Does no one at wotc think it's silly how you can put an emrakul or griselbrand into play turn 1 but making a bunch of squirrels with earthcraft is too far?

I think it’s not far enough. : )

I was reading about all the early versions of The Tarrasque and wanted to know. It's a 10/10 with Ward 10 for... 9 mana. Was there any reference to your Griselbrand lesson during design?

I would have lined up the numbers if possible, but I wasn’t on the team, so there are numerous factors I’m unaware of.

Remember the Griselbrand "7/7, pay 7, draw 7, gain 7, cost 8" situation that just seemed weird to people? I'd like to ask whether a card that says "tap ten elves, opponents lose 10, you gain 10" comes off the same way when it uses the word ten and the number 10 in the same line of text?

If we broke the template it would just be an aesthetic issue to a different group of players.

Was the choice to make the Triome's cycling abilities cost 3 just a nice coincidence, or was there flavor/expectation pressure to keep it at 3 (compare: the oft-cited Griselbrand)?

I believe we started at 3 for aesthetic reasons and it worked out.

'GOYF?!? i refuse to believe that the mad, mad mind behind combo winter never designed an instant win creature. did you have nothing to do with crater hoof behemoth? Blightsteel collossus? Griselbrand? bubble hulk? i could continue but i'm sure you understand where i- not rven labarotory maniac?!

I designed Blightsteel Colossus and Griselbrand.

If you were to fix griselbrand, would you rather change all the numbers to 8, or just change the mana cost to 7

The mana cost can’t change. I’d not make all the numbers but one 7.

Griselbrand is great and all, but when are we going to see Griseldesign, Griseldevelopment and Griselcreative?

: )

Soblack has Zombies and Vampires, but I've seen a lot of love for demons too. Everyone likes big turn 1 Griselbrand

Demons are the black iconic (in contrast to the characteristic - what Vampires and Zombies are).

You guys do a lot to set up for future stories, but there have also been several examples of you guys killing off major characters after just one or two appearances (examples include Venser, Xenagos, and Griselbrand). Do you know why the story people do this? I understand the importance of risk for characters, but these ones barely had a chance to be established.

Part of keeping the audience guessing is to mix up how you do things.

Why griselbrand has no "title"? it's not a common thing among legendary creatures.

There’s only one Griselbrand.