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Rise of Eldrazi Design

Maybe a bit of a silly question, but if Rise of the Eldrazi were made today would its six colored Eldrazi (Dread Drone, Rapacious One, Nest Invader, etc.):A) Stay the same (colored) B) Have DevoidC) Lose the colored pips and be fully colorless D) Not exist

We would most likely use b) and/or c).

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Himoto Card Possibility

Can I get a maybe on Himoto (Kaito's pet tanuki drone) getting a legendary creature card in an upcoming set?

Maybe. : )

Creatures Drone Humor

Angel Planeswalker Possibility

Hello Mark! If or when : an angel planeswalker?I know it shouldn't be possible in theory, for the same reason demons can't, but we have Ob Nixilis and Geyadrone Dihada. Is it possible for New Capenna angels for example? (people have theorized that Elspeth could be one for example)

I never say never.

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Exploring Planes and Multiverse

Something that's great about Magic, I think, is the concept of planes and the multiverse. The whole premise of the game means that it takes place on various walled-off worlds that only a select few can move between. This is a pretty self-evident thing but I think it's important when the subject of technology in Magic comes up.
Sure one set might have flying mechs and drones, and another might even have cars, but that doesn't affect the worlds we visit next. The existence of Neon Dyanasty or New Capenna aren't going to suddenly make more traditional fantasy planes get all tech'd out or anything.
Maybe it's just because I'm a more recent player, but I just don't get the idea of anything being an affront to the "sanctity" of Magic or whatever. Magic is a collection of many diferent things. Worlds, planes, genres, formats, etc.
Just my perspective.

I too think the variety of worlds is a strength of the game.

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Sapience Requirement for Gaining Sparks

You said it's possible to get a spark, but I thought only sentient things could get a spark. Are slivers sentiment enough, or would one have to gain enough sentience to then gain a spark (and then go through the process of igniting it). I know karn had a "talk" with the queen back in the weatherlight saga, so maybe...

The Sliver Queen was for sure sapient, so Slivers are capable of sapience. I’m not sure if the drones are less so though.

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Sci-Fi Elements in Game

If I may chime in on the more sci-fi or not question, I greatly disliked the cyberpunk elements of Kamigawa but I enjoy the aetherpunk of Kaladesh. I think for me, cyberpunk tends to fall on the hard sci-fi side of the spectrum where Kaladesh's aetherpunk felt more soft sci-fi/fantasy, so for me I'd like to see more sci-fi as long as it sticks to a more fantasy aesthetic. I definitely don't want references to circuitry, drones, or terminals.

Every player seems to draw the line in a different place. So, where do all of you draw the line?

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Concern Over Planeswalker Gender Balance

May I voice a concern of mine? Of all new Planeswalker introduced since Eldraine, 6 of them are men, 1 non binary, 0 women. (I don't count the D&D set ones because they have a lower chance to come back. Still, even counting them, we have a 8-3 rate). It seems to me that we're returning to the old times where most of the cast was men. Can I request (a lot) more woman Planeswalker?

Here’s a list of all the female planeswalkers premiering on a planeswalker card since Throne of Eldraine: Ellywick Tumblestrum Zariel, Archduke of Avernus Lolth, Spider QueenGrist, the Hunger Tide Geyadrone Dihada Jeska, Thrice Born B.O.B. (Bevy of Beebles) (male & female)Gender representation is important to us, and we strive to have a balance. The reason for the slight lean towards male, is we repeated more female planeswalkers as we had them playing bigger roles in the stories, which is also super important. I will stress having a gender balanced planeswalker roster is important to us and something we monitor. Note that we count all planeswalker cards.

B.O.B. (Bevy of Beebles) Beeble Dungeons & Dragons Ellywick Tumblestrum Geyadrone Dihada Grist, the Hunger Tide Lolth, Spider Queen Planeswalkers Spider Strive Throne of Eldraine Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

Random Eldrazi Request

would it be wierd to ask for a single random eldrazi, just fblthp style placed randomly in a set? I'm not talking like the titans themselves but just like some random 1/1 drone like wouldn't that be funny?

All Eldrazi are pieces of one of the titans. No titan, no 1/1.

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Geyadrone Dihada and Grixis Trivia

Salutations Mark! It's my birthday and I was wondering if I could get some trivia on Geyadrone Dihada or the Grixis color combination in general?

The original Grixis mechanic in Shards of Alara was a mechanic that triggered whenever a creature died. That mechanic got de-keyworded and moved to Jund. It appeared on a handful of cards. It was replaced by Unearth, a mechanic I called Flashdance of the Dead when I created it.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Colors Creatures Geyadrone Dihada Grixis Grixis (U/B/R) Jund (B/R/G) Mechanics Shards of Alara Unearth Unearth

Factual Correction on Article

Hey Mark - Just an FYI based on your article today - “The Book of Geyadrone Dihada” is a short story from the video game Battlemage, it wasn’t a published novel or anything.

FYI

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Geyadrone Dihada's Protection Scope

Hey Mark, I was wondering why Geyadrone Dihada has protection from permanents w/ corruption counters if she only has a way to place the counters on creatures and planeswalkers.

My guess is they needed the shorter template.

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Thanks for Geyadrone Dihada Card

I asked so many times for a Geyadrone Dihada card and now that she's here I just want to extend my sincerest thanks to everyone involved!MH2 spoiler season is wonderful and amazing!

Glad you like her card.

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Returns for Devoid Eldrazi

If or When for more devoid eldrazi?

If. Both on a set full of Eldrazi drones and devoid returning.

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Enjoyment of the Commander Legends

Maro, just had my virtual Commander Legends prerelease with my LGS. Really fun time. High fives (virtually) to everyone at WOTC for helping bring joy during this year. Also, as someone who got really into the Magic comics as a kid, thank you for the nostalgic legends. But please Geyadrone Dihada next time!

Happy to hear you enjoyed it. I’ll add Geyadrone Dihada to the list.

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Pop Culture Reference

Magic in pop culture: in Santa Clarita Diet season 2, episode 8, the character Eric mentions winning a drone in an "all or nothing" game of Magic the Gathering. Apparently characters in this world still play for ante :)

Thanks.

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Demonic Planeswalker Identity

FYI demonic planeswalker woman was Geyadrone Dihada who was involved in the original Dakkon Blackblade story.

FYI

Dakkon Blackblade Geyadrone Dihada Planeswalkers Story / Lore

Magic in Pop Culture

magic in pop culture: I'm s2e8 of the Netflix original Santa Clarita Diet, one of the main characters says he won a drone in a bet over a game of MtG.

Thanks.

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Blue Mana Ramp

What exactly is the justification behind blue getting limited mana ramp, a la Cultivator Drone and the front face of Curious Homunculus? Blue already has the largest slice of the colour pie (I spent about 20 minutes running the numbers) and mana ramp feels very not-blue, since blue is the colour of being slow and having inevitability, and mana ramp makes the games go faster.

That’s something Blue has done since nearly the beginning of the game. It’s usually tied thematically to its efficiency of either technology or spell casting.

Blue Colors Cultivator Drone Drone Homunculus Limited Mana

White Eldrazi Design Choices

Were there any White-costing Eldrazi in design that made it into the set with their color changed? Blinding Drone feels kind of White, for instance.

Those cards mostly didn’t make it, not got changed to another color.

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Common Pinger Policies

Back in August, you mentioned that pingers are red flagged at common under NWO. So why is Nettle Drone okay? Not arguing with the decision or anything, just curious.

Red flagged doesn’t mean they can’t exist at common. It means we have to talk about it. Red flagging is just a way to keep things from falling through cracks without discussion.

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