We’re back again with a deep dive on the uncommon gold cards of the newest set! We’re honing our instincts on the design of these types of cards, and talk about how to apply it to our own designs.
We have our four categories:
- Excitement: Is this a cool new strategy? Do these two cards inspire us?
- Accuracy: Do we believe decks will actually be able to play this strategy?
- Synergy: Does this make unused cards great? Are these cards only good in the right deck?
- Raw Strength: Are these two cards useful on their own? Do these cards lead me to this color pair?
This is less about how to pick the best cards to win games, and more about the impression these archetypes might make on players picking up the set. With these tools we can also improve how we design our own sets.
See all the cards here: https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3dsk+r%3Cr+c%3E1&order=color
| Excitement | Accuracy | Synergy | Raw Strength | |
| UW | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| UB | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| RB | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| RG | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| GW | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| BW | 5/4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| UR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| BG | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| RW | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| UG | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |