Advisor

Conflict between Philosophers and Advisors

Will philosophers ever be a creature type or will they continue to be advisors?

We’ve had the opportunity to do it and haven’t, so I’ll call it unlikely.

Advisor Creatures

Changing Terminology

"We have cultural advisors who give us advice about word usage. Tribal was one of the words that was tagged as having sensitivity issues, so we chose to change it" Corporate paid for consultants and they had to ruin something, understood

Magic has changed terminology many times in its lifetime. Players take a short period to adapt and then the language becomes natural. It’s a small price to pay to allow members of the community to feel more accepted.

Adapt Advisor Kindred / Typal

Terminology Sensitivity

Mark what was wrong with the tribal type? Why change it to a confusing new word? (Confusing in the sense no card printed says kindred)

We have cultural advisors who give us advice about word usage. Tribal was one of the words that was tagged as having sensitivity issues, so we chose to change it. I understand that whenever we talk about sensitivity issues around words, there are a wide range of opinions, even people from some of the affected groups who like the word, but part of trying to be respectful of a diverse audience is being aware of the impact that words can have.

Advisor Card Printing Kindred / Typal

Clown Advisor Possibility

Could we ever see a clown advisor creature type line

Potentially.

Advisor Clown Creatures

Detective Subtypes Future

Previously, sleuths, investigators, and other detective-esque creatures were given creature types like Scout, Advisor, Rogue, or Soldier. Now that UB has given us Detective and Inquisitor, can we expect to see those subtypes in non-UB products?

Maybe. : )

Advisor Creatures Detective Humor Inquisitor Rogue Scout Soldier Subtype

Creature Type Request

Can we request a Brushwagg Advisor?

You may. : )

Advisor Brushwagg Brushwagg Creatures Humor

Creature Type Silliness

What's the least silliest creature type?

It probably varies person to person. I find Brushwaggs pretty funny. EDIT: Oops, read that wrong. Least funny? Advisor. : )

Advisor Brushwagg Creatures Humor

Appreciation and Birthday Trivia

Hey Mark, A few months ago, I posted a question about life changes and taking big leaps, and I wanted to voice my appreciation for your advice. I was in the process of quitting my corporate job and going back to teaching college, and it’s been the best decision I’ve ever made. Just last week, I signed on to be the faculty advisor for a group of students who wanted to make an MtG club on campus. So thanks for Making Magic, in all the ways you do it.For the Sacred Rite of Birthday Trivia, any fun facts about one of the teachers in Magic lore? Do you have an all-time favorite teacher/mentor figure in the story?

I’ve always had a soft spot for Barrin. That’s why Michael and I chose him to be Hanna’s father. Happy Birthday! And thanks for the update. Glad things are going so well.

Advisor Appreciation Barrin Birthday Making Magic Mentor Story / Lore

Batching Class Types as Humanoid

What if you batched class types as "humanoid"? I can't think of many soldiers, clerics, or advisors that are in no way humanoid, and there aren't too many Humans or Elves and such with no class type, either.

The problem is that numerous creature types don’t neatly break not the category. I think the system could allow a little wiggle, but I worry in this case it’s too much.

Advisor Batches Cleric Creatures Elf Human Soldier

Return of Cephalids Expectation

"Legendary Creature – Cephalid Advisor"

The long awaited return of Cephalids, and a legend to boot?! Awesome!

: )

Advisor Cephalid Creatures Humor

Alexander Clamilton Praise

Sung to the opening number of Hamilton[How does a bivalve, oyster, pun on a war/ Vet and Shellfish, shown in the middle of a clam-mander duel/ In possession of an aqueous armament standing,/ In a hard shell, show up to be an advisor and a rebel?] Alexander Clamilton is a shell-smashing success of a design! Please distribute high fives all around! I absolutely love the duel mechanic and it feels like it could absolutely be black border with only a couple of minor tweaks.

High fives to be delivered. Lines of rules text is a silver border only thing as reprints don’t always have the same number of lines of rules text.

Advisor Alexander Clamilton Black Black Border Card Printing High Fives Humor Mechanics Oyster Rebel Reprints Rules Smashing Success Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Flavor Judge Background

Mark! I really love white cards and advisors, so I'm very happy with Flavor Judge! Where are advisors on the Beeble Scale? And what's the flavor of Flavor Judge?

I think we’ll see other Advisors. Flavor Judge is just a chicken that really enjoys both the structure and creative of the game.

Advisor Beeble Beeble Scale Chicken Flavor Flavor Judge White

Requests For Strange Tribals

Can I request more strange tribals cards, such as cards that care about Trilobites, Advisors, Gargoyles, and/or Turtles in upcoming sets?

Tribal cards work best when there’s enough of a base of that creature type. We’re much more likely to fill in gaps for creature types that show up in 100+ cards than 5.

Advisor Creatures Gargoyle Kindred / Typal Trilobite Turtle

Advisor Role

Isn't Advisor a decent stand in for lord or leader? It seems every character that ISN'T a warrior or wizard or something awesome is an advisor to show they're good with people and politics. I.e Teysa

I wouldn’t call a king or Queen an advisor.

Advisor Warrior

Magic Club Appreciation

Mark! I'm an MtG club advisor for the kids at my school. I've already had new students come in this year having heard about the game and wanting to learn; my homemade intro decks are ready! Thank you, your team, and everyone else (looking at you, art people!) for such an awesome game that brings fun, camaraderie, and welcome break to these students in the oft-stressful environment of school.

Thank you for reaching out and helping kids.

Advisor Appreciation Appreciation Art

Zodiac Dragon Errata

Why is the functional errata on Zodiac Dragon, who worked with P3K cards like Control of the Court and Cunning Advisor when printed but does not now, an exception to the rule?

That change to Zodiac Dragon is just updating it to modern templating. It’s important that cards that work similarly have the same template and we use “when” now for it not “if”.

Advisor Card Printing Control of the Court Cunning Advisor Dragon Errata Functional Errata Modern Rules Templating Zodiac Dragon

Ninjas and Rat Request

May I request four Turtles with the Ninja class as well as a legendary Rat Advisor with the appropriate color identity to be played in the same commander deck please?

What, no female human?

Advisor Color Identity Colors Commander Human Ninjas Rat Turtle

Translation Gender Issues

Hey, can you tell us more about why foreign translations lock down genders to cards?

Let’s say we make an advisor. In some languages, the word for female advisor is different than the word for male advisor, so the translator asks whether the advisor is male or female (or both or neither). The name for the card and/or the text might be influenced by this, so if we make a reprint it’s new art, we want to match the gender so the words stay the same. (Note: I made up an example. This example may it may not actually be true.)

Advisor Art Card Printing Reprints

Type Line Space Limit

"Just curious, do you think 'Legendary Artifact Creature - Cyborg' would fit on the type line?" "I do not." Sen Triplets was Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Advisor, but I've wondered if that is the absolute limit for typeline characters due to the shrink in size.

Maybe it would fit,

Advisor Artifacts Creatures Human Sen Triplets

Kaladesh Flavor Critique

"Yet none of the sets you named had a mechanical integration. What did you want Kaladesh to have that it didn’t?" I think it's less about mechanical integration and more about flavor integration. Kaladesh clearly has people that look Indian, which is great, but the architecture style doesn't scream "India" and there are no, say, Rakshashaor Loxodons. Faith is a key part of Indian mythology, yet Kaladesh is described as being agnostic in Planeshift: Kaladesh. No Rusalka or Puca like other sets.

The problem is we were interacting with a living religion and so we had to step lightly. One of our advisors, for example, told us to avoid loxodon as it would be offensive to some.

Advisor Flavor Kaladesh Planeshift