Hey Mark, Happy Pride! What's the likelihood we see -1/-1 counters back in standard as a core mechanic? Maybe a Jund Legend?

It’s a high bar to clear, but it’s still a possibility.

Went to my first prerelease today and ended up playing a Jund deck with some really fun counterplays! I love all the targeting spells, makes it exciting to say I'm doing a crime and then one-shotting an opponents creature! The set was exciting, I loved everything about it

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Hi Mark, which color(s) is Kraven the Hunter? Maybe Golgari or Jund? His primary color to me seems to be green but what do you think?

Kraven seems pretty black/green.

"They are in WUBRG order. Note that doesn’t mean W is always before U" Can you explain how this works? I'm confused.

Let’s start with allied color pairs. The way we do them is we start with the color and the go clockwise around the color wheel. That means they are: White/BlueBlue/BlackBlack/RedRed/GreenGreen/WhiteNote that means green and white are green/white, the order in which they are consecutive rather than the order of WUBRG. For enemy color pairs we get: White/BlackBlue/RedBlack/GreenRed/WhiteGreen/BlueIn this case two color pairs, red and white, and green and blue, are not in WUBRG order, but in the order where they are closest around the circle.This order makes it so each color is first two out of four times, and last two out of four times.Shard/arc three color trios are done the order that they appear together in the circle:White/Blue/BlackBlue/Black/RedBlack/Red/GreenRed/Green/WhiteGreen/White/BlueRed, green and white, and green, white, and blue aren’t in WUBRG order.Wedge three-color trios, are written such that the shared enemy color is in the center, with each color appearing with it as it appears when it’s written as an enemy color :White/Black/GreenBlue/Red/WhiteBlack/Green/BlueRed/White/BlackGreen/Blue/RedOnly white, black, green is in WUBRG order.Four color quartets appear in the order they appear consecutive in the color wheel: White/Blue/Black/RedBlue/Black/Red/GreenBlack/Red/Green/WhiteRed/Green/White/Blue Green/White/Blue/BlackAll but the first two aren’t in WUBRG order.Five color us in WUBRG order:White/Blue/Black/Red/Green

Is there a reason certain highly desired or very clear archetypes don't get commanders built for them? For example, abzan lifegain is something a ton of people want and it's the perfect colors for it, yet we haven't seen a dedicated commander for it. Additionally there's mardu spellslinger that can combine the burn from boros with the drain from black. A personal desire of mine is to get a creature "force feed" commander to give opponents a bunch of tokens and hit em with massacre wurm. Jund pls

Two issues:

1. There are a lot of moving parts when making Commander decks (aka different needs that have to be addressed).
2. There are a lot of different Commanders players want.

We will eventually get to the ones that a lot of players are asking for, but it can take some time.

May I request more wedge commanders? There are nearly 2x as many shard as wedge. In case you're interested: Sultai 17, Temur 15, Jeskai 19, Abzan 12, Mardu 23. Wedge total 86. Esper 34, Grixis 39, Jund 28, Naya 30, Bant 29. Shard total 160.

We do them in about equal numbers. The discrepancy comes from the fact that we used to do a lot more of the ally combinations than the enemy ones.

Hey Mark, does it ever bum you out when a certain card doesn't make the cut in the competitive scene, or doesn't show up in a deck that it was clearly designed for? Thinking of things like Ignoble Hierarch not appearing in Jund, for example.

Power level of individual cards is far outside the realm of my responsibilities. I focus much more on if players like the larger themes, mechanics, and structure of a set.

Mark, the newly spoiled Riveteers Charm, has 3 modes, but in the green slot uses the exact same mode as the black slot on jund charm, essentially making it BRB vs BRG. Was there a reason for graveyard destruction for the green vs regrowth effect?

Multiple colors can do certain effects. There’s no requirement that every effect be limited to just one color (overall, we tend to not repeat effects within a set).

I would like to request that if magic is going to force non-mtg like settings on people (NEO, New Cap, Universes Beyond) and then tell the people who don't like it to just not engage with the part we don't like, at least make an effort to ensure the universally useful pieces strive for more traditional fantasy. The new triomes are obviously going to be major role players in any format they are legal in, but now I have to include a boxing ring in my jund or 5c decks to match w/ the ikoria triomes

Neon Dynasty and Streets of New Capenna are Magic settings as much as any other setting. It’s not even the first time we’ve pushed away from high fantasy. Kaladesh, Mirrodin/New Phyrexia, Esper (from Alara), and parts of Dominaria, for example, have all pushed in more sci-fi directions. And as far as cities go - we’ve been on Ravnica, Fiora, Mercadia, any of which could have had a boxing ring. Magic’s variety is core to its DNA. I respect that those elements might not be to your personal liking, but that doesn’t make them any less Magic.

If/when: return of 2-brid mana costs (like {2/W}), or new cool symbols? Dunno, like {B/R/G} for example (although a bit nonsense I guess). Or colored X, maybe

Definitely when.