Betrayal

Sticker Name Concerns

Name stickers can cause certain cards to have identical names to other cards - for example, the "Dark" sticker could go on the card Betrayal to make its name the same as Dark Betrayal. Were there any concerns about this?

While stickers can do this, the actual ramification is pretty limited. For starters, you can only sticker nonland permanents you own, and you only have 30% chance at having a certain name (in constructed events). On top of that, the mechanical implications are minimal. So, we’re not overly concerned.EDIT: This is actually Jess Dunks’ call, so I was premature to make a ruling on it. I apologize.

Betrayal Constructed Dark Betrayal Limited Permanents Stickers

Removing Poison Counters

Doesn't Price of Betrayal remove poison counters? Or is that okay because it's opponent-only and you're not likely to want to remove an opponent's poison?

We allow you to remove poison counters from opponents because you’re highly disincentivized from actually doing so. This is so you can remove things like energy counters.

Poison Price of Betrayal

Standard Irrelevant Text

We now have at least 3 cards in standard -- SunCleanser, Nahiri, & Price of Betrayal, that have irrelevant text on them compared to the set they were released in. I appreciate that you attempt to branch out and design cards in a larger context, and I understand it's just free power on top of what the cards already do, but I think I'm of the opinion now that it's just too weird. I would have vetoed these cards were I on the team and suggested to wait until the whole text were relevant.

Constructed is a very popular way to play Magic. : )

Constructed Price of Betrayal Standard Suncleanser

Game Design Writing

Hey Mark, have you written anything on cooperative and pseudo cooperative games? (Pandemic, Forbidden Island / Forbidden Desert, Betrayal at House on the Hill)

I have not.

Betrayal Game Design

Minotaur Representation

The new art for Carbonize has a minotaur being killed gruesomely. In addition, they are the victim in various other cards, including, but not limited to, Anchor to the Aether, Razor Boomerang, Ghostly Prison, Serra Bestiary, Smite, Backslide, Fleeting Distraction, Void Snare, Dark Betrayal, Hand to Hand, and Lightning Blast. Whenever it's a minotaur, it almost feels like it goes further than normal. Minotaurs themselves are an infrequent creature type. Is there a reason to the disparity?

Minotaurs just take abuse well. : )

Anchor to the Aether Art Backslide Carbonize Creatures Dark Betrayal Fleeting Distraction Ghostly Prison Hand to Hand Lightning Blast Limited Minotaur Razor Boomerang Serra Bestiary Void Snare Your Hand

Dark Betrayal Analysis

Dark Betrayal is awesome, even if it does break the colour pie a bit. Good to see there are massive flavour hits that aren't explicitly tied to mythology as well

Black has plenty of history killing black creatures. Just because some of its kill spells don’t work against black doesn’t mean others don’t.

Black Colors Creatures Dark Betrayal Flavor Spells

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