Ankh-Duat: Design notes

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Each enemy pair is assigned a primary race and class. Tinted creatures of that pair must use at least one of those types, and cannot use a type assigned to a different color pair. The pairs are: ­

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• White cares about black (Cats and Clerics; lifelink counters)
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• Blue cares about red (Djinns and Pirates; flying counters)
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• Black cares about green (Hounds and Scouts; deathtouch counters)
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• Red cares about white (Viashinos Nomads; first strike counters)
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• Green cares about blue (Crocodiles and Shamans; trample counters)
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Current cycles: ­

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• Common delve pro-enemy spells: Unworthy Expulsion, Wind Spasms, Delving Lunge, *Death Rattle & Owner's Demise ­
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• Common monocolor split cards: (((Fine // Dandy))), (((Search // Replace))), (((Intents // Purposes))), (((Fun // Games))), (((Risks // Returns)))
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• Common afterlife priests: Priests of Koltek, Priests of Hatshep, Priests of Khem), Priests of Munthab & Priests of Ampher ­
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• Uncommon semihybrid ability granters: ((C24919)), ((C26385)), ((C26383)), ((C26386)), ((C26384))
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• Uncommon shrouds: Shroud of Vigilance, Shroud of Ferocity, Shroud of Fury, Shroud of Tempests, Shroud of Poison ­
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• Uncommon enemy color split cards: (((Bright // Early))), (((Church // State))), (((Heaven // Earth))), (((Lock // Load))), (((Theory // Practice)))
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• Rare enemy color gold split cards: (((Better // Worse))), (((Friend // Foe))), (((Sooner // Later))), (((Make // Break))), (((Sink // Swim)))
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• Rare Sarcophagi: (((Marble Sarcophagus))), (((Turquoise Sarcophagus))), (((Onyx Sarcophagus))), (((Garnet Sarcophagus))) & (((Jade Sarcophagus)))
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• Mythic tribal leaders: (((Ahnumtet, Prince Aspirant))), (((Eldjar, Raider of the Nuhar))), (((Mardeft, Scroll Reader))), (((Keshrek, Sandmaster))), (((Perkhem, Mangrove Mystic)))
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• Mythic tribal leaders: Koltek, the Moon Seated, Hatshep, the Cloudborn, Khem, Overseer of the Tombs, Munthab, the Desertbreather, Ampher, the Islandmaker ­
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• Undecided rare land cycle between: ­
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  • Mana fetchlands: Radiant Beach, Sinkhole Lake, Peat Mound, Forest Outcrop & Sundrenched Glade ­
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  • Dual discardlands: Dry Reedbed, Abyssal Volcano, Skeletal Forest, Gaping Canyon & Oceanic Mangrove ­
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The hound tribe are called the Zabins. The croc tribe are the Ibeshis (from the ancient egyptian word for "tooth")

Fertility cards currently care about the "correct" color of land at common, the enemy land at uncommon and both at rare.