The Perils are wackier and more fun and have fewer... fictional conventions about their depictions. (There's also two non-overlapping Perils lists, making the whole thing more needlessly difficult interesting to research.) This is basically just a hobbyhorse of mine, and besides, the Black Tortoise...

Thanks for sharing the faction list! They all seem pretty cool so far. After doing some research into the tetrads I wasn't familiar with, I have some hot takes and questions: Apothecaries for the humors just makes too much sense. I'm assuming you're rolling the four elements into this faction, since...

So you just said "challenge accepted" to a four color set. I commend you. Although that will surely be a challenge, the idea of basing the faction identities on existing tetrads sounds fascinating. I'm familiar with the classical elements and four humors, but not the ones from eastern trad...

I'm finally coming back to this project after an extended break from it. I've begun brainstorming a revamped version of the set with new draft archetypes and altered mechanics. The reason for this change is that my first version of the set placed too much emphasis on making sure the Wedges and their...

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Yeah, the card is a little ambiguously worded, so I wondering how it would work. It's great news that each opponent is a separate instance of mill; definitely makes this card an autoinclude. Thanks for sharing that!

Yup, making cuts is almost always tough. I've been goldfishing my current decklist with the three new cards mentioned, and the cards I ended up cutting were: Overcharged Amalgam, Kiora's Follower, and Life from the Loam.

I love Khan's block, so it's enjoyable to see different takes on what a return set could look like. Giving the clans the enemy color treatment makes sense and sounds fun. As far as color identity goes, are the clans still going to be centered in the same color as before? For instance, Mardu was [sym...

Just as I was thinking of transitioning Sidisi into Yarok, here come some of the coolest additions in a long time in Kagha, Shadow Archdruid , Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker , and even Erinis, Gloom Stalker to a lesser extent. Looks like I'll be keeping Sidisi together for awhile longer... On a personal...

Some other parings that stand out to me: Malcolm Keen-Eyed Navigator + Dargo, the Shipwrecker Numa, Joraga Chieftain + Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer + Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor Glacian, Powerstone Engineer + Armix, Filligree Thrasher Keleth, Sunmane Familiar + Kediss, Emb...

Do the shuffle into library effects actually get around Tormod's "one or more" clause?

Since it hasn't been mentioned here yet, the draft archetypes for each two color combination are spelled out by the uncommon legendaries, and there are partner combinations tailor made for each of those archetypes: U/R Pirates: Malcolm Keen-Eyed Navigator + Breeches, Brazen Plunderer B/G Elves: Miar...

Thanks for the feedback and the templating suggestion. The way you worded it is definitely more crisp.

Calling all rules experts! Is the following mechanic - or at least something like it - possible? Ambush ([Cost], return a creature you control that's blocked or blocking to your hand. Put [this creature] from your hand onto the battlefield blocked by or blocking the same creature the opponent contro...

I'm liking the concept of Forsee as well, and definitely trying to make it work. Unfortunately though, I wasn't liking the version based on ETB's though. Since it requires you to cast a creature or have a flicker effect every turn in order to keep it active, it would be really hard to use a Forsee e...

RattingRots Indeed. As much as I enjoy the power matters theme, it's very limiting to design around. So I decided to drop it and instead focus on ETB's for the new version of the Forsee mechanic. It demands a balance between creatures and spells, so I think it still feels like a good fit for Temur....

RattingRots Putting a ceiling on Resonate makes sense, but limiting it to one additional copy makes it feel too similar to the Ferocious mechanic from the original Khan's block. It also prevents cards with three modes from having all three potentially used off of the same cast. Maybe the ceiling co...

Resurface isn't the most exciting mechanic, but it's fine and allows you to have your ETB effects theme. The obvious comparison to Resurface is dredge. I think for limited the way you're doing it is fine, but in constructed some of these might actually be better than dredge cards. Vizier of Visions...

Cool thread! I'm curious to see what you come up with, since I'm actually working on a tribal approach to my Return to Khans set right now. Some possibilites: Mardu: Vampires are probably the best. Warriors, humans, or knights would work here as well. Temur: Not enough blue for werewolves. Elemental...

7/2/20 Update:

I'm open to feedback regarding the Endure mechanic for Abzan, and the Resound mechanic for Temur.

11/2 Update: Abzan: Still toying with a version of Martyr: ([Cost], Sacrifice this creature. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature. (Martyr only as sorcery).) Vs. Endure: (When this creature dies, [effect for X +1/+1 counters it had on it].) But I'm going with Martyr so far, while often including ...

However, you're not actually allowed to reference ability words the same way you're allowed to reference keywords. So the rules can care about whether a card has haste, for example, but not whether it has Adamant. The only way around this (that I can think of) would be do have Resonate just be a do...

The overall idea behind these mechanics seems sensible, though a part of me wishes there was a little more unity between them, I don't think that's necessarily practical. I'm interested in seeing more! I'm interested in what you mean by "more unity" between the mechanics. I do have some m...

I don't think that a set could really fit 6 mechanics, especially not 6 reasonably complex mechanics -- 5 is already pushing it, so they usually have at least one be pretty simple (a la surveil or convoke). And I don't think that they'd have one of the clan mechanics be tribal while the others aren...

For this set, I've re-centered the identity of the new clans on the enemy color that was previously suppressed by the Dragonlords. The story begins with Ob-Nixilis (who has regained his ability to assume human form at will) informing the Clans of their former identities. This has stoked planewide re...

What's really crazy about using Bojuka Bog on yourself is that Syr Konrad, the Grim is also a deterrent against opponents' own Bojuka Bog . If they exile our graveyard full of creatures, they're gonna feel the pain for doing so. Realistically, I expect Syr Konrad to eat a lot of spot removal, but i...