0
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Card - 16
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Choose - 5
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Chosen - 1
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Combat - 0
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Controller - 3
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Copy - 1
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Counter - 15
Counters - 43
Countered - 0
Creatures - 23
Creature's - 1
Damage - 27
Deal - 0
Deals - 22
Dealt - 3
Defending - 1
Destroy - 6
Destroyed - 1
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Different - 0
Discard - 0
Discards - 2
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During - 0
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Each - 12
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Else - 1
Enchant - 2
Enchanted - 3
End - 9
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Equip - 6
Equipped - 5
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Exile - 5
Exiled - 0
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Gains - 3
Game - 1
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It's - 8
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No - 1
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Nonblack - 0
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Nonland - 1
Nontoken - 1
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Number - 7
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On - 12
Only - 1
Onto - 13
Opponent - 7
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Or - 11
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Order -
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Owner - 0
Owner's - 6
Pay - 1
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Piles - 0
Play - 0
Player - 7
Players - 23
Pool - 2
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Reduce - 0
Regenerated - 0
Remove - 0
Resolves -0
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Return - 5
Reveal - 1
Reveals - 0
Revealed - 0
Sacrifice - 6
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Same - 1
Search - 3
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Shuffle - 6
Shuffled - 1
Shuffles - 0
Source - 1
Spend - 0
Spell - 1
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Step - 1
Still - 1
Switch - 0
Take - 0
Tap - 1
Tapped - 1
Target - 22
Targets - 0
Than - 0
That - 11
The - 95
Their - 0
Them - 4
Then - 18
There - 4
They - 0
This - 34
Though -0
Those - 1
Time - 0
To - 59
Token - 9
Tokens - 0
Top - 4
Total - 0
Toughness - 2
Turn - 11
Twice -
Unblockable - 9
Under -
Untap - 2
Untapped - 0
Under - 2
Until - 8
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Upkeep - 1
Way - 2
When - 19
Whenever - 9
Where - 2
Will - 0
Win - 0
With - 9
Without - 0
Would - 3
You - 23
Your - 22
Zone - 0
He/She -0
His/Her - 0
And/Or -
Can't - 1
Card's - 0
Controller's - 0
Creature's - 1
Didn't - 0
Doesn't - 0
It's - 1
Opponent's - 1
Owner's - 6
Player's - 0
Spell's - 0
That's - 1
There's - 0
Your - 22
You're -
Zone - 0
Blinkmoth - 1
Carrier- 0
Chosen - 1
Colossus - 4
Consecrated - 1
Core - 2
Corrosion - 1
Corrupted - 1
Corrupter - 2
Darksteel - 0
Doss - 2
Father - 0
Geth - 0
Gargantua- 0
Ghoul - 2
Glissa - 1
Glissa’s -1
Heartstone - 0
Hulk - 2
Ichor - 1
Ish -4
Karn's- 0
Lens - 0
Living - 5
Machine - 0
Machines - 0
Manipulation - 1
Mephidross - 0
Nexus - 2
Newt - 0
Path - 0
Phyrexian - 13
Phyresis - 1
Plague - 1
Prowler - 2
Psychosis - 2
Rebirth - 1
Rager - 2
Sah - 4
Serum - 2
Sheoldred - 0
Spread - 1
Steel - 3
Sword - 0
Toxic - 0
Walker - 2
War - 0
Weapon - 5
Wound - 1
Xantcha - 0
Dave Allsop - 4
John Avon - 1
Steven Belledin - 2
Mike Bierek - 2
Johann Bodin - 1
Whit Brachna - 3
Matt Cavotta - 2
Jason Chan - 2
Chippy - 1
Scott Chou - 2
Daarken - 3
Eric Deschamps - 2
Nils Hamm - 1
Austin Hsu - 1
Izzy - 1
Jaime Jones - 3
Dave Kendall - 2
Igor Kieryluk - 5
Karl Kopinski - 1
Daniel Ljunggren - 4
Efrem Palacios - 1
Ryan Pancoast - 1
Jung Park - 1
Chris Rahn - 2
David Rapoza - 3
James Ryman - 1
Dan Scott - 2
Adrian Smith - 3
Greg Staples - 1
Matt Stewart - 2
Kev Walker - 2
Shelly Wan - 2
Erica Yang - 1
Mark Zug - 2
Here is the Orb faq (thanks to Guinea Pig)
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
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.
Status: On page 7/7. (Start at post 99.)
please post your results here:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=294174
still thinking best way to combine mirran and phyrexia in the results
Thanks, I added it to the first post to make sure more people read it
Thanks, that would be very useful
I wish I had night vision
http://ww2.wizards.com/Magic/Orb/D101FB34A6E846d0B099D0AFF3A34C13.aspx
NOTE#2: APPRAENTLY BECAUSE OF THIS POST SOME PEOPLE ARE PRIVATE MESSAGING ME ASKING FOR SPECIAL CODES! THE "SPECIAL CODE" IS JUST A CAPTCHA WHICH SHOWS UP ON THE ORB ITSELF, PLEASE READ THE FAQ I HAVE ENOUGH PMs TO GO THROUGH AS IT IS!
TO POST PHYREXIAN CARDS GO HERE: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=294838
Note: Added Orb of Insight FAQ to bottom of post make sure to read it if you've never used the orb before!
According to here the Mirrodin Besieged Orb of insight is coming out on Wednesday so lets be prepared for it
I copied this from previous Orb of Insight posts.
I will be updating this post with the results as you guys post them
On Notations
A result annotated as "X/Y" indicates that of the Y total instances of that word returned by the Orb, X are used in that specific section. This will typically happen with artist names (particularly "Warren") and creature types (particularly "Angel" and "Dragon").
On Editting Posts
If you editted a post after the indicated post number (see below), contact me with the post link (assuming it isn't deleted, of course; this thread is sometimes cleaned up). Also, please put the editted part in a separate location so I'm not guessing what you editted in.
Instant - 13
Sorcery - 6
Enchantment - 1
Creature - 90
Artifact - 42
Land - 1
Planeswalker - 0
Tribal - 0
Basic - 0
Legendary - 1
Equipment - 8
Aura - 0
Plains - 0
Island - 0
Swamp - 0
Mountain - 0
Forest - 0
White - 4
Blue - 2
Black - 2
Red - 3
Green - 2
Colorless - 4
Planeswalker - 0
Elspeth - 0
Garruk - 0
Jace - 0
Karn - 0
Venser - 0
Tezzeret -0
Loyalty- 0
Advisor - 0
Angel - 1
Antelope - 0
Artificer - 0
Assassin - 0
Atog - 0
Avatar - 0
Basilisk - 0
Bat - 0
Bear - 0
Beast - 2
Berserker - 2
Boar - 0
Cat - 4
Cleric - 1
Construct - 3
Crab - 0
Demon - 0
Dragon - 1
Drake - 0
Drone - 4
Druid - 0
Elemental - 1
Elephant - 1
Elf - 0
Frog - 0
Gargoyle - 2
Germ - 0
Giant - 1
Goblin - 3
Golem - 3
Griffin - 0
Hellion - 0
Horror - 0
Hound - 0
Human - 10
Hydra - 0
Illusion - 0
Imp - 0
Insect - 2
Jellyfish - 0
Knight - 5
Kor - 0
Lizard - 1
Manticore - 0
Merfolk - 0
Minotaur - 0
Monk - 0
Myr - 11
Ogre - 2
Ooze - 0
Pest - 3
Rhino - 3
Rogue - 2
Scorpion - 0
Scout - 0
Serpent - 3
Shade - 0
Shaman - 5
Shapeshifter - 1
Skeleton - 0
Snake - 0
Soldier - 4
Spawn - 0
Sphinx - 0
Spider - 0
Spirit - 0
Surrakar - 0
Thopter - 5
Titan - 3
Troll - 3
Vampire - 1
Vedalken - 2
Wall - 0
Warrior - 2
Wizard - 2
Wurm - 0
Zombie - 0
Token - 2
Tokens - 4
X - 4
0 - 0
1 - 8
2 - 7
3 - 19
4 - 4
5 - 2
6 - 5
7 - 1
8 - 0
9 - 0
10 - 0
Zero -0
One - 2
Two - 4
Three - 10
Four - 0
Five - 3
Six - 0
Seven - 0
Eight - 0
Nine - 0
Ten - 0
Eleven - 0
Twelve - 0
0/1 - 1
0/2 - 0
0/3 - 0
0/4 - 0
0/5 - 0
0/6 - 0
1/1 - 5
1/2 - 0
1/3 - 2
1/4 - 2
1/5 - 0
1/6 - 0
1/7 - 0
2/1 - 3
2/2 - 8
2/3 - 1
2/4 - 1
2/5 - 0
2/6 - 0
2/7 - 0
2/8 - 0
3/1 - 3
3/2 - 0
3/3 - 3
3/4 - 3
3/5 - 1
3/6 - 0
3/7 - 0
3/8 - 0
4/1 - 0
4/2 - 1
4/3 - 1
4/4 - 8
4/5 - 0
4/6 - 1
4/7 - 0
4/8 - 0
5/1 -
5/2 -
5/3 -
5/4 -
5/5 - 3
5/6 -
5/7 -
5/8 -
6/1 -
6/2 -
6/3 -
6/4 -
6/5 -
6/6 - 0
6/7 -
6/8 -
7/7 - 0
8/8 - 0
9/9 - 1
10/10 - 0
X/X -
*/* -
Pumps/Shrinks
+1/+1 - 1
+2/+2 - 6
+3/+3 - 0
+4/+4 - 1
+1/+0 -10
+3/+1 - 1
+X/+0 - 1
+X/+X - 0
-2/=0 1
T - 10
X- 4
0 - 0
1 - 8
2 - 7
3 - 19
4 - 4
5 - 2
6 - 5
7 - 1
8 - 0
9 - 0
10 - 0
XWWW - 1
W - 2
1W - 2
2W - 1
3W - 1
4W - 1
WW - 2
1WW - 1
2WW - 1
3WW - 0
4WW - 0
2WWW - 0
3WWW - 1
5WW - 1
XUU - 0
XUUU -1
U - 1
1U - 1
2U - 2
3U - 1
4U - 2
UU - 0
1UU - 2
2UU - 0
3UU - 0
4UU - 0
3UUU - 0
4UUU - 0
XB - 0
XBB - 0
B - 0
1B - 1
2B - 0
3B - 0
4B - 0
5B - 0
7B - 0
1BB - 0
2BB - 2
3BB - 0
4BB - 0
5BB - 0
3BBB - 0
4BBB - 0
5BBB - 0
XR - 1
R - 2
1R - 2
2R - 2
3R - 0
4R - 1
5R - 0
RR - 1
1RR - 2
2RR - 3
3RR - 2
4RR - 2
5RR - 1
XG - 0
XXG - 0
G - 1
1G - 1
2G - 1
3G - 0
4G - 1
5G - 1
7G - 0
GG - 0
1GG - 0
2GG - 2
3GG - 0
4GGG - 0
Multicolor
3WU - 0
Evergreen
Deathtouch - 0
Defender - 2
Double strike - 2 4
Enchant - 0
Equip - 6
First strike - 2
Flash - 2
Flying - 11
Forestwalk - 1
Haste - 2
Indestructible - 2
Intimidate - 0
Islandwalk - 0
Lifelink - 1
Mountainwalk - 0
Plainswalk - 0
Protection - 2
Reach - 1
Regenerate - 1
Shroud - 1
Swampwalk - 0
Trample - 2
Unblockable - 0
Vigilance - 2
On the strikes: First - 2 ; Double - 2 ; Strike - 4
Scars of Mirrodin Block Specific
Battle Cry 7 7
Imprint - 2
Metalcraft - 6
Infect - 1
Proliferate - 0
Trying something different this time with "subordinate" words (see "counter" for what I mean; non-singular form aren't used as much).
A - 24
Ability -
Abilities -
Able -
Activate -
Activated -
Addition -
Additional - 1
After -
All -
Also -
Among -
Amount -
An -
And - 16
Another -
Any - 5
Anywhere -
Are -
As -
At -
Attach - 3
Attached -
Attack - 2
Attacks - 11
Attacked - 11
Attacking -
Auras -
Battlefield - 20
Be -
Beginning -
Become -
Becomes -
Block - 6
Blocks - 0
Blocking - 0
Blocked - 0
Both -
Bottom -
Burn -3
By -
Can -
Cannot - 0
Card -
Cards -
Cast -
Casts -
Charge -
Choice -
Choose -
Chooses -
Chosen -
Color - 1
Colors - 0
Colored -
Combat - 3
Control -
Controls -
Controller -
Converted - 2
Could -
Copy -
Copies -
Cost - 4
Counter - 4
Counters - 4
Countered -
Creatures -
Damage - 12
Deal - 0
Deals - 11
Dealt -
Defending -
Destroy - 3
Destroyed -
Different -
Discard -
Discards - 2
Divided -
Do -
Does -
During -
Draw - 2
Draws -
Each -
Effect -
Enchanted -
End - 17
Enters -
Equal -
Equipped - 8
Exactly -
Except -
Exile - 3
Exiled -
Extra -
For -
From - 13
Gain - 7
Gains -
Game -
Get -
Gets -
Graveyard - 6
Greater -
Hand - 4
Has -
Have -
Her - 4
Him -
If -
Instead -
In -
Into -
Is -
It -
Its -
Kind -
Lands -
Last - 2
Leaves -
Less - 1
Library - 13
Life - 5
Long - ("As long as...")
Look -
Lose - 0
Loses - 0
Lowest -
Main -
Mana - 7
Many -
May - 15
More -
Must -
Names -
Named -
Next -
New -
No -
Nonbasic - 0
Nonblack -
Nonland -
Nontoken -
Not -
Number - 4
Of - 2
On -
One -
Only -
Onto - 7
Opponent -
Opponents -
Other -
Otherwise -
Outside -
Or - 21
Order -
Own -
Owner -
Pay -
Paying -
Permanent -
Permanents -
Phase - 0
Play -
Player - 14
Players -
Pool - 5
Postcombat - 0
Power - 1
Prevent - 0
Produces -
Put - 16
Puts -
Random -
Rather -
Reduce -
Reduced - 0
Regenerated -
Remove -
Resolves -
Rest -
Return - 3
Reveal -
Reveals -
Revealed -
Sacrifice - 2
Sacrifices -
Sacrificed -
Search - 2
Second -
Shuffle - 5
Shuffles -
Simultaneously - 0
Source -
Spend -
Spell -
Spells -
Step - 0
Still -
Switch -
Take -
Tap -
Tapped -
Target - 24
Targets -
Than -
That -
The - 47
Their -
Them -
Then -
They -
This -
Though -
Those -
Time - 0
Times - 0
To - 22
Top -
Total -
Toughness -
Turn -
Twice -
Under -
Untap -
Untapped -
Until -
Up - ("up to")
Upkeep - 4
Way -
When -
Whenever - 8
Where -
Win -
With -
Without -
Would -
You -
Your - 22
Zone -
He/She -
His/Her -
And/Or -
Can't - 9
Card's -
Controller's -
Creature's -
Didn't -
Doesn't -
It's -
Opponent's -
Owner's -
Player's -
Spell's -
That's -
There's -
You're -
Your - 19
Arcbound - 0
Auriok - 0
Beacon - 0
Blast - 0
Bolt - 2
Bosh - 0
Chalice - 0
Chaos - 0
Courier - 1
Darksteel - 2
Engine - 2
Famine - 1
Feast - 1
Forge - 3
Geth - 0
Hellkite - 2
Herald - 2
Koth’s - 1
Kuldotha - 5
Lattice - 0
Leonin - 4
Loxodon - 1
Matrix - 0
Mirran - 3
Oblivion - 0
Order - 1
Path - 0
Peace - 2
Phyrexia - 0
Plate - 2
Plowshares - 0
Quicksilver - 1
Ring - 0
Shrapnel - 0
Sphere - 3
Spire - 2
Sunderting - 0
Suns - 3
Sword - 1
Swords - 0
Tangle - 1
Thrun - 4
Trinisphere - 0
Victory’s - 2
War - 2
Welder - 2
Wardriver - 1
Win - 0
Zone - 2
Steven Belledin - 1
Jason Chan - 3
Chippy - 1
Izzy - 1
Igor Kieryluk - 2
Kekai Kotaki - 2
Terese Nielsen - 2
Jana Schirmer - 3
Raymond Swanland - 1
Johannes Voss - 3
Kev Walker - 1
Here is the Orb faq (thanks to Guinea Pig)
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
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.
Status: On page 9/9. (Start at post 136.)