Garbage Elemental

Desired Silver Bordered Set Changes

New • 29 Apr 2022 • Asked by basketofpuppies • 40 Comments

What is the greatest thing you wanted in a silver bordered set but just couldn’t make happen?

Unstable was originally designed for some printing capabilities that didn’t end up existing (from a practical printing sense) and we had to move away from. For example, we had one creature which got random stats and two random abilities from a giant pool of abilities with each individual version of the creature being super rare. That slot ended up as Garbage Elemental.
Creatures Elemental Garbage Elemental Giant Rares

Garbage Elemental Plan

New • 28 Oct 2018 • Asked by drproffessor • 40 Comments

For the original plan of Garbage elemental, what would the Oracle page look like with 380 possible versions?

I think it would have said: here’s the list of mechanics. The card can have any two.
Elemental Garbage Elemental Mechanics

Garbage Elemental Concept

New • 28 Oct 2018 • Asked by allthedavesallofthem • 27 Comments

Had the original idea for Garbage Elemental been printed (2 random abilities out of 20), how would it have been represented on Gatherer? That's a lot of different possible combinations...

We would have probably just printed the list. I’m not sure. New technology can sometimes be hard to easily represent.
Card Printing Elemental Garbage Elemental

Printer Technology Limits

New • 28 Oct 2018 • Asked by rhonas-the-indomitable-blog • 51 Comments

What did Unstable try that required nonexistent printer technology? Was it the alternate versions of cards? Or something that never made it to print?

The original Garbage Elemental has a list of twenty plus abilities and each version randomly printed two of the abilities.
Card Printing Elemental Garbage Elemental Unstable

Mechanics Return Possibility

New • 26 Dec 2017 • Asked by sweetkidcollectoruniverse-blog • 37 Comments

Dear Mark, I've been playing magic for a while now and I love the new unstable set. Cards like animate library, garbage elemental and baron von count are some of my faves. Really love host and augment as well, It reminds me a bit of the meld mechanic. Will we ever see meld make a return? Would love to see host and augment or something similar make a return as well in another set. Love all the crazy critter combos you can make. So much fun.

Meld and Host/Augment were popular enough, I’m sure we’ll experiment in that space again in a Standard-legal set.
Animate Library Baron Von Count Elemental Garbage Elemental Mechanics Meld Standard The Library Unstable

Garbage Elemental's Hat?

New • 16 Dec 2017 • Asked by ascexiii • 16 Comments

My friends and I finally got to play Unstable yesterday, had a ton of fun. We did have an important question, and we spent a considerable amount of time debating this. Does Garbage Elemental have a hat? Specifically on its leftish (left hand side of the card) shoulder. If you could please provide final judgment, please and thank you.

That isn’t a hat, it’s part of the Garbage Elemental. Remember parts of a creature aren’t a hat even if somewhat hat shaped.
Appreciation Creatures Elemental Final Judgment Garbage Elemental Unstable Your Hand

Cascading into Augment

New • 10 Dec 2017 • Asked by moone513 • 43 Comments

What happens when Garbage Elemental cascades into an augment? We house ruled that it's put onto the battlefield as a half creature, but it's not addressed in the FAQetc.

An Augment cannot exist without a host creature. States based effects will put it into the graveyard. Well, unless a Rules Lawyer is in play. Then it’s a 0/0 creature which thanks to Rules Lawyer stays on the battlefield.
Creatures Elemental Garbage Elemental Rules Rules Lawyer The Graveyard

Grusilda Combat Mechanics

New • 09 Dec 2017 • Asked by andrewstirlingmacdonald • 33 Comments

Unstable ruling needed! I used Grusilda to combine a Knight of the Kitchen Sink (with First Stike) and the version of Garbage Elemental that has Last Strike. So when, in combat, does my new combined creature deal combat damage? Thank you so much for the gift of Unstable. I bought a case!

Both during first strike damage and during last strike damage.
Appreciation Creatures Elemental First Strike Garbage Elemental Knight Knight of the Kitchen Sink Unstable

Definitions of Wordy

New • 18 Nov 2017 • Asked by npcdesigner-blog • 23 Comments

Super Duper Death Ray only works as written if you interpret the reminder text as rules text. Does that mean Frazzled Editor has protection from it? Speaking of, Garbage Elemental and Frazzled Editor provide differing definitions of what constitutes 'wordy.' Garbage Elemental say rules text, while Frazzled Editor says all text. Who's right, or does it depend on the card?

You do not count reminder text for protection from wordy regardless of how much it helps you understand the card. Protection from wordy was written incorrectly in the reminder text of Frazzled Editor. We corrected it shortly after Unhinged came out. Garbage Elemental is the correct reminder text. When Unhinged gets its Oracle update, the change will be reflected.
Elemental Frazzled Editor Garbage Elemental Protection Rules Unhinged

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