Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2011 22:38:43 GMT -5
I figured that we kinda needed a thread for this.
A Cube Draft is a draft variant similar to booster draft, but rather than using factory sealed booster packs, packs are created by taking fifteen cards at random from a pre-selected pool of cards. Theoretically, a cube can be as small as 90 cards, though most cubes include at least 360 cards in order to support a eight-player draft. Cube drafting gained popularity after being featured as a format in the Magic Invitational.
In a Custom Set, at least how we are going about it, the participants create their own custom cards to use as a set (sounds obvious, no?), then the cards are judged by the other participants and tweaked around until they seem appropriate and awesome, unless they just get killed for being too terrible. Here are some links on card and set design:
General Design:
mtgsalvation.com/417-putting-your-eggs-in-your-basket.html
mtgsalvation.com/430-putting-your-eggs-in-your-basket-a-follow-up.html
mtgsalvation.com/634-advanced-design-em-and-deem.html
General Design (Mark Rosewater):
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr68
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr132
Templating Cards:
forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=1076102&postcount=34
Color Pie (Mark Rosewater):
www.wizards.com/magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/147
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr133
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr109
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr84
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr43
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr57
A Cube Draft is a draft variant similar to booster draft, but rather than using factory sealed booster packs, packs are created by taking fifteen cards at random from a pre-selected pool of cards. Theoretically, a cube can be as small as 90 cards, though most cubes include at least 360 cards in order to support a eight-player draft. Cube drafting gained popularity after being featured as a format in the Magic Invitational.
In a Custom Set, at least how we are going about it, the participants create their own custom cards to use as a set (sounds obvious, no?), then the cards are judged by the other participants and tweaked around until they seem appropriate and awesome, unless they just get killed for being too terrible. Here are some links on card and set design:
General Design:
mtgsalvation.com/417-putting-your-eggs-in-your-basket.html
mtgsalvation.com/430-putting-your-eggs-in-your-basket-a-follow-up.html
mtgsalvation.com/634-advanced-design-em-and-deem.html
General Design (Mark Rosewater):
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr68
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr132
Templating Cards:
forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=1076102&postcount=34
Color Pie (Mark Rosewater):
www.wizards.com/magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/147
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr133
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr109
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr84
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr43
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr57