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on 22 Mar 2017 by Visitor:

Brandon Sanderson! <36

After reflection, I've removed the sigils (2-mana color pair rocks) from the set. I want the set to play more like a normal expansion than like MM2017, and having that many 2-mana rocks is rather format-warping. Plus, this set does not have enough gold cards to merit them anyway.

Also dropping the land cycle to common. Much as I enjoy having lands with archetype-specific upside, I think having plain tapped dual-lands might just be better.

Rather than transforming, the RG listeners will now feature formshift -- a double-faced mechanic that lets you cast whichever side you want. This will be very difficult to get right, and I'm sure I'll go through a lot of iterations on the cards.

Ideally, the cards will force you to make interesting decisions where you could play either side in a given deck and have to figure out which side is better in the current situation. A potential problem that I'd like to prevent is when players that can't use both sides take them too highly. I'd like them to playable with just one side, but at the lower end of playable such that you'd really like the flexibility of both.

Okay, back after a break of a couple of months. I have now read Oathbringer, so there will be more material for cards. Also, the book has confirmed my suspicion that "Listener" is not the race name I want to be using. "Parshendi" is better, if still imperfect. So cards will be updated to reflect that.

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