"Wake up, sleepyheads!" Edition

>To make cards, download MSE for free from here:
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>OR
>Mobile users might have an easier time signing up here:
https://mtg.design/
https://mtgcardsmith.com/
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>Stitch cards together with
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>Hi-Res MSE Templates
https://pastebin.com/2AFqrY68

>Mechanics doc (For the making of color pie appropriate cards)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgaKCOzyqM48dFdKRXpxTDRJelRGWVZabFhUU0RMcEE

>Color Pie mechanics
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2021-10-18

>Read this before you post cards for the first time, or as a refresher for returning cardmakers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jn1J1Mj-EvxMxca8aSRBDj766rSN8oSQgLMOXs10BUM

>Design articles by Wizards
http://pastebin.com/Ly8pw7BR

>Primer: NWO and Redflagging
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/community-forums/creativity/custom-card-creation/578926-primer-nwo-redflagging

>Q: Can there be a sixth color?
A: http://pastebin.com/kNAgwj7i

>Q: What's the difference between multicolor and hybrid?
A: http://pastebin.com/yBnGki1C

>Q: What is precedence?
A: http://pastebin.com/pGxMLwc7

>Q: How can I proxy my cards for testing?
A: <https://pastebin.com/9Xj1xLdM //> https://mtgprint.cardtrader.com

>Art sources
http://www.artstation.com/
https://www.deviantart.com/
https://cgsociety.org/
http://fantasygallery.net/
http://grognard.booru.org/
https://stablediffusionweb.com/#demo
https://deepai.org/

>/ccg/ sets
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(/ccg/ collab set in development)
Thread question: Are you following the recent updates in text templating, or are you sticking with classic templating? (e.g. "this creature" instead of the name of the card.)

Getting the thread started with a common

Are we back?

Fuck it, we're back.

I'll post some stuff. How are your sets going?

>>96221752
A cute effect. Might be too efficient for a common at instant speed, given it'd be an abstract kind of 2-for-1 when replying to removal.

>>96224784
My second set's been slow because the game fucking sucks and most of my bros are barely interested in drafting anymore.
But I do still pluck at it sometimes when I have an idea.

>>96222382

>>96226471

>>96224780
fuck no

>>96227702
Guess not.

I can't remember the name of this set that used only classical art, the creator posted the whole thing here. What was it called? and was it posted somewhere else?

Modern Avishkar set.

>>96233755
>>96233802
Kek.

Vietnam war set

>>96234321

some Adult Swim

can I get some feedback on the wording of the effect?

the flavor idea is that if any creature activates or triggers, it is showing emotion and therefore gets its face stolen, and koh gets to use their abilities

mechanically its probably too telegraphed unless flashed somehow, or maybe it needs some kind of support where you can forcibly activate enemy creatures

>>96235888
>Whenever a player activates an ability of another creature, counter that ability and exile that creature.

>~ has all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled by it.

>>96235919
what about triggered abilities?

>>96235977
They're not so easy to batch in this specific kind of effect.
Probably something like,

>Whenever an activated ability of another creature activates or a triggered ability of another creature triggers...
If you want both.

>>96235977
Design avoids creatures that have triggered abilities of multiple creatures because it can be an absolute nightmare to track and work around.

>>96236581
can't be worse than mutate

Jesus I was waiting for a thread like this.

I was spitballing an idea for a set, and I realized I was doing this whole thing wrong: Is it a waste of time to have a whole mechanic of Mutate cards and Human creatures and a mechanic that allows Human creatures to lose the Human creature type, when I could just use Emerge creatures instead and not deal with a middleman mechanic complicating things?

The only thing is that I had the human creatures usually have activated abilities that would be maintained on a Mutate stack.

>>96237157
>I was spitballing an idea for a set, and I realized I was doing this whole thing wrong: Is it a waste of time to have a whole mechanic of Mutate cards and Human creatures and a mechanic that allows Human creatures to lose the Human creature type, when I could just use Emerge creatures instead and not deal with a middleman mechanic complicating things?
Unfortunately, solving design issues like this is something WotC is fanatically averse to lmao.

Sounds good though. Champion is another option, though less flexible.

>>96237447
So like on an abstract level Emerge conveys similar concepts that I want to convey, and is pretty effortless to implement. You just need creatures on your board, and to decide whether you want sac one to cast something in your hand.

But I still have an itch for a mutated creature keeping activated abilities.

You’re onto something with Champion, I could just add a line of rules text that it has the activated abilities of the exiled creature. It feels wrong flavor wise but I might be able to live with that.

I’m just realizing how stupid it feels to tack a brightness counter ability on shit just to enable the mutate cards to be played as I intended.


I’m not defending this particular card, but it’s an example of an ability that has a better payoff when mutated into something with a bigger stat line.

>>96237633
>You’re onto something with Champion, I could just add a line of rules text that it has the activated abilities of the exiled creature. It feels wrong flavor wise but I might be able to live with that.
Exile-Emerge and Champion fill a similar design space. Though, Emerge is also more flexible as it allows for casting it without a "tribute"

I always advocate not copping out and having your designs stand on their own, without needing back-up crutches. Neutering your own design space due via whataboutism sucks. Just do the purest form of your design, and make it work.

>>96237633
Isn't this just fighting?

>>96237728
Yes. I tried to copy the wording on one card, I forget exactly which one, but I don’t believe it’s oracle text was changed to “fight.” I don’t remember why. I copied what I could to try and format it for Delirium.

>>96237697
I might commit to Imprint instead. I can gain the advantage of defining characteristics based on the exiled card, without the extra baggage of trying to subvert the limitations of Mutate.

I’m wondering if I should make the exile trigger not be a “may” ability, but “exile another creature you control.” Or maybe I’ll just save that for special occasions.

>>96239211
Makes sense. Solves a lot of problems without demanding complex game states.

>>96222382
Extremely cute and thematic design for Mike, big fan. In return, have another cat youkai.

>>96243857
Very silly card, but I saw the art and had to make use of it.

>>96243857
I'm glad you like it, fellow touhou fan

Thoughts on this quirky rare

>>96248630
The rules change where face-down cards were no longer basic 2/2 creatures was one of the worst rules changes of all time.

Other than that, it's a fine effect. A good way to make "tokens" without them being free value.

>>96235040
made me kek

>>96254882
I found some old cards I made a long time ago. I took a picture I had somewhere on my drives and tried to make a card for it. Some of them are kind of not the worst dogshit I could've done.
Thought I'd share.

>>96254899

Thought this would make for a fun commander deck wincon

>>96255829
And this here would be the commander

>>96234321
This frame looks great with more contemporary settings.

>>96259557
This is an insanely good rate. 2 mana for a 1/1 (soon to be a 2/2), another 1/1 that flies, and at minimum 2 free damage.

>>96259682
This on the other hand I would probably never play since it gets progressively more difficult to crew, and soon basically impossible. If you only have a couple creatures, adding an additional 1/1 won't make much a difference. And if you have a big creature, you're not gonna wanna waste it crewing this thing.

The Great War

>>96265194

>>96265198
nice

Does the wording on this card make sense?

>>96270827
Explain how it is supposed to work. Rulewise seems hard to support and the way I understand it, the stakes game doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

>>96271099

Basically, It's supposed to go like this: You get a 7 drop. The next guy gets a 5 drop. Next guy after him gets a 3 drop. And everybody else gets a 1 drop.

Did a second pass on the card with different wording. Think it's better and hopefully makes more sense.

why doesn't the italics button work on my flavor text in magic set editor?
anything i need to cahnge in set info or elsewhere?

>>96283930
nvm got it

>>96283710
Didn't you mean to name this guy a JavElineer instead of JavAlineer?

>>96272339

Alright, probably the final version of this card. Cleaned up the wording a bit more and made sure that the visuals aren't fucked.

I've been on an Animorphs kick and so decided to make some cards. Since Animorphs came out in 1996, I was shooting for cards that wouldn't feel all that out of place back in the Mirage Block/Tempest Block/5th Edition standard era, complete with outdated wording and typing and limited concern for the color pie.

>>96219672 (OP)
you guys use those cards to play or is it just for fun?

>>96291451
just for fun
look at them
I suck at this game

>>96291451
>you guys use those cards to play or is it just for fun?
The set I finished, I've drafted it with friends a few dozen times. We've mostly stopped though, MTG sucks ass and we've moved onto other games.