Post by shiftyhomunculus on Aug 10, 2018 19:23:27 GMT
Ten designers. 250(ish) cards. One dream.
a collaboration by CyberChronometer, colinbeck, grishnax, HerziQuerzi, justnobody, monger, Neottolemo, shiftyhomunculus, Timespiraled, voltaicqui, and Yoshi
a collaboration by CyberChronometer, colinbeck, grishnax, HerziQuerzi, justnobody, monger, Neottolemo, shiftyhomunculus, Timespiraled, voltaicqui, and Yoshi
Build Our Own Draft 2, or BOO2, as it's come to be known, is a somewhat experimental project organized and masterminded by justnobody. Ten MSE designers were each assigned a three-color grouping and a design skeleton for twenty-five cards: ten commons, eight uncommons (including one arcun), six rares, and a mythic. Each micro-set was developed in isolation from the others and encouraged to have its own flavor and mechanical identity. The ten were then combined into a single body for drafting, a mesh of all ten visions, and results have been very promising. While it's obviously not the most polished environment, the combination of different approaches and ideas makes it very open-ended, with many different strategies open depending on where the packs take you.
You can check out the complete set on Planesculptors, unified and ready for drafting, right here!
The Designers
In , monger leads an expedition into the wilderness, using the acclimate mechanic to build a team of hardened wayfarers fit to take on the world.
In , shiftyhomunculus lays out a darker path for a doomed band of pilgrims, whittling them down with the scapegoat mechanic until only the bravest and cruelest survive.
In , voltaicqui (Jacqui) dives into the depths and introduces a beautiful but perilous world of aquatic monsters, fueled by the returning mechanic bloodthirst.
In , Neottolemo brings forth a cutthroat toolbox of weird and wonderful critters, bringing some much-needed raw power and utility to the set.
In , justnobody looks ahead with a bright, chaotic cyberpunk world, making gratuitous misuse of the override mechanic to break barriers and tear down walls.
In , HerziQuerzi brings down heaven's fury, combining mighty Angels with their lowly supplicants and driving them to victory with the returning exalted mechanic.
In , colinbeck (FifthDragon) summons the pack, encouraging creatures to be their purest, strongest selves with the ancient power of the primal mechanic.
In , grishnax harnesses the might of the swarm, with the swarm mechanic backing up a fierce army of Insects in a world overrun by the ever-expanding hive.
In , Yoshi (Lily Blossom) lights a spark of creativity, conjuring artists who cross time and space alike in search of inspiration with the time dilation mechanic.
In , CyberChronometer merges courtly niceties with shadowy machinations, and the spirited mechanic (originally by Timespiraled) lets agents of dark causes blur the line between the two.
And, rounding everything out, Timespiraled contributes five common lands to smooth mana and make sure all these cards are actually castable!