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 Whovillager
creature, small
CW02 Turtledove
creature, small, flying
two turtle doves
CW03 Tiny Who Daughter
creature, small, protection from snow
CW04 "Small First-Striker"
snow creature, small, first strike
CW05 Candy Cane Shieldbearer
snow creature, small, vigilance
CW06 "Medium Suspend"
creature, medium, suspend
CW07 Toy Soldier
snow creature, medium, IfC
IfC cycle
CW08 "Bad Healing Salve"
instant, prevent damage
CW09 " Combat Trick"
instant, +/+ trick
CW10 Wreath of Frost
enchantment, aura, Pacifism
(UW01)
(UW02)
(UW03)
(UW04)
(UW05)
UW06 Long Winter's Nap
UW07 UW07 Removal Spell
removal spell
(RW01)
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(MW01)
(MW02)
CU01 "Small "
creature, small
CU02 French Hen
creature, small, flying
three French hens
CU03 Frost Beetle
creature, small, snow land walk, suspend
CU04 Silver Bell Siren
snow creature, small, shroud
CU05 Yule Tide Mermaid
snow creature, medium, IfC
IfC cycle
CU06 Dispel
instant, counterspell
CU07 Slip On Ice
instant, bounce
CU08 Early Gift
instant, draw 2
CU09 Sending Out Cards
sorcery, draw 3
CU10 Wreath of Feathers
enchantment, aura, flight
(UU01)
(UU02)
(UU03)
(UU04)
(UU05)
(UU06)
UU07 UU07 Removal Spell
removal spell
(RU01)
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(MU01)
(MU02)
CB01 "Small "
creature, small
CB02 "Small Deathtouch"
creature, small, deathtouch
CB03 Animated Snowman
snow creature, small, lifelink
CB04 Frosted Butter Cookie
creature, medium, suspend
CB05 "Christmas Vampire"
creature, medium, flying
CB06 Sleepstealer
snow creature, medium, IfC
IfC cycle
CB07 Holiday Hangover
instant, underpowered creature removal
care about -1/-1 counters?
CB08 Four Calling Birds
sorcery, return creature to hand
four calling birds
CB09 Unwanted Gifts
sorcery, add -1/-1 counters
CB10 Wreath of Bone
enchantment, aura, lifelink activated ability
(UB01)
(UB02)
(UB03)
(UB04)
(UB05)
(UB06)
UB07 UB07 Removal Spell
removal spell
(RB01)
(RB02)
(RB03)
(RB04)
(RB05)
(RB06)
(MB01)
(MB02)
CR01 Lesser Kallikantzaros
creature, small
1-mana Goblin
CR02 Christmas Morning
creature, small, haste, Surprise
(CR03)
snow creature, small, first strike
(CR04)
creature, medium, haste
(CR05)
creature, medium, firebreathing
(CR06)
snow creature, medium, IfC
IfC cycle
CR07 Snowball Fight
instant, 2 damage
Snowball cycle
(CR08)
instant, +N/+0 first strike trick
(CR09)
sorcery, Surprise, destroy artifact
CR10 Wreath of Peppermint
enchantment, aura, firebreathing
(UR01)
(UR02)
(UR03)
(UR04)
(UR05)
UR06 Snowball Skirmish
Snowball cycle
UR07 UR07 Removal Spell
removal spell
(RR01)
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
RR06 Snowball War
Snowball cycle
(MR01)
MR02 Snowball Schism
Snowball cycle
CG01 Teddy Bear
creature, small, Surprise
bear
CG02 Improvised Reindeer
creature, small, deathtouch
CG03 Toy Factory Worker
snow creature, small
elf dork
(CG04)
creature, medium, reach
(CG05)
creature, medium, trample
(CG06)
snow creature, medium, IfC
IfC cycle
(CG07)
creature, large, IfSnow
(CG08)
sorcery, Surprise, creature token creator
(CG09)
sorcery, land search
CG10 Wreath of Holly
enchantment, aura, reach and trample
(UG01)
(UG02)
(UG03)
(UG04)
(UG05)
(UG06)
UG07 UG07 Removal Spell
removal spell
(RG01)
(RG02)
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(MG01)
(MG02)
(UZ01)
enemy color signpost
(UZ02)
enemy color signpost
(UZ03)
enemy color signpost
(UZ04)
enemy color signpost
(UZ05)
enemy color signpost
(RZ01)
(RZ02)
(RZ03)
(RZ04)
(RZ05)
MZ01 Scrooge, Redeemed
PW
(MZ02)
PW
(MZ03)
PW
(MZ04)
PW
(MZ05)
PW
(UH01)
ally color signpost
(UH02)
ally color signpost
(UH03)
ally color signpost
(UH04)
ally color signpost
(UH05)
ally color signpost
(RH01)
(RH02)
(RH03)
(RH04)
(RH05)
(MH01)
(MH02)
(MH03)
(MH04)
(MH05)
CA01 Partridge in a Pear Tree
creature, small
partridge
CA02 Brick Chimney
creature, medium
wall - chimney?
CA03 Golden Rings
equipment, small buff
five golden rings
CA04 New-Fallen Snow
snow mana fixing
CA05 Dry Leaves
equipment, flying
(UA01)
snowman
(UA02)
(UA03)
(UA04)
(UA05)
RA01 Giftbringer
Santa's sleigh
CL01 Plains
CL02 Island
CL03 Swamp
CL04 Mountain
CL05 Forest
CL06 Wastes
CL07 Snow-Covered Plains
CL08 Snow-Covered Island
CL09 Snow-Covered Swamp
CL10 Snow-Covered Mountain
CL11 Snow-Covered Forest
CL12 Snow-Covered Wastes
UL01 It Came Anyway
saga land
(UL02)
saga land
(UL03)
saga land
(UL04)
saga land
(UL05)
saga land
reindeer games