Nameless Race

Creature Types

If/when. A creature without a creature type Ala the Wanderer not having a PW type.

Nameless Race has no creature type in Oracle.

Creatures If/When Nameless Race The Wanderer

Concerns about Type-line Crowding

I’m really disappointed nameless race isn’t the only creature without a creature type anymore. With the advent of “phyrexian” as a creature type, and with cards like the reality chip or the new shrines being so cramped, I hope a new look is being taken to the type-line on ways to make more room for more wordy type-lines, allowing for fewer cards to invade my special space

With 20,000+ cards, exclusivity of effect/quality really isn’t a luxury we have. I remember when we made Changeling, I got a bunch of messages from players about how we were making Mistform Ultimus less special. Your particular case is an odder case, as we did it out of necessity.We are looking into the issue of crowded creature type lines.

Changeling Creatures Mistform Ultimus Nameless Race Phyrexian The Reality Chip

About Go-Shintai Shrine Creatures

Are the Go-Shintai Shrine creatures nothing for their creature type like Nameless Race or [Undefined] as they weren't given a creature sub-type?

They have no creature type like Nameless Race.

Creatures Nameless Race

All Creatures Types Inquiry

Do all creatures now have at least a creature type, enchantment type or artifact type? With the special exception of Nameless Race.

I believe so.

Artifacts Creatures Enchantments Nameless Race

Subtype of New Shrines

So about the whole shrine "enchantment vs creature subtype" thing... does this mean the new shrines are creatures without any creature type, like Nameless Race?

Yes.

Creatures Enchantments Nameless Race Subtype

No Creature Type for Go-Shintai

So Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose has no creature type, for cards that care about that?

Correct, much like Nameless Race.

Creatures Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose Nameless Race

Understanding Nameless Race

Point of information: nameless race has no creature type

That’s done as a special one-of joke and is not meant as a precedent.

Creatures Humor Nameless Race

Black Border Typeless Creature

Would you ever print a creature with no creature type in black border?

Nameless Race has no creature type.

Black Black Border Card Printing Creatures Nameless Race

Creature Without Subtype

Would you ever make a creature without a subtype again, a la Nameless Race?

It’s not the kind of joke that gets funnier in volume.

Creatures Humor Nameless Race Subtype

Creature Type Specificity

When you'll get too specific with creature types, you might as well go back to the "Nameless Race" days. If there's a serious split between people wanting Naga or Snakes, good gameplay should decide - and less types overwhelmingly lead to better gameplay.

This is a classic example of a Vorthos/Mel split.For Vorthos, the creature types are about flavor. They love seeing variety because it’s a place to sneak more flavor into the game.For Mel, the creature types are about mechanics. The more concentrated they are, the easier it is to enable tribal decks.No one is correct here. It’s just different players prioritizing what matters to them in the game.That means we have to balance between these two desires and strike a balance between flavorful variety and mechanical concentration. The Naga/Snake fight is right on the line and why it’s so contentious. Each side feels they’re on the right side of the line.

Creatures Fight / Bite Flavor Game Play Kindred / Typal Mechanics Melvin / Mel Naga Nameless Race Snake Vorthos

Token Type Consistency

Why don't Soldier / Warrior / Cleric tokens have the Human type except in Innistrad? I know that in Innistrad Human mechanically matters, but it seems so weird that everywhere else Class tokens are of the Nameless Race - particularly when most of the times the token art clearly depicts them as human.

The default is tokens have just one creature type for simplicity. We break that rule usually when it mechanically matters as it did in Innistrad.

Art Cleric Creatures Human Innistrad Nameless Race Rules Soldier Tokens Warrior

Nameless Race Mystery

What creature type is the old The Dark card Nameless Race? Did you guys really leave it intentionally blank or is it Creature type - Creature?

It’s a Nameless Race. Oooooooh!We went there. : )

Creatures Nameless Race The Dark

Creature Type Rule

The Exception to the "every creature must have a creature type" rule was Arcanis, the Omnipotent, was it not? Who after the rule was implemented retained only the type "Wizard" and no indication of his race.

Wizard is a creature type.Nameless Race is the card without a creature type.

Creatures Nameless Race Rules

Creature Type Rule Exception

"We have a rule that every creature (yes, there's one exception) must have a creature type." Did you mean the exception was Nameless Race, or all Vehicles? I understand that was a throwaway remark, but I think addressing Vehicles would've been relevant, since it's counterintuitive to me.

Vehicles aren’t creatures in a flavor sense. It a mechanical execution to replicate them moving and doing damage.

Creatures Flavor Nameless Race Replicate Rules Vehicles

Quirky Creatures in Standard

i have been playing magic for years, i have seen alot of cool ideas go and pass. but may i ask, will we ever see cards like the following: Force of Savagery (aka a creature with 0 toughness but no way to pump itself or clone a creature), Nameless Race (aka a creature with no creature types) or Spinal Parasite (aka a creature minus power and/or toughness) in standard?

We continue to do quirky creatures from time to time.

Creatures Force of Savagery Nameless Race Spinal Parasite Standard

Creature Type Necessity

In your podcast on subtypes you mention that creatures need subtypes. To be pedantic, they don't really need them, and you made Nameless Race very sad. They get along just fine!

I said “need” because it’s a requirement. All creatures have to be given a creature type. Nameless Race is the one exception to the rule.

Creatures Drive to Work Nameless Race Rules Subtype

Creature Type Exception

What is creature type rule exception?

Nameless Race.

Creatures Nameless Race Rules

Nameless Race Query

As best as I can find, Nameless Race is listed as not having any creature types. Did you slip some UN-punnery past the oracle team?

How could Nameless Race have a named race?

Creatures Nameless Race

Nameless Race Type

Why doesn't nameless race have a type

Um, it’s nameless. : )

Nameless Race

Creature Subtype Policy

Is a subtypeless creature other than Nameless Race allowed?

The current policy is that all creatures, without a very strong reason, must have a creature type.

Creatures Nameless Race