u/Conscious_Working_87

After getting some feedback on the original designs, I’ve come back to these and attempted to align them more closely with WOTC’s basic landcycling philosophy. However, these do likely still push those limits due to the fact they’re hybrid cards.

They help fulfill two roles in the set — basic fixing for primal costs (primal being an alternative casting cost requiring basic lands), and threshold count.

While i do try to create old-school, and simple feeling designs, my intended power level is closer to the later 2000’s, early 2010’s. I’m heavily inspired by Odyssey block, but I do try to push past that era just slightly in terms of overall card-quality across rarities.

Big questions i have is whether p/t seems appropriate, and effects seem well balanced/integrated.

If you have any questions about the set, or feel inclined to leave a comment, it’s all appreciated.

Any feedback is welcome and appreciated, for either the near-finished cards above, or design ideas below.

For those who haven’t seen previous posts, Mu is a stone-and-sorcery set inspired by the following:
Paleomythic RPG
Würm RPG
Dar and the Spear Thrower (novel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (novel)
10,000 BC Film
Primal (tv)
Far Cry: Primal
Muraganda (mtg)

I’m currently working on white commons, what you see above is what I consider to be “locked-in” or essentially finished, however I’m struggling to complete the last 6 cards.
I would love some collaboration, and/or advice on designing the last cards, and if anyone has any recommendations for art, I’d greatly appreciate it. I’m open to reworking these ideas, or coming up with something entirely new.

White in this set thematically supports two human groups

1. The Chulaq, a late Neolithic, early chalcolithic agrarian people, more complex socially, religiously, etc… (GW)
2. The Aiwa River-Clans, semi-settled riverine hunter-gatherers, dream-ritualists, vision-questers, and spiritually attuned. (UW)

Mechanically: Food matters, light human-matters, tap/untap (survival support)
I’m having a hard time figuring out blue, so i introduced Retrace as a mechanic to bridge some archetypes (primarily UB and UW).

Here are a few designs I’m considering —

Rise with Dawn {W}
Sorcery
Untap each creature you control.

[card name tbd] {1}{W}
Instant
Choose one —
Destroy target blocked creature
Destroy target enchantment

Knotspeaker’s Wisdom {2}{W}
Sorcery
[effect TBD]
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Sunsteppe Wisent {3}{W}
Creature — Bison
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {2}. If you do it gains indestructible until end of turn.
4/3

Aiwa Elder {4}{W}
Creature — Human Shaman
When this creature enters, you may return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
2/4

Mu is a stone-and-sorcery set, inspired by such works as 10,000 BC (the film), Primal (the show), Dar and the Spearthrower (novel), and my general interest in paleontology and anthropology.

I have intentionally designed cards to not only look, but hopefully feel like early magic cards (what I’m calling meta-flavor, it is prehistoric after all).

I have draft archetypes in mind as I’m designing. If you have any questions about the set, or wanna leave me any feedback it’d be much appreciated.

The dual lands are indeed a completion of the Campus cycle — however here they have been up-shifted in rarity due to the retro nature and lower power level of the set.

Also, because of the set’s flagship mechanic — Primal (You can only use mana produced by basic lands and creatures to pay a primal cost) — players are somewhat disincentivized to use nonbasics. Hence why the two rare utility lands are relatively strong comparatively (as a temptation, and to help a couple other archetypes).

Also, very much looking for feedback on the choice of art — especially any impressions as to how it conveys the world and setting at a glance.

After a couple weeks I am finally happy with my green commons. Any feedback at all is appreciated. Any questions regarding the set are also welcome.

Nothing groundbreaking here. Just limited draft glue. These help to support my Primal mechanic (alternative cost using only basics or creature mana), while also supporting Threshold (also making an appearance in the set.

(Only thing I’m questioning is whether the Skulker should Surveil 1 on ETB rather than having flash.)

Hope y’all enjoy the art.

Hi everyone! Been working on a set “Echoes of Ancient Mu”. Any feedback is welcome!

Also — maybe you can help me find my friends? I was very active on MTGcardsmith before it went shit, (circa. 2020-2022) as Rayne-Lord (my profile is still up there if you’re curious), and had a lot of friends there. The site is basically unusable, and I don’t think any of the old heads are active there anymore. Maybe some of you are here?

For anyone who’s interested:
Appendix N:
— Dar and the Spear-Thrower (novel)
— 10,000 BC (film)
— Würm (RPG)
— Paleomythic (RPG)
— Muraganda (mtg)
— Farcry: Primal
— Primal (Show)