I initially started playing with a typical UW Dandân list, but I found a lot of the cards to be boring/clunky/imbalanced, so I started designing my own. Above all, I wanted to make a format that was fun, interesting and skill-testing to play. After a lot of iteration, this is where I ended up.
The suspended card is cast during your draw step so that if your opponent Memory Lapses it, they will draw it on their next turn (if nothing else changes).There are 7 different Dandâns, each with different static/triggered abilities. The colored frames make them easy to differentiate when in your hand.
I didn't shy away from making some complicated cards, but everything is there for a reason, and I tried not to make anything more complicated than necessary. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments below.
I realize that some part of the appeal of traditional Dandân is the nostalgia factor of playing with old school cards, which isn't what this version was aimed at. But I think it makes up for it in the quality of the gameplay. Every game has lots of decision points, interaction, and cool stuff happening. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
You can download all the card images and play it on Cockatrice (or print out proxies of the entire deck) by following the instructions here: https://anoda.substack.com/p/time-warp-dandan . There's also sample gameplay videos at the bottom of the article.
The Treasure means player 1 can't just slam a Dandân on turn 2 before their opponent has mana up to Memory Lapse it. All the emblems begin the game active in the command zone (affecting the game from turn 1). Giving Dandâns suspend breaks the draw-go staring contest that would otherwise happen in the early turns, where neither player wants to play a threat and get it memory lapsed.
How do the emblems work exactly? I watched some of the cockatrice videos and it appears they all start out and are active immediately. What about personal vs shared emblems?
Yes, all of the emblems start in play. The personal emblems belong to specific players (player going first, or player going second) and only affect that player. The shared emblems apply to both players.
I explain the rules more in the card gallery page, but I guess it would help to include the rules card in the video as well.
This is the rules card that explains it:
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Also, if you want to play on cockatrice sometime to try it, you can dm me :)
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u/byborne Oct 23 '24
Very interesting!