Invoking the hallowed and ancient rite of birthday trivia, I was wondering if there was anything new you could share about your original vision for the end of the Weatherlight Saga? Failing that, is there a villain in Magic's past that you personally would like to see return?

Our original pitch was for a three-year story (with the idea that we’d tell more stories; this was the first story arc). Year one was Rath. It mostly matched with what happen save Crovax going evil and killing Mirri.Year two was Mercadia. A completely different story, and a very different world from what was made.Year three was Dominaria, but in the future. The crew returned to warn Dominaria about the upcoming Phyrexian invasion only to learn the portal they traveled through sent through time and the Phyrexians have already taken over Dominaria. The crew is able to defeat both the Phyrexians (using the hourglass pendant to rewind time) and Volrath who is aboard the ship disguised as Tahngarth.Happy Birthday!

In your preview article for Volrath you said that there was 4 Weatherlight Saga (not crew) cards in total and the 2 left to discover already had a card. We now have Tahngarth as the third new character. Is the fourth still missing or is it K'rrick? (even if he didn't have a previous card)

It’s not K’rrick. He never had a card before and is less Weatherlight Saga centric than the four cards we’re doing.

If or when: Another card for Tahngarth (in a supplemental set or otherwise)?

I like to hope all the Weatherlight crew will eventually get new cards. That might count more as just a desire on my part though.

It was my bday on Monday, but my ask must have gotten lost so trying again. I’ve been playing since ‘97. Do you have a new trivia about the original Weatherlight crew story you created (not the story we got) that hasn’t been shared yet that you can share? Thanks for all you do and for answering bday trivia!

It’s fuzzy what I have and haven’t shared before. In an earlier draft of the story, Volrath boards the Weatherlight disguised as Tahngarth rather than Takara. Happy Belated Birthday!

Tahngarth, Talruum Hero is a pretty huge break nowadays, right? Vigilance and Fight on a mono red creature is a no go. Clearly he should’ve been mono green.... : )

Red can fight. It just doesn’t get vigilance.

Today is my birthday! I'm going to ask for the same thing I asked for last year, can you share something from the original version of the Weatherlight saga that you've never shared before?

In the original story, Volrath disguises himself not as Starke but as Tahngarth.Happy Birthday!

"(It was Volrath, shapechanged as Tahngarth.)" I thought it was as Takara, Starke's daughter?

That was the published story not the original story.

Birthday trivia! Could I get something on my favourite member of the Weatherlight crew, Tahngarth?

In the original storyline, shapeshifter Volrath comes aboard the Weatherlight not disguised as Takara (Starke’s daughter) but as Tahngarth. We were asked to change it because the higher ups thought it was a mistake to lose Tahngarth. Happy Birthday!

Hi Mark! Today is my 32nd birthday. I've been playing and following Magic for well over half my life now. If you've ever put a piece of trivia in print, I've probably read it. So for my birthday, I'm wondering if you have any rare or never-before-shared trivia, especially about anything in the era between Mirage and 8th Edition :). Thanks!

In the original version of the Weatherlight Saga, Volrath doesn’t come aboard the Weatherlight disguised as Takara (Starke’s daughter) but as Tahngarth. The others liked Tahngarth too much to have him missing for a large swath of the story. Happy Birthday!

Prerelease day is also my birthday! Can you give me some trivia about Crovax and Selenia? (The characters, not the cards.)

When we were making the Weatherlight crew, we wanted to make sure it included every color. For black we loved idea of the team having a vampire , but it seemed like it would be crazy for them to invite a vampire along. So we came up with a story where Crovax, a nobleman, unleashed an artificial creature from a cursed magical item. And the curse was it made him fall madly in love with the creature. We thought it would be best for that creature to be an angel as they are artificially created. Plus, a vampire in love with an angel sounded cool. Crovax, because he loves Selenia, frees her only to have her return to her previous owner, Volrath (who had given the cursed item to Crovax’s family in the first place). Selenia flees to Rath but it is the bond between the two that allows Crovax to lead the Weatherlight to the nexus that allows them to travel to Rath. This link is also the reason that Volrath is aware of the Weatherlight and sends the predator with Greven il-Vec to stop them. Selenia’s link to Crovax, by the way, is the “whisper of the muse” (which explains the art on the card). When the crew is in Volrath’s stronghold rescuing Sisay, Karn, Tahngarth and Takara, they are attacked on a bridge by Selenia. Crovax, defending Mirri, has no choice but to kill Selenia thus completing the curse turning him into a vampire. As he’s now part of the crew, they have to accept him and voila there’s a vampire on the crew. Note in the original story we created Crovax doesn’t turn evil and doesn’t kill Mirri. And that is probably more than you wanted to know about Crovax and Selenia. Happy Birthday!