Hello!

Last time I wrote, I asked about Planar Chaos, and whether design might go back to something like that with the color pie. Thank you for your response. I can appreciate how it was a novel idea back then, but you do it more now in small ways over time.

My next question also has to do with color.

Like a lot of people, I love commander. I've created a challenge for myself. I'm trying to build a deck in every color combination.

I finally finished colorless, which was a challenge I've been afraid of since I started playing in Alara. Now I'm looking at four color commanders.

I have Omnath. I love Omnath. Landfall's been a favorite, since Zendikar is close to my heart.

And oh. There's Atraxa. Atraxa excites me. I think I'll focus her on poison counters.

But then there's the other combinations. After the Nephilim in Guildpact, most call them Glint, (no white) Dune, (no blue) and Witch (no red).

I see Breya, Saskia, and Yidris. They're awesome cards, and Yidris excites me somewhat. But it feels like a very tiny box that's been built many, many times before.

And those three cards are really it for those three color groupings. There's a whole bunch of representation for WURG especially with Doctor Who UB, and WUBG has the two Atraxa. But the other three don't get much.

Partner is an option I've considered. But at a glance, it seems a bit forced.

Do you think design will do more with the quad-color groupings? Would a set like Alara or Tarkir be possible, but with quad-color tribes? Or does that overcomplicate design too much?

Four-color legendary cards are in a weird place. We don’t want to make them such that people are just using them to play more colors in Commander, so it means we have to be very focused in what they’re doing, and finding a home for such a design is tricky.

Hi Maro, it’s finally my birthday! May I please have some trivia on my favourite Commander, Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, or my favourite card, Glint-Nest Crane?

Glint-Nest Crane is part of a new wave of designs that look at the top N cards of the library rather than tutoring. Expect that trend to continue. Happy Birthday!

What are the concerns of functional reprinting the Nephilims as Legendary creatures? For example: Glint-Eye Nephilim -> Crazy Glint-Eye Nephilim, same card but the Crazy one is Legendary. It doesn't sound like something you guys would do, but I'm interested in the reasons.

If we made legendary four-color creatures we’d make new ones. We weren’t that happy with how the Nephilim turned out.