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For all of you that haven't seen this clip from the Olympics.
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: Onslaught introduced the morph mechanic. Who created morph?
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: Jeska, Warrior Adept. Jeska is the sister of the story's protagonist, Kamahl. She would later become Phage, and ultimately part of Karona.
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Today’s
#mtgtrivia
question: What creature from Judgment later becomes part of Karona, False God?
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2 days ago
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: Cabal Therapy. ("Do you have...?") I originally made the card Go Fish in another set without flashback, but it was too weak. Adding flashback made the spell viable.
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2 days ago
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: What Judgment card was called Go Fish in design?
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3 days ago
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: Treacherous Werewolf. Werewolf wouldn't become a creature type until original Innistrad.
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My second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1312) is all about Kai Budde who sadly passed away last week:
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#1312: Kai Budde | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1312
I spent eight years working on the Pro Tour overseeing the feature matches and final-day video coverage. Those eight years just happened to overlap with the greatest run in professional Magic where Pr...
https://share.transistor.fm/s/0b9a0a16
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My first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1311) is an interview with Neale LaPlante Johnson, the creative lead for
#MTGLorwyn
to talk all about the worldbuilding of the set:
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#1311: Lorwyn Eclipsed Creative with Neale LaPlante Johnson | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1311
In this podcast, I sit down with Neale LaPlante Johnson, the creative lead of Lorwyn Eclipsed, to talk all about the worldbuilding for the set.
https://share.transistor.fm/s/622dfb0b
3 days ago
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We want to know what you think of Lorwyn Eclipsed in our latest survey! Take it here:
mtg.social/ECLSurvey
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: What Judgment creature is the third one in Magic to have a specific creature type in its name, yet it doesn't have that creature type because we hadn't started using it yet?
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4 days ago
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: Sylvan Safekeeper. Olle Rade won the first Invitational, but didn't give us a card we could make. Years later he asked if he could still have his prize. I said yes, but in the art he had to look like he did when he won. (He had since cut his hair.)
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4 days ago
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I've seen a post or two floating around about an open position in Game Design over at
@magic.wizards.com
and am here to confirm... it's true! Play Design is hiring! If you think you've got the chops, here's a link to the job itself:
careers.hasbro.com/careers/job/...
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: What Judgment card did I agree to make with the following condition, "It has to have hair."?
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5 days ago
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: The Incarnations, because "if you strike them down, they become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
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If you're coming to
#MagicConLasVegas
in May, there's a daily event called "Secret Lair: [REDACTED] presents not a Magic: The Gathering event with Mark Rosewater" (Fri. 5-9 & Sat./Sun. 12:30 to 4:30). Come play, for the first time, a new game designed by me. I heartily encourage you to sign up!
6 days ago
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Mark Rosewater fails to kill Magic: The Gathering. Again. 😜 Watch
@maro254.bsky.social
on Game Knights Live on
@commandcast.bsky.social
here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEW...
And his episode of Shuffle Up & PLay with The Prof & fans here:
youtu.be/mOAPEYoFZWU
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: What Judgment cards, all with the same creature type, were called Jedis in design?
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6 days ago
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: Mirari's Wake. It was a nod to Gauntlet of Might.
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6 days ago
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: I designed one card in Judgment so that every player could know the joy of an Alpha artifact that I loved playing with. What Judgment and Alpha cards am I talking about?
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7 days ago
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Answer to yesterday's
#mtgtrivia
question: Ernham Djinn.
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7 days ago
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Today's
#MakingMagic
column is part 2 (of 2) telling design stories abut
#MTGLorwyn
cards and the sets that inspired them:
magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki...
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Then and Now, Part 2
Mark continues the backstory behind several callbacks in Lorwyn Eclisped, including Oft-Nabbed Goat, Figure of Fable, and more.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/then-and-now-part-2
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Today’s
#mtgtrivia
question: Magazine ads for Judgment focused on what creature from the set?
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8 days ago
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Solution to yesterday’s
#mtgtrivia
question: Unhinge, one letter short of Unhinged.
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8 days ago
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Today's
#mtgtrivia
question: What Torment card is one letter away from being the name of a Magic set?
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9 days ago
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Answer to previous
#mtgtrivia
question: Mortal Combat was part of a 5-card alternate win cycle in Odyssey block. We left the black one for the set with more black cards.
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9 days ago
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My second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1310) looks at a theme from
#MTGLorwyn
, "color matters":
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#1310: Color Matters | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1310
In this podcast, I talk about a big theme from Lorwyn Eclipsed called "color matters."
https://share.transistor.fm/s/d9f38aeb
10 days ago
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Today's first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1309) is all about subgames:
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#1309: Subgames | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1309
In this podcast, I talk about a very narrow type of design: Magic cards that interrupt the game and initiate a subgame.
https://share.transistor.fm/s/08b2e3a5
10 days ago
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For those that might not know all that Kai did, this video does a great job of walking through his amazing accomplishments.
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10 days ago
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I'm so sad to hear of Kai Budde's passing. I spent eight years working the Pro Tour and it allowed me the opportunity to watch Kai first hand as he made the greatest run of professional Magic that has ever been, winning seven Pro Tours! It was an honor to get to know him. Rest in peace, Kai.
11 days ago
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Someone on my blog asked what plane has the best pizza. One of the planes I chose was Ravnica, so another person asked which guild made the best pizza. It was “Another Day of R&D Productivity Lost” (for fans of my old “Tales from the Pit” comic).
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11 days ago
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What card in Torment is part of a five-card cycle that runs through all of Odyssey block?
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12 days ago
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Solution to previous
#mtgtrivia
question: Richard designed the "Nightmare mechanic" (cards that remove things for as long as the creature was in play). The mechanic which was centered in black would go on to be a staple of white.
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This week’s
#MakingMagic
article is part 1 (of 2) looking at
#MTGLorwyn
cards that reference original Lorwyn block and telling stories from both time periods:
magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki...
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Then and Now, Part 1
Lorwyn Eclipsed draws inspiration from famous cards in Magic's history. Learn the stories of the set's coolest callbacks.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/then-and-now-part-1
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This week’s
#MakingMagic
column is part 1 (of 2) talking about
#MTGLorwyn
cards that reference things in original Lorwyn block, and design stories about both:
www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s...
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From the magicTCG community on Reddit: Making Magic: Then and Now, Part 1
Explore this post and more from the magicTCG community
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/z7BwZutORl
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I was honored to play with
@tolariancommunitycollege.com
and two fans (who made our decks). It was a super fun game. Give it a look. : )
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Today’s
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question: Richard Garfield was not actually on the Torment design team, but is listed as being on the team for coming up with what (unnamed) mechanic in Odyssey design that we premiered in Torment?
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14 days ago
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Answer to yesterday’s
#mtgtrivia
: The set had colors not appearing in (roughly) the same number. The set had more black cards and less green and white cards. Judgment, the next set, did the opposite. We learned not to do that again.
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14 days ago
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Today’s
#mtgtrivia
question: Torment did something, set structure-wise, we had never done before. What was it?
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15 days ago
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Answer to yesterday’s
#mtgtrivia
: Cease-fire. After the art swaps, we had that art and that rules text. I had the name and flavor text to help tie them together. I was very proud of the name.
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15 days ago
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Today’s
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question: Near the end of Odyssey development, we moved around a bunch of the art (something we no longer do), which resulted in us having a card effect and art that didn’t match. I said I’d connect them with the name. What card am I talking about?
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16 days ago
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Answer to yesterday’s
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question: Squirrel Nest.
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16 days ago
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Today’s second “Drive to Work” podcast (#1308) is about the vision design of
#MTGLorwyn
:
share.transistor.fm/s/05c0279e
audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145...
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#1308: Lorwyn Eclipsed Vision Design | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1308
In this podcast, I talk all about the vision design for Lorwyn Eclipsed.
https://share.transistor.fm/s/05c0279e
17 days ago
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Today’s first “Drive to Work” (#1307) talks about why blocks won’t be returning:
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#1307: Why Blocks Aren't Returning | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1307
A common topic on my blog is why some players want to return to blocks. I spend this podcast talking through the various reasons this is unlikely to happen.
https://share.transistor.fm/s/52adac08
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Today’s
#mtgtrivia
question: The Magic brand team, at the time, was worried that Squirrels were “too cute”, so I came up with the art description in the set to show Squirrels could be a bit darker. What card am I talking about?
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17 days ago
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Answer to yesterday’s
#mtgtrivia
question: Gorilla Titan. When I saw “ I want a banana *this* big.” I said, “That’s it!”
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17 days ago
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Today’s
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question: For one piece of Odyssey flavor text, I hung the art on a wall and asked people to come up with flavor text that matched it. What card am I talking about? (Hint: the flavor text was in the top 5 *and* bottom five in market research.)
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18 days ago
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Answer to yesterday’s
#mtgtrivia
question: Repentant Vampire & Gallantry. (A blonde woman and reformed vampire killing vampires - you might be able to guess my favorite show in the 90’s.)
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18 days ago
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Today’s
#mtgtrivia
question: What two Odyssey cards are different parts of a larger illustration?
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19 days ago
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Answer to yesterday’s
#mtgtrivia
question: Flame Burst. It was turned in for a blue flyer with protection from red.
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