"My dream self didn’t like Doubling Season pie?" - MARO! They tried to *trick you* into eating the delicious cards! What would the dream lawyers think?

Good point.

not a question, just wanted to say that i'm a huge fan of bloomburrow and am now planning on going to my first prerelease in about a decade! the creative team absolutely knocked it out of the park, all the game design i've seen so far is stellar, and i can't wait to brew a finneas commander deck once the whole set is revealed - though i know for sure that my copy of doubling season is gonna be in there~ can't wait to see what else the magic team has in store coming up

I’’m happy you’re so excited.

FYI, since someone asked about why copying a permanent spell doesn't create a token for Doubling Season, since I see this question all the time: the reason is that it's copying the spell on the stack, not the permanent. What's being copied is the spell. The copy of the spell becomes a token as it resolves (just like the non-copied spell becomes a nontoken permanent as it resolves), but it's not created (just like the original spell doesn't create a permanent: it becomes one).To sum it up: copying a spell creates a copy of a spell, not a permanent. The copy of a spell simply becomes a token.

FYI

If/When: Red getting a Sorcery that allows them to make double tokens for the rest of the turn, a sort of one-shot Doubling Season or Anointed Procession?

If. I could see red doubling damage, or something else very red, but token making is not primary in red.

Do people at Wizards ever design cards for their own decks? I know there's a sort of running joke that "Someone over there must have an XYZ deck because this card is perfect for my XYZ deck," but does that idea hold any water? Also, would such a practice be frowned upon or accepted? I could see it going either way, where designing a card that specifically fills a slot in *your* deck might be selfish vs cool cards are cool cards, and the underlying reasoning might not matter as long as it works as a design.

Every once in a while, you’ll design a card for yourself, but it’s not the vast majority of what you design. Also, there’s often an audience that’s likes what you like. Doubling Season was a card I designed for myself, as an example, but plenty of others enjoyed it.

My son (and I!) loved chatting with you at Magic Con Chicago. Thank you for taking the time to hang out with us! We came home and opened *one* booster pack and pulled a Doubling Season. Thanks for the golden touch!

It was a pleasure chatting with you both.

If/when a version of doubling season that cares about tokens entering the battlefield instead of being created (and thus has synergy with Claire)?

If. That’s so narrow.

Hey Mark I've been away from this Tumblr but I'm wondering why a card wasn't made to counter the effects of poison? Like a reprint of solemnity or even a card that would take a few turns to remove all poison in flavor of the story how they used a spark and melira to cleanse the spark of ajani and what they tried with Nissa. I think that was a flavor fail and playpoint fail. My hope is you guys at least print something that fixes this in the future for standard. I had so much fun with the prerelease this past weekend by the way. I love the enchanted tales addition. I had to run green as I pulled a doubling season and a foil defense of the heart lol.

One of the defining qualities of poison in the game is that it can’t be removed. It makes it play very differently than life and makes the mechanic feel more threatening. Note there are cards that can help you prevent getting future poison, just none that take away what you already have (okay except Leeches, but I pretend that card doesn’t exist).

Is doubling season in a premier set not desirable because it's green (and you are trying to focus token making on white) or because it is an enchantment (not a creature like the recent Mondark)?

It’s too strong for Standard and interacts a little too favorably with planeswalkers.

I asked ChatGPT “what is Mark Rosewater’s favourite card he designed?”. You’ll need to train it a little more before it can take over Blogatog.

Mark Rosewater, the head designer for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, has designed many cards over the years, and he has mentioned several as his favorites. One card that he has specifically mentioned as his favorite design is "Psychatog."

"Psychatog" is a blue/black creature card that was first printed in the Torment expansion set in 2002. It has a unique ability that allows its controller to discard cards from their hand to increase its power and toughness, making it a formidable threat on the battlefield. The card has been a favorite of many players over the years due to its power and versatility.

Rosewater has stated that he loves "Psychatog" because it is a great example of a card that combines different elements of the game in a creative way. He enjoys the challenge of designing cards that are both mechanically interesting and flavorful, and he feels that "Psychatog" is a perfect example of a card that succeeds on both levels.

I didn’t know when I produced all my writing that I was helping train my successor. : )EDIT: Also, while I did design Psychatog and generally like its design, it is not my favorite card I designed. That’s Doubling Season.