Wondering, how likely is it that some Silver bordered cards that work within the rules of magic (for example Blast from the Past) from pre-unfinity un-sets become errata'd to be tournament/legacy/normal play legal? I understand that's probably not the highest priority but curious what's the biggest obstacle to that.

It’s just crossing a line we haven’t crossed yet.

I would like to voice some small frustration that none of The Doctors are green/white meaning I cannot use all the companions as possible alternate commanders with Blast From the Past. In fact I think it leaves all the Blue companions in a slightly awkward spot. I wish there had been more color variation with the numbered Doctors. They didn't all need Blue.

The key to Universes Beyond is to stay true to the characters and stories, not necessarily maximize every play combination. When we make the story, we build around the color pie, but outside properties don’t, which means we capture as accurately as we can the choices the property made.

My favorite uncards are the cards that do cool things, but still function within the normal rules of Magic or within the realm of things the game could reasonably care about. Like the 5-way split card, Blast From the Past, Yet Another Aether Vortex, the Double cycle, Gifts Given, etc. What I liked about the Mystery Booster playtest cards was that they were almost exclusively those types of uncards. You consider them mistakes yet they are the only recent Magic product that I actually want...

There are numerous playtest cards that don’t even work in the silver-border rules let alone black border rules. And a good number of them that do work don’t lead to fun gameplay. You might not personally enjoy Unsets, but a lot of time is spent making sure the cards work cohesively and lead to fun play patterns for the players who enjoy stretching the boundaries of what Magic allows. I do believe there are playtest cards that do that, but not consistently.

First of all: Thank you so so so so so much for UnSanctioned! B.O.B Alexander Clamillton and the tokens are my favourite! Secondly i have a question: Will any of the cards in UnSanctioned be foil? And will the reprints of older Un cards look the same in the old mtg design or will they look like current cards? Thank you!

A cycle of the full-art lands is foil, but that’s the only foil cards in the product. All the reprints, save Blast from the Past and Old Fogey, are in new frames, but some have nods to their old frame adjustments.

will we ever see cycling and madness in the same set? on that note, where is Amonkhet on the rabiah scale?

Future Sight has a card with both called Ichor Slick and Unhinged has a card called Blast from the Past.

How hard did you try to get a black bordered Blast from the Past into a Modern Horizons?

A card can’t exist in both black border and silver border (not with the same name).

"Blast from the Past is a “kitchen sink” non-creature. I can’t think of any other." ... Would Akroma's Memorial not count?

Sure.

So flashback + buyback doesn't work in black border, does it combo in silver border? Does Blast from the Past work the way people expect it does?

Sadly, no. Silver border doesn’t change how mechanics work.

Want a blast from the past? The "Skeletons in R&D's Closet" article shows hilariously naive multiverse comments about bah-roken Urza's block cards. The last line is "I'm sure ten years from now a new group of developers will look back at some of the cards we've made in recent years and say, "What were they thinking?!"". But then there is a poll that reminds us when it was written: "Now that you've seen Darksteel, what is your favorite keyworded mechanic from the Mirrodin block?" :)

Check it out: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/latest-developments/skeletons-rd%E2%80%99s-closet-2004-02-20 It would s a fun read. Interestingly, I don’t get quoted.

My grandpa was born on Christmas :) any trivia on Old Fogey?

Old Fogey was created by Mark Gottlieb (along with Blast from the Past). Those two cards inspired the “Mix and Match” cards in Future Sight. They are also the only two cards in Unhinged that use the old card frame and the goblin riding the Time Machine can be seen in the art of both. Happy Birthday Grandpa!