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Ubiquitous Tokens Expectation

Is the Ubiquitous Token of a plane something we should expect from visit to visit? Like, how Capenna has its gw citizens, Innistrad has black decayed zombies, LTR had orc armies [applicable to some silmarillion-based visit, I guess]I was looking at the Fish tokens in Bloomburrow and Mercenaries in otj and wondering if those were also more Worldbuilding statements or not.

It’s a mechanical tool that adds flavor, and something we definitely use when shaping a set.

Army Black Bloomburrow Citizens Decayed Fish Flavor Innistrad Mercenaries Orcs Outlaws of Thunder Junction Selesnya (G/W) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Tokens Zombies Mercenaries

Spiderman's Colors and Marvel Partnership

What colors would Spiderman be? I'm curious. (Also please convince Disney to do a Marvel UB 🙏)

I think base Spider-Man is green/white with some blue. Also, I have some good news for you. We’ve already announced a multi-set Universes Beyond partnership with Marvel.

Blue Colors Marvel Selesnya (G/W) Universes Beyond White

Color Coding in UB Cards

How much does in-universe coloring affect design of UB cards? For example, someone like Green Lantern is likely red or white due to their determination and willpower. However, their in-universe theme is very green, for obvious reasons. How do you reconcile these differences?

Green Lantern is a bad example. The character *is* green/white. (Willpower is green, not red, plus the ring chooses you.) Spider-man is a better example. He’s not blue/red. Characters in Universes Beyond don’t have to match the color of their outfit.

Colors Green Izzet (U/R) Red Selesnya (G/W) Universes Beyond White

First Bloomburrow Color Pair

What was the first animal assigned to a color pair in Bloomburrow?

I believe it was Rabbits as green/white.

Bloomburrow Colors Rabbit Selesnya (G/W) White

Tricolor Card Costing Pattern

If two-mana three-color cards became a regular occurrence, would they be more likely to cost both hybrids with their central color, or their central color plus either of their allies/enemies? E.g. for Bant: blue/white + green/white vs. white + green/blue

One locked color with a hybrid mana of two other colors is easier to design than two different hybrid cards with an overlapping color.

Ally Bant Bant (W/U/G) Blue Colors Hybrid Mana Selesnya (G/W) Simic (G/U) White

Green Lantern Pie

What color(s) in the color pie is Green Lantern?

Interestingly, he’s green/white.

Color Pie Colors Green Selesnya (G/W) White

Selesnya Color Combat Possibilities

Are Selesnya colors allowed to have two mana instants that can kill creatures?

Artifact creatures. : )

Artifacts Colors Creatures Humor Instants Mana Selesnya (G/W)

Trivia on Enchantress Decks

I invoke the right of birthday trivia. My favorite deck in commander is GW Enchantress. Any particular trivia on anything related to Enchantress?

Enchantresses have become pretty tied to drawing cards for playing enchantments. Both monogreen and monowhite have issues doing it alone, so we’ve been pushing more enchantresses into green/white. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Card Draw Commander Enchantments Selesnya (G/W) White

Potential for Blue/Red Set

Torment leaned Black, Judgement leaned Green/White. Before you realized this didn't work well, was there ever talk about a Blue/Red set? Perhaps for Odyssey since it was the other set in this block.

If it had worked, we would have tried over things. It didn’t, so we stopped thinking about it.

Black Izzet (U/R) Odyssey Red Selesnya (G/W) Torment White

Equipment-Focused Units

if/when a gruul or selesnya future unit that care about equipment ?

If, but the right set could sway us.

Equipment Gruul (R/G) If/When Selesnya (G/W)

Planes Altered by Invasion

I quite like how the heavily the planes have been affected and changed by the invasion. Eldraine had an extremely fairy tale solution to the invasion with extremely fairy tale complications, Selesnya of all guilds goes on a homicidal rampage, Thunder Junction is only populated at all thanks to the Omenpaths. Planes have been changing is ways totally appropriate to each plane, but are still quite different from what they once were.

I do think the change is there. Maybe it’s not as easy to see if you only play the cards and don’t read the stories.

Invasion Omenpaths Planes Rampage Selesnya (G/W) Two Color

Origami Mechanic Expansion

As much as I love the new 'Origami' mechanic, limited really gets to feel samey when every-other game ends when somebody folds their whole board into cranes to swing in. I know you cant say much... But with the keyword officially being evergreen moving forward, is there anything in the pipeline to encourage other play patterns?

Crane is just the white/blue archetype.Other options:Blue/black - Fortune TellerBlack/red - HatRed/green - SwanGreen/white - Lotus flowerWhite/black - ButterflyBlue/red - Water balloonBlack/green - Masu boxRed/white - HeartGreen/blue - Jumping frog

Azorius (W/U) Balloon Black Blue Boros (R/W) Dimir (U/B) Evergreen Fortune Teller Frog Golgari (B/G) Green Gruul (R/G) Izzet (U/R) Keywords Limited Mechanics Orzhov (W/B) Rakdos (B/R) Red Selesnya (G/W) Simic (G/U) White

Mana Cost Ordering

"Hi Mark, in mana costs, for mixing hybrid mana and non hybrid (and mixing different hybrid mana symbols too like Leyline of the Guildpact) is there an official order that you guys go by?"ft
As far as I can tell, it just follows the normal mana color order, with the hybrid mana symbols placed in-between their respective colors to "connect" them, like in compleated Tamiyo the phyrexian hybrid mana was in-between its two colors.So like, as an example, if there were a hypothetical bant card with one of each color and then a hybrid White/Blue and a hybrid Green/White, it would be templated as G g/w W w/b B

That sounds correct.

Azorius (W/U) Bant Bant (W/U/G) Blue Colors Compleated Guildpact Hybrid Leyline of the Guildpact Mana Orzhov (W/B) Phyrexian Selesnya (G/W) White

Hybrid Mana Concept

apologies if you've been asked something like this before, but if or when: lands that tap for a single mana that counts as two or more colors? what I mean by that is, it only produces a single mana, but it counts functionally as multiple colors, for the sake of spells that care about what color(s) of mana you spent on it. as an example, suppose a spell cost 3G, but cares if you spent white for a bonus. you could use 3 wastes and one land that taps for a hybrid G/W mana and still get the bonus.

I think that would provide more confusion than viable design space.

Colors Design Space Hybrid If/When Lands Mana Selesnya (G/W) Spells Tap / Untap White

Bloomburrow Animal Guessing

Can I guess the animals for each color in Bloomburrow? WU: Birds, UB: Bats, BR: Lizards, RG: Raccoons, GW: Rabbits, WB: Badgers, UR: Otters, BG: Squirrels, RW: Mice, and GU: Frogs

Everyone is free to guess. Here’s what I said in today’s panel. 1) There are ten two-color pairs.2) Every one is a different animal. 3) Red/white is Mice.4) We’ve seeded some cards in previous sets.5) I said that Rabbits and Frogs were two of the animals.I won’t tell you if you’re correct, but I enjoy seeing guesses.

Azorius (W/U) Badger Bat Bat Bird Bloomburrow Boros (R/W) Colors Frog Golgari (B/G) Gruul (R/G) Izzet (U/R) Lizard Mouse Orzhov (W/B) Otter Rabbit Raccoon Selesnya (G/W) Simic (G/U) Squirrel White

Hybrid Color Design Space

Which two-color combination has the most overlap (or, phrased another way, which hybrid color pair has the most design space that's purely hybrid?)?

Either black/red or green/white.

Colors Design Space Hybrid Rakdos (B/R) Red Selesnya (G/W) White

Hybrid Mana Order

Hey Mark, question about the hybrid mana symbols. What is the criteria for some colors to sometimes be above others?For example, White is above Black in the Orzhov hybrid mana, so its not alphabetical order, but its below red in the Boros hybrid mana, so its not WUBRG order either.White and Blue are above three mana colors, Black and Red are above 2, and Green is below them all. So what's the criteria?

The hybrid symbols follow how we write mana symbols in mana costs. Each color starts two and ends two: WUUBBRRGGWWBURBGRWGU

Azorius (W/U) Black Blue Boros (R/W) Colors Golgari (B/G) Green Gruul (R/G) Hybrid Izzet (U/R) Mana Orzhov (W/B) Red Selesnya (G/W) Simic (G/U) White

Horizon Canopy Cycle

If/when the rest of the Horizon Canopy cycle (still missing the allied colors other than G/W)

I assume when.

Colors Horizon Canopy If/When Selesnya (G/W)

Elves Color Identity

Happy Holidays Mark! Since Santa is RW - what color are his elves? Are they GW, making the North Pole a RGW faction ?

His Elves are green and white, with red being the third color if they have one.

Boros (R/W) Color Identity Colors Elf Factions Green Naya (R/G/W) Red Selesnya (G/W) White

Kermit's Color Identity

Re:Kermit is green/whiteIs there anything about Kermit that makes him green aside from being a frog? His whole character to my understanding is pretty much just that he’s a really swell guy, which is pretty white

His core is about community which is exactly the overlap of green and white.

Color Identity Frog Green Selesnya (G/W) White