Hi Mark,Since many planeswalkers got desparked after March of the machines, does the chances of us getting a new Aminatou at least as a legendary creature improved?

The chances are improved.

Did the design team consider reprinting March of the Machines (enchantment from Mirrodin) in March of the Machine (the set)?

We did, but it wasn’t a good mechanical fit.

Mark, is there any chance we’ll get to return to Ravnica at some point given now that March of The Machines is resolved?

We’re returning to Ravnica in Murders at Karlov Manor early in 2024.

I'm enjoying the set for what it is mechanically, but I am a bit disappointed we didn't get any knight synergies in WOE, especially with that being a theme in March of the Machines. May I request more consideration for smaller themes spanning across multiple sets like knights or enchantment creatures?

A set only has so many cards and so much room for themes. In order to add new things, old things have to be removed. We did make a bunch of new Knights even though we didn’t make more Knight typal cards.

Has it yet been long enough for a 'Lessons Learned' for March of the Machines: Aftermath?

Lessons Learned are for sets so Jed or co-led. So, March of the Machine will get one, but not Aftermath. I do touch upon it in my State of Design article though.

In March of the Machines Aftermath, the cards from Zhalfir use the classic MTG frame. If we return to Zhalfir in the future, will it still use that as its special art style, or would it be something inspired by traditional African art?

I assume it would get its own inspired frame.

Hey Maro, I know this isn't your department but you're kinda the feedback guy! The March of the Machines collectors booster box art is the best graphic design I've ever seen on a magic product (and that's a high bar). Out of control cool. Street art cyberpunk comic book? Sign me up for a pre-order! However, I was extremely disappointed that the style of art on the box isn't part of the art design for the set. I know art gets commissioned for sealed product, but what goes on the box and the packs usually reflects the feel or visual style of the cards inside, and this awesome design isn't reflected in the set itself. I'm still looking forward to my shiny cardboard, but it is a little bit of a feel bad to pre-order expecting one thing and getting another. Then again, having packaging design so good it sells itself is not the worst reason to cause some minor disappointment. Thanks for the great game!

We try hard to make the packaging look different to make sure that people know which product they are buying. For some of those products, they are all (mostly) pulling from the same group of cards, so it’s a tricky balance to establish that every booster conveys what’s in it yet not look too much like other products from the same product line.

With all the Battles in March of the Machines being named in the style of 'Invasion of X', why was the subtype chosen to be 'Siege' instead of 'Invasion'?

So we can use it easier in other sets where there might not be an invasion.

I have three points that I disliked with the spoilers. First is that unlike War of the Spark, which I loved for the narration of the events through the spoilers, it didn't seems we got the same thing in March of the Machines. We got ending spoilers way too early(Mirrodin Avenged and Render Inert) instead of at the end. The second is that the spoiler started in the middle of the week and ended at the middle, and I see no reason for it. And the third is that it only lasted one week, instead two.

1) I can pass along the note about previewing story end cards later in the preview.2) We start previews when we can get the most eyeballs. 3) We’re down to one week from two because of feedback from players. Players have asked for less preview time.

The Phyrexian Invasion is officially over, but can sets that look backwards (like Commander and Modern Horizons) have Invasions of the other planes? Like for example, printing Invasion of Belenon in MH3?

Invasion of Belenon is in March of the Machines.