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
CW01 Venerable Falcon
creature, small
CW02 Westhaven Cultivator
creature, small
(CW03)
creature, small
CW04 Blinding Shaman
creature, small
(CW05)
creature, small
(CW06)
creature, medium
(CW07)
creature, medium
CW08 Lookout Titan
creature, medium
CW09 Westhaven Battalion
creature, medium
CW10 Mighty Leap
instant, combat trick
CW11 Grappling Feat
instant
CW12 Ethereal Voyage
instant
CW13 Ray of Sacred Harpoons
sorcery
CW14 Cultivation Skiff
artifact
(UW01)
(UW02)
(UW03)
(UW04)
(UW05)
(UW06)
(UW07)
(UW08)
(RW01)
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(RW07)
(MW01)
(CU01)
creature, small
(CU02)
creature, small
(CU03)
creature, small
CU04 Cloudfront Harpooner
creature, small
(CU05)
creature, medium
(CU06)
creature, medium
CU07 Feathered Aeronimbus
creature, large
CU08 Disrupting Current
instant, counterspell
CU09 Impeding Gust
instant, combat trick?
(CU10)
instant
(CU11)
instant
(CU12)
instant
(CU13)
sorcery
CU14 Lone Schooner
artifact
(UU01)
(UU02)
(UU03)
(UU04)
(UU05)
(UU06)
(UU07)
(UU08)
(RU01)
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(RU07)
(MU01)
CB01 Deathshot Harpooner
creature, small
CB02 Nercogen Elemental
creature, small
(CB03)
creature, small
(CB04)
creature, small
(CB05)
creature, medium
(CB06)
creature, medium
(CB07)
creature, medium
(CB08)
creature, medium
(CB09)
instant, removal
(CB10)
instant, combat trick
(CB11)
instant
(CB12)
sorcery, removal
(CB13)
sorcery
(CB14)
artifact
(UB01)
(UB02)
(UB03)
(UB04)
(UB05)
(UB06)
(UB07)
(UB08)
(RB01)
(RB02)
(RB03)
(RB04)
(RB05)
(RB06)
RB07 Dark Discoveries
(MB01)
CR01 Edencrag Roc
creature, small
(CR02)
creature, small
(CR03)
creature, small
(CR04)
creature, small
(CR05)
creature, small
(CR06)
creature, medium
(CR07)
creature, medium
(CR08)
creature, medium
CR09 Skyraider's Volley
instant, removal
(CR10)
instant, combat trick
(CR11)
instant
(CR12)
instant
(CR13)
sorcery
(CR14)
artifact
(UR01)
(UR02)
(UR03)
(UR04)
(UR05)
(UR06)
(UR07)
(UR08)
(RR01)
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
(RR06)
(RR07)
(MR01)
(CG01)
creature, small
(CG02)
creature, small
(CG03)
creature, small
(CG04)
creature, small
CG05 Waterfall Crocodile
creature, medium
(CG06)
creature, medium
(CG07)
creature, medium
(CG08)
creature, medium
(CG09)
creature, large
(CG10)
instant, combat trick
(CG11)
instant
(CG12)
sorcery
(CG13)
sorcery
(CG14)
artifact
UG01 Bant Island Explorer
(UG02)
(UG03)
(UG04)
(UG05)
(UG06)
(UG07)
(UG08)
(RG01)
(RG02)
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(RG07)
(MG01)
(CH01)
(CH02)
(CH03)
(CH04)
(CH05)
(UH01)
(UH02)
(UH03)
(UH04)
(UH05)
(UH06)
(UH07)
(UH08)
(UH09)
(UH10)
(UH11)
(UH12)
(UH13)
(UH14)
(UH15)
(UH16)
(UH17)
(UH18)
(UH19)
(UH20)
(UH21)
(UH22)
(UH23)
(UH24)
(UH25)
(UH26)
(UH27)
(UH28)
(UH29)
(UH30)
(UH31)
(UH32)
(UH33)
(UH34)
(UH35)
(UH36)
(UH37)
(UH38)
(UH39)
(UH40)
(UH41)
(UH42)
(UH43)
(UH44)
(UH45)
(UH46)
(UH47)
(UH48)
(UH49)
(UH50)
(UH51)
(UH52)
(UH53)
(UH54)
(UH55)
(UH56)
(UH57)
(UH58)
(UH59)
(UH60)
(UH61)
(UH62)
(UH63)
(UH64)
(UH65)
(UH66)
(UH67)
(UH68)
(UH69)
(UH70)
(UH71)
(UH72)
(UH73)
(UH74)
(UH75)
(UH76)
(UH77)
(UH78)
(UH79)
(UH80)
(UH81)
(UH82)
(UH83)
(UH84)
(UH85)
(UH86)
(UH87)
(UH88)
(UH89)
(UH90)
(UH91)
(UH92)
(UH93)
(UH94)
(UH95)
(UH96)
(UH97)
(UH98)
(UH99)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH10)
(UH11)
(RH01)
(RH02)
(RH03)
(RH04)
(RH05)
(RH06)
(RH07)
(RH08)
(RH09)
(RH10)
(RH11)
(RH12)
(RH13)
(RH14)
(RH15)
(RH16)
(RH17)
(RH18)
(RH19)
(RH20)
(RH21)
(RH22)
(RH23)
(RH24)
(RH25)
(RH26)
(RH27)
(RH28)
(RH29)
(RH30)
(RH31)
(RH32)
(RH33)
(RH34)
(RH35)
(RH36)
(RH37)
(RH38)
(RH39)
(RH40)
(RH41)
(RH42)
(RH43)
(RH44)
(RH45)
(RH46)
(RH47)
(RH48)
(RH49)
(RH50)
(RH51)
(RH52)
(RH53)
(RH54)
(RH55)
(RH56)
(RH57)
(RH58)
(RH59)
(RH60)
(RH61)
(RH62)
(RH63)
(RH64)
(RH65)
MH01 Vernand, the Scourge Captain
MH02 High Admiral Adallon
MH03 Alta Miccar, the Explorer
(MH04)
(MH05)
CA01 Thopter Squadron
CA02 Westhaven Patrol
(CA03)
(CA04)
(CA05)
(CA06)
(CA07)
(CA08)
UA01 Ship's Automaton
(UA02)
(UA03)
(UA04)
(UA05)
(UA06)
(UA07)
(UA08)
(UA09)
(UA10)
(RA01)
(RA02)
(RA03)
(RA04)
RA05 Terrain Assembler
MA01 Reverence, Pride of the Fleet
(CL01)
(CL02)
(CL03)
(CL04)
(CL05)
(CL06)
(CL07)
(CL08)
(CL09)
(CL10)
(UL01)
(UL02)
(UL03)
(UL04)
(UL05)
(RL01)
(RL02)
(RL03)
(RL04)
(RL05)