Can I have birthday trivia on my favorite card Goblin Test Pilot? Also if or when on a reprint

I previewed Goblin Test Pilot in my “Tales from the Pit” comic. The only time, I believe, I’ve ever done that.Happy Birthday!

How do you feel about comedic cards in non-comedic sets? By that I mean cards that are generally wacky (like Goblin Test Pilot).

I feel all sets can have some comedy. It just has to fit the world and tone of the set.

As someone who likes entwine and greatly enjoys the work you come up with while sleeping I wonder, how can I lobby for you to get more time to sleep? Not enough sleep means fewer mechanics like entwine.

But then I fall asleep in meetings and you get Goblin Test Pilot. : )

Do you know who was responsible for Goblin Test Pilot? It's such a beautiful card [can even accidentally kill himself!] and I want to know who to thank.

That would be me. I literally dreamt it up. : )

Is Questing Phelddagrif sillier than Goblin Test Pilot, Hot Soup, or Goblin Kaboonist?

Goblins have a humorous element built into their design. The game does get to have humor. A flying purple hippo was crafted to be silly for the sake of being silly in contrast. Hot Soup, by the way, was an exception made because it was one of the outside designer cards.

Why Goblin Test Pilot has "or player" ? Choosing random players and creatures at the same time is very difficult to execute.

Just assign a different land for each player and have the opponent pick a card.

Who designed Varchild's War-Riders? It is my favorite card, my many orders of magnitude, and I'd love to get my playset signed by the designer. As a side-note Goblin Test Pilot is my second favorite, would you be willing to sign my collection of ~160?

It was made by a member of the design team so either Skaff Elias, Jim Lin, Dave Petty or Chris Page.

Are there any cards that have been printed that you are surprised made it thru development?

There are lots and lots of cards that surprised me they made it through development. In Dragon’s Maze, I was honestly pleasantly surprised that Goblin Test Pilot made it all the way through. 

MaRo, I just wanted to thank you for being an awesome WotC public face, for listening to us and for being open and understanding. That said, I now see what you mean when you mention Magic is a different game for different people. Someone mentioned on a previous post the Goblin Test Pilot. When I first saw it I thought "Awesome! This will be hilarious on the kitchen table!" While a lot of people thought "Ugh! This clearly won't win a GP!" Different cards for different people. Simple as that.

I know the old timers get sick of me saying again and again that Magic is many different games under the same umbrella but it’s important that everyone understands that the health of the game is based a lot on the fact that there are so many different ways to play.

I know you've gotten a lot of negative feedback on goblin test pilot but I would like to add my voice to the mix. I appreciate a random effect, I appreciate a weird card, and I want to like goblin test pilot, but I just think that it's way too week. The card has the same flavor, randomness, and Johnny appeal if it only targets opposing targets, and that effect is hardly strong or overpriced (compare to izzit staticaster which was okay but not great in limited). Why not the better, more fun card?

The reason it’s not stronger is that most Spikes hate having this type of card matter in high level tournament play. “If I win the flip, I win the tournament” is not something they want to ever say.