Okay after a whole day of refining, it makes very little sense, and is not even close to complete (i speak of the details page, not the cardset). i could use some organizing help for figuring out my goals for Lyrasia, and organizing it in front page detail page form, anyway hope to see some stuff tomorrow byeee
would any of you be upset if i were to remove the front page? It's very messy, and i'm not a fan of it poking out, considering my other sets don't have any
A big problem with this set I just realized is that catacomb (which is a super cool mechanic) shouldn't appear on commons like it is. It would be better if I used it only as discount at lower rarities or for a single, one word effect. Like gains haste or target player discards a card.
The higher rarities would probably get the cool effects and the epic discount big boys.
I don't know when I will fix this, or if I will. I kind of finished this set ages ago... Also, I should probably work on adding commas in between mana costs and tapping symbols, that's ugly and took me forever to break the habit.
Mostly I just want to change HOW it appears. I can do this, and should. It's so versatile that it would make sense to limit the complexity of it at different rarities.
e.g. a Common could be 2b for a 3/3 with catacomb 1b
or maybe 1b for a 2.2 with catacomb 3b, and if it's catacomb cost was paid, target player discards a card.
e.g. an Uncommon could be 1bb for a 4/3 with catacomb 1bb
if was catacombed it gets Haste and whenever deals combat damage to a player, they mill 2
e.g. a rare could be 3br for a 5/5 with catacomb b/rb/rb/r
whenever attacks if catacomb was paid, each opponent sacrifices a permanent.
Did some playtesting, you may have seen the changes.
Also added the travelling mechanic cause it's super fun.
Somehow, the Jewel theme in this set is next to nonexistent.
There are like around a dozen cards that mention them, and they are mostly artifacts. There are two multicolor red blue cards and a land , but no mono red ones. Also their asfan makes them impossible to draft: This NEEDS to be fixed (I've had the idea of Jewels to be around for too long now to give up on them, and I'm really enjoying how some of the cards play Jewel Magnet is super fun.)
So, I'll be shrinking my head out from the Development Surface backdown to the Design Hole so I can put this into motion. This could take a while, but perhaps not.
If you don't know how, it took forever to set up, but I ended up using this post (funnily enough it's on MTGSalvation, so good thing i started when I did):
Or maybe you're asking how I playtest, in which case I will paraphrase:
Downloaded Magic Set Editor, a couple export templates and made an account on PlaneSculptors (I already had Cockatrice)
Manually Remade my set on MSE, made all the files onto planesculptors and cockatrice. Used Planesculptors to draft or play sealed and then used cockatrice to playtest the decks manually. I also tried some constructed.
If you want to play with this set, I recommend waiting because I have the newest version isn't up on PlaneSculptors yet. I'll probably post a .zip folder with the necessary files for Cockatrice, in case anyone is interested.
Post your comments on Lyrasia here! If your comments are on a small number of specific cards, they may
be better added to those cards. This is for comments on the set as a
whole.
If anyone has a better name for this set, PLEASE tell me... This name sucks xD
Never mind i finished the name
Okay after a whole day of refining, it makes very little sense, and is not even close to complete (i speak of the details page, not the cardset). i could use some organizing help for figuring out my goals for Lyrasia, and organizing it in front page detail page form, anyway hope to see some stuff tomorrow byeee
god my mind is cluttered, aah
would any of you be upset if i were to remove the front page? It's very messy, and i'm not a fan of it poking out, considering my other sets don't have any
You could create a separate details page and copy-paste all the information there.
Okay, i'll try that. Thanks!
A big problem with this set I just realized is that catacomb (which is a super cool mechanic) shouldn't appear on commons like it is. It would be better if I used it only as discount at lower rarities or for a single, one word effect. Like gains haste or target player discards a card.
The higher rarities would probably get the cool effects and the epic discount big boys.
I don't know when I will fix this, or if I will. I kind of finished this set ages ago... Also, I should probably work on adding commas in between mana costs and tapping symbols, that's ugly and took me forever to break the habit.
Sorry, but what's wrong with catacomb appearing at common? It seems acceptable to me.
It's just a bit long.
Mostly I just want to change HOW it appears. I can do this, and should. It's so versatile that it would make sense to limit the complexity of it at different rarities.
e.g. a Common could be 2b for a 3/3 with catacomb 1b
or maybe 1b for a 2.2 with catacomb 3b, and if it's catacomb cost was paid, target player discards a card.
e.g. an Uncommon could be 1bb for a 4/3 with catacomb 1bb
if was catacombed it gets Haste and whenever deals combat damage to a player, they mill 2
e.g. a rare could be 3br for a 5/5 with catacomb b/rb/rb/r
whenever attacks if catacomb was paid, each opponent sacrifices a permanent.
Im having so much nostalgia going through this old place. very inspired to refine it.
It's been a long weekend but I am ready to do constructed playtesting
Limited playtesting should be possible soon.
Did some playtesting, you may have seen the changes.
Also added the travelling mechanic cause it's super fun.
Somehow, the Jewel theme in this set is next to nonexistent.
There are like around a dozen cards that mention them, and they are mostly artifacts. There are two multicolor red blue cards and a land , but no mono red ones. Also their asfan makes them impossible to draft: This NEEDS to be fixed (I've had the idea of Jewels to be around for too long now to give up on them, and I'm really enjoying how some of the cards play Jewel Magnet is super fun.)
So, I'll be shrinking my head out from the Development Surface backdown to the Design Hole so I can put this into motion. This could take a while, but perhaps not.
Needs hopefully nothing, did some addings.
Pretty sure im done playtesting. Everything seems to be playing balanced and is quite fun.
How do you playtest?
If you don't know how, it took forever to set up, but I ended up using this post (funnily enough it's on MTGSalvation, so good thing i started when I did):
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/custom-card-creation/631419-primer-how-to-playtest-your-cards-both-on-paper
Or maybe you're asking how I playtest, in which case I will paraphrase:
Downloaded Magic Set Editor, a couple export templates and made an account on PlaneSculptors (I already had Cockatrice)
Manually Remade my set on MSE, made all the files onto planesculptors and cockatrice. Used Planesculptors to draft or play sealed and then used cockatrice to playtest the decks manually. I also tried some constructed.
If you want to play with this set, I recommend waiting because I have the newest version isn't up on PlaneSculptors yet. I'll probably post a .zip folder with the necessary files for Cockatrice, in case anyone is interested.
Post your comments on Lyrasia here!
If your comments are on a small number of specific cards, they may be better added to those cards. This is for comments on the set as a whole.