Stasis

First Rare Card

What was your first rare(s)?

Stasis.

Rares Stasis

First Booster Memories

Do you remember any of the rares from your first Beta Starter deck or pack?

I opened a lot of Beta starters. My first, and only, Alpha starter deck had Stasis and Darkpact.

Boosters Darkpact Rares Stasis

Nick Archetype Discussion

I think WOTC needs to acknowledge another Player Archtype, other than Johnny, Timmy, and Spike.
This player's name is Nick.
Nick is a contrarian. Who only likes things other players dislike.
Classic Nick cards:ShahrazadHumilityArmageddon Stasis
Nick loves banding, and flanking, and regenerates.
I think R&D needs to make more Nick cards

Nick is just a subset of Timmy and Tammy. R&D refers to that subtype as a Griefer.

Armageddon Banding Competitive Play Flanking Game Design Humility Johnny / Jenny Shahrazad Spike Stasis Subtype Timmy / Tammy Wizards of the Coast

First Magic Deck Memories

What are notable cards that you opened in your first Magic product if you remember?

The first Magic deck I opened was a starter deck. My rares were Stasis and Darkpact. The card that excited me most was Craw Wurm.

Craw Wurm Darkpact Rares Stasis Wurm

Commander Deck Card Names

Looking at the Brother's War spoilers, I see a couple Artifacts are in order without 'the' in their name. So, having a Katerina/Sakashima Commander deck based on the letter 'S'. Can I ignore 'The' in the title of cards for Katerina? Like The Stasis Coffin? Thanks. :D

Names matter cards just look at the first letter regardless of if it’s an article. They don’t follow alphabetizing rules.

Artifacts Card Names Commander Decks Rules Spoilers Stasis The Stasis Coffin

Query About Stasis Errata

Stasis's last physical printing had you bury (destroy and can't be regenerated). But for some reason it received errata to a sacrifice trigger. Under it's 5th edition wording if I somehow make it indestructible I should be able to skip paying the upkeep. Why the errata?

Stasis has been through many templates. Early Magic didn’t use sacrifice on costs,but the original intent was always it went away if you couldn’t pay for it.

Destroy Errata Indestructible Sacrifice Stasis Templating

Potential Color for Stasis

What color would a stasis variant be?(assuming that it let's players untap more than 1 card)

Blue or white.

Blue Colors Stasis Tap / Untap White

Levels of Technology Between Planes

I just wanted to say I love the idea of planes with wildsly differing levels of technology. I play so man fantasy games where everything is stuck in medieval stasis and it's nice to have a refreshing different take in my fantasy every now and then.

How do others feel about varying levels of technology between planes?

Planes Stasis

First Owned Card Memories

There’s a question going around on Twitter about the first card you can remember owning. What was yours?

The first Magic product I ever opened was an Alpha starter deck. The two rares were Stasis and Darkpact.

Darkpact Rares Stasis

Dread Wight Group Membership

With Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, Dread Wight joins a select group of cards including Glory Seeker, Restore Balance, Stasis Cocoon, Void Shatter, etc. What qualifies a card for membership in this group?

I assume card names where all the words in the name are themself card names.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Card Names Cocoon Dread Dread Wight Glory Seeker Restore Balance Seeker Shatter Stasis Cocoon Void Shatter Wight

Deciding on secret lairs

Who is in charge of deciding secret lairs. I'm here to petition for a stasis secret lair.

There is a team whose job it is to oversee the list. They do take suggestions from the rest of the studio,

Secret Lairs Stasis

Player Archetype Discussion

I feel like "person who likes to play denial" is a specific player archetype that doesn't exactly fit the typical spike/t@mmy/j@nny trio. How would you classify this type of player and do you think it needs a different archetype? Playing decks like stasis, whir prison, discard, land destruction, Mill etc seems like a specific niche.

You’re misunderstanding the point of the psychographics. It’s not about what they play, but why. Do they enjoy the rush of doing this, does it allow them to express something about themselves or is it a means to demonstrate what they are capable of?

Demonstrate Discard Lands Mill Psychographic Spike Stasis

Stasis Reprint Possibility

Stasis reprint in supplementary product - if or when?

If.

Card Printing If/When Reprints Stasis

Personal Stasis Deck Memory

Wasn't one of your own early decks that got you excited about Magic based around a Stasis lock?

Stasis was one of my first two Rares, along with Darkpact. I didn’t realize that my lands also didn’t untap.

Darkpact Lands Rares Stasis Tap / Untap

Fantasy Genre Limits

Let me clarify my previous rambling paragraph. I feel like "technology that makes sense for a fantasy setting" is a flawed concept. Fantasy does not require medieval stasis by any means, and there are many possibilities combining magic with more advanced technology. It saddens me to see MtG limit itself with what feels like a mistaken ideology.

We’ve opted to be fantasy and not a fantasy/science fiction hybrid. You obviously can dislike the choice, but it’s the choice we’ve made. It’s not a mistaken ideology. It’s a conscious decision.

Hybrid Stasis

First Rare Memory

Do you remember the first rare you opened? Mine was Stasis; not exactly the most newbie endearing card.

My first rare was also Stasis.

Beginners Rares Stasis

Hedron Alignment's Color

What exactly makes Hedron Alignment Blue instead of White? White generally cares more about enchantments, and if Stasis Snare/Isolation Zone/Quarantine Field are any indication, White seems to really like using Hedrons strategically

It mechanically could work in White or Blue but the flavor worked better in Blue.

Blue Enchantments Flavor Hedron Alignment Isolation Zone Quarantine Field Stasis White

Stasis Card Judgment

My favorite card is Stasis. Does that make me a bad person?

I try not to judge people on my blog. : )

Stasis

Stasis Color Today

Not saying that it should be, but if Stasis were to be created today, what color would it be?

Still Blue.Keeping things from untapping is Blue.

Blue Colors Stasis

Artist Trivia

Do you have any trivia on any artists?

Depends on the artist. For example, Fay Jones, original artist of Stasis was both a famous artist and Richard Garfield’s aunt.

Art Birthday Richard Garfield Stasis