#Moxtober 29: Double

During the month of October is #Inktober! Each day has a single-word prompt, but instead of inking something, I design a Magic: The Gathering mechanic to fit the word. This is called #Moxtober.

(#Moxtober was previously named #Meltober, named after "Mel", the more mechanically-inclined counterpart to "Vorthos" of the aesthetic profile spectrum.)


Day 01: "poisonous"
Day 02: "tranquil"
Day 03: "roasted"
Day 04: "spell"
Day 05: "chicken"
Day 06: "drooling"
Day 07: "exhausted"
Day 08: "star"
Day 09: "precious"
Day 10: "flowing"
Day 11: "cruel"
Day 12: "whale"
Day 13: "guarded"
Day 14: "clock"
Day 15: "weak"
Day 16: "angular"
Day 17: "swollen"
Day 18: "bottle"
Day 19: "scorched"
Day 20: "breakable"
Day 21: "drain"
Day 22: "expensive"
Day 23: "muddy"
Day 24: "chop"
Day 25: "prickly"
Day 26: "stretch"
Day 27: "thunder"
Day 28: "gift"

Today's prompt is: "double"

 Looks kinda crazy, eh? Here's what each keyword says:

Double (When you have exiled two cards with double, one card with toil, and one card with trouble; meld and cast them.)

Toil (When you have exiled two cards with double, one card with toil, and one card with trouble; meld and cast them.)

Trouble (When you have exiled two cards with double, one card with toil, and one card with trouble; meld and cast them.)

They all say the same thing! But, it means you're gonna have to cast two cards to essentially say "Double, double, toil & trouble" <-- the words that a witch says when brewing something.

So, the idea here is that each card that has "double", "toil", or "trouble" is 1/4th of a giant spell, when melded (transformed and pieced together). The design of the backside should be modular enough to be able to fit with any other parts. I'm skipping drawing out how this looks like. Let's pretend it works. ;)

But it would encourage creative piecing together of "ingredients" to form whatever giant spell would result with a successful "double, double, toil & trouble" meld!