Raise the Alarm

Improving Raise the Alarm

Is there room to make a strictly better raise the alarm?

Not a play designer. My gut is yes, but not by a lot.

Power Level Raise the Alarm

Against Tribal Errata

I wish you’d bring back tribal and errata older cards. Make the criteria simple: If the name kf the card has a creature type’s name in it, eg Goblin Grenade, Dragon Arch, Demonic Tutor, or if the card mechanically cares about the creature type, eg The Hive should be Insect tribal, Whirlermaker should be Servo tribal, Raise the Alarm should be soldier tribal. You guys did a giant creature type update in the past so mass erata isn’t foreign territory.

It adds a lot of words on cards for minimal mechanical relevance.

Creatures Demonic Tutor Dragon Dragon Arch Errata Errata Giant Goblin Goblin Grenade Insect Kindred / Typal Raise the Alarm Servo Soldier The Hive Tutoring Whirlermaker

Possibility of Non-Human Tokens

If generic 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens from Raise the Alarm and other sources don’t count as humans (for purposes of Winota, mutate, Sigarda’s lord ability, etc.), is there a possibility of seeing tokens that depict leonin, kithkin, kor, or others as the set dictates?

Yes, future Raise the Alarms could picture non-Humans.

Colorless Creatures Human Kithkin Kor Mutate Raise the Alarm Soldier Tokens White

Sorceries vs Instant Tokens

Why are dragon fodder and Krenko's command sorceries but raise the alarm an instant? Design or development?

White gets to be more defensive this it gets token making at instant speed. That’s not design or development. That’s color pie.

Color Pie Colors Dragon Dragon Fodder Instants Krenko's Command Raise the Alarm Sorceries Tokens White

Green's Token Production

Is it possible for Green to get a token making instant like Dragon Fodder or Raise the Alarm, but making elves instead of goblins or soldiers?

We’ve moved away from Green making small tokens as a single effect so while possible it’s unlikely.

Dragon Dragon Fodder Elf Goblin Green Instants Raise the Alarm Soldier Tokens

Silver-Border Usage

Silver-Border question: can you use Mishra's Toy Factory to cast Cloudgoat Ranger? how about Elspeth, Knight Errant?

Mishra’s Toy Workshop can only be used to cast spells and activate abilities that actively are making tokens. You cannot use it, for example, to cast a creature (let’s say Phelddagrif) that has the ability to make tokens. You could though use it on the activation that makes them. So, casting Raise the Alarm, yes. Casting Doubling Season, no.

Activate Cast Cloudgoat Ranger Creatures Doubling Season Knight Knight Errant Mishra Phelddagrif Raise the Alarm Ranger Spells Tokens Un-sets

Token Creatures Count

You've said in the past that you typically try to give white and then green more creatures in a set and blue and red fewer creatures. When working on this balance, do you count token producers, like Hive Stirrings and Raise the Alarm as creatures?

Yes, spells making tokens count as creatures for creature count purposes. Interestingly, creatures with defender do not.

Blue Creatures Defender Green Hive Stirrings Raise the Alarm Red Spells Tokens White

Thatcher Revolt Inquiry

I pulled two Thatcher Revolts for my RGW deck at our local prerelease. On two or three occasions, it was critical to establishing early control of the board. Like other cards of its kind (Even the Odds, Join the Ranks, Raise the Alarm, etc.), it also promises to be great fun in Casual Constructed. Is there a Color Pie reason for White and Green to get the vast majority of such cards, and either way, are we likely to see more in Red, even if they have certain drawbacks compared with W & G?

The key for this being red is the temporary nature (along with haste) of the token creatures. As I love Thatcher Revolt, I’m lookking for places to use this again.

Casual Play Color Pie Colors Constructed Creatures Even the Odds Green Haste Join the Ranks Limited Naya (R/G/W) Prerelease Raise the Alarm Red Revolt Thatcher Revolt Tokens White

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