Labyrinth Raptor

Prospects of 'Evergreen Keyword Tribal'

In Ikoria, there was a subtheme for 'evergreen keyword tribal ' (I'm not sure what you guys called it in development, but that's what me and my friends referred to it as.) I'm talking about cards like Labyrinth Raptor and Sonorous Howlbonder that were essentially "tribal" lords for the menace keyword.I really enjoyed this design because my biggest problem with tribal is there is no inherent identity with the different tribes. Playing a 2/2 Elf and a 2/2 Human doesn't have any inherent effects on the game until you play a lord in that tribe, whereas playing a 2/2 with menace and a 2/2 with trample does. On top of that, the tribes we currently have in-game have kind of a wide range of identity (for example, Elves on Kaldheim are much different compared to Elves on Ravnica. Of course, Elves have the "Tap for mana" ability generally, but that is neither exclusive to elves nor is it inherent in every elf) which sort of reduces the cohesiveness of these tribal identities, whereas trample is trample no matter what plane you're one.Is there a possibility in the future that we get more 'evergreen tribal', and possibly even a set that revolves around it as a focus? (similar to how Innistrad focuses on Zombie, Vampire, etc. Tribal, is it possible we get a set that focuses on Vigilance, Lifelink, etc. Tribal?)Also high fives for the team for Midnight Hunt, very fun set

A deck being all elves or all merfolk is just way more flavorful than a deck being all creatures with trample or lifelink. I do think we’ll do more, but it’s not something I expect us to do in large volume.

Creatures Elf Flavor High Fives Human Innistrad Kaldheim Keywords Kindred / Typal Labyrinth Raptor Lifelink Lifelink Mana Menace Merfolk Sonorous Howlbonder Tap / Untap Trample Vampire Vigilance Zombie

Potential for Keyword Lords

With keyword matters creatures from Ikoria(Labyrinth Raptor) and Core 2021(Hooded Blightfang) will we start to see keyword lords? Like deathtouch creatures you control have +1/+1. Or perhaps a Cavern of Souls but for keywords on creatures?

It’s not great design space. Most keywords don’t want you to fill your deck with them. That doesn’t mean we won’t ever make some that play well.

Cavern of Souls Creatures Deathtouch Design Space Hooded Blightfang Keywords Labyrinth Raptor

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