Super excited for the creative designs in mh3 and bloomburrow looks to be just how I hoped! One interesting note -- someone else pointed out the representation of historical figures in assasins creed. Interestingly, Magic has already done this on a pretty big scale with portal three kingdoms, where many real chinese warlords from the period got cards.

That is a good point (which Aaron made in the panel).

Even tho I'm very happy with the dive into deeper mesoamerican culture inspired lore. I'm extremely dissapointed by the inclusion of Incan lore into the mix. It feels like it was all meshed together "because they're latam, they're the same/similar" and I was hoping for a South American inspired plane in the future. Feels like mixing chinese and japanese cultures "cuz they're asian", and I couldn't feel less forgotten as a South American myself. Any chances of getting a proper South American inspired plane anytime?

It is on the “short” list.

Hi Mark,I am a Chinese player. Where would Plane of Yanggu and Yanling fall on the Rabiah scale? Every Chinese player want to visit it!

I believe us visiting it is more when than if.

"Don’t all colleges teach math, history, science, and language?" I can only speak to the field of History (what I teach), but history is studied vastly differently around the world as a result of tradition. For example, Western historiography was influenced by the enlightenment and individual scholars documenting the past (which fits WR). But Chinese historiographic pursuits were a state function and tied to creating official records of dynasties (which feels more WU).

I wasn’t saying what or how they studied it was the same, just that colleges teach some element of history (assuming they’re a more general college and not just teaching a specific subset of things, like a communications school). The general subject matter at large was universal.

Hey Mark, Neon Dynasty has surpassed my expectations in terms of story and world building- congratulations to the creative team. A question - if you were to do magic takes on other Asian cultures (Korea, China, etc.) do you think those would/could be integrated into Kamigawa, or is that plane too specifically Japanese and a different plane would be needed?

I assume they would be their own worlds. Khans of Tarkir did touch upon some of what you’re asking about.

As I understand it, You believe Walls should be Walls not creatures.With the way the mechanics are set in the game, would this require a separate destroy/control mechanic? Or should it be recognized they're either any artifact or a construct?I agree they're not rightly classed as a creature, after all, "Wall of Stone" would be depending on the flavor could be seen Artifact (Great Wall of China or Hadrian's Wall) Creature (Wall of Flesh).But classifying them all as a creature seemed a bit over simplifying

You were misunderstanding me. Creatures with defender would get different flavor. We might make the occasional artifact with the flavor of a wall that says something like “All attacking creatures get -1/-0.”

In 1999 there were three expansions released that contained premium cards, Urza's Legacy, Destiny and Mercadian Masques.

There were eight possible languages, but foils for only seven.
Chinese Traditional product included English foils.

Why did this happen?

I’m not sure, but my guess is the volume wasn’t high enough to do premiums/foils at the proper ratio.

Hello Maro! It's finally my birthday and I would like to request a piece of trivia on Mu Yanling :)

Yanling was designed as part of a core set-like product specifically created for the Chinese market. I believe she’s inspired by Chinese mythology. Happy Birthday!

Historically, Chinese philosophy uses a system of five elements, with air absent and in its place are wood and metal. What Magic colors would wood and metal fall under as elements?

Wood is green. Metal is artifact. Blue if a color.

For something named Global Series, it seems odd that there is still only one set two years later. Are there plans to make this an actual series?

The set was made as an introduction set to the Chinese market. I agree the name is misleading. It was never intended as an ongoing thing.