Narcomoeba

Narcomoeba's Flavor

Is the flavor of Narcomoeba that it comes to you when you forget it? What inspired its design?

I was trying to design a futureshifted card, so I was looking for a way to mess with something we hadn’t messed with before. I designed it and Bridge from Below at the same time.

Bridge from Below Flavor Futureshifted Narcomoeba

Narcomoeba in Surveil

I just took a peek at GRN’s spoiler and my immediate reaction was that Narcomoeba’s inclusion in a set with Surveil seems like a home-run. I’m actually not all that much in the mood for Ravnica, but this got me somewhat excited. :)

I’m too am happy to see Narcomoeba return.

Narcomoeba Spoilers Surveil

Narcomoeba's Paradox

Narcomoeba has actually appeared in two sets before Guilds of Ravnica: Future Sight and Modern Masters. Future Sight of course has it as a card from the future, so there's no questions there that it got the card from its "original" printing in the future. But Modern Masters is a set of only reprints, with no new cards, so it has to have cards from the past. Which begs the question: where did Modern Masters get Narcomoeba from?

It’s a paradox. Confusing time travel.

Card Printing Future Sight Guilds of Ravnica Modern Modern Masters Narcomoeba Paradox Reprints Two Color

Future Sight and Ravnica

Most of the Future Sight cards that eventually made it into sets were not from a known plane, although the difference in art style implies that Aven Mincensor at least was not originally from an 'Egyptian world'. Narcomoeba's original flavour text is explicit that it was made by the Iquati, later identified in Planechase as coming from a plane imaginatively named Iquatana. Does Narcomoeba now being from Ravnica render the Iquatana 'possible future' non-canon?

Hitting both the mechanics and flavor on a Future-shifted card is very hard to accomplish. We assume hitting the mechanics with a flavor twist is better than never doing it.

Art Flavor Future Sight Mechanics Narcomoeba Planechase

Designed Dredge Cards

Isn't it true that you also designed Bridge from Below and Narcomoeba, this enabling the original builds of dredge?

Not only did I designed them both, but I did it during the same hour of last-minute hole filling. Also, I have made a huge amount of graveyard mattering cards.

Bridge from Below Dredge Narcomoeba The Graveyard

Narcomoeba Ability Color

Can the "Narcomoeba" ability be in other colours? (When milled, put directly into play)

I’m not sure it’s an ability we can do in enough volume that it’s a certain color’s thing.

Colors Narcomoeba

Narcomoeba Origin

Hello :D I think my ask got lost in everything else, but was wondering if you'd be willing to give some birthday trivia on the narcomoeba or Lord Windgrace. (Sent the previous version yesterday on the actual day. Sorry)

Narcomoeba came about because I had a future-shifted card to fill and I wanted something that worked with milling differently.Happy Belated Birthday!

Birthday Lord Windgrace Mill Narcomoeba

Futureshifted Cards Trivia

Hey, Mark! It's my birthday today and I would appreciate some trivia on the Futureshifted cards from Future Sight.

Narcomoeba and Bridge from Below were both designed by me at the last minute to fill holes right before development was done. I made both of them within minutes of one another. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Bridge from Below Future Sight Futureshifted Futureshifted Narcomoeba

Graveyard Effects Future

How likely is it that we will ever see more cards with effects when they are put into the graveyard from anywhere (or just the library), such as Narcomoeba?

I assume we’ll do it some day.

Narcomoeba The Graveyard The Library

Library Matters Complexity

"Library matters": I was thinking about stuff like Narcomoeba and Panglacial Wurm which play around the library.

There’s not much elegant, simple design space there.

Design Space Narcomoeba Panglacial Wurm The Library Wurm

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