Enchantments

Understanding Enchantment Aura Mechanics

Hi Mark - please settle a question. My opponent has a 1/3 with an enchantment aura giving it 2/2 and flying for a 3/5 flier. On a later turn I make it a 1/1 frog losing all abilities. Is it now a 1/1 without flying or a 3/3 without flying. Thanks for your help, we couldn't find a good internet amswer!

It depends on how the card is making it a 1/1. If it’s changing the base stats, the aura boost would still apply.

Auras Enchantments Flying Frogs Mechanics

About Enchantments With Different Abilities

If/when enchantments that have different abilities depending ong what they enchant? ex. Enchant a creature gives buff, enchant nonland non creature gives something, enchant land add additional mana

If. We’ve made auras that change based on who controls the creature.

Auras Creatures Enchant Enchantments If/When Lands Mana Non-creatures

Acknowledging Atraxa's Fall

FYI Atraxa's Fall has "Destroy target artifact, battle, enchantment, or creature with flying."

True.

Artifacts Battles Creatures Destroy Enchantments Flying Atraxa's Fall

Potential for Class Enchantments

Hi, Mark!I really like Bloomburrow's use of class enchantments to represent normal jobs. Do you think we could see that again in the future?

Sure, on the right world.

Enchantments

Excitement for Upcoming Sets

Hi Mark! Just wanna give shout out to awesome sets you have planned for the Dragonstorm arc: Bloomburrow for the high fantasy traditionalists and typal lovers, Duskmourn for the modern horror fans and a different take on an Enchantment matters set, The Death Race as a fun exploration of the Omenpaths and finally a set centered around Vehicles (I mean it's not confirmed but…c'mon), and a long-awaited Return to Tarkir set for Magic veterans and those who waited for a wedge faction set! I am absolutely stoked for all of these sets, and I am glad that Magic embraces variety enough to take risks for modern, novel aesthetics while still preserving old, familiar aesthetics!

I’m excited you’re excited.

Appreciation Bloomburrow Enchantments Factions Horrors Kindred / Typal Modern Omenpaths Vehicles Dragonstorm

Riding the Dilu Horse's Design Intent

Was Riding the Dilu Horse lacking the "Until end of turn" rider deliberate or not? I'm trying to settle an argument; I'm on the side of "it was a mistake that left in because of the negligible impact of 'fixing' it"; the other party is on side "It was deliberate because it makes it function as a pseudoenchantment, when Portal was intended to lack that type".

I didn’t work on that set, but I believe is was intentional to mimic an enchantment.

Enchantments Horses Mimic Riding the Dilu Horse

Possibility of New Frames

Hi Mark,If or when: Instants/Sorceries getting their own frame like Artifacts and (nyx-bordered) enchantments do, possibly in a limited capacity to start with, as a trial run perhaps?

If, but it’s been discussed.

Artifacts Card Frames Enchantments If/When Instants Limited Sorceries

Enchantments Graphic Design Query

With Foundations making Nyx frames on Enchantments the standard, how will that combine with Enchantments that have other distinguishing frames, like Snow or Devoid? The Nyx effect is a bit different from the 'base grey' of Artifacts.

We have talented graphic design people.

Artifacts Card Frames Devoid Enchantments Foundations Standard

Copying Enchantment Tokens

"white and green can only copy creature tokens"
White and green care about enchantments. Is there no world where they would be allowed to copy enchantment tokens as well?

Green and white could probably copy enchantment tokens.

Creatures Enchantments Green Tokens White

Staggered Formatting Changes

Why are these formatting changes so staggered? Enters in Bloomburrow, in Duskmourn, and the Enchantment frame in Foundations? Why not do them all together in Foundations?

It wasn’t a larger plan where we said we’re making these three changes. Each one happen organically.

Bloomburrow Card Frames Enchantments Foundations

Potential Colorless Enchantment Spells

If/When: Deciduous colorless enchantment spells?

Colorless is already deciduous. And enchantments are evergreen. So, I think it will happen. I’m not sure it will become a regular thing, but who know?

Colorless Deciduous Enchantments Evergreen If/When Spells

Unique Frame Treatments

With enchantments getting Nyx frames, any chance creatures or instants and sorceries will get unique frame treatments so every card type has its own?

No current plans, but I would have said the same thing about enchantments if you asked in the past.

Card Frames Card Types Creatures Enchantments Instants Sorceries

Duskmourn Theme and Enchantment Frames

Hi Mark! Two things. One, I guessed that Duskmourn would have an 80s horror movie theme and was thrilled that the preview cards look freaking sweet! Two, a huge THANK YOU to the folks responsible for giving enchantments the Nyx frame. I am very excited for Magic this year.

We did state at the Gen Con panel that announced Duskmourn that it had an 70’s and 80’s horror vibe, but I’m glad you like it. Giving enchantments the Nyx frame has been something we’ve been debating for a while. I’m glad we finally did it.I too am excited for this year. : )

Appreciation Card Frames Conflux Enchantments Horror Humor Pop Culture Spoilers

Appreciation for Foundation and Duskmourn

I just saw all the new stuff from the Preview Panel! Could you please give high fives to whoever got the enchantment frame changed for Foundations and whoever got Schemes back for Duskmourn?

Will do.

Appreciation Card Frames Enchantments Foundations High Fives Schemes Spoilers

Steps to Magic for Beginners

Following up on my "magic for beginners" question. I think jumpstart is great, but I'm envisioning a set that exists in a way that can add complexity for each level. Like you break out the set and it starts ok here are two 30 card decks with just creatures (and those creatures just have say, haste and flying), once you're good with that, you add in 10 sorcery cards that are easy to understand, then 10 enchantments, then 10 instants. I just feel like magic throws people in the deep end.

The interesting thing we’ve learned having explored this topic for over thirty years is players are more likely to continue playing if it’s a little above them, if they feel like there’s more things to learn. When we strip a lot of things out to simplify it, many players go, “That’s it?” and leave never to explore any deeper.

Beginners Creatures Enchantments Flying Haste Instants Sorceries

Excluding Card Types

On not having certain card types in a set, if or when on having a set without artifacts? Without enchantments?

We’ve come close, but I don’t anticipate it happening without a strong mechanical reason.

Artifacts Card Types Enchantments If/When

Artifact 'Greatest Show' Rationale

Why is Greatest Show in the Multiverse an artifact?

Art ratio.Okay, you probably need more than that. When we assigned the art for Greatest Show in the Multiverse we assigned it like a Saga (aka long and thin). What we hadn’t thought through was that the card was initially a colorless enchantment (as we wanted all decks to have access to it). Why would that matter?Well, it turns out the way colorless frames work is they are full card illustrations and then peek through the frame.

See how you can see art through the text box? That means any colorless art assignment has to have a different art ratio, one that fits a whole Magic card.We didn’t realize this until we went to build the frames. The art for The Greatest Show in the Multiverse was amazing, but it didn’t fit the needs for the colorless frame. It was too late to recommission it, and we really liked it, so we looked into ways to keep the existing art.I still wanted it to be colorless, so the only solution we could come up with was to make it an artifact in addition to an enchantment (Sagas are an enchantment subtype). The art was of a poster, an object, so I felt it was something we could accept. It still needed a new frame built, but we could keep the art ratio.This story is a great lesson about how details matter and you sometimes have to get creative to problem solve.

Art Artifacts Blogatog / Tumblr Card Frames Colorless Enchantments Greatest Show in the Multiverse Recommission Sagas Story / Lore Subtype

Artifact Enchantment Creature Card

If/when Artifact Enchantment Creature card?

Probably when, but it will have to have a short creature type. : )

Artifacts Creatures Enchantments Humor If/When

Devotion for Artifacts

Now that we have affinity for enchantments, well auras, when can we see devotion for artifacts

Devotion specifically cares about mana symbols (in mana costs), so it’s an odd fit.

Affinity Artifacts Auras Enchantments Mana

BR Card's Permanent Destruction

Can a BR card have “destroy target permanent”? I know BG and BW can do it but I’m unsure what holds back BR. Per the 2021 color pie articleCreature - B primary W secondaryEnchantment - W/G primary B secondary Artifact - R/G Primary W secondary Planeswalker - B primary G tertiaryLand - R primary B/G tertiaryBattle - unknownUsing the above BR is the only color combo that doesn’t use a tertiary ability

We like to focus effects in a small number of colors, so just because two colors can destroy any permanent doesn’t necessarily mean we want to make cards in that color combination that do so.

Artifacts Battles Color Pie Colors Creatures Destroy Enchantments Golgari (B/G) Gruul (R/G) Lands Planeswalkers Primary Secondary Tertiary