Reprints

Possibility of Return to Chronicles

Do you anticipate a return to Chronicles?

Chronicles was a product that printed black border cards that hadn’t been printed in black border in that native language (back when first printings were black border and reprints were white border). I don’t know how to return to that.

Black Border Reprints White

Reprinting 'Ali from Cairo' Joke

Since Ali from Cairo is on the Reserved List, and looks like a clear color pie break, and references a real-world city, I'm guessing that its odds of being reprinted in "Cairo" are slim, to say the least. But has anyone joked about putting it in the file?

Not yet, but I didn’t think of it. : )

Color Pie Humor Reprints The Reserved List Ali from Cairo

Blue Serra Angel Reprint

Hey Maro,If/when functional reprint of Serra angel into blue with a relevant creature type. Just realized now that blue has vigilance and flying.

Been there done that. (Okay, it was Planar Chaos, but we could reprint it.)

Angels Blogatog / Tumblr Blue Creatures Flying If/When Mark Rosewater Planar Chaos Reprints Vigilance Serra Angel

Approach to Color-breaking Cards

Hey Mark! I'm wondering, why do you allow yourself to reprint color-breaking cards? It gives players, especially newer players, the wrong idea about the color pie. Instead of reprinting Chaos Warp, why not either (A) print a different, non-breaking card that achieves whatever it is Chaos Warp achieves for red, or (B) change the color pie so Chaos Warp isn't a break?

The problem is players want access to the cards. The compromise was to not add them to formats that they aren’t legal in. That’s why color pie breaks won’t get reprinted in premier sets (not counting bonus sheets that don’t change card legality).

Bend / Break Bonus Sheets Card Printing Color Pie Format Legality Premier Sets Red Reprints Chaos Warp

Art Reprints in Bloomburrow Commander

I noticed that reprints with new art in the bloomburrow commander set are put before the other reprints in the number order, I think that's a really good change, it helps a lot to see which cards got new art.

I didn’t even know they did that.

Art Bloomburrow Commander Commander Reprints

Reprinting text-less full art

Hey Mark, could cards be reprinted as text less full arts with the same art they already had? I just saw Campbell White's art for the elemental incarnation cycle in the MH3 special guests for the first time, and think that it actually gets hurt by the text box blocking a bit of it, and think it would be really cool if versions with just the art could exist.

It depends on the art ratio.

Art Blocking Elementals Guests Incarnations Modern Horizons 3 Reprints

Question on Reprinting Sets

Re: “we’ve promised to not straight reprint old sets.”When you say this, do you mean that you won’t print a set with the exact same set list as an existing set? Or do you just mean that you won’t print cards that are indistinguishable from existing versions? That is to say, if you made a hypothetical “return to ravnica redux” where everything was the exact same with no changes, except all the cards had a little planeswalker stamp in the corner like the list or mystery booster, would that be fair game?

It means we won’t reprint a set with the exact same cards, frame/text upgraded or not.

Boosters Card Frames Card Printing Planeswalkers Reprints Return to Ravnica

Reprinting Old Sets

The next set to go to the printers has mysteriously dissapeared. The file, the art assets, everything. Wizards has decided to reprint an old set in its entirety to replace the missing set and it will be standard legal - the call is yours to make. Which old set has another go at standard legality?

Something has gone horribly wrong if the call is mine to make. Also, we’ve promised to not straight reprint old sets. I assume, if we absolutely had to, we’d print something that didn’t cause big issues when it first came out.

Art Card Printing Reprints Standard

Distribution of Unique Secret Lairs

Mark, there are still three secret Lairs that have mechanically unique cards: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Dr Who: Regeneration, and Secret Lair X Lara Croft. Previous "Universes Within" versions of mechanically unique Secret Lair cards were reprinted via The List, but with The List being phased out as of Bloomburrow, how does Wizards plan on distributing these cards in the future?

It hasn’t been announced yet.

Bloomburrow Dragons Dungeons & Dragons Reprints Secret Lairs Universes Within

Scarecrow Card Reprint Request

May I request a reprint of the card scarecrow in the upcoming return to Lorwyn? The card is absolutely horrible but that’s what makes it so funny

We don’t have a lot of space for cards that are funny to see once and you don’t play.

Humor Lorwyn Reprints Scarecrows Scarecrow

Mechanic Reprinting Symbols

Is the Season of Weaving pawprint mechanic tied to that specific symbol? If that card was reprinted in a differently themed set, could a different symbol be used for that same card?

We could do that mechanic in a different set on different cards with a different symbol.

Mechanics Reprints Season of Weaving

Possibility of Non-reprint Set

I have a weird question for you. What are the odds of getting a reprint set that is entirely made up of cards never reprinted before? Or at least a vast majority of never-before reprinted cards?

Being that our sets are draftable, it would be a high barrier.

Reprints

Erratas for Outdated Cards

Could cards that have outdated counters or mechanics (ie cards that give -0/-1 counters, Contagion's weird -2/-1 counters) either get erattas for more appropriate counters or functional reprints with regular -1/-1 counters?

That’s the type of functional errata we don’t tend to do.

Errata Functional Errata Mechanics Reprints

Season of Weaving Reprint Possibilities

Hey Mark, following up on my last question regarding Season of Weaving, as I don't think I was very clear with how I worded it -- Will the existence of the paw print markers exclude specifically Season of Weaving itself from being reprinted in future sets that aren't using those same paw print markers? Or could the same exact card with the same exact name be reprinted in say, some sort of steampunk set, with gear icons instead of paw prints?

I’m not sure. It doesn’t change the functionality of the card, but it’s something we’ve never done.

Card Printing Reprints Season of Weaving

Reprinting Choices in Commander Products

Why do we get cards reprinted in Commander products, like Chaos Warp, that are breaks but get reprinted, while cards like Cabal Ritual don't get reprints in these types of products even though they're less of a break?

Reprint products are allowed to reprint color pie breaks as long as they don’t add them to a new format. I assume they reprint Chaos Warp more than Cabal Ritual because it’s more in demand.

Bend / Break Color Pie Commander Reprints Cabal Ritual Chaos Warp

Land Cycle Naming Strategy

Since Magic in general is so eternal-oriented nowadays, are you still trying to give generic names to new land cycles? After all, reprinting them is so much easier when you don't have to be bound to the specific planes currently in Standard.

It greatly depends on the land cycle.

Colorless Cycles Lands Planes Reprints Standard

CEDH Staple Card Availability

As someone who plays mostly CEDH there are a few staples that are not reserve list that tend to just be generally hard to find even though they are not expensive, while secret lairs have introduced new arts and inventory for some of these cards certain cards like demonic consultation, tarnished citadel, and orcish lumberjack are still hard to comeby in good condition. i know you guys can't reprint everything all the time but maybe expressing CEDH meta cards in reprint sets helps people enter into this growing sub-sect of a fun and exciting format; Cheers and Looking forward to MTGxMarvel and FF

I can pass along the request.

cEDH Demonic Consultation Orcish Lumberjack Reprints Secret Lairs Tarnished Citadel

Artist Card Assignment Process

Can an artist ask to do art for a specific card? (presumably a reprint or promo)

Artist are assigned cards. They don’t really have an opportunity to ask for a specific card.

Art Promos Reprints

Amonket Flamingo Request and Birthday

Hello Mark! I would like to invoke the rite of Birthday Trivia (a day late) with a request for Amonket, since I was an Ancient Egyptian Mythology kid growing up.

I'd also like to make an animal request... my partners' favorite animals (a duck and ferret respectively) have appeared on cards (Decoy Duck playtest card and Joven's Ferrets), but my favorite animal, the noble flamingo, has to make do with only a sticker as far as I can tell. Can there be a card with a flamingo someday? Even just a reprint of "Uncage the Menagerie" or similar? Or a variety of Aven?

Thank you for all the work you do for us, both on the cards themselves and demystifying and discussing the hobby.

Amonket and a flamingo, got it. They probably won’t be in the same set. : )Happy Birthday!

Appreciation Birthday Ferret Humor Joven's Ferrets Noble Playtesting Reprints Stickers Uncage the Menagerie

Updates on Future Print Runs

Imagine in the 5 years of Foundations' print run, some of the cards receive oracle updates for one reason or another, could the files be updated for newer print runs or would stay the exact same all the way?

I assume we will do things like update templating when we reprint it, but that’s just a guess as I have little to do with the product.

Card Printing Reprints Templating