The Pit

Birthday Trivia and Reprint Information

New • 21 Jun 2024 • Asked by frayedmuse • 3 Comments

Can I have birthday trivia on my favorite card Goblin Test Pilot? Also if or when on a reprint

I previewed Goblin Test Pilot in my “Tales from the Pit” comic. The only time, I believe, I’ve ever done that.Happy Birthday!
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Loudest Burp Contest

New • 22 Mar 2024 • Asked by krarkrosewater • 52 Comments

Hi Mark. Its my birthday and id like to ask for a birthday trivia, and this is quite silly but please indulge me. which planeswalker or legendary humanoid do you think has the loudest burp? My money is on kamahl the pit fighter Thanks mark hope you get a laugh out of this too :)

For planeswakers, I choose Domri. For legendary creatures, I choose Hans.
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Blog Milestone Celebration

New • 25 Jan 2024 • Asked by strixheaven • 80 Comments

Hi Mark! By the time you've answered this question, you're on the 10000th page of your blogatog (max # of questions per page is 15, and page 9999 is filled up)! So to celebrate, could you please ask yourself a question that has never been asked, and could you please answer it? Cheers!

What was the original name of Blogatog? “Tales from the Pit.” I started it as a place to put my comic.10,000 pages! : )
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Tales from the Pit

New • 18 Jan 2024 • Asked by dmmyccnt-blog-blog • 20 Comments

I miss Tales from the Pit. Are you posting them anywhere else these days?

I posted one last week. I plan on doing them every once in a while, maybe more if life calms down a little.
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Tvtropes Entry Known

New • 14 Jan 2024 • Asked by bardakus • 30 Comments

Hey Mark, did you know Tales from the Pit has its own tvtropes entry!

I do. : )
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Green Iconic Elementals

New • 09 Oct 2023 • Asked by thesoundofdrumming-blog-blog • 42 Comments

It occurred to me during your last DtW I've never heard you discuss Elementals in your search for a green iconic. Force of Nature is undoubtedly the biggest, greenest creature in Alpha, and feels a lot like green's Lord of the PIt. WotC also kept printing splashy rare "nature elementals" in similar trope space like Verdant Force, Child of Gaea, Thorn Elemental, and Maro yourself, as if they were resonant with players. Were the lower-rarity red and blue elementals the problem, or something else?

We do Elements in all five colors, which isn’t good for an iconic creature type.
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Missing Blog Posts

New • 04 Sep 2023 • Asked by dmmyccnt-blog-blog • 24 Comments

I don't know if it was intentional or not but a number of your Tales from the Pit have recently disappeared from your Blogatog archive. #2713 and everything between #2711 and #2702 are gone from your blog.

I don’t know why that would be.
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Tales from the Pit

New • 27 Jun 2023 • Asked by nanocoulombmtg • 40 Comments

Hi Mark, I just realized it's been a while without a Tales from the Pit comic. Any plan to start them again? Thanks for all the work you put in to both the game and to keeping all of us in the loop here at your blog!

I’m just taking a short breather. It’ll be back soon.
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Predictions Reality

New • 01 Mar 2023 • Asked by lookingupanddown • 43 Comments

One of your first Tales from the Pit comic has you looking into a forum and finding someone accurately guess something from the future of Magic, but the rest of the forum tells them they're wrong. How often have you seen that happen, and what's your favorite?

It happens all the time for every set. There are too many people guessing. Someone always gets it right. As the comic makes fun of, it’s seldom that others agree it’s right.
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Playtesting Experience

New • 25 Feb 2023 • Asked by blaze-1013 • 39 Comments

I've been helping my friend do final playtesting for a card game he kickstarted so todays Tales from the Pit spoke to me in a way I think few other question marks would appreciate. Playing with play test cards is so different from final versions and when he showed me the mockups of the final cards it was so different from how I had gotten used to playing, but also really cool.

Playtest cards are a different beast. : )
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Unfinity Shirt Query

New • 04 Nov 2022 • Asked by squeezyboi • 19 Comments

Is there any way I can get my hands on one of those Unfinity shirts you're wearing in your most recent Tales From the Pit?

It was from Magic 30. I don’t know if they’re being sold anywhere else.
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Garruk Comic Praise

New • 30 Oct 2022 • Asked by melusthesorcerer • 22 Comments

Hey Mark, I just want to say that your "Tales from the Pit" about Garruk is amazing! :)

Happy you like it I’ve had fun with this week’s comic theme.
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Future of The Pit Comics

New • 05 Jul 2022 • Asked by harpysix • 19 Comments

Do you think you'll ever reach 3,650 Tales From the Pit comics?

One day.
Pop Culture Tales from the Pit

Years of Magic Content Creation

New • 22 Jun 2022 • Asked by blaze-1013 • 34 Comments

Is it weird to think you've been doing TFTP and DTW for +10 years now?

I’ve been doing Magic for almost 27 years, so no. : )
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Understanding Mana Drain Reference

New • 22 Jun 2022 • Asked by blaze-1013 • 35 Comments

For the people that haven't been around the blog for over a decade (seriously, the 2500 TFTP was the 10 year mark give or take, insane to think you've been doing this that long) that don't understand the bus reference it is about how LONG ago you said that Mana Drain would be reprinted if all of R&D was hit by a bus. Is a fun "how things have changed" moment since reprinting everything and anything that is reprintable is just the norm for the game now.

The quote is from 1995.
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Appreciation for Tales From The Pit

New • 18 Jun 2022 • Asked by idan1234 • 17 Comments

Loved the Tales From The Pit today.

: )
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Missed TFTP 2545 Post

New • 15 Jun 2022 • Asked by blaze-1013 • 18 Comments

You haven't posted TFTP 2545 here btw.

Oops.
Tales from the Pit

Interpreting TFTP #240

New • 31 Mar 2022 • Asked by erok-lrrfan • 27 Comments

So going off the TFTP is #240 a instant that deals 2 damage?

I was not using shock to mean Shock although I appreciate the pun.
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Fungus vs Fungi in Puns

New • 18 Feb 2022 • Asked by frogmite • 26 Comments

In today's "Tales from the Pit", shouldn't it be "you look like a fungus"? I think "fungus" is singular and "fungi" is plural.

The things you do for puns. : )
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Reaction to Tales From the Pit

New • 13 Feb 2022 • Asked by thatguyovertherewiththething • 30 Comments

I groaned outloud in response to the most recent Tales From the Pit. Well done.

: )
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