Ever since Mill was made an official keyword action in M21, have there been any other Magic colloquialisms/slang you've also wanted to the same for? (For example, writing "Force" as a keyword on cards instead of "rather than pay this spell's mana cost.")

I have never heard people use the term “Force” outside of the specific card Force of Will, and even then, quite rarely. Is this commonly used?

Do you remember what the first card you made that got printed was

It was three cards in Alliances: Gustha’s Scepter, Library of Lat-Nam, and Soldier of Fortune. I also named Force of Will. I didn’t like the name it had, knew it was going to be the hot card from the set, and said it needed a better name. The person in charge of the name said, “Come up with a better name and we’ll change it,” so I did.

First time ever using my birthday question. What are the odds of getting some of the oldest cards printed on the List? For example, the winter Mishra's Factory, original art Mana Crypt, original art Force of Will and Mana Drain? Or basically any card from the first 4 expansions?

I’ll say the odds aren’t high. Happy Birthday.

In a discord server we were disucssing Force of Will, and were wondering, when are we getting Force of Rowan?

Hmmm…

Howdy Mark! Could you tell the Force of Will play test name story?

At different times, “Gorilla, Gorilla, Gorilla, Gorilla, Stop That” and “Stop Spell”.

For my birthday, could you please reveal some Alliances trivia? But not gorilla-related because I know all about those ice apes ♥

Force of Will originally had a boring name. I don’t even remember what it was, but I knew it was going to be the most talked about card of the set, so I suggested we give it a better name. The naming people said they didn’t have time, but if I wanted to come up with a better name, they would consider it. I spent hours on coming up with a better alternative, finally coming up with Force of Will. They liked it and changed the name.And that’s my contribution to Force of Will. (Also, I was on the development team that added 1 life as a cost.)Happy Birthday!

Do you remember the original name for Force of Will?

I do not. It wasn’t very memorable.

"If you don’t like the direct to Historic cards, don’t play them" seems dismissive of the issue regarding formats. If I play legacy, whether or not I have a force of will deck, I will need constantly consider the possibility of free counterspells because pretty much every blue deck in the format plays Force of Will as a four-of. The strixhaven mystical archive introduced a bunch of format warping cards to historic which change the metagame regardless of the cards you play.

The issue you’re taking about is a core element of a trading card game. We’re going to keep making cards. For any one player, odds are you dislike some of the cards because we make so many aimed at such a diverse audience. While you have control over what you play, you never have control over what an opponent plays nor can you control the metagame. In addition, if you add in the desire to play the best deck possible from a competitive standpoint, you often times don’t have control over what you play. There’s not an easy fix for this though. “Don’t print the cards I don’t like” isn’t viable because what players dislike varies from player to player. If you’re playing in a social group, you sometimes can have a little control, but outside of that there’s not much you can do.I’m happy to hear what players don’t like because if enough players dislike It, it can influence us to stop making a certain subset of cards, but be aware we have a lot of data and often what you might think is unlikeable due to what you see on social media does not reflect the larger reality.

Reading your complexity article, as a relatively new player during Kamigawa you're right, I thought I must be misunderstanding One With Nothing. I can think of various uses for it now, but none from Kamigawa itself. How did it end up in the set? Seems it would've been more at home in Dissension to fuel Hellbent.

It was a Brian Tinsman specisl that he kept in the set through pure force of will.

Will Throne of Eldraine feature a game-changing and deeply impactul card in the long run? Eg. Snapcaster Mage, Skullclamp, Cryptic Command, Force of Will... Just cards that stand the test of time and become all-time most widely played and rememered cards.

Only time will tell.