Writing Prompt Idea

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Writing Prompt Idea

1gilroy
May 14, 2025, 3:59 pm

Hey all.

I was poking through some of my stuff and I came up with an idea for a writing prompt.
Do you (or maybe your kids) have collectable card game cards lying around gathering dust? Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc?

If you have prebuilt decks, you can shuffle the cards, deal out a 7 card hand, then try to create a story based on the cards dealt.
If you don't have any decks built, you can select 7 cards at random to lay out and use as an idea.

Added challenge, shuffle the different style games together.
Imagine a Planeswalker encountering a Blue Eyes White Dragon while trying to capture a Squirtle by attacking with a Goblin Raider.

Just a thought.

2Cecrow
May 14, 2025, 8:04 pm

Messing with tarot cards would be my preference, more abstract and suitable for any genre.

3gilroy
May 14, 2025, 9:14 pm

Also a valid option.

4GraceCollection
May 14, 2025, 11:59 pm

If you've got a sizeable collection of old business cards, that might make for an interesting draw

5annamorphic
May 15, 2025, 12:11 pm

Italo Calvino did this with tarot cards, to some degree, in The Castle of Crossed Destinies.