Peasant

Creature Type Combinations

If/when: more novel creature type combinations (such as "Dragon Detective", "Kraken Knight", or "Plant Peasant")

When.

Creatures Detective Dragon If/When Knight Kraken Peasant Plant

Creature Type Specificity

What do you think about making specific jobs like blacksmith, farmer, fisherman, butcher and innkeeper creature types instead of keeping them all as peasants?

I don’t think we’re going into that much detail. I can see things like Doctor occasionally happening.

Creatures Doctor Peasant

Unique Creature Types

"Why were child and guest made creature types? They aren't really classes or occupations the way most other creature types are. Not all creature types have to be classes or occupations. They’re categories you can apply to creatures." Neither is Peasant, but we have lots of those. There's Cowards too.

Also Elder (in least in how we use it, to mean very old).

Coward Creatures Elder Guest Peasant

Creature Type Update

If The Grand Creature Update was being done today, would Shu Farmer get updated to Human Peasant? If not, is it because you think it wouldn’t be intuitive with the elements of the card (such as name, art, printed type line, and flavor text). If so, why wasn’t it updated when peasant was introduced as a creature type?

We are much more cautious when introducing class creature types as they aren’t as intuitive. Usually, you have to have the word in your name or have a clear-cut, compelling flavor argument.

Art Card Printing Creatures Flavor Flavor Text Human Peasant Shu Farmer

Survivors Creature Support

Survivors are a unique creature type made as a token for a card in Alliances twenty-six years ago. I wouldn’t call it supported in the way that Wizard or Rogue, or even Peasant, are. You forgot that Varchild takes survivors, making it a relevant creature type

I’m not saying the token creatures shouldn’t be Survivors. I was saying them existing doesn’t mean Survivor has to be treated on par with the creature types I mentioned.

Creatures Peasant Rogue Survivor Tokens

Eltruel Survivors Typeline

How come Eltruel Survivors are Peasants, not Survivors? I thought eponymous creature types were always included in the typeline?

Survivors are a unique creature type made as a token for a card in Alliances twenty-six years ago. I wouldn’t call it supported in the way that Wizard or Rogue, or even Peasant, are.

Creatures Peasant Rogue Survivor Tokens

Suggested Creature Type Batches

Hi Mark, your blog has inspired a new suggestion for creature type batches in the future: a batch for Citizens and Townsfolk (and maybe Peasants too?)!

I’m happy to hear batching suggestions (provided they are only of existing things).

Batches Citizen Creatures Peasant

Choosing Between Peasant and Citizen

Peasant and Citizen seem to serve the same purpose. How do you decide which creature type to use?

It depends on the environment.

Citizen Creatures Peasant

Tribal Changes Explanation

"Whenever we make a new set on an old world (at least ones that explore the same mechanical themes), we think about cross set pollination. Changing Human tribal to Peasant tribal would keep the cards from different Innistrad sets from working together." Isn't this what happened to Werewolves in terms of transform triggers or is that a bit too granular as werewolves can still be played with werewolves regardless?

New Werewolves do work in conjunction with Old Werewolves the vast majority of the time. Human and Peasant tribal only work on cards that are both, which is a tiny portion of Humans.

Human Innistrad Kindred / Typal Peasant Transform Triggered Abilities

Changing Human to Peasant Tribal

Can we change Human Tribal to Peasant Tribal in Innistrad?

Whenever we make a new set on an old world (at least ones that explore the same mechanical themes), we think about cross set pollination. Changing Human tribal to Peasant tribal would keep the cards from different Innistrad sets from working together.

Human Innistrad Kindred / Typal Peasant

A Yes/No for Peasant Tribal

Can I get a maybe on support for peasant tribal?

Maybe. : )

Humor Kindred / Typal Peasant

Eldraine Creature Types

Why did you create the Peasant creature type for Eldraine when Serf exists?

Those are not the same thing.

Creatures Peasant Serf

Dragon Consumption Query

Charlie do you eat dragons

No! I don’t eat dragon ‘cause, uh, it’s-it’s not a meal for peasants, it’s a meal for kings, and I’m sort of a common man.

Dragon Peasant

Townsfolk vs Peasant Type

In ELD, was there talk of bringing back the Townsfolk creature type instead of using Peasant?

There was talk. Not every world has towns though.

Creatures Peasant

Token Creature Type Changes

Does creature type updating only apply to creature cards? Could Thatcher Revolt, say, get errata'd to produce Human Peasant tokens?

I don’t know if we’ve ever errataed token creature types. Anyone aware of an example?

Creatures Errata Human Peasant Revolt Thatcher Revolt Tokens

More Peasant Creatures

Can we have more peasants? I want to make peasant tribal now.

It’s a creature type now - that’s how it begins.

Creatures Kindred / Typal Peasant

Peasant Type Omission

Your article today mentioned 3 of the new creature types but didn't say anything about Peasant! Just an oversight?

Just an oversight. Sorry, Peasant.

Creatures Making Magic Peasant

Flavor Text Importance

Actually, flavor text peasants have a very similar role to that of the Nurse or Tutor.

The idea that lower economic class people can’t matter in stories or environments is just close-mindedness.

Flavor Peasant Tutoring

Flavor Text Impact

Re: FLAVOR TEXT 'A hard-working farmer adds just as much depth to a world as a king.' Not at all. We can infer the existence of a hundred thousand peasants, but they will never affect the story. A Leader will. The only time peasants really matter (from a storytelling perspective) is when they interact with a Leader (Merry or Pippin from the Lord of the Rings), or when we are looking at events from their perspective (The nurse or the tutor from Medea).

Luke Skywalker was a moisture farmer. : )

Flavor Peasant Story / Lore Tutoring

Homestar Runner Reference

Speaking of Magic in pop-culture references: In the video game “Peasant’s Quest” on the Homestar Runner website, there is a painting in the game of a bunch of dogs playing “Magic: the Nerdening.”

: )

Dog Peasant Pop Culture