Probably been asked before but why is fluros of Myra's marvels from unfinity acorn when everything on the card has been in legal magic in the past (goblin game) and was planned in legal magic in the future (talion)

We promised that all cards with partner would be acorn, and it seemed odd to break the cycle having four have partner and one not, so we left it acorn.

Hey Mark, why was “Goblin Game” printed in black border instead of silver border?

Because it works within the rules.

My birthday trivia keeps getting lost in the shuffle: Any trivia on goblin game or if not another weird card you were surprised works in the rules.

I remember us asking the Rules Manager about Goblin Game and they said the rules could handle it, so we said, “let’s make it”. If you had asked us ahead of time, I think the majority would have expected to hear it couldn’t be done. Happy Belated Birthday!

Mark, during a recent game of Commander, I played Goblin Game. After the rest of my table finished reading and understanding the card - and laughing, the question was raised - why was this printed Black Border, and not in Silver? It's the sort of thing that wouldn't be out of place in an Un-set, yet it saw a Standard Legal printing.

Many silver border cards started as cards we tried to print in black border, but we were told we couldn’t do. Goblin Games was an odd one where the Rules Manager somehow didn’t stop us. Basically, while quirky, Goblin Game was something the black border rules could handle.

How did Goblin Game get printed in black border, Maro?

It’s far less chaotic than Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire.

I'm sure this was asked before but I still want to know: how in the name of Akroma's Memorial did Goblin Game make it to black border?

Someone asked the Rules Manager if it worked within the rules and they said yes.

How did Goblin Game get to be black-bordered?

Beyond me. : )

It's *finally* my birthday after nearly a year of following you! Could I please get trivia on Game of Chaos, Warp World or Goblin Game?

We spend a lot of time templating Goblin Game trying to figure out what items you’re supposed to use and finally said let people use whatever they want. Happy Birthday!

Is there any chance that too-wacky cards (like Goblin Game or maybe even Chaos Orb) originally printed as black-bordered would get silver-bordered reprints?

Chaos Orb, specifically, is on the Reserved List but we’ve done other dexterity cards in Un-sets. As for reprints, we have a rule about Un-set’s that we don’t print things that can be done in black border. That makes reprints tricky. Also, we don’t do Un-set’s often so I’d rather use as many slots as possible to do new cards.

Why is Goblin Game a Black-border card? It could easily be silver border but it isn't.

If a card can be back border, we make it black border. Silver border are for cards that can’t be black border.