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
Show frames:
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Show rarities:
C
U
R
M
Code
Slot
Cost
Description
CW01 Silver Road Crier
Creature
W
small, evidence
CW02 First Brigade’s Mascot
Creature
small, lifelink, defense boost
CW03 Crossblighted Mechanic
Creature
small, vigilance, morph
CW04 Forsaken Lancers
Creature
small, first strike, feint
CW05 Marrick Sympathizer
Creature
small, tapper
CW06 Dispatch Stringer
Creature
medium, flying, morph, combat trick
CW07 Soradyne Demonstrator
Creature
small, flying, equip/aura
CW08 Silver Road Chaplain
Creature
small, flash, fog
CW09 Quality Assurance Clerk
Creature
medium, defender, equip/aura
CW10 Divulge Suspicions
Instant
CW11 Inspired Strength
Instant
boost, double target
CW12 Hold Down
CW13 Aversion to Violence
CW14 SpeedBoost Plus
Aura
CW15 Inhibitor Loop
Aura
lockdown
CW16 VitaLite Safety Halo
Aura
UW01 Triage Medic
Creature
UW02 Soradyne Test Pilot
Creature
small, flying, morph
UW03 Immaculate Angel
Creature
medium, flying, pro-creatures
UW04 Grassroots Support
UW05 Refute
Instant
Pro-color
UW06 Ardent Determination
Enchantment
UW07 SunCharm UtiliRune
Aura
UtiliRune
RW01 Thoptigraph Reporter
Creature
RW02 Voletti Unicorn
Creature
RW03 Newbridge Elite Guard
Creature
RW04 Cross-Addled Portmage
Creature
RW05 Sheltercrest
Creature
RW06 Venerate
RW07 Trusted Coverage
RW08 Tarkot's Dream
Wrath effect
MW01 Master Physician
CU01 Dock Snitch
Creature
U
small, islandwalk, evidence
CU02 Research Coordinator
Creature
small, morph, run away
CU03 Aerostat Metaphysicists
Creature
medium, flying, wizards
CU04 Rafter Spy
Creature
small, flying, mindstrike
CU05 Production Monitor
Creature
small, defensive, peek
CU06 Aether Serpent
Creature
large, serpent, wizards
CU07 Elusive Suspect
Creature
small, morph, looter
CU08 Invalidate
Instant
Counterspell - soft, evidence
CU09 Signal Chaff
Instant
Counterspell - hard
CU10 Gather Intelligence
Sorcery
Card draw, evidence
CU11 Follow the Tracks
CU12 Tip Over
Instant
Bounce, feint
CU13 No Footprints
Instant
Shrink, double target
CU14 Refile
CU15 Web of Lies
Aura
lockdown creature
CU16 Windjammer Glamour
Aura
flying
UU01 Augmentation Director
Creature
UU02 Aethertrace Examiner
Creature
UU03 Debronian Post Agents
Creature
UU04 Behavioral Modification Trial
UU05 Leave Speechless
UU06 Haze Veil
UU07 SkyCharm UtiliRune
Aura
UtiliRune
RU01 Singularity Shaper
Creature
RU02 Heliotransit Crew
Creature
RU03 Indebted Sphinx
Creature
RU04 E. B. Teeks
RU05 Doublecheck
RU06 Uncertainty Principle
RU07 Catastrophic Failure
RU08 Make-Mor Snare
Aura
MU01 Quantum Aetherconduction
CB01 Coal Road Stoolie
Creature
B
small, evidence
CB02 Silent Operative
Creature
small, regenerates
CB03 Crossblighted Bones
Creature
medium, swampwalk
CB04 Library Rats
Creature
small, intimidate
CB05 Crossblighted Air Patrol
Creature
small, flying, lifelink
CB06 Southside Heavies
Creature
medium, mindstrike
CB07 Debronian Forensician
Creature
medium vanilla/pseudo-vanilla
CB08 Diseased Cur
Creature
small, deathtouch
CB09 Tie Up Loose Ends
Instant
Removal
CB10 Nowhere to Hide
Sorcery
Discard
CB11 Garrote
CB12 Lethal Intentions
CB13 Ulterior Motive
CB14 A Life for A Life
CB15 Product 3170
Aura
CB16 Gravebait
Aura
UB01 Newbridge Detective
Creature
UB02 Coal Road Piper
Creature
UB03 Skittering Scuttlebutt
Creature
UB04 A Tooth for A Tooth
Sorcery
Removal
UB05 Thorough Inspection
UB06 Mourner’s Pall
UB07 MoonCharm UtiliRune
RB01 Scandal Sower
Creature
RB02 Rot Creeper
Creature
RB03 Indentured Shade
Creature
RB04 Crooked Auditor
Creature
RB05 Process of Elimination
RB06 Borrowed Methods
RB07 Grip of Tarkot’s Cross
RB08 Siphoning Sootcloud
MB01 Morbid Fascination
CR01 Ridgerunner Lookout
Creature
R
small, haste, evidence
CR02 Vent Hellion Hatchling
Creature
small, double strike
CR03 Crossblighted Outrider
Creature
medium, trample, evidence
CR04 Goblin Tunneler
Creature
medium, target creature can't block
CR05 Crossblighted Rager
Creature
small, pinger
CR06 Contrarian Bully
Creature
small, firebreathing
CR07 Forsworn Brute
Creature
large, vanilla
CR08 Blindside
Instant
Burn (small)
CR09 Firebomb
Sorcery
Burn (large)
CR10 Intensify
CR11 Knives Out
CR12 Misuse
CR13 Tarkot's Swath
CR14 Constant Pressure
CR15 RallyRoust Banner
CR16 Warzone Cologne
Aura
UR01 Veteran Blastmage
Creature
UR02 Unchecked Radical
Creature
UR03 Crossblighted Bugler
Creature
UR04 Marrick’s Markers
Creature
UR05 Vandalize
Sorcery
Land/Artifact destruction
UR06 Cragfield Tremblor
UR07 HeartCharm UtiliRune
RR01 Juvenile Vent Hellion
Creature
RR02 Granite Ridge Anarchists
Creature
RR03 Redclaw Spire Kite
Creature
RR04 Gito “The Mosquito” Boots
Creature
RR05 Bold Accusation
RR06 Boots’s Cheer
RR07 Sow Unrest
RR08 Way Station Massacre
MR01 Elder Vent Hellion
CG01 Pendarvian Scout
Creature
G
small, evidence
CG02 Soradyne Naturalist
Creature
small, bear
CG03 Phytomancer
Creature
small, mana tapper
CG04 Pendarvian Bloodhounds
Creature
medium, cheap vanilla, feint
CG05 Soradyne Geologist
Creature
medium, trample
CG06 Leashed Arbantula
Creature
medium, reach
CG07 Darrowhill Rancher
Creature
large, vanilla, evidence
CG08 Saddleback Plowwurm
Creature
large, trample
CG09 Nimble Herbalist
Instant
Naturalize effect
CG10 Disengage
Instant
P/T buff
CG11 Pull of the Familiar
CG12 Rumblecharge
CG13 Rhox Fists
CG14 Inclement Weather
CG15 Instant Outdoorsman
CG16 Journeyer's Wisdom
Aura
UG01 Darrowhill Salvager
Creature
UG02 Viper Wrangler
Creature
UG03 Crashing Halebeast
Creature
UG04 Dispatch Field Reporter
Creature
UG05 Grounding Theory
UG06 TruCharm UtiliRune
UG07 Mark of Perseverence
RG01 Hardened Lieutenant
Creature
RG02 Darrowhill Stockdriver
Creature
RG03 Revitalization Agent
Creature
RG04 Stalking Mycolisk
Creature
RG05 Silas Romer
Creature
RG06 Growing Approval
RG07 Biodiversity Study
RG08 Give the Signal
MG01 Swarming Ooze
CZ01 Wonder Wings Mark II
CZ02 Adroit Safecracker
CZ03 Crossblighted Engineer
CZ04 Woods’ Edge Bobcat
CZ05 Dispatch Correspondent
UZ01 Teridan's Guard
Creature
UZ02 Errand Handler
Creature
UZ03 Psychotic Break
Creature
UZ04 Darrowhill Dissident
Creature
UZ05 Clarify the Facts
UZ06 Absentia Wight
UZ07 Random Memories
UZ08 Empirical Study
UZ09 Fevered Fanaticism
UZ10 Pinn's Assistant
RZ01 Soradyne Service Porter
RZ02 Soma Noir Cricket
RZ03 Crossblighted Angel
RZ04 Blitzhorn
RZ05 Dispatch Bureau Chief
MZ01 Aricus Pinn
Creature
MZ02 General Eli Marrick
Creature
MZ03 Kavion Foehr, Industrialist
Creature
MZ04 Crossblighted Zealot
Creature
MZ05 Pale Tarkot
Creature
MZ06 Fezzit and Dyble
Planeswalker
MZ07 The Reclusive Dr. Broadmoor
Planeswalker
CA01 Recall Drone
Creature
CA02 Laboratory Drone
Creature
CA03 Bulwark Drone
CA04 Reporter's DocuBrace
CA05 Aero-Keen Spring Shoes
CA06 Rumor Hound
CA07 Dynamic Immersion Field
CA08 Efficiency Chopper
CA09 Zip Skate
CA10 Retractable Mnemotheter
CA11 Secondhand Terraporter
UA01 Wallmite
Creature
UA02 Salvaged Bunker Crusher
Creature
UA03 Proxy Drone
UA04 Technomancer’s PowerBench
UA05 HyperSledge 500
UA06 Technician's Autocrafter
UA07 Deferral Assistant
UA08 Field Service Audiscope
UA09 Transmorphic Polyvest
UA10 BioMagnetic Beacon
RA01 Recycler Drone
Creature
RA02 Data Recombinator
RA03 Simulacro Suit
RA04 Followport
RA05 Train Car Wreckage
MA01 Vox Populi Charismaphone
MA02 Soradyne Fabricator Grid
MA03 Creedbreaker Prototype
CL01 Silver Road Way Station
CL02 Coal Road Way Station
CL03 Soradyne Square Way Station
CL04 Granite Ridge Way Station
CL05 Pendarvia Way Station
UL01 Seat of Law
UL02 Seedy Rathskeller
UL03 Unnerving Haunt
UL04 Ridgeline Bunkers
UL05 Dispatch Post
RL01 Soradyne Industrial Campus
RL02 Nils Ossmer Veterans’ Hospital
RL03 Newbridge, Capitol of Debronia