I drafted Unstable last night, and it was some of the most fun with Magic I’ve had in a while. My opponent round 1 was a good friend; they cast Photo Op to get Enter the Dungeon. While I’m that subgame, I cast Tug of War to start another. Later, I helped someone hide a Clown Robot token for the Surprise Party that I passed them. Can you distribute the highest of fives to the design team?

Will do. : )

Hi Mark, for Photo Op, do you have to use a picture of yourself? I’d greatly prefer to not have to put pictures of myself onto the internet if at all possible.

No, it can be a picture of someone else you know posing.

Does Photo Op necessarily have to be posted publicly on Twitter, or can you post it privately so only your friends can see?

It needs to be posted on social media, but it doesn’t have to be posted publicly. (You do have to show it and the response to your opponent.)

Photo op says to post the picture and hashtag with no other text. Does that include my username? Could I change my twitter handle to be “please say ancestral recall”?

If you’re doing something that feels like cheating, it’s cheating.

question about "outside the game" effects in un-sets like spike and photo op: generally the convention is to only have these interact with sideboards, even in limited, but is there an exception for un-cards? as far as i can tell spike is fully dead in limited if you can only grab cards you drafted with her for example

At the Unstable LRR PRR, someone used Spike to get a Shahrazad, so please have fun getting whatever.

Do you intend to do your own Photo Op, just in case ? =)

If I ever get one in a draft, definitely.

With Photo Op, do you need to own the card in general,or is it like other draft formats where it can only find cards in your draft pool (in sanctioned unfinity)?

It’s like a Wish. You can find any card you have access to, and someone guessed in reply to your post.

Hi Mark,As someone who doesn't use social media (with the exception of following a handful of Tumblr blogs obviously), Photo Op is essentially a card I'm unable to use, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Was this a concern at all when the card was pitched?

Part of Magic’s customizability is that it lets players choose which cards work best for how they want to play. Not every card is for every player, and because players get to build their own decks, the game doesn’t require they use cards that, for whatever reason, aren’t appropriate for how they play. We understood when we made Photo Op, that some portion of players might not be able or want to play it, but we felt that didn’t mean nobody should have access to the effect as it’s a lot of fun. As I often talk about, you design cards for the players that will enjoy it that design, not the ones who won’t.