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?
, "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?
