Old Fogey

Jokes in Card Design

The Akrome article raised me one question: how often do cards get changed in the file as a joke? It felt as if someone took "all keywords" too literally and gave tons of unused keywords to make Akroma look like Old Fogey

It seldom happens today. Back in the day, it happen with some frequency.

Humor Keywords Old Fogey

Old Fogey's Eternity

Hi Mark! Would Old Fogey be eternal if printed in Unfinity?

Probably. It does have a few weird interactions, but I think the rules can handle them.

Eternal Old Fogey Rules

Recalling an Exceptional Game

FYI the world's BEST game of Magic has been played by my wife and I and no other can hope to top it: An Enter the Dungeon subgame under the table. Old Fogey played. Frankie Peanuts used his question and Sword of d&d to make a dragon. BINGO was achieved. A 10/10 BINGO was successfully blocked to survive with 1 life. Slaying Mantis was thrown. Frankie Peanuts - "will you give me sweet sweet kisses until end of turn?" meant the final turn included much kissing. And this was all under the table.

I congratulate you on playing the best ever game of Magic. Thanks for sharing.

Dragon Dungeons & Dragons Enter the Dungeon Frankie Peanuts Old Fogey Slaying Mantis

Aether Vortex Rules

Un rules question: what happens if I have Yet Another Aether Vortex and the top card of my library phases out? (Such as with Old Fogey, for example)

When it phases out, the card under it will be on top of your library and thus be on the battlefield. When it phases back in, it returns from where it came, the top of your library, covering the card underneath it, removing it from the battlefield. The Old Fogey is now back on the battlefield.

Old Fogey Rules The Library Un-sets Yet Another Aether Vortex

Elder as a Creature Type

RE: Old Fogey being an elder. Elder has been a creature type since the elder dragons came out in legends.

True, but Elder being used on anything but a dragon is pretty new.

Creatures Dragon Elder Legendary Creatures Old Fogey

Classification of Old Fogey

How come Old Fogey isn't an Elder Dinosaur? He seems quite old.

The problem is Elder is a newer creature type.

Creatures Dinosaur Elder Old Fogey

Old Border Card Printing

If you can't print cards in old border without the collating data AND you downgraded Topsy Turvy specifically to avoid having to add the security stamp... care to explain how Unsanctioned Old Fogey at rare still has neither of those?

We liked the joke of Old Fogey not having the security stamp as the old frame didn’t have it. Collating dara is only necessary for randomized boosters.

Boosters Card Frames Card Printing Humor Old Fogey Rares Topsy Turvy

Unsanctioned Foil Cards

First of all: Thank you so so so so so much for UnSanctioned! B.O.B Alexander Clamillton and the tokens are my favourite! Secondly i have a question: Will any of the cards in UnSanctioned be foil? And will the reprints of older Un cards look the same in the old mtg design or will they look like current cards? Thank you!

A cycle of the full-art lands is foil, but that’s the only foil cards in the product. All the reprints, save Blast from the Past and Old Fogey, are in new frames, but some have nods to their old frame adjustments.

Appreciation Art Blast from the Past Card Frames Card Printing Cycles Foils Lands Old Fogey Reprints Tokens Unsanctioned Un-sets

Old Un-reprints Frame

will the older un-reprints have the new border?

I believe all the cards, save Blast from Past and Old Fogey, have the current card frame. They have a new Unsanctioned expansion symbol.(I assume you meant card frame. They all have a silver border, which isn’t new.)

Card Frames Card Printing Old Fogey Reprints Set Symbols Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Unsanctioned Un-sets

Nostalgic References Wish

I'd really like to see more references to old stuff (the Old Fogey that I am). I like that Magic hasn't forgotten it's old stories and appreciate that things keep getting made for the old players like myself.

Luckily, some of the people that make Magic are also Old Fogeys.

Old Fogey

Old Fogey Classification

Can you confirm why Old Fogey doesn't have the Elder subtype? I believe he's the prime example of the Elder Dinosaur.

It didn’t exist at the time I believe.

Dinosaur Elder Old Fogey Subtype

Elder Dinosaur Status

is Old Fogey an Elder Dinosaur or just an old Dinosaur?

Just old.

Dinosaur Elder Old Fogey

Echo Cost Mechanic

Un-rules question: do you actually ever pay old fogey's echo cost? From the remind text on echo cards, it seems like you would not (since it's phased out for the turn you'd normally pay it).

It’s explained in detail in the Unhinged FAQ:http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic%2Ffaq%2Funhinged

Echo Old Fogey Rules The FAQ Unhinged Un-sets

Old Fogey's Type

On Gatherer, Old Fogey has his typing as "Summon - Dinosaur". Does that count as a card type for things like delirium and such or is he still counted as a creature?

He’s a creature. Un-cards have never gotten errata on Gatherer.

Card Types Creatures Delirium Dinosaur Errata Old Fogey Un-sets

Dinosaur Type Possibility

Hey Mark! Just graduated today with a B.S. In geology/paleontology. Any chance we will see the dinosaur creature type (old fogey) outside of silver border? Or is it too "real world" and you guys would rather use things like lizard beast and bird lizard?

Thumbs up or down for creature type “Dinosaur”.

Beast Bird Creatures Dinosaur Lizard Old Fogey Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Tribal in Silver Border?

Could the card type Tribal ever be used in silver border similar to the way Old Fogey used retired mechanics in Unhinged?

Silver border is allowed to break rules. That said, it’s a longshot. Also, we have to convince the Powers That Be to make a third Un-set.

Card Types Kindred / Typal Mechanics Old Fogey Rules Unhinged Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Old Fogey Rarity

Why did Old Fogey get a rare expansion symbol? Shouldn't he have had a plain black one, or none at all, if he pined for a time where there was little information on cards, and they had no collector's number?

It wasn’t Old Fogey’s choice.

Black Old Fogey Rares Set Symbols

Bands With Others Critique

I did some reading today. Only three creatures have "bands with other", and one of them is Old Fogey. Otherwise, an uncommon cycle from Legends gives legends "bands with other legends". This is actually a very cool innovation since legends and multicolor cards overlapped entirely at the time, so the land cycle was an interesting way to make two new mechanics (legends and multicolor) more interesting and relevant. Banding's gone, but there's something to be said for the design decisions there.

I consider bands with others to be the worst named mechanic ever made. Duh. Duh. Duh!

Banding Creatures Duh Lands Legendary Creatures Mechanics Old Fogey Uncommons

Plainswalker Trivia

The day has come bday trivia. Trivia on 5 color plainswalker or my commander child of alara.

Here’s some five color plainswalking trivia. There are actually cards in every color (and artifact and multicolor) that can have or grant plainswalk:White Aysen Highway (Homelands)Concerted Effort (Ravnica) - must have other plainswalkerGraceful Antelope (Odyssey)Great Wall (Legends)Righteous Avengers (Legends)Blue (okay, other than Greater Morphing, Illusionary Presence or Traveler’s Cloak, you have to already have a land walker to pull this off)Crystal Spray (Invasion)Greater Morphling (Unhinged)Illusionary Presence (Ice Age)Magical Hack (Alpha)Mind Bend (Mirage)Spectral Shift (Fifth Dawn)Trait Doctoring (Dragon’s Maze)Traveler’s Cloak (Invasion)While of Vorrath (Tempest)BlackCairn Wanderer (Lorwyn) - ,must have plainswalker in graveGiant Slug (Legends)RedBarbarian Guides (Ice Age) - can grant snow-covered plainswalkBeggars Arsonists (Shadowmoor)GreenMagnigoth Treefolk (Planeshift) - must have PlainsOld Fogey (Unhinged)Zodiac Rooster (Portal: Three Kingdoms)ArtifactDeath-Mask Duplicate (Darksteel) - must exile plainswalkerExcavator (Tempest) - must sacrifice PlainsMulticolorLord Magnus (Legends) - Green/WhiteThis is the most I’ve ever written about plainswalk on Blogatog. : )Happy Birthday!

Alpha Antelope Artifacts Aysen Highway Barbarian Barbarian Guides Bend / Break Birthday Black Blue Cairn Wanderer Child of Alara Cloak Colors Commander Concerted Effort Crystal Spray Darksteel Dragon Excavator Fifth Dawn Giant Giant Slug Graceful Antelope Great Wall Greater Morphling Green Homelands Ice Age Illusionary Presence Lands Legendary Creatures Lord Magnus Lorwyn Magical Hack Magnigoth Treefolk Mind Bend Mirage Odyssey Old Fogey Planeshift Portal Red Righteous Avengers Sacrifice Selesnya (G/W) Shadowmoor Slug Spectral Shift Tempest The Exile Zone Trait Doctoring Treefolk Unhinged Wall White Zodiac Rooster

Old Fogey Trivia

My grandpa was born on Christmas :) any trivia on Old Fogey?

Old Fogey was created by Mark Gottlieb (along with Blast from the Past). Those two cards inspired the “Mix and Match” cards in Future Sight. They are also the only two cards in Unhinged that use the old card frame and the goblin riding the Time Machine can be seen in the art of both. Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Art Birthday Blast from the Past Card Frames Future Sight Goblin Old Fogey Time Machine Unhinged