you know, looking at this list, something seems terribly wrong. aren't epic and wisdom mechanics? if so, why only one occurance of "wisdom" (probably in a card name)? neither of these correspond to hand size, or "hand" in general. 97 hand occurances, 11 occurances of understood mechanics. okay, 23 with shinen. still - are we missing a mechanic? one that has something to do with hands? if so, what would it be called?
you know, looking at this list, something seems terribly wrong. aren't epic and wisdom mechanics? if so, why only one occurance of "wisdom" (probably in a card name)? neither of these correspond to hand size, or "hand" in general. 97 hand occurances, 11 occurances of understood mechanics. okay, 23 with shinen. still - are we missing a mechanic? one that has something to do with hands? if so, what would it be called?
It might not have a keyword associated with it (that is, "wisdom" might be slang for effects which depend on the number of cards in a player's hand, like Oppressive Will does. Or like "gating" from Planeshift, if you prefer.)
Splice and Soulshift aren't the only things that mention hand. Bounce spells, Moonfolk, and things that reveal someone's hand are all possibilities. Betrayers not only had Ninjutsu, but two of those ninjas also had bounce abilities: Mistblade Shinobi and Walker of Secret Ways.
And don't forget tutors! Or more of the Lobotomy theme. Or anything like the Genjus.
So lots of instances of the word "hand" shouldn't be too hard to imagine. Although, before someone makes a fool out of themselves, I will point out that they changed their templating on discard spells.
Theres 1 result for 8BBGG!, what the... there's either an expensive multicolor card, or a heavy activation cost, very interesting
3 results for Iname too, could there possibly be a link here (if you sum up Iname's cost from champs you get 8BBGG and sum it's p/t and you get 8/8, and there's a result for that too, this is probably a coincidence though, never mind)
On a side note, 3 instances for tokens and 5 for tokens, yay!
so, who wants to take on the task of putting together all the known card phrases to get an idea of the maximum number of times they show up? that could help sort out what the other cards do by elimination.
for example, the maximum number of times the phrase "at the beginning of your upkeep" is limited by the least common word. that could have its own orb thread i suppose. but it might help in getting a better picture of what the set will look like. its probably not possible to build a full spoiler from this method though...
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Plus there's Quillmane Baku, Kami of the Vanishing Touch, and Phantom Wings.
And don't forget tutors! Or more of the Lobotomy theme. Or anything like the Genjus.
So lots of instances of the word "hand" shouldn't be too hard to imagine. Although, before someone makes a fool out of themselves, I will point out that they changed their templating on discard spells.
Maybe a spell with channel will have an option to pay its colorless mana part in life?
Otherwise, er, it's pretty straightforward...:confused2:
3 results for Iname too, could there possibly be a link here (if you sum up Iname's cost from champs you get 8BBGG and sum it's p/t and you get 8/8, and there's a result for that too, this is probably a coincidence though, never mind)
On a side note, 3 instances for tokens and 5 for tokens, yay!
for example, the maximum number of times the phrase "at the beginning of your upkeep" is limited by the least common word. that could have its own orb thread i suppose. but it might help in getting a better picture of what the set will look like. its probably not possible to build a full spoiler from this method though...
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