Pit Fight

Creature Powercreep

You mentioned that you think of powercreep in Magic as a matter of newer sets being more powerful than older sets. When I think of powercreep in Magic, I tend to think of individual cards being more powerful than older cards.For example, when Savannah Lions was first printed, it was a rare, since having a vanilla 2/1 for 1 mana value with no downside was considered good (I assume). Nowadays, there are seven 2/1s for 1 mana in standard alone, most of them are uncommons, and they all have abilities that aren't downsides. (That list is: Ascendant Packleader, Cheeky House-Mouse, Cult Conscript, Embereth Veteran, Falkenrath Pit Fighter, Hotshot Mechanic, and Recruitment Officer.) Furthermore, Savannah Lion's recent reprint in Dominaria Remastered puts it at a common, meaning that its relative power over Magic's lifetime has seemingly decreased.Is this idea of powercreep something that comes up during your design process, and if so, how does it get addressed?

The power level of creatures in Alpha was pretty weak. There is not, for example, a single Alpha creature we couldn’t reprint today for power level reasons. In contrast, there are a lot of noncreature cards we couldn’t reprint today for power level reasons.We have made a lot of creature cards. Many of them are below the top tier of what we can print. Making a card better than an existing card is not power creep. Making creatures above the top line of what’s acceptable is.

Ascendant Packleader Card Printing Creatures Cult Conscript Dominaria Embereth Veteran Falkenrath Pit Fighter Hotshot Mechanic Mana Mana Value Mechanics Non-creatures Power Level Rares Recruitment Officer Reprints Savannah Savannah Lions Standard Uncommons Vanilla

Targeting with Fight Effects

With the recent printing of Wayta, I only just noticed how few fight effects let me target 2 of my own creatures. I assume there's a reason but I can't find it; why don't we get more effects like Pit Fight?

Because it’s an effect you rarely want and digital doesn’t want the misclicks.

Card Printing Creatures Fight / Bite Pit Fight

Naming Non-Permanent Cards

When you activate "_______" from Unhinged I know you have to choose real card names but does choosing a a Non-Permanent card type have any negative effect on him? Since "Pit Fight" can't normally be on the battlefield but it does fill in a lot of letters I need for "Now I Know My ABC's"

It just has to be the name of a Magic card.

_____ Activate Card Names Card Types Fight / Bite Non-permanents Now I Know My ABC's Pit Fight

Kamahl Pit Fighter's Color Shift

Isn't it interesting that Kamahl Pit Fighter wouldn't use Pit Fight because it has green in it? ;)

Kamahl did eventually turn green. : )

Colors Fight / Bite Green Humor Pit Fight

Fight Mechanic Status

Have you guys already gotten rid of Fight so soon after it was introduced? A couple of cards in BNG (Fall of the Hammer, Culling Mark) seem like they want to be Fight cards but are way better or worse (respectively) than other recent Fight cards (Pit Fight, Time to Feed). Or is this just a really rapid swing in the Power Pendulum?

Fight hasn’t gone anywhere. We still use it.

Culling Mark Fall of the Hammer Fight / Bite Pit Fight Time to Feed

Pit Fight Timing

Regarding Pit Fight: How do you feel about Fight at instant speed instead of sorcery? (I feel it should be sorcery.)

Fight is at sorcery at default but Magic’s all about tweaking things.

Fight / Bite Instants Pit Fight Sorceries

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