Mark, I feel like you might be overcorrecting in these recent returns. We returned to Zendikar after it was devastated by Eldrazi, and it wasn't just "No eldrazi remain," it was as if it never happened. Sea Gate in one piece. No hint of grey dust or bismuth distortions. No stories of economic recovery, the bonds forged in hardship, no.... scars. Yarok was a great example of those scars, but we only got him in a core set and that was it. I'm worried Innistrad will go the same way.

There is a difference between Zendikar still having scars of the Eldrazi occupation and us choosing to focus on that in the cards we picked. Those scars are very much still there.

I thought copying spells was something you wanted to shift out of blue and in to red. Is Sea Gate Stormcaller a reversal of that trend, a one-time exception, or have I just misunderstood what you guys are up to?

It’s both a blue and a red ability. Both colors can access it.

The Hekma and the Sea Gate were both good opportunities to do legendary walls. More will come. Or should I say, more wall come.

I’m not sure how you design the Hekma as a creature.

Ob being resparked is obviously shown, and I think that the story is told well and in a clear fashion (Jace and Ugin talk it out and have some big disagreements, Gideon retakes Sea Gate, Nissa's connection to Zendikar returns after some wandering, eventually they agree to at least temporarily seal Ulamog in the Aligned Hedron Network and do so, Ob Nixilis runs around and resparks at some point). But I never learned from the cards how Ob reignited. I wish that had been there.

It seems like that one point should have been on a card. This is a learning process and as someone that can see ahead, the creative team is going full throttle in figuring out the best way to tell the story through the game.