[ABU] [Reboot] The Gathering

[ABU] [Reboot] The Gathering by SecretInfiltrator

163 cards in Multiverse

66 commons, 53 uncommons,
21 rares, 10 mythics, 5 basics, 8 tokens

2 token white, 2 token black, 1 colourless, 1 token hybrid redwhite, 1 token colourless, 1 token artifact, 1 token blue, 21 white, 17 blue,
21 black, 21 red, 17 green, 17 multicolour, 16 hybrid, 5 split, 4 artifact, 15 land

176 comments total

Colored artifacts, enchantments creatures, modern keywords, noncreature tokens... from Day 1.

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Using the sets Alpha, Beta and Second Edition as template, this set will use modern design elements. The goal is to overload the set with modern mechanics and make it smaller at the same time.

There will be:

Maybe:

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The set creator would like to draw your attention to these comments:

On Holy Ward (reply):
on 30 Oct 2024 by SecretInfiltrator:

If this set uses Role-like mechanic one of them could be "Warded".

Alternatively shield counters.

 On Nature's Divine Vengeance (reply):
on 07 Feb 2024 by SecretInfiltrator:

Candidate for a legendary sorcery.

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Divine Conservator
{3}{w}
 
 C 
Artifact Creature – Construct
Whenever you cast a Cleric spell or Divine spell, you gain 2 life.
1/4
1 comment
2024-11-05 15:14:38 by SecretInfiltrator
Goblin Tyrant
{1}{r}{r}
 
 R 
Creature – Goblin Noble
Other Goblins you control get +1/+1.
{3}{r}{r}, Sacrifice a Goblin: This creature deals damage equal to that creatures power to any target.
2/2
1 comment
2024-11-05 15:05:17 by SecretInfiltrator
Etlan Shiis Noble
{u}{u}
 
 R 
Creature – Merfolk Noble
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, surveil 1.
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.
2/2
1 comment
2024-11-05 15:01:48 by SecretInfiltrator
Ironclaw Berserker
{3}{r}{r}
 
 U 
Creature – Orc Berserker
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
3/1
Go Berserk
{2}{r}
 
 U 
Instant – Adventure
Double target creature’s power until end of turn.
1 comment
2024-11-05 14:45:51 by SecretInfiltrator
Surging Stormkite
{3}{r}{r}{g}{g}
 
 M 
Creature – Hydra Dragon
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, destroy target land.
When this creature enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Whenever a creature or land is put into a graveyard, this creature deals 2 damage to its controller.
4/8
1 comment
2024-11-05 14:18:55 by SecretInfiltrator

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On [ABU] [Reboot] The Gathering:
on 2024-11-12 13:39:44 by SecretInfiltrator:
  • Tahazzar wrote: "Why do you feel the adventure mechanic is something appropriate for a very basic, fundamental set? To me it seems rather awkwardly complicated with it jamming miniature cards inside other cards within the context of this type of reboot alpha set."

Where does this set give you the impression that it wants to be "a very basic, fundamental set"? I feel, I expressed the opposite:

  • SecretInfiltrator wrote: "The goal is to overload the set with modern mechanics and make it smaller at the same time."

My goal is to remix the set using modern tools and remove redundancies e. g. white has a circle of protection against each color and a ward against each color. That's ten slots for noncreature cards that are also very similar to each other, explaining both why white has so few creatures in ABU and why it feels kind one-note.

The adventurer frame helps me achieve my goals for this set in multiple ways:

  • Sometimes I will be able to make a reference to a creature and an instant/sorcery on the same card, allowing me to put two checkmarks on my list of cards to reference for a single card put into the set.
  • Sometimes it allows me to put down a reference checkmark for an instant/sorcery while still putting in a creature card to balance the creature:noncreature ratio from ABU norms to modern norms.

This touches on the key of what this set wants to do. It's not a mere "ABU but now it is a modern core set and I want everything as simple as possible" which I and others have done.

It's the opposite: This set invites Time Spiral/Modern Horizons shenanigans on cards that are simple. Look at e. g. the rare cycle of cards withe adventurer frame. The creatures are all french vanilla! There is a cycle of commons with activated abilities commonly found on commons (and it's a theme for the cycle) but otherwise it's evergreen keyword abilities on all cards except one.

The individual cards are not very complex IMO, and the fact that adventurer frame cards are "complicated" is offset by the fact their volume/as-fan; you only need to learn a set mechanic once and understand it for all of them.

tl;dr:

I think, this comes down to your preconceived notion of "this type of reboot alpha set". But that type I did here (not public as of me writing this).

This is not that.

On [ABU] [Reboot] The Gathering:
on 2024-11-12 08:10:58 by Tahazzar:

Why do you feel the adventure mechanic is something appropriate for a very basic, fundamental set? To me it seems rather awkwardly complicated with it jamming miniature cards inside other cards within the context of this type of reboot alpha set.

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