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
Possible Cards
CW01 Celestial Traveler
1 CMC Creature, Basic Landcycling
CW02 Temple Apothecary
2 CMC Creature, Unbound
CW03 Ashna Legionary
2 CMC Creature, Cycling
CW04 Whiskered Lightbringer
2 CMC Creature, Discovery
CW05 Castle Spirit
2 CMC Creature, Enchantment matters
CW06 Leonin Scout
3 CMC Creature, Discovery
CW07 Sunsoul Fist
3 CMC Creature, Landtype cycling
CW08 Temple Guard
4 CMC Creature, Unbound
CW09 Loxodon Caravan
4 CMC Creature
CW10 Radiant Guardian
5 CMC Creature, Unbound
(CW11)
(CW12)
(CW13)
(CW14)
(CW15)
(CW16)
(CW17)
DFC
CW18 Spirit Guide
DFC
(CW19)
DFC
(UW01)
(UW02)
(UW03)
(UW04)
(UW05)
(UW06)
(UW07)
(UW08)
(UW09)
(UW10)
(UW11)
(UW12)
(UW13)
(UW14)
DFC
(UW15)
DFC
Spiritual Incarnation
(RW01)
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(RW07)
(RW08)
(RW09)
(MW01)
(MW02)
CU01 Coastal Traveler
1 CMC Creature, Basic Landcycling
CU02 Labyrinth Delver
2 CMC Creature, Unbound
CU03 Emori Windcaller
2 CMC Creature, Cycling
CU04 Cunning Naga
3 CMC Creature, Landtype Cycling
CU05 Scaled Mystic
3 CMC Creature, Instant/Sorcery matters
CU06 Freewind Visionary
4 CMC Creature, Unbound
CU07 Tidal Entity
4 CMC Creature, Discovery
CU08 Skyborn Elemental
5 CMC Creature, Unbound
CU09 Mystical Wanderer
5 CMC Creature, Discovery
(CU10)
(CU11)
(CU12)
(CU13)
(CU14)
(CU15)
(CU16)
(CU17)
(CU18)
(CU19)
(UU01)
Unbound
Sky Sprite
(UU02)
Unbound
Yaados Elemental
(UU03)
(UU04)
(UU05)
(UU06)
(UU07)
(UU08)
(UU09)
(UU10)
(UU11)
(UU12)
(UU13)
(UU14)
(UU15)
DFC
Coastal Incarnation
(RU01)
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(RU07)
(RU08)
(RU09)
(MU01)
(MU02)
CB01 Underworld Traveler
1 CMC Creature, Basic Landcycling
CB02 Backalley Mage
2 CMC Creature, Cycling support
CB03 Oltac Bloodkin
2 CMC Creature, Cycling
(CB04)
2 CMC Creature, Discovery
(CB05)
(CB06)
CB07 Shadowfoot Scoundrel
3 CMC Creature, Landtype Cycling
(CB08)
(CB09)
(CB10)
(CB11)
(CB12)
(CB13)
(CB14)
(CB15)
(CB16)
(CB17)
DFC
CB18 Vampiric Transformation
DFC
(CB19)
DFC
(UB01)
(UB02)
(UB03)
(UB04)
(UB05)
(UB06)
(UB07)
(UB08)
(UB09)
(UB10)
(UB11)
(UB12)
(UB13)
(UB14)
DFC
(UB15)
DFC
Underworld Incarnation
(RB01)
(RB02)
(RB03)
(RB04)
(RB05)
(RB06)
(RB07)
(RB08)
(RB09)
(MB01)
(MB02)
CR01 Wild Traveler
1 CMC Creature, Basic Landcycling
CR02 Precipice Mage
2 CMC Creature, Cycling support
CR03 Yaados Berserker
2 CMC Creature, Cycling
(CR04)
2 CMC Creature, Discovery
(CR05)
(CR06)
CR07 Scaled Militant
3 CMC Creature, Landtype Cycling
(CR08)
(CR09)
(CR10)
(CR11)
(CR12)
(CR13)
(CR14)
(CR15)
(CR16)
(CR17)
(CR18)
(CR19)
(UR01)
(UR02)
(UR03)
(UR04)
(UR05)
(UR06)
(UR07)
(UR08)
(UR09)
(UR10)
(UR11)
(UR12)
(UR13)
(UR14)
(UR15)
DFC
Solar Incarnation
(RR01)
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
(RR06)
(RR07)
(RR08)
(RR09)
(MR01)
(MR02)
CG01 Canopy Traveler
1 CMC Creature, Basic Landcycling
CG02 Emori Mystic
2 CMC Creature, Unbound
CG03 Xibal Brood
2 CMC Creature, Cycling
(CG04)
2 CMC Creature, Discovery
(CG05)
(CG06)
CG07 Undergrowth Roamer
3 CMC Creature, Landtype Cycling
(CG08)
(CG09)
(CG10)
(CG11)
(CG12)
(CG13)
(CG14)
(CG15)
(CG16)
(CG17)
(CG18)
(CG19)
(UG01)
Unbound
Hive Soldier
(UG02)
Unbound
Xibal Shaman
(UG03)
(UG04)
(UG05)
(UG06)
(UG07)
(UG08)
(UG09)
(UG10)
(UG11)
(UG12)
(UG13)
(UG14)
(UG15)
DFC
Treefolk Elder
(RG01)
(RG02)
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(RG07)
(RG08)
(RG09)
(MG01)
(MG02)
(UZ01)
(UZ02)
(UZ03)
(UZ04)
(UZ05)
(UZ06)
(UZ07)
(UZ08)
(UZ09)
(UZ10)
(RZ01)
(RZ02)
(RZ03)
(RZ04)
(RZ05)
(RZ06)
(RZ07)
(RZ08)
(RZ09)
(RZ10)
(MZ01)
(MZ02)
(MZ03)
(MZ04)
(MZ05)
(CA01)
(CA02)
(CA03)
(CA04)
CA05 Crucible Golem
DFC
(UA01)
(UA02)
UA03 Solar Crucible
Unbound Artifact
(UA04)
DFC
(RA01)
(RA02)
(MA01)
(CL01)
(CL02)
(CL03)
(CL04)
(CL05)
CL06 Uncharted Frontier
Cycling Land
UL01 Sacred Site
UL02 Drifting Berg
UL03 Carrion Pit
UL04 Basking Rock
UL05 Sleeping Oak
UL06 Undiscovered Terrain
Haunted Cairn
RL01 Apex Temple
Dual Land
RL02 Dew Reservoir
Dual Land
RL03 Umbral Expanse
Dual Land
RL04 Drowned Understory
Dual Land
RL05 Precipice Rivulets
Dual Land
(RL06)
(RL07)
(RL08)
(RL09)
(RL10)
(ML01)