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Something I’ve Been Dying to Say for 28 Years

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Hey Mark, just wanted to let you know Kingpin, Wilson Fisk was word for word a card Ive dreamed about becoming a reality, so high fives to those who made that card specifically, as well as generally to the team for making a really cool set of cards.

High fives to be applied.

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Why do welcome decks contain new, mechanically unique cards? They are ostensibly intended for new players, but this choice creates a huge demand for them from enfranchised players

The number one goal of welcome decks is to make the best optimal experience for the new player. To do that, we often need to make cards catered to the needs of those decks.

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Did the Council of Colors sign off on Sauron being a mono-green flyer? If so, why?

Green is tertiary in flying. It does get it on occasion.

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If/When: Eager Cadet after he gets training?

Jaded Cadet? : )

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How about Icecream cake? :)

: )

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Cake or icecream?

Too hard to pick.

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Hi Mark, who were on the design teams for the MSC Beginner Box and MSC Jumpstart?

No, but I did a bit of SME advising, and a little bit of design, for the Jumpstart.

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As a hardcore Ms Marvel fan, Kamala Khan having “no maximum hand size” is incredible, please give an embiggened high-five to anyone and everyone who worked on this set!

Will do.

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you've mentioned that certain colors have default things that they bend towards if the set's theme (graveyard, for example) requires them to bend.

what would you say is the default mechanic(s) that red bends towards in an "enchantments matter" environment?

Sacrificing enchantments.

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Can I ask about the "same character" element of Vorthos? This feels a bit fuzzy in a couple of cases, like Kid Loki for example (he's very definitely <not> the same character as the original Loki, there's even a whole arc where him rejecting his prior identity is the premise). Could you be more specific about what that entails?

If you as a Vorthos can defend it (well) to your play group, you can do it.

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is the term "universes within" used internally to refer to in-multiverse sets in general or does that strictly refer to the in-universe reprints of the street fighter secret lair cards and the like?

No, the R&D slang is “MIP sets” where MIP stands for “Magic Intellectual Property”.

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Please give high fives to whoever is responsible for the Ultron cards. I love him so much and seeing him get multiple good cards makes me so very happy.

It was a combination of many designers, of which I was one.

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can glistening oil be used to fry eggs?

Yes, but I wouldn’t eat the eggs.

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Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes Vision Design Handoff, Part 1

Witness the origin story of Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes and learn about how Magic's biggest team-up came to be.

Today’s “Making Magic” column is the first of my Marvel Super Heroes Vision Design Handoff articles.

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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.