How likely will we get remakes of the rest of the Weatherlight crew? Specifically Starke, Orim, Rofellos, Crovax (pre-curse/Evincar), and/or Takara?

I assume it will happen eventually.

Its October 13th, you know what that means. It's my birthday. For my trivia this year what legendary character do you currently most want to see get a new card?

I would live to see Takara and Lyna (from the Weatherlight Saga) get their first legendary creature cards.

Is there a character who hasn’t gotten a card yet who you really want to get a card?

I’d love to see Takara, Starke’s daughter, get a card.

"I would like to see a Takara card. Who knows who that is? " - Stark's daughter, who Volrath shapeshifted as to infiltrate the crew at the end of Tempest block. She later showed up in Invasion block.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

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!

A Wizards TCG you forgot: Mike Elliot designed Uzumajin for your Japanese partner Takara-Tomy before leaving. It's a twist on Hecatomb, having square cards with transparent regions. Rather short-lived, but I still have my deck and it's a fun game. I love your Japanese games.

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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!

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!

I have to ask: what made the character Starke mono-Red?

His motivation was not selfish but for the welfare of his daughter Takara. He also had a tendency to let his emotions get the better of him.