QPF : Skeleton
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 Barn Hunter
One-mana creature
xxx
(CW02)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CW03)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CW04)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CW05)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CW06)
Three-mana creature
xxx
CW07 Woman-o-war
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CW08)
Four-mana creature
xxx
(CW09)
Four-mana creature
xxx
(CW10)
Five- or six-mana creature
xxx
(CW11)
Six- or seven-mana creature
xxx
(CW12)
Combat-related removal
xxx
(CW13)
Banishing Light
xxx
(CW14)
Combat trick
xxx
(CW15)
Disenchant/removal spell
xxx
(UW01)
1 MV critter
xxx
(UW02)
2 MV critter
xxx
(UW03)
2 MV critter
xxx
(UW04)
3 MV critter
xxx
(UW05)
3 MV critter
xxx
(UW06)
4 MV critter
xxx
(UW07)
5 MV critter
xxx
(UW08)
Any MV (no more than 2-3/mv)
xxx
(UW09)
Any MV
xxx
(UW10)
Any MV
xxx
(UW11)
Creature removal (efficient)
xxx
UW12 Journeyhelpers
Non-creature
xxx
(UW13)
Non-creature
xxx
(UW14)
Non-creature
xxx
RW01 Revolutionary Studies
(RW02)
(RW03)
(RW04)
(RW05)
(RW06)
(RW07)
(RW08)
(MW01)
CU01 Expert Crimer
Two-mana creature
xxx
CU02 Genome Raven
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CU03)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CU04)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CU05)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CU06)
Four-mana creature
xxx
(CU07)
Five- or six-mana creature
xxx
(CU08)
Six- or seven-mana creature
xxx
(CU09)
Protective instant
xxx
(CU10)
Counterspell
xxx
CU11 Faerie Miscreant
Cantrip
xxx
CU12 Quick Study
Draw spell (two-three cards)
xxx
(CU13)
Witness Protection Aura
xxx
CU14 run away together
Top or bottom bounce spell
xxx
(CU15)
Modal spell
xxx
(UU01)
1 or 2MV critter
xxx
(UU02)
2 MV critter
xxx
(UU03)
3 MV critter
xxx
(UU04)
4 MV critter
xxx
(UU05)
5 MV critter
xxx
(UU06)
Any MV
xxx
(UU07)
Any MV, maybe noncreature
xxx
(UU08)
Card draw
xxx
(UU09)
Counterspell
xxx
(UU10)
Non-creature
xxx
(UU11)
Non-creature
xxx
(UU12)
Non-creature
xxx
(UU13)
Non-creature
xxx
(UU14)
Non-creature
xxx
RU01 Hardworking Enchantress
(RU02)
(RU03)
(RU04)
(RU05)
(RU06)
(RU07)
(RU08)
(MU01)
CB01 Snarling Gorehound
One- or two-mana creature
xxx
(CB02)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CB03)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CB04)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CB05)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CB06)
Four-mana creature
xxx
(CB07)
Four- or five-mana creature
xxx
(CB08)
Five- or six-mana creature
xxx
(CB09)
Six- or seven-mana creature
xxx
(CB10)
Small conditional removal
xxx
(CB11)
Combat trick
xxx
(CB12)
Card draw (added cost)
xxx
(CB13)
Coercion+
xxx
(CB14)
Unconditional removal
xxx
(CB15)
Slightly overcosted removal
xxx
UB01 Faerie Dreamthief
1 or 2MV critter
xxx
UB02 Hype Gublin
2 MV critter
xxx
(UB03)
3 MV critter
xxx
(UB04)
4 MV critter
xxx
(UB05)
5 MV critter
xxx
(UB06)
Any MV
xxx
(UB07)
Any MV
xxx
(UB08)
Any MV, maybe noncreature
xxx
(UB09)
Reanimation
xxx
(UB10)
Removal
xxx
(UB11)
Non-creature
xxx
(UB12)
Non-creature
xxx
(UB13)
Non-creature
xxx
(UB14)
Non-creature
xxx
RB01 Diabolic Studies
(RB02)
(RB03)
(RB04)
(RB05)
(RB06)
(RB07)
(RB08)
(MB01)
CR01 Goblemn
One- or two-mana creature
xxx
(CR02)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CR03)
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CR04)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CR05)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CR06)
Three- or four-mana creature
xxx
(CR07)
Four- or five-mana creature
xxx
(CR08)
Five-mana creature
xxx
(CR09)
Six-mana creature
xxx
(CR10)
Direct damage (deals 2)
xxx
(CR11)
Combat trick
xxx
(CR12)
Rummaging/impulsive draw
xxx
CR13 Bladefall
Modal Shatter
xxx
(CR14)
Direct damage (efficient, usually deals 4)
xxx
(CR15)
Direct damage (five mana, 6 damage)
xxx
(UR01)
1 or 2MV critter
xxx
(UR02)
2 MV critter
xxx
(UR03)
3 MV critter
xxx
(UR04)
4 MV critter
xxx
(UR05)
5+ MV
xxx
(UR06)
Any MV
xxx
(UR07)
Any MV
xxx
(UR08)
Any MV, maybe noncreature
xxx
(UR09)
Small sweeper/multi-target direct dmg
xxx
(UR10)
Direct damage (most often any target)
xxx
UR11 Walkabout
Non-creature
xxx
(UR12)
Non-creature
xxx
(UR13)
Non-creature
xxx
(UR14)
Non-creature
xxx
(RR01)
(RR02)
(RR03)
(RR04)
(RR05)
(RR06)
(RR07)
(RR08)
(MR01)
CG01 Daydreamin' Gublin
One- or two-mana creature
xxx
(CG02)
Two-mana creature
xxx
CG03 Warmongerin' Auntie
Two-mana creature
xxx
(CG04)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CG05)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CG06)
Three- or four-mana creature
xxx
(CG07)
Four- or five-mana creature
xxx
(CG08)
Five-mana creature
xxx
(CG09)
Six-mana creature
xxx
(CG10)
Six- or seven-mana creature
xxx
(CG11)
Fight spell
xxx
CG12 Pummel Party
Bite spell
xxx
(CG13)
Combat trick (power pump)
xxx
(CG14)
Mana acceleration
xxx
(CG15)
Dig for lands and/or creatures
xxx
UG01 Genome Frog
1 or 2MV critter
xxx
UG02 Jade Avenger
2 MV critter
xxx
(UG03)
3 MV critter
xxx
(UG04)
4 MV critter
xxx
(UG05)
5 MV critter
xxx
(UG06)
6+ MV
xxx
(UG07)
Any MV
xxx
(UG08)
Any MV
xxx
(UG09)
Any MV
xxx
(UG10)
Mana ramp (more than 1 mana)
xxx
(UG11)
Non-creature
xxx
(UG12)
Non-creature
xxx
(UG13)
Non-creature
xxx
(UG14)
Non-creature
xxx
RG01 Rattleshake Gublin
(RG02)
(RG03)
(RG04)
(RG05)
(RG06)
(RG07)
(RG08)
(MG01)
(UZ01)
ub
Two-color enabler, maybe faerie
(UZ02)
ub
Two-color payoff, maybe faerie
UZ03 Cranky Lil' Guy
ug
Two-color enabler
UZ04 Anurid's Revenge
ug
Two-color payoff
(UZ05)
gw
Two-color enabler
(UZ06)
gw
Two-color payoff
UZ07 Berzerk Sage
wr
Two-color enabler
UZ08
wr
Two-color payoff
UZ09 Red Mantis Diviner
rb
Two-color enabler, maybe goblin
UZ10 Red Mantis Spellbook
rb
Two-color payoff, maybe goblin
UZ11 Belching Pod
bg
Two-color enabler, maybe goblin
(UZ12)
bg
Two-color payoff, maybe goblin
(UZ13)
gr
Two-color enabler, maybe goblin
(UZ14)
gr
Two-color payoff, maybe goblin
(UZ15)
ru
Two-color enabler
(UZ16)
ru
Two-color payoff
(UZ17)
uw
Two-color enabler, maybe faerie
(UZ18)
uw
Two-color payoff, maybe faerie
(UZ19)
wb
Two-color enabler, maybe faerie
(UZ20)
wb
Two-color payoff, maybe faerie
(RZ01)
(RZ02)
(RZ03)
(RZ04)
(RZ05)
(RZ06)
(RZ07)
(RZ08)
(RZ09)
(RZ10)
(RZ11)
(RZ12)
(RZ13)
(RZ14)
(RZ15)
(RZ16)
(RZ17)
(RZ18)
(RZ19)
(RZ20)
(UH01)
(UH02)
(UH03)
(UH04)
(UH05)
(UH06)
(UH07)
(UH08)
(UH09)
(UH10)
CA01 Nope Stick
Two-mana creature (variance buster)
xxx
(CA02)
Three-mana creature
xxx
(CA03)
Four-mana creature
xxx
(CA04)
Removal
xxx
CA05 Juicy Rock
Manalith+ ability
xxx
(UA01)
1 or 2 MV critter
xxx
(UA02)
3 or 4 MV critter
xxx
(UA03)
5 or 6 MV critter
xxx
(UA04)
Any MV
xxx
(UA05)
Removal (conditional and/or inefficient)
xxx
(UA06)
Non-creature
xxx
(UA07)
Non-creature
xxx
(CL01)
Land fixing
xxx
(UL01)
land
xxx
(UL02)
land
xxx
(UL03)
land or noncreature
xxx
RL01 Pixie Paradise
RL02 Dreamdance Den
RL03 Misfits' Gulch
RL04 Hot Kiss Grove
RL05 Pissed Kitten Lane
(RL06)
(RL07)
(RL08)
(RL09)
(RL10)
(ML01)