About Set Skeletons
A set skeleton is a tool to help you when structuring your set. It helps you keep the number of different types of card balanced across colours and balanced in line with the colour pie. It's particularly useful in early design when you're wanting to make sure you have the right amounts of creatures and other card types in the different colours.
To read more about skeletons, read Mark Rosewater's article "Design Skeletons" .
About Set Skeletons In Multiverse
In Multiverse, set skeletons are a particular type of details page, using tables written in the Markdown Extra table syntax . Multiverse will generate the rows of the table for you. If you let Multiverse generate the whole skeleton, it will give you columns for Code, Slot and Card name. If you add extra columns by editing the title rows, then the Generate tab will create the right number of columns for each new row it generates.
Once you've generated your skeleton, each row will start with a link like "(CW01)". At first, these links will be in parentheses, to indicate that no card yet exists with that code. You can click on links like these to create a card with that code. Once those cards exist, the links will no longer be in parentheses. You can thus easily tell which slots in your skeleton have no card at all corresponding to them, and which have at least some information on a card (even if that card is not ready or not even complete).
Show examples:
Zendikar
Worldwake
Shards of Alara
Scars of Mirrodin
Maro Sample Set
Zendikar
commons
uncommons
rares
mythics
total
White, blue, black, red and green
18
10
7-9
2-3
38-39
Artifacts
6
5
2
2
15
Lands
5
5
10
0
20
Total:
101
60
53
15
229
Worldwake
commons
uncommons
rares
mythics
total
White, blue, black, red and green
10
7
5-6
1-2
23-24
Multicolour
0
0
0
2
2
Artifacts
4
3
4
0
11
Lands
6
2
5
1
14
Total:
60
40
35
10
145
Shards of Alara
commons
uncommons
rares
mythics
total
White, blue, black, red and green
15
7
8
0-1
30-31
Multicolour
15
20
10
12
57
Artifacts
6
0
3
1
10
Lands
5
5
0
0
10
Total:
111
60
52
13
229
Scars of Mirrodin
commons
uncommons
rares
mythics
total
White, blue, black, red and green
13
7
5-6
1-2
26-27
Multicolour
0
0
0
1
1
Artifacts
35
25
21
7
88
Lands
1
0
5
0
6
Total:
101
60
53
15
229
Mark Rosewater Sample Set
commons
uncommons
rares
mythics
total
White, blue, black, red and green
19
13
7-9
0-1
39
Multicolour
0
10
10
5
25
Artifacts
6
5
2
2
15
Lands
5
0
5
0
10
Total:
101
80
53
15
279
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Code
Slot
Notes
CW01 Clocktower Watchman
Creature - Small
Defender
CW02 Loan Collector
Creature - Small
Cares about: cards you own but don't control
CW03 Kindly Doctor
Creature - Small
Hostage, Lifegain
CW04 Eagle of Rockhold Bluff
Creature - Small
Flying
CW05 Steely-Eyed Deputy
Creature - Small
First strike
CW06 Atlake Prospector
Creature - Small
Barter
CW07 Superstitious Preacher
Creature - Small
Enchantment Removal
CW08 Saguara Trail Pioneers
Creature - Medium
Barter
CW09 Cargo Bison
Creature - Medium
Hostage, Defender
CW10 Plateau Roc
Creature - Medium
Flying Vigilance
CW11 Vigilante Band
Creature - Medium
Tokens
CW12 Frontier Justice
Sorcery
Conditional Removal
CW13 Triage
Sorcery
Lifegain
CW14 Raise the Alarm
Instant
Tokens
CW15 Mighty Leap
Instant
Combat Trick
CW16 Warning Shot
Instant
Verdict
CW17 Circle the Wagons
Instant
Fog, Hexproof
CW18 Tied on the Tracks
Enchantment
Pacifism, Offcolor
(UW01)
(UW02)
(UW03)
(UW04)
(UW05)
(UW06)
(UW07)
(UW08)
(UW09)
(RW01)
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(RW07)
(RW08)
(RW09)
(MW01)
(MW02)
(MW03)
CU01 Totem Spirit
Creature - Small
Vanilla, High Toughness
CU02 Skyband Watcher
Creature - Small
Flyer
CU03 Chronic Swindler
Creature - Small
Cares about: Control but don't own
CU04 Prad Company Teller
Creature - Small
ETB Filter
CU05 Railway Courier
Creature - Small
Dash, Activation, Loot
CU06 Riverlands Trapper
Creature - Small
Prowess
CU07 Chiwapeh Pathbreaker
Creature - Medium
Cares about: Card Draw
CU08 Stormbound Falcon
Creature - Medium
Flyer
CU09 Kloma Tribe Guardian
Creature - Large
Downside
CU10 Quick Thinking
Sorcery
Standoff, Card Draw
CU11 Smoke Reading
Sorcery
Return Instant/Sorcery
CU12 Chase Away
Sorcery
Bounce
CU13 Out of Bullets
Instant
Soft Counter
CU14 Twitchy Reflexes
Instant
Hexproof
CU15 Remove Soul
Instant
Conditional Counter
CU16 Beanbag Spray
Instant
Standoff, Downsize
CU17 Sneaking Suspicion
Instant
Peek, Cantrip
CU18 Borrow
Instant
Temporary Theft
(UU01)
(UU02)
(UU03)
(UU04)
(UU05)
(UU06)
(UU07)
(UU08)
(UU09)
(RU01)
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(RU07)
(RU08)
(RU09)
(MU01)
(MU02)
(MU03)
CB01 Stepford Matron
Creature - Small
Death Hostage
CB02 Two-Bit Scoundrel
Creature - Small
Standoff: +1/+1 Counters
CB03 Kolgek Pass Roughrider
Creature - Small
Dash, Menace
CB04 Carrion Vulture
Creature - Small
Flying, Lifelink
CB05 Nameless Ranger
Creature - Small
First strike, Cares about: Standoff
CB06 Skinstealer Boohag
Creature - Small
Voltron target, Activation
CB07 Tarflinger Ogre
Creature - Medium
Deathtouch
CB08 Steel City Outlaw
Creature - Medium
Hired Torturer
CB09 Getaway Specialist
Creature - Medium
ETB Hostage
CB10 Brutish Hodag
Creature - Medium
Vanilla
CB11 Wolf Raiders' Howl
Sorcery
Standoff: Discard
CB12 Shot From Behind
Sorcery
Murder
CB13 Looting Party
Sorcery
+1/+1 Counters, Cares about: Grave
CB14 Devil's Deal
Sorcery
Sign in Blood
CB15 Desperate Cannibalism
Instant
Standoff: Sacrifice
CB16 Coffin Escape
Instant
Gravedig
CB17 Cheap Trick
Instant
Combat Trick: First strike
CB18 Dysentery
Enchantment
-X/-X, Can't Block
(UB01)
(UB02)
(UB03)
(UB04)
(UB05)
(UB06)
(UB07)
(UB08)
(UB09)
(RB01)
(RB02)
(RB03)
(RB04)
(RB05)
(RB06)
(RB07)
(RB08)
(RB09)
(MB01)
(MB02)
(MB03)
CR01 Train Stowaway
Creature - Small
Aggressive, Downside
CR02 Ranger of Fiddle Rock
Creature - Small
First strike
CR03 Chiwapeh Firestoker
Creature - Small
Ramp
CR04 Gold Digger
Creature - Small
Attacks each turn
CR05 Wild Mustang
Creature - Small
Dash, Reverse Prop
CR06 Imquitu Braidwarrior
Creature - Small
Cares about: Life Total
CR07 Steelhoof Goat
Creature - Medium
Activation, Firebreathing
CR08 Red-Gang Outlaw
Creature - Medium
Dash
CR09 Wildfolk Railbreaker
Creature - Medium
Artifact Removal
CR10 Postpile Dweller
Creature - Large
Cares about: Life Total, Trample
CR11 Sound of Brass
Sorcery
Team Pump
CR12 Corral Skirmish
Sorcery
Standoff, Pyroclasm/Can't Block
CR13 Double-Cross
Sorcery
Threaten
CR14 Quicker Draw
Sorcery
Standoff, Face Burn
CR15 Last-Ditch Effort
Instant
Combat Trick, Trample
CR16 Dynamite Blast
Instant
Medium Burn, Sacrifice
CR17 Incendiary Raid
Instant
Large Burn, Can't Gain Life
CR18 Destructive Impetus
Enchantment
Negative, Burn
(UR01)
(UR02)
(UR03)
(UR04)
(UR05)
(UR06)
(UR07)
(UR08)
(UR09)
(RR01)
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
(RR06)
(RR07)
(RR08)
(RR09)
(MR01)
(MR02)
(MR03)
CG01 Trapper Tarantula
Creature - Small
Reach
CG02 Boot Snake
Creature - Small
Deathtouch
CG03 Kloma Spiritdancer
Creature - Small
Activation, Card Draw
CG04 Mead Lake Rancher
Creature - Small
Cares about: Own but don't control
CG05 Runepelt Cub
Creature - Small
Cares about: Card Draw
CG06 Imquitu Huntleader
Creature - Small
Barter - Tokens
CG07 Sequoia Grovewarden
Creature - Medium
Mana Sink
CG08 Coyote Pack
Creature - Medium
Dash, Flash
CG09 Big Antler Caribou
Creature - Medium
Barter - +1/+1 Counters
CG10 Roaming Sasquatch
Creature - Large
Vanilla
CG11 Lustrian Roadbreaker
Creature - Large
Conditional Cantrip, Trample
CG12 Tributary Offering
Sorcery
Standoff: Artifact/Enchantment Removal
CG13 Victim of Nature
Sorcery
Fight
CG14 Journey Home
Sorcery
Homeward Path, +1/+1 Counters
CG15 Call Sky and Earth
Instant
Anti-Flying
CG16 Dance of Remembrance
Instant
Reclaim
(CG17)
Enchantment
Positive, Aura, Cantrip
CG18 Cultivated Crops
Enchantment
Fixing/Ramp
(UG01)
(UG02)
(UG03)
(UG04)
(UG05)
(UG06)
(UG07)
(UG08)
(UG09)
(RG01)
(RG02)
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(RG07)
(RG08)
(RG09)
(MG01)
(MG02)
(MG03)
(UZ01)
WU
UZ02 Saloon Gambler
UB
Peek Effect
(UZ03)
BR
Dash
(UZ04)
RG
UZ05 Wagon Captain
GW
Barter
UZ06 Patch Up
WB
Reanimate Power X or less, Combat Trick
(UZ07)
BG
(UZ08)
GU
+1/+1 Counters, Cares about: Cards drawn this turn
(UZ09)
UR
Cares about: Control but don't own
UZ10 Bite the Bullet
RW
Faceburn Mutual Lifegain
(RZ01)
(RZ02)
(RZ03)
(RZ04)
(RZ05)
(RZ06)
(RZ07)
(RZ08)
(RZ09)
(RZ10)
CA01 Supply Ferrier
Creature - Small
(CA02)
Creature - Small
(CA03)
Creature - Medium
Flying
(CA04)
Creature - Medium
CA05 Traveler's Amulet
Fixing
CA06 Loaded Deck
Peek
(CA07)
Gravestorm
(CA08)
Equipment
(CA09)
Equipment
(UA01)
(UA02)
(UA03)
(UA04)
(RA01)
(RA02)
(MA01)
(CL01)
(CL02)
(UL01)
(RL01)