Any thoughts on giving creatures with types in their name the actual creature type? Such as Shadowmoor's Demigod of Revenge getting Demigod, in addition to its Spirit Avatar types it already has? Or Elite Inquisitor getting Inquisitor? Or the Aether Revolt Rebels getting that?

When we errata creature types, we often do that, but not always. The word being in the name doesn’t always line up. A Giant Spider is not a Giant as an example.

Hi Mark! It’s my birthday, so would love to request some trivia on my favourite tribe of all time: Giants!

Giant, as a creature type, is a specific race of creatures (like Merfolk or Elves) and not a descriptor. That’s Giant Spider isn’t creature type Giant Spider. Happy Birthday!

Does Minsc mean your opinion on whether things like giant spider should have the giant type, changed?

No. If it was up to me, Boo wouldn’t have had the Giant creature type.

Giant Ox, is an Ox, but not a Giant. What gives? (I know Giant is a relevant creature type in Kaldheim, but still...)

The creature type Giant means you of the race Giant, not that you are large. Giant Spider is giant, but not a Giant.

You mentioned there used to be nicknames for lifelink, vigilance, and haste before they were keyworded. What were they? What about other later keywords like reach, deathtouch, etc?

Vigilance was called the Serra ability after Serra Angel. Lifelink was called spirit link after the Legends card (which worked slightly differently than what we ended up keywording. Haste was called Raging after Raging Goblin or celerity which is what R&D called it.Reach was called the Spider ability after Giant Spider. Deathtouch was called the basilisk ability after Thicket Baslisk in Alpha. My point is that players will come up with slang usually based on the first and/or most popular card with the ability, but once we give it an official name, it eventually becomes the default. And yes, players always say they’re going to keep using the slang, but they don’t, not when the cards give it a real name.

are spiders like minotaurs in that the limitations of their design make it hard for there to be any 1 drops? we don't have any yet :(

Looking for Tiny Spider to complement Giant Spider? : )

Will we ever see alpha staple reprints anymore? (Giant growth, giant spider, Serra angel, etc)

Sure.

Re: reprints. Are we essentially done seeing reprints from alpha other than an occasional giant spider or giant growth? Is there anything left from that set that still fits modern color pie, power level and flavor?

There are still a few things left.

Mark, did you see you're reprinting giant mantis ?! High fives for childhood card returns!

I’ve gotten people happy to see the Mantis returns and others sad that it wasn’t Giant Spider.

What are the chances of getting Deathtouch and Trample on a monogreen creature? Like a Legendary Giant Spider? It just seems like Green often lacks in the department it's supposed to excel in, good, big Creatures.

Deathtouch and trample are extremely powerful together and not a lot of players understand how they interact so it’s not something we want to do very often.