Do you have any holiday trivia you’d like to share? Doesn’t have to be limited to magic. Your choice :)

What was the first Magic holiday card? And what event did you get one for attending? (Scroll down for the answer.)









Fruitcake ElementalWe gave it away at the party for the finale of the first Great Designer Search.

Does the creation of acorn stamps mean that you are disinclined to use designs like Fruitcake Elemental (which is not mechanically an acorn card) for things like holiday promos?

We’ve always tried to design the holiday card to be silver border/acorn. Fruitcake Elemental, the first one was the biggest stretch as you’re correct that the card easily works in black border.

Following up on silver border being reserved for “things you can’t do in black border,” would that also include cards that are mechanically viable in black border but have jokes or silliness that isn’t appropriate?

There are some cards like Fruitcake Elemental (the first Wizards holiday card) where all the individual pieces can be done in black border, but the cohesive top doen creative that makes it make sense wouldn’t be done in black border.

Will Fruitcake Elemental and Yule Ooze get errata'd to Food as well? :)

They can’t for two reasons:1) It’s an artifact subtype.2) All Food has “2, T, Sac: Gain 2 life.”

What's your favorite holiday card? For me, it's hard to displace the original Fruitcake Elemental, but I might have to go with Snow Mercy.

I really like Stocking Tiger.

Could we ever see Fruitcake Elemental (or a functional equivalent) in black-bordered land?

The reason the card has a silver border is that the mechanic doesn’t make any sense without the flavor and the flavor is too silly for black-bordered cards.