The Entomb/Reanimate with Entwine thing got me thinking, why would the Entwine cost need to be green? I'd have thought it was ok as a mono black card. The catch with black being that the card you tutor for does go to the graveyard first, so the Reanimate half still gets blocked by static graveyard hate. Grafdigger's Cage/Rest In Peace/Leyline of the Void and so on.

We need to be careful doing two monocolor effects on the same card where the combination isn’t in color.

If entomb isn't a bend or a break, would it be possible to see a new "library to graveyard" card, such as entomb or buried alive?

It’s in back’s pie, so it’s possible.

Hi Mark! Would you say that old cards from Odyssey block (say Burst cycle, 1C 3 Life flashback cycle, Madness and cards that work with graveyards like Entomb) would be a good fit to bring back in SOI block? (Not all of them, or not necessarily the same cards of course, but I guess you know what I mean). I believe Flashback (well for startes it was in INN before) and Madness would be great fits for the return (esp if there are Titans in there)? Or would that be overpowered? Thanks!

You’ll have to wait and see. : )

Could you ask development if Entomb is too powerful for Standard?

I just asked and they said “Yes.”

Is it safe to assume that Signal the Clans was designed by you, as Intuition II that works how it's supposed to work? I vaguely remember you not wanting Intuition to fetch 3 copies of a card, and you can't use Signal like Intuition/Entomb for graveyard shenanigans...

I believe you assume correctly. And yes, Intuition was supposed to get three different cards but I forgot to be specific in my write-up and by the time I explained the intent the team was in love with Intuition as it was in the file.

I can't help but think that players generally expect graveyard recursion spells to behave in a completely controlled manner. (Disentomb effects have been around since the game's beginning.) Was there any discussion about alternatives to making recursion random such as making it appear at a less-than-normal rate or by making it more narrow? You've often mentioned that it's usually best to go with players' expectations and I can't help but think that there was an alternative somewhere...

There’s a different between intuitive and learned responses. Getting back a known card rather than a random card from a graveyard is a learned response. When I make changes (and remember that Magic is a game about change) I tend to be much more willing to overwrite learned responses to intuitive responses because people can learn to do things differently but it’s a lot harder to make things feel right differently. Having played with the random graveyard retrieval, I found it to be a fun change of pace. It also created more tension, which I feel works well in a horror set. Note that this isn’t a permanent change but something we’re doing for Innistrad.