ddi-pixelvenser asked: Does the "-maro" cycle in Kamigawa has any relation to you or is just a coincidence?

The cycle was designed after Maro (the Mirage card) and it turns out “maro” means something in Japanese. (I don’t remember what.) So the “maro” is more a throw to the card than me, but as the card was named after me, yes there is a connection.