"I'm curious to hear people's thoughts about the name Chainsaw." Chainsaws are designed for wood. It's weird to make one a weapon. Flesh and bone will clog its motor and ruin it quickly.

Why would I want a weapon that only works on treefolk?

It’s a magic chainsaw. : )

Was there any debate over making OTJ's cactusfolk treefolk instead of plants? If so, any idea why plant won out?

Because Cactuses are plants and not trees.

Hey Mark, on the topic of players being worried about creature types losing their distinctiveness by being added in with the broader type rather than a specific race (ex. Viashino(Lizard) or Naga(Snake)), I looked to see how many are already currently templated this way and there are ALOT more than I realized.Archaic (Avatar), Aven (Bird), Leonin (Cat), Malamet (Cat), Nishoba (Cat Beast), Daemogoth (Demon), Ainok (Dog), Flamekin (Elemental), Loxodon (Elephant), Mycoid (Fungus), Thallid (Fungus), Akki (Goblin), Boggart (Goblin), Mogg (Goblin), Redcaps (Goblin), Eumidian (Insect), Kraul (Insect), Nantuko (Insect), Khenra (Jackal), Kitsune (Fox), Merrow (Merfolk), Selkie (Merfolk), Triton (Merfolk), Onakke (Ogre), Caryatid (Plant), Nezume (Rat), Rhox (Rhino), Amphin (Salamander), Orochi (Snake), Kami (Spirit), Drogskol (Spirit), Eidolon (Spirit), Ent (LoTR) (Treefolk), Trow (Troll), Kappa (Turtle), Liche (Zombie), Eternal (Zombie), Draugr (Zombie), Nim (Zombie), Skaab (Zombie)

Yep. Most of the ones that didn’t do it entered the game before we made this the default.

Hi Mark, I am building a Yargle and Multani deck, and I was wondering two things.1. Was Yargle ever considered to be typed as Frog Horror instead of a Frog Spirit?2. Why is Multani an Elemental and not a Treefolk? His appearance shares a resemblance to a lot of Treefolk we see in Magic.

1. I’m not sure.2. Multani is a Maro. They are elementals that form themselves out of nature. Some of the time, those elements could be parts of trees, but next time it might not.

With the questions about Iconic Creature types, what does it mean when you say a certain creature type (eg, Treefolk for green) doesn’t work? Does that mean not enough design space to include them in enough planes? Or something mechanically that prevents makes it more difficult?Relatedly, have you done a Drive to Work on Iconic and characteristic/Representative Creature types?

It means we tried to do it for some number of sets and the market research showed that it didn’t go over well. There are also a number of needs for iconic creatures, them being focused at rare, that negate some choices. For example, we just want to make common Treefolk and Dinosaurs.I have not had a “Drive to Work” on this topic, so I’ll add it to the “short list”.

I would like to second Hydra feeling less iconic, and would even say the same for Sphinx. Hydras play well in green, but flavorwise they feel like Dragon's cousin. With Sphinx, the knowledge theme works, but it feels like the 4th flying iconic. My picks would be kraken/serpent and treefolk/elemental.

We tried all those for blue and green and neither did as well as Sphinx or Hydra.

Hi Maro, Wich is more likely to have a Planeswalker: Treefolk, Kithkin, giants or flamekin?

Any are possible. More worlds have Giants, followed by Treefolk.

I just want to say I loved the treefolk elements of Tales from Middle Earth! I just drafted an elf deck with a heavy treefolk top end and it was a blast to play. And I’d love to see similar tribal elements for treefolk on the future!

Noted.

Could we get more support for Treefolk and Dryads, please? It would be great if we saw the kind of support for those creature types that those in the Ixalan block received (Merfolk, Dinosaurs, Vampires, Pirates).

Treefolk were one of the eight supported creatures types in Lorwyn block. Treefolk have a similar issue to Giants in they tend to be on bigger creatures which is tricky to support a single deck of that creature type. Dryads have a different issue in that we don’t tend to do them much in volume. They also tend to be primarily on smaller creatures, but that’s less of a limitation for creature type mattering.

Could Wrenn's secondary color change depending on the treefolk she bonds with? Like if she bonded with a treefolk from Lorwyn could it shift her to being white/green or black/green?

Theoretically.