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last 2021-12-30 06:37:32 by zzo38
 
4 comments
last 2016-09-20 01:27:00 by dude1818
5 comments
last 2015-04-25 16:57:42 by Jack V
16 comments
last 2021-04-14 04:00:55 by zzo38
 
 
What do you think this card type will be?
22 comments
last 2023-04-10 21:41:43 by zzo38
Plot
If the Gatewatch is like the Justice League, then wouldn't it only be a matter of time for Wizards to make an Injustice League too?
8 comments
last 2022-11-05 11:31:14 by SecretInfiltrator
 
A block constructed where various archetypes are represented and balanced: aggro, control, midrange, combo, tempo (and possibly prison and land destruction).
7 comments
last 2014-04-28 15:00:19 by amuseum
 
Both of them are probably capable of traversing planes so this could be a battle that is raging on in many planes at the same time across the multiverse.
5 comments
last 2017-12-05 06:42:06 by Tahazzar
 
The full history of Sarpadia. Main themes is tribes. Each tribes may have subthemes, like counters, tides, etc.
3 comments
last 2014-07-23 03:49:54 by keflexxx
 
Block or set with no cards using standard frames. I.e. all cards are either split, flip, double-face, leveler, planeswalker, or full image (e.g. basic lands and vanillas.)
3 comments
last 2013-11-16 07:03:59 by jmgariepy
 
Down-top set/block with the main idea being to apply/justify the "Great Noncreature Type Update". That is, to add flavorful ("tribal") subtypes for instants, sorceries, and possibly enchantments.
7 comments
last 2017-12-14 13:42:17 by Vitenka
Keyword ability
~ is a variant of phasing.
In addition to the usual effects of phasing, if a permanent enters the battlefield while it has ~, a phased out token is created that is a copy of it, at the same time. Its status is the same except that the copy is phased out.
1 comment
2022-05-06 07:16:30 by zzo38
Keyword ability
"~--[text]" is a static keyword ability. As a permanent with this ability enters the battlefield or is faced up, add the specified ability text to this permanent as a layer 3 effect. This effect ends if this permanent is faced up after being faced down. If multiple ~ abilities are linked to each other, then the abilities added in this way are also similarly linked.
1 comment
2022-08-09 21:30:20 by zzo38
Keyword ability
"Chain from [quality]--[text]" means that this spell has the specified ability (usually a spell ability, but it might not be) from when you start to cast it until it leaves the stack, if all of the following conditions are met:
- Either you had cast a spell with the specified quality, or played a land with the specified quality, or a spell with the specified quality that you had cast has resolved.
- You did not do anything else with your priority (including passing) since the most recent such event occurred, other than cast the spell with this chain ability, and optionally mana abilities.
- The event occurred during the same step of the same turn (e.g. you cannot chain from the resolution of a spell that ends the turn).
Once it gains the ability, it does not lose it until it leaves the stack, so changing the conditions so that they are violated will not remove it (nor will changing its text, e.g. if the quality is "red", then Sleight of Mind cannot change whether or not the chain condition is met.
 
Maro's article today announced changes to the way blocks and rotation will work for the foreseeable future. What do you think?
22 comments
last 2014-08-29 00:22:16 by jmgariepy
21 comments
last 2017-11-27 19:26:12 by Mal
 
 
12 comments
last 2016-08-02 17:30:41 by Circeus
 
Discuss mechanics, returning cards, etc
31 comments
last 2022-01-12 05:31:09 by dude1818
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Discuss ways to improve Magic's combat system. Including how to give players more strategic and tactical control.
7 comments
last 2014-04-30 08:21:08 by Vitenka
 
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/designing-universes-beyond-2022-09-12
14 comments
last 2022-09-15 06:02:05 by SecretInfiltrator
 
Why does WotC consider dice mechanics something not serious? I.E. being relegated to an "Un-" set instead of a real MTG set. Most player's have them, and I don't think it's any less convenient than attempting to find counters and tokens for things. Seems like it has potential.
3 comments
last 2017-12-30 14:01:51 by SecretInfiltrator
 
Arena Jumpstart: Historic Horizons will introduce mechanics that only work in the digital game.
15 comments
last 2021-08-19 10:55:14 by SecretInfiltrator
 
Remove supertypes from the game and turn them into keywords.
12 comments
last 2022-01-18 21:10:06 by zzo38
 
How to download the official Oracle texts (as JSON, SQLite, or other data-oriented format) with all italic texts (reminder texts, ability words, flavor words) excluded (or marked in some way as being italic, so that they can be removed afterward if wanted)? What I had found (including JSON in Scryfall) doesn't do.
21 comments
last 2022-01-02 19:15:10 by SecretInfiltrator
9 comments
last 2020-05-23 13:15:31 by jmgariepy
Keyword ability
Evolutionary is a static ability which affects the process of casting a spell that has this ability. During the mode selection step of a spell with "Evolutionary [cost]", you can choose any combination of the following options any number of times; it is done before selecting modes. Each choice makes this spell cost an additional [cost] to cast.
- Change the text of this spell by replacing all instances of one color word with another.
- Change the text of this spell by replacing all instances of one creature type word with another.
- Change the text of this spell by replacing all instances of one basic land type word with another.
- Change the text of this spell by replacing all instances of one nonbasic land type word with another.
5 comments
last 2022-05-03 18:10:29 by amuseum
12 comments
last 2013-07-05 11:15:11 by Alex
 
Modal spells now use bullets. Choose one —
• That's really cool!
• I don't care.
• What? That's ridiculous!
16 comments
last 2015-04-25 23:52:28 by Link
16 comments
last 2018-02-15 10:38:35 by Tahazzar
 
What is Magic's greatest strength?
What is Magic's greatest weakness?
If you could change one thing about Magic, what would you change and why?
25 comments
last 2021-04-19 06:28:42 by Tahazzar
 
If you could make an existing keyword evergreen, what would it be and why?
Which keyword would you remove from the evergreen keywords?
What keyword was received the most poorly but has the most potential?
14 comments
last 2018-01-23 15:06:00 by dude1818
 
What was your favorite set and the worst part about it?
What was your least favorite set and the best part about it?
5 comments
last 2018-01-28 23:00:37 by amuseum
 
In English there has been a push for a singular gender-neutral pronoun. If one is "officially" added to English how do you think it would alter the format of how cards are phrased? If a "new" pronoun, like xe is added, would the cards be "he, she, or xe discards..."? If they were to also become a singular gender-neutral pronoun would that just become the default "that they controls"? Alternatively pronouns could probably be avoided entirely with by just referencing a person as player "unless that player pays..."
8 comments
last 2021-04-14 04:02:11 by zzo38
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It's up. Anyone joining?
92 comments
last 2018-02-22 16:03:33 by Phopus
 
If this doesn't fit here, I'll remove it.
20 comments
last 2020-06-14 02:57:05 by jmgariepy
 
been moving away from it myself, mainly because if my sets ever get played it sure won't be by newbies. might as well give myself license to ratchet up the complexity

do you guys design as if you're a WOTC employee, or do you do it for yourselves/your friends?
14 comments
last 2021-12-30 12:02:51 by Vitenka
13 comments
last 2018-07-08 11:57:17 by Froggychum
 
Strixhaven will see "shuffle your library" to just "shuffle."

converted mana cost is reworded as mana value.
19 comments
last 2021-03-31 14:27:33 by dude1818
Puzzle
How many different ways can you lose at once?
13 comments
last 2016-11-20 06:48:18 by dude1818
 
M15 will introduce slight modifications to the card frames. However I don't suggest this site follow along because their slim borders make it very hard to discern a card's color, especially on a monitor screen. Keep the borders solid and highly contrasted from the text box.
5 comments
last 2014-01-07 17:28:43 by Alex
 
1 comment
2019-07-11 08:05:27 by SecretInfiltrator
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Game
Magic Arena is WotC's latest online interface to emulate the paper game.
8 comments
last 2021-11-06 16:34:33 by Link
 
So... what happened?
3 comments
last 2013-11-28 10:44:03 by jmgariepy
2 comments
last 2015-06-29 14:26:57 by Link
 
Snow as a theme is quite popuar despite being very parasitic, because it is evocative.
One weakness of snow-themes: Including Snow Basic Lands has no cost.
22 comments
last 2018-05-12 08:56:38 by Tahazzar
 
14 comments
last 2021-12-30 06:57:30 by zzo38
 
7 comments
last 2016-07-27 12:35:40 by Alex
 
 
mill 1 cards (Put the top one cards of their library into their graveyard.)
18 comments
last 2020-06-09 18:06:29 by Froggychum
7 comments
last 2019-06-19 15:34:20 by SecretInfiltrator
18 comments
last 2019-07-22 04:39:49 by dude1818
 
MtG Salvation is being shut down. Is anyone else sad about that?
16 comments
last 2019-07-11 19:45:06 by Tahazzar
5 comments
last 2022-09-03 01:12:08 by Circeus
20 comments
last 2018-02-10 18:43:06 by amuseum
 
NEw FORUM GAME: Choose a playtest card from the mystery boosters and find a card on magicmultiverse that most resembles it. Lowest Card ID wins, Card IDs greater than this card's Card ID are disqualified.
2 comments
last 2019-11-09 16:54:15 by Link
 
In a surprising turn of events NNWO is instated in a fictional parallel universe. It is decided that all previously evergreen keyword mechanics that now only are redflagged are demoted to deciduous and need replacements that are truely simple.
11 comments
last 2018-06-26 15:07:01 by Tahazzar
33 comments
last 2022-02-18 11:52:45 by Tahazzar
 
Someone's trained a recurrent neural network on Magic rules text. The results are predictably amusing.
4 comments
last 2015-06-29 14:43:01 by keflexxx
 
plenty of stuff
11 comments
last 2022-05-06 10:22:23 by Sorrow
9 comments
last 2017-06-18 10:13:58 by SecretInfiltrator
13 comments
last 2017-12-05 12:05:03 by SecretInfiltrator
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Plane
Pursuant to article Community Set / Universe > Planeswalker, whereby such a discussion regarding how walking the planes was desired in the main game. Hereby resides the unofficial meta-discourse of the possible creation of such a new card type to be introduced into the normal game.
1 comment
2014-03-20 07:40:16 by amuseum
 
How do you decide what creatures fill your original planes?
5 comments
last 2021-12-30 06:24:00 by zzo38
10 comments
last 2015-06-09 15:46:47 by Jack V
 
 
Magic: the Puzzling, and cards that can be used in puzzles (Rosewater's "Magic: the Puzzling" book says that cards that are hardly of any use except puzzles are called "rosewater" cards).
2 comments
last 2023-03-31 04:41:46 by zzo38
Scale
Rabiah Scale is how likely Maro thinks they are to return to a plane in a Standard-legal set.
24 comments
last 2017-04-24 15:28:07 by Circeus
17 comments
last 2016-03-25 02:34:32 by jmgariepy
10 comments
last 2023-01-31 16:31:55 by dude1818
4 comments
last 2013-07-14 08:02:59 by Jack V
Legendary
In response of lackluster legendary theme in Kamigawa block, could the theme have fared better if Legends appeared in a special sheet, ala Time Spiral Timeshifted cards, Innistrad DFC cards, or Dragon's Maze lands sheet?
14 comments
last 2018-05-21 16:50:30 by SecretInfiltrator
9 comments
last 2016-01-12 10:48:51 by NymphadoraTonks
 
discussion thread for this year's state of design
1 comment
2019-08-26 17:10:18 by Circeus
 
19 comments
last 2021-12-30 06:14:55 by zzo38
Block
Story-Based Block means the story determines which plane the block takes place.
1 comment
2016-12-01 14:00:19 by amuseum
22 comments
last 2021-04-14 04:11:08 by zzo38
 
4 comments
last 2013-08-08 11:19:13 by Jack V
 
How do you test cards%? Particularly for draft?
6 comments
last 2013-06-27 10:29:07 by Alex
17 comments
last 2014-03-21 02:01:39 by Link
 
An excellent Orzhov fanfiction story. See comments for link.
1 comment
2013-06-25 23:08:08 by Jack V
 
Has anybody tried it? What do you think?
8 comments
last 2013-09-26 03:29:32 by Link
 
 
57 comments
last 2013-09-24 13:41:44 by Circeus
 
On the interaction of monstrous cards and high-costed removal
3 comments
last 2014-01-13 19:33:57 by Vitenka
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Choose one or more —
• Color indocators are now symbolic.
• Phyrexian mana now looks like hybrid mana.
• Devoid is now a batch word.
Comments appreciated.
7 comments
last 2019-10-23 22:56:08 by Jack V
 
The march update for EDH now allows a player to return their commander to the command zone if their commander would be sent to their hand or shuffled into their library.
14 comments
last 2015-03-26 23:54:09 by jmgariepy
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Discuss the upcoming set release.
You may discuss the change from silver border to black border.
26 comments
last 2022-10-25 19:19:36 by zzo38
Conversation
Fandom cards/sets are valid, just not standard-legal.
12 comments
last 2021-03-29 19:05:59 by Jack V
 
Not really a conversation point per se, but someone requested an update to the creature ratios for each color for a design skeleton. May be of interest.
3 comments
last 2017-03-08 20:00:01 by Link
7 comments
last 2016-09-13 23:46:04 by Alex
 
Share some of your cards that showcase your unique style as a designer.
2 comments
last 2023-03-28 20:31:12 by zzo38
Topic
New set, let's talk about the new mechanics and themes, like modal dfcs and party.
46 comments
last 2021-02-24 05:39:13 by zzo38
 
Lots of syntax changes, new card qualities, new keyword variants and more. See comments for details.
28 comments
last 2021-02-24 05:22:48 by zzo38
 
OP post will explain all...
3 comments
last 2018-01-28 16:44:28 by Froggychum
 
3 comments
last 2018-07-09 00:34:19 by Froggychum
 
For example,
"You may pay {5} to draw a card"
instead of
"You may pay {5}, if you do, draw a card"
11 comments
last 2018-06-29 12:46:12 by Vitenka
 
i made a new card in my dump but it doesnt show up on the recent updates
1 comment
2018-02-12 20:38:09 by Froggychum
 
Some cardsets are explicitly community-designed.
All public cardsets are implicitly inviting comment.
But sometimes we want to explicitly ask for help from the community for personal cardsets. How do we do that?
12 comments
last 2022-12-17 23:16:56 by Vitenka
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Leave a comment with links to individual cards or card sets you'd like feedback to let others know.
11 comments
last 2023-02-26 10:32:08 by SecretInfiltrator
12 comments
last 2014-07-25 07:58:36 by Alex
Creature – Dwarf
13 comments
last 2013-12-12 22:32:16 by amuseum
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Legendary Creature – Human Child
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Zoe, Delightful Child.
1/1
Zoe, Ravenous Monster
 
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Legendary Creature – Human Child
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control and lose 1 life. Then if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Zoe, Ravenous Monster.
5/5
4 comments
last 2014-04-30 03:23:48 by Link
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Game Design – New Rules
Wizards has taught us new words before:

- "remove from the game" became "exile"
- "creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield" became "creature dies"

What other new vocabulary/templating are you interested in?
93 comments
last 2022-02-04 20:39:32 by SecretInfiltrator
33 comments
last 2022-02-20 07:58:31 by dude1818
New Format
DrugsForRobots likes LCGs and so do I, so how about a Magic the Gathering format that does away with randomized boosters?
3 comments
last 2017-12-06 16:36:29 by DrugsForRobots
 
In MaRo's podcast this week, he talks about the technology Wizards uses.
1 comment
2015-03-28 23:10:17 by dude1818
Sorcery
I'm curious, is there a way to delete card sets you gave up on?
1 comment
2013-12-04 22:04:34 by Alex
Enchantment
5 comments
last 2013-05-24 16:44:20 by Alex
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Instant
You may cast "Lightning" spells from your graveyard until end of turn. ("Lightning" spells means any spell with Lightning in its name.)
14 comments
last 2021-04-14 03:51:42 by zzo38
 
What are your thoughts on Dragons of Tarkir? Do you have some favorite cards? How about cards that your really dislike? How do you think Wizards handled their Dragon theme? What do you think of the clan mechanics? Feel free to ask your own questions as well.
15 comments
last 2015-03-24 03:13:07 by Circeus
 
What are red forms of defense?
2 comments
last 2022-05-13 09:46:19 by Sorrow
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How to make Green more interactive.
11 comments
last 2016-11-04 14:17:58 by Circeus
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5 comments
last 2013-07-06 08:43:38 by jmgariepy
 
Mark Rosewater lays out all the abilities in all the colours (as of June 2017 design-time).
5 comments
last 2017-06-06 10:10:30 by Alex
29 comments
last 2013-04-23 18:04:49 by Link
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Differences in color pie between 2017 and 2021.
5 comments
last 2021-11-14 04:31:59 by SecretInfiltrator
10 comments
last 2017-03-15 13:41:47 by Alex
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Creature – Sliver
What do you think about the return of Slivers for the core set?
19 comments
last 2013-05-10 05:02:36 by DrugsForRobots
 
Is there something to be done with a concept were creatures (and possibly planeswalker) are all monocolored (or gold monocolor), but all other spells (minus artifact) are multicolored? What about the other way around?
4 comments
last 2015-02-14 17:02:04 by Alex
 
There is badly a need for some sort of common keyword in UR. This is for discussing this issue.
47 comments
last 2021-12-06 03:28:16 by Sorrow
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World
Choose up to nine —
• The Glorious Façade
• Mirrex
• Furnace Layer
• Hunter's Maze
• Surgical Bays
• Dross Pits
• Fair Basilica
• Mycosynth Gardens
• Seedcore
2 comments
last 2023-01-07 19:30:52 by SecretInfiltrator
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Ongoing
Legends Return: The First Dominaria United Previews Are Here
5 comments
last 2022-09-07 03:00:04 by amuseum
21 comments
last 2016-11-09 12:54:00 by Alex
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Legendary
WotC is remaking legendary creatures from Legends.
One of them will be a planeswalker. (They don't tell yet, but feel free to take a guess...)
2 comments
last 2022-07-24 00:32:05 by Sorrow
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World
“I’ve heard much about you from my daughter,” Multani rumbled. “There was a timew hen I’d balk at your aid, phantom, but she has shown me the merit in Urborg’s strange ways.”
“Gnshhagghkkapphribbit,” replied Yargle.
6 comments
last 2023-03-31 04:06:03 by zzo38
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Legendary
Will legendary creatures soon "walk" to different planes?
7 comments
last 2022-08-29 07:01:25 by SecretInfiltrator
9 comments
last 2015-04-22 14:28:29 by Circeus
Request – Design
I am having so much trouble with my {g}{u} "Dignified" faction in pemberly.
7 comments
last 2019-10-23 22:37:26 by Jack V
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Creature – Goblin Wizard
Range (This creature may attack with another creature as a band. This creature is assigned combat damage after non-range creatures.)
1/1
8 comments
last 2018-03-03 14:47:28 by Vitenka
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Artifact Enchantment
14 comments
last 2021-04-14 03:59:59 by zzo38
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Update – Rules
9 comments
last 2013-05-24 18:12:32 by dude1818
1 comment
2023-01-07 10:45:35 by Sorrow
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World
- stickers
- attractions (teased)
1 comment
2022-07-24 05:47:41 by SecretInfiltrator
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Legendary Artifact
8 comments
last 2015-07-22 09:27:02 by Jack V
 
Question – Request
2 comments
last 2015-03-11 15:14:03 by Link
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Land
When is it appropriate to give a land a basic land type?
7 comments
last 2014-04-16 04:35:21 by Link
14 comments
last 2013-12-16 04:39:34 by jmgariepy
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Land – Dual
Discuss criteria and candidates for good duals that go into the core sets.
10 comments
last 2014-02-07 08:07:39 by jmgariepy
 
So MagicMultiverse is an amazing tool for custom MtG cardset creators, but it has the potential to be the Web's premier custom card-game mockup tool (phrasing?)
2 comments
last 2017-12-03 11:59:08 by SecretInfiltrator
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Land
4 comments
last 2016-12-05 14:32:20 by Link
Land
I want a term that describes playing a card, but not casting it.
It obviously should make sense with lands, but preferable would be versatile enough to use with hypothetical custom card types that aren't using the stack either.
9 comments
last 2018-06-16 10:00:10 by SecretInfiltrator
 
Here's a list of all known mana symbols in the system.
17 comments
last 2018-07-09 16:22:45 by Froggychum
Supertype – Subtype
Regarding the idea of Instants being a subtype of Sorcery rather than a Supertype unto itself (or worse, in combination with another, i.e. Instant Creature, yuck!)
8 comments
last 2021-04-14 03:34:32 by zzo38

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