Hello mark, I'd like to request my birthday trivia by asking you some trivia of one of my favourite card of all times, Spiritmonger!

Spiritmonger was part of an event where the audience sent in suggestions and then voted on the card concept for a creature. Happy Birthday!

With all of today's discussion of Mongers and creature types, I'm reminded of a bit of Monger trivia. While four of the Mongers have also been given races via typeline errata, Squallmonger's art depicts a bizarre humanoid creature with four arms and three-fingered hands that is not seen anywhere else, and so has never been given a race. When can we expect a return of this unnammed race so that Squallmonger can finally flesh out its typeline?

Everyday I learn about things players want addressed that I didn’t even know was an issue.

I would like to second the request to batch bringer, monger, and volver.

Any other “er” creature types? : )

Why are so many creature types that are unique to magic high on the beeble scale? Spike (7), Slith (7), Beeble (10), Atog (7), Bringer (9), Brushwagg (8), Homarid (8), Lhurgoyf (7), Licid (9 1/2), Monger (9), Nephilim (8), Noggle (8), Ouphe (9), Phelddagrif (9 1/2). These original creatures were a huge reason I fell in love with earlier magic and I feel like you guys have basically abandoned most of them in favor of more generic creatures.

Two things:1) There are also a bunch lower down on the scale. We have a lot of unique things to Magic. 2) A bunch you have listed aren’t unique to Magic (like noggle or ouphe).

Beeble scale for Mongers?

Probably a 9.

Could there be sapient Unicorns in Magic's future? Will Wishmonger grant my wish?

Maybe. : )

It's my 30th birthday this week! Can you give me some trivia about my favorite creature, Spiritmonger?

Spiritmonger was concepted by the public as part of a contest. It was part of the inspiration for “You Make the Card”. Happy Birthday!

Even though hybrid cards can be cast with only a single colour, they aren't a single colour. When you have Balefire Liege on the battlefield and cast a Boros Reckoner, you get to bolt an opponent and gain 3 life, regardless of whether you're in a mono-white deck, mono-red deck, or a RW deck. Commander isn't about what cards you can cast, it's a deckbuilding restriction on colour identity, and Boros Reckoner is always Red and White, even if you're only planning to cast it with a single colour.

Color identity is about what colors are required to cast or activate you. There are plenty of cards that can become a color that is different from what cast them (Caldera Kavu, Kavu Chameleon, Painter’s Servant, Rainbow Crow, Scrapbasket, Spiritmonger,Wild Mongrel, etc.) that don’t require you playing a five-color commander.

Is "colour changing" still in Green's colour pie? (eg. Wild Mongrel and Spiritmonger)

We’ve greatly lessened color mattering so it’s not something we’ve had to address for a long time. Maybe.

When it comes to the Gatewatch my main concern is that villains are being trivialized for their sake. The eldrazi certainly caused a lot of destruction and Ob Nixilis put up a fight, but ultimately plot contrivances and timely rescues were firmly on the side of the Gatewatch. I worry that future villains, Garruk, Phyrexians and Bolas, will suffer similarly and just get steamrolled and foiled. The end of Alara was disappointing for the same reason. Bolas won, but deus ex machina saved Ajani.

Let’s check in on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Monger? Defeated.
Abomination? Defeated.
Whiplash? Defeated.
Loki? Foiled but not defeated.
Red Skull? Defeated.
Loki? Okay this time defeated.
The Chitauri? Defeated.
Mandarin? Essentially defeated.
Aldrich Killian? Defeated.
Malekith? Defeated.
Winter Soldier? Not defeated, but then not truly a villain.
HYDRA? Mostly defeated, at least the top people.
Crossbones? Defeated.
Ronan? Defeated.
Ultron? Defeated.
Yellowjacket? Defeated.
Baron Zemo? Technically defeated, but one could argue he still won. The Marvel films still have drama and good storytelling. The villains are still real threats and compelling. In each case, things looked bad for the heroes. They were outgunned and in trouble, but they do what heroes do and found a way to win despite the obstacles. Heroes most often in the end defeating the villains is a staple of the archetype we’re telling. Marvel has some of the coolest villains. They still lose in the end a lot.