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Arabian Nights Remake (Retro Set Design)
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Pricing the land destruction starting at 4 is reasonable, at least it's tougher to ramp into repeatedly taking away your opponent's first or second land drop.
Caravans — this creature gains +0 / +1 for each card with the same name in play.
Or vary it a bit.
-for each creature with whom it shares a subtype.
-for each creature it shares the ability with.
Mirage: This land does not count as land for spell or ability effects.
• Are Zombies and Skeletons gonna be in the set?
• How many mechanics are gonna be featured in the set?
To answer your first question - I haven’t ruled it out, but they havent been a huge part of the plan. If i were to include them, I’d opt for skeletons as they’be always played second fiddle to zombies, and it’d be nice to change that. I like skeletons.
As to the second- That’s the process we’re actually trying to determine right now. My ordain mechanic will be heavily featured though. And because of that, a subtle “tap interaction” and “color-sharing matters” themes will be evident.
I’m still not sure how big the set is gonna be, which influences the number of mechanics and/or themes. My intitial thought was 179 using Rivals of Ixalan as the structure of the set.
Ordain functions similarly to Kicker and can be on any type of spell. I’ve updated the wording to be slightly more economical in letter count.
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Ordain (As you cast this spell you may tap an untapped Human you control that shares a color with it. If you do, this spell is ordained.)
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Prophesy is a Keyword Action that can be on any type of spell or permanent, with nearly any type of trigger. I’m undecided if Prophesying a card should only be from the graveyard, or if we can leave it open ended to interact with any of the below listed game-zones.
Prophesy a nonland card from your [hand/graveyard/top of library] (Exile it. The next spell you cast that shares a card type with it costs {1} less to cast can’t be countered.)
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So just one more mechanic would be needed. Does it need to be keyworded? Or can it be a functional theme? Like Desert interaction in a general sense? Also, it could be a returning mechanic. Maybe Adamant?
Prophesy a nonland card from your hand or graveyard.
Seems more rounded out, to me. Mainly because you could exile a land from the top of your library, and therefore would require different wording. This way it retains versatility, and will always be worded the same. Again, I really like this mechanic, it works really well.
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As for another mechanic, you could probably just use an existing mechanic from Magic's history. Usually, sets have one to two old mechanics, and one to two new mechanics.
https://www.planesculptors.net/set/arabias-unspiraling/araus-ver2
I really love the Wanderlust ability! Also, love all the tribes! If you’re down to collaborate, or willing to allow me to experiment with some of your designs in my own direction I’d love that, and would of course give you credit!