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).
To get started, click the "Generate" tab above!
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)
creature, 1 MV
(CW02)
creature, 1/2 MV
CW03 Gathering Forces
creature, 2 MV
CW04 Redwater Guard
creature, 2 MV
(CW05)
creature, 2 MV
(CW06)
creature, 2/3 MV
(CW07)
creature, 3 MV
(CW08)
creature, 3 MV
(CW09)
creature, 4 MV
(CW10)
creature, 4 MV
(CW11)
creature, 5 MV
(CW12)
creature, 5/6 MV
(CW13)
spell, weak removal
(CW14)
spell, usually pacify
(CW15)
spell, large removal(large/tapped)
(CW16)
Combat trick
(CW17)
Aura/Equipment
(CW18)
Pump spell
(CW19)
Artifact/enchantment removal
(UW01)
creature, 1 MV
(UW02)
creature, 2 MV
(UW03)
creature, 2/3 MV
(UW04)
creature, 3 MV
(UW05)
creature, 4 MV
UW06 Tamed Roc
creature, 5 MV
(UW07)
creature, Any MV
(UW08)
creature, Any MV
(UW09)
spell, creature removal
UW10 Marooned
spell
(UW11)
spell
(UW12)
spell
UW13 Adventurer's Crest
spell
RW01 Bell of Order
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(RW07)
(MW01)
(CU01)
creature, 1 MV
(CU02)
creature, 2 MV
(CU03)
creature, 2 MV
CU04 Owl Guide
creature, 3 MV
(CU05)
creature, 3 MV
(CU06)
creature, 4 MV
CU07 Mirror Attendants
creature, 4 MV
(CU08)
creature, 5 MV
(CU09)
creature, 6+ MV
(CU10)
utility creature or spell
(CU11)
spell, hard counterspell
(CU12)
spell, restricted counter
(CU13)
spell, Pacify aura
(CU14)
spell, Card draw
CU15 Adventurer's Guild Library
spell, cantrip / loot
(CU16)
spell, bounce
(CU17)
spell, aura/combat trick
(CU18)
spell, creature disrupt(-X/0, tapping, etc)
CU19 Celestial Acceleration
spell
(UU01)
creature, 1/2 MV
(UU02)
creature, 2 MV
(UU03)
creature, 3 MV
UU04 Court Mage
creature, 4 MV
(UU05)
creature, 5 MV
(UU06)
creature, Any MV
(UU07)
creature, Any MV
(UU08)
spell, card draw
(UU09)
spell, counter
UU10 Branching Paths
spell
UU11 Kuo-Toan Worship
spell
UU12 Oracle's Mask
spell
UU13 Staff of Saint Augustine
spell
RU01 Space Stone
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(RU07)
MU01 Eye of Krono
CB01 Warlock's Familiar
creature, 1 MV
CB02 Hemocraft Scholar
creature, 2 MV
(CB03)
creature, 2 MV
(CB04)
creature, 2/3 MV
CB05 Trauma's Skeletons
creature, 3 MV
(CB06)
creature, 3 MV
CB07 Thunderbeast Skeleton
creature, 4 MV
(CB08)
creature, 4 MV
(CB09)
creature, 5 MV
(CB10)
creature, 6+ MV
(CB11)
spell, removal
(CB12)
spell, small removal
(CB13)
spell, conditional removal/edict
(CB14)
spell, conditional removal(weak)
(CB15)
spell, card draw w/ cost
(CB16)
spell, graveyard to hand
(CB17)
spell, discard
CB18 Emergency Amputation
spell, aura or combat trick
(CB19)
Anything
(UB01)
creature, 1/2 MV
(UB02)
creature, 2 MV
(UB03)
creature, 3 MV
(UB04)
creature, 4 MV
UB05 Frost Demon
creature, 5 MV
(UB06)
creature, any MV
(UB07)
creature, any MV
UB08 Northwell Coup
spell, removal
(UB09)
spell, reanimation
UB10 Emperor's Blessing
spell
UB11 Selfless Sacrifice
spell
UB12 Crimson Visions
spell
UB13 Artificial Hatred
spell
RB01 Bell of Evil
(RB02)
(RB03)
(RB04)
(RB05)
(RB06)
(RB07)
MB01 Grymm
(CR01)
creature, 1 MV
(CR02)
creature, 2 MV
(CR03)
creature, 2 MV
(CR04)
creature, 2 MV
CR05 Magic Motorcycle
creature, 3 MV
(CR06)
creature, 3 MV
(CR07)
creature, 4 MV
(CR08)
creature, 4 MV
(CR09)
creature, 5 MV
(CR10)
creature, 5+ MV
(CR11)
spell, efficient targeted damage
CR12 Draconic Grief
spell, targeted damage
CR13 Tempt with Rage
spell, steal effect/bad damage
(CR14)
spell, mass pump or land destruction
(CR15)
spell, cantrip or loot
(CR16)
spell, aura or equipment
CR17 Battle as One
spell, combat trick
(CR18)
spell, artifact destruction/can't block/player damage
CR19 Crimson Sacrifice
spell, anything
(UR01)
creature, 1/2 MV
(UR02)
creature, 2 MV
(UR03)
creature, 3 MV
UR04 Lord Brine
creature, 4 MV
(UR05)
creature, 5+ MV
(UR06)
creature, Any MV
(UR07)
creature, Any MV
(UR08)
spell, direct damage
UR09 Face the Death Knight
spell, sweeper or damage to multiple targets
UR10 Release Inhibitions
spell
(UR11)
spell
(UR12)
spell
UR13 Ancestral Axe
spell
RR01 Bell of Chaos
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
(RR06)
(RR07)
(MR01)
(CG01)
creature, 1 MV
CG02 Druid of Four Worlds
creature, 2 MV
(CG03)
creature, 2 MV
CG04 Doomed Mapmaker
creature, 3 MV
(CG05)
creature, 3 MV
(CG06)
creature, 3/4 MV
CG07 Cryptid Carl
creature, 4 MV
(CG08)
creature, 4 MV
(CG09)
creature, 5 MV
(CG10)
creature, 5/6 MV
(CG11)
creature, 6+ MV
(CG12)
spell, fight/bite
(CG13)
spell, pump
(CG14)
spell, combat trick
(CG15)
spell, cantrip or filter
(CG16)
spell, aura or equipment
(CG17)
spell, anti-flying
(CG18)
spell, ramp
(CG19)
spell, naturalize
(UG01)
creature, 1/2 MV
(UG02)
creature, 2 MV
(UG03)
creature, 3 MV
(UG04)
creature, 4 MV
(UG05)
creature, 5 MV
(UG06)
creature, 6+ MV
(UG07)
creature, any MV
(UG08)
creature, any MV
UG09 Stitch to the Cloak
spell, ramp
UG10 Thunderbeast Ambush
spell
(UG11)
spell
(UG12)
spell
UG13 Father's Pendant
spell
RG01 Bell of Good
RG02 Gigantism
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(RG07)
(MG01)
UZ01 Morgan Kidd, Lost Pirate
creature, signpost
UZ02 Rasshu, Uncommon Version
creature, signpost
UZ03 Drexel, Wandering Noble
creature, signpost
UZ04 Bediviere Trueheart, Helpful Squire
creature, signpost
UZ05 Valgin, Uncommon Variant
creature, signpost
UZ06 Ecstasy, Doomed Seer
creature, signpost
UZ07 Jeanette, Endowed Researcher
creature, signpost
UZ08 Wood, Mischievous Jester
creature, signpost
UZ09 Fanrik, Sand Sorcerer
creature, signpost
UZ10 Gabe, Angelic Archer
creature, signpost
(UZ11)
UZ12 Curse of the Emperor
(UZ13)
(UZ14)
(UZ15)
(UZ16)
(UZ17)
(UZ18)
(UZ19)
(UZ20)
RZ01 Larrick, in Exile
RZ02 King Redwater
RZ03 Lawrence
RZ04 Thane, King of the Tide
RZ05 Nellie, Eldritch Knight
(RZ06)
(CA01)
creature, 1/2 MV
CA02 Uriel, the Protector
creature, 3/4 MV
(CA03)
creature, 5/6 MV
(CA04)
spell, equipment
CA05 Bounty Board
spell, color fixing/fetching
(CA06)
spell, mana production
(UA01)
creature, 1/2 MV
(UA02)
creature, 3/4 MV
(UA03)
creature, 5/6 MV
(UA04)
spell, inefficient and/or conditional removal
UA05 Adventurers' Ship
spell
(UA06)
spell
RA01 Angurvadal, Stream of Violence
(RA02)
(RA03)
(RA04)
(RA05)
(RA06)
(RA07)
(RA08)
(RA09)
(RA10)
MA01 The Death Knight
MA02 Rasshu of Four Worlds
(MA03)
(MA04)
(MA05)
(MA06)
(CL01)
(CL02)
(CL03)
(CL04)
(CL05)
RL01 Pit of Hatred
(RL02)
(RL03)
(RL04)
(RL05)