Please reprint Snapcaster mage and scion of oona with female artwork. Thank you so much.

There’s a foreign language issue we have to deal with. Certain languages have gendered elements which differ depending on whether the art portrays a male or female creature. This keeps us (mostly) having new art match the same gender as the original art.

May I request that (frequently) reprinted cards with reminder text may be reprinted from time to time without reminder text if feasible (e.g. in product aimed at more enfranchised players)?For example, Deceiver Exarch has been reprinted multiple times and Flash (an evergreen mechanic) had reminder text every time. Or Snapcaster Mage has been reprinted in 2 masters sets with reminder text for a well known mechanic (box topper version aside). IMO cards without reminder text are more aesthetic, I’d personally love to see them more often in masters-style products

How do others feel about reminder text? Would you like versions without it?

Is R&D actively looking to add good, safe build around reprints like Restoration Angel, Ezuri Renegade Leader, Elvish Archdruid, and maybe even Snapcaster mage to add to the Pioneer card pool? I love modern and WANT to love Pioneer, but it feels so watered down and missing some fun and powerful (yet not broken) cards like the ones above. A) are you actively looking for opportunities to reprint? B) are they more likely to happen in a core set (doesn’t care about a card’s plane) or return sets?

We’ll keep making cool new cards and some of them will be build-arounds, but a format half the size of another format will definitionally be of a weaker power level.

Will Throne of Eldraine feature a game-changing and deeply impactul card in the long run? Eg. Snapcaster Mage, Skullclamp, Cryptic Command, Force of Will... Just cards that stand the test of time and become all-time most widely played and rememered cards.

Only time will tell.

Blue excelling at many low as-fan things vs. other colors excelling at a few high as-fan things means blue's splashy (set-selling) MEMORABLE cards get to be more varied and unique. Ex. All Modern Masters mythics: U: Keiga, Snapcaster Mage, Temporal Manipulation, Tezzeret the Seeker, Vendilion Clique. 5 radically different effects, 2 blue-exclusive. Vs. R: Bonfire of the Damned, Comet storm, Kiki-Jiki, Past in Flames, Ryusei; 3/5 are damage boardwipes, the other 2 could be bends in U. See issue?

I’ve talked plenty about how Snapcaster is pushing more towards red and Vendilion Click is a black card masquerading as a blue card (aka a heavy bend). Things are more balanced than they seem.

I recently Introduced the Harry Potter book series to my daughter. She loves the strong female character, Hermione, so much that she asked me to build her a modern human wizard deck whereby the illustration of all her creature cards must be female human wizard. That's when I realized my favorite human wizard cards (the good ones) such as Snapcaster Mage, Stormchaser Mage and Delver of Secrets are men. Appreciate if Wizards could reprint these cards with illustrations that depict female. Thanks:)

The foreign translations force us to lock down genders to cards (although oddly there is a female version of Meddling Mage). Dominaria should hopefully help you with the deck.

Listening to your podcasts on the Invitational, you said you feel Snapcaster Mage would be more of a red card than a blue one if R&D had designed it. Have you ever tried putting a red Snapcaster Mage into a set, or has that ship sailed with the printing of the thematically-similar Dualcaster Mage instead?

We might do a red tweak one day.

Wait, so could I give Modular Monstrosity Flashback or Replicate (Snapcaster Mage and Djinn Illuminatus respectively)? If I do, would those abilities actually do anything? I'm guessing no.

No, they would not.

Was Snapcaster Mage too strong for standard when it was in standard?

It could easily be argued yes.

Do you ever consider replrintability as a factor when designing/developing cards? What I mean by that is for example Lightning bolt can be theoreticaly reprinted anywhere, while for a Snapcaster Mage you need flashback to be a thing in the set. There is also the flavor perspective i doubt other planes have Seachrome Coasts so that is Mirrodin-only.

We do think about reprintability but more for basic effects that can go in many different sets.