Dawn of Hope and Mentor of the Meek have been regarded as colour pie breaks, however there are colourless cards that can much more reliably draw cards than pretty much any white card. Classics like Staff of Nin and Skullclamp but also recent things more inline with modern colour philosophy like Arch of Orazca and Endless Atlas. Why is mono brown allowed to draw cards but white can't?

Colorless cards can do things colors can’t (like say destroy enchantments). We just have to be careful what rate we set them at.

Will Throne of Eldraine feature a game-changing and deeply impactul card in the long run? Eg. Snapcaster Mage, Skullclamp, Cryptic Command, Force of Will... Just cards that stand the test of time and become all-time most widely played and rememered cards.

Only time will tell.

Mark, quick break from Unstable. Could you ask one of the developers who write for daily mtg to do an article dedicated to correctly costing cards that are banned/restricted in Modern/Legacy/Vintage, now in hindsight? I am very curious to know what would be an acceptable cost for Skullclamp :-)

I can suggest the topic to Melissa.

How do you feel about the recent annoucement that Skullclamp will be made legal in all formats?

I’m the one who pushed for it. Solitaire Commander has gotten a bit boring.

I'm adding a few UN-cards to my cube, which is basically just focused on being fun and powerful limited cards. Rancor and Skullclamp are probably the best cards in it. I've added Who/What/When/Where/Why and Booster Tutor (Cube packs only), are there any others that come to mind as good additions?

Suggestions?

Definitely Skullclamp.

Of all your designs, which one got most messed up by development being clever?

I saw you say Carnival of Souls was a failure of design. If it makes you feel better it's a card in my 5c casual deck alongside Young Pyromancer, Lingering Souls, Skullclamp, Cabal Therapy, Blood Artist, Thoughtseize, Dismember, Gush, Fastbond, and others like Ponder and Brainstorm.

A lot of people spoke up professing their fondness for Carnival of Souls. Mudhole, not so much.

What fifteen cards that you designed stand out most to you then?

You know how I say I can only answer questions I can answer quickly. This is not one of them. I have designed thousands of cards. I’m sure the box would have Maro and Look at Me, I’m the DCI. The immediate ones that jump to mind are Doubling Season and Mindslaver. Yawgmoth’s Will, Yawgmoth’s Bargain, Tinker, Skullclamp, Kiki Jiki, Scroll Rack, Opalescense, Humility… the list goes on and on.

Do broken cards ala skullclamp Jace, the mindsculptor, stoneforge mystic, get changed in development much? I know the dredge mechanic did, but i was just wondering if design handed off jace, design nerfed it a bunch and it was still awesome, or if they were like, "oh, thats good but not broken" or if they made it stronger.

Development goes over every card with a fine tooth comb. That part of their job to make sure everything is balanced.

"I currently hold the record for the designer who has the most banned/restricted cards" Got a quick list of what those cards are?

The following are banned or restricted cards that I had a hand in the design: (note in numerous cases multiple people designed the cards in question; also I may have missed one or two) Ancestral Vision Ancient Den Arcbound Ravager Bitterblossom Chrome Mox Cloudpost Darksteel Citadel Dread Return Earthcraft Frantic Search Gifts Ungiven Golgari Grave-Troll Great Furnace Gush Hypergenesis Lion’s Eye Diamond Lotus Petal Memory jar Seat of the Synod Skullclamp Squandered Resources Survival of the Fittest Thirst for Knowledge Time Spiral Tinker Tree of Tales Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Vault of Whispers Voltaic Key Windfall Yawgmoth’s Bargain Yawgmoth’s Will