if or when : Dinosaur Angel :)

It’s a lock for the Prehistoric Afterlife set. : )

Hello Mark, I'd like to add to the pile of requests a cycle of cards that combine two abilities of a given ravnicas guild. Eg: graft + adapt, afterlife + haunt, bloodlust + riot...Most likely on a supplemental set, given the ensuing complexity.Thank you !

I designed these for original Modern Horizons, but they got cut.

In podcasts about Ravnica, you discussed how the guilds need to share some themes for the overall set to work (for example, Orzhov Afterlife helped with a Selesnya “go wide” tokens and triggered Rakdos Spectacle). On a larger scale, sets need some shared mechanical glue (like how MDFC connected several sets, etc).Could a return to Ravnica share keywords across all factions (similar to Strixhaven)? (I.e., not have a dedicated keyword per guild, but rather a couple good overlapping mechanics that might work across several guilds each)?

It’s possible to structure it that way, but now that Strixhaven has taken that path, we might want to keep the two distinct.

Regarding Slivers point 1: how about slivers granting newer mechanics like Foretell, mutate (with a balanced effect), afterlife N, riot, etc.?

Slivers can only grant mechanics that are also in the set they’re in. It’s why we put the in Modern Horizons because we had access to more mechanics.

Is there any chance for RNA's mechanics, such as Adapt, Afterlife, Addendum, etc. to ever return?

There is.

With 2 and 3 set blocks gone, does that mean we won't be able to see cards like Gate to the Afterlife or Eye of Ugin again?

We just had Ravnica over three sets. Two and three sets in a row on the same world are not off the table.

What is the current thinking on moving set specific mechanics to deciduous? I'm asking because Afterlife is so clean and easy to understand that it would make a great mechanic to see outside of Ravnica.

Deciduous mechanics are usually something very flexible that can be adapted to fit different worlds. Afterlife is a fine mechanic, but doesn’t really meet the needs of something deciduous.

Gideon, when he died, went to the Theros afterlife correct?

He did not die on Theros, so no.

Hi Mark, the Desert debate made me wonder what R&D's position on "spoiler" cards like Gate to the Afterlife was, from my perspective they feel very similar to a non-functional subtype, (especially for new/young players who expect interacting cards to be in the same set) but I was curious if R&D had a different thought process.

The question is where to draw the line. Spoiler cards are designed to get the community talking and tease the next set. We don’t do it often and usually do it at a higher rarity, so newer players are less likely to run across it.

War of the Spark is drafted by itself and doesn’t focus on the guilds. Does this mean we won’t see any more of the new Ravnica keywords like Jump-start or Afterlife (only 7 cards)?

War of the Spark doesn’t use the guild keywords from Guilds of Ravnica or Ravnica Allegiance. It’s it’s own set with its own mechanics.