Would you complete a mega-mega-cycle even if it was started unintentionally? I'm waiting for the green version of Charming Prince, Callous Bloodmage, Aether Channeler, and Charming Scoundrel.

It depends on how much players believe it’s a cycle.

Tiny bit of feedback, I think I understand the reasoning, but 'Royal' really doesn't have the same resonance as 'Princess.' There's something fun and whimsical about making your giant monster or you tiny rat a princess that a royal doesn't have, and royal covers a wider variety of tropes (e.g. the stoic king, the evil queen, the charming prince) that washes out the specific meaning. Should've stuck with the princess!

A) We wanted to hit a wider range of tropes.B) Gendered language can reinforce stereotypes that can be harmful.

Regarding whether White can bounce stuff it owns, Charming Prince does that already.

Good point.

So now that we have Charming Prince, I’m guessing you’ve gotten a few asks about when we’re going to see Commanding Prince, right? 😁

I made a “Tales from the Pit” comic with that very joke.

Did you have anything to do with the card names in Throne of Eldraine? Their punnyness is off the charts.

There are a few names, like Charming Prince, that got created in vision design and never changed, but mostly the names were created by the team that named the set, run by the creative team.

Is Charming prince suppose to be the new thing white gets? Multiple-choice White ETB effects? I like it.

Charms effects aren’t new for white.

I love charming prince! His abilities feel like things that are at the core of white. Will we see more scrying in white now or is this a one time thing?

White has always had access to scry. I think we’re dipping our toe into scrying for a little more.

Hello MaRo, I'm loving Throne of Eldraine spoilers, and am super excited for prerelease. You're doing a great job! Anyway, what caused the gender neutral name on Wicked Guardian in comparison to Charming Prince, Faerie Guidemother, and Beloved Princess? Doesn't Magic try to go mostly gender neutral on non-legendary creatures (Angels, Demons, and Enchantresses aside)?

The tropes of fairy tales are pretty gendered, so we leaned into a little more than normal. We did work hard about being careful with ones that pushed a negative connotation.

Loud groan followed by ethusiastic high-five for whoever designed Charming Prince.

I designed the original card - name and “enter the battlefield” charm ability, but what the effects were had to change. I’ll tell the full story in my card-by-card article.