Vedalken

Chances for New Humanoids

Are there any chances of getting new humanoid creature types that aren't humanoid animals? eg. Elf, Kor, VedalkenThey are often some of my favorite creature types in the game because they feel more unique.

I assume we’ll make more.

Creatures Elf Kor Vedalken

Fate of Vedalkens

Is Vedalken, the creature type, in danger? I realllllly like Vedalkens as their own things and would hate if it got merged into another type ngl

Vedalkens are staying Vedalkens. We are just changing animal humanoid groups to their animal name (with the exceptions of ones that have pre-existing mythology names made by the real world (and not us, such as Minotaurs).

Creatures Minotaur Vedalken

Omenpaths Usage Variance

My one personal complaint with Omenpaths is simply that I feel like it hasn't been used enough yet. Outlaws of Thunder Junction is a fun exploration and is a nice use of the Omenpaths but Eldraine, Ixalan and Murder's a Karlov Manor barely used it beyond Kellan's journey, I really only remember one vedalken from Ravnica in Eldraine and Saheeli in Ixalan. I thought maybe interesting to see stuff like vampires from Innistrad clashing/getting along with Vampires from Ixalan just as an example.

Different sets will use omenpaths at different levels and in different ways.

Innistrad Ixalan Omenpaths Outlaws of Thunder Junction Vampire Vedalken

Originality vs Genre in Sets

Hey mark! I am a die hard vorthos, and I’ve noticed a bit of a trend in recent world building ,, it seems that most sets are drawing from specific source material or genres. I am personally most drawn to the aspects of Magic that are truly unique, such as phyrexia, kor, vedalken, slivers, etc. as such, I would love to request more worlds / themes that are truly original rather than “magic’s take on x”. There’s room for both of course, just throwing in my two cents :)

I’m curious. What was the last world you feel was “truly original”?

Kor Sliver Vedalken Vorthos

New Creature Types

If/when: a new named creature type that’s unique to Magic lore (like Viashino, Atogs, or Vedalken). Thanks!

When. We make them occasionally.

Atog Creatures If/When Story / Lore Vedalken Viashino

Character Design Decisions

the face cards for the MKM commander decks were revealed today, and morska the bant general looks just like a ravnican merfolk but is instead a "vedalken fish"? can you, or somebody, explain how and why this was decided?

She’s a Vedalken that adapted herself through Simic technology. Those creature types are always animals, not other creature races. A Bant Merfolk commander will happen one day. This just wasn’t the appropriate place for it.

Bant Bant (W/U/G) Commander Commander Decks Creatures Fish Merfolk Murders at Karlov Manor Simic (G/U) Vedalken

Planar Die Interaction

I love planechase and Doctor Who, and thus plan to make a First Doctor and Susan deck as such. Question: does Vedalken Squirrel-Whacker interact with the planar die at all? It doesn't specify numbers (I know cards that say "ignore the lowest" and such ignore planar die rolls), but I can only assume it won't allow you to "store" a planeswalk symbol or a chaos symbol as its power or toughness. (though, in an acorn game, maybe it could?)

From the Unfinity FAQ: If an ability triggers “whenever you roll a die,” it will trigger whenever you roll any die, including the planar die. This is a change from previous Un- rules. Some abilities use the result to determine part of the effect. If you get a non-numerical result (currently just the planar die, but the future is long), that part of the effect won’t do anything.What this means is rolling a planar die for Vedalken Squirrel-Whacker won’t do anything as it has no numbers.

Die Rolling Doctor Planechase Rules The FAQ Triggered Abilities Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets Vedalken Vedalken Squirrel-Whacker

Vedalken Presence

What happened to the Vedalken?

They’re still around. A few showed up in Unfinity.

Vedalken

Vedalken Trivia

Hi Mark! I'm turning 20 today! May I request some birthday trivia about Vedalkens? :)

Vedalkens were made during a period where we stopped making Merfolk. It was a new attempt to make a creature type that epitomized blue. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Blue Creatures Merfolk Vedalken

Ravnica Lore Queries

Two questions about Vorthos with regards to Ravnica guilds. 1) According to Cory J. Herndon, writer of the Ravnica Cycle novels, the Simic Combine is named after their parun, a vedalken biomancer named Simic. Is Simic namable with Vorthos? 2) the Ravnica Cycle says that every Ravnican angel is created in the image of Razia. If I name Razia, do I get a discount on every Ravnican angel?

1) Yes.2) No.

Angel Simic (G/U) Story / Lore Two Color Vedalken Vorthos

Request for More Vedalkens

May I humbly send in a request for more legendary vedalkens? I've been trying to assemble a vedalken tribal deck for a while :)

You may. : )

Assemble Humor Kindred / Typal Vedalken

Vedalken Orrery Trivia

Hi mark my birthday request was probably lost in the Mail, so here I go again:Can you tell me a trivia about vedalken orrery. As a kid this card blew my mind, since it allowed a completely different playstyle (such as flashing in creatures etc.)Thanks for all you do. :)

One of the things I like doing in artifact sets is designing build around artifacts, so I encouraged that in all three Mirrodin sets. I don’t remember whether or or someone else on my team made this card, but I’m pretty sure it got made in design. If we’d made it now, it have some cutesy design name like Flash Light. : )Happy Birthday!

Artifacts Birthday Creatures Flash Humor Mirrodin Vedalken Vedalken Orrery

Vedalken Characteristics

Afternoon, Mark! Been playing for... 7ish years now? Time flies. I've been reading up on MTG's colour philosophy lately and I'm curious about the Vedalken. Is there any interest in bringing them back as a characteristic race for Blue, even if it's only a secondary one? It seems like they fit Blue's "perfection through knowledge" philosophy pretty well!

That’s exactly what they were designed to do. Unfinity has some Vedalken. I hope to see more in other future sets.

Blue Colors Secondary Vedalken

Preference for Vedalken’s Arms

Do you prefer your vedalken with 2 marks or 4?

I prefer four-armed Vedalken.

Vedalken

Potential Vedalken Appearance Soon

Can we see vedalken on a new plane in an upcoming set? They're easier to justify than aetherborn, and they haven't had a set be a good fit for them in a while. Here's hoping for New Capenna, maybe?

There might be a Vedalken in 2022. : )

Aetherborn Humor Vedalken

Merfolk over Vedalken in Strixhaven

Was there any particular reason for the presence of Merfolk in Strixhaven over Vedalken when from my perspective, Veldaken could fit the theme a bit better.

Yes, there are a lot of Merfolk fans.

Merfolk Vedalken

Tribal Focused Set Possibility

Hi Mark. How likely is a heavily tribal focused set that tried to hit a few unusual tribes instead of the standard ones, just for a single set? e.g. the red tribe as dwarves, not goblins. Vedalken instead of merfolk, etc.

The problem is to properly make a tribal set work, we want members of those tribes seeded ahead of time, so we can focus on other creatures regularly used in that color, but it’s harder to stretch.

Colors Creatures Dwarf Goblin Kindred / Typal Merfolk Red Standard Vedalken

Unique Creatures Production Frequency

"1) There are also a bunch lower down on the scale. We have a lot of unique things to Magic.2) A bunch you have listed aren’t unique to Magic (like noggle or ouphe)." Which unique creatures are lower on the scale besides Slivers? And even those are only in supplemental sets at this point. I didn't know those weren't unique to magic, but the point is still the same; you guys seem to produce the more interesting looking and less generic creatures less often.

The original Magic creature types: Aetherborn, Assembly-Worker, Atog, Azra, Beeble, Blinkmoth, Bringer, Brushwagg, Camarid, Cephalid, Eldrazi, Fractal, Graveborn, Homarid, Inkling, Kavu, Kithkin, Kor, Lhurgoyf, Licid, Masticore, Metathran, Myr, Nightstalker, Orgg, Pentavite, Pest, Phelddagrif, Phyrexian, Praetor, Rigger, Saproling, Slith, Sliver, Soltari, Spellshaper, Spike, Surrakar, Tetravite, Thalakos, Triskelavite, Vedalken, Viashino, Volver, and Zubera.A bunch of those have appeared on new cards in the last five years.

Aetherborn Assembly-Worker Assembly-Worker Atog Atog Azra Beeble Blinkmoth Bringer Brushwagg Brushwagg Camarid Cephalid Colorless Competitive Play Creatures Eldrazi Fractal Graveborn Homarids Inkling Kavu Kithkin Kor Lhurgoyf Lhurgoyf Licid Masticore Masticore Metathran Myr Nightstalker Noggle Orgg Orgg Ouphe Pentavite Pest Phelddagrif Phelddagrif Phyrexian Praetor Rigger Saprolings Slith Sliver Soltari Spellshaper Spike Surrakar Tetravite Thalakos Triskelavite Vedalken Viashino Volver Zubera

Vedalken on the Beeble Scale

Where are vedalken on the Beeble scale? Wherever they are, I'd like to have more Magic-specific creature types done more like them, as opposed to ones like Kavu, where they only show up on a single plane.

Vedalken are a 4. We do them from time to time.

Beeble Scale Creatures Kavu Vedalken

The Vedalken Preference

Can I request more Vedalken

Vedalken fans - that’s what I like to see.

Vedalken