Let's try a few things. In some of the tries below I didn't realise the URL is unique to a card. In others, I did, but I copied the URL too soon and it points

Let's try a few things. In some of the tries below I didn't realise the URL is unique to a card. In others, I did, but I copied the URL too soon and it points to an earlier card. First, some random generation, without "Advanced Options" Curse of Cripling Memory [Image: Maybe a laboratory? Someone with his face fading in a dark cloud?] 1U Instant Choose a Creature type. You may cast creature spells as though they had flash. (The blades of the unskilled never rust) Cloud Portal 3 [Image: clouds, something that could be a flat-top pagoda, maybe runes on the clouds?] Artifact 3, {T}: Draw a card. (Even a whisper can still be heard above the rest of the world. Note that the {T}ap symbol on this is...red. Like a red mana symbol. https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=78e7e720-c965-45f8-82ca-908b7552dbc1 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=78e7e720-c965-45f8-82ca-... Dusk Hovergard 2U [Image:A blob with a blob next to it] Creature - Spirit Flying When Dusk Hovergard enters the battlefield target creature can't block this turn 1/1 (Can't read the flavour text because the card text is white on white background) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=1ff17f7e-c112-4a58-8ebe-46af4d5dd8d1 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=1ff17f7e-c112-4a58-8ebe-... Morbid Regimen 2{B} Enchantment - Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 (Once each night, the sleeper awoke to find his house had been transformed into a death garden.) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=12ce1065-cfa5-4e67-bbeb-865c1865b51e https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=12ce1065-cfa5-4e67-bbeb-... The following were made with "Advanced options": name, mana cost and type chosen by me. Booby Trap 2B [Image: something steampunk?] Enchantment Whenever a creature attacks, sacrifice Booby Trap unless you discard a card. (When the lives of Naya used to be short, he never lost his temper. Now he just smiles) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=1ff17f7e-c112-4a58-8ebe-46af4d5dd8d1 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=1ff17f7e-c112-4a58-8ebe-... ^ I was trying to get it to geneate something offensive, I confess. Black Thunder BBB [Image: a threatening cloacked figure with pink thunder around its head] Sorcery Each player loses 1 life. (Forged from the same material as the hilts of a star shell, the power of the Raegstrom can't be blocked by armor.) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=56991776-6250-4940-ac29-5a7ec475a0d3 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=56991776-6250-4940-ac29-... Helm of Fire 1R [Image: Kind of a melted helm, ok] Artifact - Equipment - Equipment Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste. Equip 1 (1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=96966793-2a0b-4b5d-9fb0-e87b4713b7b4 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=96966793-2a0b-4b5d-9fb0-... Sea of Knowledge 4U [Image: A nondescript landscape, perhaps with thralls?] Instant Put target card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control ("Let the spirits of the dead join the living" - Nicol Bolas) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=96966793-2a0b-4b5d-9fb0-e87b4713b7b4 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=96966793-2a0b-4b5d-9fb0-... Word of Might [Image: A nondescript figure perhaps with wings, in front of a colorful landscape] 4G Enchantment - Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 ("The law is one stone cannot be broken" - Xantcha, ancient astronomer) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=19b78a8c-a058-4adc-95b2-08f0c5429fe2 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=19b78a8c-a058-4adc-95b2-... ^ I only asked for "Enchantment" on this one but it correctly added "Aura" to match its Ability. Guardian of the Peace [Image: A nondescript figure, perhaps in desert attire, in front of what could be an abstract rendering of a modern city's skyline.] WW Creature - Human Soldier {W}, {T}: Destroy target attacking or blocking creature. (When the silver finds her feet, it grants her sisterhood. Only one person will survive). 2/2 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=7fa99ef1-8708-40b4-a387-ac4c9f0343db https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=7fa99ef1-8708-40b4-a387-... ^ In this card too the Tap symbol has a red hue. Why? Scorching Sunset 5RR [Image: abstract tiles that could be fields with what could be a burning palace in the background] Sorcery Scorching Sunset deals 3 damage to any target. (Once the flames begin to subside, the spark is forgotten) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=6b8d57c0-0477-41fe-96af-53e9bd34b885 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=6b8d57c0-0477-41fe-96af-... Mana Bomb 5 [Image: Maybe a kind of mock-oriental cauldron or boiler? Nondescript background that could be attempts at reproducing ideograms?] Artifact {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {U} (Amass in corpse and feed it) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=6b8d57c0-0477-41fe-96af-53e9bd34b885 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=6b8d57c0-0477-41fe-96af-... Let's try a few curveballs. Lightning Bolt {R} [Image: a nondescript view of what might be clouds with a yellow shape that could be a bolt] Instant Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target. (If you can see the clouds, the lightning will strike.) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=0549337b-0b6b-4328-bbac-30ff8466ac61 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=0549337b-0b6b-4328-bbac-... ^ OK, so if we give it the name, cost and type of a known card... Llanowar Elves {G} Creature - Elf Druid - Elf Druid {T}: Add {G} (As the evil spirit called the spirits of the dead, so the holy fire of Llanowar, and our lifeblood, we bow in honor to them and the fire that would never die) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=a64540fe-2d9c-49be-8381-1ab4b6f38320 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=a64540fe-2d9c-49be-8381-... Dark Ritual {B}{B}{B} [Image: nondescript hooded figures perhaps conducting a ritual] Sorcery Each player sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=a64540fe-2d9c-49be-8381-1ab4b6f38320 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=a64540fe-2d9c-49be-8381-... ^ Ah-hah! Dark Ritual has not seen nearly as many reprints as Bolt and Elves, so it can't be reproduced as easily. My theory. Honda Array {P}{}{} (Empty mana circles) [Image: could be a distorted rendition of a car?] Factory - Car Factory - Vehicle Horsepower (P/P) (P/P) (P/P) (P/P) (P/P) (P/P) .... (P/P) ( https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=363ad84e-4379-44f6-8447-029a1a1b0fe6 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=363ad84e-4379-44f6-8447-... ^ It can sort of generate nonsense but not quite. Also, it can't close parens. Typical. Colossus of Rhodes 11 [Image: clearly a distorted image of a giant status in front of an abstract city with sea] Statue When Colossus of Rhodes enters the battlefield, exile target artifact or creature. (Those who could tell of a scepter, one end of the alphabet, and dawn.) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=c0c106da-1fae-4733-bb89-f33baf9c5006 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=c0c106da-1fae-4733-bb89-... ^ What? What could those people do? Anyway it will happily generate cards with nonexistent (base) types. Donald Trump {}{}{} (Empty mana circles) [Image: could be Donald Trump and Imperial Palace Guards] POTUS - Don'task target creature. 1{U},{T}: Draw a card https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=962a7972-f6b4-4cfc-8200-7a0b807a6ab5 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=962a7972-f6b4-4cfc-8200-... areoiarg;iargea a;eroigja;oerijg [Image: a surrealistic depiction of people in kind of georgian dress?] a;rgoijaer;oigjaerg - a;rgoijaer;oigjaerg ifnd has access to look at the top card of target player's library. (it's almost a month after they've shuffled) https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=13a713b4-cc67-4434-8c31-879bd5a3b766 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=13a713b4-cc67-4434-8c31-... ^ They can't be playing a combo deck then. Mark Rosewater {} (Empty mana circle) [Image: no idea. Something out of Bladerunner?] Boss 2, {T}: Create a 0/1 colorless Clue artifact creature token. https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=f1441b95-59a9-4527-a759-ccef26c0c672 https://www.urzas.ai/cards/?card_id=f1441b95-59a9-4527-a759-... OK, I'm out of ideas. Conclusions: a) The ability text is not bad. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn't. b) It has absolutely no clue of the relation between mana costs and abilities, but that's fine because neither does WoTC. c) It will happily reproduce existing cards, but probably only if they have many reprints. d) Forget about generating coherent images. e) Forget about generating coherent reminder text. For the last two tasks in particular, images and character text, my hunch is that one would need to train on way, way more M:tG specific data. Or it might need a separate system trained on a different prompt, because it doesn't seem to find enough information in the generated card text or fluff. Verdict: MaRo's job is still secure. Also, having seen the attempt at M:tG Salvation that I think powers RoboRosewater, this is not a substantial improvement over that. It would be if it could produce meaningful art, but. No.