Not sure if you're the person to ask, but

If or When - 8ed frame return in any form?

I started right before the switch to m15 frame and have been pretty bummed out seeing retro frame every couple sets, would love to see some strong cards and staples from after the switch like arcane signet, sheoldred, fatal push, etc in that frame. I'd definitely purchase any secret lair with any cards no matter how weak if they were in 8ed frame, though I'm probably in the minority there.

I’m not sure how many retro frames we can support.

Shout out to the art team for the woodland showcase frame. The different foliage based on colour is a nice touch.

I’ll let them know.

We've had people expressing their frustrations about the full-art-only commanders, but I'd like to add my feedback that Flubs the Fool seemingly only being available in extended art is the worst offender in my opinion. Both the regular frame and as full-art would be preferable to that frame. It's genuinely my least favorite frame, and the only reason I've never complained about it is that, up until now, it's been completely avoidable.

I can pass this note along.

Have y'all done testing with non Magic players looking at UB characters with iconic existing color schemes in colors that clash with that scheme - Spiderman in black green to use a dramatic and probably out of pie example - and see if the frames confuse them? Do people pick up on it easily?

A character having a costume/outfit that are Magic colors doesn’t make them those colors within the game, so it doesn’t matter if some non-Magic players take time to understand it. Players grasping the color pie is an important early step in the game.

Hi Mark,If or when: Instants/Sorceries getting their own frame like Artifacts and (nyx-bordered) enchantments do, possibly in a limited capacity to start with, as a trial run perhaps?

If, but it’s been discussed.

In light of UB getting their own colored card frames, what do you think the likelihood is of updating the ‘textures’ of colored cards. It feels weird that basically everything else about cards have changed, but all the colors are stuck with the same pattern along their edges that they had in 2003

I don’t think constantly changing the frame is ideal. Some continuity is comforting.

It’s something we did for the Eldrazi,Well the eldrazi are eldrich abominations, very strange templating makes sense for them. But that isn’t the case for all colorless cards. So why not just make that the eldrazi frame instead of the colorless frame?

We’ve used the colorless frame on non-Eldrazi and players seemed to like it.

Hi mark. There were a few people who had commented on the technology and aesthetic of Duskmourne and how it feels too close to the present, referencing planes like Capenna or Neo-kamigawa as other examples of modernity in Magic’s fantasy setting. Because I am the main character and my opinion is the most important one, I thought I’d give my two cents on the topic.Although kamigawa and capenna are obviously more “modern” than a plane like innistrad, they still don’t feel like “now”. By definition, sci-fi is not modern. Although Neon kamigawa doesn’t feel like high fantasy, it doesn’t feel “modern” to me either, it’s too far in the future. In the opposite direction, Capenna feels too far in the past to feel “modern”. Yeah, arc spitter is a Tommy gun and the treasure token is a martini glass, but it still doesn’t feel like the present. My grandpa wasn’t even born until after the end of prohibition. Time period Capenna is based on was literally a century ago. Sure the aesthetic isn’t as far back in history as the aesthetic of a knight in shining armor, but it’s still far enough back that it feels like “another time”, at least to me. I think the reason those two planes pass the vibe check is because they feel different enough from modern day. TV’s have existed since the late 1920’s, so it would have been historically accurate if the plane themed around 1920s America had TVs. but that still *feeeeeels* wrong. The vibes are off. Yeah sci fi japan would probably have cell phones or something, but that just feels wrong. In other words, fantasy (to me) isn’t about looking like lord of the rings, it’s about NOT looking like everyday life.This is where Duskmourne comes in. I wasn’t alive in the 70’s or 80’s. Heck, I’m so young that my parents hadn’t even met until after homelands came out. But the 70’s and 80’s feels like modern day. Screaming nemesis and cursed recording have TVs in their art. The booster fun frame looks like it would be on a ghostbusters poster. I feel like I saw my baby cousin wearing the exact same outfit as Toby just the other day. The term “fear of missing out” is just such a modern day thing, even if that concept isn’t new. I’m withholding my judgement until I see the whole set, but based on what we’ve seen so far, I (somewhat) agree with the sentiment a lot of Duskmourne feels too “real”. I’m sure more detail will be given closer to release, but I would be really interested in learning the whole process of how y’all built this world, even more interested than I would be with any other plane.

We’re trying something new. Some people seem to like it, some don’t. Time will show whether it was overall a good idea. I will say we need time to better gauge it. There are a lot of very popular Magic things that had an initial negative opinion.

Hi Mark! Two things. One, I guessed that Duskmourn would have an 80s horror movie theme and was thrilled that the preview cards look freaking sweet! Two, a huge THANK YOU to the folks responsible for giving enchantments the Nyx frame. I am very excited for Magic this year.

We did state at the Gen Con panel that announced Duskmourn that it had an 70’s and 80’s horror vibe, but I’m glad you like it. Giving enchantments the Nyx frame has been something we’ve been debating for a while. I’m glad we finally did it.I too am excited for this year. : )

Has there been some internal debate on the UB frames yet? Because it is really frustrating to see yet another cool IP getting "wasted" because all the cards only exist in that weird metallic border, where every color looks exactly the same (literally for color blind people) and that fits maybe WH40K but not middle earth or assassins in medieval venice. I have yet to hear from someone that they think these frames were a GOOD solution.

There is internal discussion.