If enchantment creatures became evergreen, what's more likely? Naturalize effects get weaker, or enchantment creature is treated as a drawback?

Naturalize effects are weak enough that them getting a little better would be fine.

Obviously mechanically Green as a primary Treasure producer makes sense; sustained mana production and whatnot. But some (perhaps a loud minority) seem to have a lot of trouble getting over the connotations of "artifact" as artificial and in an inherent conflict with Green's natural focus. Obviously good mechanical design and adherence to pie trumps flavor, but any thoughts on overcoming this flavor-inertia (if it even matters)?

I think this stems from a little misunderstanding of green. Green dislikes artifice not artifacts as a whole. There are both artifacts that are natural (which green has no issue with, and could even treasure) and enchantments that are unnatural. This is why Naturalize, a core green ability, destroys artifacts and enchantments, and not just artifacts.

Would it be possible to see a standard in the future where Green only got artifact removal and white only got enchantment removal? Just for a brief moment, letting naturalize effects rotate and giving both colors more limited removal.

We seem to be going in the opposite direction where both green and white have access to artifact and enchantment removal.

>but artifact creatures dying to artifact destruction is okay? Artifact creatures are either in sets that care about artifacts or colorless, so them being artifacts has effects on gameplay beside being destroyed by naturalize ,an enchantment creature, or a colored artifact creature, in a set that doesn't care about these types at all would be like if a naturalize variant could also kill target noble or another type with no associated typical stats or color and no tribal support in the set.

Colored artifacts can be in a set without an artifact theme. Creatures can have extra qualities that make them more vulnerable. There’s nothing wrong with that from a design or gameplay perspective. It can be factored into their costing.

I am unhappy with the re-reprint of Revoke Existance. It seems too cheap for the color who is supposed to be second best at artifact and enchantment removal.

“That white card’s too bad.”“That white card’s too good.”Welcome to my world.We’ve been raising the overall power level of Naturalize effects in green and white.

Without any payoff for them being artifacts/enchantments in the set(like being colorless), having creatures die in limited to a naturalize effect due to flavor seems a bit too arbitrary for my tastes.

But then dying to other specific qualities (power/toughness, creature type, CMC, etc.) is okay? Since Alpha, you could Shatter an artifact creature. I don’t see why Demystifying an enchantment creature is any different.

If you had a set where every creature was an artifact creature, would you pull back on green naturalize since green doesn't get "destroy target creature" and in that format "destroy target artifact" functions the same? Maybe the answer is no, which I think would be informative for the commander bounce in blue, but if it's yes, how is that different?

In Mirrodin, green got more artifact removal not less while the number of artifact creatures was significantly higher. Green is allowed to destroy artifact creatures, so green’s ability to deal with creatures is better than normal on Mirrodin. Same with enchantment creatures on Theros.

Can I request a BR naturalize that can't target your own things?

We haven’t let black have targeted enchantment removal yet.

Blue can counter anything, black can discard anything, white can destroy anything, and green can either naturalize or fight anything. How come red gets such a hard line on "absolutely no enchantment interaction, ever, in any way" when every other color gets some in-color way to handle all card types?

The colors’ weaknesses are all very different from one another. It’s not structured as being as parallel as each being unable to deal with a particular card type. That aspect is something red plays up more than other colors. Green, for example, has an over-reliance on a card type, but that type of weakness is not seen in another color. The color pie is constructed such that each color has unique problems. Red’s enchantment issue is easier to notice as it’s a specific card type a color can’t deal with and that’s just more visible than things like blue being more reactionary or white having card flow issues. In other words, you can frame it such that any color seems unfairly treated versus the other four if you look from the right vantage point.

How about a game called Stump Maro? We ask you a question about Magic Trivia. The stipulation is that the trivia has to be within what the Lead Designer of Magic should know, without an exhaustive knowledge of Gatherer and Oracle. Rules questions are fair game, since you made the mechanics. Obviously you are the final judge on what’s a fair question. First question: what is the most reprinted card, outside of A/B/U sets?

My best guess is Naturalize.