Darksteel Citadel

Potential of Enchantment Land

New • 08 Dec 2020 • Asked by trifas • 37 Comments

Mark, considering Darksteel Citadel was safe enough to reprint in a Core Set, would you say a single Enchantment Land could be printed in a premiere set?

It depends on the larger environment.
Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands Reprints

Enchantment Land Potential

New • 20 Jan 2020 • Asked by pelusoft-blog • 52 Comments

An enchantment land in a enchantment matters set could be too powerful. Is it possible for an enchantment land to appear in a core set? (like darksteel citadel)

If we do one, it’s more likely to be in a supplemental set than a Standard-legal one.
Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands Standard

Enchantment Land Likelihood

New • 12 Feb 2019 • Asked by coriell1 • 59 Comments

Does a singular enchantment land a la Darksteel Citadel have a higher chance of passing muster than an entire colored cycle?

Yes.
Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands

Artifact Lands Scale

New • 14 Jul 2018 • Asked by gomperito • 52 Comments

Inthought it was interesting that artifact lands are a 10 on the Storm Scale, but Darksteel Citadel was in M15 without any issues (as far as I know). Is the 10 more about sets that care heavily about artifacts?

One card is very different than the “mechanic” returning.
Artifacts Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Keyword Abilities Lands Mechanics Storm Scale

Safety of Darksteel Citadel

New • 05 Oct 2016 • Asked by benben-wearer-of-squids-blog • 59 Comments

But Darksteel Citadel is safe, isn't it? Why not Darksteel Citadel: Enchantment Edition?

It was banned once. Safe cards don’t get banned. (Okay, discounting early Magic bannings done apparently with darts.)
Bannings Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Format Legality Format Legality

Reprinting Broken Cards

New • 16 Jun 2016 • Asked by lgosvse • 17 Comments

Regarding Goblin Welder, I'll point out that you have reprinted broken cards in Standard-legal expansions before. Darksteel Citadel was so overpowered during its first time in Standard that it was even banned in Standard. Didn't stop it from being reprinted in Magic 2015.

I’m not says my we never do it. I’m saying it’s done very infrequently.
Bannings Card Printing Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Format Legality Format Legality Goblin Goblin Welder Magic 2015 Reprints Standard

Artifact Land Analysis

New • 16 May 2016 • Asked by royinversezx • 26 Comments

"We don’t have time to prove something that’s mathematically true." But we do know one artifact land on the meta doesnt break affinity(see darksteel citadel on modern), so mathematicaly one enchantment land wouldnt be that problematic.

The math was that we’d have to weaken Constellation cards with it in the environment.
Affinity Artifacts Constellation Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands Modern

Land Reprints Policy

New • 07 Feb 2016 • Asked by johnny-spaghetti • 28 Comments

Will all land reprints (like Darksteel Citadel) feature the colorless mana symbol from now on?

All ones that produce colorless mana will.
Card Printing Colorless Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Lands Mana Reprints

Enchantment Land Power

New • 24 Oct 2015 • Asked by poorproplayer-deactivated201602 • 26 Comments

Would an enchantment land that only taps for one colorless be too powerful with constellation? You guys brought back darksteel citadel and that went okay.

We wouldn’t have brought it back during an “artifact matters” block.
Artifacts Brought Back Colorless Constellation Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands

Artifact Land Strength

New • 23 Oct 2015 • Asked by jacekenai • 19 Comments

I know your not a developer, but was Darksteel Citadel to strong for standard? If not, why wouldn't a single enchantment land work if an artifact land with a benefit worked?

It was too strong when there was an “artifact matters” mechanic in Standard.
Artifacts Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands Mechanics Not a developer Power Level Standard

Enchantment Land Caution

New • 23 Aug 2015 • Asked by moone513 • 39 Comments

The artifact lands were a mistake, but it seems like development is fine with just one existing at a time; Darksteel Citadel has been reprinted in standard to great success, creating interesting interactions instead of degeneracy. If they felt one artifact land was fine, why so shy about a single enchantment land?

Because we wanted to do Constellation and even one enchantment land would have to make us raise the cost of every card.
Artifacts Card Printing Constellation Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Enchantments Lands Reprints Standard

Banned Cards List

New • 24 Aug 2012 • Asked by xvenomx • 17 Comments

Wich cards that you have designed had been banned?

Banned & restricted cards that I had a hand in designing: Ancient Den
Arcbound Ravager
Bitterblossom
Chrome Mox
Cloudpost
Darksteel Citadel
Dread Return
Earthcraft
Frantic Search
Gifts Ungiven
Golgari Grave-Troll
Great Furnace
Gush
Lion’s Eye Diamond
Lotus Petal
Memory Jar
Rishadan Port
Seat of the Synod
Skullclamp
Survival of the Fittest
Thirst for Knowledge
Time Spiral
Tinker
Tree of Tales
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Vault of Whispers
Voltaic Key
Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Yawgmoth’s Will
Ancient Den Arcbound Ravager Bannings Bargain Bitterblossom Chrome Mox Cloudpost Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Dread Return Earthcraft Eye Format Legality Frantic Search Gifts Ungiven Golgari (B/G) Golgari Grave-Troll Great Furnace Lotus Petal Memory Jar Rishadan Port Search Seat of the Synod Skullclamp Survival of the Fittest Thirst for Knowledge Time Spiral Tree of Tales Troll Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Vault of Whispers Voltaic Key Your Hand

Single Artifact Land

New • 15 Aug 2012 • Asked by sofacoin • 1 Comments

If there was only Darksteel Citadel and no other artifact lands, there'd obviously be less of an issue- but do you think it'd still, on its own, be too powerful?

I don’t think one artifact land would have caused nearly the trouble that six did.
Artifacts Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Lands

Ban/Restrict Record

New • 14 Jun 2012 • Asked by wuyley • 17 Comments

"I currently hold the record for the designer who has the most banned/restricted cards" Got a quick list of what those cards are?

The following are banned or restricted cards that I had a hand in the design: (note in numerous cases multiple people designed the cards in question; also I may have missed one or two) Ancestral Vision Ancient Den Arcbound Ravager Bitterblossom Chrome Mox Cloudpost Darksteel Citadel Dread Return Earthcraft Frantic Search Gifts Ungiven Golgari Grave-Troll Great Furnace Gush Hypergenesis Lion’s Eye Diamond Lotus Petal Memory jar Seat of the Synod Skullclamp Squandered Resources Survival of the Fittest Thirst for Knowledge Time Spiral Tinker Tree of Tales Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Vault of Whispers Voltaic Key Windfall Yawgmoth’s Bargain Yawgmoth’s Will
Ancestral Vision Ancient Den Arcbound Ravager Bannings Bargain Bitterblossom Chrome Mox Cloudpost Darksteel Darksteel Citadel Dread Return Earthcraft Eye Format Legality Frantic Search Gifts Ungiven Golgari (B/G) Golgari Grave-Troll Great Furnace Hypergenesis Lotus Petal Memory Jar Search Seat of the Synod Skullclamp Squandered Resources Survival of the Fittest Thirst for Knowledge Time Spiral Tree of Tales Troll Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Vault of Whispers Voltaic Key Windfall Your Hand

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