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This time I managed the title without an akward typo. Things get better. Okay first: I don't wanna stomp in everything we worked on so far! Our last thread seemed to dry out a little bit lately, which was probably partly my fault. First, I was busy, but second - more importantly - I felt...

I"m just putting out a few numbers for the core of a design skeleton. This here would still have our groups, but leaves more space to show that there is stuff beyond these going on in Vakeztan and it's format is not just "pick a faction and draft accordingly". The factions can also be hold...

I don't know about these. But Ravnica usually has an offbeat deck (enchantments, defenders) and some 3+ color madness, but most of the decks are just versions of guild XY and you know at some point in the draft what to look for. I know that Innistrad is hard to reach, but that doesn't mean we...

We will have approximatly: 5 wedge gold commons 5 wedge hybrid activation commons 5 wedge tribrid commons 10 wedge gold uncommons 10 enemy guild gold uncommons 10 wedge gold rares 10 enemy guild gold rares I think having 5 allied gold cards will not confuse anyone or make the factions identity...

They go into just as many wedges as a 3-colored cards would and they will probably see 90% of their play in their wedges. They just give the drafters a little more options by being easier to splash for and indicating little sub themes. Also, you can create cards for the wedges, that would make...

I wouldn't insist on them, but I still think they are a good idea. Look, if we have a lot of monocolored and flexible stuff at common, we can probably easily allow for 40 uncommons with multicolored identity, maybe even more. Shards of Alara for example only had 4 actual monocolored cards for...

I will now make a sketch with some theoretical card examples for all 5 wedges and the 2-color combinations to clarify, how they might distinguish in draft. Please critizise and improve, where you feel the need or just come up with further ideas. Also, don't focus on every card in a single card...

Hm, you might be right ... But on the other hand, this set is not like Ravnica or even Alara, where (almost) every living being (and more) would be connected to oine of the factions. They are more cultures/ways of living in a deep world than factions, that can be seperated like with sports...

I like the Factionmage design, I'm in! On the commons: Don't you think 10 is enough? I don't know, but a lot of multicolor at common comes at a price of variability. I'd vote for more uncommon and/or rare gold slots instead.

I had the idea of cards with hybrid mana activation cost. You know, instead of real gold cards, we could have more felxibility at common with a cycle of these. Chinri Lurker {2}{U}{U} Creature - Insect Rogue (c) When Chinri Lurker deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {R/G}...

That's cool man, I started something similar but was far too busy lately to get it done! Okay, let's start with the commons I'd say, they're the backbone of limited, and this set is probably goind to be drafted mostly when we get there. I studied MaRo's skeleton article and a few executions of...

Okat the Crimson Sun sounds awesome! And to the tokens: Thrulls have rarely appeared as tokens and as cards they came in all sizes. I do agree that we want 1/1 tokens for that wedge, but I figured doing them in the main color as 1/1 white clerics would make most sense. Sacrificing only Thrulls...

How about the name Okatan Cult? They pray to Okat, the God of the burning Sky. Also, if we have Thrulls as servants and sacrifice fodder, I'd like there to be Thrull tokens: Ru'an, Okatan Ceremonial Master {3}{W}{B} Legendary Creature - Human Cleric (r) When ~ enters the battlefield, create...

Wow, I couldn't see your cards before, that's some incredible art! You're the master of art finding, no doubt! I know, I'm changing my mind a lot on this, I just wanna make sure we get it just right. Sorry, man. The reason I backed off from Oblastion (the cost reduction) to redemption as an...

I don't feel like we're there yet. I thought a bit about this topic and I think the best version would be again a ability word. I'm usually more of a keyword fan, but I think, that is the best way to capture the flavor of strong magic requiring or getting better with death/sacrifice AND have it...

Okay, my super quickly designed cards are unbalanced, I accept that. But which keyword are we going for now? Do you like Redemption better than Oblation? Or something completely different? I feel like my first Iteration with the sac trigger is just a giant design headache :D

Alternatively, for a keyword, how about: Blessing of the Sun God {4}{W}{W} Instant (r) Redemption {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for it's redemption cost if a creature died under your control this turn.) Creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain lifelink until end of turn. Demanding Desert...

I think you see it from the wrong side. A mechanic, that makes blocking a pain is a great fit for an aggressive faction and makes the game more interesting. It is not really different from Bloodrush or basically any combat trick, except that the blowout potential is much lower, which is another...

On a serious note: Don't you like my second version of Oblation? It reads a little less flashy but it would fit a white-based wedge so much better (Unruly Mob, Field of Souls). The biggest upside however is imo, that it works as a really nice link between the go wide nature of {R}{W} and the...

Yeah, the revolutionary idea is, that you can play this set with out a table just on your legs!