#nerdphilosopher

[markrosewater]

How do you feel about using "they" to describe Ashiok and other genderless characters, especially in rules text where necessary?

That is what we do.

[moisellethefae]

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Why not “target player?” D;

I knoooowww. As much as it hurts the templating nerd in me, I figured ‘person’ would be more inviting for non-hardcore players.

[markrosewater]

I've been deliberating for months on whether or not to send you a letter and cards to sign. Is this still something you do, and does the address you previously posted still work? I don't want to inconvenience you.

It sometimes takes me time to sign stuff, but yes I still do it and the address hasn't changed.

[markrosewater]

What are the constraints on colorless mana production for blue, then? I didn't find it in the mechanics article but as a blue player I terribly want more of it.

I left it out of the article. Blue gets colorless mana production usually in artifact sets.

[markrosewater]

Can you think of any blue/black characters in popular media?

Lex Luthor is a classic example.

[markrosewater]

Buuuut with St. Richard Garfield we pay the mana cost of the matching card with flashback to flash it back, not the flashback cost of the card we're flashing?

No, you pay the flashback cost.

[markrosewater]

Squirrels are the one point on which I strongly disagree with the creative team. All the more reason for Un3 so we can get squirrel tribal! But what's the general demand for squirrels with players?

Let's just say the Squirrel fans are loud. : )

[markrosewater]

Would we be more willing to see a "Library to Graveyard" effect for Black in a Standard-legal expansion? I'm sad to see Black lose all its best tools lately.

It's a tutor and we've been cutting back on tutors (and shuffling in general), but I it's not an ability we're trying to take out of black.