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/Size
Keyword
(CW01)
Creature
Small
Flying
(CW02)
Creature
Small
First Strike
(CW03)
Creature
Small
Vigilence
(CW04)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CW05)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CW06)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CW07)
Creature
Small
ETB: Gain Life
(CW08)
Creature
Small
(W), (T): Tap target creature.
(CW09)
Creature
Medium
Flying
(CW10)
Creature
Medium
Put Tokens
(CW11)
Token Generator
CW12 Moment of Glory
Instant
(CW13)
Instant
(CW14)
Instant
(CW15)
Sorcery
(CW16)
Sorcery
(CW17)
Enchantment - Aura
Pacifism
(CW18)
Enchantment - Aura
Buff
(UW01)
(UW02)
(UW03)
(UW04)
(UW05)
(UW06)
(UW07)
(UW08)
(UW09)
(UW10)
(UW11)
(UW12)
(UW13)
(UW14)
(RW01)
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(RW07)
(RW08)
(RW09)
(MW01)
(MW02)
MW03 Will Lorano
(CU01)
Creature
Small
Flying
(CU02)
Creature
Small
Flying
(CU03)
Creature
Small
(3)(u) Draw a card.
(CU04)
Creature
Small
ETB: Tap creature, stays tapped
(CU05)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CU06)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CU07)
Creature
Large
N//A
CU08 Dragon's Gaze
Instant
(CU09)
Instant
(CU10)
Instant
(CU11)
Instant
(CU12)
Instant
(CU13)
Instant
(CU14)
Instant
CU15 Untold Power
Sorcery
(CU16)
Sorcery
(CU17)
Sorcery
(CU18)
Enchantment - Aura
Lockdown
(UU01)
(UU02)
(UU03)
(UU04)
(UU05)
(UU06)
(UU07)
(UU08)
(UU09)
(UU10)
(UU11)
(UU12)
(UU13)
(UU14)
(RU01)
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(RU07)
(RU08)
(RU09)
(MU01)
(MU02)
MU03 Rylai, Crystal Maiden
(CB01)
Creature
Small
Flying
(CB02)
Creature
Small
Deathtouch
(CB03)
Creature
Small
Lifelink
(CB04)
Creature
Small
ETB: Fetch creature from grave
(CB05)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CB06)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CB07)
Creature
Medium
DT: Search for Swamp
(CB08)
Creature
Medium
N//A
(CB09)
Creature
Medium
N//A
(CB10)
Instant
(CB11)
Instant
(CB12)
Instant
(CB13)
Instant
(CB14)
Sorcery
(CB15)
Sorcery
(CB16)
Sorcery
(CB17)
Sorcery
(CB18)
Enchantment - Aura
+/-
(UB01)
(UB02)
(UB03)
(UB04)
(UB05)
(UB06)
(UB07)
(UB08)
(UB09)
(UB10)
(UB11)
(UB12)
(UB13)
(UB14)
(RB01)
Creature
Small
Firebreathing
(RB02)
Creature
Small
First Strike
(RB03)
Creature
Small
Haste
(RB04)
Creature
Small
Sacrifice: Destroy Artifact
(RB05)
Creature
Small
N//A
(RB06)
Creature
Medium
N//A
(RB07)
Creature
Medium
N//A
(RB08)
Creature
Medium
Menace
(RB09)
MB01 Rethnax, Lich King
(MB02)
MB03 Nox, Fallen King
(CR01)
(CR02)
(CR03)
(CR04)
(CR05)
(CR06)
(CR07)
(CR08)
(CR09)
(CR10)
(CR11)
(CR12)
(CR13)
(CR14)
(CR15)
(CR16)
(CR17)
(CR18)
Enchantment - Aura
First Strike, Firebreathing
(UR01)
(UR02)
(UR03)
(UR04)
(UR05)
(UR06)
(UR07)
(UR08)
(UR09)
(UR10)
(UR11)
(UR12)
(UR13)
(UR14)
(RR01)
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
(RR06)
(RR07)
(RR08)
(RR09)
(MR01)
(MR02)
MR03 Lina, Living Flame
(CG01)
Creature
Small
Self-Buff
(CG02)
Creature
Small
Manadork
(CG03)
Creature
Small
Land-Searcher
(CG04)
Creature
Small
Deathtouch
CG05 Treecal Beastcaller
Creature
Small
N//A
(CG06)
Creature
Small
N//A
(CG07)
Creature
Medium
Trample
(CG08)
Creature
Medium
Reach
(CG09)
Creature
Medium
N//A
(CG10)
Creature
Large
N//A
(CG11)
(CG12)
(CG13)
(CG14)
(CG15)
(CG16)
(CG17)
(CG18)
Enchantment - Aura
Regeneration
(UG01)
(UG02)
(UG03)
(UG04)
(UG05)
(UG06)
(UG07)
(UG08)
(UG09)
(UG10)
(UG11)
(UG12)
(UG13)
(UG14)
RG01 Call of the Wild
(RG02)
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(RG07)
(RG08)
(RG09)
(MG01)
(MG02)
MG03 Attun, Woodland Warrior
(CA01)
Creature
N//A
(CA02)
Artifact
Mana-Rock (B, Despair)
(CA03)
Artifact
Mana-Rock (R, Rage)
(CA04)
Artifact
Mana-Rock (U, Contempt)
(CA05)
Artifact
Mana-Rock (G, Determination)
(CA06)
Artifact
Mana-Rock (W, Hope)
(UA01)
(UA02)
(UA03)
(UA04)
(UA05)
(RA01)
(RA02)
(RA03)
(RA04)
(RA05)
(MA01)
(CL01)
(CL02)
(CL03)
(CL04)
(CL05)
(UL01)
(UL02)
(UL03)
(UL04)
(UL05)
(RL01)
(RL02)
(RL03)
(RL04)
(RL05)