Horses

Prospects for Insect Tribal Cards

I once had a Maro dream that we were playing horse shoes, but instead of the horseshoes themselves, it was gigantic centipedes.Maro, what is your opinion on bugs? Can we get some insect tribal toys?

I’m sure we’ll find a world where Insects make sense as a core component.

Horses Insects Kindred / Typal Mark Rosewater

Riding the Dilu Horse's Design Intent

Was Riding the Dilu Horse lacking the "Until end of turn" rider deliberate or not? I'm trying to settle an argument; I'm on the side of "it was a mistake that left in because of the negligible impact of 'fixing' it"; the other party is on side "It was deliberate because it makes it function as a pseudoenchantment, when Portal was intended to lack that type".

I didn’t work on that set, but I believe is was intentional to mimic an enchantment.

Enchantments Horses Mimic Riding the Dilu Horse

Shadowfax Design Choice

The Shadowfax, Lord of Horses card grants itself haste without just having the keyword (Avacyn was errataed to have the indestructible keyword, not just grant it to all permanents). Is this a sign of a shift in philosophy, or is there some reference I missed?

No, it’s not a shift, just an individual card design choice.

Haste Horse Indestructible Keywords Permanents Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

Creature Type Errata Bar

With Shadowfax, Lord of Horses, have you thought about errata typing unicorns & pegasi to be "Creature - Horse (Unicorn/Pegasus)" To allow for more viability of a pony tribal?

The topic has come up, but we have a high bar for errata-ing creature types.

Creatures Errata Horse Kindred / Typal Pegasus Shadowfax, Lord of Horses Unicorn

Magical Classification

"'nahtanoj999 asked: Why does Horseshoe Crab have the crab type when horseshoe crabs aren't closely related to true crabs?' Um, it’s magical. : )" Well, also most things we call fish aren't actually *fish*

FYI

Crab Fish Horseshoe Crab

Horseshoe Crab Typing

Why does Horseshoe Crab have the crab type when horseshoe crabs aren't closely related to true crabs?

Um, it’s magical. : )

Crab Horseshoe Crab

Creature Type Accuracy

Fun fact: Solifuges are more closely related to scorpions than spiders, and horseshoe crabs more more closely related to arachnids than crabs. Obviously this means neither Giant Solifuge nor Horseshoe Crab have the correct creature type.

FYI

Crab Creatures Giant Giant Solifuge Horseshoe Crab Scorpion Spider

Unique Card Titles

"What other simple words have never been used in a Magic card title?" — Afternoon, Doctor (doctoring is used), Mister, Fantasy, Monster (monstrous is used), Horse (closest is Horseshoe Crab), Nymph (creature type but never a name), Dog (but Dogpile), Mouse, Pants, Shirt.

I’m not sure all of those are true. For example, Phantom Monster is a card.

Crab Creatures Doctor Dog Dogpile Horse Horseshoe Crab Mouse Nymph Phantom Monster

Crossover Opportunity

Maro, you're missing an amazing crossover opportunity! Doctor Horrible Hordes! Captain Hammer of Purphuros! And, of course, Ajani Storm! Bad Horseshoe Crab?

You forget Pennyance. : )

Crab Doctor Horrible Hordes Horseshoe Crab Keyword Abilities Mark Rosewater

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