Thirst

Request for More Mouse Cards

please mark please i beg of you please give me a "maybe" on the idea that mice will show up again in larger quantities in a future set, bloomburrow has not slaked my thirst but only redoubled it, i need enough mice to cover my walls in magic the gathering mice, mr. mark

Maybe. : )

Bloomburrow Humor Mice Walls Thirst

List of Green Cards

In case anyone was curious about how many Lay of the Land cards are in green:Mono-Green: 58
Analyze the Pollen
Attune with Aether
Borderland Ranger
Boseiju Reaching Skyward
Brave the Wilds
Bushwack
Caravan Vigil
Civic Wayfinder
Cultivate
District Guide
Druid of the Emerald Grove
Elfhame Sanctuary
Evolution Charm
Flare of Cultivation
Flourishing Bloom-Kin
Fork in the Road
Gaea's Bounty
Gatecreeper Vine
Greenseeker
Herd Migration
Horizon Seeker
hunting Cheetah
Journey for the Elixir
Journey of Discovery
Kodama's Reach
Krosan Tusker
Kura, the Boundless Sky
Land Grant
Lay of the Land
Many Partings
Nervous Gardener
Nissa's Encouragement
Nissa's Pilgrimage
Nissa's Triumph
Nissa, Vastwood Seer
Nylea's Intervention
Open the Gates
Outcaster Greenblade
Peregrination
Realm Seekers
Realms Uncharted
Reclaim the Wastes
Rites of Spring
Seek the Horizon
Shard Convergence
Spinewoods Armadillo
Spirit of the Aldergard
Sprouting Vines
Sylvan Ranger
Sylvan Scrying
The Huntsman's Redemption
Thirsting Roots
Trail of Mystery
Traverse the Ulvenwald
Verdant Mastery
Vorinclex
Yavimaya Elder
You Happen On a GladeGreen featuring another colour: 7
Dig Up
Flower // Flourish
Huatli, Poet of Unity
Invasion of Ergamon (flipped to Truga Cliffcharger)
Path to the World Tree
Safewright Quest
Yasharn, Implacable EarthUn-cards: 3
Selfie Preservation (Un-card)
Spirit of the Season (Un-card)
Wild Crocodile (Un-card)(everyone feel free to add any that I've missed!)

FYI

Analyze the Pollen Armadillo Attune with Aether Borderland Ranger Brave the Wilds Caravan Vigil Civic Wayfinder Colors Crocodile Cultivate Dig Up District Guide Druid Druid of the Emerald Grove Elder Elfhame Sanctuary Evolution Charm Flare Flare of Cultivation Flourishing Bloom-Kin Flower // Flourish Fork in the Road Gaea's Bounty Gatecreeper Vine Gates Green Greenseeker Herd Migration Horizon Seeker Hunting Cheetah Invasion Journey for the Elixir Journey of Discovery Kodama's Reach Krosan Tusker Kura, the Boundless Sky Land Grant Lands Lay of the Land Many Partings Nervous Gardener Nissa's Encouragement Nissa's Pilgrimage Nissa's Triumph Nylea's Intervention Open the Gates Outcaster Greenblade Path to the World Tree Peregrination Ranger Realm Seekers Realms Uncharted Reclaim the Wastes Rites of Spring Safewright Quest Seek the Horizon Seeker Selfie Preservation Shard Convergence Spinewoods Armadillo Spirit Spirit of the Aldergard Spirit of the Season Sprouting Vines Sylvan Ranger Sylvan Scrying The Huntsman's Redemption The Wilds The World Tree Thirsting Roots Trail of Mystery Traverse the Ulvenwald Un-sets Verdant Mastery Wild Crocodile Yasharn, Implacable Earth Yavimaya Elder You Happen On a Glade

Favorite Guild Mechanics

What are your favourite guild mechanics for each guild of Ravnica? Do you think they're also the ones most likely to be brought back?

Azorius - DetainDimir - SurveilRakdos - SpectacleGruul - BloodthirstSelesnya - ConvokeOrzhov - ExtortIzzet - ReplicateGolgari - ScavengeBoros - BattalionSimic - Evolve

Azorius (W/U) Battalion Blood Bloodthirst Boros (R/W) Convoke Detain Dimir (U/B) Evolve Extort Golgari (B/G) Gruul (R/G) Izzet (U/R) Mechanics Orzhov (W/B) Rakdos (B/R) Replicate Scavenge Selesnya (G/W) Simic (G/U) Spectacle Surveil Two Color

Bloodthirst Storm Scale

Hey quick question but is Bloodthirst still a 3 on the storm scale? It just feels odd that it has such a low score despite the last time it was used was back in Magic 2012. I remember really liking it back in the day and I wish it got used more.

Being low on the Storm Scale means there are few obstacles to it getting reused in a premier set, but someone still has to choose to do it.

Blood Bloodthirst Magic 2012 Premier Sets Storm Scale

Thirst Cycle Completion

Since we have Thirst for Knowledge, Thirst for Meaning and Thirst for Discovery, is there any chance for creature or sorcery/instant or planeswalker version so that this cycle being finished?

We’ll see. : )

Creatures Humor Instants Planeswalkers Sorceries Thirst Thirst for Discovery Thirst for Knowledge Thirst for Meaning

Absence of Bloodthirst in VOW

Was bloodthirst ever discussed as a returning mechanic in VOW?

We talked about it during the Vampire brainstorming meeting, but Blood tokens were the Vampire mechanic pretty early, so it never really had a slot.

Blood Bloodthirst Mechanics Tokens Vampire

Preference of Lifegain for Colors

Why are nearly all lifegain payoffs in white or black, and never green? Isn't green the color of life? Why should the color of death get things like Bloodthirsty Aerialist and not green?

Maybe we’re just saving something cool for green to do in the future.

Black Blood Bloodthirsty Aerialist Colors Green Lifegain White

Guilds and Mechanics

Could a guild get a different guilds mechanic in a return? Like how bloodthirst was put into black.

Possible, but unlikely.

Black Blood Bloodthirst Mechanics Two Color

Riot and Spectacle Origins

Was there any point where Riot was considered for Rackdos and Spectacle was considered for Gruel? That combination would have felt reminiscent of their previous mechanics Bloodthirst and Unleash.

The precursor to Spectacle started as a Gruul mechanic. I’ll tell the whole tale in my preview columns.

Blood Bloodthirst Gruul (R/G) Mechanics Riot Spectacle Spoilers Unleash

Ravnica Mechanics Approach

We've now seen all 5 mechanics and none of them are entirely new. A Bloodthirst, Monstrous, and Unleash variant. Keywording the text on cards like doomed traveller and careful consideration (and many other cards for each of them). Ravnica had always been the plane where crazy mechanics were tried out: Cipher, Extort, Detain, Haunt, and Transmute just to name a few. What caused such a safe and familiar approach this time? It makes the set feel more like a core set than a new and exciting one.

Ravnica is more about the innovations of the guilds than of the guild mechanics. A set with five mechanics forces us to keep the mechanics simple.

Blood Bloodthirst Cipher Detain Extort Haunt Mechanics Transmute Two Color Unleash

Mechanic Naming Rules

"You can’t do Mechanic X because X has to be defined. You have to do Mechanic [number]." Well, Fumiko, the Lowblood has an effect that grants Bushido X, Petrified Wood-Kin has Bloodthirst X, and Thromok the Insatiable has Devour X.

My answer was talking about keywords nameable by Unstable’s Modular Monstrosity.

Blood Bloodthirst Bushido Devour Keywords Mechanics Modular Modular Monstrosity Monstrosity Petrified Wood-Kin Thromok the Insatiable Unstable

Guild Mechanics Recycled

Mark I know we’ve seen bloodthirst move away from the Gruul and have some vampires get it, and convoke was a core set mechanic, so how likely are we generally to see guild mechanics recycled in other places, spreading to other colors, and how often is it tied to flavor?

Any guild mechanic can return in a non-Ravnica set and expand to new colors.

Blood Bloodthirst Colors Convoke Flavor Gruul (R/G) Mechanics Two Color Vampire

Core Sets' Mechanics

My favorite things about Core Sets 20XX were the returning mechanics and I'm super sad to see that they're not coming back. It was a great way to print cards that were out of theme on the first appearance of a mechanic (like exalted outside of Bant, for example, or bloodthirst outside of Gruul).

The choice to lean towards new players in core sets made us decide we didn’t want extra vocabulary.

Bant Bant (W/U/G) Beginners Blood Bloodthirst Card Printing Exalted Gruul (R/G) Mechanics

M19 Appreciation

M19 is rocking everything so far! Chromium is AMAZING! The Mare/Horse/Color support/hate cycle is adorable! Nightmare's Thirst is everything I needed and didn't even know! Seriously, I'm in love with this Core Set. Give out as many high fives as you feel like on my account, please.

Will do. : )

Appreciation Chromium Colors High Fives Horse Keyword Actions Nightmare Nightmare's Thirst

Bloodthirst's Future

Hi Mark! I started really getting into Magic around the time Ravnica came out in 2005. Gruul was my favorite guild because I liked big creatures and dealing a lot of damage (I was a typical timmy). I really liked bloodthirst, and I was happy to see it return in M12. Do you think it's a deep-enough (and well liked enough) mechanic that we'll see it again?

I do. Blood thirst is a solid and popular mechanic. I have no doubt it will be back.

Blood Bloodthirst Creatures Gruul (R/G) Mechanics Timmy / Tammy Two Color

Thirst for Knowledge Trivia

My birthday was last week and my trivia got buried. Can I get a piece of trivia on my second favourite card in Magic, Thirst for Knowledge?

Thirst for Knowledge came about because I wanted to make a Blue filtering card that was good in an artifact deck.Happy Belated Birthday!

Artifacts Birthday Blue Thirst for Knowledge

Bloodthirst vs Unleash

In your Storm Scale article, you said bloodthirst has large design space, while unleash only has medium design space, but both designs, you said, can go on any creature. Why the difference?

Bloodthirst is usable on more creatures. Unleash works best on small creatures because the delta of a +1/+1 counter matters more.

Blood Bloodthirst Creatures Design Space Keyword Abilities Storm Scale Unleash

Thirst for Knowledge Limits

Could Thirst for Knowledge be red?

No, Red doesn’t get card draw with card advantage.

Card Draw Red Thirst for Knowledge

Bloodthirst over Bloodrush

bloodthirst or bloodrush?

Bloodthirst.

Blood Bloodrush Bloodthirst

Reusing Guild Mechanics

Can guild (or clan or shard) mechanics show up again in absence of the guild if it makes sense? Like Evolve (sub in a more appropriate one if you prefer) in mono green or even green/red if the creative made it work?

Bloodthirst is a guild mechanic that already came back as not a guild mechanic. It’s something that will happen more and more.

Blood Bloodthirst Evolve Green Mechanics Red Three Color Two Color