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Something I’ve Been Dying to Say for 28 Years

Mood Swings - on sale now!

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To a recent you replied that Vorthos works across IPs on Loki because it's all the same character. Would that also apply to Sauron from LoTR and Marvel, or does that not work because they are different characters despite the same name?

Vorthos cares about it being the same character not just having the same name.

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If or when? Mark Rosewater leads or co-leads a future Modern Horizons set.

If, but they are fun designs.

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Hi five to whoever designed the Great Lakes Avengers.

I believe that was Daniel Xu.

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I've gone from barely interested to very excited about Marvel Jumpstart! So many new Spider-Man cards! Peter Parker may not be a blue/red personality but those colors look so good on a card in the classic suit! Also hyped for red Miles; finally a version for Gwen's 99 :D

Happy to hear that. : )

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Animate Dead pulls a card out of your graveyard.

Manifest Dread puts a card face down as a 2/2 creature from your library.

If you blended those two effects together somehow which is a better name?

Manifest Dead or Animate Dread?

I like Animate Dread.

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Thanks for giving the Big Wheel a card.

: )

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Sauron, Dino Devotee is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. Apply high fives where appropriate.

Will do.

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Mark! Who did all the graphic design on Mod Swings? The logo, the little squiggles on the back, the cute faces in the corners of the release event playmat are all really good! Also give them a high five!

They were done by Colby Nichols.

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Hey Mark! It's not my birthday, but it is my dog Comet's Birthday so I was wondering if you had any trivia about Comet, Stellar Pup for him?

Players had been asking for a dog planeswalker for years, and with Unfinity I saw my chance. It was key that it was a normal dog, so I created a design where he did what he wanted.

Happy Birthday to Comet!

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Whoever designed Sauron needs to get every high five possible. My wife and I cracked up when we read the words "Cure Cancer" knowing exactly where it was going!

That was Daniel Xu. High fives shall be applied.

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HYPERION!!!

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Mark, the depth of the Marvel set is staggering. The Jumpstart is blowing me away. I don't even know what kind of high fives are appropriate, and we haven't even seen the decks, but this is so incredible. I don't even know where I will begin in the best way.

The Jumpstart lead was Daniel Xu. I consulted with him as a Marvel SME, but he was the one that oversaw it all. And yeah, lots of really fun cards.

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Can you give a little insight why so many of the Jumpstart designs were in a single IGN article on a Sunday? I'm sure there was a reason, but they are *incredible* and I was shocked they weren't part of a more formal rollout. I'm assuming this is a play at the less enfranchised audience?

We just had a lot of things to reveal and only so long to reveal them. The Jumpstart cards are really cool and do have a lot of fun inclusions.

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Hi Mark, just requesting you answer more questions more faster because I like to read Blogatog much rather than doom-scroll world news. Thank you!

I’m trying. : )

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If you woke up tomorrow and found out that time had shifted so the creatures called Maros were no longer named after you, and nobody else knew they were once called that, would you be happy or sad?

I’d be sad. : (

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hey mark! today is my birthday, and for my birthday party im running a cube with friends. anything you can tell me about my favorite card in the cube, colossification?

Colossification came about because we liked the idea that the “giant monster” themed set had the largest aura in history.

Happy Birthday!