Since Ali from Cairo is on the Reserved List, and looks like a clear color pie break, and references a real-world city, I'm guessing that its odds of being reprinted in "Cairo" are slim, to say the least. But has anyone joked about putting it in the file?

Not yet, but I didn’t think of it. : )

What do you think about reserve list cards that have a different oracle text than what is printed on the card. They can never be reprinted in paper with the correct text so there will always be cards that are different from what is printed? Is that a concern or is that fine?

The bar to acquire Reserved List cards is high enough that it would be rare for players who can acquire them to not have a greater awareness that they are not up to date Oracle-wise.

Is there really no possible future for reprints of any of the cards on the reserved list? I get why some cards like the power nine shouldnt be reprinted, but cards that are not banned or restricted in Eternal formats such as metalworker seem to not have a good reason for not reprinting them.

Other than the promise to never reprint them.

If/When: Lands that are better than shocks but not as good as original duals? I'd love something that made legacy more accessible without violating the reserved list.

If, in premier sets. Probably when elsewhere. It’s a tricky spot to hit.

There are many reserved list cards that got new illustrations in Magic Arena, Magic Online or promotional stuff (like the giant cards given in Vintage and Legacy Championships). Is it possible we get art cards of those illustrations in paper?

It’s hard to do as we’re not allowed to print Reserved List cards in paper, regardless of what art it uses.

Would Wizards ever consider winding the reprint policy back to where it was in 2010, where premium versions of Reserved List cards could still be printed? It would open up more possibilities for things like Secret Lairs, and nobody could accuse you of "broken promises" because the Reserved List wasn't meant to apply to premium cards in the first place.

We tried rolling The Reserved List back years ago, and the harsh response to that from the public is what cemented the current policies.

Re: “The majority [of players] don’t know what [the reserved list] is”While this is true, it feels kind of like a cop-out. Answering every question about the player base with “most magic players are kitchen table, they don’t even know what a planeswalker is” beats the point. For one thing, y’all obviously care about the desires of entrenched community quite a bit, since products made for us are made frequently. For another thing, it seems pretty obvious to me that the question “how do most players feel about (blank)” is asking about players who know what (blank) is. Saying “most people don’t know what the reserved list is” feels like dodging the question, because even though it’s true, it’s not an answer. “I don’t know what that is” isn’t an opinion, it’s the absence of it. If you don’t mind, I would like to rephrase the original question to clear up any ambiguity“What does the current data show about how people who have heard of the reserved list feel about the reserved list?”

I don’t presume that people are asking something other than what they are literally asking me. Doing so has caused issues in the past, so I answer what is asked of me. If I don’t answer the question the way an asker wants, they can rephrase it , as you have, and ask again. I haven’t seen data on The Reserved List in a while, but the “do not reprint it” faction is bigger than people assume. Somewhere around a third, if memory serves. Note our general surveys skew heavily enfranchised.

If/when fire the guy who invented the reserved list

First, it was a team, not one person. Second, no one involved in the making the Reserved List still works at Wizards. It’s so old, it’s before my time at Wizards.

Will we ever-ever see a reprint of Spirit of the Night? My all time favorite art.

Spirit of the Night is on the Reserved List, and thus, can’t get a reprint.

Since the reserved list only applies to tournament-legal cards, if there was never another legacy or vintage tournament, could you reprint the OG duals?

No.