How much does the fact that pawprint cards need a new symbol for each set lessen their likelihood of showing up, simply because of budgeting? It seems like such rich design space, and it'd be a shame to not use it because a new symbol is needed each time.

Making new symbols is not the challenge you seem to think it is.

Related to the last ask (at time of writing): would you do the mirroring thing again splitting packs between two factions? Did that go well enough that you'd do it again? Is there more design space for that kind of thing?

It’s a lot of extra work for little payoff, so I’m skeptical.

Has there ever been any thought to combining the Ox and Minotaur creature types? Such as simplifying both to simply "Cow?" I'm a huge fan of bovines in all forms and it would be nice if all of the Ox in magic worked alongside their more anthropomorphic cousins the Minotaur. As it is now we're lucky to really get cards of *either* type printed. There's resonance to the name Minotaur, no doubt, but it also has its share of baggage. It has Greek connotations and that's probably a big reason Minotaurs are almost strictly in Theros (although some favorites, such as Neheb, are from other planes). I was happy that Outlaws had more Ox cards, but it also highlights my dissatisfaction: Holy Cow is an *ox* not a cow, despite the name. It feels like a retread of the Hound or Naga debacle all over again. Hound was simplified to Dog and all Snakes, from rattlesnakes to Naga, are simply the type Snake now. This allows snakes and dogs of all walks benefit from a shared unity. Cats had it right, we didn't need Leonin as a separate type.I just feel like there's unnecessary separation being created by dividing Ox and Minotaur and it has the same resonance failings as all dogs being labeled "hounds" had. If it's important for a particular creature to *be* a minotaur then they can just *have* minotaur in their name, like ~30% of minotaurs already do. There's also the simple fact that Minotaur is a longer average creature type, limiting design space for other types to be included. It's hard to justify why a Minotaur is on a random plane, but much less so if it's simply a "Cow Warrior" for example. As for why I think "Cow" should just be the combined type name, I simply think it fits. Cow is a resonant name. Almost everyone, East to west, knows *of* cows if only because their milk is such a widely used commodity. We don't call it "Ox's milk" after all. More than that, it's fun! Cow is *funny* in the same way *squirrel* is funny. It's amusing to see "Squirrels you control" in this game full of fighting. In that vein, "Cows you control" is an amusing line that can help break up the seriousness of a setting. I know this is making a mountain out of a molehill, but magic is a game of different perspectives coming together and creating something new. Cows are my favorite animal and it's simply dissatisfying, to me, that my Holy Cow can't benefit from a Kragma Warcaller. That Angrath, colloquially named "Cow Dad" in the community, would have the creature type "Minotaur." The only downside I can see is that "Cow" *does* specifically refer to females of a bovine species. But that is a distinction few, if any, seriously take into consideration. If one sees a field of cows, they're not saying "I see lots of cows and 3 bulls!" They're going to say "I see cows!"So to bring the thesis back, has there been any discussion internally to simplifying the Minotaur and Ox creature types under a single banner, such as "Cow?" I would also happily settle for "Cattle" as the new type. I just feel the current Ox vs Minotaur divide has to go, for both flavor and mechanical reasons, and the sooner the better.

I have been on Team Cow (as I was on Team Dog) for many years. I even made Cows in Un-sets. I still believe Minotaur should be its own creature type though.

Since white likes to make restrictions such as "cast only one spell per turn," is there any design space in red for the ability to ignore such restrictions?

Breaking rules set up to protect game balance is risky.

I don't like how weird Magic is getting with mechanics lately. Collect evidence, commit a crime, now gift, forage, and pawprints. What happened to just making new keywords and ability words? Has wotc run out of design space?

All of the mechanics you listed, save paw prints, *is* a new keyword or ability word.

Why does only blue have the ability to interact with the stack (aside from red copying spells)? Seems like a huge disadvantage to every other colour that they have nothing ressembling a counterspell. It makes sense for blue to be the best at it, but if every colour has creature removal why can't every colour have spell removal? Or even just some other colours?

Different colors have access to different things. It’s key to how the color pie works. Stack interaction is a pretty narrow design space by the way.

If/when more "reveal your hand" as a cost/additional cost like Land Grant? It feels like a neat design space . (All for it being used as additional cost over more free spells though)

Probably when, but it has issues. We generally like hidden information and it isn’t that much of a cost to pay.

How much design space is left for existing Roles? How about new ones?

There’s plenty of design space in the bigger picture. The larger issue is any one set can only handle so many roles in limited. I do think we’ll see roles again, but I don’t think it’s a well were going to frequently.

Why are there so few enchant lands? Do you think a faction or a limited pairing could ever have enchanting lands as a theme?

There’s just not a lot of practical design space. Also, because we don’t want easy access to destroying lands, there wouldn’t be an easy means to balance it.

Hi Mark, I opened a creature with Scavenge and it made me think, could the rules handle stat buffs and ability granting to creatures outside the battlefield? (to increase how much they scavenge for or how big Coram gets) Would there be enough design space for it?

My gut is the rules could do it if we wanted to, but there isn’t a lot of synergy/design space, so there’s not a great reason to do it.