Was there any color pie break printed after the creation of the Council of Colors?

There have been, but they occur much less. Things can still slip through the cracks.

Do cards exclusively on Magic Arena go through the Council of Colors?

They’re supposed to, yes.

What will happen to the color pie whe you are no longer the person in charge of it? The next person to lead the color council will hVe a different view of the color pie then you and will make changes you will not necessarily agree with. What do you think about that?

I have great faith in the Council of Colors. Note the whole team makes decisions, not just me.

What does Chief of the Edge do that requires it to also be black? I ask in consideration of Question 28. As far as I can see, an anthem is something that could be done in only white.

We *try* to make all multicolored cards mechanically reflect all colors, but it can’t always be done while meeting other constraints of the set. They’ll get tagged by the Council of Colors, but are allowed to exist if there isn’t an easy fix that works for the set. Chief of Edge isn’t that though. It’s a multicolor signpost for a white/black Warrior typal theme. Both colors can grant power to its creatures. Yes, white does it more often, and usually grants all its creatures while black pumps black subsets. It could have been hybrid from a color pie perspective, but most signposts are multicolored.

Isn't "Harbinger of the Seas" a card that completely deviates from the range allowed for blue?The effect of "Blood Moon" is essentially land destruction, and that should be allowed because it is red. Just because Spreading Seas is in blue, allowing it to have that effect on the big picture would be an anomaly that would allow Jokulhaups and Armageddon in blue.　I'm not sure how the Council of Colors could have allowed such a card? If blue allows such a card, white and black should pass this effect before it, and if green allows it because it can, then green will be allowed to have a creature with both death touch and fighting.This card is too ridiculous.

Blue is primary in turning lands from one basic land type into another. It’s not an effect we do a lot, but when we do it, blue is the one who mostly does it. (We do let black turn lands into swamps.)

Hey mark. Y’all in R&D infamously “avoid doing two-colour creatures which could be done in a single color”, like a creature with flying and vigilance, for example. I am not rehashing that argument, because I fully understand why the answer to that question is GB (although since vigilance is allowed in blue now that means that the UB option that was wrong at the time now is also a correct answer). That said, I do have some qualms with the premise of that question. We see multicolored cards that don’t need all their colors CONSTANTLY. Just in Thunder Junction, we got:- Wylie duke, which can be in white or green, and doesn’t need to be both- Vraska joins up, which can be done in mono green and doesn’t need black- Selvala, which can be done in mono green and doesn’t need white- Seraphic steed, which can be done in mono white and doesn’t need green- Rakdos joins up, which could be done in mono black and doesn’t need red- Miriam, which could be done in mono green and doesn’t need white- Marchesa, who can be done in blue or black, and doesn’t need to be both, and DEFINITELY doesn’t need red- Lilah, who could be done in red or blue and doesn’t need to be both- Jasper flint, who can be done in Black or red and doesn’t need to be both- Jem, who could be done in mono blue and doesn’t need white- Form a posse, which could be done in red or white and doesn’t need to be both- Breeches, who can be done in mono red and doesn’t need blue- At knifepoint, which could be done in mono red and doesn’t need black- Obeka, which could be dimir or izzet and doesn’t need to be grixis- Vihaan, who could be done in boros and doesn’t need black- Kirri, which could be in mono green, and doesn’t need red or white- Yuma, which could be done in mono green (and maybe mono red?) but definitely doesn’t need white- Olivia, which could be boros or rakdos and doesn’t need to be mardu- Pest control, which could be mono white and doesn’t need blackI don’t really know what I’m asking, but I just wanted to bring up that unnecessary colors appear on multicolored spells VERY frequently; and I wanted to know if you have any thoughts about this.

That’s why I say “we try” and not “we always do”. When a multicolor card doesn’t have abilities of two colors, we’ll tag it in the Council of Colors pass, and the lead designer will see if hey can find an elegant solution. It’s not a mandatory thing though, as it’s hard to do without making cards extra wordy and clunky. Again, that’s why I say “we try” to do it as it’s something we do when we can, but often don’t do.

Where does green rank on being able to create copies of its own creatures? Seems like a pretty green ability in terms of flavor but I can only think of Bramble Sovereign

Green is allowed to copy its own creatures, but there is discussion in the Council of Colors how often and in what way we want green to do copying. (The answer is “some”.)

Up the beanstalk let’s you draw off any 5mv or more spell in green, not just creatures (or I guess also enchantments), is this a color pie break?

It’s more bend than break, but we had many a discussion about it in the Council of Colors.

Is it a little contradictory-sounding if I say that both: Goblins used to get much more spotlight, and I miss how prominent they were back in the day, from say 1993-2007, with lots of iconic goblin-tribal effects, and... Also, that I wish we got more orcs and dwarves? Well, I know you'd say that these three fight for space, but, my answer is very simple: Just print more red cards, and fewer white cards! Then we'll have room!

I’ll run this by the white representative on the Council of Colors.

On a recent Drive *mumble* Work episode, you mentioned that there are 8 members of the Council of Colors. My mental math only gets to 7. Can you tell us the roles of the 8? Thanks! (FWIW, I did consider posting this with “Sixth color confirmed!”.)

There is a representative for white, blue, black, red, green and colorless. I oversee the group with help from Mark Gottlieb. Technically, we have a ninth member that does much of the organizing work and takes notes