Colorcrayons
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Post by Colorcrayons on Aug 10, 2016 15:52:34 GMT -6
Those powerful sites that grant , "Glyphs" are an artifact of the days when heroscape was in production. Places that were put in place by the Kyrie who drew sapient beings from across the universe to their realm for the battle of all time. The idea of a Glyph doesn't really fit in with the background of M:tG though. Though leyline nexūs, the point where lines of magical converge that stream mana through the planes, seem to be a much better fit. I realize that its splitting hairs, really. But I think calling these tokens a Nexus is just as evocative as is calling them a glyph, while bringing it closer to M:tG background standards. A figure standing upon a Nexus draws that benefits its entire army until it moves away from that point, or in the case of temporary effects, a figure uses the of that Nexus and the Nexus then disappears, the now exhausted. One thing that heroscape glyphs did better than arena (other than the enormous variety of glyphs to choose from to play with) was the full color art stuck onto the face of each plastic token. Since I believe using Leyline Nexūs are more fitting, there is a fair amount of art present in M:tG to choose from to mimic that quality, on both the plastic hex token on the battlefield as well as perhaps a card that has the full rules as was seen in heroscape. For example, the 'glyph' of card: (click card to enlarge) Then just use the art stuck to the face of the plastic token. Just like as seen on the glyphs of heroscape a millenia ago. Is this just too much effort to ensure a consistent theme inside the already existent background framework of M:tG?
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gideonjura
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Post by gideonjura on Aug 10, 2016 17:49:59 GMT -6
there could be multiple ways of incorporating glyphs into mtg if the board is lands (terrain-mountains water-islands...) than glyphs could be seen as a nonbasic land another way would be they become artifacts such as shield for defense thirdly an area enchantment such as an enchanted piece of land like "verdant field" or "overgrowth". of coarse your conclusion makes sense as well
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Colorcrayons
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Post by Colorcrayons on Aug 10, 2016 17:59:24 GMT -6
Good point. The glyph that allows you to draw another spell card could be rationalized as the artifact called "Spellbook", for example. Fits the theme well, and instant recognition would be had.
I was just attempting to go generalized and call the tokens something all encompassing, similar to 'glyph' in classification.
I kinda hope that artifacts, when they are finally released, are similar to trasure glyphs, except mobile. Cast as a spell, then you place an artifact token beneath the figure and possession can change if the figure is destroyed or the artifact is dropped. But that's an entirely new subject to brainstorm...
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Post by Yawgmoth on Aug 10, 2016 22:36:19 GMT -6
It may be splitting hairs, but I was always a bit shocked that they went with the old name present in Heroscape. Glyphs are still magical, and recognizable by heroscapers, but it isnt really a Magic naming convention that fits with the background of that IP. Kinda showed a bit of laziness on their part, in my opinion. Regardless, I like it. It makes sense. I think I'll start calling them Nexus from now on. Plus, Nexus is a cool word not used enough. Edit: Upon further reflection, I like the idea of the smaller card being passed around by whomever possesses the Nexus at that given time. It makes adding up your bonuses a heck of a lot easier for accuracy's sake. A global bonus, in the Magic frame of reference. One drawback to referring to a glyph as an artifact, is that if artifacts are released, it could cause a tiny bit of confusion. Thus Nexus is a good choice that isn't present as a card type in the game to cause confusion. Are you going to change "Glyph of " and "Permanent Glyph" to "Nexus of " and "Permanent Nexus" on the card?
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Colorcrayons
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Post by Colorcrayons on Aug 11, 2016 15:10:54 GMT -6
Yeah, those are definitely getting changed. I made the card earlier this year, and haven't bothered with it until I was making scenarios.
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Post by Targanth on Aug 12, 2016 7:36:17 GMT -6
It seems those would have been better choices for the terminology.
I personally don't need to have two sets of terminology for the same items. It will only confuse me to have these in place. There is already plenty of confusing terminology in the game.
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Colorcrayons
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Post by Colorcrayons on Aug 12, 2016 15:01:34 GMT -6
I hear ya, Targanth. A decent idea I guess, just too late.
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caps
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Post by caps on Aug 12, 2016 15:48:54 GMT -6
I really like those glyph cards. Do you have them all together somewhere?
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Colorcrayons
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Post by Colorcrayons on Aug 12, 2016 16:19:35 GMT -6
I do, but I haven't made any for Innistrad yet. These were made in march. I need to update them and figure out a new art theme to slap on them so that glyphs somehow make sense in this setting.
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