Multani

Vanilla Creatures Future

I just finished reading your Nuts and Bolts article! As someone who mostly plays pauper and draft, I find the discussion of commons very interesting.Do you think it’s fair to say that R&D is moving away from vanilla creatures? With fewer common slots I would assume that there’s not any room to fit them into a set (save for vanilla creatures with a large body, like Yargle and Multani in MOM)

We are moving away from Vanilla creatures as a regular staple. They will exist from time to time, but yes, we’re doing less of them.

Commons Creatures Draft Formats Game Design Multani Pauper Vanilla Yargle and Multani

Vanilla Creature Usage

Are vanilla creatures just dead? The only one we've had since Strixhaven is Yargle and Multani.

They’re not dead, but are being used less frequently.

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Creature Type Queries

Hi Mark, I am building a Yargle and Multani deck, and I was wondering two things.1. Was Yargle ever considered to be typed as Frog Horror instead of a Frog Spirit?2. Why is Multani an Elemental and not a Treefolk? His appearance shares a resemblance to a lot of Treefolk we see in Magic.

1. I’m not sure.2. Multani is a Maro. They are elementals that form themselves out of nature. Some of the time, those elements could be parts of trees, but next time it might not.

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Old Characters Return

Could we ever get back again old characters in regular MTG story?

What do you consider old characters? Karn and Multani were in Dominaria United.

Dominaria United Multani Story / Lore

Post-War Friendships

Do the MOM team-ups remain friends after the war is over? Like Multani and Yargle?

Best of friends. They do brunch every Sunday.

Multani

Elder Type Missing

I understand why the class types of the team-up cards are missing, but why is Ghalta and Mavren missing the Elder type? I wouldn't consider that a class anymore than I'd consider "Horror" or "Spirit" a class on Thalia and the Gitrog Monster or Yargle and Multani.

Elder is odd as it’s neither race nor class.

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Yargle vs Multani Power

How can a card like Yargle and Multani be viewed as anything but wild power creep?

Vanilla creatures are known for their long history of breaking formats. : )

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Countered Spells Activation Card

Hi Mark - a card does exist that triggers on countered spells. Probably a decent chance you designed it - Multani's Presence.

FYI And I think I might have.

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Special Connection with Legendary Creatures

Do you have any legendary creatures that you feel a special connection to?

Multani.

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Urza's Growth

As far as Urza bring green I would also point out that color can be changed by outside influence (as with Freyalise who was originally a pyromancer but was killed with nature magic in a duel with Jason Carthalion). When Urza was trapped in a tree (by Multani in Timestreams) he was made to feel all the pain inflicted by the Sylex blast on Argoth until Multani felt he had atoned (later helping him). I would think this would add green to him at least partly.

A fine point.

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Trivia on Multani

My birthday was a few days ago! I would love a bit of trivia on my favorite character, Multani!

Multani was created as the mentor character in Gerard’s life. I really wanted one of the characters in the Weatherlight Saga to be a Maro and he seemed like the best fit. Happy Birthday!

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Maro Creature Type

Why isn’t Maro a creature type? If I remember, in story terms, they were a race, with Multani being one particularly powerful Maro sorcerer. Is this another “that ship sailed a long time ago” kind of thing?

Maro is a kind of nature elemental.

Creatures Elemental Mark Rosewater Multani Story / Lore

Request for Reprint

I know vanity cards are still taboo but if enough of us ask can we get a Maro reprint in the new legend border?

The vanity rule doesn’t prevent reprints. Also, Mark’s not legendary. Multani and Molimo, who are Maros are.

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Request for New Tangarth

Will we be getting a new Tangarth???! In recent times we’ve gotten Sisay, Mirri, Karn, Hanna, Multani, Squee.... The only recent reprints we don’t have are: Orim Ertai Crovax Rofellos Starke il-vec Please say maybe!!!

You forgot a few: Volrarh, Greven, Selena, Barrin, Eladamri, Maraxus.And Takara and Lyna still don’t have cards.Oh, and… maybe. : )

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Multani, Maro-Sorcerer Effect

Is Multani, Maro-Sorcerer's effect still in green

Yes, the “Maro” effect (power/toughness equal to hand size or sizes) is both green and blue.

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Reach in Illustrations

"We haven’t found players projecting reach onto creatures as they have flying" what about the opposite problem though? Ive lost count of the number of times ive seen a player attack with a flying creature into a reach creature simply because they didn't realize it had it, since the art made that unclear (think cards like the new Multani)

Reach is hard to definitively illustrate.

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Vanity Cards Status

I'm super stoked to see Multani back, but it begs the question: given the "no vanity cards" rule, is the title of "Maro Sorcerer" still canon?

Yes. We don’t make new vanity cards, but all the old ones are grandfathered in.

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Multani Card Template

I noticed something huge change with the Multani card you previewed. It's a 0/0! Does this mean that */* is a thing of the past?

The new template is 0/0 with bonuses rather than */*.

Multani Templating

Dominiaria Character Trivia

Birthday trivia: With our return to Dominiaria can I please get trivia on Multani or Seton?

Multani was Gerard, Mirri and Rofellos’ teacher. When Michael and I created him he was made to be the Yoda of the Weatherlight Saga. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Mirri Multani Rofellos Sagas Weatherlight

Gerrard Capashen Trivia

I think my birthday request didn't go through :( Anyway now I'm 26. When I was 8 Gerrard Capashen was my hero, but now that I'm his age and an aspiring game designer, I think you are! Can I have some juicy Gerrard trivia? Perhaps where you would have like to see him going?

Most people don’t know this but Gerrard could cast some magic. He was trained in magic by Multani along with Mirri and Rofellos. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cast Gerrard Mirri Multani Rofellos