Hey Mark! We've seen evil angels in Magic many, many times, but not really the opposite counterpart. Can I request unambiguously heroic/good demons for a change? At least one? As a treat?

FYI on May 16th I asked that given how disguise reworks morph and the dev issues with heroic, what would you consider changing to rework heroic. You replied “there is an upcoming set that answers that very question”. I presumed you were referring to a Marvel set, but qanadhar left a comment certain it was Bloomburrow. Just some of the fun foreshadowing of Blogatog. :)(I presume there’s an article or podcast that explains the rework soon?)

Next week’s article talks about the mechanics. Short version: heroic looked into allowing abilities, but there existed things you could repeatedly activate for 0, so we left it off. Valiant added abilities back in to help it trigger more, and used the once a turn restriction to deal with the problem interactions.

Valiant feels pretty bad when Heroic exists.... I'd rather have an ability with a little less punch that I get every time.

Valiant will trigger more times per game than heroic in most decks.

Much like how disguise reworked morph to help solve the 2/2 for 3 issue, if you could rework heroic, what would you do differently? What’s R&D’s thoughts on the play/design issues that have come to light as the game has developed as a whole?

There is a set upcoming that examines that very question.

Why is Heroic Intervention a green card? The name and effects look more whire for me

The card mechanic is perfectly in color pie. I agree the name leans white.

I would have figured landfall was the mechanic you "had to fight tooth and nail to get in." Was historic that much harder to convince the rest of Wizards about than landfall?

I barely got historic in Dominaria. I had to do extensive work to prove to Bill Rose, the VP of R&D, that it deserved to be there:

A Historic Story | MAGIC: THE GATHERING

Where is heroic

In Theros block.

Hi Mark, Long time reader (been reading your column and blog since the original Mirrodin block) and first time inquirer; first of all, a huge thanks for your contribution to my favourite game of all time. It has gotten me through school, university, a PhD and currently my tenure in university! I was wondering (as we are finally back to Dominaria and our heroic ship has just been Compleated), whether you have been allowed to share the Original Weatherlight story and what was the plan for the next two blocks of that story (including the original pitch for Mercadia). Thank you for your time and all your efforts for the game and the community.

I did a podcast on the original story, and there’s an upcoming column that touches on aspects of it.

Could we see a colorshifted Heroic Intervention for white?

Possibly.

Do any of the cards from Jumpstart: Heroic Horizons have a chance to be printed in paper if they don't have any effects that would require a computer?

Sure. There might be some debate on what “requires a computer”.