Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Stronghold card has a surfer in its art? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Jixed Idol & Jinxed Ring were supposed to have a third Jinxed item in Exodus. When you played all three, and then gave them to an opponent, it would make them lose the game. #WotCStaff

Tempest block was originally going to have a three-card cycle run through it. We made the first two, one in Tempest and the other in Stronghold, but never made the Exodus card. What two cards am I talking about? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Invasion Plans. That is the first time our heroes learn there's a bigger plot afoot. It also tells you where the third act was going to happen. (In the original pitch, each act was a block.) #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: In storytelling, there's usually an event in the first act that teases what's going to happen in the third act. That event happens on a card in Stronghold. Which one is it? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Dream Halls. I remember when I first read that was their pick for worst card, my response was, "Really? There's a decent chance it's broken." #WotCStaff

It's my 30th anniversary, so I wrote a three-part #MakingMagic article about the top 30 design innovations added since I started working at Wizards. Today, is part #1: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What card, named “Worst Card in Stronghold” by Inquest Magazine, would later be banned for power-level reasons? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Awakening & Primal Rage. Eladamri gives an impassioned speech, ending in “Charge!” and the Elves attack the Stronghold. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What two Stronghold cards overlap their flavor text (aka, they are a continuous speech)? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Squee’s toy (aka squeeze toy, like a dog would play with). #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: There is a Tempest card with a pun in its name, that every time I point it out, someone replies with "I never got that pun before." What card am I talking about? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Kindle. It inspired the Burst cycle in Odyssey. #WotCStaff

I realized I forgot to post my "Making Magic" article for this week. I talk about designing Universes Beyond, but from a different angle, how we make sure sets are fun even for players unfamiliar with the property: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Tempest card inspired a cycle of cards in Odyssey? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Hand to Hand. I designed the card to stop players from using combat tricks during combat. It turns out it also keeps players from activating Protection from Red which was something monored decks, at the time, really needed. #WotCStaff

My second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1290) is about the importance of not giving up. I talk about various mechanical elements that took me years to get to print: share.transistor.fm/s/17f7ccfd audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today's first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1289) is another in my "Lessons Learned" series where I talk about things I learned leading/co-leading a design. Today, I talks about Murders at Karlov Manor: share.transistor.fm/s/db0afa16 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Tempest card ended up seeing tournament play as an answer to Circles of Protection? I had never thought of that use when I designed it. #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Emmessi Tome (aka M.S.E Tome for Michael Scott Elliott). It follows in the steps of Jayemdae Tome (J.M.D. for James Michael Davis). #WotCStaff

In August of 1993, I started playing Magic. In July of 1994, I started freelancing. And on October 30, 1995, exactly thirty years ago today, I started working at Wizards of the Coast. R&D made me a shirt to celebrate. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Tempest card is designer Mike Elliott's vanity card? (Mike was one of the main designers of the set.) #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia: Dracoplasm. Because the rules didn't work, I had to adapt it to something that did. Grusilda, Monster Masher was me redoing the card as intended (although as an activated ability on a creature rather than a spell to make it a better Commander). #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: There is a legendary creature in Unstable that was based on the original design of a Tempest card that I had to change because it didn't work in the rules. What are the two cards I'm talking about? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Death Pits of Rath (originally Wrath). I then named Furnace of Wrath. I liked those two names so much, I convinced Michael to name the plane Wrath. He suggested we drop the W. That led us to calling the main villain Volrath (Vuel of Rath). #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Which Tempest card, with "Rath" in its title, pre-existed the plane's name being chosen and was the inspiration to name the plane Rath? #WotCStaff

Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question: Sage Owl. It is illustrated by Mark Poole and his illustration for Alpha Counterspell is see as a photo in the background. #WotCStaff

Today's #MTGtrivia question: What Weatherlight card, illustrated by an artist from Alpha, has a painting they did for Alpha in the background of the art? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Orcish Settlers (whose illustration parodies the painting "American Gothic"). #WotCStaff

My 2nd "Drive to Work" podcast (#1288) is about the talk I gave to the Commander committee explaining why I believe we should change the hybrid mana rule in Commander. It walks through my core arguments in favor: share.transistor.fm/s/47fa630b audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

This week's first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1287) is about my recent trip to New York ComicCon: share.transistor.fm/s/f8aad013 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Weatherlight card's illustration parodies a famous work of art? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Gallowbraid. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Weatherlight card represents the creature that killed Rofellos? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Bosium Strip. Bosium is an anagram of Mobius, referencing August Ferdinand Mobius and his Mobius strip. The staircase in the art is a Mobius strip. #WotCStaff

Here's my teaser for #MTGxATLA: www.tumblr.com/markrosewate... #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Weatherlight card makes a reference to a German mathematician? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Steel golem. The art had already been assigned, but we toyed with the card being Karn, so it was tentatively named Silver Golem. When the art came in, we realized Karn needed to be larger to fit his archetype, so we changed the name to Steel. #WotCStaff

Today's #MakingMagic article is the fourth in the "My Words" series where each color explains their philosophy from their point of view. Today, it's red's turn: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Weatherlight card almost had the word Silver in its name? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Jamuraan Lion. There was a crop that was closer and one further away. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What Visions card was printed with two different crops of the art? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: World. Visions was the last set with World Enchantments, previously called Enchant Worlds. It had 4. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What word appeared for the last time on a type line in Visions (on multiple cards)? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: The Kyscu Mountains. Kyscu is an anagram of "sucky". #WotCStaff

Today's second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1286) is about the history of the proliferate mechanic: share.transistor.fm/s/5d849e55 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

This is my first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1285) from this week, my third and final in my series on the 20 Most Influential Magic Expansions: share.transistor.fm/s/b16eace0 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Here's last week's second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1284), part 2 of my 3-part series on the 20 Most Influential Magic Expansions: share.transistor.fm/s/f465284a audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Because I was at #NYCC last week, I forgot to post my podcasts. Here's the first podcast from last week (#1283), part one, of a three part series that goes over my take on the 20 most influential Magic expansions: share.transistor.fm/s/f3ce87da audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: There is a mountain range were all the bad fliers from red and green from Visions fly around. What is its name? And where did it come from? #WotCStaff