Hi Mark, today I drafted cube with some friends. We've been meeting regularly for over 10 years. It was the highlight of my week. Thanks for everything you do

You’re welcome. : )

I'm a big fan of blast from the past in cube

That’s another card I hear gets used a lot.

Do the playtest cards have any indication of what rarity they are supposed to be? I am working on a common/uncommon cube, and would like to add a couple of these to the cube.

I don’t believe they have a rarity.

Mark, now question but started following blogatog recently. I wanted to thank you for silver border magic. Unstable is my favorite draft; I loved it so much I drafted it until the LGS ran out of people to fill my pod! (Shout out to your half kitten-half kitten). UST got me hooked on draft and I’ve been drafting standard ever since. I have now built my own Unstable cube, seeding “packs” with favorite Hascon/Christmas/Un-cards. Really excited about Unsanctioned and MLP crossover. Thanks so much!

You’re welcome. Always happy to hear from Un-fans.

hi mark! I was wondering if weapons rack was in any way a callback to serrated arrows from everyone's favorite set, Homelands? (my friend and I made a cube for it) :D also could I get an update on koth's position on the venser scale?

It wasn’t a conscious inspiration.

I've spent some time delving into cube as a way to approach magic. But the more I do so, the more I tire of people playing with the same famously busted cards every time, deeming everything else inferior if not worthless. So now for my latest design project, I've found myself adopting rarities, and scouring sets past for forgotten fun cards! I want to know, did you ever have an experience like that as a magic designer? Realizing that powerful didn't necessarily mean fun?

That’s a lesson you learn early on.

Sometimes I'll handpick basic lands to match the flavor or feel I'm trying to give a deck or cube. As I'm building a deck that uses the snow mechanic for the first time, I'm realizing that my aesthetic options are limited. This is certainly a small frustration, but is there any reason why snow mana isn't just 'mana produced by a basic land (but with a few exceptions)'?

If snow mana was just mana produced by a basic land then it would net you basically no upside as there is zero challenge to making it happen.

Is the new token design in Core 2020 going to be carried through to future sets or is it a special thing for the set? I absolutely love them and now have to start hoarding them for my cube...either way massive high fives for those included.

That is the new token frame. We will continue using it.

Are functional reprints of reserved list cards allowed in silver border? Asking for my cube

They are not.

Happy Birthday! The King Crabs of the world better watch out! I think the tip I took most to heart was an extrapolation of making things for other people and not just for yourself. Really just thinking about what other people like, rather than focusing on myself. Helps a lot in building a cube, playing games so everyone has fun, and life in general. Seems so simple and obvious, but we all get stuck in our own little worlds sometimes.

It’s so easy to only see the world through your eyes.