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I had an idea... for a 1,000 card set
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Thoughts?
For one, are "cardsmiths" planeswalkers? I like the idea, but it seems like this would lead to a War of the Spark type set, which was a bit divisive. I also think we should delve deep into what a cardsmith is/does in the multiverse.
Also, I guess the rest of the members can decide what cardsmiths are going to represent.
But, one idea I just got is that cardsmiths are just legendary creatures; their may be some exceptions though for diversity. There is a mtg god, which is an embodiment of the MTG cardsmith site itself, basically a large, powerful entity. This god created a large void in which random,small planes (the small planes part can be discussed and delved-deeper into by other members) spawn out of. It is infinite. Then, maybe some other characters that help the god kind-of like the angels and archangels (these characters can be made by other people contributing to this set). They will also be strange entities, like the god, but weaker and different. We only need a couple; they will be the planeswalkers. I guess the legendary creature you make will be the leader of your plane.
Also, I think people should have freedom over the theme of their plane. I think this will allow for more creativity and diversity. It can be as straight-forward or as wacky as they want as long as the cards are balanced and fair. From knights and wizards to Alien Bear Frogs and three-legged Centaurs, etc. But, it should have a creative element that represent them. What I mean by this is that someone could make a complete mario set, but it wouldn't be as interesting if they just used the same characters already existing. They would have to do some kind of spin off like a new kind of mario like "Dragon Mario" or "Yoshisaurus Rex", or something like that? Not everything has to be a new form of an already existing idea, but at least contain something new if you are going to do something like this . References to other things are fine as well. You guys get me?
Sorry for the long text, it might not be the most fun to read
We can have seasonal/festival planes. What I mean by this is that everyone can submit a card or two on a holiday that is happening currently. It can be any holiday and it can have any amount of cards, even if its just 3 or something from only one person. They will be on their own separate plane or you can apply them to your plane if you want. They will not only bulk up the set with quality filler to reach 1000, it can apply a greater sense of community and will be something players/card makers will relate to. Since people live in different parts of the world, any holiday from their culture or country is welcome even if they are the only ones who are making cards on it.
Also the seasons can be used in the same way. We will have 4 extra planes; one for each season. Since (like I said) other people might live in other places, the seasons may be different; this means that seasonal cards can be made any time of the year I guess.
Either way, make the cards good and have fun with them!
This way instead of the person organizing having to scroll through the thread's pages for cards, they will only have to go on the cardsmith's profile. There might be some loose cards here and there, but I think this might be more efficient.
In the beginning there was a God (MTGCardsmith's embodiment) floating in a void. He was sleeping in eternal rest until one day he opened his eyes. This sent out waves upon waves of aether out (you guys mentioned the planes were going to be islands floating in the aether, which I think is a good idea). There was so much and it was overpowering; the light was too bright and it hurt the god's eyes. He couldn't tolerate it, but he knew that this aether had a mysterious power; he sensed it. So to try and control the aether , he ripped of parts of his body/limbs to sent them floating into the distance; these limbs were supposed to absorb the overpowering energy. Eventually as the light dimmed and the god could finally see, he saw 5 entities standing before him. They had mutated and came back each with a different element: the five colors of mana. (There was a white/blue/black/red/green one, which will each have their names when we make them.) Each one had the power to send mana of their kind into the aether, thus being able to create an infinite amount of floating-island-planes . The god saw them having fun creating planes and tried to send mana of his own; turns out, he colorless. But, there was still a problem. Within seconds of creating planes, they would turn unstable and explode. The god, curious and eager to be able to create islands like the others, added his colorless mana to one of the newly created planes. To their surprise, it didn't explode and thus created the first stable plane. The colorless mana neutralized the colored mana, which stabilized the energy of the plane.
But, they weren't the only ones alive. There were other being out in the aether with intentions unknown. They had different kinds of mana like:snow mana, phyrexian mana, energy, etc. Some of them would help create islands by involving their own mana into them. But, who knows what other malignant being were created delving out in the farther parts of the aether...
Something like this. The storyline can be edited if someone has a better idea.
Which colour was the first stable plane?
I guess there would be one really big island for each colour, one that's all colours and one that's colourless. Apart from that, there's islands of some of the following, but not all: Original colourless, snow, purple, phyrexian mana, machine or void ( @Tomigon ), split multi-coloured mana.
My original intentions were that the god created many different planes with mixtures of colors and you people (cardsmiths) make the plane you want. Basically, every player has their own plane to make lore, characters, creatures, guilds, ect how ever they want.
But...We can have a plane for every color like you said which contains of cards people make; I think this could be good.Everyone would be able to make cards for these planes as long as are only that specific color. They would the first planes of their color in the story. Then, we can have the personal, holiday, and seasonal planes as well. People can make as many planes as they want. A giant multiverse
Also, have you read my previous posts above? I know its a lot of text, but I think some of it is useful information to take in. What do you think of it?
Thoughts anyone?
Planes in case we use them:
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Plane
Heres some art:
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Our personal planes won't be included into any hybrid mana plains, if we do them. In other words, the colors on our planes don't matter and won't replace anything.
You know, this "Make your own Demiplane" thing would make a great contest.
It's a big summary, but it's out of habit at this point
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/World
There can only be one world enchantment on the battlefield, but this doesn't affect the rest of the enchantments right?