Rishadan Port

Unexpectedly Strong Cards

can you name a few cards you designed that ended up being much stronger than you thought they would be?

TinkerRishadan PortWasteland

Rishadan Port Tinker Wasteland

Unfun Card Design

Have you ever designed a card you didn’t think was fun? Not vanilla or smth, but like actively not fun. Also! Which card that you personally designed do you like playing against the least?

I have made cards that ended up being quite unfun, not on purpose, but mistakes have been made. Rishadan Port comes to mind.

Rishadan Port Vanilla

Unexpected Hits

“I’ve had designs that I thought people would adore which they didn’t, and cards that I thought nothing of that became huge hits.” What are some examples of cards that became huge hits that you thought nothing of at the time? What were your takeaways?

I thought Rishadan Port was nothing special. Takeaway lesson: Card power has a huge impact on whether people like a card. : )

Humor Power Level Rishadan Port

White's Land Disruption

Assuming it doesn't already, can white ever have access to Rishadan Port effects (manually tapping people's lands)? Would a port that's activated with WW be unprintable?

It’s not an effect we want to do very often.

Card Printing Lands Rishadan Port White

Design Regret

What card do you most regret designing?

Rishadan Port sucked a lot of fun out of the game.

Rishadan Port

Rishadan Port Insight

I'm surprised by your take on Rishadan Port. I thought it was a relatively reasonable answer to some very unreasonable lands. Gaea's Cradle and Tolarian Academy come to mind immediately.

That just makes Gaea’s Cradle and Tolarian Academy also mistakes.

Gaea's Cradle Lands Rishadan Port Tolarian Academy

Least Favorite Card

What's one of your least favorite card designs that you've ever made?

I regret making Rishadan Port. *That* was an unfun card.

Rishadan Port

Rishadan Port Regrets

Why regrets on Rishadan Port?

It led to a lot of unfun Magic.

Rishadan Port Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn

Regretted Card Design

Which card did you design that is your biggest regret?

Today we’ll say Rishadan Port.

Rishadan Port

Rishadan Port Standard

Would Rishadan Port be too good for standard? I want to play D&T in standard.

While I do think it’s too powerful, it’s lack of fun is the bigger obstacle preventing a reprint.

Card Printing Reprints Rishadan Port Standard

Creature vs Land

"Look up the card Rishadan Port in Gatherer. It was the most broken card in its block. " If repeatable tap ability was on a creature instead of a land like Port, would that make it easier to balance? Lands were not simple to deal with back then, and land destruction has only gotten weaker since.

Would a creature with the ability be weaker than a land? Sure. Is it still too much? Absolutely.

Creatures Lands Rishadan Port Tap / Untap

Land Tapping Power

Would a permanent be too powerful if it had a once per turn, repeatable land tapping ability? Since you mentioned that the team was trying out the ability in red, I was thinking that locking an opponent out of a color temporarily via land tapping seemed like a pretty red thing to do, but I wasn't sure if that was considered unfun under the current design philosophy.

Look up the card Rishadan Port in Gatherer. It was the most broken card in its block.

Colors Lands Once Per Turn Red Rishadan Port

Mercadia Return

If we were to return to Mercadia, could we potentially see a reprint of Rishadan Port?

In Standard? Unlikely. Not a developer, yada, yada.

Card Printing Not a developer Reprints Rishadan Port Standard

Teferi's Response Origin

Was Teferi's Response a response to Rishadan Port?

Yep.

Rishadan Port Teferi's Response

Card Design Regret

I regret designing that card.

What do you think of Rishadan Port?

Rishadan Port

Unfun Cards Demand

Mr. Rosewater, I really like unfun grindy cards (Rishadan Port, Smoke Stack, The Abyss, etc.) and while I get my kicks in legacy can I expect to see more "unfun" cards in standard?

Of the kind you listed? Not on purpose.

Legacy Mark Rosewater Rishadan Port Standard The Abyss

Rishadan Port in Standard?

Would a Rishadan Port for only non basics be something you would be willing to put into Standard and Modern?

Not a developer, but Rishadan Port was one of the most unfun cards of all time. Not being able to ever cast your spells is not fun Magic. So, no.

Basics Cast Modern Not a developer Rishadan Port Spells Standard Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn

Reprint Policy Reasoning

What are the reasons for not reprinting high-demand cards like Force of Will, Wasteland or Rishadan Port in supplemental, non-Standard products, the same way you did with Sol Ring in Commander?

There is a tightrope we walk between getting cards into the hands of players that don’t have them and not undermining the value for the players that already do have them.

Card Printing Commander Force of Will Reprints Rishadan Port Sol Ring Standard

Creating Powerful Cards

really liked your podcast on lands, it was great. I find it funny that it was you the creator of Rishadan Port, have you made any other really broken cards?

During Mirrodin block, I passed Richard Garfield as the person to have designed the most banned cards, so yes, I’ve made a few broken cards. Probably my most broken is Tinker followed by Yagwmoth’s Will.

Bannings Drive to Work Format Legality Humor Lands Mirrodin Richard Garfield Rishadan Port

Rishadan Port Reprint

is Rishadan Port too strong to be reprinted?

Let me start by reminding you that I am not a developer and thus power level is not my area of expertise. That said, yes.

Card Printing Not a developer Power Level Reprints Rishadan Port