Kudzu

Motown-Inspired Basic Lands

Is it true that we're going to get Motown-inspired basic lands? I'm looking forward to "The Mountain High Enough (To Keep Me From Getting To You)"

It’s not just basic lands. Streets of New Capenna has an entire Motown bonus sheet. Some other cards you’ll see - I Heard It Through the Grapevinelasher Kudzu, (My Walls and) Papa Were Rollin’ Stones, You Can’t Hurry Lovestruck Beast, My (Massacre) Girl, Dancing in the (Tin) Street (Market), and Tears of a Brown (Ouphe).

Beast Bonus Sheets Kudzu Lands Massacre Ouphe Streets of New Capenna Wall

Green Color Pie Examination

Is Tsunami still in Greens color pie? I realize power level is too high for Standard and the move from mass land destruction also pushes it further away. But just from a color pie perspective. The same question with Ice Storm, Thermokarst, Fallow Earth, Kudzu and the destroy non creature permanent cards?

No, green can’t do damage to players. It still can damage fliers though. EDIT: Oops, I was thinking of Hurricane. Green can still destroy lands, so destroying islands is in color pie. Being in color pie, doesn’t mean we’ll print it though.

Card Printing Color Pie Creatures Destroy Fallow Earth Green Hurricane Ice Storm Kudzu Lands Non-creatures Power Level Standard Thermokarst Tsunami

Reserved List Changes?

Any chance of kudzu being taken off the reserved list? It's fairly worthless, and a favorite card of mine

Sadly, I don’t believe anything is coming off the Reserved List.

Kudzu The Reserved List

Revising Ability Words

As a follow-up to ability words, could we see a card that matches an ability word but originally printed without it gain the word? Ex: If Sporemound or Vinelasher Kudzu were printed in a set with Landfall in it.

We haven’t done it yet, but it’s not off the table.

Ability Words Card Printing Landfall Sporemound Vinelasher Kudzu

Vocabulary in Gameplay

Re: vocabulary issues with ability words: Since ability word cards actually print the full ability & use the ability word as reminder text, I have to wonder if the vocabulary issue might be a bit overstated. If anything, using ability words with Duel Deck reprints (Vinecrasher Kudzu in DD Izzet vs Golgari) & new cards that use those abilities (Inventor's Fair) might get new players familiar with those recurring abilities before they're repeated as block-wide themes.

We’ve tested with new players. There is a limit to the number of vocabulary words regardless if the rules are the spelled out right after.

Ability Words Beginners Card Printing Duel Decks Golgari (B/G) Izzet (U/R) Kudzu Reprints Rules

Vinelasher Kudzu Reprint

Why wasn't Vinelasher Kudzu reprinted in Zendikar with the land fall ability? Did R&D talk about it and decide not to or did they just miss it?

We talked about it, but it creatively wasn’t a perfect fit.

Card Printing Game Design Lands Reprints Vinelasher Kudzu Zendikar

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