Hi mark, would you guys ever consider doing supplemental sets biased towards a single color again, like torment?

It causes major play design problems (we learned that from doing Torment), and I am skeptical of us doing it again.

If/when: A draftable set with an intentional imbalance of colors of cards printed? Say, 30% white cards.

If. We did it in Torment (more black cards, less white and green) and Judgment (the opposite), and learned that it warps limited too much.

If/when draft set with one or more colors absent?

If. Torment/Judgment explored having an imbalance of colors and our experience from making those two sets discouraged us from repeating it. I’m even more skeptical that we’d abandon a color or colors.

Hey Mark, wanted to see if I could use my “Birthday Trivia Card” to get a fun fact about nightmares (the creature type)

They are one of only a handful of creatures to ever get a new mechanic centered around them (in Torment). Happy Birthday!

Un-rules question: what happens if Everlasting Torment is on the battlefield and one casts Pie-roclasm? Does every non-clown creature get π -1/-1 counters???

Creatures can only get a whole number of -1/-1 counters, so they get three.

Do you think you'd ever do another group of sets with uneven mana distribution like torment and judgment?

It’s unlikely. Once burned, twice shy. It just messes up limited balance too much.

I asked ChatGPT “what is Mark Rosewater’s favourite card he designed?”. You’ll need to train it a little more before it can take over Blogatog.

Mark Rosewater, the head designer for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, has designed many cards over the years, and he has mentioned several as his favorites. One card that he has specifically mentioned as his favorite design is "Psychatog."

"Psychatog" is a blue/black creature card that was first printed in the Torment expansion set in 2002. It has a unique ability that allows its controller to discard cards from their hand to increase its power and toughness, making it a formidable threat on the battlefield. The card has been a favorite of many players over the years due to its power and versatility.

Rosewater has stated that he loves "Psychatog" because it is a great example of a card that combines different elements of the game in a creative way. He enjoys the challenge of designing cards that are both mechanically interesting and flavorful, and he feels that "Psychatog" is a perfect example of a card that succeeds on both levels.

I didn’t know when I produced all my writing that I was helping train my successor. : )EDIT: Also, while I did design Psychatog and generally like its design, it is not my favorite card I designed. That’s Doubling Season.

If/When another set like Torment, where one color is much more prevalent than the other colors. That was a fun dynamic then balanced out by Judgement later

If. It plays havoc with balancing limited, and wasn’t a particularly popular theme.

Hello Mark, do you think you guys will do sets like Torment or Judgment ever again where the ASFAN of a particular color(s) is higher than the rest?

Highly skeptical. It really messes up limited.

Is it fair to say that "Odyssey" block had influences on what to do better in Innistrad? They both had flashback, black creatures were horrors and nightmares, threshold mechanics could "transform" creatures, "Torment" was heavily black and had the 'Possessed' cycle, and the third set "Judgement" swung to WG with Humans and Spirits working together?

Innistrad came about because of a discussion I had with Brady Dommermuth when Odyssey came out. He noted that the creative didn’t really match what the mechanics were doing. He said it should have been a gothic horror set. My response was, “We have to do a gothic horror set.”