Start from Scratch

Unifying Innistrad Werewolves

If you had the chance to unify all Innistrad werewolves under either their original flip requirements or with daybound/nightbound, which would you choose? Would you start from scratch with a 3rd idea? Does the answer change when looking at Midnight Hunt/Crimson Vow as a whole with the amount of cards that care about day/night?

I’d like them all to be linked. Which option depends on execution.

Day/Night Innistrad Start from Scratch

Color Pie Abilities

Mark, how tied are the abilities in the color pie? I mean, if you start from scratch and say Black will be primary in counterspell and White will be primary in direct damage. Would it be inevitable for Black to be the primary draw and bounce color and White to be the primary artifact destruction and haste color?

Are we assuming that we’re keeping the core color philosophies?

Artifacts Black Color Pie Colors Counterspell Haste Primary Start from Scratch White

Familiar Planeswalkers Perspective

"I miss worlds where we start from scratch, where no PWs have been (at least that we know of)" There was never such a time. After the Lorwyn 5 were introduced, literally every block has had at least one planeswalker who we've met before get a card in the first set.

Humans crave familiarity. It’s hard wired into our brains.

Human Lorwyn Planeswalkers Start from Scratch

Planeswalkers Overexposure Concern

Don't you feel the overexposure of the same Planeswalkers (Chandra, Nissa, Jace, Gideon) will kill our interest? I understand wanting a more focused story, but at the same time, I miss worlds where we start from scratch, where no PWs have been (at least that we know of). How do you plan to fix this issue?

There’s a reason the Enterprise explores new worlds rather than just introducing natives each week.

Planeswalkers Start from Scratch Story / Lore

Revisiting Kamigawa

If you're okay with revisiting certain mechanics and themes that were broken, why not planes like Kamigawa? I know you guys can do a "Legendary matters" theme much better now so I'm confused on why some stuff is "this was unpopular so let's find a way to make it better" versus "this was unpopular so we should avoid going back."

A set gets many mechanics. If players don’t like one, they can turn to others. You only get one world. By the way, odds are one day we will revisit top-down Japanese inspired world but when we do it’s more likely we’ll start from scratch and try anew rather than start from a place that wasn’t well received last time we did it.

Japan Kamigawa Mechanics Planes Start from Scratch Top Down

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