Another Magic in pop culture, again on the Lateral podcast: on a question about other collectibles, the host brings up the story of a player who tore up a Chaos Orb to sprinkle it across the table as an example of collectibles that encourage their own destruction

Thanks for letting me know.

I don't know how they did it, but props to the Arena team for finally getting Chaos Orb to work in digital!

Wait until you see the Shahrazad.

People often ask about silver border designs migrating to black border. Are there any cards you feel the opposite way about? Cards that were designed in black border that you feel or felt would've been better served in silver border?

Absolutely. Chaos Orb should have always been an acorn card as an example.

could we see a DFC version of Chaos Orb?

How does it being a DFC help solve its issues?

I'll give a try at my birthday trivia again: got anything about dexterity cards, such as chaos orb?

Before Chaos Orb was banned, for a small time it had errata in tournaments where you had to name a card and, if you hit it, you destroyed it. Happy Birthday!

Uncards like B.O.B. or urza tend to not stick in the mind. Theyre illegal in everything and used only in draft and casual play. As much as theyre cool I wouldn't consider them an actual card for things that have been done

Let’s get one thing clear here. Silver-bordered cards are real Magic cards. They have a Magic back and can be played in actual games of Magic. Perhaps they aren’t played in the format you play, but then Chaos Orb isn’t either and I’m sure you consider that a real Magic card.Magic is a game for many different kinds of players, so we make many different kinds of cards, Just because something isn’t for you doesn’t mean it isn’t for somebody. Please respect that.

The BFM halves aren't the largest creature cards because they aren't real Magic cards. :-/

They’re real Magic cards. Flip them over and look at the back. : ) What they aren’t is tournament-legal. Neither is Chaos Orb, and I’m pretty sure you’d call that a “real Magic card”.

Magic is pop culture: there are several MTG based items (Black Lotus, booster pack, starter deck) and usable cards (giant growth, ancestral recall, chaos orb) in the binding of Isaac (not sure if anyone has told you, I'm probably NY the first, but i still thi k its super cool)

I’ve actually met Edmund McMillen and he is a big Magic fan.

Unstable design question! "Just a second" on Slaying Mantis is a great riff on "Split second," but I'm curious: did you also add that ability to avoid a repeat of ruling on whether a player can move their permanents around in response to Chaos Orb/Chaos Confetti?

Yes, just a second was designed to avoid the “in response, I move my stuff” answer to a physically thrown card.

Hey, Mark. Did you ever personally lose cards to ante? What were some of your most unfortunate losses/biggest wins with ante?

The only ante matches I played was at a store I frequented which had a monthly ante night. I made a mono black deck with commons, uncommons and all the broken black ante cards all of which were easy to acquire. There wssn’t much to lose. I did win a Chaos Orb though.