Snow Mercy

Snow Mercy Card Specification

If printed nowadays, would Snow Mercy have been a colored artifact?

It was parodying the card No Mercy, so I think it needed to stay an enchantment.

Artifacts Enchantments No Mercy Snow Mercy

Functionality of Snow Mercy

Silver-border rules question: Does Snow Mercy actually work, since the official rules say you can pay costs in any order?

It works.

Rules Snow Mercy Un-sets

Holiday Card Fun Facts

Birthday trivia time! Since it's the season, can you tell us some trivia about the holiday cards?

Matt Tabak was the one to come up with the “Tap, Untap, Tap, Untap, Tap, Untap” cost of Snow Mercy, my favorite thing ever on a holiday card.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Matt Tabak Snow Mercy Tap / Untap

Favorite Holiday Card

What's your favorite holiday card? For me, it's hard to displace the original Fruitcake Elemental, but I might have to go with Snow Mercy.

I really like Stocking Tiger.

Elemental Fruitcake Elemental Mark's Favorites Snow Mercy Stocking Tiger

Teysa Birthday Trivia

Hi Mark! I've just had my first birthday since following you and I'm excited about asking for some birthday trivia. Do you have anything about Teysa, particularly my favourite Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts? I love Orzhov and her art particularly. Thanks!

Teysa’s main ability is a variant on a famous card called No Mercy from Urza’s Legacy. A few years ago, the holiday card, Snow Mercy, was a parody of that card. Happy Birthday!

Art Birthday Legacy No Mercy Orzhov (W/B) Snow Mercy Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts Urza

Silver-bordered Cards

So Gavin just spoiled a third of From the Vault: Angles, including Snow Mercy. It made me sad that there haven't been enough silver-border cards for a From the Un-Vault product. :(

There have been more than fifteen silver-bordered cards.

Snow Mercy Un-sets

Holiday Card Explanation

What's the deal with Stocking Tiger? All the previous holiday cards have fairly obvious Christmas connections: typically Christmas phrases (with a twist) or actions (Snow Mercy); or twists on real cards (Gifts Given). Stockings are obvious...but a tiger? What's that all about?

It’s a word play on the card Stalking Tiger.

Gifts Given Snow Mercy Stalking Tiger Stocking Tiger

Snow Mercy Origins

There's a blizzard outside my window. Can you please tell a fun story about Snow Mercy?

The way holiday cards work is that I and the creative team sign off on a name that we think will produce good art and an interesting/funny concept. Then after the art comes back, I set out to design it often with help from the other designers. We were struggling a bit with the design and didn’t know how to communicate the snow globe feel the art had. That’s when Matt Tabak spoke up and suggested the “tap, untap, tap” idea. I knew it was brilliant the second he suggested it and it went on the card. The reason the card didn’t turn into an artifact, by the way, is a) we wanted the name Snow Mercy and b) we had been doing a five-card cycle with the holiday cards and white was the color that was left so I really wanted the card to be white.

Art Artifacts Colors Humor Matt Tabak Snow Mercy Story / Lore Tap / Untap White

Happy Holidays Card Tradition

Hi Mark-I was wondering is Wizards doing another Happy Holidays card for 2012? Also have you thought about doing an april fools day promo ala the Un-cards? Best wishes

This is the seventh year we’ve done a holiday card. Previous years: 2006- Fruitcake Elemental 2007 - Gifts Given 2008 - Evil Presents 2009 - Season’s Beatings 2010 - Snow Mercy 2011 - Yule Ooze 2012 - Naughty//Nice

Elemental Evil Presents Fruitcake Elemental Gifts Given Ooze Promos Snow Mercy Un-sets Yule Ooze

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