Hey Mark, I’m really stoked about the new take on Ixalan. I was not originally especially looking forward to this set, but the respectful take on Mesoamerican culture was a very pleasant surprise. After Amonkhet, I had thought that WoTC had chosen to avoid deep cuts that are not commonly known. The Mesoamerican fantasy setting that highlights what makes its source material great feels really fresh and exciting.However (and perhaps I’m just ignorant of the source material), I’m finding the Gnomes to be pretty jarring inclusion - and I love MTG Gnomes. I was probably the target audience for them. I had the Mirrodin Bottle Gnomes art as my desktop wallpaper for several years. I would have still preferred a creature type that was a little more authentic to the source material, or even just Construct or Robot. The degree to which Lost Caverns of Ixalan is referencing its source material is kind of making the Gnomes more jarring by contrast. At least the feathered Dinosaurs kind of have the tangential link to Quetzalcoatl. It kind of feels like if Theros had had some elven philosophers.

Is it the look of the Gnomes or just the fact they are called “Gnomes”?

Do bottle gnomes count as food?

If we made them today, they’d probably be food, although we would have concepted (and maybe named) them a little differently to help make it flavorfully clearer.

Hey Maro, my Birthday was on the 20th. Can I request some trivia on Brass Man, Bottle Gnomes, or Reaper King? They're all tied for my favorite creature.

Originally the five color two-brid card and the Scarecrow lord were separate cards but we realized they worked well together.Happy Birthday!

Bottle Gnomes are in Mirrodin

I guess one Gnome survived. : )

How do you feel about Bottle Gnomes?

Very positively. They’re from Tempest, my oldest baby. : )

I missed last year's opportunity for some birthday trivia so finally I remember! Any chance I can get some trivia on my favorite tribe, Myr? Thanks for being awesome!

Before creative made the myr, the artifact creatures in Mirrodin were gnomes (a la bottle gnomes). Happy Birthday!

Reinforcements or refreshments?

Bottle gnomes are both!