Walk the Plank

Card Power Assessment

New • 28 Mar 2024 • Asked by lazcarno • 35 Comments

Shoot the Sheriff seems rather overpowered. In any format other than OTJ Limited, it basically says "destroy target creature." Do you have any idea why this card is 1B when things like Victim of the Night and Walk the Plank are BB?

We expect it to see some Standard play, but it’s not as overpowered as I think you think it is. The restriction is also more meaningful than it might seem at first glance.
Creatures Destroy Limited Outlaws of Thunder Junction Power Level Shoot the Sheriff Standard Walk the Plank

Favorite Common Card

New • 09 Jun 2021 • Asked by fanharmonicon • 38 Comments

What’s your favorite common card?

Today, it’s Walk the Plank.
Mark's Favorites Walk the Plank

Brain-to-Print Cards

New • 16 Jun 2018 • Asked by borosdrunkard-deactivated202401 • 62 Comments

Andrew Veen mentioned in Inside R&D that some card go through many iterations, while others are "Brain-to-print" and almost exactly as they were conceived. Can you think of an example of a card that was brain-to-print? :)

Walk the Plank.
Card Printing Game Design Walk the Plank

Homarids Dilemma

New • 13 Mar 2018 • Asked by sardonicsorcerer • 191 Comments

Why does walk the plank kill homarids?

The secret shame: they can’t swim.
Homarids Walk the Plank

Fish Survival Logic

New • 16 Oct 2017 • Asked by frankquith • 72 Comments

Re: Fleet Swallower and Walk the Plank. Walk the Plank works on fish because it's the first half — being out of the water — that kills them.

FYI
Fish Fleet Swallower Walk the Plank

Flavor vs Gameplay

New • 16 Oct 2017 • Asked by hutman50-deactivated20211114 • 48 Comments

Hey, Maro, I was wondering; why did the design team allow Fleet Swqllower to be killed by Walk the Plank? It has caused quite a bit of flavor unrest at my prerelease, and still resides as an odd interaction, due to both the title/name of the card and it being a fish.

Ease of gameplay trumps 100% flavor matching.
Fish Flavor Game Play Limited Mark Rosewater Prerelease Walk the Plank

Black's Destruction Specialty

New • 15 Oct 2017 • Asked by nlewin • 30 Comments

Are doom blade effects ("Destroy target non-black creature") still supported in black's slice of the color pie?

Yes. Black is number one in creature destruction and it can have limitations as Walk the Plank in Ixalan demonstrates.
Black Color Pie Colors Creatures Destroy Doom Blade Ixalan Walk the Plank

Pirate Merfolk Logic

New • 02 Oct 2017 • Asked by exarchofsechrima • 70 Comments

On Pirate Merfolk: Is the real reason they don't exist because the captain can't keep them in line by threatening to make them walk the plank? :)

: )
Merfolk Pirate Walk the Plank

Vraska's Oversight

New • 27 Sep 2017 • Asked by itsbisky • 27 Comments

Vraska would have you walk the plank for missing gorgon from that list!

Oops. Sorry Vraska.
Gorgon Walk the Plank

Walk the Plank Explanation

New • 25 Sep 2017 • Asked by expensivecashew • 79 Comments

Walk the Plank kills fish because you have to pull the fish onto the boat first, and they suffocate. However Merfolk can withstand both air and water.

A fine point.
Fish Merfolk Walk the Plank

Fish and Walk the Plank

New • 25 Sep 2017 • Asked by kobayashicircle-deactivated2019 • 22 Comments

Was there ever any discussion to not print a Fish in the same set as Walk the Plank?

It never came up.
Card Printing Fish Walk the Plank

Walk the Plank Design

New • 24 Sep 2017 • Asked by shadesofpink • 31 Comments

Was there ever a discussion to make Walk the Plank more similar to Victim of Night? Ie Instant speed, and mention other races that would be silly to make Walk the Plank like Fish, Leviathans etc

We chose for simplicity and not hit the tribal one that was relevant.
Fish Instants Kindred / Typal Leviathan Victim of Night Walk the Plank

Walk the Plank Pirates

New • 24 Sep 2017 • Asked by narrictechna-deactivated2018121 • 46 Comments

Was there ever discussion to have Walk the Plank say Non-Pirate as well as or instead of Non-Merfolk?

Many Pirates walked the Plank.
Merfolk Pirate Walk the Plank

Favorite Ixalan Design

New • 22 Sep 2017 • Asked by tumble-magnet • 57 Comments

What was your favorite design from Ixalan that you submitted/created?

Walk the Plank.
Ixalan Walk the Plank

Ixalan Autocorrect Fun

New • 10 Aug 2017 • Asked by ancient-chaos • 98 Comments

What's the name of your favorite card in Ixalan that you know autocorrect will mangle? (Answer in autocorrected form, of course.)

My favorite card is Walk the Plank. Hey, autocorrect, why aren’t you messing with me?
Ixalan Walk the Plank

Pirate Card Names

New • 22 Jun 2017 • Asked by rosencrypt • 43 Comments

Mark, can I get 'Maybe's on the following pirate-related potential card names? Walk the Plank, Treasure Map, Mutiny, Batten Down the Hatches!

Maybe. : )
Card Names Pirate Treasure Walk the Plank

Pirate Policy Changes

New • 03 Apr 2015 • Asked by judgeburris • 90 Comments

"Pirates have moved lower on the list as the most anti-pirate person is no longer in R&D." What you're saying is, there was mutiny and you made the anti-Pirate person walk the plank. Is this correct?

No comment.
Game Design Pirate Walk the Plank

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