Howdee Mark! Todays my birthday! For birthday trivia, can I request something on my favorite planeswalker that only recently had their first printing revealed, Vronos?

Vronos was the default for players in the original Duels of the Planeswalkers, so when we needed a planeswalker for Garruk to kill in the opening animation of Duels of the Planeswalker 2015 (Garruk had been tainted by the Chain Veil), we thought it was cool that it was the planeswalker most associated with the players. For years, we’ve wanted to find home for a Vronos card, so I’m happy we finally did. Happy Birthday!

Does the chain veil count as a hat for un- games?

Yes, as it’s worn over the head.

Hi Mark, hope you and your family are safe these days. Gotta little questoin about magic story. Most of the time, planes feature important Artifacts of great power, that are relevant to the overarching story of magic, liker the Helvault, the Immortal Sun, the Planar Bridge, or the Chain Veil. May I request more important Enchantment (like Calix or The Great Aurora) for future magic stories?

You may.

Why is Shandalar considered to have “no tie to the modern story and no main characters linked to it.” when the Chain Veil originates there?

I was unaware of that.

I feel that forgetting that the Chain Veil is from Shandalar in your Rabiah Scale article was a significant oversight. Shandalar should have scored "Major Plotline" in the Story category. The M15 story hinted at multiple unresolved elements involving the Chain Veil and Shandalar, and Liliana, Garruk, and Ob Nixilis are all tied up in it. Whether that's enough to outweigh the plane's problems is another matter, but you can't say it doesn't have a major unresolved plotline tied to it.

The Chain Veil being from Shandalar is still a minor plot point. It’s not like Theros where a major story point goes unresolved until we visit.

Oh hi Mark! Today's my birthday!! Can I ask you a question about the Chain Veil? Was it a planeswalker equipment at any point of it's design? I think it would be way cooler that way.

You are a planeswalker. Did you miss the giant ad campaign? : )

There is no way, barring extra turns, the Chain Veil or Doubling Season, that Ugin, the Spirit Dragon can defeat Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker (the cards). I find that very disconcerting, as in the story, Ugin came close to killing Bolas.

But in the end, he lost. : ) It’s possible that a different version of Ugin could defeat Bolas.

Just wanted to say that you all did a wonderful job on Ugin. I used him for the first time tonight, and I've gotta say, you don't know true power until you use the Chain Veil to ultimate Ugin and dump a handful of planeswalkers onto the field.

Glad to see another player respecting the power of Ugin. : )

Why did it take this long to expand on the planeswalker abilities via The Chain Veil and the new Teferi emblem instead of earlier?

Because we are taking our time with planeswalkers. There is a limited amount of design space and we hope to make them for a long time. We are not forced to print something as soon as we come up with it.

The Chain Veil is a bit of a flavor fail for me since it hurts you when you don't use it on Planeswalkers but it hurts Liliana when she does use it in the story. Was the design better for gameplay this way?

I’m not sure an artifact that’s better if you don’t use it leads to compelling game play. : )