Wombat

Wombat Initiative Support

I would like to voice my support for the more wombats discussion.

We need a good name - the pro-Wombat initiative.

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Desired Creature Types

Is there a creature type you wish had more cards?

We could use more Wombats.

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More Wombat Cards

Hi Mark, may I request more wombats?

You may.

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Request for Legendary Wombat

May I request a Legendary Wombat

You may.

Wombat

Rabid Wombat Card Trivia

Dear Mark, I wish to invoke the sacred rite of birthday trivia. Can you tell me anything about one of the crazier cards in black border (and a pet favourite in my Aussie commander deck), Rabid Wombat?

Wombats are one of R&D designer Mark Gottlieb’s favorite animals and he’s been on a quest to get more Wombats in Magic, so I’ve tried to help him where I can. Most cards that are Wombats in design have a subtle (or not subtle) reference to Gottlieb in their name. There’s always the big question of should Wombats be tied to auras/enchantments because of Rabid Wombat.Happy Birthday!

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Rare Creature Types

The loneliest creature types (which have only one representative creature card not counting Changelings, tokens and Mistform Ultimus) are Brushwagg, Dreadnought, Ferret, Lamia, Mole, Oyster, Pest, Reflection, Sable, Spawn and Wombat. Where does each rank on the Beeble scale?

They are all 8 and 9’s. I can say one of them shows up on a new card in Unsanctioned. : )

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Wombat Creature Revival

If/When: You use the Wombat creature type again (Could be a Simic Shark Wombat)

Minor If. R&D has one giant Wombat fan (Mark Gottlieb) so I wouldn’t count Wombats completely out.

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Unset Anthology Release

so when's Unset Anthology due for release?

Right after From the Vault: Wombats.

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Legendary Crab and More

Legendary crab?! Let's get a legendary Fblthp first. And more wombats. And another Un-set. And some assembled contraptions. What are doing on Tumblr? You've got work to do!

(Rolls up sleeves)

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The Wombat Identity

Is it known to most of the WOTC staff of Mark Gottlieb's alter ego of "The Wombat" amongst the puzzler community?

It’s known by me. Mark is a huge fan of Rabid Wombat.

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Future Wombats Uncertainty

Only having one wombat i have to ask if there are future wombats made are they going to be locked into enchantment synergy or will they have a variety like the atog

I would worry more about if future Wombats will be printed.

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Future Wombats?

Flashback: Rabid Wombat is my favorite card, do you we could see more Wombats someday?

1995 Mark: It’s fine by me.

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Birthday Trivia

It's my birthday today (woo hoo, took the day off work!), do you have any trivia on my first favorite magic card Rabid Wombat? If not how about my first commander Balthor the Defiled?

Rabid Wombat is the favorite card of Design Manager Mark Gottlieb.Happy Birthday!

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Duel Deck Idea

My favorite Maro memory is when I told you my wife liked wombats and Fblthp and you responded with "Duel Deck: Fblthp vs. Wombats. I'll see what I can do." My wife & I got a kick out of that (Also, she said Fblthp should be in the movie). My second favorite Maro memory is when I was completely fooled by your New New World Order article on April Fools Day a few years back. I learned to read your articles thoroughly after that. Happy birthday Maro! Thanks for all you do for the Magic community.

That article and the announcement of Unhinged aren’t two favorite Magic April Fools jokes I’ve done.

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Keyword War Stats

Okay Maro, here are the numbers I crunched from the Great Keyword War. Note that I included the silly matchups along with the rest of the data (like that "squirrels vs wombats" one). Over the course of roughly 1 hour 20 minutes, you've answered 177 questions relating to the Great Keyword War, averaging at about 2.2 questions per minute (plus more for the non-keyword-war-related questions, wow!) . . .

For those interested in the stats of Keyword War.

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Squirrels over Wombats

Squirrels or wombats?

Squirrels which doesn’t say good things about wombats.

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Badger or Wombat?

Could Charging Badger have been Charging Wombat?

I like to think there’s an alternate universe where that is true.

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More Wombats?

A long time ago there was creature type made (Wombat), what would have to be done to get more wombats?

Wombats are Mark Gottliebs favorite creature type and he has tried to get more made. I have tried to get more made. I think there might be a wombat-bias in R&D.

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Fblthp and Wombats

My wife likes Fblthp. And wombats. She's probably not your sole target audience, but she politely requests more of both.

Duel Deck: Fblthp vs. Wombats. I’ll see what I can do.

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More Wombats Campaign

Will there ever be more wombats? The Rabid Wombat is the only one, as far as I know...

Mark Gottlieb is a huge fan of the wombat and has tried to get their return whenever possible. I have joined him on his quest because, well wombats.

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