Converge

List of Green Cards

In case anyone was curious about how many Lay of the Land cards are in green:Mono-Green: 58
Analyze the Pollen
Attune with Aether
Borderland Ranger
Boseiju Reaching Skyward
Brave the Wilds
Bushwack
Caravan Vigil
Civic Wayfinder
Cultivate
District Guide
Druid of the Emerald Grove
Elfhame Sanctuary
Evolution Charm
Flare of Cultivation
Flourishing Bloom-Kin
Fork in the Road
Gaea's Bounty
Gatecreeper Vine
Greenseeker
Herd Migration
Horizon Seeker
hunting Cheetah
Journey for the Elixir
Journey of Discovery
Kodama's Reach
Krosan Tusker
Kura, the Boundless Sky
Land Grant
Lay of the Land
Many Partings
Nervous Gardener
Nissa's Encouragement
Nissa's Pilgrimage
Nissa's Triumph
Nissa, Vastwood Seer
Nylea's Intervention
Open the Gates
Outcaster Greenblade
Peregrination
Realm Seekers
Realms Uncharted
Reclaim the Wastes
Rites of Spring
Seek the Horizon
Shard Convergence
Spinewoods Armadillo
Spirit of the Aldergard
Sprouting Vines
Sylvan Ranger
Sylvan Scrying
The Huntsman's Redemption
Thirsting Roots
Trail of Mystery
Traverse the Ulvenwald
Verdant Mastery
Vorinclex
Yavimaya Elder
You Happen On a GladeGreen featuring another colour: 7
Dig Up
Flower // Flourish
Huatli, Poet of Unity
Invasion of Ergamon (flipped to Truga Cliffcharger)
Path to the World Tree
Safewright Quest
Yasharn, Implacable EarthUn-cards: 3
Selfie Preservation (Un-card)
Spirit of the Season (Un-card)
Wild Crocodile (Un-card)(everyone feel free to add any that I've missed!)

FYI

Analyze the Pollen Armadillo Attune with Aether Borderland Ranger Brave the Wilds Caravan Vigil Civic Wayfinder Colors Crocodile Cultivate Dig Up District Guide Druid Druid of the Emerald Grove Elder Elfhame Sanctuary Evolution Charm Flare Flare of Cultivation Flourishing Bloom-Kin Flower // Flourish Fork in the Road Gaea's Bounty Gatecreeper Vine Gates Green Greenseeker Herd Migration Horizon Seeker Hunting Cheetah Invasion Journey for the Elixir Journey of Discovery Kodama's Reach Krosan Tusker Kura, the Boundless Sky Land Grant Lands Lay of the Land Many Partings Nervous Gardener Nissa's Encouragement Nissa's Pilgrimage Nissa's Triumph Nylea's Intervention Open the Gates Outcaster Greenblade Path to the World Tree Peregrination Ranger Realm Seekers Realms Uncharted Reclaim the Wastes Rites of Spring Safewright Quest Seek the Horizon Seeker Selfie Preservation Shard Convergence Spinewoods Armadillo Spirit Spirit of the Aldergard Spirit of the Season Sprouting Vines Sylvan Ranger Sylvan Scrying The Huntsman's Redemption The Wilds The World Tree Thirsting Roots Trail of Mystery Traverse the Ulvenwald Un-sets Verdant Mastery Wild Crocodile Yasharn, Implacable Earth Yavimaya Elder You Happen On a Glade

Absence of 5-Color Mechanics

Domain, Sunburst and Converge were all absent in MH3. Is it because the colorless theme of the set made difficult to make 5-color mechanics work well?

I assume that was a big part of it.

Colorless Converge Domain Mechanics Modern Horizons 3 Sunburst

Design Template Views

What is your opinion on the design template of cards costing a certain color to cast, but only having a meaningful impact if other colors are spent as part of their cost? For example, in original Ravnica, when a card would say, "if [color] was spent to cast ~, [do this]." Or, in a similar vein, Converge in BFZ.

It’s useful in certain types of design.

Battle for Zendikar Colors Converge Templating

Game-Winning Cards

Are we likely to get more cards like Celestial Convergence that can potentially make any player win the game?

Possibly. The trick is you build your deck to do what your deck does. It’s hard to win in a way you didn’t plan for.

Celestial Convergence

Sci-Fi Set Possibilities

With magic dipping its toes into sci-fi with neon dynasty and unfinity... what are the chances of getting a Space: the Converge set printed? I've wanted it since I read that article, back when it was released!

Which would people prefer: Space: the Convergence (Magic done as if it was about science fiction changing all the terminology)A science fiction set with science fiction flavor but using all the same terminology?

Converge Flavor

Designer’s Role in Game Enjoyment

"There are two paths - you can play what’s fun or you can play what’s going to win." In your GDC talk you said that it's the designers job to make sure these paths are the same.

We have much more control the smaller the environment. For example, we have significant control over how a limited environment plays out. There we can make the fun path converge with the competitive path. There are many fun aspects in having an environment with 20,000+ cards to choose from, but it’s near impossible for us game designers to have much control of it.

Competitive Play Converge Limited

Balancing Fun and Winning

"If it lets them embrace Magic in a way that allows them to bond with it, isn’t that a net positive experience?" Only if it doesn't ruin that bond for anyone else. In competitive formats the risk of being forced to play with the cards or be punished does exactly that.

There are two paths - you can play what’s fun or you can play what’s going to win. While those two paths will sometimes converge, they often will go in different directions.

Competitive Play Converge

Converge Dependency Regrets?

Hey Mark! For Converge (more colors more power) do you have any regrets making it dependent on color rather than type, as it now excludes colorless mana?

I do not.

Colorless Colors Converge Mana

Mechanic Card Quantity

I recently noticed that often a mechanic will get a very small amount of cards in a set (Soulbond with ~20 in INN and Converge with 12 in BFZ, being the ones I was looking at). Why do so many mechanics get such a limited amount of space in a set?

Either that’s all the space the set has for them or all the space the mechanic does.

Converge Limited Mechanics Soulbond

Domain vs Converge

What's more likely? Domain and Converge on the same set, to reinforce a theme; or in different sets, as they play in similar space?

They fight for the same effects (there’s only so many scalable things to do), that they’d have a hard time co-existing in the same set.

Converge Domain Fight / Bite Reinforce

Reprinting With New Names

Is it possible that a preexisting old card could be reprinted with a new name for the same mechanic? (e.g. reprinting Engineered Explosives with Converge instead of Sunburst, or reprinting Primalcrux saying "devotion to green" instead of Chroma)

If we revamped the mechanic as a larger thing like devotion and chroma.

Card Printing Chroma Converge Engineered Explosives Green Mechanics Primalcrux Reprints Sunburst

Confirmed Guild Mechanics

Have Converge, Mentor, Surveil, Jump and Undergrowth been confirmed as guild mechanics?

Yes, on the Magic stream.

Converge Mechanics Mentor Surveil Two Color Undergrowth

Converge Mechanic Origin

I ask this question out of pure design interest, please read it with no intention of criticism or negativity. How does a mechanic like converge get selected for a block like return to zendikar? On one end is the new function of the block-care about finding and using colorless mana- and on the other end doing a 180 and asking players to do the opposite-care about all the main colors?

The mechanic wasn’t made in design so I gave to guess at the intentions. I believe it stemmed from trying to give more identity to the Allies and it was contrasting the Eldrazi which were focused on colorlessness. At the time, Oath of the Gatewatch did not yet have its colorless mana theme.That said, yes, in retrospect, it was a mistake.

Ally Colorless Colors Converge Eldrazi Gates Mana Mechanics Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar

Crystalline Crawler Mechanics

Why was Crystalline Crawler given Converge over Sunburst?

It was set on Zendikar.

Converge Crystalline Crawler Sunburst Zendikar

Converge Vs. Sunburst

Why does Crystalline Crawler have Converge instead of Sunburst? Is Converge considered a "fixed" Sunburst or something?

The card is flavored as being from Zendikar. Sunburst was original Mirrodin.

Converge Crystalline Crawler Mirrodin Sunburst Zendikar

Revisiting Past Keywords

Proliferate, Domain, Converge - I'm a big fan of keywords and ability words from the past getting individual uses in Commander sets when appropriate - especially when used in such incredible ways as these! Thanks :)

I had nothing to do with this particular set, but I’ll pass along the kind words to the design and development teams.

Ability Words Commander Converge Domain Keywords Proliferate

Rhyming Mechanics Merge

"Surge" and "Emerge," rhyming cost-reduction mechanics only 2 sets apart--any chance these two will meld (or, one might even say, merge) into a third mechanic in Aether Revolt? ;-)

Maybe every other set will have a rhyming mechanic: dirge, urge, scourge, diverge, submerge, a reprint of converge. : )

Aether Revolt Card Printing Converge Emerge Humor Mechanics Meld Reprints Revolt Scourge Surge

Mechanics Waiting Game

What happened to landfall, awaken, converge, rally and ingest?

Let’s wait for all of Oath of the Gatewatch to be revealed and then ask this question again.

Awaken Converge Gates Ingest Landfall Oath of the Gatewatch Rally

Converge Mechanic Confusion

Somehow i automatically assumed that the new colorless symbol would work with converge and i find it really confusing that it doesnt. I get it, it makes sense, but I really think it's a missed opportunity and it would greatly benefit the format.

Colorless is in some ways like a sixth color, but it is *not* a sixth color.

6th Color Colorless Colors Converge

BFZ Limited Feedback

So I actually really like BFZ limited, but I feel its fair for you to get some focused constructive criticism: my opinion is that green isn't UNIVERSALLY underpowered. The issue is that it's top-3 commons lag well behind the other 4 colors. Also, it's synergy gimmick, Converge, isn't nearly as good as awaken/devoid/allies. This means that it is very playable in sealed, but not consistent enough in draft. I'm curious if other Question Marks and/or Development agrees with this.

Very concisely put. Thank you.

Ally Appreciation Awaken Colors Commons Converge Devoid Green Limited Power Level Question Marks