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Freeform Design Contest - 5/13/13

kevinfdh

13%

Daij_Djan

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master creator of all

JeReT

bioplay

33%

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Sewn-Eye

33%

Total votes: 15

Lumehaven community set

Fri, 2010-09-03 16:33
Anuttymous	For flavour, we have: Spoiler: Set 1) Lumehaven has always been home to both the Bastion of Suns and the Bastion of Moons. Both are intensely powerful magical fields which are revered and used to gain power. The Bastion of Suns has the power of purification from disease and injury, enchantmental qualities, physical enhancement, and resurrection - Auramancers flock here to study the enchantmental magic. The Bastion of Moons has a darker power, which can be used for foresight, deceptive magic, knowledge, and is more focused on temporary magic such as spells - Sorcerers flock here to enhance their sorcery. Planeswalkers consider Lumehaven a must stop to study the Bastions and enhance their magics. The Ota, hearing of the Bastions, come from the multiverse and try to take the Bastion of Suns by force. Set 2) The Lumehavians try to take back the Bastion of Suns and protect the Bastion of Moons. However, the Ota absorb the power of the Bastion of Suns which makes them stronger than ever. They are able to hold off any attacks. Set 3) Planeswalkers from another plane show up to drive out the Ota and restore the Bastion of Suns. They use the power of the Bastion of Moons to help them achieve this, however, the darker power has unfortunate side effects when used freely. [Possibly: Set 4) The planeswalkers become addicted to the Bastion of Moons and fight off the Lumehavians.] For non-keyword mechanics, we have: Spoiler: Enchantment creatures Leadership Auras Enchant requirements For keywords, we have: Spoiler: Replicate <cost> (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Aura Swap <cost> ({param1}: Exchange this Aura with an Aura card in your hand.) Incessant (When this is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may attach any Auras attached to it to any permanents they could enchant.) Ambience - As long as this is enchanted, [effect]. Cards we need wiki: Spoiler: Lumehaven Newest additions: Skeleton: Spoiler: 20 basic lands 101 commons: 19 colour, 5 artifact, 1 land 62 uncommons: 11 colour, 2 artifact, 5 land (dual cycle) 50 rares: 9 colour, 4 artifact, 1 land 16 mythics: 3 colour, 1 artifact cycle 1 (C_09) – enchantment creature cycle with similar effects cycle 2 (C_11) – enchantment turning into creature cycle cycle 3 (U_10) – next allied colour replicate cycle (W spell with U replicate, U spell with B replicate, etc.) cycle 4 (R_06) – Aura cycle with incessant using creature's power/toughness to help CW01 – creature, small, first strike CW02 – creature, small, lifegain/lifelink CW03 – creature, small, vigilance CW04 – creature, medium, protection (from enchantments) CW05 – creature, medium, high toughness, +1/+1 counters CW06 – creature, medium, flying CW07 – creature, enchantment, small, flash CW08 – creature, enchantment, small, defender CW09 – creature, enchantment, small, flying, cycle 1 CW10 – creature, enchantment, medium, flying CW11 – enchantment, turns into creature, cycle 2 CW12 – enchantment, lifegain CW13 – enchantment, Aura, locking Aura CW14 – enchantment, Aura, give keywords CW15 – enchantment, Aura, +/+ boost CW16 – instant, destroy enchantment, nonreplicate CW17 – instant, +/+ trick CW18 – instant, prevent damage CW19 – sorcery, two tokens, nonreplicate UW01 – creature, small, double strike UW02 – creature, small, high toughness, not defender UW03 – creature, large, big lifegain UW04 – creature, enchantment, flying, incessant-giving UW05 – creature, enchantment, flying, Angel UW06 – enchantment, Aura UW07 – enchantment, non-Aura UW08 – instant, creature removal, nonreplicate UW09 – instant, enchantment transformer, nonreplicate UW10 – instant, blink effect, cycle 3 UW11 – sorcery, destroy artifact or enchantment RW01 – creature, small, vigilance, preventing damage RW02 – creature, small, Aura-fiddler RW03 – creature, enchantment, small RW04 – creature, enchantment, medium, enchantment-focused RW05 – creature, enchantment, medium/large, Angel, enchantment saving RW06 – enchantment, Aura, +/+ big boost, incessant, cycle 4 RW07 – enchantment, create creatures RW08 – enchantment, Aura, lifegain gimmick RW09 – sorcery, Wrath of God CU01 – creature, small, Twiddle CU02 – creature, small, flying, Owl CU03 – creature, medium, flying, shroud CU04 – creature, small, vanilla, Crab CU05 – creature, large, islandwalk/enchantmentwalk, Serpent CU06 – creature, enchantment, small, bounce, flash CU07 – creature, enchantment, flying, drawing CU08 – enchantment, Aura, enchant land CU09 – creature, enchantment, small, cycle 1 CU10 – enchantment, Aura, unblockable CU11 – enchantment, turns into creature, cycle 2 CU12 – enchantment, Aura, locking Aura CU13 – enchantment, Aura, toughness boost CU14 – instant, hard counter, nonreplicate CU15 – instant, gain flying CU16 – instant, soft counter (counter enchantment), nonreplicate CU17 – instant, bounce, nonreplicate CU18 – sorcery, one mana cantrip CU19 – sorcery, mill UU01 – creature, small, unblockable UU02 – creature, small, Aura-fiddler UU03 – creature, enchantment, medium, odd shenanigan UU04 – creature, enchantment, medium, flying UU05 – enchantment, non-Aura, UU06 – enchantment, Aura, control (control Aura and attached permanent) UU07 – enchantment, Aura, incessant/aura swap UU08 – instant, heavy counter, nonreplicate UU09 – instant, whatever else UU10 – instant, -/- trick, replicate, cycle 3 UU11 – sorcery, card drawing RU01 – creature, small, flash, give flash RU02 – creature, medium/large, flying, Sphinx RU03 – creature, enchantment, shroud, drawing effect RU04 – enchantment, Aura, incessant RU05 – enchantment, enter as copy RU06 – enchantment, quirkiness, incessant, cycle 4 RU07 – instant, more quirkiness RU08 – instant, I have no idea RU09 – sorcery, Timmy card with no apparent use CB01 – creature, small, sac ability CB02 – creature, small, evasion CB03 – creature, small, Rat CB04 – creature, small/medium, flying CB05 – creature, medium, something else CB06 – creature, large, regenerate CB07 – creature, enchantment, small, lifelink CB08 – creature, enchantment, small/medium, flying CB09 – creature, enchantment, medium, cycle 1 CB10 – enchantment, non-Aura, whatever CB11 – enchantment, turns into creature, cycle 2 CB12 – enchantment, Aura, lifedrain CB13 – enchantment, Aura, boost, aura swap CB14 – enchantment, Aura, keyword CB15 – instant, +X/+0 trick CB16 – instant, removal, -/- end of turn CB17 – sorcery, another thing CB18 – sorcery, return from graveyard to hand CB19 – sorcery, small discard UB01 – creature, small, deathtouch UB02 – creature, small, swampwalk UB03 – creature, small/medium, overpowered with drawback UB04 – creature, enchantment, small UB05 – creature, enchantment, medium UB06 – enchantment, Aura, return from graveyard to battlefield UB07 – enchantment, Aura, enchant land UB08 – instant, removal, destroy UB09 – sorcery, large discard UB10 – sorcery, replicate ally colour, cycle 3 UB11 – sorcery, lifedrain RB01 – creature, small, Vampire-ish RB02 – creature, medium, evasion RB03 – creature, large, RB04 – creature, enchantment, flying RB05 – enchantment, non-Aura, punishing RB06 – enchantment, Aura, discard-related, incessant, cycle 4 RB07 – enchantment, Aura, activated abilities RB08 – instant, exile card from graveyard then hand and library RB09 – sorcery, I don't even know CR01 – creature, small, Goblin CR02 – creature, small, Dwarf, can't block this turn effect CR03 – creature, small, pure vanilla CR04 – creature, small/medium, high power with drawback CR05 – creature, small/medium, power boosting CR06 – creature, enchantment, small/medium, attack each turn if able CR07 – creature, enchantment, medium/large, first strike CR08 – enchantment, Aura, power boost CR09 – creature, enchantment, small, haste, cycle 1 CR10 – enchantment, non-Aura, not sure CR11 – enchantment, non-Aura, turns into creature, cycle 2 CR12 – enchantment, Aura, boost/keyword, incessant CR13 – enchantment, Aura, 3 damage, aura swap CR14 – instant, damage creature or player CR15 – instant, artifact removal CR16 – instant, removal, damage CR17 – sorcery, land removal CR18 – sorcery, CR19 – sorcery, UR01 – creature, small, Dwarf, mana boost UR02 – creature, small, uses artifacts or lands for boost UR03 – creature, small, artifact destoyer UR04 – creature, small/medium, anti-enchantment UR05 – creature, enchantment, small, tap to deal damage UR06 – enchantment, non-Aura, deal extra damage UR07 – enchantment, Aura, UR08 – instant, UR09 – instant, UR10 – sorcery, replicate allied colour, cycle 3 UR11 – sorcery, gain control for one turn RR01 – creature, medium/large, RR02 – creature, small, Dwarf, helps Dwarves RR03 – creature, small, Dwarf, quirkiness RR04 – creature, medium, flying, Phoenix RR05 – creature, enchantment, large, flying, Dragon RR06 – enchantment, Aura, incessant, cycle 4 RR07 – enchantment, Aura, leadership Aura RR08 – enchantment, non-Aura, mana boosting RR09 – sorcery, haste copy one turn CG01 – creature, small, reach CG02 – creature, small, cost reduction/mana accelerating CG03 – creature, small, Bear (2/2 for 1C) CG04 – creature, small/medium, destroy artifact or enchantment CG05 – creature, medium, +/+ boosting CG06 – creature, medium, +1/+1 counters CG07 – creature, medium/large, vanilla CG08 – creature, large, trample, Wurm CG09 – creature, enchantment, large, cycle 1 CG10 – creature, enchantment, small/medium, deathtouch CG11 – enchantment, non-Aura, turns into creature, cycle 2 CG12 – enchantment, non-Aura, anti-flying CG13 – enchantment, Aura, reach CG14 – enchantment, Aura, +/+ boost and keyword CG15 – enchantment, Aura, whatever you think CG16 – instant, +/+ boost CG17 – instant, prevent combat CG18 – sorcery, land search CG19 – sorcery, lifegain UG01 – creature, small, cost reduction UG02 – creature, small, return card from graveyard to hand UG03 – creature, medium, anti-enchantment UG04 – creature, enchantment, medium, enchantment-focused UG05 – enchantment, Aura, lure UG06 – enchantment, Aura, enchant land, produce more mana UG07 – instant, UG08 – instant, creature token UG09 – sorcery, UG10 – sorcery, destroy artifact/enchantment, replicate allied colour, cycle 3 UG11 – sorcery, RG01 – creature, small, tap for lots of mana, Elf RG02 – creature, small, enchantment destroyer/hater RG03 – creature, medium, trample haste sacrifice RG04 – creature, large, nonenchantment-related RG05 – creature, enchantment, small, enchantment-friendly RG06 – enchantment, Aura, card drawing, incessant, cycle 4 RG07 – enchantment, Aura, big boost RG08 – creature, enchantment, RG09 – sorcery, CA01 – creature, ambience CA02 – creature, CA03 – mana fixing CA04 – CA05 – equipment, non-Dwarf-related UA01 – UA02 – equipment, Dwarf-related RA01 – creature, RA02 – milling/permanent destroying RA03 – enchantment-based gimmick RA04 – equipment, non-Dwarf-related, simple but effective CL01 – nonenchantment, enchantment-based UL01 – W/U, ambience UL02 – U/B, ambience UL03 – B/R, ambience UL04 – R/G, ambience UL05 – G/W, ambience RL01 – enchantment, tap for any colour Set files: Spoiler: Set file Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Fri, 2010-09-03 16:33

Anuttymous

For flavour, we have:

Spoiler:

Set 1) Lumehaven has always been home to both the Bastion of Suns and the Bastion of Moons. Both are intensely powerful magical fields which are revered and used to gain power. The Bastion of Suns has the power of purification from disease and injury, enchantmental qualities, physical enhancement, and resurrection - Auramancers flock here to study the enchantmental magic. The Bastion of Moons has a darker power, which can be used for foresight, deceptive magic, knowledge, and is more focused on temporary magic such as spells - Sorcerers flock here to enhance their sorcery. Planeswalkers consider Lumehaven a must stop to study the Bastions and enhance their magics. The Ota, hearing of the Bastions, come from the multiverse and try to take the Bastion of Suns by force.

Set 2) The Lumehavians try to take back the Bastion of Suns and protect the Bastion of Moons. However, the Ota absorb the power of the Bastion of Suns which makes them stronger than ever. They are able to hold off any attacks.

Set 3) Planeswalkers from another plane show up to drive out the Ota and restore the Bastion of Suns. They use the power of the Bastion of Moons to help them achieve this, however, the darker power has unfortunate side effects when used freely.

[Possibly: Set 4) The planeswalkers become addicted to the Bastion of Moons and fight off the Lumehavians.]

For non-keyword mechanics, we have:

Spoiler:

Enchantment creatures

Leadership Auras

Enchant requirements

For keywords, we have:

Spoiler:

Replicate <cost> (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Aura Swap <cost> ({param1}: Exchange this Aura with an Aura card in your hand.)

Incessant (When this is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may attach any Auras attached to it to any permanents they could enchant.)

Ambience - As long as this is enchanted, [effect].

Cards we need wiki:

Spoiler:

Lumehaven

Newest additions:

Skeleton:

Spoiler:

20 basic lands
101 commons: 19 colour, 5 artifact, 1 land
62 uncommons: 11 colour, 2 artifact, 5 land (dual cycle)
50 rares: 9 colour, 4 artifact, 1 land
16 mythics: 3 colour, 1 artifact

cycle 1 (C_09) – enchantment creature cycle with similar effects
cycle 2 (C_11) – enchantment turning into creature cycle
cycle 3 (U_10) – next allied colour replicate cycle (W spell with U replicate, U spell with B replicate, etc.)
cycle 4 (R_06) – Aura cycle with incessant using creature's power/toughness to help

CW01 – creature, small, first strike
CW02 – creature, small, lifegain/lifelink
CW03 – creature, small, vigilance
CW04 – creature, medium, protection (from enchantments)
CW05 – creature, medium, high toughness, +1/+1 counters
CW06 – creature, medium, flying
CW07 – creature, enchantment, small, flash
CW08 – creature, enchantment, small, defender
CW09 – creature, enchantment, small, flying, cycle 1
CW10 – creature, enchantment, medium, flying
CW11 – enchantment, turns into creature, cycle 2
CW12 – enchantment, lifegain
CW13 – enchantment, Aura, locking Aura
CW14 – enchantment, Aura, give keywords
CW15 – enchantment, Aura, +/+ boost
CW16 – instant, destroy enchantment, nonreplicate
CW17 – instant, +/+ trick
CW18 – instant, prevent damage
CW19 – sorcery, two tokens, nonreplicate
UW01 – creature, small, double strike
UW02 – creature, small, high toughness, not defender
UW03 – creature, large, big lifegain
UW04 – creature, enchantment, flying, incessant-giving
UW05 – creature, enchantment, flying, Angel
UW06 – enchantment, Aura
UW07 – enchantment, non-Aura
UW08 – instant, creature removal, nonreplicate
UW09 – instant, enchantment transformer, nonreplicate
UW10 – instant, blink effect, cycle 3
UW11 – sorcery, destroy artifact or enchantment
RW01 – creature, small, vigilance, preventing damage
RW02 – creature, small, Aura-fiddler
RW03 – creature, enchantment, small
RW04 – creature, enchantment, medium, enchantment-focused
RW05 – creature, enchantment, medium/large, Angel, enchantment saving
RW06 – enchantment, Aura, +/+ big boost, incessant, cycle 4
RW07 – enchantment, create creatures
RW08 – enchantment, Aura, lifegain gimmick
RW09 – sorcery, Wrath of God
CU01 – creature, small, Twiddle
CU02 – creature, small, flying, Owl
CU03 – creature, medium, flying, shroud
CU04 – creature, small, vanilla, Crab
CU05 – creature, large, islandwalk/enchantmentwalk, Serpent
CU06 – creature, enchantment, small, bounce, flash
CU07 – creature, enchantment, flying, drawing
CU08 – enchantment, Aura, enchant land
CU09 – creature, enchantment, small, cycle 1
CU10 – enchantment, Aura, unblockable
CU11 – enchantment, turns into creature, cycle 2
CU12 – enchantment, Aura, locking Aura
CU13 – enchantment, Aura, toughness boost
CU14 – instant, hard counter, nonreplicate
CU15 – instant, gain flying
CU16 – instant, soft counter (counter enchantment), nonreplicate
CU17 – instant, bounce, nonreplicate
CU18 – sorcery, one mana cantrip
CU19 – sorcery, mill
UU01 – creature, small, unblockable
UU02 – creature, small, Aura-fiddler
UU03 – creature, enchantment, medium, odd shenanigan
UU04 – creature, enchantment, medium, flying
UU05 – enchantment, non-Aura,
UU06 – enchantment, Aura, control (control Aura and attached permanent)
UU07 – enchantment, Aura, incessant/aura swap
UU08 – instant, heavy counter, nonreplicate
UU09 – instant, whatever else
UU10 – instant, -/- trick, replicate, cycle 3
UU11 – sorcery, card drawing
RU01 – creature, small, flash, give flash
RU02 – creature, medium/large, flying, Sphinx
RU03 – creature, enchantment, shroud, drawing effect
RU04 – enchantment, Aura, incessant
RU05 – enchantment, enter as copy
RU06 – enchantment, quirkiness, incessant, cycle 4
RU07 – instant, more quirkiness
RU08 – instant, I have no idea
RU09 – sorcery, Timmy card with no apparent use
CB01 – creature, small, sac ability
CB02 – creature, small, evasion
CB03 – creature, small, Rat
CB04 – creature, small/medium, flying
CB05 – creature, medium, something else
CB06 – creature, large, regenerate
CB07 – creature, enchantment, small, lifelink
CB08 – creature, enchantment, small/medium, flying
CB09 – creature, enchantment, medium, cycle 1
CB10 – enchantment, non-Aura, whatever
CB11 – enchantment, turns into creature, cycle 2
CB12 – enchantment, Aura, lifedrain
CB13 – enchantment, Aura, boost, aura swap
CB14 – enchantment, Aura, keyword
CB15 – instant, +X/+0 trick
CB16 – instant, removal, -/- end of turn
CB17 – sorcery, another thing
CB18 – sorcery, return from graveyard to hand
CB19 – sorcery, small discard
UB01 – creature, small, deathtouch
UB02 – creature, small, swampwalk
UB03 – creature, small/medium, overpowered with drawback
UB04 – creature, enchantment, small
UB05 – creature, enchantment, medium
UB06 – enchantment, Aura, return from graveyard to battlefield
UB07 – enchantment, Aura, enchant land
UB08 – instant, removal, destroy
UB09 – sorcery, large discard
UB10 – sorcery, replicate ally colour, cycle 3
UB11 – sorcery, lifedrain
RB01 – creature, small, Vampire-ish
RB02 – creature, medium, evasion
RB03 – creature, large,
RB04 – creature, enchantment, flying
RB05 – enchantment, non-Aura, punishing
RB06 – enchantment, Aura, discard-related, incessant, cycle 4
RB07 – enchantment, Aura, activated abilities
RB08 – instant, exile card from graveyard then hand and library
RB09 – sorcery, I don't even know
CR01 – creature, small, Goblin
CR02 – creature, small, Dwarf, can't block this turn effect
CR03 – creature, small, pure vanilla
CR04 – creature, small/medium, high power with drawback
CR05 – creature, small/medium, power boosting
CR06 – creature, enchantment, small/medium, attack each turn if able
CR07 – creature, enchantment, medium/large, first strike
CR08 – enchantment, Aura, power boost
CR09 – creature, enchantment, small, haste, cycle 1
CR10 – enchantment, non-Aura, not sure
CR11 – enchantment, non-Aura, turns into creature, cycle 2
CR12 – enchantment, Aura, boost/keyword, incessant
CR13 – enchantment, Aura, 3 damage, aura swap
CR14 – instant, damage creature or player
CR15 – instant, artifact removal
CR16 – instant, removal, damage
CR17 – sorcery, land removal
CR18 – sorcery,
CR19 – sorcery,
UR01 – creature, small, Dwarf, mana boost
UR02 – creature, small, uses artifacts or lands for boost
UR03 – creature, small, artifact destoyer
UR04 – creature, small/medium, anti-enchantment
UR05 – creature, enchantment, small, tap to deal damage
UR06 – enchantment, non-Aura, deal extra damage
UR07 – enchantment, Aura,
UR08 – instant,
UR09 – instant,
UR10 – sorcery, replicate allied colour, cycle 3
UR11 – sorcery, gain control for one turn
RR01 – creature, medium/large,
RR02 – creature, small, Dwarf, helps Dwarves
RR03 – creature, small, Dwarf, quirkiness
RR04 – creature, medium, flying, Phoenix
RR05 – creature, enchantment, large, flying, Dragon
RR06 – enchantment, Aura, incessant, cycle 4
RR07 – enchantment, Aura, leadership Aura
RR08 – enchantment, non-Aura, mana boosting
RR09 – sorcery, haste copy one turn
CG01 – creature, small, reach
CG02 – creature, small, cost reduction/mana accelerating
CG03 – creature, small, Bear (2/2 for 1C)
CG04 – creature, small/medium, destroy artifact or enchantment
CG05 – creature, medium, +/+ boosting
CG06 – creature, medium, +1/+1 counters
CG07 – creature, medium/large, vanilla
CG08 – creature, large, trample, Wurm
CG09 – creature, enchantment, large, cycle 1
CG10 – creature, enchantment, small/medium, deathtouch
CG11 – enchantment, non-Aura, turns into creature, cycle 2
CG12 – enchantment, non-Aura, anti-flying
CG13 – enchantment, Aura, reach
CG14 – enchantment, Aura, +/+ boost and keyword
CG15 – enchantment, Aura, whatever you think
CG16 – instant, +/+ boost
CG17 – instant, prevent combat
CG18 – sorcery, land search
CG19 – sorcery, lifegain
UG01 – creature, small, cost reduction
UG02 – creature, small, return card from graveyard to hand
UG03 – creature, medium, anti-enchantment
UG04 – creature, enchantment, medium, enchantment-focused
UG05 – enchantment, Aura, lure
UG06 – enchantment, Aura, enchant land, produce more mana
UG07 – instant,
UG08 – instant, creature token
UG09 – sorcery,
UG10 – sorcery, destroy artifact/enchantment, replicate allied colour, cycle 3
UG11 – sorcery,
RG01 – creature, small, tap for lots of mana, Elf
RG02 – creature, small, enchantment destroyer/hater
RG03 – creature, medium, trample haste sacrifice
RG04 – creature, large, nonenchantment-related
RG05 – creature, enchantment, small, enchantment-friendly
RG06 – enchantment, Aura, card drawing, incessant, cycle 4
RG07 – enchantment, Aura, big boost
RG08 – creature, enchantment,
RG09 – sorcery,
CA01 – creature, ambience
CA02 – creature,
CA03 – mana fixing
CA04 –
CA05 – equipment, non-Dwarf-related
UA01 –
UA02 – equipment, Dwarf-related
RA01 – creature,
RA02 – milling/permanent destroying
RA03 – enchantment-based gimmick
RA04 – equipment, non-Dwarf-related, simple but effective
CL01 – nonenchantment, enchantment-based
UL01 – W/U, ambience
UL02 – U/B, ambience
UL03 – B/R, ambience
UL04 – R/G, ambience
UL05 – G/W, ambience
RL01 – enchantment, tap for any colour

Set files:

Spoiler:

Set file

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Fri, 2010-09-03 16:54
Disposable Hero	I actually have a set exactly like you're talking about in stasis right now. Maybe I could contribute? Aso, for a name - Auratium? You can call me DH. These are the rules. Read them.

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:21
Aedan Fire	snip Anyways, I liked the 4th point you made, its a good one! But, anywho, I think makinging a set like that has a lot of potential. Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz. My Set Demi-Opre Core set, Chec

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:17
windandfire	It sounds like a very awesome idea, one I wouldn't be surprised to see sometime (outside of Jrzman's Refraction). I say go for it, although I'm not one for community sets, I find it too hard to keep everyone's submissions and current versions in my mind. "I will do science to it." - Kimiko “Thunderbolt” Ross "I can wire anything directly into anything - I'm the professor!" - Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth "Our tanks can't hold aggro of that magnitude!

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:17

windandfire

It sounds like a very awesome idea, one I wouldn't be surprised to see sometime (outside of Jrzman's Refraction). I say go for it, although I'm not one for community sets, I find it too hard to keep everyone's submissions and current versions in my mind.

"I will do science to it." - Kimiko “Thunderbolt” Ross
"I can wire anything directly into anything - I'm the professor!" - Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth
"Our tanks can't hold aggro of that magnitude!

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:35
Anuttymous	Quote: I actually have a set exactly like you're talking about in stasis right now. Maybe I could contribute? Aso, for a name - Auratium? I would appreciate any ideas you've have stored away. In fact, if yours is quite small, I would hope you wouldn't mind merging it with this? Up to you of course, just thought I'd ask. And I wanted the name to begin with Lumi because most of the enchantment-y cards used before were like that: Luminarch Ascension; Lumithread Field; Lucent Luminid; and others, and they were the inspiration for this. Though, I realise those cards are all white, so I'm thinking Lumi-whatever can be the white part of the set. Arcana can be blue, based on Arcanum Wings, perhaps? Any ideas for others, people? Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:35

Anuttymous

Quote:

I actually have a set exactly like you're talking about in stasis right now. Maybe I could contribute?
Aso, for a name - Auratium?

I would appreciate any ideas you've have stored away. In fact, if yours is quite small, I would hope you wouldn't mind merging it with this? Up to you of course, just thought I'd ask.
And I wanted the name to begin with Lumi because most of the enchantment-y cards used before were like that: Luminarch Ascension; Lumithread Field; Lucent Luminid; and others, and they were the inspiration for this.
Though, I realise those cards are all white, so I'm thinking Lumi-whatever can be the white part of the set. Arcana can be blue, based on Arcanum Wings, perhaps?

Any ideas for others, people?

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Fri, 2010-09-03 17:37
Wavy	why does Lucent Liminid cost 5 for a 3/3? D:

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:42
Anuttymous	And the fact that it's an enchantment as well. Meaning it can be used in many different ways that normal creatures couldn't be, and Wizards didn't want that to be abused, so they made sure it wouldn't be as worth it. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:56
windandfire	It can also fly "I will do science to it." - Kimiko “Thunderbolt” Ross "I can wire anything directly into anything - I'm the professor!" - Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth "Our tanks can't hold aggro of that magnitude!

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:58
lord_joakim	Leadership auras are a must since they're flavorful (Especially with the tag you gave it, leadership aura. Sounds awesome!), flavorful (Seems like the auras you use in Warcraft and Diablo), and potentially mechanically simple. They're also very simple to do. Aura swap is all right, but a bad keyword since it's easily abused and very narrowly implemented - why I see Proliferate as a somewhat bad mechanic too. Regeneration is a good action keyword, for example, since it usually deals with the regenerated permanent. Enchant requirements are a good idea. Some really confusing ones, sure, but NOT enchant weird cards in weird zones like your example. And enchantment creatures are easily implemented, therefore suggested. I'm not very fond of nonaura enchantments that tap to effect other permanents or things than the enchanted permanent.

Fri, 2010-09-03 17:58

lord_joakim

Leadership auras are a must since they're flavorful (Especially with the tag you gave it, leadership aura. Sounds awesome!), flavorful (Seems like the auras you use in Warcraft and Diablo), and potentially mechanically simple. They're also very simple to do.

Aura swap is all right, but a bad keyword since it's easily abused and very narrowly implemented - why I see Proliferate as a somewhat bad mechanic too. Regeneration is a good action keyword, for example, since it usually deals with the regenerated permanent.

Enchant requirements are a good idea.

Some really confusing ones, sure, but NOT enchant weird cards in weird zones like your example.

And enchantment creatures are easily implemented, therefore suggested.

I'm not very fond of nonaura enchantments that tap to effect other permanents or things than the enchanted permanent.

Fri, 2010-09-03 18:27
Anuttymous	Quote: It can also fly That was said before my post, but the owner deleted it for whatever reason. Quote: Aura swap is all right, but a bad keyword since it's easily abused and very narrowly implemented - why I see Proliferate as a somewhat bad mechanic too. Regeneration is a good action keyword, for example, since it usually deals with the regenerated permanent. I was wondering about Aura Swap's power too, it would limit the power of cards we can put in, otherwise we'll have Eldrazi Conscriptions third turn... Oh wait But it does open up possible Evermind type Auras that require Aura Swap, thus giving them huge boosts, like Daybreak Coronet. I agree on Spellweaver Volute not being included. It makes little sense. Maybe just one or two somewhat confusing Auras, at rare/mythic. I don't really like tapping enchantments (isn't that what coloured artifacts were made for?) but since Wizards have already gone past that, I guess it can't hurt to push it further. Thanks for the feedback, guys. Currently working on a somewhat hazy backstory. Any suggestions (or cake) would be most welcome. [edit=1]Oh, in case anyone wonders: I won't be using any Futureshifted templates for the cards. Just in case anyone wondered.[/edit] [edit=2]Right. How about this: Set 1) The Ota, a big powerful force of unknownness, is trying to conquer the Bastion of Suns. Set 2) The Ota conquers the Bastion of Suns, and turns its attention to the plane. Set 3) The Ota is killed, but his death spawns lots of things. This is purely from the flavour text of Lumithread Field, because there isn't much else out there. Also, there are the Vindr stormchasers, aligned with blue mana, who... Chase storms. Like advanced weathermen. They appear on Second Wind. And there's a guy called Elek Longbeard, who is presumably red. Don't suppose anyone wants to have their own try at this?[/edit] Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

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It can also fly

That was said before my post, but the owner deleted it for whatever reason.

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Aura swap is all right, but a bad keyword since it's easily abused and very narrowly implemented - why I see Proliferate as a somewhat bad mechanic too. Regeneration is a good action keyword, for example, since it usually deals with the regenerated permanent.

I was wondering about Aura Swap's power too, it would limit the power of cards we can put in, otherwise we'll have Eldrazi Conscriptions third turn... Oh wait
But it does open up possible Evermind type Auras that require Aura Swap, thus giving them huge boosts, like Daybreak Coronet.

I agree on Spellweaver Volute not being included. It makes little sense. Maybe just one or two somewhat confusing Auras, at rare/mythic.

I don't really like tapping enchantments (isn't that what coloured artifacts were made for?) but since Wizards have already gone past that, I guess it can't hurt to push it further.

Thanks for the feedback, guys. Currently working on a somewhat hazy backstory. Any suggestions (or cake) would be most welcome.

[edit=1]Oh, in case anyone wonders: I won't be using any Futureshifted templates for the cards. Just in case anyone wondered.[/edit]

[edit=2]Right. How about this:
Set 1) The Ota, a big powerful force of unknownness, is trying to conquer the Bastion of Suns.
Set 2) The Ota conquers the Bastion of Suns, and turns its attention to the plane.
Set 3) The Ota is killed, but his death spawns lots of things.

This is purely from the flavour text of Lumithread Field, because there isn't much else out there.
Also, there are the Vindr stormchasers, aligned with blue mana, who... Chase storms. Like advanced weathermen. They appear on Second Wind.
And there's a guy called Elek Longbeard, who is presumably red.

Don't suppose anyone wants to have their own try at this?[/edit]

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Fri, 2010-09-03 18:36
Disposable Hero	I'm not big on factionization in sets; factions make trouble, unless they only appear in names and flavor text. As for Auratium, here's all the cards I had: Spoiler: Myth Shaper Creature — Human Shaman (R) Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, you may search your hand, library, and/or graveyard for an enchantment card with the same name as that permanent and put it onto the battlefield. If you searched your library this way, shuffle it. 2/3 Reality’s Bane Sorcery (R) Destroy all creatures that aren’t enchanted and aren’t enchantments. They can’t be regenerated. Reality eats up the time of the living, leaving little to dream. Sometimes, dream bites the hand that feeds it. Sunlit Lands Enchantment — Aura (C) Enchant Plains Whenever enchanted plains is tapped for mana, you may gain 1 life and add to your mana pool. Sunprism Angel Enchantment Creature — Angel (U) Flying, vigilance Light dances off every glimmering facet of her body in a spectacle that even the most gifted of poets could not describe. 4/4 Vedalken Corporal Creature — Vedalken Soldier (C) When an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, you may put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control. 2/6 Wrathlance Instant (C) Wrathlance deals 3 damage to target creature. , Tap an untapped enchantment you control: Return Wrathlance to its owner’s hand. Activate this ability only if Wrathlance is in your graveyard. Arcane Mastery Enchantment (C) , : Counter target spell. : Untap target enchantment. The best wards are the ones that don’t need help to function. Boon Disablement Instant (C) Counter target enchantment spell. “You didn’t need that ward, did you?” Cloudslicer Drake Creature — Drake (C) Flying Cloudslicer Drake is unblockable as long as it’s enchanted. 3/3 Countershielding Enchantment — Aura (R) Enchant player Spells enchanted player casts can’t be countered. The best ward is the one that saves more wards to come. Shimmering Lands Enchantment — Aura (C) Enchant Island Whenever enchanted plains is tapped for mana, you may gain 1 life and add to your mana pool. Wardbound Leviathan Creature — Leviathan (M) You can only cast Wardbound Leviathan if you control five or more enchantments. Islandwalk 5/5 Dark Conspirator Creature — Human Minion (R) Dark Conspirator is unblockable. , , Sacrifice Dark Conspirator: Add to your mana pool. Spend this mana only on enchantment spells. 3/1 Don't know if this'll be of any help, as the set is incomplete, but it's a start, I guess. You can call me DH. These are the rules. Read them.

Fri, 2010-09-03 18:36

Disposable Hero

I'm not big on factionization in sets; factions make trouble, unless they only appear in names and flavor text.
As for Auratium, here's all the cards I had:

Spoiler:

Myth Shaper
Creature — Human Shaman (R)
Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, you may search your hand, library, and/or graveyard for an enchantment card with the same name as that permanent and put it onto the battlefield. If you searched your library this way, shuffle it.
2/3

Reality’s Bane
Sorcery (R)
Destroy all creatures that aren’t enchanted and aren’t enchantments. They can’t be regenerated.
Reality eats up the time of the living, leaving little to dream. Sometimes, dream bites the hand that feeds it.

Sunlit Lands
Enchantment — Aura (C)
Enchant Plains
Whenever enchanted plains is tapped for mana, you may gain 1 life and add to your mana pool.

Sunprism Angel
Enchantment Creature — Angel (U)
Flying, vigilance
Light dances off every glimmering facet of her body in a spectacle that even the most gifted of poets could not describe.
4/4

Vedalken Corporal
Creature — Vedalken Soldier (C)
When an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, you may put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
2/6

Wrathlance
Instant (C)
Wrathlance deals 3 damage to target creature.
, Tap an untapped enchantment you control: Return Wrathlance to its owner’s hand. Activate this ability only if Wrathlance is in your graveyard.

Arcane Mastery
Enchantment (C)
, : Counter target spell.
: Untap target enchantment.
The best wards are the ones that don’t need help to function.

Boon Disablement
Instant (C)
Counter target enchantment spell.
“You didn’t need that ward, did you?”

Cloudslicer Drake
Creature — Drake (C)
Flying
Cloudslicer Drake is unblockable as long as it’s enchanted.
3/3

Countershielding
Enchantment — Aura (R)
Enchant player
Spells enchanted player casts can’t be countered.
The best ward is the one that saves more wards to come.

Shimmering Lands
Enchantment — Aura (C)
Enchant Island
Whenever enchanted plains is tapped for mana, you may gain 1 life and add to your mana pool.

Wardbound Leviathan
Creature — Leviathan (M)
You can only cast Wardbound Leviathan if you control five or more enchantments.
Islandwalk
5/5

Dark Conspirator
Creature — Human Minion (R)
Dark Conspirator is unblockable.
, , Sacrifice Dark Conspirator: Add to your mana pool. Spend this mana only on enchantment spells.
3/1

Don't know if this'll be of any help, as the set is incomplete, but it's a start, I guess.

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Fri, 2010-09-03 19:00
Icarael	I have a set developed around enchantments and artifacts. It's called Hekaton, and it has a theme of enchantment and artifact tokens. "Take the bridge, men! Victory! Victory is ou - Retreat! RETREAT!" Arrival of the Eldrazi Community Set

Fri, 2010-09-03 19:19
Anuttymous	Quote: I'm not big on factionization in sets; factions make trouble, unless they only appear in names and flavor text. Not faction, just the place. Think of it as the Sejiri of... Whatever we decide the plane is called. Do you mind if I use all of those cards? I don't want to be stealing any ideas or anything. And I think Auratium might not be such a bad name, if no one else suggests anything good. Icarael, how big is Hekaton? If you want, you can merge it in as well? A nice big community set. Anyways, if no one has any better ideas for a storyline, we can just build as we go on along. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Fri, 2010-09-03 19:19

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I'm not big on factionization in sets; factions make trouble, unless they only appear in names and flavor text.

Not faction, just the place. Think of it as the Sejiri of... Whatever we decide the plane is called.
Do you mind if I use all of those cards? I don't want to be stealing any ideas or anything. And I think Auratium might not be such a bad name, if no one else suggests anything good.

Icarael, how big is Hekaton? If you want, you can merge it in as well? A nice big community set.

Anyways, if no one has any better ideas for a storyline, we can just build as we go on along.

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Fri, 2010-09-03 22:17
lunar	Anuttymous: Probably not relevant, but what if the Ota themselves (and their minions) were enchantment creatures, and the non- enchantment creatures of the plane thought of them as... invaders? I love the leadership enchantments. Maybe do a cycle of them. When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

Fri, 2010-09-03 22:30
Anuttymous	Glad to see the leadership enchantments are catching on well. If you want to do a cycle, do one, and tell us! It's what community sets are for! The Ota (just realised it's a race or something, not one thing ) can be Enchantment creatures, but then Lucent Liminid would seem rather out of place, taking over Lumithread Field. So I guess their could be the Ota, evil enchantment creatures, and then the Lumina (just thought that one up, I like it, anyone else like it?) are the good Enchantment creature. Ota are Black/Red and Lumina are White/Blue and green are neutral with plenty of anti-enchantment. Sound good people? Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Fri, 2010-09-03 22:30

Anuttymous

Glad to see the leadership enchantments are catching on well. If you want to do a cycle, do one, and tell us! It's what community sets are for!

The Ota (just realised it's a race or something, not one thing ) can be Enchantment creatures, but then Lucent Liminid would seem rather out of place, taking over Lumithread Field. So I guess their could be the Ota, evil enchantment creatures, and then the Lumina (just thought that one up, I like it, anyone else like it?) are the good Enchantment creature. Ota are Black/Red and Lumina are White/Blue and green are neutral with plenty of anti-enchantment.

Sound good people?

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Fri, 2010-09-03 23:17
lunar	As long as the anti-enchantment isn't OP, so green would be balanced. When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

Sat, 2010-09-04 07:43
Guitarweeps	From the flavor text and the future sighted card I don't think the Ota are "evil" or black/red in a sense. I think they should be enchantment creatures who view themselves as higher life forms then others and take it as their task to "cleanse" the world of the lesser beings. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Sat, 2010-09-04 09:05
lunar	Seriously. It sounds that the Ota are very hard-line white. Very authoritarian. When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

Sat, 2010-09-04 12:25
Anuttymous	Actually, I like that idea. My way was straying more towards the Eldrazi storyline, and I don't really want to copy that. How about the Ota being white/blue, Lumina can be where they live. Then the residents of the plane (Auratium if we don't get any suggestions) can be all colours. Any other people got any suggestions? Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Sat, 2010-09-04 13:42
Guitarweeps	Luma/Lumina sounds more like a thing or characteristic, kind of like Etherium of Esper. Maybe Luma could be the word they use to describe "enchantment" creatures. After all, the residents of this plane wouldn't go around saying they are "enchantment" beings, maybe they refer to themselves as Luma beings. And any other beings that are not enchantments, they could either convert to Luma or "cleanse". What do you think? On another note, I like tapping enchantments. In a sense tapping just replaces "you may activate this ability only once per turn". All enchantments really are is colored artifacts anyways (until Esper scewed it a little). Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Sat, 2010-09-04 13:42

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Luma/Lumina sounds more like a thing or characteristic, kind of like Etherium of Esper. Maybe Luma could be the word they use to describe "enchantment" creatures. After all, the residents of this plane wouldn't go around saying they are "enchantment" beings, maybe they refer to themselves as Luma beings. And any other beings that are not enchantments, they could either convert to Luma or "cleanse". What do you think?

On another note, I like tapping enchantments. In a sense tapping just replaces "you may activate this ability only once per turn". All enchantments really are is colored artifacts anyways (until Esper scewed it a little).

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Sat, 2010-09-04 13:59
Anuttymous	I'm not too keen on tapping enchantments, because it then seems pointless having artifacts as well, but I think we'll include them anyway, as they open plenty of design space. Also, Luma sounds like a perfect thing to describe the Ota. I think we can use Luma just like Esper used Etherium. Good call, 'Weeps. Maybe Lumina could still be the place though, or something with a similar name. Everyone in agreement of the Arcana? Blue can be the Arcana. Considering the flavour text of Arcanum Wings I think the Arcana can be more like a religious cult devoted to the Ota, who live in the sky - "the sky villas of their peers". Sounds like the Ota could live there, no? So... White - Ota (Enchantment creatures, made of Luma, living in Lumina in the skies) Blue - Arcana (Enchantment utilisers, devotees to the Ota) Black - Red - Green - I'm thinking green can be the most anti-Ota threat, due to it being the most anti-enchantment colour (excluding white from the equation). Red can maybe be a threat to the Arcana, trying to stop them polluting the inhabitants of Auratium (any plane suggestions still welcome). Black? Ideas? Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Sat, 2010-09-04 13:59

Anuttymous

I'm not too keen on tapping enchantments, because it then seems pointless having artifacts as well, but I think we'll include them anyway, as they open plenty of design space.
Also, Luma sounds like a perfect thing to describe the Ota. I think we can use Luma just like Esper used Etherium. Good call, 'Weeps.
Maybe Lumina could still be the place though, or something with a similar name.

Everyone in agreement of the Arcana? Blue can be the Arcana. Considering the flavour text of Arcanum Wings I think the Arcana can be more like a religious cult devoted to the Ota, who live in the sky - "the sky villas of their peers". Sounds like the Ota could live there, no?

So...

White - Ota (Enchantment creatures, made of Luma, living in Lumina in the skies)
Blue - Arcana (Enchantment utilisers, devotees to the Ota)
Black -
Red -
Green -

I'm thinking green can be the most anti-Ota threat, due to it being the most anti-enchantment colour (excluding white from the equation).
Red can maybe be a threat to the Arcana, trying to stop them polluting the inhabitants of Auratium (any plane suggestions still welcome).
Black?
Ideas?

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Sat, 2010-09-04 14:22
Icarael	@Anuttymous: I haven't completed Hekaton yet, but I can offer up several cards to be reprinted in your set. "Take the bridge, men! Victory! Victory is ou - Retreat! RETREAT!" Arrival of the Eldrazi Community Set

Sat, 2010-09-04 14:26
Guitarweeps	Well, green and red would probably be the most against enchantments since they are colors based on the naturalmore than the others. But I like the idea of the Ota not just destroying non-Luma beings but converting them which they could be present in all colors. We start a lot of community projects by trying to define what each color will do. I think that kind of limits the design a little. How about we plan out the world and culture. They can fall into whatever color makes sense afterwards. Like the Arcanum could be any color creature really right? Should we name the plane like Auras? That kind of suggests that Luma was always present. Or could the story be about the Ota recently beginning their "cleansing" and Luma being fairly new. EDIT: Also, maybe totem armor could return for the Ota which is why they feel superior and "immortal" to other beings. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Sat, 2010-09-04 14:26

Guitarweeps

Well, green and red would probably be the most against enchantments since they are colors based on the naturalmore than the others. But I like the idea of the Ota not just destroying non-Luma beings but converting them which they could be present in all colors.

We start a lot of community projects by trying to define what each color will do. I think that kind of limits the design a little. How about we plan out the world and culture. They can fall into whatever color makes sense afterwards. Like the Arcanum could be any color creature really right?

Should we name the plane like Auras? That kind of suggests that Luma was always present. Or could the story be about the Ota recently beginning their "cleansing" and Luma being fairly new.

EDIT: Also, maybe totem armor could return for the Ota which is why they feel superior and "immortal" to other beings.

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Sat, 2010-09-04 15:23
Anuttymous	Quote: I haven't completed Hekaton yet, but I can offer up several cards to be reprinted in your set. That would be most helpful, I'd really appreciate it. And of course, any other cards you can think of. Quote: We start a lot of community projects by trying to define what each color will do. I think that kind of limits the design a little. How about we plan out the world and culture. They can fall into whatever color makes sense afterwards. Like the Arcanum could be any color creature really right? Yes, I think that's a good idea. So, basically same as what I wrote, but ignore the colours. Ota - Lot of white, but spread out to all colours due to their 'cleansing' (Luminating/Illumination maybe?). Arcana - Devotees of the Ota. Consist of all colours. Not 'cleansed/Luminated' but use enchantments to symbolise their devotion to the Ota. CULTURENAME/Other residents of the plane - Against the Ota, feeling that the plane is being invaded, not cleansed. Lots of red/green, but all colours. Sound good? Quote: Should we name the plane like Auras? That kind of suggests that Luma was always present. Or could the story be about the Ota recently beginning their "cleansing" and Luma being fairly new. Well, suggestions for names are very welcome, I don't particularly want to have Aura in the name, because, as you said, it makes it sound like they've been there since it began, rather than invaded the plane, on their plane-to-plane cleansing/Luminating quest, trying to cleanse the multiverse. I want to return Totem Armor, but looking at the list at the top they are mostly Aura already, and there should be plenty of non-Aura enchantments. I think that's the story/background mostly done. Onto mechanics? Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Sat, 2010-09-04 15:23

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I haven't completed Hekaton yet, but I can offer up several cards to be reprinted in your set.

That would be most helpful, I'd really appreciate it. And of course, any other cards you can think of.

Quote:

We start a lot of community projects by trying to define what each color will do. I think that kind of limits the design a little. How about we plan out the world and culture. They can fall into whatever color makes sense afterwards. Like the Arcanum could be any color creature really right?

Yes, I think that's a good idea.

So, basically same as what I wrote, but ignore the colours.

Ota - Lot of white, but spread out to all colours due to their 'cleansing' (Luminating/Illumination maybe?).
Arcana - Devotees of the Ota. Consist of all colours. Not 'cleansed/Luminated' but use enchantments to symbolise their devotion to the Ota.
CULTURENAME/Other residents of the plane - Against the Ota, feeling that the plane is being invaded, not cleansed. Lots of red/green, but all colours.

Sound good?

Quote:

Should we name the plane like Auras? That kind of suggests that Luma was always present. Or could the story be about the Ota recently beginning their "cleansing" and Luma being fairly new.

Well, suggestions for names are very welcome, I don't particularly want to have Aura in the name, because, as you said, it makes it sound like they've been there since it began, rather than invaded the plane, on their plane-to-plane cleansing/Luminating quest, trying to cleanse the multiverse.

I want to return Totem Armor, but looking at the list at the top they are mostly Aura already, and there should be plenty of non-Aura enchantments.

I think that's the story/background mostly done.
Onto mechanics?

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Sat, 2010-09-04 21:12
Guitarweeps	Ooh, great stuff Anuttymous. I absolutely love the luminating/illumination idea. Not sure which one to use. Luminating goes with what we've been talking about and the flavor background from Future Sight, but illumination sounds cool too and it kind of hints at the belief in "higher beings" aka illuminated. Arcana - Maybe they could be devotees you strive to become illuminated someday? They serve the Ota and then when they have proven their worth they can transgress to a higher being? Ota - If they are doing plane to plane cleansing wouldn't that make them all planeswalkers? Or are they just led by some planeswalkers? Do you plan on reprinting all those cards? I thought we were just using them for the flavor text and mechanic inspiriation with a reprint or two. I just think it would be totally awesome to aura swap a totem armor onto something in response to a removal spell. Anyways, if we have decided on the Ota and Arcana we have actually only worked out half the story/setting. The other half would be the other beings and what the plane was before the Ota came. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Sat, 2010-09-04 21:12

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Ooh, great stuff Anuttymous. I absolutely love the luminating/illumination idea. Not sure which one to use. Luminating goes with what we've been talking about and the flavor background from Future Sight, but illumination sounds cool too and it kind of hints at the belief in "higher beings" aka illuminated.

Arcana - Maybe they could be devotees you strive to become illuminated someday? They serve the Ota and then when they have proven their worth they can transgress to a higher being?

Ota - If they are doing plane to plane cleansing wouldn't that make them all planeswalkers? Or are they just led by some planeswalkers?

Do you plan on reprinting all those cards? I thought we were just using them for the flavor text and mechanic inspiriation with a reprint or two. I just think it would be totally awesome to aura swap a totem armor onto something in response to a removal spell.

Anyways, if we have decided on the Ota and Arcana we have actually only worked out half the story/setting. The other half would be the other beings and what the plane was before the Ota came.

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Sat, 2010-09-04 21:32
Anuttymous	Quote: Arcana - Maybe they could be devotees you strive to become illuminated someday? They serve the Ota and then when they have proven their worth they can transgress to a higher being? Thing is, if the Ota are going around trying to cleanse planes at a time, why would they deny people for any reason? Trying to think of how they can be unilluminated, yet still want to be... I think the idea of a planeswalker leading them is fantastic. We can have a Luma planeswalker, much like the Etherium Tezzeret. We can reprint some of the ones that include flavour, but the rest we can leave. Basically, just Lumithread Field, Arcanum Wings, Emblem of the Warmind, and possibly a couple others. People can still Aura Swap a Totem Armor onto their creature anyway, so long as they got themselves some Rise of the Eldrazi cards. No need to make more. I guess we have really only done half the story, so lets try to finish it nice and quick before people get bored. We don't need to go in depth yet, we're just setting something up so we know what direction we want our cards to go in. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Sat, 2010-09-04 21:32

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Arcana - Maybe they could be devotees you strive to become illuminated someday? They serve the Ota and then when they have proven their worth they can transgress to a higher being?

Thing is, if the Ota are going around trying to cleanse planes at a time, why would they deny people for any reason? Trying to think of how they can be unilluminated, yet still want to be...

I think the idea of a planeswalker leading them is fantastic. We can have a Luma planeswalker, much like the Etherium Tezzeret.

We can reprint some of the ones that include flavour, but the rest we can leave. Basically, just Lumithread Field, Arcanum Wings, Emblem of the Warmind, and possibly a couple others. People can still Aura Swap a Totem Armor onto their creature anyway, so long as they got themselves some Rise of the Eldrazi cards. No need to make more.

I guess we have really only done half the story, so lets try to finish it nice and quick before people get bored. We don't need to go in depth yet, we're just setting something up so we know what direction we want our cards to go in.

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Sat, 2010-09-04 22:05
Guitarweeps	They are prideful and think themselves above other beings. Maybe they don't think they are above other beings because of their lumination, maybe they become luminated as a blessing as a higher being. In order to become luminated you have to prove your worth. What do you think? Actually I think it might be more interesting if a planeswalker was enlisted to help them rather than being the leader. A couple ideas for the other residents: I was thinking that it would be cool if the Elves became divided over this, some of them choosing lumination and the rest rejecting it as an abomination to the natural order of things. Also, we could have a nomadic tribe or race that accepted the Ota's idealism but were rejected as being a lower life form or such thus breeding intest bitterness and resentment. I think it would be cool to include centaurs as a common race for this set. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Sat, 2010-09-04 22:05

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They are prideful and think themselves above other beings. Maybe they don't think they are above other beings because of their lumination, maybe they become luminated as a blessing as a higher being. In order to become luminated you have to prove your worth. What do you think?

Actually I think it might be more interesting if a planeswalker was enlisted to help them rather than being the leader.

A couple ideas for the other residents:

I was thinking that it would be cool if the Elves became divided over this, some of them choosing lumination and the rest rejecting it as an abomination to the natural order of things.

Also, we could have a nomadic tribe or race that accepted the Ota's idealism but were rejected as being a lower life form or such thus breeding intest bitterness and resentment.

I think it would be cool to include centaurs as a common race for this set.

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Sat, 2010-09-04 22:23
Anuttymous	Okay, centaurs were random, but why not? I like the idea with the elves, that gives us something to put in green, with random centaurs. Also, I personally prefer the Ota being Luminated because they were chosen by a higher presence, rather than going on a rampage Luminated plane after plane. It gives us something to do with the Arcana (not chosen, but working towards it) and doesn't feel like copying the Eldrazi. Maybe a planeswalker became Luminated because they were... A planeswalker, which is very special. Something worth Lumination. And I'm happy with the nomadic rejects. Maybe mostly red/black, but no specific colour. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Sat, 2010-09-04 22:23

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Okay, centaurs were random, but why not?

I like the idea with the elves, that gives us something to put in green, with random centaurs.
Also, I personally prefer the Ota being Luminated because they were chosen by a higher presence, rather than going on a rampage Luminated plane after plane. It gives us something to do with the Arcana (not chosen, but working towards it) and doesn't feel like copying the Eldrazi.
Maybe a planeswalker became Luminated because they were... A planeswalker, which is very special. Something worth Lumination.

And I'm happy with the nomadic rejects. Maybe mostly red/black, but no specific colour.

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Sun, 2010-09-05 00:30
lunar	Each color should have humans + nonhuman race (White having Ota, as an example). There are enchantments of all colors but white, blue and red have the majority. Everyone loves elves. Green and black (not red) should be the major anti-enchantment colors. ..whew, that was alot. When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

Sun, 2010-09-05 10:02
Guitarweeps	lol, yeah the centaurs were random, I just wanted to use centaurs for some reason. I like the idea of the higher presence, that is interesting. At some point we would have to flesh that out but I suppose we can start without going into all the details. So what were the Ota before being Luminated? Hmmmm.... Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Sun, 2010-09-05 13:06
Anuttymous	Well, the Ota before being Luminated weren't the Ota. They were the residents of Auratium/PLANENAME. They were the more powerful residents, who - due to a planeswalker's interference (?) - a higher presence Luminated them, and the rest falls into place as we've said so far. Any more points we need to flesh out, or shall we move into more interesting terrain for mechanics? Like I said before, we don't want to make the storyline too deep or anything, otherwise we're restrictions our design space. We'll complete the story later, based on the cards and mechanics we make. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Sun, 2010-09-05 13:06

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Well, the Ota before being Luminated weren't the Ota. They were the residents of Auratium/PLANENAME. They were the more powerful residents, who - due to a planeswalker's interference (?) - a higher presence Luminated them, and the rest falls into place as we've said so far.

Any more points we need to flesh out, or shall we move into more interesting terrain for mechanics?
Like I said before, we don't want to make the storyline too deep or anything, otherwise we're restrictions our design space. We'll complete the story later, based on the cards and mechanics we make.

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Mon, 2010-09-06 09:16
lunar	Anuttymous: Please, please, please no tap enchantments. So worthless mechanically, and they muddle the fine line between enchantments and creatures. Plus, they're not flavorful. When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

Mon, 2010-09-06 14:29
Anuttymous	Well, I agree, but it depends what other people what. I believe we're done with the story for now, so we can discuss mechanics. So, out of the list at the top what do people want most, and what do people not want at all. Also, what other ideas do we want. We've possibly got Totem Armor, if it's popular enough, and we still need one non-Enchantment-based keyword and one returning keyword. Totem Armor could be the returning keyword if no one suggests anything else. So... Mechanics? Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Mon, 2010-09-06 14:29

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Well, I agree, but it depends what other people what. I believe we're done with the story for now, so we can discuss mechanics.

So, out of the list at the top what do people want most, and what do people not want at all.
Also, what other ideas do we want. We've possibly got Totem Armor, if it's popular enough, and we still need one non-Enchantment-based keyword and one returning keyword. Totem Armor could be the returning keyword if no one suggests anything else.

So... Mechanics?

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Mon, 2010-09-06 16:03
Icarael	How about Transmute/Transfigure? "Take the bridge, men! Victory! Victory is ou - Retreat! RETREAT!" Arrival of the Eldrazi Community Set

Mon, 2010-09-06 16:38
Guitarweeps	What about a mechanic that puts auras on your creatures as you cast them (or anything else really)? Examples: "When this enters the battlefield, you may put an Aura card from your hand (graveyard?) onto the battlefield attached to this." "When this enters the battlefield, you may look at the top N cards of your library. You may put an Aura card onto the battlefield attached to this." "When this enters the battlefield, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an Aura card that costs less. You may attach it to this. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order." Just some ideas, and yes that is cascade for Auras... I figured it would help reduce the card disadvantage that Auras offer. EDIT: Got another idea: Enhancement/Illuminated - As long as this is enchanted, EFFECT Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Mon, 2010-09-06 16:38

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What about a mechanic that puts auras on your creatures as you cast them (or anything else really)? Examples:

"When this enters the battlefield, you may put an Aura card from your hand (graveyard?) onto the battlefield attached to this."

"When this enters the battlefield, you may look at the top N cards of your library. You may put an Aura card onto the battlefield attached to this."

"When this enters the battlefield, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an Aura card that costs less. You may attach it to this. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order."

Just some ideas, and yes that is cascade for Auras... I figured it would help reduce the card disadvantage that Auras offer.

EDIT: Got another idea:

Enhancement/Illuminated - As long as this is enchanted, EFFECT

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Mon, 2010-09-06 16:40
Icarael	@Illuminate- I have a mechanic like that in Hekaton, except it's called Modify. "Take the bridge, men! Victory! Victory is ou - Retreat! RETREAT!" Arrival of the Eldrazi Community Set

Mon, 2010-09-06 17:50
Anuttymous	Icarael, care to share this Modify? I want to see the wording, even if you don't want it in this set. Up to you to put it in or not, it's the community's after all. Guitarweeps, I think some of those mechanics are definitely going to be occuring. I like them, although not sure about the Cascade style one. Maybe we can have them all as non-keyword mechanics? Them, and others? How about as a keyword: "When this is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may attach all Auras attached to it to target permanent they could enchant." Or words to that effect. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Mon, 2010-09-06 17:50

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Icarael, care to share this Modify? I want to see the wording, even if you don't want it in this set. Up to you to put it in or not, it's the community's after all.

Guitarweeps, I think some of those mechanics are definitely going to be occuring. I like them, although not sure about the Cascade style one. Maybe we can have them all as non-keyword mechanics? Them, and others?

How about as a keyword: "When this is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may attach all Auras attached to it to target permanent they could enchant."
Or words to that effect.

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Mon, 2010-09-06 18:56
Guitarweeps	I like that one Anuttymous. That would def make a great mechanic and help solve the card disadvantage issue. The only thing is, should it be a keyword of the permanent or the Aura? I think it would make more sense if the Aura had the keyword and then it could "replace" the concept of totem armor. And about the wording. I am not sure we would need the "from the battlefield" or "they could enchant" parts. Hmmm... And, yes, I was thinking that mine maybe non-keyworded. We will see. Also, is Aura Swap in for sure? EDIT: Enchantment spells might be a good fit here too. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Mon, 2010-09-06 18:56

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I like that one Anuttymous. That would def make a great mechanic and help solve the card disadvantage issue. The only thing is, should it be a keyword of the permanent or the Aura? I think it would make more sense if the Aura had the keyword and then it could "replace" the concept of totem armor. And about the wording. I am not sure we would need the "from the battlefield" or "they could enchant" parts. Hmmm...

And, yes, I was thinking that mine maybe non-keyworded. We will see.

Also, is Aura Swap in for sure?

EDIT: Enchantment spells might be a good fit here too.

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Mon, 2010-09-06 22:59
Anuttymous	I think if we put it on the Aura it might make it a bit too powerful. Totem Armor only happens once. The Aura continually coming back. Rancor all over again. I think having it on the enchanted creature/permanent would probably be best. I like Enchantment spells, that seems like a nice think to put in. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Tue, 2010-09-07 00:11
Guitarweeps	Good point Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Tue, 2010-09-07 07:02
Anuttymous	And are we agreed on the points at the top? Tapping enchantments don't seem very popular, whereas leadership auras do. Any in the list you specifically do or don't like. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Tue, 2010-09-07 09:14
lunar	I always thought that the Urza's block was an Enchantment themed block. ...Not that you can't repeat themes. When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

Tue, 2010-09-07 14:22
Anuttymous	Urza's block was artifacts, I think. And lots of overpowered cards that screwed Magic and got banned pretty quick. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Tue, 2010-09-07 16:08
Guitarweeps	Urza also had an underlying enchantment theme. The trick is to do the theme in a completely different way. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Tue, 2010-09-07 18:14
Anuttymous	Well, I'm fairly certain there weren't many Enchantment Creatures in Urza's. And this set won't have any scarily breakable cards. So, for mechanics, we have: See top. Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Tue, 2010-09-07 19:03
A Tactical Waffle	Other way around. Urza had an enchantment theme with an underlying artifact theme, just the few artifact themed cards in it were very broken, so people remembers them. "If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be." -Yogi Berra For Those Starting A New Set - READ IT

Wed, 2010-09-08 14:38
Anuttymous	Ah, I see. We do still need a name, so suggestions would be nice. I don't want it to be stuck as Lumi-something forever. As said before Lumi-something might not be the best idea, because the plane didn't contain Lumi-anything until the Ota appeared. Auratium is the only suggestion we have so far. Anyone else, or are we using it, with the permission of DH, of course. [edit]Oh, and we also need to do this Bastion of Suns thing. Just a quick, what is it, what's it for and similar background. Then, people can suggest a card for it. But background for it comes first. And a set/plane name!!![/edit] Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Wed, 2010-09-08 14:38

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Ah, I see.

We do still need a name, so suggestions would be nice. I don't want it to be stuck as Lumi-something forever.
As said before Lumi-something might not be the best idea, because the plane didn't contain Lumi-anything until the Ota appeared.

Auratium is the only suggestion we have so far. Anyone else, or are we using it, with the permission of DH, of course.

[edit]Oh, and we also need to do this Bastion of Suns thing. Just a quick, what is it, what's it for and similar background. Then, people can suggest a card for it. But background for it comes first. And a set/plane name!!![/edit]

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Wed, 2010-09-08 23:56
Guitarweeps	I don't think we HAVE to have a name yet. It can stay codenamed for a little bit. I kind of would like it if the Bastion of Suns was not made into a card, just a part of the story. But I suppose that would depend on what it is exactly. I looked up bastion on dictionary.com; didn't really help make sense of it... Anyways, I was thinking about spell enchantments and I wanted to try something different. I was thinking that it would be cool to have enchantments that actually have a relevant enchantment effect but also have a spell-like quality upon casting or upon saccing. Here are some ideas for mythics: Spoiler: Phenomenon of Time Enchantment - M When you cast ~, take an extra turn after this one. You may look at the top card of your library. (You may do this at any time) Phenomenon of Spirit Enchantment - M When you cast ~, put two 2/2 white Spirit creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield. Creatures you control get +1/+1. Phenomenon of Rage Enchantment - M When you cast ~, after the first postcombat main phase this turn, there's an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures that attacked this turn. Creatures you control have haste. The more practical sac cards: Spoiler: Essense of Clairvoyance Enchantment - U Opponents play with their hands revealed. Sacrifice ~: Look at target player's hand and choose a nonland card. That player discards that card. Activate this ability only when you could activate a sorcery. Essence of Growth Enchantment - U Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, gain 1 life. Sacrifice ~: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Spark Braids Enchantment - R Whenever you cast a red spell, add to your mana pool. Sacrifice ~: Add to your mana pool. Random idea: Aspect of Decay Enchantment - U When ~ enters the battlefield, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. ~ becomes an Aura attached to that creature. Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 and has intimidate. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

Wed, 2010-09-08 23:56

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I don't think we HAVE to have a name yet. It can stay codenamed for a little bit.

I kind of would like it if the Bastion of Suns was not made into a card, just a part of the story. But I suppose that would depend on what it is exactly. I looked up bastion on dictionary.com; didn't really help make sense of it...

Anyways, I was thinking about spell enchantments and I wanted to try something different. I was thinking that it would be cool to have enchantments that actually have a relevant enchantment effect but also have a spell-like quality upon casting or upon saccing.

Here are some ideas for mythics:

Spoiler:

Phenomenon of Time
Enchantment - M
When you cast ~, take an extra turn after this one.
You may look at the top card of your library. (You may do this at any time)

Phenomenon of Spirit
Enchantment - M
When you cast ~, put two 2/2 white Spirit creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.

Phenomenon of Rage
Enchantment - M
When you cast ~, after the first postcombat main phase this turn, there's an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures that attacked this turn.
Creatures you control have haste.

The more practical sac cards:

Spoiler:

Essense of Clairvoyance
Enchantment - U
Opponents play with their hands revealed.
Sacrifice ~: Look at target player's hand and choose a nonland card. That player discards that card. Activate this ability only when you could activate a sorcery.

Essence of Growth
Enchantment - U
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, gain 1 life.
Sacrifice ~: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Spark Braids
Enchantment - R
Whenever you cast a red spell, add to your mana pool.
Sacrifice ~: Add to your mana pool.

Random idea:

Aspect of Decay 3 mana symbol Black mana symbol
Enchantment - U
When ~ enters the battlefield, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. ~ becomes an Aura attached to that creature.
Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 and has intimidate.

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Thu, 2010-09-09 15:27
Anuttymous	Some good card ideas, hopefully we'll get some people overlooking them and commenting. I will do so in a moment. Bastion: a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism" Sounds to me that the Bastion of Suns was a group of (perhaps white) people/creatures against the Ota. Hence why it felt the need to attack. I also though, maybe this is a cycle? Bastion of Suns, Bastion of Seas, Bastion of Moons, Bastion of Earth, Bastion of Nature, or something like that? As "a group that defends a principle" it couldn't be represented by one card, but it would give us flavour. Of course, as "a group" the flavour text of Lumithread Field would be slightly off - "its light". Maybe they could be a rare land cycle? Honestly, though, I don't like the sound of 5 different Bastions, it just seems askew to me, don't ask why. I think maybe there should just be a Bastion of Suns and a Bastion of Moons, and perhaps the Bastion of Suns is taken by the Ota and used as a stronghold, whilst the Bastion of Moons holds fast? We'll see what other ideas come in, and choose the more popular out of them. Anyway, thanks for the cards, looks like we might be getting onto cards about now, so... The Phenomena are a great way of getting the commonly seen mythics/rares into a set without upsetting the flavour - the Time Warp card, the World at War card. We might keep it to just a few though, as I don't like mythic cycles much. Just use the Phenomenom idea for certain things, not a cycle. The sacrificing cards are quite good, but I don't know if we're going to be utilising much multicolour in the set, so we'll have to see. Also, Spark Braids seems rather powerful. [edit]Just found something that we could perhaps bring back. A very Leadership Aura type card: Breath of Fury. Maybe a cycle of this kinda thing?[/edit] Anuttymous the Gathering It's moderatin' time Ask me anything you need

Thu, 2010-09-09 15:27

Anuttymous

Some good card ideas, hopefully we'll get some people overlooking them and commenting. I will do so in a moment.

Bastion: a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
Sounds to me that the Bastion of Suns was a group of (perhaps white) people/creatures against the Ota. Hence why it felt the need to attack. I also though, maybe this is a cycle? Bastion of Suns, Bastion of Seas, Bastion of Moons, Bastion of Earth, Bastion of Nature, or something like that? As "a group that defends a principle" it couldn't be represented by one card, but it would give us flavour. Of course, as "a group" the flavour text of Lumithread Field would be slightly off - "its light". Maybe they could be a rare land cycle? Honestly, though, I don't like the sound of 5 different Bastions, it just seems askew to me, don't ask why. I think maybe there should just be a Bastion of Suns and a Bastion of Moons, and perhaps the Bastion of Suns is taken by the Ota and used as a stronghold, whilst the Bastion of Moons holds fast? We'll see what other ideas come in, and choose the more popular out of them.

Anyway, thanks for the cards, looks like we might be getting onto cards about now, so...

The Phenomena are a great way of getting the commonly seen mythics/rares into a set without upsetting the flavour - the Time Warp card, the World at War card. We might keep it to just a few though, as I don't like mythic cycles much. Just use the Phenomenom idea for certain things, not a cycle.
The sacrificing cards are quite good, but I don't know if we're going to be utilising much multicolour in the set, so we'll have to see. Also, Spark Braids seems rather powerful.

[edit]Just found something that we could perhaps bring back. A very Leadership Aura type card: Breath of Fury. Maybe a cycle of this kinda thing?[/edit]

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Thu, 2010-09-09 20:00
Guitarweeps	Maybe the Bastion of Suns could be some sort of epic being/presence which granted the Ota Lumination. Maybe it is the God/guardian of the plane. And then they became proud and turned on it in order to prove themselves more powerful/exalted then their blessor. I think whatever we decide it will have a stronger flavor being by itself not in any type of cycle. Yeah, I wasn't really thinking that a cycle of phenomenon was necessary. We should have a few cycles at lower rarities for the enchantments if we choose to go this route. I was thinking that we should be low on the multicolor but it might be cool to do an ally color cycle or something. Servant of the Bastion Creature Enchantment - Human Cleric R Incessant (When this leaves the battlefield, you may attach any Auras attached to it to another target permanent they can enchant.) Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may gain 2 life. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on ~. I will never partake of the bastardization the Ota offer their converts. 2/3 This card implies that there could be some that served (or serve, maybe they haven't conquered it yet!) the Bastion of the Suns and acheived "perfection" without heading down the prideful path of the Ota. Check out my updated set hub. Moderator

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Maybe the Bastion of Suns could be some sort of epic being/presence which granted the Ota Lumination. Maybe it is the God/guardian of the plane. And then they became proud and turned on it in order to prove themselves more powerful/exalted then their blessor. I think whatever we decide it will have a stronger flavor being by itself not in any type of cycle.

Yeah, I wasn't really thinking that a cycle of phenomenon was necessary. We should have a few cycles at lower rarities for the enchantments if we choose to go this route. I was thinking that we should be low on the multicolor but it might be cool to do an ally color cycle or something.

Servant of the Bastion 1 mana symbol White mana symbol
Creature Enchantment - Human Cleric R
Incessant (When this leaves the battlefield, you may attach any Auras attached to it to another target permanent they can enchant.)
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may gain 2 life. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
I will never partake of the bastardization the Ota offer their converts.
2/3

This card implies that there could be some that served (or serve, maybe they haven't conquered it yet!) the Bastion of the Suns and acheived "perfection" without heading down the prideful path of the Ota.

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Thu, 2010-09-09 23:26

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Idea here: the Bastions are a cycle of lands (not Enchantment lands, that would be broken) that are being "illuminated" (invaded) by the Ota, and the non-Ota inhabitants of the plane retaliate by giving the Ota a kick in the rear.

...Or maybe not. There could be not just one Bastion but five (I think you've already said that), one Bastion for each color.

What i'm trying to say here is that the Bastion(s) are places, not "beings".

When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.

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