A custom Magic the Gathering set based on the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
Currently on hiatus because there just isn't enough distinct artwork to finish the set.
A big part of the first book of the Mistborn series is heists. This is reflected in a small focus on Artifacts and the Ransack keyword. A second focus of the book is the rebellion of the Skaa (slave class) against the Nobles and the Lord Ruler. This is represented by the Recruit keyword and the Rebel class. Other themes include Nobles, intrigue, and of course, magic.
The magic for this set is mainly Allomancy, and is represented by activated abilities that do not require tapping. In the books, Allomancers can "burn" metals they have ingested, which doesn't require any sort of outward action, and I felt that distinguishing these Allomantic abilities by not requiring the Creature to tap was a clever feature.
- Recruit - Return CARDNAME to its owner's hand. Create a 1/1 white human Skaa rebel creature token. Recruit only as a sorcery.
- Ransack - Whenever CARDNAME deals combat damage to a player, exile the top X cards of their library. You may cast spells exiled this way.
- Infiltrate - Create a colorless Secret artifact token with "2, T, Sacrifice this artifact: Counter target activated ability."
- Bureaucracy - You may have CARDNAME enter the battlefield tapped. When you do, [effect].