Headless Horseman

Headless Horseman Challenge

Design challenge: make a "Headless Horseman" card that's more resonant than the Legends version.

More resonant than a 2/2 vanilla?

Headless Horseman Legendary Creatures Vanilla

Classification of Headless Rider Creature

Why doesn't Headless Rider have the Knight subtype? Creatures on horses on Innistrad are knights. Even Headless Horseman was erratad to be a Knight.

Riding a horse doesn’t in a vacuum make you a Knight. A Knight is a job, and it isn’t one Headless Rider is doing.

Creatures Headless Horseman Headless Rider Horse Innistrad Knight Subtype

Headless Horseman Idea

I heard a rumor once that the Headless Horsemen (a creature based off the novel, anyway) was meant to make a appearance somewhere in Innistrad or Shadows Over Innistrad, a new creature rather than a reprint of the lovely fellow from Legends. Was this a thing, and is there any possibility of a legendary Headless Horsemen tribute down the line? Mono black if you could manage it.

Headless Horseman was in the Innistrad file for a while. He proved to be a little too weak.

Black Card Printing Creatures Headless Horseman Innistrad Legendary Creatures Power Level Reprints Tribute

Innistrad Trivia Birthday Gift

My birthday was this week, but my trivia ask must have gotten lost. Can I have some never-before-seen trivia on the plane of Innistrad?

We wanted to have a Headless Horseman reprint (it was in the early files - it’s even a Zombie in Oracle) but the desire to have a 1B 2/2 Zombie ended up being even greater. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Card Printing Headless Horseman Innistrad Reprints Zombie

Innistrad's Headless Horseman

Was a headless horseman type character ever considered for Innistrad? Is it something we could see in the future?

We considered reprinting Headless Horseman (from Legends) but ended up using the space to make a 1B 2/2 vanilla instead.

Card Printing Headless Horseman Innistrad Legendary Creatures Reprints Vanilla

Headless Horseman Design

Headless Horseman was a bust when looking for reprints for Innistrad, but why couldn't you use that same flavor with a new name? For instance, you could make a decapitated zombie centaur- a Headless Horse-man.

It wasn’t a bust. The card was in the set for quite a while. It ended getting pushed out because we had other cards we needed more. It was a space issue not a not fitting issue.

Card Printing Centaur Flavor Headless Horseman Horse Innistrad Reprints Zombie

Innistrad Horror Tropes

Now that we've seen the entire Innistrad block, it's clearly a very well-designed one. Nonetheless, I noticed that there were a few horror concepts that didn't make it into any of the three sets - the werewolf legend, the Headless Horseman, more witches. Maybe next horror block?

Headless Horseman (as a reprint, of course) was actually in Innistrad design for a while. And hey, we had a witch. I don’t think it’s fair to ding us for not hitting each trope multiple times.

Card Printing Headless Horseman Horror Innistrad Reprints Werewolf

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