Stuffy Doll

Stuffy Doll Trivia

New • 10 Jan 2024 • Asked by bluesaunders-blog • 37 Comments

I’d like to invoke birthday trivia about my favorite magic card: Stuffy Doll (or cards with similar effects)

Stuffy Doll is based on a figure that artist Richard Thomas included in some early illustrations. Happy Birthday!
Art Birthday Stuffy Doll

Coolest Magic Item On Desk

New • 08 Jul 2022 • Asked by drsnap23 • 39 Comments

What's the coolest Magic thing on your desk ?

My answer will vary day to day. Today, I’ll say my Stuffy Doll.
Stuffy Doll

Stuffy Doll Callback Trivia

New • 14 Mar 2022 • Asked by automaticclampeachland-deactiva • 60 Comments

Birthday Trivia Time! Can you give me trivia on Stuffy Doll, my favorite Time Spiral callback?

Stuffy Doll first appeared on Black Vise illustrated by Richard Thomas. The character got noticed by the audience, enough so that Richard Thomas included him in other illustrations. Then, during Time Spiral, we decided to make a card out of him. We spent a lot of time figuring out the right mechanic for him and ended up with him being very hard to kill. I have Stuffy Vise doll at my desk. I don’t remember where I got it from. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Black Black Vise Mechanics Stuffy Doll Time Spiral

Killer Cosplay and Banned Cards

New • 01 Dec 2021 • Asked by badatcommander • 32 Comments

How does Killer Cosplay work with banned cards? In a game of Un-Commander can I dress Stuffy Doll up as Golos, or animate a Sultai Ascendancy and dress it up as Leovold?

As long as it is an official Magic card that’s a creature, Killer Cosplay can copy it, provided another creature exists with the same mana cost. Remember the card is acorn, so it’s only in decks in most formats where everyone is on board with it being used.
Bannings Creatures Format Legality Killer Cosplay Mana Stuffy Doll Sultai (B/G/U) Sultai Ascendancy Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Disney EDH Deck Joy

New • 26 Jul 2019 • Asked by jjarnone-blog • 62 Comments

I have been slowly altering all the cards to build an Disney themed EDH deck (Elder Disney Highlander) for a few years. Ariel Merfolk Looter, Sleeping Beauty Kiss of the Amesha, Winnie the Pooh Stuffy Doll. You get the idea. How happy is Thrones of Eldraine about to make me?

Quite happy.
Commander Elder Kiss of the Amesha Merfolk Merfolk Looter Stuffy Doll

Stuffy Doll Power

New • 24 Oct 2017 • Asked by talesofgeekdom • 140 Comments

Mark, do any of your coworkers take damage if something happens to the stuffy doll on your desk?

How do you think I became Head Designer? : )
Colleagues Head Designer Stuffy Doll

Stuffy Doll Trivia

New • 24 Oct 2017 • Asked by hattsoff • 30 Comments

My birthday was yesterday (10/23). Last year you have me some trivia about my favorite card, Karona, False God. This year, do you have any trivia about my second favorite card, Stuffy Doll?

I gave a stuffed Stuffy Doll (from Black Vise) hanging at my desk. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Black Black Vise God Karona, False God Stuffy Doll

Stuffy Doll Trivia

New • 21 Oct 2017 • Asked by face-shredder • 53 Comments

It’s my birthday today! May I have some trivia on my favorite colorless card “stuffy doll”? Thanks Happy Halloween!

Stuffy Doll, originally pictured on Black Vise and The Rack, appeared in the art of a bunch on of cards (five or six, I believe). It would eventually get its own card in Time Spiral. Happy Birthday!
Art Birthday Black Black Vise Colorless Stuffy Doll The Rack Time Spiral

Birthday Trivia

New • 02 Oct 2016 • Asked by taltharmagic • 35 Comments

It is my birthday and I was wondering if I could get some trivia on my favorite modern deck's engine; The Rack and Shrieking Affliction : )

The Rack and its companion card Black Vise are two of the earliest cards to feature the Stuffy Doll, a stuffed doll that artist Richard Thomas often included in his art. I have a stuffed Stuffy Doll at my desk.Happy Birthday!
Art Birthday Black Black Vise Companion Modern Shrieking Affliction Stuffy Doll The Rack

Stuffy Doll Trivia

New • 11 Sep 2016 • Asked by wretchedor30 • 47 Comments

Kaladesh is a great birthday present and I thank you for the euphoria, but can I get a bit of trivia for today? My two favorite cards are Stuffy Doll and Undead Alchemist. And thanks for all you do!!

I have a stuffed Stuffy Doll at my desk that I’ve had for years. Seeing it inspired the Time Spiral card. Happy Birthday!
Appreciation Birthday Kaladesh Stuffy Doll Time Spiral Undead Alchemist

Stuffy Doll Art

New • 06 Oct 2015 • Asked by island-delver-go • 40 Comments

Stuffy doll has been the star of many card arts including the rack, black vise, and wall of wonder. Is there any particular reason it was featured so commonly?

Richard Thomas was an artist who liked the Stuffy Doll and put in my of his paintings.
Art Black Black Vise Stuffy Doll The Rack Wall Wall of Wonder

Stuffy Doll in Innistrad

New • 12 Apr 2015 • Asked by mixingmetaphorsoup • 29 Comments

Was Stuffy Doll considered for a reprint in Innistrad? The flavor seems spot-on for the "creepy doll" trope.

We already had Creepy Doll.
Card Printing Creepy Doll Flavor Innistrad Reprints Stuffy Doll

Stuffy Doll Origins

New • 21 Feb 2015 • Asked by tuxdivocketra • 59 Comments

I forgot to ask a birthday trivia for my birthday a few weeks ago...but could I get some trivia for the first rare I pulled, Stuffy Doll?

Stuffy Doll was a character that first showed up on the card Black Vise in Alpha. Artist Richard Thomas liked the little guy so he kept using him in the art of other cards. Most of the time Stuffy Doll was in the process of being harmed.During Time Spiral, we finally made Stuffy Doll his own card.Happy Belated Birthday!
Alpha Art Birthday Black Black Vise Rares Stuffy Doll Time Spiral

Avatar Card Trivia

New • 24 Oct 2014 • Asked by th58pz700u • 27 Comments

Mark! My birthday was last Saturday and I've been asking everyday, please give me some birthday trivia on one of my favorite cards: Avatar or Woe, The Rack and Thoughtseize.

The Rack, in Antiquities, was made as a follow up to Black Vise, an artifact from Alpha. Instead of punishing a player for having too many cards in their hands, it punished them for having too few. It got played in a lot of discard decks in the day. The creature pictured in it, referred to affectionately as “Stuffy Doll”, first appeared in the art of Black Vise and was in The Rack as a joke that The Rack was a riff off of Black Vise. Happy Birthday!
Alpha Antiquities Art Artifacts Avatar Birthday Black Black Vise Creatures Discard Humor Stuffy Doll The Rack Thoughtseize

Fblthp Following

New • 16 Feb 2013 • Asked by dontfucklewithshuckle-blog-blog • 11 Comments

I am a huge fan of Fblthp, the homonculus depicted on the card Totally Lost. From reading some of the posts here and talking to people at my local game shop, it seems that fblthp has quite a following for a character used in a one-of flavor text joke. Have any other minor characters or cards gotten such a large following in the past?

Yes. Prodigal Sorcerer had quite a following early on. As did Stuffy Doll from Black Vise. There have always been fan favorites.
Black Black Vise Flavor Game Stores Humor Prodigal Sorcerer Stuffy Doll Totally Lost

Stuffy Doll Origins

New • 24 Aug 2012 • Asked by ironheartinu-blog • 2 Comments

By chance did you have anything to do with Stuffy Doll? If not do you know who did?

Multiple members of the Time Spiral design team turned ones in. I was one of them but I don’t remember if my version is the one that got printed.
Card Printing Stuffy Doll Time Spiral

Stuffy Doll's Creation

New • 13 Aug 2012 • Asked by prathin • 3 Comments

Mark, who created Stuffy Doll? And I hope they received many kudos, candy bar or otherwise

It was made during Time Spiral design. I’ve always been a huge fan of Stuffy Doll so there’s a decent chance I was involved, but I honestly don’t remember.
Appreciation Stuffy Doll Time Spiral

Stuffy Doll Art

New • 17 Jun 2012 • Asked by dragonstout83-blog • 10 Comments

RE your comment on Stuffy Doll's new art (and Lorwyn vs. Shadowmoor a little bit): it makes me sad that Wizards thinks low enough of the Magic audience that they believe we prefer things "...with ATTITUDE!", but it probably makes me a little sadder about the overall Magic audience that Wizards might be right. I'd also point out that the new art makes less sense: he does NOT look like a 0/1, and the "voodoo doll" part is also lost.

We like embracing nostalgia but we also have to try new things. I personally am a big fan of the new art for Stuffy Doll and I’ve heard from many others that agree.
Art Lorwyn Shadowmoor Stuffy Doll Voodoo Doll

Stuffy Doll Art Change

New • 16 Jun 2012 • Asked by ironshade • 13 Comments

Why the new art on Stuffy Doll? Everyone's favorite sack-doll mascot (Black Vise, The Rack, Cursed Rack, Leshrac's Rite, etc...) was...well, everyone's favorite sack-doll mascot. Why replace him with non-sack-doll art in a core set? Especially when the core-set art almost never changes so that new players can easily recognize the cards?

Jeremy Jarvis thought we could do a Stuffy Doll with a little more attitude. I personally really like the new art.
Art Beginners Black Black Vise Cursed Rack Leshrac's Rite Stuffy Doll The Rack

Stuffy vs Creepy Doll

New • 17 May 2012 • Asked by vegan-for-life-deactivated20130 • 9 Comments

Why didn't you just reprint Stuffy Doll in Innistrad?

Because Creepy Doll is a horror archtype and Stuffy Doll is not. (Also Jonathan Coulton never wrote a song called “Stuffy Doll”.)
Card Printing Creepy Doll Horror Innistrad Pop Culture Reprints Stuffy Doll

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