The Wilds

List of Green Cards

In case anyone was curious about how many Lay of the Land cards are in green:Mono-Green: 58
Analyze the Pollen
Attune with Aether
Borderland Ranger
Boseiju Reaching Skyward
Brave the Wilds
Bushwack
Caravan Vigil
Civic Wayfinder
Cultivate
District Guide
Druid of the Emerald Grove
Elfhame Sanctuary
Evolution Charm
Flare of Cultivation
Flourishing Bloom-Kin
Fork in the Road
Gaea's Bounty
Gatecreeper Vine
Greenseeker
Herd Migration
Horizon Seeker
hunting Cheetah
Journey for the Elixir
Journey of Discovery
Kodama's Reach
Krosan Tusker
Kura, the Boundless Sky
Land Grant
Lay of the Land
Many Partings
Nervous Gardener
Nissa's Encouragement
Nissa's Pilgrimage
Nissa's Triumph
Nissa, Vastwood Seer
Nylea's Intervention
Open the Gates
Outcaster Greenblade
Peregrination
Realm Seekers
Realms Uncharted
Reclaim the Wastes
Rites of Spring
Seek the Horizon
Shard Convergence
Spinewoods Armadillo
Spirit of the Aldergard
Sprouting Vines
Sylvan Ranger
Sylvan Scrying
The Huntsman's Redemption
Thirsting Roots
Trail of Mystery
Traverse the Ulvenwald
Verdant Mastery
Vorinclex
Yavimaya Elder
You Happen On a GladeGreen featuring another colour: 7
Dig Up
Flower // Flourish
Huatli, Poet of Unity
Invasion of Ergamon (flipped to Truga Cliffcharger)
Path to the World Tree
Safewright Quest
Yasharn, Implacable EarthUn-cards: 3
Selfie Preservation (Un-card)
Spirit of the Season (Un-card)
Wild Crocodile (Un-card)(everyone feel free to add any that I've missed!)

FYI

Analyze the Pollen Armadillo Attune with Aether Borderland Ranger Brave the Wilds Caravan Vigil Civic Wayfinder Colors Crocodile Cultivate Dig Up District Guide Druid Druid of the Emerald Grove Elder Elfhame Sanctuary Evolution Charm Flare Flare of Cultivation Flourishing Bloom-Kin Flower // Flourish Fork in the Road Gaea's Bounty Gatecreeper Vine Gates Green Greenseeker Herd Migration Horizon Seeker Hunting Cheetah Invasion Journey for the Elixir Journey of Discovery Kodama's Reach Krosan Tusker Kura, the Boundless Sky Land Grant Lands Lay of the Land Many Partings Nervous Gardener Nissa's Encouragement Nissa's Pilgrimage Nissa's Triumph Nylea's Intervention Open the Gates Outcaster Greenblade Path to the World Tree Peregrination Ranger Realm Seekers Realms Uncharted Reclaim the Wastes Rites of Spring Safewright Quest Seek the Horizon Seeker Selfie Preservation Shard Convergence Spinewoods Armadillo Spirit Spirit of the Aldergard Spirit of the Season Sprouting Vines Sylvan Ranger Sylvan Scrying The Huntsman's Redemption The Wilds The World Tree Thirsting Roots Trail of Mystery Traverse the Ulvenwald Un-sets Verdant Mastery Wild Crocodile Yasharn, Implacable Earth Yavimaya Elder You Happen On a Glade

Story vs Card Disparity

I think the disconnect here really fluctuates if you've read the story or not. For WOE, there was a whole part of the story about Will reuniting the courts but the cards didn't really depict that. In LCI, the epilogue really thinks about the same pieces, but the cards again don't really depict it. MKM suffers from a similar problem. Seanan's story is incredible and really captures the new political tensions following the invasion, but the cards don't necessarily reflect that.

It’s there in the cards if you’re looking for it, but no, it’s not the focus. We’re trying to make compelling sets that excite people and make them want to buy them. We could show you endless cards of the courts having fallen or focus on what’s going on in the wilds. Our market research says more players want the latter.

Invasion Murders at Karlov Manor Story / Lore The Lost Caverns of Ixalan The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine

Phyrexian Invasion Impact

I understand that there are things you can point to that are visible consequences of the Phyrexian invasion like story content and the deaths of Eldraine’s king and queen, but doesn’t it say something that you need to point those out as counter arguments to begin with?The problem with threatening a Phyrexian planar threat is that the damage was implied to be irreversible. Compleation often involved grotesque surgical mutilation, so it doesn’t make sense that compleated characters could return to normal so easily and without any significant scarring. Phyrexian oil is supposed to be so dangerous that a single drop could eventually infect and corrupt an entire plane, so it seems impossible to eradicate. Even ignoring the resilience of the Phyrexians themselves, a large scale military invasion aided by the most powerful beings on each plane should have left those planes in a post-apocalyptic state, yet all of that seems to be off-screen or completely disregarded. We went underground for Ixalan, so we didn’t see the devastation. We went into the wilds for Eldraine, so we didn’t see the courts in shambles. Ravnica seems to be the same as ever, just with more detective hats. And the last set of the year that immediately followed the invasion takes place on a plane nobody even lived on during the invasion, so there were no consequences to show off.I think the real issue isn’t necessarily that there weren’t consequences, but that you guys chose deliberately not to show them on cards, outside of the desparked planeswalkers and a few cards in Aftermath. As it is, it’s difficult to believe that the Phyrexian threat that was built up over decades could be so easily repelled AND completely defeated at the height of their power, but I would argue that the sets directly following the invasion should have all had a blatantly dark, somber, post-apocalyptic theme. Instead, we got a bunch of light hearted costume party sets that seemed chosen specifically to NOT show how much damage was done. I get that you want to have a tone shift after a darker year, but it just feels like instead of getting closure, we all just got whiplash instead. It would have been better to show a struggling multiverse slowly learning to rebuild before diving into the next big arc.

There’s a big difference between did big things happen and do we need to focus on them? For the Vorthoses who read the stories, the Phyrexian War had huge consequences for many worlds. From a game standpoint, it changed how we used a whole card type and allowed us to make sets we couldn’t make before. The impact of the events of March of the Machine on flavor and mechanics was major.The reason we didn’t focus on the outcomes on the cards and have a year of dreary sets is we strongly believed the majority of the players didn’t want that.

Aftermath Card Types Compleated Detective Devastation Eradicate Flavor Infect Into the Wilds Invasion Ixalan March of the Machine Mechanics Phyrexian Planes Planeswalkers Story / Lore The Wilds Vorthos

Land Animation Differences

Is there any design intent behind some land animation giving the lands a color (hedge whisperer) and some not (brave the wilds)?

More flavor than anything else.

Brave the Wilds Colors Flavor Hedge Whisperer Lands The Wilds

LCI Story Audio Version

Hi Mark. Are there any plans to release an audio version of the LCI story on the Magic YouTube channel? I really enjoyed listening to the Wilds of Eldraine story while working on other things, and I was hoping that it would become a regular feature of MtG fiction going forward.

The recorded story is coming.

Story / Lore The Lost Caverns of Ixalan The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine

Wilds of Eldraine Praise

Good day Maro! Please give high 5’s again to everyone for Wilds of Eldraine! It’s been a month and we are still running draft at my LGS because it’s just so fun. One of my favorite aspects of WOE is the addition of new creatures in the Wilds, satyrs and ouphes. I love how they feel natural to Eldraine, we just never seen them because we never went to the Wilds! Of course with Omen Paths new creatures could show up anywhere, Troyan on Eldraine, but it feels very forced and less organic. Now with your teaser of LCI I see the addition of gnomes to Ixalan and cheered! I really hope this trend continues in the future. It adds so much fun when returning to a plane and gives me hope that we might see types with less support finally getting the love they deserve! Thanks for all you do.

You’re welcome. I too am happy to see more Gnomes.

Creatures Draft Formats Game Stores Gnome Ixalan Mark Rosewater Omenpaths Ouphe Satyr Teasers The Lost Caverns of Ixalan The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine

Wilds vs. Courts

Hi Mark, I just learned that in WOE, the three cards with "Wilds" in their name: Evolving Wilds, Brave the Wilds, and Return from the Wilds, can each search for a basic land from the library and put it into hand or the battlefield. I was intrigued since the counterpart to the wilds, aka the courts, were mono-color focused. Was this naming intentional? Thanks!

I assume it was intentional. Evolving Wilds being a reprint whose name already existed.

Brave the Wilds Card Printing Evolving Wilds Lands Monocolor Reprints Return from the Wilds Search The Library The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine Your Hand

Missing Description Request

The short description is missing for the "Piping-Hot Pests" deck in the Wilds of Eldraine Story Decks article. Can you please ask someone to fill it in?

I’ll pass along the request.

Pest Story / Lore The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine

WOE Knight Typal

My wife has asked me to pass on to you that she was disappointed that WOE didn't have knight typal like ELD did. The idea of getting new typal support for her Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander deck was the thing she was most excited for.

Sorry. We focused more on the Wilds than the courts, and Knight typal was an element of the courts.

Commander Decks Kindred / Typal Knight Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir The Wilds Throne of Eldraine Wilds of Eldraine

Eldraine Characters Update

Was it international to only have 2 legends from o.g. Eldraine get new cards in wilds? The last time this happened was neon dynasty and that set had a huge time gap in universe to explain it

It wasn’t an accident. : )The change of focus from the courts to the wilds is the main reason.

Humor Legendary Creatures The Wilds

Eldraine Fauns

Hey Mark! I just wanted to say a big thank you for creative for the Eldraine fauns! Satyrs are among my favorite fantasy creatures, and I love how they are so distinctive from the Therosian ones! I also wanted to ask you if you knew anything about the thought process creative had for introducing new elements in the Wilds that were not present during the first visit, like our new furry faced friends.

Whenever we revisit a world, we like to introduce new elements of it. It’s part of the fun of a return. Worlds are always bigger than what we can show in any one set.

Appreciation Creatures Satyr The Wilds

Reusing Fairy Tales in Eldraine

Hey Mark, something I’ve been noticing about the Wilds of a Eldraine info that’s already out is it feels like there’s some fairy tales you did in original Eldraine that you’re doing again (though perhaps cleaning out further). Has that made things a little more complicated for you?

We’re fine using fairy tales we already used in Throne of Eldraine.

The Wilds Throne of Eldraine

Eldraine Amass Knights

Can I get a maybe for "Amass knights" showing up in the wilds of Eldraine : )

Maybe. : )

Amass Humor Knight The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine

Artwork vs. Packaging

I love the Wilds of Eldraine artwork. I have expressed this before, but I find it disappointing that the key art for packaging never appears on any cards. We desire the art in the game itself, not in exclusive to disposable packaging…

The needs of key art are different than the needs of card art.

Art The Wilds Wilds of Eldraine

Eldraine Set Leadership

I'm quite surprised you didn't lead the vision design for Eldraine into the wilds, since that plane was kind of your baby. Who did lead it?

Chris Mooney led that set. They were a huge fan of the world, and I was excited to have them lead it.

Into the Wilds The Wilds Vision Design

R&D Shifts in Opinion

In the Tempo Week article you talked about how multiple cards drawn at once was pushed into sorcery speed effects. How did that idea change over time for cards like Into the Story and Return of the Wildspeaker? (Have a lovely day!)

R&D changed their opinion on it over time.

Game Design Into the Story Return of the Wildspeaker Sorceries Story / Lore

Flash Lands Clarification

Technically a flash land already exists. Zoetic Cavern can be flashed in as a morph creature using Prophet of Kruphix; Vivien, Champion of the Wilds; or Yeva, Nature's Herald and then flipped at morph special speed. So when is correct, and it was Future Sight.

I wouldn’t technically call that a land with flash.

Caves Champion Creatures Flash Future Sight Lands Morph Prophet of Kruphix Vivien, Champion of the Wilds Yeva, Nature's Herald Zoetic Cavern

Missing Legendary Enchantment

Why didnt the wilds get a legendary enchatment on par with the legendary artifacts of the courts?

What about the wilds begets a legendary enchantment?

Artifacts Enchantments The Wilds

Ayara's Noble Origin

Love Ayara. How did an elf (presumably from the Wilds) end up a noble ruling one of the Courts?

Now that’s a story!

Elf Noble Story / Lore The Wilds

Courts vs Wilds Theme

If the major conflict is courts vs the wilds, why does Oakhame Ranger create human tokens?

Because it’s a Knight. There are some non-Humans on the courts side.

Human Knight Ranger The Wilds Tokens