Duels of the Planeswalkers

Nissa Trivia

New • 07 Dec 2019 • Asked by kumagoro42 • 29 Comments

Hey, Mark, it's my birthday! Can I get some trivia about my favorite planeswalker, Nissa?

Nissa was originally created to lead an elf deck in Duels of the Planeswalkers.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Duels of the Planeswalkers Elf Planeswalkers

Nissa Planeswalker Trivia

New • 24 Oct 2019 • Asked by gus-goose • 44 Comments

Hey mark, it was my birthday Monday and my trivia request must have gotten lost in the shuffle. Do you have any trivia on the original nissa planeswalker card?

Nissa was originally designed as an image for the box for the original Duels of the Planeswalkers. It was made to match an elf planeswalker we’d made specifically for the product. We said if players liked the character we’d put her on a planeswalker card. They did, so we did.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Duels of the Planeswalkers Elf Planeswalkers Shuffle

Ral Zarek Trivia

New • 18 Aug 2018 • Asked by 80x8 • 50 Comments

Hey MaRo, I've been able to witness approximately 24 complete orbits around the sun as of midnight. The best bday present I received is the high probability of Ral Zarek's involvement in the upcoming Ravnica sets. Do you have any trivia on him or his card? He's my 2nd favorite planeswalker, but if I ran into him in dreams, I'd tell him he's number one.

Ral Zarek was originally designed as a planeswalker for Duels of the Planeswalkers for a deck that didn’t fit any of the current planeswalkers at the time. Ral went over well enough that we made him a planeswalker card in the game. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Duels of the Planeswalkers Mark Rosewater Planeswalkers Ral Zarek

Planeswalker Origin Trivia

New • 19 Jun 2018 • Asked by ardarian • 47 Comments

My birthday was over the weekend. Can I ask for some belated trivia on Vivien or Nissa if Vivien's can't be given?

Nissan was first created as an image on the original box for Duels of the Planeswalkers. Happy Belated Birthday!
Birthday Duels of the Planeswalkers Planeswalkers

Trivia: Nissa Origins

New • 22 Oct 2017 • Asked by basketofpuppies • 96 Comments

My brother’s daughter was just born. Her name is Nissa. In celebration, would you mind giving some lesser-known Nissa trivia?

Nissa was originally created as an image for the box of the initial Duels of the Planeswalkers. We liked the image so much we made a planeswalker character for her. It was originally planned to be a villain. Happy Birthday, Nissa!
Birthday Celebration Duels of the Planeswalkers Planeswalkers

Duels Replacement

New • 27 Jul 2017 • Asked by orangemage • 43 Comments

As the parent of a young son, I relied on Duels of the Planeswalkers as a way of getting to play with the latest cards in between the the occasional events I'd manage to get along to (like prereleases). Sadly, Hour of Devastation (and everything after it) isn't being added to Duels. Can you let us know when a replacement for Duels is going to be released, please?

There are things in the works, but we haven’t talked about them publicly yet.
Duels of the Planeswalkers Hour of Devastation Planeswalkers Prerelease

Ral Zarek Trivia

New • 02 May 2017 • Asked by planeswalkersunny-blog • 55 Comments

Hey Mark, it's my birthday today. Do you have any trivia on Ral Zarek? Also i wanted to say thanks for everything you do for the Magic community. :)

Real Zarek was originally created to be the face for a blue/red deck in an early Duels of the Planeswalkers because none of our then existing planeswalkers made sense for the deck.Happy Birthday!
Appreciation Birthday Blue Duels of the Planeswalkers Izzet (U/R) Planeswalkers Ral Zarek Red

Nissa Trivia Gift

New • 14 Apr 2017 • Asked by transgendent • 42 Comments

It's my birthday today! Could I get some trivia on my favorite planeswalker, Nissa?

Nissa was first created as the packaging image for the very first Duels of the Planeswalkers product (now called Magic Duels). We liked her so we later made a planeswalker card for her and started involving her in the story.When starting up the Gatewatch, we needed a green planeswalker and Garruk had gone bad in Innistrad so we chose to involve Nissa.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Duels of the Planeswalkers Gates Green Innistrad Planeswalkers Story / Lore

Kiora Origin Trivia

New • 15 Dec 2016 • Asked by dxtemmienation-deactivated20220 • 34 Comments

Hiya MaRo! It's my birthday, and I was hoping I could have some Birthday Trivia about my favorite merm walker, Kiora? I've followed your blog for a few birthdays now, but I didn't really have the courage until now to ask. Thank you so much, this game has done so much to help make my life better. Have a great day!!

Kiora was originally created for Duels of the Planeswalkers (now called Magic Duels). We had a Green/Blue deck with giant sea creatures and none of the existing planeswalkers made sense for it, so we made up a brand new planeswalker which did fit. We decided if players liked her, we’d eventually find a home for her in a set. The audience did so we did, twice so far.Happy Birthday!Thanks for finally asking a Birthday question.
Appreciation Birthday Blue Creatures Duels of the Planeswalkers Giant Green Mark Rosewater Planeswalkers Simic (G/U)

Planeswalker Trivia

New • 26 Aug 2016 • Asked by airclever • 39 Comments

It's finally my 21st birthday! If you could, can I have some trivia on either Kiora, Tamiyo or Ashiok? Stay awesome Mark, I really think you and magic have improved my life as a whole.

Kiora got created because we needed a planeswalker to run a big creature Blue/Green deck in Magic Duels (then called Duels of the Planeswalkers). The character was popular enough, we eventually made a card for her.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Blue Creatures Duels of the Planeswalkers Green Planeswalkers

Duels Puzzles Contribution

New • 10 Aug 2016 • Asked by doctor-fragenstien • 31 Comments

Considering you wrote "Magic: The Puzzleing", did you have a hand in designing the challenges in the Duels of the Planeswalkers games?

I made one of them.
Duels of the Planeswalkers Planeswalkers Your Hand

Ral Zarek Trivia

New • 04 Aug 2016 • Asked by certified-certifiable • 57 Comments

hi, mr. rosewater! today is the third birthday i've had as a magic player but the first i knew of your blog! may i request trivia about ral zarek?

Ral Zarek was made originally for Duels of the Planeswalkers. We had a Blue/Red deck with no planeswalker that was a good match to be playing it in the game so we made one up. Kiora was made at the same time for a Green/Blue deck. The plan was we’d make them into cards if players liked them.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Blue Duels of the Planeswalkers Green Izzet (U/R) Mark Rosewater Planeswalkers Ral Zarek Red Simic (G/U)

Garruk's Fate

New • 26 Jun 2016 • Asked by stormofblades • 44 Comments

Not sure about the details, but I'm pretty sure the gist of Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 should be canon, meaning Garruk's curse has been sealed by the hedron that formerly sealed Ob Nixilis. (The retrieval of Nixilis' hedron is referenced in Uncharted Realms, at least.) What happened to Garruk from there is left a mystery.

FYI
Duels of the Planeswalkers Limited Planeswalkers

Planeswalkers Aging

New • 14 May 2016 • Asked by canageek • 32 Comments

Liliana shown as much older in Duels of the Planeswalkers: Origins. She made a deal with four devils to get youth. Has that been retconned? Are post-mending Planeswalkers immortal? Slow aging?

Planeswalkers age. I was just saying that most ongoing stories not involving actors tend to age at a slower rate.
Devil Duels of the Planeswalkers Planeswalkers The Mending

Kiora Atua Name Issue

New • 24 Mar 2016 • Asked by trompinha-blog • 31 Comments

Kiora's name in Duels of the Planeswalkers is Kiora Atua. Isn't this her last name?

No. It turns out to have some meaning that was problematic so we dropped it.
Duels of the Planeswalkers Planeswalkers

Dack Fayden Trivia

New • 25 Feb 2016 • Asked by pgbeil-deactivated20170109 • 42 Comments

Hey MaRo, it was my birthday yesterday but I wasn't able to get online. Can I request any trivia on Dack Fayden, or UR Planeswalkers in General? Thanks!

Both Dack Fayden and Ral Zarek, the two Blue/Red Planeswalkers (just Blue/Red - sorry Sarkhan and Nicol Bolas) both appeared first outside of cards. Dack Fayden first appeared in a comic book and Ral Zarek first appeared in Duels of the Planeswalkers. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Blue Dack Fayden Duels of the Planeswalkers Izzet (U/R) Mark Rosewater Nicol Bolas Planeswalkers Pop Culture Ral Zarek Red

Doubling Season Origins

New • 11 Feb 2016 • Asked by ashaya • 51 Comments

Speaking of doubling season, it's been my favorite card for years and playing it in duels of the planeswalkers 2014 is what really got me hooked on magic. I was wondering if I could get some birthday trivia on it?

I designed Doubling Season as a personal design for myself. It’s just a card I wanted to play with. I was happy when it proved to be loved by so many other players. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Doubling Season Duels of the Planeswalkers Planeswalkers

Nissa Trivia Gift

New • 19 Jan 2016 • Asked by 650-owls-in-a-trenchcoat-deacti • 43 Comments

Hey MaRo, it was my birthday on saturday and i was wondering if i could have some trivia on Nissa? My boyfriend got me the Zendikar Art book and its amazing!! We especially loved the bit you did at the end about the designing of Zendikar!

Nissa was originally created as an image for the very first Duels of the Planeswalkers (the precursor to Magic Duels) box. We liked the image so much, we decided to make a character out of her. Happy Birthday!
Art Birthday Duels of the Planeswalkers Mark Rosewater Planeswalkers Zendikar

Planeswalkers Creation

New • 15 Oct 2015 • Asked by weshouldallbecomesurgeons • 65 Comments

I totally forgot to write on my birthday which was a few days ago but could I get trivia on Dack Fayden, Ral Zarek, or Niv-Mizzet?

Ral Zarek was created because R&D made a Blue/Red artifact deck for Duels of the Planeswalkers (the precursor to Magic Duels) and none of the then current planeswalkers made any sense to be running the deck. So we made a new planeswalker for the game (Kiora got made at the same time for a Green/Blue big fish deck). Both Ral and Kiora were popular so we eventually made cards for them in the game. Happy Birthday!
Artifacts Birthday Blue Dack Fayden Duels of the Planeswalkers Fish Green Izzet (U/R) Planeswalkers Ral Zarek Red Simic (G/U)

Trivia on Kiora

New • 07 Sep 2015 • Asked by kangaroomeet • 51 Comments

Today is my 26th birthday. Can I have some new trivia on my favorite planeswalker Kiora?

Kiora was first created because we needed a planeswalker to lead a Green/Blue giant sea life deck in Duels of the Planeswalkers. She was received so well, we brought her to the card game. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Blue Duels of the Planeswalkers Giant Green Planeswalkers Simic (G/U)

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