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Gleemax's Fate After Retirement of Forums

What happened to Gleemax when the Wizards forums were retired? Did the alien brain retire to its home planet? Is it still in the basement at Renton, endlessly playtesting eight draft seats in its mind? Is it depicted on the card Elder Brain? Are you its human avatar?

Eeway on’tday alktay outabay eemaxglay.

Aliens Avatars Draft Formats Elders Humans Playtesting Elder Brain Gleemax

Creating Deity Batches

Thoughts on a batch consisting of Elder, Archeon, God, Spirit, and Avatar?

You have to give me a name when you batch things.

Avatar Batches Elder God Spirit

Heterochromia and Avatar Color

I think you've answered this before but if I have heterochromia or have two different colored eye contacts in, Avatar of Me is both colors, correct? Mostly asking so the person seeking more colors can really game the system. ;)

Correct. Kate Bozworth’s Avatar of Me is blue and hazel.

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Understanding 'Each Color' in Acorn Games

Per culation's ask about "each color" in acorn games, would having Water Gun Balloon Game or Sword of Dungeons and Dragons, which reference pink and gold but aren't those colors themselves, count for those colors being "active"?What about if I had Avatar of Me in the graveyard (and brown eyes)?

To count an additional color you have to have a permanent of that color on the battlefield, not just a permanent that refers to it.

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Hexproof and Un-Games

CR 702.1c states that "the same is true for" effects apply to each of a keyword's variants separately. 702.11g states that "hexproof from each " is shorthand for one variant of hexproof per possible quality of that characteristic. This means in non-Un games, discarding Breaker of Creation (which has hexproof from each color) to Indominus Rex, Alpha gives five counters and thus draws five cards. How many cards do you draw in an Un game? (In particular, does every eye color count?)

In Un-games, when counting colors, you count the five normal colors plus any color of permanents you have. You have the gold Dragon token from Sword of Dungeons & Dragons, you’re now at six. You also have a brown Avatar of Me, you’re now at seven. You have a pink Teddy bear counter from Gift Shop, you’re now at eight.

Avatar Avatar of Me Bear Breaker of Creation Colors Dragon Dungeons Eye Gift Shop Hexproof Indominus Rex, Alpha Permanents Teddy Tokens Un-sets

Market Research Practices

Why would market research not adjust for inflation? That seems like quite a glaring omision?

Other industries don’t do that either. As I said, the highest grossing movie is listed as Avatar and not Gone with the Wind.

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Inflation in Sales Data

When marketing research calculates best selling sets, do they account for inflation?

No, much like more people consider Avatar the highest box office movie, not Gone with the Wind.

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Creature Type Uniqueness

Hey Mark, on the topic of players being worried about creature types losing their distinctiveness by being added in with the broader type rather than a specific race (ex. Viashino(Lizard) or Naga(Snake)), I looked to see how many are already currently templated this way and there are ALOT more than I realized.Archaic (Avatar), Aven (Bird), Leonin (Cat), Malamet (Cat), Nishoba (Cat Beast), Daemogoth (Demon), Ainok (Dog), Flamekin (Elemental), Loxodon (Elephant), Mycoid (Fungus), Thallid (Fungus), Akki (Goblin), Boggart (Goblin), Mogg (Goblin), Redcaps (Goblin), Eumidian (Insect), Kraul (Insect), Nantuko (Insect), Khenra (Jackal), Kitsune (Fox), Merrow (Merfolk), Selkie (Merfolk), Triton (Merfolk), Onakke (Ogre), Caryatid (Plant), Nezume (Rat), Rhox (Rhino), Amphin (Salamander), Orochi (Snake), Kami (Spirit), Drogskol (Spirit), Eidolon (Spirit), Ent (LoTR) (Treefolk), Trow (Troll), Kappa (Turtle), Liche (Zombie), Eternal (Zombie), Draugr (Zombie), Nim (Zombie), Skaab (Zombie)

Yep. Most of the ones that didn’t do it entered the game before we made this the default.

Avatar Beast Bird Cat Colors Creatures Demon Dog Elemental Elephant Eternal Fox Fungus Goblin Insect Jackal Lizard Merfolk Naga Ogre Plant Rat Rhino Rhox Salamander Snake Spirit Thallid Treefolk Troll Turtle Viashino Zombie

Blood Avatar Tokens

Hi Mark! Given its importance in the Strixhaven storyline, why isn't the token created by Awaken the Blood Avatar legendary?

I assume it’s possible for multiple people to do it? I’m not sure.

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Discworld and More UB

Joining in on the UB requestsDiscworld, maybe an Unset, maybe not, I’m just throwing it out thereGuilty Gear, the fighting game, would be more than just legendary fighters, Guilty Gear 2: Overture has plenty of minions, soldiers, knights etc. to use. (I’m currently designing my own custom set on Guilty Gear)Small Warhammer 40k package with things for Horde, Planescape, Archenemy etc?Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Storm, why not one Blizzard IP but their own crossover game! Includes many fan favourite characters and as a MOBA it as minions and things.DnD Planescape? I just want Eberron honestly.Avatar the Last Airbender.

Thanks.

Archenemy Avatar Blizzard Custom Cards Dungeons & Dragons Knight Minion Soldier Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Community UB Requests

Well, if today is UB wishlist time, my pod has mentioned recently some things they'd like to see

Avatar (The Last Airbender, not the James Cameron one) - Lots of elemental magic, soldiers, monks, and weird magical creatures

Discworld - A Magic-adjacent genre space, plus fans who are very passionate about it.

Star Wars - We're getting a Space Opera set next year, and what's a Jedi but a Space Monk?

Power Rangers - Transforming legendary creatures! Giant robots! Other Giant Robots made of the first giant robots! (This is a direct quote from the person who said she wanted to see Power Rangers)

Thanks.

Avatar Creatures Elemental Giant Legendary Creatures Monk Ranger Robot Soldier

Color Choice Limits

In an un Game, when asked to choose a color, can I choose the fictional color Octarine from discworld?

You can only choose a color that exists in the game. Note Un-cards add a bunch. If you have the right contact lenses and Avatar of Me, you can add most colors.

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Game Mechanics Query

In an Acorn game, if I control Leyline of the Guildpact and my brown-eyed opponent controls Avatar of Me, are all my nonland permanents brown in addition to the five regular colours?

Yep.

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Changing Contacts

For the purposes of Avatar of Me, does changing your contact lenses go on the stack?

Sure. : )

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Creature Type Consistency

If a Universes Beyond's lore used a certain word that's already a creature type in Magic but doesn't mean the same thing, would you use that word? For example, Starcraft but they're not white a avatars of justice with giant flying mounts. Would they still be Archon creature type?

My best guess is yes, we would use it.

Archon Avatar Creatures Flying Giant Mount Story / Lore White

ATLA Universes Beyond

May I request an Avatar The Last Airbender universes beyond?

You may. As always, I love to hear what properties you all would like to see as Universes Beyond?

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Artificial Evolution Limit

Can Artificial Evolution target text that is technically a creature type but is used in a different context? I thought so, as long as it's not rules text or reminder text. I.E. can I use Artificial Evolution to change the text on Avatar of Me "Avatar of Me's color is the color of your ouphes?" And if so, would that now mean that if I had two Brown Ouphes in play, Avatar of Me would be Brown? And if I had a Faeburrow Elder in play and tap it, would I be "forced" to add one Brown Mana?

It can only change words being used in the context of being a creature type.

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Universes Beyond Suggestions

Just thought I would put a few good words in for some of my favorite IPs for potential universes beyond products. Star Trek, Fromsoftware games, Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere, Hollow Knight, Dead by Daylight, Avatar TLA, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Dune, Frankenstein and other classic gothic horror stories, and probably a bunch of other IPs I am currently forgetting

Anyone else have some suggestions.

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Universes Beyond Suggestions

Hey mark, could I share I'm excited about a lot of the UB sets? And would love to see like Elden Ring, Avatar: The Last Airbender, or even Warframe. Is there a place we could voice UB sets we'd like to see?

Here is good.

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Creature Types Preferences

One of my only personal qualms with UB is when new creature types are made up for them. I love to see things and i think lotr making Gandalf and other wizards avatars was very cool! that's a type we already have and i like that. I understand it can get hard to map existing types on, but I prefer when design interprets rather than invents new creature types.

I think we’re trying to use existing creature types where we can.

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