Hey Mark! I was just curious about something very near and dear to my heart, as a Scion of the Ur-Dragon EDH player. will we see any major returns in the future for say, a Tarkir re-boot? also I HAVE to both Thank and Curse your team for the coin flip goblin archetype. it is so so silly and has been a strong archetype for so long

The set codenamed Ultimate is a return to Tarkir.

Why does the Eldrazi precon have a mix of Spawn and Scions? I know you can help which is used when it comes to reprints, but it has Chittering Dispatcher as a new card that makes Spawn and Eldrazi Confluence and Spawnbed Protector as new cards that make Scions (the protector is especially annoying, with spawn in its name when it doesn't even make them). I wish it had just kept with the main set and only used Spawn for new cards. They would be a touch weaker but the consistency would be so much nicer.

Making a hundred card deck around the Eldrazi is tricky being how few sets they’ve been in. I don’t think the design team building the deck had the choice to not use both. And once that was a known thing, having new cards do both wasn’t a huge deal.

Can the rule care about the number of types a card or a permanent has?- "The Royal Scions" would have 1 card type(Planeswalker), and 2 planeswalker subtypes(Rowan and Will)- "Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars" would have 1 supertype(Legendary), 2 card types(Enchantment and Creature), 1 enchantment subtype(Shrine), and 0 creature subtypes

Yes.

In March of the Machine we got legendary creature cards with two legends depicted in the art, name and similar abilities that the original legendaries had. Is it unrealistic to see planeswalkers printed the similar way? For example in Throne of eldraine we got The Royal Scions for Will and Rowan. Flavor wise it was one of my favorite cards to play with on Arena just from the voice lines of the two characters bickering with one another.

It’s on the table if there’s a reason to do it.

Please reprint Snapcaster mage and scion of oona with female artwork. Thank you so much.

There’s a foreign language issue we have to deal with. Certain languages have gendered elements which differ depending on whether the art portrays a male or female creature. This keeps us (mostly) having new art match the same gender as the original art.

Hi, Mark! Another birthday around here. Could you share any trivia on my first commander, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, or any 5 color card?

The first five-color card, Sliver Queen, came about because we wanted a card that tied all the Slivers together, and they were all five colors, so it seemed fun and splashy to make the Sliver Queen five color. We made her legendary because Michael and I put her into the story. Happy Birthday!

RE: Tokens, I meant different kinds of Angel tokens. There's a 4/4 Angel Warrior with flying and vigilance, a 4/4 Angel Warrior with just flying, and an Angel with flying that's 3/3. Alternatively, consider Eldrazi Scions versus Eldrazi Spawns. Yes, there are gameplay needs, but from a Mel's perspective it's a nightmare.

That’s why we make token cards, to avoid this specific problem.

Hi Mark! If an MDFC is a different color on each side (like the deans and the scions are), could one side have aspects of the other side's color? Like a bit of color philosophy diffusion just by being on the same card?

No, each side of a MDFC has to match the colors of its mana cost.

"Red gets more direct damage than white gets those kinds of effects. Being secondary from a design sense is more about volume than power." With the way loyalty numbers have been going up, red's spells are becoming worse and worse at killing planeswalkers, though. Fry doesn't even kill Scions, Oko or the new Ashiok, isn't that pretty sad?

The cool thing about direct damage is you can combine it with other damage sources, including other direct damage spells. : )

Why is Will's name listed first on the royal scions card? Isn't Rowan supposed to be the face of the set?

I believe because Will is pictured on the left side of the art.