What do you consider broken about Strip Mine and Wasteland and such? 1 land for 1 land seems balanced enough to me.

I’ll let you in on a little secret. They’re not. Not remotely close.

Are there any broken cards that you’ve printed multiple attempts at fixing?

I made many “fixed” versions of Strip Mine that went on to also be broken (Wasteland being the most famous). In retrospect, I shouldn’t have made any. Okay maybe Ghost Quarter.

"I think part of playing Magic is experiencing what other players like because that’s what they choose to play. I consider that a feature, not a bug." This being said, can we bring back efficient Land Destruction, (Stone Rain/Strip Mine) and Mass Land Destruction (ravages of war/armageddon) so I can properly feature something I love in Magic? also I know this sounds sarcastic, but I assure its not, I love LD as an archetype and want it to be supported. 4 is to much for a single target LD spell

The problem is what you love (when pushed) doesn’t let other people play the game.

Why does Wizards continue to print land destruction effects? I can pinpoint the exact least amount of fun I’ve ever had playing Magic in 17 years and the majority of them are playing against land destruction.

We’ve weakened it a lot since the early years. I’m looking at you Sinkhole and Strip Mine.

Hey Mark it's my birthday can you tell me something about the Urzatron lands or about Urza's factory.Also I was curious if the rules could support generic or colourless phyrexian mana

Urza’s Mine, Urza’s Tower and Strip Mine are the only three cards from the Antiquities set where the word “artifact” doesn’t appear anywhere on the card. Urza’s Power-Plant references it in flavor text.The rules can support generic or colorless Phyrexian mana, but Phyrexian mana in general is tricky from a play design concern. Happy Birthday!

What card do you think has the more elegant design? Strip Mine or Wasteland?

I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking. More games where both people get to actually play spells happens with Wasteland. Game designwise, that’s pretty important. I’m not sure what part of elegant you care about. If you mean better gameplay - Wasteland.

The limited games with OGW where one player has Expedition Strip Mine (or Wasteland) will be absolutely miserable for the other player. How was the process of giving it the green light?

Limited games with Expeditions Strip Mine are very infrequent.

Why was the flavor text on Strip Mine changed from Dominia to Dominaria, was this just a ret-con flavor-wise?

Dominia was an old name for the multiverse. We really don’t use it any more and I assume Creative thought the person using it originally confused Dominia (the multiverse) with Dominaria (the plane) so they corrected it. That’s my best guess. Feel free to ask Doug.

Can you tell us the story of Scott Johns/Tom Guevin Type I semi-final game at PT Dallas?

From my column “Loose Ends”: In the early days of the Pro Tour, Wizards would sponsor big money side events. At PT Dallas, the side event was a Type 1 tournament with a $40,000 purse. One of the two semi-finals was between Scott Johns (yes, our illustrious editor) and Tom Guevin. Both had made a name for themselves on the Pro Tour. Scott had three back-to-back top 8’s while Tom had come in second at the very first PT Los Angeles. It was the third game of the semi-final match (in a best two out three match). Tom had won the coin flip and chose to play first. He played a land. Use the land to play a Sol Ring. He then played a Mox and a Black Lotus. Next he played a Zuran Orb. He then sacrificed the Lotus for three white mana. He used two of it to play Balance. In response, he sacrificed his land to his Orb to gain 2 life. With only two cards left in Tom’s hand, Scott was forced to discard five cards. “I’m really sorry,” Tom said to Scott (he didn’t sound very sorry), “Sometimes Type I is really stupid.” Scott stared intently at his cards. Then after a minute of thought, Scott discarded his first card. It was aGuerilla Tactics. As this was a forced discard, Guerilla Tactics dealt 4 damage to Tom. Scott then discarded his second card. Another Guerilla Tactics. Four more damage. Then Scott discarded his third card. Yet another Guerilla Tactics. Another four damage. This left Tom at 10 life. After going down to two cards, Scott takes his turn and plays a Tropical Island and then casts Ancestral Recall. With the Ancestral Recall Scott draws a Mox Ruby and a Gorilla Shaman. He plays the Shaman. Tom draws something irrelevant. On Scott’s next turn, he drops a Strip Mine and uses the Gorilla Shaman to destroy the Mox and Sol Ring. At the end of his turn, Scott looks at Tom and says, “You’re right. It can be pretty stupid.”

What is your view on players who like efficient land destruction? wasteland, strip mine, sinkhole, pillage ect..

They are a minority. What we’ve learned over the years is that deck strategies that revolve around one player doing something such that the other player never gets to play cards are very unpopular.