You are probably right that it wouldn't be a robust solution.
I also agree that using native rarity would be ideal, but I was looking for ways to avoid constraining myself with it.
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I also agree that using native rarity would be ideal, but I was looking for ways to avoid constraining myself with it.
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Inner sleeve markings do work well, just take into account color blindness and don’t use just color to convey the difference. Commons could get a black 4, uncommons a silver 2, rares a gold 1, and mythics a gold star/asterisk. Easy as pie and super clear (provided your handwriting is legible
)!It is notInner sleeve markings do work well, just take into account color blindness and don’t use just color to convey the difference. Commons could get a black 4, uncommons a silver 2, rares a gold 1, and mythics a gold star/asterisk. Easy as pie and super clear (provided your handwriting is legible
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I mean, 1, 2, 4 and the asterisk are relatively simple characters to draw
Not worth a thread on its own, but the full Innistrad Remastered spoiler is up!
Extraordinarily happy they're continuing to add cards with the retro frame. There are 13 cards I Cube with that are in this style that I'll be updating, and I'm particularly thrilled about:
I also really like the new Bedlam Reveler art:
That said, I'm annoyed that there's no reminder text yet again on any of the retro borders. These two are the most upsetting/egregious:
Collective Brutality is reasonably my only representation of Escalate. It's not a very well-known mechanic!!
I only have 1 other card that makes Blood tokens, and having Voldaren Epicure already feels like quite a stretch as a result. It's bad enough to have a unique token for such a low number of cards, but it's even worse that the version I want to play doesn't explain what it is! My group does not know every single one-off mechanic. Stupid.
Extraordinarily happy they're continuing to add cards with the retro frame. There are 13 cards I Cube with that are in this style that I'll be updating, and I'm particularly thrilled about:
I also really like the new Bedlam Reveler art:
That said, I'm annoyed that there's no reminder text yet again on any of the retro borders. These two are the most upsetting/egregious:
Collective Brutality is reasonably my only representation of Escalate. It's not a very well-known mechanic!!
I only have 1 other card that makes Blood tokens, and having Voldaren Epicure already feels like quite a stretch as a result. It's bad enough to have a unique token for such a low number of cards, but it's even worse that the version I want to play doesn't explain what it is! My group does not know every single one-off mechanic. Stupid.
You know what? I never realized Liliana's holding her veil in one of her hands in that art before
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Dear lord, old border planeswalkers are heinous!
as someone that's been away from the game and come back, despite how much i like the look of old border cards, i think printing new style templating on old border cards is confusing and leads to comprehension issues. like for me i try to parse it like a card from back then, and that doesnt work. i know i cant be alone in this
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That unframed 3 in the bottom right corner is the thing of designer nightmares, I swear!
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Thank you!
Crowdsourcing this one: Give me things that work with Up the Beanstalk!
Already thought of and thus checked:
pitch spells/alt cost spells, suspend, impending, evoke, flashback (think Roar of the Wurm), emerge, delve, adventure, Embercleave (it's in for entirely different reasons so it's funny)
but I'm sure I'm not only missing cards, but missing ones that will result in my slapping my forehead!
Already thought of and thus checked:
pitch spells/alt cost spells, suspend, impending, evoke, flashback (think Roar of the Wurm), emerge, delve, adventure, Embercleave (it's in for entirely different reasons so it's funny)
but I'm sure I'm not only missing cards, but missing ones that will result in my slapping my forehead!
Same boat, mate. I'm getting a little mad ove rthis every time they do retro frames now, especially since it had been different for TSR. That being said, for me it's mostly just Voldaren Epicure that I can't upgrade because I want reminder text for blood.
I am upgrading these four for my CCC.
I wont make the switch for Rise from the Tides as I have an altered version of it.
Relevant ones in my list without the listed keywords:
Plus some emerge, delve, suspend and such. Also relevant although you can't cast them for cheaper:
For me the weirdest thing about the old bordered cards are the set symbols. Feels like they're all too large and that the colors (and designs) haven't been adapted to fit into the old border aesthetics.
Most egregious, they have a black border and not a white one.
Oh nice, Venerated Loxodon and Knight-Errant of Eos are technically Beanstalk hits! I don't think anyone will be doing that, but I try not to guess these things in advance and they make sense with other stuff too.
and are a pair of keywords you've missed.And there's always Dream Halls if you want to get really crazy with it.
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+1 for Mawloc, I run it, and it's awesome!Another possibility (which honestly might be on the "fairer" side of things):
On the one hand, you do need to actually spend 5 mana to trigger the card draw. On the other hand, X spells just fit wherever on the curve.