Pilot

Birthday Trivia and Reprint Information

Can I have birthday trivia on my favorite card Goblin Test Pilot? Also if or when on a reprint

I previewed Goblin Test Pilot in my “Tales from the Pit” comic. The only time, I believe, I’ve ever done that.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Card Printing Goblin Goblin Test Pilot If/When Pilot Pop Culture Reprints Tales from the Pit

Wither Mechanic Scale

Hello! I found out about Wither while building my first commander deck (W/R dwarven tribal under Depala, Pilot Exemplar.) and I was curious where Wither is on the Storm scale?
Hope you have an excellent day!

Wither requires -1/-1 counters, so like persist, its return is dependent on a set using -1/-1 counters.

Commander Decks Depala, Pilot Exemplar Kindred / Typal Mechanics Persist Persist Pilot Storm Scale Wither

Custom Set Archetypes

I'm working on a custom set based on an IP that has eight main characters. Each character maps nicely to a color pair, sometimes with an obvious archetype (e.g., the UW character is a pilot, so a flying archetype is a slam dunk). But that only covers eight out of ten. Do you have any general ideas for how I could approach the remaining two archetypes?

You could capture environment.

Colors Custom Cards Flying Pilot

Pilot Ability Nickname

Hey MaRo!
Did you guys have a slang/nickname for the Pilot Ability from Kamigawa? I mean "This creature crews Vehicles as if its power were 2 greater"
My friends called that "pilots really well" but I'd like a shorter term 😆😆😆

It got added in set design, so I don’t know if there was a nickname for it.

Creatures Mark Rosewater Pilot Set Design Vehicles

Vehicles for Specific Tribes

Because I think the other person who asked might not have worded their question very well: do you think we'll ever see vehicles targeted at specific tribes, rather than vehicles that synergize specifically with other vehicles? In the same vein as how there's equipment that synergizes with Knights, there could be a vehicle with a discount from Pilots or an ability gained when crewed by Zombies, right?

I assume that will happen with time.

Equipment Knight Pilot Vehicles Zombie

Creature Types: Bard and Dancer

Could you see Bard and Dancer becoming creature types? I could see them being associated with Song and Dance spells respectively, which could feature some kind of performance mechanic that Bards and Dancers add bonuses to, similar to how Pilots provide bonuses when crewing Vehicles.

Bard is more likely than Dancer as it’s more fantasy.

Bard Creatures Mechanics Pilot Pop Culture Spells Vehicles

Modernized Decks Idea

Can I get a maybe on WotC selling modernized semi-randomized decks? Something more coherent than the original starter decks, but more quirky and challenging to pilot than booster battle packs? Doing my christmas shopping it dawned on me something like that would be a great small, fun gift to give to the Magic players in my life.

Semi-randomized, playable decks is very hard to do.

Battles Boosters Pilot Wizards of the Coast

Request for Commander Playtest

Can i request that R&D (that don't play commander) play a game and you pilot a mono White deck (each mono colour), just so it gives you hands on experience of the trouble white faces?

Me playing a single game when I’m unused to the format, is going to give me far less information that talking with experienced Commander players about the issue.

Colors Commander Game Design Pilot White

Inside R & D Fate

I know you're not in charge of it but whatever happened to Inside R & D?

I’m not sure. I did record two half hour interviews with different R&D members as a pilot for a new show idea I had (tentatively called “R&D Tales”). They were streamed on Black Friday on the Magic Twitch channel. One was with Erik Lauer and the other Andrew Veen. Both were about Guilds of Ravnica design. Did any of you see it?

Black Channel Erik Lauer Game Design Guilds of Ravnica Pilot Two Color

Sequels and Creativity

I resumed playing and collecting Magic after a loooong pause With my amazement I found some "Back to". Are You getting sick of the "Hollywood sequel syndrome"? Like Mission Impossible or Fast & Furios, will we have a day a "Ravnica 9"? I am of the idea that to focus a lot on sequels means, in the end, lack of creativity. What do you think?

“The Empire Strikes Back”, “Return of the King”, The Hound of the Baskervilles, “Goldfinger”, “Godfather, Part 2”, “Aliens”, “Terminator 2”, “The Wrath of Khan”, “The Road Warrior”, any television episode that isn’t the pilot. Many great works build on previous work. The idea that a work of art that isn’t the first time you met a character or world is somehow less creative is simply baloney.

Alien Art Pilot Pop Culture Warrior

Jhoira's True Role

Something been bothering me since the prerelease; Why is Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain an Artificer and not a Pilot?

Because Jhoira is more artificer than pilot.

Artificer Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Limited Pilot Prerelease Weatherlight

Jhoira's Subtype

Did R&D ever consider giving Jhoira the Pilot subtype?

I don’t know if that was discussed.

Game Design Pilot Subtype

Backdoor Pilots

Hey Mark, you mentioned in a podcast that you watched a lot of pilot episodes while trying to be a writer. Did you ever encounter a “backdoor pilot” where they snuck a pilot for a potential spinoff in a different show? I just encountered one while watching “Supernatural” and it was awful. Just awful.

I’ve seen a lot of backdoor pilots.

Drive to Work Pilot

Psychographic Identification

I've been thinking about psychographics. I think my main motivation for playing is to experience all the possible experiences. I want to pilot all the different decks, and try all the different strategies. I enjoy the intellectual challenge of trying to play "perfectly" but don't really try to master any one thing, I delight in the variety. What am I?

Wanting to experience things is Timmy/Tammy.

Pilot Psychographic Timmy / Tammy

No Black Vehicle Enchantment

Was there ever a black vehicle enchantment designed for the Kaladesh block like the white/red ones?

No, as red and white had the pilot/Vehicles themes.

Black Enchantments Kaladesh Pilot Red Vehicles White

Legion TV Show Thoughts

Are you watching Legion? So far I'm four episodes in and I'm finding it interesting more than I'm enjoining it which is a bad sign.

I’ve only seen the pilot so far, but I enjoyed it.

Pilot

Hanna's Navigator Title

Hanna's card is Hanna, Ship's Navigator. Sounds like a pilot to me.

The navigator and the pilot are not the same job. Sulu was the pilot of the Enterprise but Checkov was the navigator.

Hanna, Ship's Navigator Pilot

Pilot Inquiry

On Monday can you ask creative who the pilot of the Weatherlight was?

I would know better than them. I co-created the Weatherlight Saga.

Pilot Sagas Weatherlight

Sisay's Piloting Role

Sisay totally piloted the Weatherlight in addition to captaining it -- in addition to the Invasion comic, there's Hull Breach, Captain's Manuever, etc.

Sissy knew how to pilot it and at times did pilot it, but as the one in charge, she had larger concerns most of the time.

Hull Breach Pilot Pop Culture Sisay Weatherlight

Weatherlight Pilot Mystery

Re: Sisay being a Pilot. Who was the pilot of the Weatherlight, then? Hannah?

Hanna was the engineer (think: Scotty). We never identified the pilot. I assume Hanna at times piloted the ship.

Pilot Sisay Weatherlight