Dwarf

Dwarves in MH3

New 27 Apr 2024 Asked by uberplatt 27 Comments

Hi Mark,Any chance for some Dwarves in MH3?


There is a chance.

Dwarves in White

New 08 Apr 2024 Asked by uberplatt 32 Comments

Hi Mark,Do you think Dwarves could get another shot at white’s characteristic race?


We have tried, and we still do Dwarves in white, but it hasn’t been successful enough to warrant it.

Transforming Werewolf Bases

New 05 Apr 2024 Asked by natew000 49 Comments

So far, all transforming werewolves have humans as their base race, which makes sense since Innistrad is very human focused. (Assuming that Eldrazi werewolves were human originally.)If/when for werewolves based on other humanoid races (elf, dwarf, etc)?


Probably when.

First Three Color Dwarf

New 05 Apr 2024 Asked by uberplatt 23 Comments

Hey Mark! Awesome on the new dwarf, Vihann, Goldwaker! Great card and Magic’s first three color dwarf!


Here’s the person I was talking about a few posts below.

Humanoid vs Monster Commanders

New 05 Apr 2024 Asked by jonscreenshow 32 Comments

First, I want to say I really like Thunder Junction more than I thought I would. It could end up being my favorite set this year. Great job to you and the team! Second, back in AFR, the commander precons had a humanoid adventurer face commander and a monster alt commander. I thought that was really cool because I'm a big fan of monsters and weird creatures and love building decks with them as the commander. Magic has some really great monsterous creature types that are underrepresented as legendary creatures. I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I'd love for one humanoid and one beast/monster commander to be the norm for precon design. The Grand Larceny, Desert Bloon, and Quick Draw precons are great examples of this. Having Yuma, Gonti, and Stella Lee as the humanoid face commanders and Kirri Talented Sprout, Felix Five Boots, and Eris Roar of the Storm as the more monstrous alt commanders.
I bring this up because I was really hoping for something a little more monsterous for the Most Wanted precon alt commander. Like a Skeleton or Nightmare or Horror or Minotaur, or Bird. Something along those lines would be really interesting with one of the outlaw creature types. Instead, we got a Dwarf. Vihaan Goldwaker is a great card, don't get me wrong. I just wish that every precon could have alt commanders that are a little more "out there" in terms of creature type usage instead of another human or dwarf or elf, etc. What are your thoughts on this?


My thoughts are there’s some one out there who loves Dwarves who’s super happy because we made a Dwarf card for them. I hear you that you’d like more non-humanoid legendary creatures, and that is something we’re dedicated to doing, as evidenced by the decks you did enjoy, but there’s a lot of player desires to meet, which means we need to spread the love a bit.

Dwarf in Thunder Junction

New 10 Mar 2024 Asked by uberplatt 20 Comments

Is it possible we see a dwarf in Thunder junction?


It is possible.

Dwarves Beeble Scale

New 28 Feb 2024 Asked by uberplatt 24 Comments

Hi Mark,So where are dwarves on the beeble scale these days?


They’re a 3.

Unique Deck Limits

New 02 Feb 2024 Asked by thunderweb 24 Comments

If/when: cards like Seven Dwarves ("a deck can have up to N cards named X"), but N is fewer than 4


If. It’s a nerf in non-singleton formats , and we tend to avoid restricting things outside of Vintage.

Relentless Cards Limitation

New 20 Jan 2024 Asked by zombsidian 20 Comments

Hey MarkDoes R&D like the idea of Relentless cards to have a maximum number of includes (ala Nazgul/Seven Dwarves), or is it specifically just a flavor thing?


We mostly use a number for flavor reasons.

Dwarves and Land Interaction

New 07 Jan 2024 Asked by coboney 56 Comments

Do you think for Dwarves in red that part of their color identity could be tied to interacting with lands? While in the past, that has shown up some with destroying them on opponent's side, do you think there's room in red's color pie to sacrifice lands as a resource (representing mining) for effects?


I think “involving land” is a little more restrictive than you might realize. Some Dwarves could do it, but I wouldn’t want to thematically tie all Dwarves to it.

Creature Type Poll

New 04 Dec 2023 Asked by lylethebloody 51 Comments

Mark,

I wanted to double back with the results of the ask you put out regarding which creature types are in need of some love for our decks. Just like in previous years, I only counted the first 3 creature types if people put multiple types in (I don't have ALL day to do this...) and I only counted creature types that have cards for them in Magic - requesting new creature types is for another ask. With all that in mind...

Dwarves came in first this year with 6 votes!There was then a 5-way tie for second at 4 between Aetherborn, Druids, Myr, Skeleton, and Treefolk. Werewolves and Constructs each got 3 votes.

The people have spoken!


Thanks for doing this.

Dwarf God Possibility

New 19 Nov 2023 Asked by uberplatt 24 Comments

Hi Mark,Is there a chance for a dwarf god card?


There is a chance.

Dwarf Cards Possibility

New 07 Nov 2023 Asked by uberplatt 31 Comments

Hi Mark so is there a chance for a new dwarf card in the Thunder Junction set?


There is a chance.

Dwarves in Ixalan

New 31 Oct 2023 Asked by uberplatt 36 Comments

Hi Mark,We’re dwarves ever considered for the return to Ixalan, I was really hoping the underground set would let them shine.


We talked about them when it was a new world, but they went away as it became Ixalan.

Card Distribution Suggestions

New 30 Aug 2023 Asked by flakmaniak 56 Comments

Is it a little contradictory-sounding if I say that both: Goblins used to get much more spotlight, and I miss how prominent they were back in the day, from say 1993-2007, with lots of iconic goblin-tribal effects, and... Also, that I wish we got more orcs and dwarves? Well, I know you'd say that these three fight for space, but, my answer is very simple: Just print more red cards, and fewer white cards! Then we'll have room!


I’ll run this by the white representative on the Council of Colors.

Dwarves in Magic

New 30 Aug 2023 Asked by tevans-living-life 58 Comments

Why were dwarves left out of magic for so long? Was it intentional, like with merfolk and walls, or was it purely coincidence that so many worlds were created where dwarves simply “didn’t fit creatively?”


Dwarves and Goblins tend to fight for the same space and Goblins are more popular with players.

Red Dwarf Request

New 24 Aug 2023 Asked by uberplatt 31 Comments

Hi Mark!First off, thanks for the Dwarves in Eldraine, there flavor are great! Could I get a maybe on a one drop red dwarf?


Maybe. : )

Dwarf Knight Joy

New 15 Aug 2023 Asked by uberplatt 28 Comments

A pie throwing dwarf knight!!! You made my day syr :)


: )

Dwarves in Fairy Tales

New 07 Aug 2023 Asked by uberplatt 34 Comments

Hi Mark,So what are the chances for some Dwarves in this set?


In a fairy tale-themed set? Good.

Upcoming Dwarf Cards

New 27 Jul 2023 Asked by uberplatt 27 Comments

Hi Mark,I hope you enjoy Barcelona! I was just there. So any new dwarf cards coming in the new sets?


Maybe? : )There are preview panels this week and next (of which I’m on both).


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