Orgg

Trivia about Vizzerdrix

Hi Mark!
Yesterday is my birthday. May I get trivia among one of my favorite cards - Worldfire, Wurmcoil Engine, Radiant Performer, Sundial of the Infinite, or Vizzerdrix? Or a random card from MH3 not covered by your previous Making Magic articles?

Vizzerdrix got created as a card for a product called Starter. The reason we made it is we had a series of TV commercials, one of which featured Kezzerdrix from Tempest (it involved mixing a wrestler, a chainsaw, and a bunny in a machine). A different ad in the same campaign used an Orgg. So to tie to those, we made a simpler Orgg and Vizzerdrix, as the original cards were too complicated for a beginner product.Happy Belated Birthday!

Beginners Birthday Kezzerdrix Making Magic Modern Horizons 3 Orgg Orgg Performer Pop Culture Radiant Performer Sundial of the Infinite Tempest Vizzerdrix Worldfire Wurmcoil Engine

Soulgorger Orgg Classification

does soulgorger orgg count as a life gain effect that is within red's color pie?

This ability feels more black than red, but I wouldn’t classify it as life gain.

Black Color Pie Lifegain Orgg Orgg Red Soulgorger Orgg

Unique Creatures Production Frequency

"1) There are also a bunch lower down on the scale. We have a lot of unique things to Magic.2) A bunch you have listed aren’t unique to Magic (like noggle or ouphe)." Which unique creatures are lower on the scale besides Slivers? And even those are only in supplemental sets at this point. I didn't know those weren't unique to magic, but the point is still the same; you guys seem to produce the more interesting looking and less generic creatures less often.

The original Magic creature types: Aetherborn, Assembly-Worker, Atog, Azra, Beeble, Blinkmoth, Bringer, Brushwagg, Camarid, Cephalid, Eldrazi, Fractal, Graveborn, Homarid, Inkling, Kavu, Kithkin, Kor, Lhurgoyf, Licid, Masticore, Metathran, Myr, Nightstalker, Orgg, Pentavite, Pest, Phelddagrif, Phyrexian, Praetor, Rigger, Saproling, Slith, Sliver, Soltari, Spellshaper, Spike, Surrakar, Tetravite, Thalakos, Triskelavite, Vedalken, Viashino, Volver, and Zubera.A bunch of those have appeared on new cards in the last five years.

Aetherborn Assembly-Worker Assembly-Worker Atog Atog Azra Beeble Blinkmoth Bringer Brushwagg Brushwagg Camarid Cephalid Colorless Competitive Play Creatures Eldrazi Fractal Graveborn Homarids Inkling Kavu Kithkin Kor Lhurgoyf Lhurgoyf Licid Masticore Masticore Metathran Myr Nightstalker Noggle Orgg Orgg Ouphe Pentavite Pest Phelddagrif Phelddagrif Phyrexian Praetor Rigger Saprolings Slith Sliver Soltari Spellshaper Spike Surrakar Tetravite Thalakos Triskelavite Vedalken Viashino Volver Zubera

Orggs in Other Worlds

If/when: Orggs on planes other than Dominaria?

Little if. We need to find the right world.

Dominaria If/When Orgg Planes

Orgg Spark Activation

Bob from accouting had a traumatic experience with an Orgg, that make his spark activate. There are no coincidence in Mtg Mr Rosewater. Let the requests for his card begin :)

The joke that won’t die. : )

Activate Humor Mark Rosewater Orgg

Orgg Beeble Scale Rating

Orgg on the Beeble Scale?

A 6.

Beeble Beeble Scale Orgg

Orgg Scale Rating

Orgg on the beeble scale?

An 8.

Beeble Beeble Scale Orgg

Duel Decks Teaser

Any chance of a teaser regarding the contents of Duel Decks: Bob vs Orgg?

The deck were designed so Orgg always wins. The Bob deck does come with blood counters though.

Blood Duel Decks Orgg

Starter Set Trivia

Trained Orgg and Vizzerdrix were actually printed in Starter, since the core sets at the time didn't have new cards.

FYI.

Card Printing Orgg Trained Orgg Vizzerdrix

Birthday Trivia: Vizzerdrix

Hey MaRo, It's finally my birthday! Can I get a some trivia on either Vizzerdrix or Conjurer's closet?

We had an ad company make a series of ads and let them base it on whatever part of Magic they wanted. One commercial featured Kezzerdrix from Tempest. The commercials were popular so we wanted to focus on the creatures from them in the next core set. Orgg, who was in the other commercial was fine but Kezzerdrix wasn’t, so we made Vizzerdrix as the replacement. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Conjurer's Closet Creatures Kezzerdrix Mark Rosewater Orgg Tempest Vizzerdrix

Bob's Adventure

Did bob from accounting ever make it out of the testing facility against the orgg?

I like to believe he did. In my mind, he made it out, gave up accounting and lived his life dedicated to his love of raising pigs.

Orgg

Butcher Orgg Birthday

I've been waiting, and now it is finally my birthday! I really would love to know more about my favorite card and first rare, Butcher Orgg!! Thank you. : )

The very first Orgg ended up in one if the early Magic commercials and because people liked it we went out if our way to put more Orggs in Magic. Happy Birthday!

Appreciation Birthday Butcher Orgg Orgg Rares

Old Commercials Nostalgia

Did you have anything to do with the old commercials like Orgg vs Bob from accounting? I loved those I even saw them on tv when they were airing. They made me want to play even more! You think you can them to do more like them?

I didn’t have anything to do with them but they are my favorite batch of commercials we’ve done. I also may have made Bob from Accounting for a certain silver bordered set that never got made.

Batches Orgg Pop Culture Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn

Bob's Fate

Did Bob from Accounting survive his fight with the Orgg?

Unglued 2 (the one that never got made, not to be confused with Unhinged) had the card Bob from Accounting.

Fight / Bite Orgg Unglued Unhinged

Keywording Combat Mechanics

I really like the Two-Headed ("can't be blocked except by two creature or more") and the Stalking Tiger ("can't be blocked by more than one creature") mechanics. Why haven't either of these been keyworded? They make combat more interesting without making it less interactive. BONUS TRACK: Why hasn't the Butcher Orgg ability ever been reprinted?

We don’t use them enough to keyword. By the way, just because we don’t keyword something doesn’t mean we can’t still use it.

Butcher Orgg Card Printing Creatures Keywords Mechanics Orgg Reprints Stalking Tiger