The Mimeoplasm

Muraganda Themes

Is it possible we will see muraganda (home of imperiosour, The mimeoplasm, etc) WITHOUT the vanilla matters? Maybe with the petroglyphs as a offbeat rare?

Muraganda does not have to be tied to “Vanilla matters”. One card in Future Sight of a possible future does not require prehistoric world has to have that mechanical theme.

Future Sight Rares The Mimeoplasm Vanilla

Naming Monstrous Entities

With "The Scorpion God," "The Gitrog Monster," and previous cards like "The Unspeakable" and "The Mimeoplasm," will we see a trend going forwards of cards that use this naming convention for an alien or monstrous purpose?

The Yes.

Alien God Scorpion The Gitrog Monster The Mimeoplasm The Scorpion God The Unspeakable

Legendary Ooze Request

"yakob66 asked: Can I request a legendary ooze?I’ve tried making a few. I usually call it “Ooze, The Boss”." FYI- There is a legendary ooze in The Mimeoplasm

Fair enough.

Ooze The Mimeoplasm

Muraganda Creatures

We've actually seen four cards from Muraganda. Mark, please don't let people forget that the Mimeoplasm is from there too!

The land of T-Rexes for arms. Never forget! : )

Lands The Mimeoplasm

Cipher Mechanic Limitations

Mark. My birthday was on the 21st and I've been trying everyday for my trivia. Anything on the mimeoplasm, the dimir, the golgari, or at the very least any random trivia?

We literally ran out of mechanics that worked with Cipher so we made less cards with it than originally planned.Happy Belated Birthday! (Sorry for the delay.)

Birthday Cipher Dimir (U/B) Golgari (B/G) Mechanics The Mimeoplasm

Legendary Ooze Mention

Re: first Legendary Ooze. There already is one, in The Mimeoplasm.

Good point.

Ooze The Mimeoplasm

Sign The Mimeoplasm?

Since you like oozes so much would you sign my copy of "The Mimeoplasm?"

Happily.

Ooze The Mimeoplasm

The Mimeoplasm Creator

Maro, do you know who designed The Mimeoplasm? It might be my favorite creature of all time.

I believe (but this is a guess) Ken Nagle designed it.

Creatures Ken Nagle Mark Rosewater The Mimeoplasm

Graveyard Token Search

I am trying to look up cards that will give me creature tokens based on the creatures that I have in my graveyard, but am not finding much. Can you help me with my search?

Cards that mess in this area although not all make tokens: Back from the Brink Body Double Dimir Doppelganger Lazav, Dimir Mastermind The Mimeoplasm

Back from the Brink Body Double Creatures Dimir (U/B) Dimir Doppelganger Lazav, Dimir Mastermind Search The Graveyard The Mimeoplasm Tokens

Oversized Foils Feedback

Can I ask what the deal is with the over-sized foils? Nearly every person I talk to doesn't like them for the simple reason that they just want regular sized foils they can run in a deck. For last year's Commander decks for example, I know everybody was irritated that they didn't have regular foils of their generals and are miffed that Commander's Arsenal seems to have foils of them, (or at least The Mimeoplasm) meaning they have to pay even more to have them. What's your opinion of them?

If the data said no one liked them, we’d stop making them tomorrow. That isn’t what the data says. Remember, we have no reason to want to make things that aren’t wanted by some subsection of our player base. Magic’s past is littered with things we tried that the players didn’t want. We have no problem abandoning unpopular things. Just remember that any one player’s anecdotal evidence is not the same as extensive market research.

Commander Commander's Arsenal Foils The Mimeoplasm

The Mimeoplasm Origin

Who designed The Mimeoplasm? And how would one go about getting a copy signed?

I believe it was designed by Scott Larabee, the Pro Tour tournament manager. If you sent me the card, I could ask him to sign it for you. Just remember the self-addressed stamped envelope.

Competitive Play The Mimeoplasm

Naming with 'The'

By my count there are only 13 cards in MTG who's name starts with "the". All of them seem like clunky names to my ears, and feel like beginning with "The" is the culprit. The intersting thing is none of them are Legenday lands, which to me is the only card type it might make sense. It is not an old style either, as "The Mimeoplasm" was released in 2011. What is your take on these names?

We tend to avoid “The” in names because of the clunkiness issue. I believe most of the recent uses of it were on legendary creatures where it makes a little more sense.

Card Types Creatures Lands Legendary Creatures The Mimeoplasm

Pronunciation Guide

Since you are our unofficial "How do I pronounce ___" guide. How do I pronounce The Mimeoplasm? Is it the Mime-o-plasm, or Mim-E-O-plasm? Or something else entirely.

Mim-E-O-Plasm.

The Mimeoplasm