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Re: abilities on the swords. You could try out the "ring" cycle from M13 (at the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature if it is ~color). Two-for-one bonus, you could do a "hexproof light" by requiring mana to give it hexproof. Ring of Evos Isle

A friend and I broke open a 500-card mystery box we bough from our LGS last week, and grid drafted its contents. It was terrible, mostly from lack of cards that can win the game. Our decks were terrible, but I put this "engine" together to win a game and it was satisfying. Sage's Row Denizen...

Here's my opinion: If you really want this to be something special, design it to be drafted as a cube, not as a retail set. Don't limit yourself to set skeletons or common/uncommon NWO ideas. Decide what you want game play to look like and build exciting cards around those styles. Craft unique...

My suggestion: Find a die cut (example given) in the shape you like, then cut the shapes out of mail labels or similar writable stickers.

Well, how do you feel about this card: Doom Blade Parachute {1}{B} Instant Destroy target non-black, non-artifact creature. Create a 1/1 Human Mercenary token with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrafice this unless you pay {1}{B}." It's the same thing, but as a spell instead of a...

Cartel Aristocrat is the big one that comes to mind. Additionally, Butcher of the Horde Athreos, God of Passage

Question: is this set meant to be drafted retail-style, or drafted as a 360/450 cube?

Damn. Safra got us

Many-veined is awkard sounding. I too am many-veined, and yet here I still wait to claim my unsung throne... May I suggest Okat, God of the Crimson Sun? (Or Okat, the Crimson Sun) Their ritual could include sacrifice to the sun at its zenith, or some belief that the sun is actually made of blood

Back in the wild days of Cube, I distinctly remember someone casting Treachery on me in order to fix his mana (needed the third black mana) to cast Cruel Ultimatum on the same turn. That might be the most disgusting play I've ever lost to.

It sounds like the templating for Tame is close to that of monstrous from Theros. Maybe instead of a tame counter, you could go for a +1/+1 or -1/-1 counter? Could smooth out the clumsiness of the Tame counter. As an added bonus, the cards that care about the counter could apply more broadly to...

{W}{R}{U}, centered in {R} Flavor idea: This could be a dwarfish race of artificers who are crusading to reclaim a long lost holy land in Vakeztan. A mechanic idea I've considered for a long time is that of Equipment tokens. Artifact Token Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Equip 1. Prepare for...

This is a really cool project! I've always wanted to design my own set, so I'll try to contribute where possible! Here are some design questions that might help guide the project: I think it is important if we are trying to make the set play like a Riptide cube, I think we want to design our...

Chris, I can't believe I haven't read your custom cards before. This thread and your collection of customs are phenomenal. It reads like a complete retail Magic set. I love it!

cmc>6 t:art r<r "Art"

Also, {3}{U}{U} vs {4}{U} can make a difference, depending on the format and how often you expect 3-color spells-matter decks

What you're looking for are "die-cut stickers". There's a lot of great places online (just google die-cut stickers) to get them made, depending on where you live for shipping might depend on who to choose.

You know what Wizards could do to support pauper? Those Intro Decks/Welcome Decks that are chock full of commons and usually suck? Print pauper decks in those slots every so often! If I could just go to my FLGS with some friends and pick up ready-to-go pauper decks easily, we'd be playing pauper...