Hey MarkDoes R&D like the idea of Relentless cards to have a maximum number of includes (ala Nazgul/Seven Dwarves), or is it specifically just a flavor thing?

We mostly use a number for flavor reasons.

Hi Mark, Thanks for answering my ask about the Secret Lair and Seven Dwarves, and I think people might purchase it at the current price point if it included some foil reprint dwarf legends with new art, like Depala, Sram, Torbran, and Balthor.

The question is whether there’s desire for the Seven Dwsrves with seven different pieces of art. We could clearly do a Dwarf box with popular Dwarves.

Flavor request for Return to Throne of Eldraine: Squirrels or squirrel lord that grants the ability for squirrels to steal food on combat. 🐿

Eldraine was low on fairy tale squirrels. Everyone focuses on the seven dwarves and forgets the seven squirrels. - 🐿

For your poll about the Seven Dwarves art, the tally sits at 62 - A, wanting different arts 106 - B, not caring at all

Thanks for tallying it.

For Seven Dwarves, could you commission one art piece to have seven dwarves in it, then crop it to only show one dwarf per card? Would that count as one new art or seven in terms of behind the scenes resource allocation?

The main issue isn’t getting seven pieces of art.

How about including the 7 dwarves, with 7 different pieces of art, in a deck product? (e.g. a Commander deck, Brawl deck, etc.). Shouldn't be an issue with the sheet then, right?

That wouldn’t be a sheet issue. It’s more a matter of finding a deck that naturally wants seven of the Seven Dwarves and a willingness to allocate seven (or maybe just six) of the new arts to one card.

Did you ever consider making seven different arts for Seven Dwarves? I assume there would be some logistical problems, but it would have been more resonant and a cool extra!

The logistical problems are a lot bigger than you might assume. There aren’t seven cards on the sheet meaning it requires revamping how you do the sheets (which with 11 languages can get very expensive) and probably means that the Seven Dwarves would show up at a different rate than the rest of the commons and probably some other commons would have to show up less than other commons.It’s a great example of a thing that would be cool in a vacuum, but would be far harder to execute than the coolness of doing it would generate.

A while back, you told QMs they could identify themselves to you at some event by working in one of the Seven Dwarves in their question. Did you choose this because you were working on Throne of Edraine at the time?

I’ll assume yes.

If I played seven copies of Seven Dwarves, aren't I actually playing forty-nine dwarves?

No.

Do the Seven Dwarves get around singleton deck restrictions like Relentless Rats/Persistent Petitioners?

I believe so. It’s the same thing, but with a cap on the number.