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Cons : M1 sets have been available longest, so some chase cards have settled in price
(6/6/2025) In the Commander variant, a meld card's color identity is determined only by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of its front face
Dont overload the rules text If your custom card needs 11 lines of text, consider one of these options: tighten wording use existing keyword phrasing where it makes sense split it into two cards accept that you are making a commander that is also a short story Keep readability as the goal Custom cards live on a table, not in a zoomed-in screenshot
Toralf, God of Fury // Toralfs Hammer Front: CMC: 2RR Type: Legendary Creature God Rarity: Mythic Rare Stats: 5/4 trample First ability: Whenever a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls is dealth excess noncombat damage, Toralf deals damage equal to the excess to any target other than that permanent
The strongest Dragons are within Temur colors, letting you play all the best ones, and if Miirym is on the battlefield, even lets you get more than one copy of them.