Hey Mark! We've seen evil angels in Magic many, many times, but not really the opposite counterpart. Can I request unambiguously heroic/good demons for a change? At least one? As a treat?

what would be an example of trinket text?is the Shoot the Sheriff one?

No, that text matters a lot in limited. Baneslayer Angel’s protection from demon and dragons is an example.

Why isn't Selective Obliteration a Kindred Sorcery- Eldrazi? Its a colorless Eldrazi flavored card without devoid. I thought for MH3 (and its commander set) the Eldrazi flavor cards would either be devoid or eldrazi . Thank you for asnwering our questions sir.

There are three colorless instants and sorceries with colorless mana costs in the Modern Horizons III Commander decks. One has Kindred Eldrazi (Eldritch Immunity) and the other two (Eldrazi Confluence & Selective Obliteration) don’t, meaning Eldritch Immunity is the outlier, not Selective Obliteration. I’m not sure why one was Kindred and the other two not. It does demonstrate the slippery slope that discourages us from using Kindred often.

Has there been a set without Demons?

Many sets.

So to continue with Signature racesWhite - AngelsBlue - Wizards/Krakens/FaeriesBlack - DemonsRed - DragonsGreen - Hydras/Elementals/Dinosaurs?

The iconic creatures:White - AngelBlue - SphinxBlack - DemonRed - DragonGreen - Hydra

Hey Mark, on the topic of players being worried about creature types losing their distinctiveness by being added in with the broader type rather than a specific race (ex. Viashino(Lizard) or Naga(Snake)), I looked to see how many are already currently templated this way and there are ALOT more than I realized.Archaic (Avatar), Aven (Bird), Leonin (Cat), Malamet (Cat), Nishoba (Cat Beast), Daemogoth (Demon), Ainok (Dog), Flamekin (Elemental), Loxodon (Elephant), Mycoid (Fungus), Thallid (Fungus), Akki (Goblin), Boggart (Goblin), Mogg (Goblin), Redcaps (Goblin), Eumidian (Insect), Kraul (Insect), Nantuko (Insect), Khenra (Jackal), Kitsune (Fox), Merrow (Merfolk), Selkie (Merfolk), Triton (Merfolk), Onakke (Ogre), Caryatid (Plant), Nezume (Rat), Rhox (Rhino), Amphin (Salamander), Orochi (Snake), Kami (Spirit), Drogskol (Spirit), Eidolon (Spirit), Ent (LoTR) (Treefolk), Trow (Troll), Kappa (Turtle), Liche (Zombie), Eternal (Zombie), Draugr (Zombie), Nim (Zombie), Skaab (Zombie)

Yep. Most of the ones that didn’t do it entered the game before we made this the default.

"I'd say not super high. Let me demonstrate: Have you ever played with a Nightstalker?" I would argue this is a self fulfilling prophecy; the only reason I've never played with a Nightstalker is because you haven't printed one in 24 years!

The issue was: is there nostalgia for Nightstalkers?

Most of my issue with UB, particularly the commander decks, is their lack of availability on MtGO, as well as their lack of cohesion at some points. Individually, the cards are absolutely flavor wins, but as part of a precon they really don't work cohesively. Take the Timey Wimey precon for example. That deck was absolutely pulling itself in different directions by trying to be time counters and investigate, and then several cards that had nothing to do with either strategy. I would have been more satisfied had the deck been all in on the time counters, rather than trying to split the deck's strategy.Another example is the Ruinous Powers 40K precon. It had a very heavy demon theme, but it was split between demons-matter/aggro and cascade/spellslinger. Flavorfully each card is an absolute banger. But the decks as a whole really lack a real focus on one or the other. An example of UB doing well is the LotR set as a whole. It allowed for flavor wins while still keeping themes appropriate for its strategy, with blue/black/red being heavy on amassing orc armies and buffing orcs, while green/blue was focused on scrying and payoffs for scrying. Flavor wins, while still keeping a clear focus for deckbuilding.

You’re comparing apples and oranges. A preconstructed deck has different limitations than a randomized product.

Regarding iconics in other colors. Angels have 22 nonwhite angels and 55 with white + other out of 260 cards. Demons have 22 nonblack and 37 black+ out of 193. Hydras have 7 nongreen and 15 green+ out of 65. Sphinxes have 2 nonblue and 20 blue+ out of 75.

FYI

RE: Penguins - We have several types that usually want flying, but have exceptions. We have non-flying dragons, demons, angels, faeries, a gargoyle, a sphinx, and even several birds already! Give the people what they want. Give us a penguin! (Barring that, could you at least give us to a "Maybe :)")

I said “when”.EDIT: I actually said, “my gut is if”, so my bad. I do think it will probably happen, so maybe I should have said when.