this is a good food for thought article.
consider a toolbox deck which has a lot of 1-ofs and tutors. you say the chances of drawing a 4-of is only 0.1% less. let's assume that you're right. so the chances of drawing a tutor remains about the same. what if you add an extra 1-of that can be searched by the tutor. that extra can be valuable, while only minimally affecting a bad opening hand. thoughts?
The reason it took people long to accept mill is because WotC themselves fail to see the big picture. The public will only defer to and trust canon. The sooner WotC made it canon, the sooner people would have embraced this new terminology.
; moved to new domain https://ieants.cc/magic/cc/
; new shortcut URL https://bit.ly/cardcre
; embiggen manacost symbols on Vogon HD frame
; legendary names color enhanced on Vogon HD, LS, GC frames
; rules text ; mana brackets now supports any contiguous length of mana codes
ex. {2gg2/w} is now valid in rules text
pro-tip: you can omit brackets in the 'mana cost' field.
there are a lot of reasons I won't be using the official Magic fonts. however there are benefits to the fonts I chose. mainly they are highly legible and support advanced Latin, Greek and Cyrillic letters.
; vogon HD, LS, split frames ; make art pop out toward viewer, 3d illusion effect
; art, watermark, set icon ; allow special instructions at end of URL; can chain multiple instructions; crop, rotate, alpha, flip, flop
Art instructions:
Ex. :
(Ichorid from Gatherer)
before
after
Ex. Split cards:
(Illusion;;Reality from Scryfall)
before
after
ex.
chaining multiple instructions
ex.
Blazing Touch 3R
Invert 4RR (You may pay this spell's invert cost instead of its mana cost when you cast this spell. If you do, resolve its effects in reverse order).
= new Vogon GC frames = like greeting card = art (and seticon) on left half = all else on right half = see attachments for examples
Pro-tip: Watermark can be used as custom fancy borders or decoration for the right half.
[[Major Changes]]
= new Vogon LS frames = landscape format, for arts that stretch lengthwise from left to right = see attachments for examples
= playing card frame dimensions doubled = rules now over art, and text color is inverted black/white based on art background
= rarity colors now gradient textures
= default set icon for all cards
[[Minor Changes]]
= updated hints page
= improved planeswalker rules height proportions to accommodate short abilities
= rules text centered for most frames = for some frames, rules may be pushed toward bottom
= Vogon frames' card names appear bigger = box is slightly taller to fit bigger font size
in the "Art [URL]" text box, enter a valid Internet URL to an image file. Preferably .png or .jpg.
ex.
; updated hints
; added columns to rules text
* Use <<<< to print to left column.
* Use >>>> to print to right column.
* Use <<>> to exit column mode.
Ex. rules text for Lovestruck Beast (see attachments):
<<<<
<Heart's Desire> {g}
<Sorcery -- Adventure>
Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
>>>>
~ can't attack unless you control a 1/1 creature.