December 2011
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the0uroboros asked: Seeing how many years I've played/read/enjoyed Magic I understand the desire for shaking things up. I was really asking if there was a mechanical reason for making it a creature other than just having a different medium of victory.
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the0uroboros asked: Why wasn't Laboratory Maniac an enchantment like most of the other "You Win the Game" cards? It could have even been Laboratory Mania.
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ihavenomouseandimuststream asked: Why hasn't Fog been removed from green to join its counterparts in white?
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ravenbloodhealer asked: How do you properly pronounce Garruk?
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dukkhasatva asked: With Skaab Goliath, magic now has its first 6/9 creature. The last time this happened was Rise's Jaddi Lifestrider, introducing 2/8 in Magic. How conscious are you about spending unique P/T combinations (in the 1-9 range) on new cards?
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wolfv28 asked: do you feel as if the internet makes your job easier or harder?
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patfrancis asked: What accessories would be included with a Mark Rosewater action figure?
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thevaultdweller asked: What is your favorite anthropomorphized tribe?
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sadfacts asked: Why have you not keyworded "mill"?
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theupsideofbeingdown asked: How likely is it that we will see untap symbols (like in shadowmoor) again?
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m88855111 asked: how much a customer/player opinion has influence over your work?
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dukkhasatva asked: Why were you allowed to say Avacyn Restored has no DFCs? A lot of people see this as a repeat of "no allies in Rise of the Eldrazi" which you named as a mistake too in one of your State of Design articles. You always talk about how spoiling a new set is a delicate process, as each piece of information is judged in isolation. Isn't saying AR has no DFCs at this point a mistake?
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100scariest asked: Now that the card faithless looting has been spoiled, can you explain the change to the color pie. Will there be a red merfolk looter now?
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insertstupidblogname asked: Whats your favorite published card that you can honestly say you had nothing to do with?
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delirimouse asked: Did the idea for the Pacts originate as trying to have Echo for instants, or was it just another way of messing with time?
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courtalon asked: Does your job have anything to do with creating the stories for the blocks and the back stories for individual cards?
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woahhhhhhhhhh asked: how legitimate is Unhinged limited? by that I mean, for example, is it color-balanced, or was it just a collection of as many unprintable cards as possible? huge fan by the way
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roflcthulhu asked: What's the last date before Christmas that you'll be posting on here?
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seabutcher asked: Why does nobody update Oracle wordings for silver-bordered cards? I get the feeling that The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service needs some flavour text errata.
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Maro Goes To Worlds →
I took part in a video at Worlds in San Francisco (from last month) that I thought you guys might like to see.
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xnylived asked: Who designs the holiday cards? Is that something you do every year, or is it a special task you give to someone in design?
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dearmarkrosewater asked: Why is there a special abundance of hats in Innistrad?
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nexusgames asked: There was much speculation that the card inspired by an Un-Set card that made it into Innistrad was "Staying Power". Is there any chance that it could eventually see it's way into a "real" set, or would the memory issues be too great?
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askvaultskirge asked: ((What do you do exactly at wizards?))
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mtgworld asked: How much time would you say you spend social networking in the average day? Does it count as part of your job?
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dapuppers asked: If articles on the Magic website run a week after they're written, why do Wizards employees get the same federal holidays off as US citizens do, and not the week after?
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eternalcheechako asked: Are you more productive on the days you are physically at work or at home? In other words, who is the bigger distraction? :)
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iamclearlyawizard asked: Have you gotten much work done since Skyrim came out?
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ruhruhrandy asked: Who's your favorite superhero and why?
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ketermuls asked: Did you not realize that The Avacyn restored launch date is the same as the Avengers movie release? Now I have to choose!
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eternalcheechako asked: Can you let the arcana and other big news lead your jokes by a little longer? Since you update much more than 5 times per week I check your tumblr more often than the arcana. The Avacyn Restored announcement was a little lackluster for me because I saw your joke first. I had a similar experience with planeswalker points.
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eternalcheechako asked: Did you also have no superhero repeats, or do you have different styles for some of the heros? I'm pretty sure I can't name 65 heros...
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foxerbeta asked: What do you think about people saying that magic cards have subliminal stimuli?
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joeydomino asked: Seeing as I'm going to be saying the word "Avacyn" a lot more frequently now, what is its proper pronunciation?
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dukkhasatva asked: Why not the legendary werewolf in the first set and Garruk in the second? Isn't that more in line with evolving DFCs in the second set?
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wuyley asked: Damn Maro, you got some mad B-Ball ups! You should have dunked over him!
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rackam asked: Is Avacyn Restored the name of the final set in this block then?
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seabutcher asked: What other design teams has Brian Tinsman been on?