Hey Mark, on the topic of players being worried about creature types losing their distinctiveness by being added in with the broader type rather than a specific race (ex. Viashino(Lizard) or Naga(Snake)), I looked to see how many are already currently templated this way and there are ALOT more than I realized.Archaic (Avatar), Aven (Bird), Leonin (Cat), Malamet (Cat), Nishoba (Cat Beast), Daemogoth (Demon), Ainok (Dog), Flamekin (Elemental), Loxodon (Elephant), Mycoid (Fungus), Thallid (Fungus), Akki (Goblin), Boggart (Goblin), Mogg (Goblin), Redcaps (Goblin), Eumidian (Insect), Kraul (Insect), Nantuko (Insect), Khenra (Jackal), Kitsune (Fox), Merrow (Merfolk), Selkie (Merfolk), Triton (Merfolk), Onakke (Ogre), Caryatid (Plant), Nezume (Rat), Rhox (Rhino), Amphin (Salamander), Orochi (Snake), Kami (Spirit), Drogskol (Spirit), Eidolon (Spirit), Ent (LoTR) (Treefolk), Trow (Troll), Kappa (Turtle), Liche (Zombie), Eternal (Zombie), Draugr (Zombie), Nim (Zombie), Skaab (Zombie)

Yep. Most of the ones that didn’t do it entered the game before we made this the default.

In response to the person who said "many of the same creatures types on capenna as alara" will make the worlds feel too similar, what creature types are you referring to? Brokers Ascendancy shows a human, a rhox, an avian and a cat person (and we know there are demons in the set). As far as I can tell, there is not much info yet about what is or isn't isn't in the set. I'd like to remind people of the assumptions that they had about NEO before. Let's see the cards first before judging the set.

But judging before you have the information is a time-tested Magic tradition. : )

"The terms “race” and “class”, in Magic terms, are used to represent sapient (and usually humanoid) species and jobs they can hold." So if we had Saurian-folk (the way we have Leonin, Rhox, Loxodon, Natuko, Orochi Ainok, and several varieties of Aven), then wouldn't dinosaur suddenly be a race?

Dinosaur-folk, assuming they’re sapient which I assume they would be, would be a race.

Can I request animal race world, with leonin, loxodon, rhox, etc?

You may.

Hey, Mark. I have a creature question. Why are there no Rhox on Ravnica? There's Loxodon on both Ravnica and Mirrodin. Rhox have only been seen on Alara and core set cards. Are Rhox nowhere else in the Multiverse?

Didn’t Theros have Chained to the Rhox? : )

Re Sonic crossbreeding: "I was talking about crossbreeding races (which they do, but infrequently). They crossbreed animal types all the time." By races you mean humanoid/sapient species? (And technically most or all of those would be animals).

By races, I was taking about things like Human, Elf, Goblin and Merfolk, races we support in creature types. Animal races (Loxodon, Leonin, Rhox, etc.) we don’t normally support in creature types choosing to list the animal type instead.

Hi Mark! Yesterday was my birthday and I wasn't able to get to a computer. I was wondering if I could have some trivia about the very first MTG card that I owned - Rhox!

Rhox is one of a few creatures to show up in a Magic commercial. He was watching a focus test through a one-way mirror and loses it when one of the testers plays his card wrong. Happy Birthday!

Why hasn't there been many more creatures with "super trample" a la Thorn Elemental and Rhox? My guess is limited design space but it was really fun back in the day and seems keywordable.

It isn’t something we want to do enough to keyword.

Mr. Maro, do you know any good magic jokes?

What do you get when you cross a Loxodon with a Rhox? Elephino. : )

I still wish that Leonin were their own creature type along with Aven, Rhox, Loxodons, and Ainok. They shouldn't be Cats, Birds, Rhinos, Elephants and Hounds just like Viashino, Merfolk, and Werewolves aren't Lizards, Fish and Wolves.

The line for me is “does the word have equity outside the game?” Minotaur does. Leonin does not. Werewolf does. Loxodon does not.