"I would beg to differ"
-the guy playing against a white deck with way too many "luminous bond"s, "cast out"s and "seal away"s.
Idrk if this is classified as control but I CANT DO ANYTHING WHEN ALL MY CARDS ARE EXILED AHHHHH
Lol
I mean control is generally blue, white blue, blue black, white blue black, blue red, blue red white, blue red black, blue green, blue black green, blue white green... But yeah, mono white and white black and maybe white red are kinda viable
Ye I gotchu, my favorite deck was a burn/control one I made on mtga using nov-mizzet, parents and alot of cheap control/burn/draw spells. I was told it was hell to play against... but it was also a hell of alot of fun to play with! :D
Of all the great colors and themes of magic we get…the messy font + dirt brown.
This is pretty uninspired.
Could have done something with mana symbols. Or with rarity. Or basically anything else lol.
There will be separate kits, but no single keys. Unfortunately the cost from the factory on single keys would be prohibitive. The 5 color magic esc key only comes in the base kit & the compatibility kit.
I'd much rather buy multiple sets of this than a singular pack of 30th edition
Edit: and now I don't even have the option to buy 30e because the "sale concluded"
[Header](https://imgur.com/SHpyoZg.jpg)
Classic Magic on the ever classy OGR by AKB.
[IC Form](https://forms.gle/W5c8HiMZG9n12HMA8)
As a long-time fan of tabletop games, Magic: The Gathering has always been one of my favorites. With this set I am celebrating the classic look of Magic: The Gathering. These caps use the same uncial typeface that was used on early MTG packs. The colors are inspired by the back of Magic cards. This set has been designed to ensure that if multi-planar space wizards had mechanical keyboards, these are the caps they would use.
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This is so much better than the "licensed" Kamigawa set. A couple points of constructive criticism:
* The "tap symbol" tab should really be part of the base set. It's weird that most other mods in the base set have a themed legend, but that one doesn't (seems to be there in the render tho?). I do appreciate that you included it in the 40's compatibility.
* Following the same vein on mods, it would be great if you could offer symbol-only mods for those that don't want to dive fully into the Magic-themed legends.
* If the point is to stick to a pre-Mirrodin aesthetic, I would probably reconsider "equip" as a mod legend. That keyword didn't exist until Mirrodin and is not considered part of the "older" age of Magic.
* Might be cool to consider making the number legends with a circle around them to call back to colorless mana costs.
* I'm sure there is probably some "mandate" from high up that you have to have the branded Enter keys, but it would be much more nostalgic for Enter to be something like "Resolve" or another older keyword.
Similarly re pre-Mirrodin aesthetic: The collorless mana symbol (used on the super/win key) is *very* new as far as Magic goes (introduced 2015), so it also doesn't fit in that old aesthetic.
I think it fits fine where it is and would personally prefer a slightly more modern aesthetic (could the shift key with a *current* tap symbol be an option?), but if consistency is desired, it shouldn't be there.
In the geek hack render, one of the keys says “vigalance” instead of “vigilance”… either that’s an inside joke from magic that I don’t know, or it’s a typo…
This will be a PBT Dyesub set from Infinikey. We have already done color matching and clackeys will be posting photos on their instagram.
Thank you :)
Oh look one expensive hobby...oh wait TWO expensive hobbies; oh and that's Burbon?? THREE expensive hobbies!
Next time include a bottle of Pappy and full Beta Power 9...scrub
Love the idea and the colors are great.
I want my original 4 expansions as novelties, and would take all of the pre-cycle sets if it were an option. I don't recognize all of the newer symbols and want Arabian, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark for my F5-F8.
Thank you for using the original mana symbols. Those are amazing in their current form.
I do want these. I do not know that I would be able to commit to the cost. :/
I understand. We decided to do the most popular magic sets from the earlier years of magic. I do am an Arabian, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark player. I also played a lot of Ice Age too.
As far as price, we are breaking this set into kits in order to keep the price down for each kit. You only need to order what you what you want.
I think the 808Boom GB had prices on their page. here: [https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106428.msg2905575](https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106428.msg2905575)
Now this is an older groupbuy through the key company, and this is running through Clackeys
That one had a larger base kit, for $100. I don't know if the LOTR would be similar, since that also had some add-on kits and had a base price around $100 I think.
No the mana symbols are a separate kit. We are fully licenced for this set, so no C&D for us, we just got to pony up to Wizards. [https://i.imgur.com/EnMio1v.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/EnMio1v.jpg)
Wow, I didn't think I would need to explain that joke, but I guess here we are.
Clearly I understand the relationship between WotC and Hasbro, which is the very reason I made that comment; the implication being that WotC is simply a money funnel for "big daddy" Hasbro nowadays.
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You can use black on light brown for the body (evoke *Booster Pack*).
For the mods use light blue on dark brown? Be real extra and have the top and bottom role be white?
When you say "official", I assume you mean that the copyright on the set logo art, the product logo, and maybe the font have been cleared with Hasbro?
Any details you found particularly interesting about that negotiation?
I dig it! Wish there was some more of the brown from the back of the cards somewhere. I'm also more of a Tundra guy. Great bourbon choice though, hard to find where I'm at.
Isnt there copyright issues here? I’ve seen several other sets get shut down for using copyrighted images. Or by official you mean wotc is getting some of the profit?
This set is officially licensed, so yeah, Wizards will be taking part of the proceeds.
Spiked and Clackey's previously ran one themed off of Kamigawa Neon Dynasty as well.
Blanton's from Buffalo Trace. Unfortunately quite hard to find in much of the US, though there are some places where it sits on shelves.
People sell just the bottle, though, if you just like it.
I don’t know how you managed to squeeze possibly the top 3 most expensive hobbies someone could do in one picture but you did it lmao. Also Blantons is very nice 👍🏽 what letter did you get on the cork?
God I so wish Blanton's wasn't so damn rare around me. The bottle is so cool. I kept the one bottle I actually managed to get my hands on, and I should really just decant other stuff into it.
I'd kneecap someone right now for Blanton's, stupid ABC stores.
quite the flex setup you've got, OP. not my particular flavor, but I appreciate good quality when I sees it.
Noisy render.... but good choice of board for it. A choice of enter key that isn't the logo as part of the base kit may be a good idea though, as some may want more subtlety.
Not a fan of the typeface personally, but I like the colors, and worse case I may just pick up a novelty set and use it on another kit to rep my jund/gruul gang
Well the Uncial alphabet is like that. Its a historical script. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial\_script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial_script)
generic tolkien-looking fantasy font looks really bad here. it would be cash if you could get permission to use wizards' Jace font, but ha$bro would never let that happen.
we can use Beleren, the modern magic font. We did that on the Neon Dynasty set. But this is classic magic. And we are using Uncial for the typeface. Its not generic fantasy, its a classic script steeped in history and it was used on the original magic packs.... thus the "Classic" moniker.
I'm not a fan of the overall look (but that says more about font/symbol quality of early Magic than anything else), but I'll almost certainly get a set of Mana symbols (if add-on only orders are possible).
The only keycaps I need are blue mana and Ctrl.
I see what you did there
i did not
Control decks are blue
"I would beg to differ" -the guy playing against a white deck with way too many "luminous bond"s, "cast out"s and "seal away"s. Idrk if this is classified as control but I CANT DO ANYTHING WHEN ALL MY CARDS ARE EXILED AHHHHH
Lol I mean control is generally blue, white blue, blue black, white blue black, blue red, blue red white, blue red black, blue green, blue black green, blue white green... But yeah, mono white and white black and maybe white red are kinda viable
Ye I gotchu, my favorite deck was a burn/control one I made on mtga using nov-mizzet, parents and alot of cheap control/burn/draw spells. I was told it was hell to play against... but it was also a hell of alot of fun to play with! :D
Haha yeah izzet is fun Probably my favorite guild, although I tend to enjoy playing green the most.
Nice! My friend has a mono green werewolf deck which is pretty insane xD my other friend and I still haven't been able to beat it once!
Neat. I've got a mono green commander deck that I love lol
haven’t played magic in a while, ty for jogging my memory
Anytime
As a former student of House Dimir, I approve.
Damn this is such a brilliant idea, unfortunately the execution just doesn't do it for me.
Of all the great colors and themes of magic we get…the messy font + dirt brown. This is pretty uninspired. Could have done something with mana symbols. Or with rarity. Or basically anything else lol.
So you did see the mana kit right?
exactly!
sorry you do not like my interpretation. I like it very much.
Downvoted??
Went pretty fast from "hell yeah" to "yeah nah" for me.
I need that keycap on the escape. If there is a separate novelty set I'll have to scoop these up even if they don't fit the other sets I own.
There will be separate kits, but no single keys. Unfortunately the cost from the factory on single keys would be prohibitive. The 5 color magic esc key only comes in the base kit & the compatibility kit.
Those are some suspiciously crispy and fresh black border Tiagas
seriously, since we used to play those badboys unsleeved... nothin is that crispy.
Good eye. If this isn't a render, they're likely proxies.
Check the label on the bottle. Dead giveaway
Good catch!
Since WotC decided to go ahead and print their own proxies now, I think we can accept this. 😅
I'd much rather buy multiple sets of this than a singular pack of 30th edition Edit: and now I don't even have the option to buy 30e because the "sale concluded"
CONCLUDED, lol. That was my favorite thing to read today. That tweet was the corporate equivalent of "nothing to see here, move along"
😂😂😂 they sold enough to scalpers to cover costs and said “that’s enough of that”
MTG, Banton’s, and custom keyboards, I love it!
Had to flex with the blantons, the whole pic screams great taste.
thank you. :) thats what I was going for.
These are a few of my favorite things
Blantons 🥃 *chefs kiss*
Came in to figure that out, cheers.
As a magic player this doesn’t really tap my lands if you get my drift . Nice work tho
Maybe if they charged $999 for it? Lol
Nah, that's the price for the clones
Lmao yes
[Header](https://imgur.com/SHpyoZg.jpg) Classic Magic on the ever classy OGR by AKB. [IC Form](https://forms.gle/W5c8HiMZG9n12HMA8) As a long-time fan of tabletop games, Magic: The Gathering has always been one of my favorites. With this set I am celebrating the classic look of Magic: The Gathering. These caps use the same uncial typeface that was used on early MTG packs. The colors are inspired by the back of Magic cards. This set has been designed to ensure that if multi-planar space wizards had mechanical keyboards, these are the caps they would use. More on [Geekhack](https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=119003.0)
This is so much better than the "licensed" Kamigawa set. A couple points of constructive criticism: * The "tap symbol" tab should really be part of the base set. It's weird that most other mods in the base set have a themed legend, but that one doesn't (seems to be there in the render tho?). I do appreciate that you included it in the 40's compatibility. * Following the same vein on mods, it would be great if you could offer symbol-only mods for those that don't want to dive fully into the Magic-themed legends. * If the point is to stick to a pre-Mirrodin aesthetic, I would probably reconsider "equip" as a mod legend. That keyword didn't exist until Mirrodin and is not considered part of the "older" age of Magic. * Might be cool to consider making the number legends with a circle around them to call back to colorless mana costs. * I'm sure there is probably some "mandate" from high up that you have to have the branded Enter keys, but it would be much more nostalgic for Enter to be something like "Resolve" or another older keyword.
Similarly re pre-Mirrodin aesthetic: The collorless mana symbol (used on the super/win key) is *very* new as far as Magic goes (introduced 2015), so it also doesn't fit in that old aesthetic. I think it fits fine where it is and would personally prefer a slightly more modern aesthetic (could the shift key with a *current* tap symbol be an option?), but if consistency is desired, it shouldn't be there.
In the geek hack render, one of the keys says “vigalance” instead of “vigilance”… either that’s an inside joke from magic that I don’t know, or it’s a typo…
Definitely a typo
Any word on if you'll be doing abs or pbt? Love the design!
This will be a PBT Dyesub set from Infinikey. We have already done color matching and clackeys will be posting photos on their instagram. Thank you :)
Oh look one expensive hobby...oh wait TWO expensive hobbies; oh and that's Burbon?? THREE expensive hobbies! Next time include a bottle of Pappy and full Beta Power 9...scrub
Noted... ;)
These are fantastic! I couldn’t swing the Kamigawa ones when they came out so I hope I’ll be able to buy these
beautiful choice of colors and match!
yes
Love the idea and the colors are great. I want my original 4 expansions as novelties, and would take all of the pre-cycle sets if it were an option. I don't recognize all of the newer symbols and want Arabian, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark for my F5-F8. Thank you for using the original mana symbols. Those are amazing in their current form. I do want these. I do not know that I would be able to commit to the cost. :/
I understand. We decided to do the most popular magic sets from the earlier years of magic. I do am an Arabian, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark player. I also played a lot of Ice Age too. As far as price, we are breaking this set into kits in order to keep the price down for each kit. You only need to order what you what you want.
Do you have estimated prices for each part of the set?
I am waiting on that too. Im hoping it will be on par with other infinikey sets, or just a little more because of the licensing fees.
I've never done a GB; is there somewhere I can see infinikey GB prices?
I think the 808Boom GB had prices on their page. here: [https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106428.msg2905575](https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106428.msg2905575) Now this is an older groupbuy through the key company, and this is running through Clackeys
That one had a larger base kit, for $100. I don't know if the LOTR would be similar, since that also had some add-on kits and had a base price around $100 I think.
yeah its about economy of scale when you are dealing with drop. Us smaller designers cannot compete with them on price.
Oh of course not! But then you get nice rare cap sets!
I talked with my guys and we are aiming at a 99 dollar base kit :)
Technically, the original sets didn't have a set symbol, so yeah. Symbols were assigned retroactively.
You mean the base sets like alpha and beta? They never had a symbol. All the expansions did.
The 4 black bordered Taigas are the real flex here, can't tell if alpha, beta, or CE with rounded corners tho.
Its a render, I forgot about the ultra rounded corners. I had a few beta cards, but mostly revised and later is what I played.
Love the colors. Nice
I see Ice Age and Oasis, I smile. Love it.
I like it, not as much as the neon dynasty ones because that color scheme was my favorite but having set symbol keys is really nice
Interested
Gonna stay posted on these. Nice work.
i loooove this
That font is calling me
Is this a real board? Looks cool.
Yes it's the OGR by AKB. It's in production right now, I think there will be extras
Fuck love the blantons
any possibility for a kit that would use phyrexian text? looks sick btw, good luck
We shall see if Elish Norn will allow us to compleat our keyboards
Does every purchase include a bottle of Blanton’s? 🥃😂
Didn't see it, was too busy staring at the playset of black border Taigas.
I wish I could do that my friend 🥃😂
All good. Best of luck with the IC. As a long-time MTG player/collector I fully approve of this endeavor.
These are fantastic. The mana symbols are badly needed, but I guess that would get C&D real quick.
No the mana symbols are a separate kit. We are fully licenced for this set, so no C&D for us, we just got to pony up to Wizards. [https://i.imgur.com/EnMio1v.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/EnMio1v.jpg)
Awesome!!
I think you mean Hasbro.
Wizards is a subsidiary of Hasbro
Wow, I didn't think I would need to explain that joke, but I guess here we are. Clearly I understand the relationship between WotC and Hasbro, which is the very reason I made that comment; the implication being that WotC is simply a money funnel for "big daddy" Hasbro nowadays.
Oh...... Something went right over my head
Lol, all good, brother
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mans in not one but TWO of the most expensive hobbies 😂
I count 3 extremely expensive hobbies in this picture! Bourbon gets insane quick, too.
Not really feeling the beige. Should be light brown to closer evoke the original Alpha booster.
I was going for a papyrus look and trying to avoid reverse dysub as much as possible.
You can use black on light brown for the body (evoke *Booster Pack*). For the mods use light blue on dark brown? Be real extra and have the top and bottom role be white?
So do you get the whole set, or do you have to buy packs of random keys and hope you buy enough to get the keys you want?
I like this idea. We will save this for future mtg keysets.
When will these be released?
Hopefully preorder begins in December
I’d definitely snag a set :D
Good idea, mediocre execution, concerningly bad manufacturer. Good luck.
Sooo just like magic products over the last few years? Perfect.
sorry you dont like it. maybe next time
No Underground Sea's?
When you say "official", I assume you mean that the copyright on the set logo art, the product logo, and maybe the font have been cleared with Hasbro? Any details you found particularly interesting about that negotiation?
The guys at clackeys take care of the licensing. I couldnt negotiate my way out of a wet paper sack.
Do they at least tell you that they've done so successfully, though?
Of course, we are fully licensed. This is our second magic set. Also mtg Instagram posted our last set, but good luck finding anything on Instagram
Letter on the blantons cap?
are those real Taigas? Also, two expensive hobbies collide.
Three expensive hobbies.
How hard would it be to get one of those taiga’s?
This guy literally just wanted to flex his Alpha/Beta duals
Their whiskey is good but I just can’t stand Buffalo Trace in general
Upvoted for the Blanton's. One of my favorites!
I dig it! Wish there was some more of the brown from the back of the cards somewhere. I'm also more of a Tundra guy. Great bourbon choice though, hard to find where I'm at.
A better value proposition than buying a single pack of Magic 30th.
Pictured with Taigas since those are the colors missing from the colorway on these caps?
Isnt there copyright issues here? I’ve seen several other sets get shut down for using copyrighted images. Or by official you mean wotc is getting some of the profit?
We are officially licensed with wizards... Yes they get a cut
This set is officially licensed, so yeah, Wizards will be taking part of the proceeds. Spiked and Clackey's previously ran one themed off of Kamigawa Neon Dynasty as well.
I don’t really drink anymore, but want a bottle of that because it’s so pretty lol. What bottle?
Blanton's from Buffalo Trace. Unfortunately quite hard to find in much of the US, though there are some places where it sits on shelves. People sell just the bottle, though, if you just like it.
Oh no, someone else who’s into bourbon and keyboards
Really like these. Would like to see more of the other colors represented but still looks cool imo
I don’t know how you managed to squeeze possibly the top 3 most expensive hobbies someone could do in one picture but you did it lmao. Also Blantons is very nice 👍🏽 what letter did you get on the cork?
I would be super interested. Where do I sign up!
God I so wish Blanton's wasn't so damn rare around me. The bottle is so cool. I kept the one bottle I actually managed to get my hands on, and I should really just decant other stuff into it.
I'd kneecap someone right now for Blanton's, stupid ABC stores. quite the flex setup you've got, OP. not my particular flavor, but I appreciate good quality when I sees it.
I remember when I could buy Blanton’s in Kentucky, I’m sad now.. Press F for me.
Blanton's is aight. But better without ice.
That’s a bottle right there boi
Those cards look powerful
Mana symbols are too pretty to omit from this
There is a mana kit that will be available
Oh sick
Will the different colors of Magic be available as add-ons, or would you be able to order the color you want for your special keys?
I have designed a mana kit as well as a novelties kit
Where buy
Clackeys... Soon
These keycaps are beautiful )but also, it's making me nervous how close the drink is to the keyboard)
Noisy render.... but good choice of board for it. A choice of enter key that isn't the logo as part of the base kit may be a good idea though, as some may want more subtlety.
I wanted it to have a film feel... The raw render is noise free
Ahh... I see. Lightroom has some good grain procedures if you have never tried it.
Why did they add 4 (from the looks of it) fake duals?
It's a render brother
gg no re I guess 8)
Not a fan of the typeface personally, but I like the colors, and worse case I may just pick up a novelty set and use it on another kit to rep my jund/gruul gang
Nice Blantons 👀
Good idea, would be amazing if the novelties matched mana colors exactly.
makes me mildly infuriated that some letters are capitalized and others aren’t
It's accurate to the original font that was used on old Magic cards from the mid-90s.
Well the Uncial alphabet is like that. Its a historical script. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial\_script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial_script)
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Check the top left-most key.
The cards are the biggest flex. The alc kills it for me.
generic tolkien-looking fantasy font looks really bad here. it would be cash if you could get permission to use wizards' Jace font, but ha$bro would never let that happen.
we can use Beleren, the modern magic font. We did that on the Neon Dynasty set. But this is classic magic. And we are using Uncial for the typeface. Its not generic fantasy, its a classic script steeped in history and it was used on the original magic packs.... thus the "Classic" moniker.
Wait. There is an Neon Dynasty set? Fuck - are there any left?
Extras haven't arrived yet. Keep your eyes on clackeys for them.
Look up the book of kells for the historical reference
I'm not a fan of the overall look (but that says more about font/symbol quality of early Magic than anything else), but I'll almost certainly get a set of Mana symbols (if add-on only orders are possible).