Midnight Clock

Terminology for Memory Effect

Hi Mark, I was wondering if R&D has a term for the effect on Midnight Clock, Memory part of Commit // Memory?

Timespiraling.

Commit // Memory Game Design Midnight Clock

Artifact Enchantment Overlap

The biggest mechanical distinction between artifacts and enchantments, now that colored artifacts are evergreen, is that artifacts can have tap abilities. Flavor alone doesn't satisfy us enchantment fans, as having colored artifacts without tap abilities just feels like you're eroding away enchantments' place in the game. Midnight Clock is ok because it taps, Embercleave is ok because it's an equipment, Glass Casket is not ok because there's no reason it couldn't be an enchantment instead.

That statement would carry more weight if Magic hadn’t been making artifacts with continuous effects for twenty-six years. Interestingly, back in original Mirrodin, Tyler Bielman and I made a bold proposal where we made a very firm delineation between what artifacts and enchantments could do, but it meant that we couldn’t ever reprint things like Howling Mine and R&D shot down the plan.Essentially, this is a fight I once tried to have, but I lost that fight sixteen years ago. The delineation that you seem to think exists, never really has, except in mana cost, and as I’ve explained, for the good of the game, Magic needs to adapt in this area.

Adapt Artifacts Card Printing Embercleave Enchantments Equipment Evergreen Fight / Bite Flavor Glass Casket Howling Mine Mana Midnight Clock Mirrodin Reprints Tap / Untap

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