Bridge from Below

Narcomoeba's Flavor

Is the flavor of Narcomoeba that it comes to you when you forget it? What inspired its design?

I was trying to design a futureshifted card, so I was looking for a way to mess with something we hadn’t messed with before. I designed it and Bridge from Below at the same time.

Bridge from Below Flavor Futureshifted Narcomoeba

Thematic Consistency

If not for play design issues would bridge from below have worked as a card in Theros Beyond Death?

It works flavorfully.

Bridge from Below Play Design Theros

Banned Design Podcast

Bridge From Below was your last minute design i believe. Could you do a podcast on your designs that have been banned or restricted?

I’ll add it to the list. That’s a great idea.

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Bridge from Below Query

Is Bridge from Below still an acceptable card design? Or is an enchantment that only functions in a graveyard okay ?

It’s weird, but acceptable. We have to be careful about how many cards are active in the graveyard.

Bridge from Below Enchantments The Graveyard

Designed Dredge Cards

Isn't it true that you also designed Bridge from Below and Narcomoeba, this enabling the original builds of dredge?

Not only did I designed them both, but I did it during the same hour of last-minute hole filling. Also, I have made a huge amount of graveyard mattering cards.

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Futureshifted Cards Trivia

Hey, Mark! It's my birthday today and I would appreciate some trivia on the Futureshifted cards from Future Sight.

Narcomoeba and Bridge from Below were both designed by me at the last minute to fill holes right before development was done. I made both of them within minutes of one another. Happy Birthday!

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Bridge From Below Cost

Why does bridge from below have a mana cost if you aren't supposed to cast it? Why not just give it no mana cost like evermind and the suspend cycle?

One of the ways to get it into the graveyard is casting it and then sacrificing it through another effect.

Bridge from Below Cast Evermind Mana Suspend The Graveyard

Bridge from Below Design

What are your thoughts on the design of Bridge from Below?

I was proud of designing it.

Bridge from Below

Devotion Mechanic Origins

With devotion, I'm glad that you've finally given us a reason to cast Bridge from Below. Did you think this would happen back when Future Sight was designed?

The very first card to use the ability was on a future shifted card in Future Sight.

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Bridge from Below Cost

Matt was talking about the decision to give bridge to bellow a mana cost regardless of the fact, since you are better at safely sharing information, could you share some of the multiverse conversation that went on?

I designed Bridge from Below and I gave it a mana cost because all cards have mana costs and I feel it would be more confusing if it didn’t have one.

Bridge from Below Mana

Bridge from Below Inquiry

Was Bridge from Below considered for Innistrad?

No. I don’t think development wants it coming back. (Just like a zombie? Coincidence?)

Bridge from Below Innistrad Zombie

Dredge and Replicate Query

Is there any particular reason they didn't bring dredge back from golgari? We don't have a bridge from below, or any free reanimation spells (dread return). I kinda wished we could have gotten another dredge 6 dude, maybe a better reanimation target that also dredged 6? And replicate was far to overcosted to be worth anything ever, but why didn't that come back except playable?

For starters, all the guilds got new mechanics. If that weren’t the case, dredge would still be broken even without support cards.

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Dredge Deck Contribution

It's hard to send you a Dredge list since Tumblr doesn't allow links and also doesn't give enough room to copypaste the decklist into the question field, but Ando Ferguson made top 8 at GP Indianapolis with a Dredge deck and you can see his list if you look up the coverage.

Cards from that deck that I had a hand in creating: Cephalid Colisseum, Gemstone Mine, Tarnished Citadel, Flayer of the Hatebound, Golgari Grave-Troll, Golgari Thug, Ichorid, Narcomeba, Stinkweed Imp, Breakthrough, Bridge from Below, Cabal Therapy, Dread Return, Faithless Looting, Lion’s Eye Diamond, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Iona, Shield of Emeria. You’ll also notice that about 90+% of the cards come from sets I lead.

Blogatog / Tumblr Bridge from Below Cabal Therapy Cephalid Conventions Dread Return Dredge Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Eye Faithless Looting Flayer of the Hatebound Gemstone Mine Golgari (B/G) Golgari Grave-Troll Golgari Thug Ichorid Imp Iona, Shield of Emeria Stinkweed Imp Tarnished Citadel Troll Your Hand

Bridge From Below Inquiry

Reading through your articles, I see that you created Bridge From Below to be an enchantment that only worked while in your graveyard. Was there any thought about putting it, or anything like this, in Innistrad Block? Was it competing too much with Flashback?

We decided to not go overboard with cards that worked in the graveyard. Plus I don’t know if anyone’s told you but that card is a little crazy.

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