Battlewise Hoplite

Heroic Mechanic Origins

It was my birthday on the 28th and i think my birthday questions since have gotten lost, I was just wondering if there was any fun trivia behind either Heroic or Battlewise Hoplite?

The earliest version of Heroic just put a +1/+1 counter in the creature but we realized that there was a lot more design space and limited the +1/+1 counter versions to (mostly) White and Green.Happy Belated Birthday!

Battlewise Hoplite Birthday Creatures Design Space Green Heroic Limited White

Scry Mechanic Debate

Is scry really a spell mechanic though? There are lots of permanents with scry, like Reaper of the Wilds, the Temples, Viscera Seer, Battlewise Hoplite, Crystal Ball. Is there another reason why it's not a good fit to be an evergreen mechanic?

Here’s another one. When mechanics show up every once in a while, we bend the color pie a little to give everyone access. All the colors getting a little bit of scry is okay when it happens once every once in a while. If it was evergreen it would fall to the colors that normally get it which is primary blue which doesn’t need it. Now if it were a combat mechanic…

Battlewise Hoplite Bend / Break Blue Color Pie Colors Crystal Ball Evergreen Mechanics Permanents Primary Reaper of the Wilds Scry Viscera Seer

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