TheCryptic Posted March 22, 2025 Posted March 22, 2025 I saw in the Coppermind that Brandon was once asked to link Magic! The Gathering colors with the Shards known at that point in time. These were his answers for that question: Quote Ruin: Black. Odium: Red. Honor: White. Preservation: White. Cultivation: Green. Devotion: Green/red. Dominion: Black/White. Autonomy: It's complicated. I thought it would be an interesting discussion to do an exercise trying to map each Shard to one MTG Color combination. As there are 16 Shards and only 15 MTG Color combinations, 1 Shard will be associated to no color. This is the table I came up with: A lot of the Shards we have not really seen enough to get to know their Intent, but I have approximated it based on the name and the concept it represents. What do you think? Anything you would change?
Elite01 Posted March 23, 2025 Posted March 23, 2025 I think it’s gonna be subjective but valor strikes me as a red white -boros themed shard I would then make devotion white/green bur I think most of this is spot on
Treamayne Posted March 23, 2025 Posted March 23, 2025 21 hours ago, TheCryptic said: I thought it would be an interesting discussion to do an exercise trying to map each Shard to one MTG Color combination. As there are 16 Shards and only 15 MTG Color combinations, 1 Shard will be associated to no color. Some shards are Mono-color, Some are two color, and some will probably be three color. There are technically 32 MtG Color Combinations (That's why it's called the 32 Deck challenge): Spoiler C W WU WUB WB WBR U UB UBR UR URG B BR BRG BG BGW R RG RGW RW RWU G GW GWU GU GUB WUBR UBRG BRGW RGWU GWUB WUBRG Here's the full WoB you excerpted, with more WoBs: Spoiler Quote LordSkybreaker Hey u/mistborn I have a couple questions about Magic: the gathering. What colors/kind of deck do you play in magic? What colors are the known shards? What colors are the various orders of the knights Radiant? And finally, have you ever thought of doing the story for Wizards Of The Coast on one of their mtg blocks? Brandon Sanderson Any combo-style deck I can draft--or esper if I'm constructed. Ruin: Black. Odium: Red. Honor: White. Preservation: White. Cultivation: Green. Devotion: Green/red. Dominion: Black/White. Autonomy: It's complicated. (Also, question 3 is way too large for me to commit to right now. And for 4, if the right opportunity came along and they were interested, I could see myself doing this.) SoupOrMan692 What about Endowment and Ambition? Brandon Sanderson Ambition is mono-black, and endowment is probably mono-green. Some of the blue shards are ones we haven't seen as much from yet. Skyward Pre-Release AMA (Oct. 5, 2018) Quote KandraAllomancer What Magic The Gathering colors would the Shards introduced in Rhythm of War or after be? Brandon Sanderson I have to RAFO that for now, because it kind of depends. But Whimsy is pure red. Dragonsteel 2022 (Dec. 13, 2022) Autonomy is likey WUBRG (because of how she employs Avatars)
Recommended Posts