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B.O.B. Loyalty Effects

Unrules question: I know you have said that B.O B.'s loyalty is in a fluctuating state at all times (or something similar). If I use More or Less and change their loyalty by upping it by 1 (say from 4 to 5) I would gain the beeble. But More or Less says till end of turn? So do i lose the beeble at end of turn then?

The number only lasts until end of turn, but it doesn’t erase any effects it might have altered.

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Design Difficulties

Do you think indestructible has more or less design difficulties than regeneration?

Way less design difficulties. Indestructible’s big issue is power balance.

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Irencrag Feat & More Or Less

Be honest, you changed Irencrag Feat so it works better with More Or Less, right?

I don’t need to do anything to make More or Less powerful. It would be played in any format it was made legal. : )

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Legendary Creatures Future

If you succeeded in removing the legend rule, would legendary creatures still be printed? And do you think there would be more or less of these creatures?

If legendary carried no rules baggage, we could make as many as a set wanted.

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Mechanic Design Space Article

id like to see an article explaining how some mechanics have more or less design space. it feels like a somewhat nebulous concept.

That’s a fine idea for a topic. I have covered it a bit in my Storm Scale articles.

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Cleric Wizard Color Order

"Cleric, Wizard, Warlock, Shaman and Druid" and their color ... So, if the types are more or less connected to a color, would they be, respectively, White, Blue, Black, Red, Green ? ^^ (I guess you put them in this order on purpose, just trying to be sure :) )

I did put them in that order on purpose.

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Unrules Query

Hey Mark. Unrules question. If I use "more or less" on hedron alignment so i need 0 hedron alignments in the different zones, does it become 0 or more, or exactly zero? Also thanks for all you work here on tumblr :)

That’s not how More or Less works. It can only change numbers. Hedron Alignment doesn’t specifically specify “one” in the rules text.

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More or Less Mechanic

So More or Less couldn't work in black border in any form?

It might be the most broken card in Unstable.

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Custom Card Policy

You often say your not allowed to see custom cards. Is there a reason for this? Surely highly up/downvoted, or featured custom cards would do a lot to tell you guys what players want to see more or less of.

It’s the reason I’m not allowed to talk about. The comments should fill you in.

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Comparing Lorwyn

Eldraine looks really cool, but as a big Lorwyn fan, I don't really get quite the same vibe. I like that it feels different, but I wanted to know: does this set make a return to Lorwyn even less likely? I wouldn't mind waiting a while for it, but the vibe feels different and it's something a lot of fans still want.

Eldraine and Lorwyn/Shadowmoor are very different worlds. Yes, there is a little overlap in a few of the creature types and (occasional) lighter tone, but the existence of one does not make the other more or less likely from happening.

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Sagas Format Flexibility

Can sagas have more or less than three acts?

Designwise? Sure, but it would require some frame tweaks/ a new frame.

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Colored Artifacts Distribution

Will colored artifacts be spread out (more or less) evenly over the color pie?

Yeah. They could skew per set though based on themes of that set,

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Planeswalker Frame Use

"I don’t believe that is an option based on how we build frames." Don't Planeswalkers already use take up more or less of their frames depending on how much text it's Loyalty abilities are?

That’s because planeswalker text boxes are built to do that. Text within rules text boxes are different than text within smaller boxes.

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Reprint Art Selection

"Hi Mark. Love WotCs work, but would like to express my dissatisfaction at the lack of foil Lorwyn art Ponder reprints. The core set ponder has seen reprints, and brainstorm has been reprinted several times, but no ponder. Thank you for listening. That’s a very specific request. : ) It’s possible if the stars align." Are you saying that whether or not a piece of artwork has been reprinted more or less often is not a consideration in choosing the art for a reprint that doesn't feature new art?

When choosing art for a reprint that isn’t getting new art, we tend to pick the piece that we feel best serves the card as a whole. That increases the chance that the same piece gets picked again.

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Green Philosophy Explained

So Thanos isn't Green because he's taking direct control over natural processes for his own means. On this we agree. So how are Urza and the Simic green, again? Their genetic engineering is more or less the same core "not as nature does it" juice, just less genocidal.

“If this person and that person had a baby, they would grow up to do great things” is a green-acceptable interaction with nature. “I’m going to kill people to bring about change” is not.

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More or Less Grammar

Un-rules question: When using More or Less, how do you deal with text that becomes grammatically incorrect after changing the number? For example, what if something like "up to two target creatures" changes to "up to one target creatures"?

You follow it the best you can. Note that Magic occasionally uses “up to one” for effects we want you to be able to use without needing a target.

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Color Balance Challenge

Hey Mark is any color more or less hard to balance than all the other colors? Also great job with WAR!

Not really. We’ve had twenty-six years to iterate and get them close to one another.

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Favorite Flavor Texts

What's your favorite flavor text(s) that you wrote for Unstable?

More or Less was my favorite: Why was 5 afraid of 6? Because 678.

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Kraken Lore Influence

Do Therosian kraken make a Norse-inspired plane having krakens more or less likely?

It has zero effect on it.

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Probability Scale Explained

can you explain this: major when, minor when, major if, minor if, thing? Is a minor if more or less likely than a major if?

Major When > Minor When > Minor If > Major If

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