Hi Mark - at some point, I assume we will see the Eldrazi in a non-supplemental set again. I would like to ask very nicely that when it happens, it isn't alongside annihilator, please. I thinks the Eldrazi are visually really cool and I like the inscrutable cosmic horror side of them but annihilator is probably the mechanic I like least in all of mtg's history. I hate playing against it and I feel guilty if I play with it myself.

I do not expect us to bring annihilator back to premier sets.

Hi Mark. I was curious - would the fact that Magic already has a very similar setting or product help or hinder a UB product? For example, would the existence of Shadows of Innistrad and Eldritch Moon be a factor when evaluating a potential UB product based on a certain literary cosmic horror IP that pioneered the genre?

We’d do a Universes Beyond property even if Magic already did our take on the genre. At least, that won’t be the thing that stops us.

Hi Mark, you said: "Modern horror can’t be done in Innistrad". Not that I mind that Duskmourn is set on its own plane (in fact I prefer it and think it sounds much more compelling), but you've strayed from the Gothic horror theme of Innistrad into cosmic horror before with the SOI block after having a plane-wide change. It seems like you could've similarly had the Phyrexian invasion or the omenpaths make a similar change to make the modern horror theme viable there for a backdrop set.

Cosmic horror has significantly more overlap with gothic horror than modern horror does. For example, you need the modern part.

Just wanna say I appreciate Magic branching out from high fantasy into other genres and tropes. Tolkein/DND/etc is a rich and resonant space, but magic feels so much bigger now and I like it. Steampunk, cyberpunk, sci-fi, retro sci-fi, Gothic and cosmic horror ... truly a genre-breaking (and -bending!) Game.

I’m glad you enjoy it. How do others feel about us pushing into other genres?

Hello Mark, I was looking through all the ravnica blocks and just wanted to comend you (especially on original ravnica) for the wonderful design work! Totally irrelevant to my question though, which is: Is cosmic horror something that would be revisited, or was Eldritch Moon a more one time visit to the genre?

Thank you for the kind words.I don’t expect Innistrad to do cosmic horror again, but I never say never. I do expect us to do other sets with horror themes that aren’t on Innistrad (it’s a deep genre), and one of those might touch upon cosmic horror.

So we all know the Blind Eternities aren't a place, and we can never go there... but have you ever wondered, with the interest you've seen on blogatog or elsewhere, whether the creative team could be tempted to ret-con it into more of a *place* that you could build a set around? Emphasis on the cosmic of cosmic horror?

Magic worlds need two things that even a retconned Blind Eternities would have trouble with - supporting biomes for all five colors and resonance.

I started playing Magic around Shadows over Innistrad/Eldritch Moon, and I have a very deep love for the cosmic horror aspect of some of that time in Innistrad history. Can I get a maybe on some spooky remnants of Emrakul's presence there?

It’s mostly gothic horror.

Here's an MtG reference in Media: The YouTube channel "Top 5 Scary Videos" had a video if "Top 5 Scariest Cosmic Horror Monsters (in media) and The Eldrazi were listed at # 5 and talked on how cool/creepy they are!

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

Given the response to the Eldrazi in later Zendikar and Innistrad, does that mean that we are unlikely to see another cosmic horror themed set?

I think the cosmic horror of Shadow over Innistrad was generally positive and would have been even more so if we’d put some space between Battle for Zendikar and it as there was Eldrazzi fatigue.

I really have to say, Creative has been knocking it out of the park since original Innistrad - especially Theros and everything since Magic Origins. The origin stories (especially Jace) were brilliant, the cosmic horror of Innistrad, a few parts of Zendikar and especially Amonkhet have been phenomenal. Creative is getting better and better.

I agree.