Sen Triplets

Design Limits Discussion

X is very close to working though, right? With timing limitations like Sen Triplets and by putting X in exile "targetting" a player rather than a hand, it would work, right?

It’s possible to design a card similar to the majority of effects, but it can’t simulate actually being in their hand which has rules ramifications.

Rules Sen Triplets The Exile Zone Your Hand

Sen Triplets and Grand Calcutron

How do Sen Triplets and the Grand Calcutron interact? Do you still have to play cards from the chosen player's program in order?

Yes.

Sen Triplets The Grand Calcutron

Absence of Allies in Zendikar

You mentioned Allies were absent in Zendikar due to spacing limitations on legendary creatures. However Sen Triplets actually has a longer creature type line and adding allies would only impact a few legendary creatures. Thoughts?Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally

The issue was we couldn’t make it fit on some of the legendary creatures (and was mostly nonrelevant within the set), so we chose to put it on none of them for consistency and to lessen word count.

Ally Artifacts Creatures Human Legendary Creatures Sen Triplets Warrior Zendikar

Type Line Space Limit

"Just curious, do you think 'Legendary Artifact Creature - Cyborg' would fit on the type line?" "I do not." Sen Triplets was Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Advisor, but I've wondered if that is the absolute limit for typeline characters due to the shrink in size.

Maybe it would fit,

Advisor Artifacts Creatures Human Sen Triplets

Font Size Issue

Sen Triplets type line has reduced font size to fit "wizard" after "legendary artifact creature - human". why didn't Breya, Etherium Shaper also have the text size reduced to make her an Artificer?

We try to avoid shrinking font sizes below a certain size.

Artifacts Artificer Breya, Etherium Shaper Creatures Human Sen Triplets

Birthday Trivia

It's my Birthday! Also my sister's birthday, and another sister too! We're triplets! Sen Triplets seems too obvious though, so could I ask for some trivia on the number 3 in Magic?

What was the first Magic card to appear in three different sets? Mountain. (Alpha, Arabian Nights, Legends). Happy Birthday!

Alpha Arabian Nights Birthday Legendary Creatures Sen Triplets

Sen Triplets Mechanics

It's finally my birthday! Do you have any trivia on one of my favorite commanders, Sen Triplets?

Sen Triplets solved a problem Magic had which was how do you make a card that lets you play spells out of the opponent’s hand. The trick was to create a period of time where they aren’t allowed to cast their spells allowing you to cast them.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cast Sen Triplets Solved Spells Your Hand

Card Type Line Font

For Legendary Artifact Enchantment - Equipment, couldn't you have just used a smaller font on the type line, like Sen Triplets has?

We have limitations because other languages which are traditional longer have to have room at a smaller font.

Artifacts Card Types Enchantments Equipment Sen Triplets

Esper Identity Acknowledgement

The sen triplets were esper.

Good point.

Esper Esper (W/U/B) Sen Triplets

Legendary Creatures Stats

So you asked about the math for legends over the past five years. So I did it. In the past 5 years, in any product, including supplementary ones, 178 legendary creatures have been printed. However for the sake of reasonable results I have opted to DQ Alara Reborn. This takes 4 creatures out of the running(Uril, Karrthus, Jenara, and the Sen Triplets). By my count 73/174 are mono colored, including the flip of Elbrus+colorless. Therefore 101 are multi-colored, confirming your thoughts.

More info.

Alara Reborn Card Printing Colorless Creatures Legendary Creatures Monocolor Sen Triplets

Card Type Length

Why is it that you say you can't fit a certain amount of words in the card type when you did Sen triplets which was "legendary artifact creature human wizard"

There are things longer than that. Remember that all letters aren’t equal. An “m” is as wide as numerous “l”’s.

Artifacts Card Types Creatures Human Sen Triplets

Type Line Space Issues

The word “artifact” is significantly shorter than the word “enchantment”. But the word "Mantircore" is significantly shorter than the words "Human Wizard", The whole type text for a lengendary mantircore would be one letter bigger than sen triplets. But sen triplets show that the text can be stretched if needed, couldn't this be applied for a creature with type slight bigger than "god"?

You are forgetting that it isn’t about the number of letters but the width of each letter. All letters are not equal. For example, you can get a number of i’s and l’s in place of just one m. The word “enchantment” is close to twice as long spacewise as the word “artifact”.

Artifacts Creatures Enchantments God Human Sen Triplets

Legendary Type Line Length

"Not only did it break our rule about only gods being legendary enchantment creature but “Legendary Enchantment Creature - Manticore” doesn’t fit on the type line." What about Sen Triplets?

The word “artifact” is significantly shorter than the word “enchantment”.

Artifacts Creatures Enchantments God Manticore Rules Sen Triplets

Theros Gods' Weapons

You mentioned that the Theros gods' weapons weren't made into equipment because it took up too much space on the text line, but is it really a problem to just make the text smaller like you did with Sen Triplets?

We do not like shrinking the minimum text size. Remember that we print in ten other languages and that some of their text length will already require some shrinking.

Card Printing Equipment God Sen Triplets Theros

Type Line Constraints

It's said in today's development article that editing nixed (Nyx'd?) the artifacts of the gods being equipment because "Legendary Enchantment Artifact - Equipment" wouldn't fit on the type line. However, that has exactly the same number of characters as Sen Triplets' type line "Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard." Editing doesn't seem to have a problem changing the font size of the type line when flavor calls for it. What was different this time?

It’s not about the number of letters. It has to do with the width of the letters being used. ‘Enchantment" happens to be a very wide word.

Artifacts Creatures Enchantments Equipment Flavor God Human Nyx Sen Triplets

Wished Legendary Creatures

Youve asked players what lords they would like to see, but as a commander player here are some legends I would love to see (either a legend with that type or a lord like Kaalia that doesn't have to be that type): a legend for sea monsters like those in Ula's Temple, another angel legend, a gw or rgw cat legend, a wubrg zubera legend, a ubr legend that plays off your opponents stuff like sen triplets or kaervek do, and a ubr mill legend so all wheel effects can be played in one mill deck.

This is a fine topic. What legendary creatures would all of you like to see?

Angel Cat Commander Creatures Grixis (U/B/R) Legendary Creatures Mill Naya (R/G/W) Selesnya (G/W) Sen Triplets Zubera