Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What word appears in only three card titles, one of which appears in Prophecy? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Jolrael. She, along with Mangara and Kaervek are the three mages, but only she gets her legendary card in Prophecy. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: The Mirage block story is about three powerful mages. Which one shows up as a legendary creature in Prophecy? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: William Jockusch. William led many development teams, but Prophecy was his only design lead. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: Who was the R&D member who led the design team for Prophecy? It is their only design lead. #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Animate (which appears in the title of the Nemesis card Animate Land). There are six other Animate __________ cards, none of which are green. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgyrivia question: What word appears on seven English card titles in Magic, one of which is a Nemesis card in a color different than the other six? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Nemesis’ Accumulated Knowledge was inspired by Tempest’s Kindle. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What Nemesis instant was inspired by an instant from Tempest? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Saproling Burst had the highest fading number in Nemesis with 7. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: Nemesis introduced the fading mechanic. What was the highest number of fading to appear on a card? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Kor Haven was the fourth card in a “mega mega cycle” of legendary lands associated with a specific color. The lands appeared once per block for five years. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgyrivia question: What Nemesis card was the fourth card in a five-card cycle? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Ascendant Evincar was the first time we made a second legendary card for the same character. In this case, Crovax. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it? #WotCStaff

Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question: Rootwater Thief. It’s Michael Long’s prize for winning the Magic Invitational in Barcelona. He really wanted it to be a merfolk, but they didn’t look human, so he’s the one being attacked by the creature. #WotCStaff

Here’s my teaser for #MTGLorwyn (Lorwyn Eclipsed): www.tumblr.com/markrosewate...

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: Which card from Nemesis pictures a former pro player in its artwork? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia: Orim, who fell in love with Cho-Manno. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What Weatherlight crew member fell in love in the Mercadian Masques story? #WotCStaff

My second podcast, and last of 2025 (#1302), is the fourth and final part of my “30 Years” series talking about the 30 biggest design innovations since I got hired: share.transistor.fm/s/1c8ac87d audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today’s first “Drive to Work” (#1301) is all about the various resources other than mana you can use as a cost: share.transistor.fm/s/842bb763 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw ##WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: That is an upside down mountain, Mount Mercadia. Mercadia City is on top. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: The big lesson was the importance of naming mechanics. Mercadian Masques didn't name it's two big mechanics (Spellshapers & Rebels/Mercenaries) and players kept asking why the set didn't have any new mechanics. #WotCStaff

Today’s #MakingMagic article is first of a two-parter about the making of original Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Desert Twister. Green isn’t supposed to straight up destroy creatures. Dark Ritual, while a mistake power-levelwise, hadn’t been shifted in the color pie yet. #WotCStaff

I had a blast!

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: What reprint in Mercadian Masques did I desperately try to prevent, as it was a color pie break, but failed? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia: Cycling. Urza’s Destiny has an unnamed “cycling from play” mechanic (which very few players got at the time). #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What named mechanic did Urza's Destiny tweak without using the name of the mechanic? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Yawgmoth's Bargain. It was a tweak of the card Greed. Greed and Intolerance are famous silent films. #WotCStaff

My second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1300) is part three, of four, of my "Thirty Years" series where I examine the thirty biggest design innovations since I started working at Wizards in October of 1995: share.transistor.fm/s/b943d8cf audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

My first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1299) is a look at how the color pie has evolved over time: share.transistor.fm/s/afec83bc audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Urza's Destiny's card had the playtest name of Intolerance? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Rayne, Academy Chancellor. She's Hanna's mother. The bonus question is much harder as Peacekeeper from Weatherlight was intended to show Sisay's mother. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Which Urza's Destiny card has a member of the Weatherlight crew's mother in the illustration? And whose mother? Extra bonus question: What other Magic card shows a different Weatherlight crew member's mother in the illustration? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Opalescence. I had always been a fan of Titania's Song and wanted an enchantment version. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Urza's Destiny enchantment did I design inspired by an enchantment from Antiquities? (Yes, I was a huge fan of Antiquities.) #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: I designed Masticore to show that Mishra's War Machine's discard upkeep cost could be used on a card people would play. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Urza's Legacy card was inspired by me proving that the downside of an Antiquities card could be used to make a good card? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Donate. I loved making decks where I won by giving my cards to my opponent. I had to use cards like Juxtapose and Gauntlets of Chaos that required me to exchange control of two things. Why couldn't I just give control of something to someone? #WotCStaff

Today's #MakingMagic article is my fifth, and final, "My Words" series where each color gets to explain philosophy in its own words. Today. Green speaks: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Which Urza's Destiny card did I design because I kept making decks that wanted to do something and there was no simple spell that just did it? #WotCStaff

Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question: Phyrexian Denouncer/ Phyrexian Debaser (common) Phyrexian Defiler (uncommon) Phyrexian Plague Lord (rare) All of them could sacrifice themselves to give another creature -N/-N until end of turn. #WotCStaff

My second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1298) is part two, of a four-part series, talking about the twenty biggest design inn ovations since I started my job in October of 1995: share.transistor.fm/s/89712c39 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

This week's first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1297) is an interview with @melissadetora.bsky.social about how the Casual Play Design team helps with Commander design: share.transistor.fm/s/7b75d6dc audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

I got the top question in a 1990’s Trivial Pursuit game.