Opening Ceremony

Booster Mechanic Colors

New 08 May 2024 Asked by phoebe-thalisse-feather 42 Comments

Hey Mark! As a big fan of Booster Tutor and Summon the Pack (they're fantastic cube cards that I love watching people get to play with) do you think that in a potential future Un set we could get cards in other colors that let you get cards from Magic packs? Or is that a mechanic that's only in color pie for Black Un cards?


We’ve did a booster tutor in red in Unfinity (with Opening Ceremony). All colors can have access if done in an appropriately in-color way.

Testing Opening Ceremony

New 15 Jan 2023 Asked by mumonrift-blog 24 Comments

I just drafted Unfinity for the first time for my birthday and it was so much fun! I was wondering how you play tested Opening Ceremony. Could you open playtest boosters for other sets that weren't out yet or did it need to be normal released boosters?


We used normal boosters.

Mana Symbols Order

New 19 Nov 2022 Asked by rwssr 37 Comments

Does Opening Ceremony tell us that colorless mana comes last in WUBRGC?


When we print all six symbols at once, yes.

Opening Ceremony Text Count

New 25 Sep 2022 Asked by peaceloveexplosives 20 Comments

Un Rules Q: Does Opening Ceremony, which has flavor text in two columns, count as 2 lines of flavor text or 4?


It counts as four.

Assembling Contraptions

New 24 Sep 2022 Asked by wertercatt 31 Comments

Resending this since it might have gotten lost:If I open a Unstable with Opening Ceremony during a game of Unfinity Limited, and cast a creature that Assembles a Contraption on that turn, can I Assemble one of the Contraptions from the pack on that turn? Or is that not close enough to Casting to work?


If you assemble an Contraption, you can make a Contraption deck out of the two cards in the booster and randomly draw one.

Order of Colors Question

New 22 Sep 2022 Asked by ultimatealphawalker 38 Comments

Why does opening ceremony put “C” after “WUBRG” when colorless cards like Eldrazi or Karn come before white cards in set order? Shouldn’t the order be the more pronounceable “CWUBRG”?


It’s just something we do so infrequently, that I don’t think we have a set order.

Mana Formatting

New 22 Sep 2022 Asked by livefromtheloam 24 Comments

Hi Mark! Hitting you up with a Mel question this time. The formatting on Opening Ceremony lists the mana in WUBRGC order. Does the C come after colored mana when a card gives mana now, rather than before? Would it go after or before colored mana in a mana cost? Thanks!


We do it so infrequently, I’m not sure we have an official order. In collector number order, colorless cards come before colored cards.

Origin of Strixhaven Founders

New 22 Mar 2021 Asked by anyguy 97 Comments

If the elder dragons founded strixhaven but it's not on Dominaria, how could the non planeswalking Dragons found it on a different plane and attend the opening ceremony?


The Elder Dragons that founded Strixhaven are not the same Elder Dragons from Dominaria.

Aether Pronunciation

New 09 Sep 2016 Asked by crazykupo 58 Comments

Aey-therborn or Eee-therborn?


“Aether” is pronounced EE - ther. I said it wrong for years before being corrected for the Kaladesh Opening Ceremony at PAX.

TftP Joke Explanation

New 10 Feb 2014 Asked by moone513 8 Comments

Is there some deeper joke in the latest TftP that went over my head?


The opening ceremony had a high profile technical gaffe. I was just jokingly comparing that to Magic design.


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