If something like Bitterblossom was to be reprinted would it still say “tribal” or be updated to say “typal”?

The word “typal” isn’t being used to replace the card type Tribal but the use of the word “tribal” to mean “cares about one or more creature types”. And again, this an internal vocabulary change for R&D. It’s not being reflected on cards, as we don’t use that vocabulary in rules text. It will appear only in articles, podcasts, and blog posts by Wizards employees (mostly me).

DTW #988 Designing for an Eternal World (Belated Feedback)Hi Mark,I have been listening somewhat regularly since the pandemic, but I'm not all the way through your back catalog yet. Episode #988 was one of my favorites in recent memory, and I would love to hear more like this.It was interesting to hear about big-picture challenges across eternal formats. I particularly enjoyed the short discussion on R&D power-level mistakes. Your thoughts on mistakes put a lot of things into perspective for me as someone that was pulled back into the game from my earlier casual high school days to get hooked for life and play pretty seriously for several years because of a design mistake (Bitterblossom). It must be difficult to be on the design side of things regretting putting out a mistakenly overpowered card that suddenly has legions of loving fans because of its power level. I can see why you would not have any desire to further support strategies built around such problematic cards.Although, as someone who has cherished memories of using such a card, I wanted to say that my experience with that deck has kept me hooked on Magic. Not only that, but my whole group of friends has been hooked due to this period years back where we all enjoyed the game so much that we lived and breathed Magic as we played competitive standard religiously. Also, even though I certainly had the advantage with u/b faeries in standard, some of the most fun I had with that deck was actually playing at a disadvantage in Modern because scraping together any wins was always that much more rewarding.(P.S. I really enjoyed #988, but may I request you throughout an ask for people's top ten favorite DTWs )Thank you

Okay, two questions: 1) What are people’s favorite “Drive to Work” episodes? Why?2) What topics have I not done would you like me to do an episode of the podcast on?

What is the likely hood of returning to lorwyn/shadowmoor? Also the possibility of bitterblossom in standard?

The former is more likely than the latter, although both have an uphill battle.

Just a thought - but if Planeswalkers are only going to have regular and borderless versions, then one of the examples of extended art cards shouldn’t have been a Planeswalker

The only one I showed at the panel was Bitterblossom.

MtG pop culture reference. Someone already told you about the anime/light novel Accel World having references, but it goes further than that. One of the official manga, Accel World / Dural Magisa Garden, has chapters blatantly named after cards, like Bitterblossom; Ach! Hans, Run!; and Absolutely Removed from the Freaking Game Forever.

Interesting.

Can I request the return of Tribal cards, but more in a way of "Bitterblossom" (a unique card where the tribal-ness is an occasional boon) rather than "Tarfire" (where the whole point of the card is the tribal-ness, as otherwise it's just a worse version of an existing card). I think the way it was done in Rise of the Eldrazi is one of the best ways to handle Tribal cards.

The problem is you have to be all-in. If spells have a Goblin-ness to them, you can’t pick and choose, all spells that clearly show Goblin flavor have to get marked otherwise you create dissatisfaction that some cards have the marker and some don’t. That was the biggest problem.

So since tribal as a super type is now abandoned, does that mean we will only see cards like bogart shenanigans and bitterblossom is suplemental sets like modern masters, commander, FTV, Ect.?

Basically yes. We’re not reprinting cards in Standard-legal sets with the Tribal card type. We could make near equivalents with new names.

Hey Maro, can I have some birthday trivia on either of my favorite two cards, Bitterblossom or Avacyn, Angel of Hope?

When I made Bitterblossom, I was inspired by the card Phyrexian Arena. The Tribal - Faerie was an afterthought when I realized it made Faerie tokens. Happy Birthday!

Is there a possibility Bitterblossom could be in standard again?

For numerous different reasons, I am doubtful. Still not a developer.

Since Magic isn't likely going to have Tribal keyword from now on, I feel a bit bad that I probably wouldn't see any more noncreature cards with creature types as well. I think noncreature permanents having "creature type" (such as Bitterblossom) with some interactions here and there through formats they belong in was pretty neat.

The problem is it leads to a slippery slope where lots of cards are marked with extra words and they don’t matter the vast majority of the time.