Kinship

Kinship Mechanic Reception

Hey mark. Second attempt at asking for birthday trivia: got anything for ‘leaf-crowned elder’, barring that any for ‘Doran the siege tower’Thanks for all you do for the magic.

We had high hopes for kinship. We liked how it tied to the typal theme, connecting to both race and class creature types. But the mechanic was poorly received. The feedback was people didn’t like that it didn’t work the majority of the time.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Creatures Kindred / Typal Kinship Mechanics

Kinship Effects Expansion

How likely is it that we get more typal effects that are like Kinship (keyword) were the creature that gives the benefit checks for other creatures that share a creature type with it? The benefit would be that changing the creature type or adding creature types will allow use in other decks. E.g. my brother uses some goblins with Kinship and turns them into vampire. Would it be possible to put that into a batched word similar to "historic"/"Modified"

This is a good example of the design tension of making things more expandable vs. making them easier to understand. We err towards the latter, but will do the former if it has synergy with the larger structure of the set.

Creatures Goblin Historic Keywords Kindred / Typal Kinship Vampire

Gideon vs Ugin Rarity

Why of all walkers is Gideon a Mythic while the own God-Pharaoh’s Twin, Ugin, is not? This is actually bothersome to me seeing as how powerful Ugin has been shown to be and who he shares kinship to.

We reserved the mythic rare slots for the main protagonists and antagonist. Ugin has a role to play in the story, but as a supporting character. Rarity does not equate how powerful the character is, by the way.

God Kinship Mythic Rares Rarity Story / Lore

Randomness Across Colors

Are there any examples of randomness in other colors? Or is it just something you would be willing to do?

Random discard is black. Clash was random and in all colors. Cascade was random and in all colors. Kinship was random and in all colors. Drawing cards is always random and in all colors. Unglued had dice rolling and it was in all colors.

Black Card Draw Cascade Clash Colors Die Rolling Discard Kinship Unglued

Favorite Mechanic: Landfall

Battalion, bloodrush, channel, chroma, constellation, domain, fateful hour, grandeur, hellbent, heroic, imprint, inspired, join forces, kinship, landfall, metalcraft, morbid, radiance, strive, sweep, tempting offer, or threshold?

Landfall.

Battalion Blood Bloodrush Card Printing Channel Chroma Constellation Domain Fateful hour Grandeur Hellbent Heroic Imprint Join forces Join Forces Kinship Landfall Metalcraft Morbid Radiance Strive Sweep Tempting offer Threshold

Kinship or Landfall Return

Which is most likely to return, Kinship or Landfall?

Landfall.

Kinship Landfall

Designer Rivalry Humor

From Matt's tumblr: "I don’t see [Maro vs rules manager] as much of a rivalry. His designs see print purely at my whim. It’s adorable that he thinks we’re on the same level, like a goldfish imagining a kinship with the child that feeds it." Can we get a response? (about the rivalry, not my childish instigating)

It’s taken me years to get Matt to the goldfish/child delusion. I don’t want to say anything that might jinx it. : )

Blogatog / Tumblr Card Printing Kinship Mark Rosewater Rules

Kinship's Storm Scale

I asked this earlier but blabbed too much -- where's Kinship on the Storm Scale? It was awesome (and partially justified Tribal). I will write shorter questions from now on :)

I’d say a 7. It didn’t go over all that well.

Keyword Abilities Kindred / Typal Kinship Storm Scale

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