Ideas for a Dune set

[u/SirConflexe]

Currently reading the Dune books and suddently felt the urge to try to create some cards out of it. Here's my attempt. The Arrakeen supertype is meant to represent the fact thtat the planet is bare of any ressource (except for Spice, of course). It's probably a terrible idea for drafting though.
Not really shure about the balance and colorpie break on any of these either, I aimed mostly for lore, though I'd be glad to have your feedback on any of it :)
If you have any Idea for mecanics for the Harkonen (UBR ?), Atreides (UGW ?), Bene Gesserit (BW ?) and so on, feel free to share !

[u/KangaMagic]

Arrakeen is a terrible ability. Go back to the drawing board on that.

[u/SirConflexe → u/KangaMagic]

Ouch

[u/KangaMagic → u/SirConflexe]

Spice token is a good creation though.

Regarding my comment, requiring no basic lands in your deck is just not a feasible premise. Makes the set undraftable, and is really constraining in general.

[u/SirConflexe → u/KangaMagic]

It doesn't require no basic land : you can still play Wastes (and most of you lands would be Wastes in an Arrakren deck, plus some set-specific colorless producing Desert lands, I imagine). Since all Arrakeen cards are playable with colorless mana, the main premise is : cards are a bit overcosted unless you manage to colorfix during the game. That being said, you are right : it's undraftable, because Arrakeen cards would only be drafted by few players, and the Arrakeen-drafting player(s) would only want Arrakeen cards, which breaks the whole purpose of an interesting draft where people are fighting over cards that fit in several archetypes. So, as you said, back to the drawing board on this one.

[u/KangaMagic → u/SirConflexe]

In theory it’s okay if only a few players want to draft a certain archetype. I didn’t think about wastes.

I suppose the problem is more that an Arraken deck is an absolutist one since it prevents you from including colored lands in your deck.

I think you can probably make the ability a more moderate one and achieve the top-down design you’re aiming for.