#nobthehobbit

[markrosewater]

"Storm Scale on set names containing commas? Hoping for a 10." "Close. Drop the 0." -- Did you misread "set names" as "card names"? Because I can think of plenty of the latter, but none of the former.

Oops. Read that as card names.

[markrosewater]

I realize today's TftP is funnier the way you did it, and I'm sure you know this, but for the avoidance of confusion among less enfranchised readers of yours: Tawnos is a person, not a place.

Yep. I knew that too. Brain fart.

[markrosewater]

(On four-colour commands) "Making a cycle of five and not repeating effects while maintaining synergy on each spell would be tricky but most likely doable." Is it necessary to avoid repeating effects? Would you have done the Odyssey Atog cycle differently if you could do it over?

I don't think a five-card cycle of four-color commands would go over well if each color has the same ability on four commands.

[markrosewater]

If you could do Creative for Selesnya in the next Ravnica-based block, how many squirrels would it have?

Many. : )

[markrosewater]

What do you call a piece of rotini in a pot of rigatoni? An impasta.

: )

[markrosewater]

So I just noticed that there are no cards with a mana cost of XXW. (Decree of Justice is XX2WW, Entreat the Angels is XXWWW, and Quarantine Field is XXWW.) Every other colour has an XXM card. (Is M what you're using for generic coloured mana these days? I can't recall.)

It is. We don't really think of it as an unfinished cycle, but I'm sure we'll eventually get to it.

[markrosewater]

As a former judge, how awesome is it that judges are now listed in the end credits of the Pro Tour?

Very awesome.

[markrosewater]

Right now there are only two Thralls in Magic, but fifteen Thrulls. Can we ever expect to see Thralls catch up to Thrulls?

One of Magic's eternal problems - the Thrull/Thrall divide.