Verdant Force

Green Iconic Elementals

It occurred to me during your last DtW I've never heard you discuss Elementals in your search for a green iconic. Force of Nature is undoubtedly the biggest, greenest creature in Alpha, and feels a lot like green's Lord of the PIt. WotC also kept printing splashy rare "nature elementals" in similar trope space like Verdant Force, Child of Gaea, Thorn Elemental, and Maro yourself, as if they were resonant with players. Were the lower-rarity red and blue elementals the problem, or something else?

We do Elements in all five colors, which isn’t good for an iconic creature type.

Blue Card Printing Child of Gaea Colors Creatures Drive to Work Elemental Force of Nature Green Lord of the Pit Mark Rosewater Rares Red Search The Pit Thorn Elemental Verdant Force Wizards of the Coast

Verdant Force's White Version

Could Verdant Force get a version colorshifted to white?

White doesn’t get a lot of 7/7s, but other than that, sure.

Verdant Force White

Psychographics Insight

I suspect my birthday ask got buried, so here goes again: any trivia on psychographics in general or the Timmy (my) psychographic in particular?

Timmy was the first psychographic to be named. It came about when I was explaining to the design team why we should make the Tempest card Verdant Force. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Psychographic Suspect Tempest Timmy / Tammy Verdant Force

Signed Cards Gratitude

And a follow-up to my story about Disenchant and Masticore: After you wrote 80,000 words--which included a plaintive picture inviting snail mail--I wrote you a letter and included some cards to sign. (This was, I believe, before sending you cards as much a "thing" as it is today.) I sent you some of my favorites--including a playset of Masticore and a playset of Verdant Force--and you did sign them all. I was delighted and still have every one. Thanks!

: )

Disenchant Masticore Snail Story / Lore Verdant Force

Weatherlight Saga Trivia

Today is my birthday! Was wondering if you could me trivia on two of my old school favorites to play together in the same deck! Maraxus of keld and verdant force! Thanks!

We were planning to start the Weatherlight Saga in Tempest, but the brand manager was so excited he pushed us to start in Weatherlight. The card for Maraxus of Keld had already been designed, so we wrote the climax of the story (Gerard getting all the people to leave thus depowering him) to match how Maraxus worked mechanically. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Maraxus Sagas Story / Lore Tempest Verdant Force Weatherlight

Verdant Force Trivia

It's my birthday! Could I get some trivia about Verdant Force?

It was in my defense of Verdant Force during Tempest design that I first named the Timmy psychographic. Happy birthday!

Birthday Psychographic Tempest Timmy / Tammy Verdant Force

Hat Trick Examples

Can you give an example of a hat trick spell and creature card?

Spell - Haunting Echoes Creature - Verdant Force

Creatures Hat Trick Haunting Echoes Verdant Force

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