#MTGStrixhaven is just around the corner, and if you want to study up on the mechanics, I have something you may be interested in. magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat... #WotCstaff

Betrayers of Kamigawa had the Patron cycle that each had the offering mechanic. Without looking at the cards, can you name what creature type each Patron referenced? (Clue: They were all creature types focused on in that color.) #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Genju of the Realms was my intended answer as it was the first "Legendary Enchant Land", but I asked the question incorrectly. #WotCStaff

Today's #MakingMagic article gets ready for next week's #MTGStrixhaven preview article by looking back at the design of Strixhaven: School of Mages: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What noncreature card from Betrayers of Kamigawa has a supertype, type, and subtype that had never appeared on a card all together before? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Demon. It appeared on two cards in Alpha (Demonic Hordes and Lord of the Pit), both rares. Champions of Kamigawa had two uncommon Demons, Gutwrencher Oni and Painwracker Oni. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What creature type, which was in Alpha, appeared at uncommon for the first time in Champions of Kamigawa? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Time Stop. #WotCStaff

I realize I forgot to post this week's #MakingMagic article. It was the fourth and final installment of my "Design Files" series looking at the handoff design file of original Mirrodin: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Which Champions of Kamigawa card has the highest ratio of reminder text to rules text? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia: The rare creatures in Champions of Kamigawa were legendary. Someone said we can't make a legendary vanilla (as the Legends ones weren't that exciting). I said, we could and came up with the idea of a 2/2 for W. Note creature power level was lower then. #WotCStaff

For this week's second "Drive to Work" (#1326), I talk about how I've changed as a designer over three decades of making Magic: share.transistor.fm/s/3276f99f audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

In this week's first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1325), I sit down with Lindsey Bartell, the senior director of Secret Lair, to talk all about it: share.transistor.fm/s/369ad987 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: In a Champions of Kamigawa development meeting, someone said it was impossible to do something. I designed the card in that meeting to prove them wrong, and everyone liked it enough it got put into the set. What Champions of Kamigawa card am I talking about? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia: Gifts Ungiven. Intuition in Tempest was meant to force you to pick separate cards, but I forgot to state that and the rest of R&D didn't want to change it. Gifts Ungiven was my chance to make the card I meant to make. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: In Tempest, I designed a card that R&D changed from my original design intent, so in Champions of Kamigawa, I designed the card the way I wanted it to work. What card am I talking about? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Brothers Yamazaki (and technically, the five basic lands). #WotCStaff

Here's my #MTGStrixhaven Teaser: www.tumblr.com/markrosewate... #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Champions of Kamigawa card has two illustrations (in the set Champions of Kamiagwa)? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Konda, Lord of Eiganjo is one letter away from Sidar Kondo. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: One of the characters in the Champions of Kamigawa story was one letter away from the name of Gerrard's adoptive father. Who was it? #WotCStaff

Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question: Solarion. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What card's art was used on the Fifth Dawn booster box? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Door to Nothingness. It's original rules text was "Destroy target creature or player." I was told we couldn't destroy players, and there was already text for winning the game. I would later use the rules text on Baron Von Count in Unstable. #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: I designed a Fifth Dawn card with a line of rules text that got shot down by the Rules Manager. I later used it on a legendary creature in Unstable. What card am I referring to? #WotCStaff

My second "Drive to Work" (#1324) is another in my quest to talk about every Magic expansion. Today, I talk about the third set in the Scars of Mirrodin block, New Phyrexia: share.transistor.fm/s/e60a9a40 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

This week's first "Drive to Work" podcast (#1323) is all about collector numbers: share.transistor.fm/s/b8edc5c6 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivua question: Crucible of Worlds. It was the second “You Make the Card” designed, created by the public. #WotCStaff

I'm asking for people's feedback about Spider-Man on my blog: www.tumblr.com/markrosewate... #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Fifth Dawn card wasn't designed by any of the design teams? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Cogs were artifacts with a mana value of 0 or 1. There were a number of cards in the set that mechanical cared about that subset. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Fifth Dawn had an unnamed mechanical theme the design team referred to as "cogs". What were "cogs"? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: The Beacons. Onslaught originally had a mechanic that went on instants and sorceries that shuffled them into your deck rather than have you put them into the graveyard. It wasn't a great set mechanic, but worked well on a rare cycle. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Fifth Dawn cycle started as one of the mechanics in Onslaught design? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Aaron Forsythe. I originally put him on the team to write about it for the website as he was the editor-in-chief (I did think he'd enjoy it and add value). Aaron did such an amazing job, we brought him into R&D (where he obviously thrived). #WotCStaff

Today's #MakingMagic article is part 3 of a 4-part "Design Files" series looking at the file handoff for the original Mirrodin: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki... #mtg #WotCStaff

Today’s #mtgtrivia question: Fifth Dawn was the first design team for what designer that would go on to lead design and development teams? #WotCStaff

Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question: Modular was inspired by the Chimeras from Visions. The Chimeras aren’t the answer to all that many trivia questions. : ) #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Darksteel introduced the modular mechanic. What series of cards from a previous set inspired the mechanic? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Shield of Kaldra was the first card to reference a card by name that hadn't yet been published. Helm of Kaldra was in Fifth Dawn, the next set. #WotCStaff

This week's second "Drive to Work" podcast (#1322) dives back into Magic's history to show that stretching the boundaries of fantasy has been in Magic's DNA from the beginning: share.transistor.fm/s/1f79879a audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

This week's first "Drive to Work" podcast is an interview with Eric Engelhard, the lead designer of #MTGxTMNT, who talks about the set's creation: share.transistor.fm/s/c5b0f2e7 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff

I never officially announced I was attending #MCVegas. I am running events there (for my new game), so that was probably a big clue. : )

This week's #MakingMagic article is part 2 of a 4-part "Design Files" series where I look back at the design handoff file from original Mirrodin: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki...

Today's #mtgtrivia question: The card Shield of Kaldra, from Darksteel, was the first card in Magic to ever do something. What was it? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Mulligan. It show up in the rules text of Serum Powder (and Backup from Conspiracy). #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: There is a card in Darksteel that has a word in its rules text that has only existed on two cards in the history of the game, and only the one in Darksteel is Legacy legal. What is the word? #WotCStaff

Answer to last #mtgtrivia: Angel's Feather, Kraken's Eye, Demon's Horn, Dragon's Claw, Wurm's Tooth. These were redone version of the "lucky charms" from Alpha (Ivory Cup, Crystal Rod, Throne of Bone, Iron Star, Wooden Sphere), artifacts that gain life for playing a certain color spell. #WotCStaff

Today's #mtgtrivia question: Darksteel made an updated version of a popular Alpha cycle. What was it? #WotCStaff

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Indestructible (which took a while to become a mechanic; it was juts an English word for a while). I said, "For other players to not blow them up." #WotCStaff