Amass

Details of New Card Mechanic

The new card "Parting Gust" has "Gift a tapped Fish", which creates a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token.Is the "1/1 blue" part tied to the Gift mechanic, like how "0/0 black" is tied to Amass?

“Gift a tapped Fish” is a keyword, so we can offset someone of the information into the reminder text. All future “gift a tapped Fish” have to create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token

Amass Black Blue Creatures Fish Gift Mechanic Gift Mechanic Keywords Mechanics Parting Gust Tokens

Nontoken Army Creature

if or when, nontoken army creature?btw I love all these new modern horizons commons! The designs are very cool and they make my melvin brain happy. Please give everyone involved in the design of Warped Tusker 3.75/3.5 high fives

If. We’re planning to keep it tied to Amass right now. High fives shall be applied.

Amass Army Commons Creatures High Fives If/When Melvin / Mel Modern Horizons Warped Tusker

Amass Army with Clone Text

Do the rules support an amass army token that's has clone text?

A card could graft the ability onto an Army creature token.

Amass Army Clone Creatures Graft Rules Tokens

Non-token Subtypes on Cards

If/when: nontoken card with usually-token subtypes (such as Army, Blood, or Role)

We’ve made artifact cards that are Clue and Food, so Blood could happen. Army wants to stay only on tokens made by Amass as it causes balance issues if we start making Army cards. (I realize Changeling exists.) Roles probably want to stay on tokens as it conveys token-ness.

Amass Army Artifacts Blood Changeling Food If/When Subtype Tokens

Army Creature Type

If or when: the Army creature type on a non-token?

If. Making Army creature cards would restrict what future Amass cards could do. Having the token restricted to the Amass mechanic is an important balance tool.

Amass Army Creatures If/When Mechanics Tokens

Amassing Squirrels Possibility

Is there any chance of a future set where Chatterfang, or a character like him, lets you Amass Squirrels? What's Sally's view on it?

I hope one day to Amass Squirrels.🐿️ - Me too!

Amass Squirrel

Unconventional Deck Fun

Happy birthday! 🥳 ✌️ My birthday trivia is I’m making an acorn/silver boarder Pietra EDH deck 🤡 never made an un deck before but I think it’ll be pretty fun Ps I could use an amass clowns at some point…🤡 🤡 🤡

Get a good collection of jokes. : )

Amass Birthday Clown Commander Humor Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Amass Mechanic Reception

Was amass more well-received in Tales of Middle-Earth than War of the Spark, and if so, why do you think that was?

It was received well in both.

Amass Mechanics War of the Spark War of the Spark

Amassing White Humans

If you were to do amass in another color (let’s say you were making a white human army), would you do “Amass white humans N”, have “Amass humans N” be inherently white, or do “Gather humans N” (or some word other than amass that signifies that it’s white)? The last two seem potentially confusing and the first one seems wordy. Is there a better solution that I’m missing?

My gut is we’d do Amass white Humans, if we were going to create new colors.

Amass Army Colors Human White

Army as Creature Type

If/When, Army as a type on a Creature spell?

If. I think we like the Army token being an Amass thing.

Amass Army Creatures If/When Tokens

Question of White Amass

if/when: White amass?

I think we’re going to do a lot of amass over time, so it’s if but pretty close to when.

Amass If/When White

Beeble and Amass

If/when amass beeble?

If. Let me get Beebles back into premier sets first.

Amass Beeble If/When Premier Sets Premier Sets

Amass Squirrel Possibility

If/when Amass Squirrel?

If, but I hope When.

Amass If/When Squirrel

Amass Popularity

Did Amass get more popular as a result of LOTR, or was it always looked at fondly?

It was popular in War of the Spark.

Amass War of the Spark

Creature Type Amass

If/When: at least one card that lets you amass an army with a creature type of the player’s choice.

If. It needs a set that wants amass creatively and where that choice is relevant, but I could imagine such a thing.

Amass Army Creatures If/When

Amass Mechanic Variability

Do you ever think we could see Amass for multiple creature types in one set?

I’ll call it possible, but not probable.

Amass Creatures Mechanics

Possible Plant Amass

If/when amass plant army? 👀

If.

Amass Army If/When Plant

Amass Mechanic Colors

Is Amass strictly a Black mechanic? Or has it only been templated in Black so far?

The token it makes is black, but other colors have access to it.

Amass Black Colors Mechanics Tokens

Amass Humans Possibility

If/when: Amass Humans?

Probably when.

Amass Human If/When

Amass Without Type

If given the right set, would you do "Amass N" that makes an army with no extra creature type, or would it be too confusing/not worth it (and thus still be given a creature type)?

I think that would be confusing in a way with little upside. Flavorfully, the army has to be something. We have to show a picture of it on the token card.

Amass Army Creatures Tokens