Why does Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy have a gold ‘97 frame instead of a hybrid ‘97 frame like Deathrite Shaman?

Hybrid didn’t exist at the time of the old frame, so there is debate of what old frame are we supposed to use. Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy takes a old fashioned sensibility choosing a frame that existed at the time that would have been the most likely frame that would have been used if hybrid existed. Remember in ‘97, all multicolor cards had the same gold frame without any pinlines or hints at what the colors of the card were.Deathrite Shaman applies a modern sensibility choosing to make a new frame that mimics what a modern hybrid frame would look like as an old frame. It comes down to what is the purpose of the old style frames, to capture how it would have been done at the time or mimic what we do now, but with an older aesthetic. Different players want different things.

Hey Mark! I want to say I am a huge fan of retro/old frames, I really think it makes cards pop a lot more. Blue decks look and feel blue, black decks look and feel black etc. It is my favorite frame. However, I am not a fan of the old multicolor (or gold) frame, two-color cards all just blend in and lose identity. So I really liked how old frame Deathrite Shaman was done in Ravnica Remastered :D

Deathrite Shaman is a hybrid card and not a gold card. Fun fact: I, and a few other R&D members, tried to change the multicolor frame from gold to the frame now used on hybrid (we liked how it showed colors more clearly on two-color cards). We failed, but mock-ups were made. So when I made hybrid, I pitched using those frames.

Does a card/effect with hybrid mana in its cost have access to both of those colors in its effects? if no, would you consider DRS a pie break?

A card with one type of hybrid mana should be something each monocolor can do. Deathrite Shaman is a little bit of a bend, but not a break in either color.

Please don't phase out druids, I've always enjoyed seeing local Celtic culture/history represented and unlike witches they're not a sinister depiction. If Magic can handle exaggerated fantasy clerics, angels and demons I think we deserve druids alongside them, Christian symbols have already crowded out pagan alternatives in too many places.

Druid is far less of an issue than Shaman.

I know Class enchantments were a 4 on the storm scale last time someone asked. If you did them again, would they be based on the creature classes in the game that weren't used in the initial batch (i.e. Samurai, Ninja, Shaman)?

Maybe. : )

and about green in pauper, its the least played color right now, because of all the really good board wipes and removals we have, like snuff out, breath weapon and Krark-clan shaman, so we need some more studier one/two drop creatures or better spells that can help the creatures survive the board wipes, even ways to help exile artifacts would help a lot against the most consistent and played deck (affinity), i was sad when i saw that Haywire Mite was not common

The key is figuring out things green could use that are something we would do at common.

Just in time for Halloween and after a week, I have the results of the Great EDH Creature Type Request 2022! Just like last year, I compiled all the votes from the comments of that ask and tallied them up for you! If people voted for more than one tribe, I took their first THREE tribes they listed and did not include any tribes that don't have cards in Magic as I feel that is a different discussion.

As a reminder: The Top 5 last year were...

1. Myr

1. Skeletons (7)

FYIThanks for compiling the data.

Hey Mark, bit of a random/long question, but could I ask you what two-color pair you would put each of the following ten classes into, assuming one color pair for each class: Warriors, Rogues, Wizards, Clerics, Rangers, Knights, Monks, Warlocks, Shamans, and Druids. I've been wrestling with this question for a while and I'm completely stumped, so I figured I'd ask you! Thanks!

Normally we choose our creature types to match the colors, so we have a balanced collection. Your ten skew towards certain colors, but I’m up for a challenge. Assuming we have to use these ten and we’re trying to make it as backwards compatible as possible, here’s my guess:white/blue - Monkblue/black - Rogueblack/red - Warlockred/green - Shamangreen/white - Rangerwhite/black - Clericblue/red - Wizardblack/green - Knightred/white - Warriorgreen/blue - DruidKnight’s the odd fit, but thanks to Throne of Eldraine, there are Knights in all the colors.

Mark, you've talked some about characteristic races. Is there any thought to doing characteristic classes as well? Like soldier in white, wizard in blue, etc.?

There is a default magic casting class for each color:White - ClericBlue - WizardBlack - WarlockRed - ShamanGreen - Druid

In regards to Mindclaw Shaman, is it only because it casts from hand that it's a bend? Red has definitely had plenty of access to opponents libraries, e.g Etali. I'd still understand calling it a bend, but a big bend?

Going after cards the opponent has drawn is significantly different than cards they haven’t drawn yet.