Flip Cards, Transforming Cards, Two-Sided Cards

Scott_AndersonScott_Anderson
in Custom Card Discussion
I'm fascinated by the design possibilities in this space. The Kamigawa guys, the Werewolves, the morphs.

Can you think of a way for a card to have more than two sides? I would like to have a card that's more complicated than a level up card, but that levels up. I'm not sure how to do it.

Also, here is my favorite creation:

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  • MemoryHeadMemoryHead
    edited March 2020
    The main way I can think of to achieve a triple-sided card (and perhaps the most obvious) would be a transforming card where one side is also a Kamigawa flip card or something similar. You've also got the whole morph thing, but since that renders one of the three sides a 2/2 for 3 in all cases then it doesn't really count.

    If you mean a card that physically had three sides, I don't think it's something MTG would ever do. Mark Rosewater talked about something similar in the BlogAtog post below, though. I looked into it briefly and it just isn't something that fits with MTG.
    https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/188311340838/could-you-hypothetically-make-a-three-sided-token
  • EnvyReaperEnvyReaper
    @MemoryHead

    Honestly a Kamigawa flip transitioning into a transformation would be VERY hard to balance
  • Faiths_GuideFaiths_Guide
    edited March 2020
    Such a dish was served in the tavern almost exactly one year ago:
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    (I had to "create" the art for the flip card by combining two of Anna's pieces.)
  • LujikulLujikul
    edited March 2020
    Three sided cards are theoretically functional. In Force of Will, three sided rulers have a front and back side, and then the back side has a fold that flips over to reveal a new face, usually indicated by an ability that lets it transform again.
  • ArchieTaylorArchieTaylor
    There are the Ravnica split cards (Fire//Ice, etc). Why not do that, but with three options?
  • KorandAngelsKorandAngels
    edited March 2020
    Me and @DrakeGladis made a meld card once.
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  • KorandAngelsKorandAngels
    I also tried to make a card that transforms into a sorcery, then goes into your hand. But apparently, in your hand it's impossible for the rules to tell if it's face up or not.
  • Scott_AndersonScott_Anderson
    Wow, what great ideas everyone!!
  • MonkeyPirate2002MonkeyPirate2002
    edited March 2020

      Something I made a long time ago (2018); I decided to fix these four cards.
  • Scott_AndersonScott_Anderson
    So.. partners which both transform.
  • MonkeyPirate2002MonkeyPirate2002
    yup
  • DrakeGladisDrakeGladis
    edited March 2020

  • Scott_AndersonScott_Anderson
    That is a flip card
  • KorandAngelsKorandAngels
    @DrakeGladis how does Fatecast work?
  • DrakeGladisDrakeGladis
    When it would die, cast the "fate" side.  That would be Fearsome Lich
  • KorandAngelsKorandAngels
    Isn't that just how normal transforming cards work?
  • MemoryHeadMemoryHead
    @KorandAngels Yes, but the same could be said of all keywords. They do something that you could just write out manually, but if you've got lots of cards in the same set doing that same thing then it's far better to keyword.

    This Fatecast mechanic, for example, might do well in a set based around the past, present and future for the purpose of telling little internal "what happened after this creature died" stories. It might be used a lot in that theoretical set and so would be keyworded to save space and give cohesion to cards.
  • KorandAngelsKorandAngels
    Ok.
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