In "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto" you note Platinum Angel was created by the development team of Brandon Bozzi, Randy Buehler, Elaine Chase, Brian Schneider, Henry Stern, and Brian Tinsman. Then later on whenever you tell the story of its creation, you express regret that you can't remember who designed it. The Ken Nagle mixup might be because he designed a twist on it in Abyssal Persecutor.

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This is outside your area, but I find it a bit odd that you can't pay more life than you have, but you CAN pay exactly the amount of life you have (and lose). Would it be a good change to not allow that to avoid people making mistakes especially in digital? (Paying your last 1 life only ever matters with Platinum Angel and such)

We want payment working there same for all resources. If you can pay all your mana or all your energy, we have to let you pay all your life.

As the official silver border head judge, how does the rules interaction between Prince Twilight Sparkle and cards like platinum angel work? (assuming that the rest of the ponies get released)

This is more of a normal rules question. I believe Platinum Angel stops alternate win conditions from winning the game. Any rules people double check me?

Where are platinum angel effects on the color pie?

We do it very infrequently, but my gut is if we put it in a color, it would be white.

Does Rules Lawyer die to Doom Blade?

It does. : ) Rules Lawyer doesn’t stop state-based effects from affecting itself. Think of it as a bit quirkier Platinum Angel.

If Door to Nothingness ever gets changed to "Destroy target player", could we also get Platinum Angel changed to "You are indestructible. Your opponent can't win the game"?

“Destroy target player” is not identical to “Target player loses the game” so I wouldn’t ever expect errata. Also, it’s not clear the rules can even handle “destroy target player.”

Maro! Its still my birthday for a little less than an hour. I was wondering if I could get trivia on my favorite card Abyssal Persecutor.

Abyssal Persecutor was designed by Ken Nagle as a riff of Platinum Angel. Happy Birthday!

Hello Mark! First , I really enjoy your blog! Anyway... today is my birthday, and I was just wondering if you had any cool trivia on Death's Shadow, one of my favourite cards design-wise. Thanks!

If you have negative life, having something like Platinum Angel on the battlefield, Death’s Shadow can become best ghee than a 13/13. Happy Birthday!

I missed my birthday ask but I really want to know; were any cards ever designed for Mirrodin Pure? The Darksteel looking Platinum Angel artwork is too beautiful to not have equally gorgeous mechanics with it.

We had no plans to ever do Mirrodin Pure so no cards were ever designed for it.

Why wasn't Door to Nothingness in M13 a Mythic? If there was ever a Mythic effect, an artifact that makes players lose the game would be it. For comparison, Platinum Angel and Abyssal Persecutor are both Mythic.

There might have been a crunch at the mythic rare rarity. I agree that I would have made it mythic rare.