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The Betrayal of the Gatewatch (Need ideas)
Hi everyone, Urtar 370 here after a long break from Cardsmith. I have been working on the most epic project I have ever worked on. It is a set that takes place on Ravnica, in an alternate universe where everything after Hour of Devastation never existed, and Bolas used mind control spells on the Gatewatch, causing them to fufill his evil schemes. He wants to take control of Ravnica, so he has Jace free Emrakul from the moon on Innistrad, and has Nissa and Lilliana combine the bodies of Kozilek and Ulamog into a new titan, more powerful than both of them. Ajani figures out that they have become evil and creates a team devoted to stopping Bolas's schemes known as the Tidewatch (working title for now). This set will be massive, with a goal of four or five hundred cards. It will include all ten guilds with cards for every Ravnica guild mechanic ever, including my mechanics from my two custom Ravnica sets that are in the same block as this one. It will also have a huge planeswalker theme with a version of every planeswalker in the game excepting dead ones (such as Urza). Gideon will have a card, since he doesn't die in this universe. There will be planeswalkers at every rarity (yes, including common). There will also be Eldrazi, and Wastes and colorless mana requirements. I will be posting the cards on my other account, https://mtgcardsmith.com/account/sets/50394. I only have fifty or so cards right now (All of which are on Magic Set Editor), but if anyone has ideas for cards or cycles, or anything else, let me know, and that would be very helpful.
PS: Cycling is evergreen in my sets, so you can use that for making cards, as well as using any Ravnica mechanic ever. I have a cycle of hybrid cards that use two different guild mechanics such as such as Paranoid Surveilance which has Surveil and Jumpstart. Also, Oaths play a huge role in this set, as there is an Oath for every planeswalker in the set other than the Gatewatch members, and they are now a subtype, and some things care about them.
PS: Cycling is evergreen in my sets, so you can use that for making cards, as well as using any Ravnica mechanic ever. I have a cycle of hybrid cards that use two different guild mechanics such as such as Paranoid Surveilance which has Surveil and Jumpstart. Also, Oaths play a huge role in this set, as there is an Oath for every planeswalker in the set other than the Gatewatch members, and they are now a subtype, and some things care about them.
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It's doable, but from experience in the failed 1000 card set attempt, it will take quite some time and determination.
So, are you up for the challenge?
As far as ideas, maybe go on here: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Mechanic
Just choose a ability from the list and make a card based on it until you do most/all of them. Never done it. Not sure if it's fun, but it's an idea I've had for a while; I kind of wanted to try doing it myself. I'm not sure though... it doesn't sound that fun. But, you get the point; just choose some abilities from the list.
Maybe also make a decent skeleton if you haven't already?
Just found this article for building set skeletons, which I shared with someone else on the site. I found it to be useful enough: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/nuts-bolts-design-skeleton-2010-02-15
I feel this (set skeleton) can give you a good starting point and lead into what you are doing (if you don't already know).
Good luck!