Treasure and Explore are relatively modular mechanics, and yet even those are given linear rewards in this block (like Wildgrowth Walker or Deadeye Plunderers), so that every angle you might pursue has a box of a very exact shape that you can only fit very specific cards into. Pirate- and Dinosaur-tribal are parasitic, but raid and enrage are not. These two tribes have a ton of support from earlier Magic, so while they are linear, they're not parasitic. In Ixalan, Merfolk only ever help Merfolk, Vampires only ever combo with Vampires, and so on. Importantly, you'll also find synergies across cards from these parasitic mechanics. Die Rolling is linear to the point of parasitism, as are Contraptions, Augment, and Watermarks-Matter (with a few exceptions), but Unstable is a fairly modular experience: Yes, you'll do better to focus on one or two mechanics and maximize their internal synergy, but you can also just draft all the cards in one or two colors and end up with something fun and viable. Even if there's not a green card that puts a +1/+1 counter on a Merfolk and another on a Dinosaur, just having a few Merfolk Pirates and a legendary Vampire Dinosaur would go a long way toward this end.Īnother way to approach this conversation is from the old Linear Versus Modular perspective. There were a number of opportunities to allow players to mix tribes, particularly since pirate is a class and vampire can be a modifier. Ixalan's tribal breakdown is obvious-painfully so. That in itself is telling: I haven't broken it down because it's not obvious. It may be that you can chart out that there's a Green-White deck that combines Host/Augment with Die Rolling, and that there's a Red-Blue deck that combines Die Rolling with Contraptions. These cards are Fun with a capital 'F' because they give players the creative control to merge themes and make unique decks. Steamfloggery, Adorable Kitten, and Boomflinger are just a few examples of Unstable cards that bridge two of the set's mechanics.
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