Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Legend Rule Logic

It seems to me that the legend rule would make far more sense flavor wise if name applied to everything before the comma (E.g. Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius, and Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind would be treated as the same creature) So why doesn't it work like this?

Because title names are searchable ruleswise as they can vary so greatly from language to language.

Creatures Flavor Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Rules

Flavor vs Gameplay

Having Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius at the same time wasn't "nice". Now there can be 4 in the battlefield. Can I ask how this was an improvement?

We took slight flavor hit to get a substantial gameplay gain. This is very similar to what I call the “elephant in the boots” issue. If we wanted to be very flavorful, boots wouldn’t go on animals. The equipment would say something like “Equip humanoid”. I mean an elephant can’t get boots of speed on. But we decided that the gameplay was better if any creature could use any equipment. Yes, at times it makes flavor that doesn’t make sense, but the gameplay was so much superior that we decided to suck up a slight flavor hit. Same thing here.

Boots of Speed Creatures Elephant Equip Equipment Flavor Game Play Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Niv-Mizzet Rule Clarification

Can both Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind be out at the same time as Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius? Or would Mirror Gallery be required for such vanity?

Multiple legendary creatures that represent the same person can be out together as long as they are not the exact same card. Flavor fail, I agree, but it’s how the rules work. There’s no way for the game to know that Both Niv-Mizzets are the same creature storywise.

Creatures Flavor Legendary Creatures Mirror Gallery Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Rules

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