Oh. I like Hierarchy. For all of Wizard's talk of needing to support expensive splashy spells, sometimes they forget to love their little dudes as well. I haven't really looked through your set, Alex, but please tell me that creatures with Hierarchy commonly do something with those smaller creatures. While the mechanic looks interesting, it feels like your passing on flavor if Nobles and Peasants aren't interacting...

Hmm. No, generally the Nobles with Hierarchy don't do anything with those creatures. Lord of the Demesne does, but the basic implementations like Nouveau Riche and Self-Important Courtesan don't. I think the play is still interesting just needing someone around to feel superior to (and I think the common cards are best kept simple like that), but I'd certainly be up for considering possibilities. What kind of thing did you have in mind?

I think you formatted your links as though they were real magic cards instead of cards in your set. Also, is the flavor of Hierarchy purposefully ironic? It's like the creatures need the confidence inspired by weaker creatures to function. I like it.

(Oops, thanks - links fixed.)

I'm not sure I'd say it's ironic, but it's very much meant to suggest that the nobles need lesser beings around in order to be any use. It's the same flavour as Insecure Baronet.