u/Gunnarsonsnewbag2

A small selection of original (and Knight errant) creatures.

The non-legendary creatures are some of the most important parts of the card. I remember someone once telling me designing commons people will want to play with is the hardest part of design.

Art and flavor text plays an important part in this. We had bad pet cards in the lower power and rarities we enjoyed playing with, even if they were lackluster. I think one of the biggest problems with Magic today is there isn't any attempt to invoke that with modern magic cards.

Some of these fill in archetypes, not necessarily belonging to Arthurianism alone, such as red knights and White Stag.

At least one of these belong to a common medieval tale that's not technically in The Matter of Britian, but is arguably just as famous.

This is far from all of them, but some I like.

The Fisher King is a recurring character in Vulgate, and post-Vulgate material. He's often a wounded king, who rules over a semi-liminal castle that is surrounded by wastelands. This stems from the tradition of the health of the land ties to the health of the king.

The Fisher King, who is in possession of The Grail, is effectively immortal, but is a cripple due to a wound, and thus, can only fish from his room, while his kingdom dies around him.

First appearing in Percival, The Quest for the Grail, he is a somewhat uneven character, with numerous people taking their own interpretations of him, even in the middle ages.

The Castle, Corbernic, falls under a similar situation. Sometimes it's stationary, sometimes it isn't, and depends entirely on the writer.

Corbernic is full of great dangers, including dragons and demons, and great treasures. Both the Spear of Longinus/Destiny, The Grail Sword, and The Holy Grail all reside in the place.

It's also the place of Galahad's mother, Elaine of Corbenic. Elaine doesn't currently have a card.

As always, feedback is appreciated and will be listened to.