Yargle and Multani

Vanilla Creatures Future

I just finished reading your Nuts and Bolts article! As someone who mostly plays pauper and draft, I find the discussion of commons very interesting.Do you think it’s fair to say that R&D is moving away from vanilla creatures? With fewer common slots I would assume that there’s not any room to fit them into a set (save for vanilla creatures with a large body, like Yargle and Multani in MOM)

We are moving away from Vanilla creatures as a regular staple. They will exist from time to time, but yes, we’re doing less of them.

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Vanilla Creature Usage

Are vanilla creatures just dead? The only one we've had since Strixhaven is Yargle and Multani.

They’re not dead, but are being used less frequently.

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Creature Type Queries

Hi Mark, I am building a Yargle and Multani deck, and I was wondering two things.1. Was Yargle ever considered to be typed as Frog Horror instead of a Frog Spirit?2. Why is Multani an Elemental and not a Treefolk? His appearance shares a resemblance to a lot of Treefolk we see in Magic.

1. I’m not sure.2. Multani is a Maro. They are elementals that form themselves out of nature. Some of the time, those elements could be parts of trees, but next time it might not.

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Elder Type Missing

I understand why the class types of the team-up cards are missing, but why is Ghalta and Mavren missing the Elder type? I wouldn't consider that a class anymore than I'd consider "Horror" or "Spirit" a class on Thalia and the Gitrog Monster or Yargle and Multani.

Elder is odd as it’s neither race nor class.

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Yargle vs Multani Power

How can a card like Yargle and Multani be viewed as anything but wild power creep?

Vanilla creatures are known for their long history of breaking formats. : )

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