Hi Mark, there's lots of cards from the ABU/Arabian Nights and Antiquities sets that lore-wise should be legendary by today's standards. Though I know the reason is that the Legendary mechanic was introduced in Legends, so after those sets were released, was there any intention of retroactively making erratas on cards that would have been Legendary if released in a post-Legends set?

No.

As an enchantment lover, I would love to see an enchantment-themed block in the future. We had multiple artifact-themed sets with Antiquities, the Mirrodin block and the Scars of Mirrodin block, but no enchantment-themed ones. Do you think it could happen?

Both Urza’s Saga and Theros blocks had an enchantment theme.

(This may have been already asked) Is Blogatog a reference to Atog from Alpha?

It is a reference to the Atog creature type. The original Atog first appeared in Antiquities, by the way.

I still find the artifact = problem correlation weak, at least as it relates to their colourlessness. Aetherworks Marvel used a mechanic that tied it to a colour combination; it would still have been problematic if it were a UG coloured artifact, and it became a problem with the printing of Rogue Refiner, a nonartifact. Smuggler's Copter was such an obvious error every commentator it raised it as a concern on sight. Artifacts are a scapegoat for Kaladesh's flawed design, not the cause.

Artifacts aren’t to blame for Kaladesh. Or Scars of Mirrodin. Or Mirrodin. Or Antiquities. It’s the individual design of each of those sets and not the mechanical connection that binds them all together. And it’s a complete coincidence that the one set with an artifact theme that was woven into colors (Shards of Alara) is the only one not to break. : )

What sets have an artifacts matter subtheme?

Sets with an artifact matter theme of any size: (off the top of my head)- Antiquities- Mirrodin block- Shards of Alara block- Scars of Mirrodin block- Magic Origins- Kaladesh block

Do you see us returning to antiquities anytime soon?

What exactly does that mean?

Quote about putting cards on bottom: "It isn’t a change. It has to do with how many cards you’re putting on the bottom of your library." Thank you for your answer. To be clear, in Dominaria, effects that look at 5 cards (Board the Weatherlight, Weatherlight, Memorial to Unity, Antiquities War) put cards in random order, for the effect that puts 3 (Adventurous Impulse) player chooses the order. So 5 are considered a lot of cards and put in a random order, while 3 aren't?

I believe the line is between 3 and 4.

I started reading The Brother's War on ebook recently and I am loving it. However, in picking up the book I realized that it was published in 1998, even though the Antiquities set came out four years ago. This got me wondering how the story developed over time, what concrete story elements existed when the set was created, and how much was added by Jeff Grubb in his novelization. Was the story of Antiquities told in places other than the cards, like magazines or booklets now lost to time?

Antiquities mostly hinted at the. Brother’s War rather than told the whole story. Pieces were told in various places, but Jeff Grubb’s novel is the first complete telling.

I know it's a pretty old card (Antiquities), but could red still do something like Artifact Blast, i.e. countering an artifact spell?

No.

In the beginning, a lot of set were designed by playtesting team. East Coast playtester; Antiquities + Ice Age Bridge Club; Mirage + Visions Peter Adkison rpg friends; Legends + Homeland What's the context behind Fallen Empire? Was it rushed like Arabian Night? It feel so weird and different than the other sets of its time. It is also very cohesive in flavor.

Fallen Empires was designed by the East Coast Playtesters (Skaff Elias, Jim Lin, Dave Petty & Chris Page), the same design team that did Antiquities, Ice Age & Alliances.