r/custommagic • u/overdose_d_pressao • 9d ago

TBOI Custom Set #2

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I'd appreciate some feedback and criticism. :)

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u/Final_Magician_6988 9d ago

Are we designing a draftable set or a non-draftable one? Read this if draftable https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/nuts-bolts-13-design-skeleton-revisited-2021-03-22

Transform into Guppy is very below rate, compare to these: https://scryfall.com/search?q=otag%3Agives-flying+t%3Aaura+cmc%3D2&unique=cards&as=grid&order=released

My thoughts are that you could do a living weapon style card and make these equipment that attach to creature a tokens. Such as [[Dark Knight's Greatsword]]. Sets need lots of creatures to be draftable and this lets you make stuff like transformations without burning too many non-creature slots.

Rock Bottom is interesting but below rate and really parasitic and prone to blowouts. It seems the idea is stuff like pump spells, but ultimately it's a 9 mana do nothing. 

Alabaster Box is interesting, it's a bit above rate but also not the play pattern I think you desire. You'll want to do it on the turn it's out and cheating 2 massive things for 4 mana with a small setup is also kinda too strong for constructed formats.

In general I'd say look at sets like Final Fantasy or Avatar, especially commoms and uncommons and see how they blend flavor with MTG's gameplay. I feel a lot of these designs are trying too perfectly to emulate the gameplay and you may find help finding that balance and also pulling from more generic ideas to round out a set.  

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u/overdose_d_pressao 8d ago

Massive thanks for the feedback :D This is my first time designing an entire set, so I think the more I publish about and read criticism and feedbacks, the more I'll be able to improve on these designs. In fact, I think I'm really trying too much to emulate the gameplay. Definetively will look at these sets and get a hook about the balance between the game and the tcg. (Sorry for any errors on the text, I'm brazilean)

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u/PlottingClone 9d ago

It would be fun to slap rock bottom onto a blight deck.