Hinterlands of Ghocamer: Brainstorm

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Mechanics | Brainstorm

Ideas for Ghocamer

Revolves around primary creature types of each color :

• : Kithkin, Angel : Soldier, Cleric
• : Merfolk, Brain : Rogue, Wizard
• : Vampire, Demon : Assassin, Warlock
• : Pyrfolk, Dragon : Warrior, Shaman
• : Dryad, Treefolk : Scout, Druid

Plane Terrains

• Map generator
  • Varying biomes
  • Continents
  • Oceans

Conflicts and Interests

• Five Planeswalkers ; one per color ; primary races

  • : Kithkin, Viesvi
  • : Merfolk, Liyu
  • : Vampire, Carmilla
  • : Pyrfolk, Yong Ngaam
  • : Dryad, Hannastya

• Scenes

• Past

  • Five nations , endless war
  • Stalemate

• Present

  • Proxy battles annually , using best fighters from each nation
  • Winner nation gets tributes from others
  • Neutral city , arena

Mechanics

Returning Mechanics

• split cards ; split art (see Honor // Grace, Hearth // Stone ); Unfold (rare) ; Fuse (uncommon) ; Aftermath (common)
• colored artifacts
• colorless-hybrid
• Vehicle, crew
• phase out
• artifact tokens:
  • gift
  • clue
  • blood
  • treasure
  • food
  • weapon

Novel Mechanics

All colors utilize same mechanics in different ways.

• exhaust (tap untapped permanent you control):

  • defense, cost
  • defense, tempo
  • offense, punishment
  • offense, land disruption
  • offense, cost

• compare mana values:

  • uniformity
  • spell cost
  • deduction
  • randomness
  • creature size

• attachment (aura, curse, equipment, fortification):

  • search, aura, equipment, enchant attachment
  • move, fast equip, enchant hand or library
  • search, steal, detach, curse, enchant player
  • equipment, fast equip, enchant spell in grave or exile
  • aura, growth, enchant field
  • accessorize, Accessory

Draft Archetypes

­:

• WU =
• WB =
• UB =
• UR =
• BR =
• BG =
• RG =
• RW =
• GW =
• GU =

Cycles

Set Size

Set :

• = 261 = Total cards
• = 108 = Commons
• = 81 = Uncommons
• = 54 = Rares
• = 18 = Mythics

Pack :

• = 12 = Total cards
• = 8 = Commons
• = 3 = Uncommons
• = 1 = Rares
• = 1/8 = Mythics

Draft :

• = 48 = Total cards
• = 4 = Packs
• = 32 = Commons
• = 12 = Uncommons
• = 4 = Rares / Mythics

Sealed :

• = 84 = Total cards
• = 7 = Packs
• = 56 = Commons
• = 21 = Uncommons
• = 7 = Rares / Mythics