Time Machine

Time Machine Needed

New 01 Apr 2024 Asked by llanowarminotaur 60 Comments

Hi Mark, on June 16, 1994 you posted on rec. games. deckmaster that you knew of games store in Los Angeles that had Legends boosters in stock for only $2.45, and that all I had to do is call them up and ask to talk to the owner Steve. But I just called and they didn't have any. The person who answered the phone didn't even know who Steve is! I tried to follow your advice and told them "Mark sent me", but they hung up. Care to explain yourself?


You probably need to get a time machine. They are pretty handy. R&D uses them all the time.

Time Machine Joke

New 20 Jan 2024 Asked by aalgot 30 Comments

If/when build a Time Machine so you can get the benefits of working 2 years ahead but not the drawbacks.


Ixnay onay ethay imetay achinemay.

Exile Versus Limbo

New 12 Jan 2024 Asked by gamma-3 25 Comments

Let's ask the exile question a different way - given a Magic time machine, would you make exile and limbo different zones?


No. I think exile is fine as a limbo.

Lord Type Considerations

New 21 Jul 2023 Asked by khanshotfirst 163 Comments

What's with the Lord hate? Not like the Time%20Lord type prevents any changeling interactions that Time Lord wouldn't fix. Was it just to avoid backfilling to decide what's a Lord or not?


Lord was removed during the Grand Creature Update in 2007, so Doctor Who had nothing to do with it. (Unless the Doctor used his Time Machine. Hmmm.)

Re-doing Companions

New 10 Jul 2022 Asked by mguffin 64 Comments

You said in a previous post you wish you could re-do companions. If you had a time machine, what would you have done different?


For starters, make them not broken.

Clone Variant as Changeling

New 20 Dec 2021 Asked by rukalin-chan 53 Comments

"Could we get a clone variant that is and keeps being a changeling? - I assume one day." Moritte of the frost from Kaldheim.


I got in the time machine and fixed it. : )

Drive to Work on Spotify

New 07 Nov 2020 Asked by landacrossthelake 40 Comments

Any chance Drive to Work gets uploaded to Spotify?


I used my time machine to start it on Spotify earlier this year. : )

Possibility of Human-free Set

New 29 Oct 2020 Asked by driftlesscaptain-blog 85 Comments

Any chance of ever getting a set with no humans in it?


I used our R&D time machine to make it happen back in 2007 in Lorwyn. You’re welcome. : )EDIT: Here’s the larger issue. It’s a lot easier to make a minority demand happen when it involves adding something. Only a small number of people want a humanoid lemming, we can make them happy by including one in a set. The lemming haters can just not play with the card. When the minority demand is the exclusion of something the majority enjoys, that becomes a much more difficult ask. Humans are very, very popular. We can, and do, include a lot of nonhumans for those players that enjoy nonhumans, but it’s a much harder task to exclude all humans. I’m not saying we’ll never do it again, but it requires a very specific world concept.

Time Machine Usage

New 27 Jun 2020 Asked by unicornjoel 55 Comments

If you only use the time machine occasionally, doesn't that mean you use it... Time-to-time?


What a timely response.

Time machine usage

New 24 Jun 2020 Asked by su92 49 Comments

"Lots of fun Magic stuff left for 2030" I thought you weren't allowed to use the time machine anymore.


I only use it on occasion.

Time Machine Warning

New 06 Jun 2019 Asked by sliver-bloglord 106 Comments

Mark, the time machine worked! I come from 12 months in the future, bearing warnings! Only you can prevent the robot apocalypse, just DON'T release the Return to Fallen Empires set in the fall, complete with Purple Lands and reserved list reprints, and the world can be saved!


Done!

Time vs. Clone Machine

New 30 Mar 2019 Asked by gemowater 32 Comments

If you had to choose, would you give up the time machine or clone machine?


That’s a tough one. Better for me? Get rid of the time machine. Better for Magic? Get rid of the clone machine.

Office Time Machine

New 16 Mar 2019 Asked by jonesie42 43 Comments

You have both a time machine and a clone machine? Which one do you keep at the office?


The time machine is R&D’s. The clone machine is mine, so that’s at home.

Legendary Griffin Joke

New 16 Mar 2019 Asked by zanmor 81 Comments

"On behalf of all my friends and fellow Magic players named Griffon, could we get a maybe on a Legendary Griffon sometime in the future?" "I took my time machine back to 1996 and made it happen. Zuberi, Golden Feather from Mirage is a legendary Griffin. Perhaps one day we’ll make a second one." Does this mark a departure from the policy of not messing with the past? Dangerous precedent, Mr. Rosewater.


What could one legendary Griffin hurt?

Griffin Legend Request

New 16 Mar 2019 Asked by boltedmonkeyman-deactivated2023 48 Comments

On behalf of all my friends and fellow Magic players named Griffon, could we get a maybe on a Legendary Griffon sometime in the future?


I took my time machine back to 1996 and made it happen. Zuberi, Golden Feather from Mirage is a legendary Griffin. Perhaps one day we’ll make a second one.

Fantasy Genre Critique

New 14 Jun 2018 Asked by phyrexiathings 106 Comments

Gigantosaurus is a pretty insulting card to the fantasy genre. Dinosaurs have always been in the realm of science fiction (King Kong, Jurassic park, any property where a time machine is used,etc..), and to see one stomping on a dragon, the most known fantasy creature, tells me that the game is straying further from fantasy into science fiction. Also, looking at its most similar card, Khalid hydra begs the question, why was it not a hydra? Are hydras not greens iconic?


You need to read more fantasy if you think Dinosaurs never show up in fantasy.

Time Machine Rule

New 11 Jun 2018 Asked by next-level-plays 31 Comments

Un-rules question: If my opponent concedes in response to a Time Machine activation in game 1, do I get my creature in game 2?


No. The Time Machine has to resolve to go forward in time.

Time Machine Rules

New 21 Oct 2017 Asked by bird-cannibalism 21 Comments

If I time machine a card with 0 or no CMC (like a meld card), would the exiled card(s) be gone next game due to there not being a turn 0?


No, the beginning of the game before turns start is “turn 0”.

Time Machine Usage

New 23 Jul 2017 Asked by frosty-mage-stuff 21 Comments

Have you had to use the time machine recently?


No comment.

Time Machine Constraints

New 30 May 2017 Asked by lgosvse 42 Comments

Why can't R&D use their time machine to fix the color balance issue in the past?


There are very strict rules about the time machine usage.


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