This is being asked with a bit of bias, but could factions shift focus on return to worlds? Temur is my favorite color combination, but I wasnt a fan of Temurs power matters mechanics, and would love to see a more druid/shaman/elementalist side to them. Azorious shifted from flying matters, to control between the first two ravnica, but that always felt more like an environmental problem rather than a faction shift.

Factions can mechanically shift some as long as they stay true to the larger feel of the faction.

I really hope we can return to Kaladesh without Energy. The setting of Kaladesh was really cool, but Energy is one of the worst mechanics made in the last ten years. Oppressive and unable to be interacted with, Energy was directly responsible for the worst Standard format since Mirrodin when you account for # of bans needed to fix it or # of viable tier 1 decks (the answer was 2: temur energy or Mardu Vehicles). Please don't tie a cool location to a failed mechanic.

With proper play design and some ways to interact with it, I have confidence we could make energy fun. Note that it was the most popular mechanic in Kaladesh by a wide margin. Don’t confuse the power level of the execution with the mechanic itself.

Since it seems more likely we'll get dinosaurs on a new plane than return to Ixalan in the near future. How likely are they to lean towards Naya? You're Ixalan design podcast said you were originally leaning towards red/blue/green, but it just didn't work with the Ixalan tribal color balance. Is leaning towards their previous colors a consideration to help those who already have dino decks, or are you more likely to lean towards their more natural fit?

I don’t expect us making a lot of white Dinisaurs off of Ixakan.

A similar question regarding Sarkhan as I've seen frequently asked about Tamiyo: Will we see Sarkhan with Temur colors again? I know he's base red but it was surprising to see him with three colors as it was with Tamiyo. Or will we see him at all again ... is his story over?

Sarkhan’s been through a lot of changes as a character and is the planeswalker with the most unique color combinations. All I can promise is he’ll (most likely) always be red.

Do you know of any temur-aligned characters outside of magic? It's my favorite color combination but I cant think of any myself.

If you count Hulk & Bruce Banner as one singular character, they’re blue/red/green.

I just want to say I'm a bit disappointed that some Planeswalkers won't be featured in all their colours. Unless it *is* actually for story reasons, Nissa not being GU and Sarkhan not being Temur feels like it undoes a lot of their character development.

Gameplay needs trump story needs. Also, if you’re multiple colors, that doesn’t mean at a certain moment in time you can’t lean towards certain colors. We made sure everyone was at least in their core color.

Both Temur's (and later Clan Atarka's) mechanics rated poorly, do you think this was a problem with the creative and/or mechanical direction of the faction(s) as a whole, or just those mechanics specifically?

History has shown us “power matters” mechanics never score particularly high in market research. We still make them from time to time because they can play well, but we know they aren’t splashy.

About the khans mana cost ordering- does this mean wedges will always focus on that one color now? So abzan colors always focus on white, while temur colors always focus on green?

No, we just want to have a consistent mana order for costs and we’ve settled on this for wedges.

So Dominaria introduced the Historic batch. White and Blue were the main colors that cared the most about that batch. But isn't Green the color that talks about keeping in touch with your past? I mean the first nominal historian in the whole series, Reki is mono-green! Temur & the Abzan also have that whole thing about keeping in touch with your ancestors through the Widewhisper/Kin-Trees

A set has to balance its color among its mechanics. Green was more connected to Kicker in Dominaria. In a different set, green could easily be more associated with historic.

I've been so busy with my Birthday Celebrations this week that I forgot to ask my Birthday Question! Which is: can you think of a possible thematic/mechanical identity for the Temur Wedge that hasn't been done so far?

I can think of numerous. : )