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I don't like "this only triggers once a turn" because it's way less elegant/easier to forget than making it "the first time you [blank] each turn..."

Spelunking This is a card that I missed when I first saw it... and it piques my interest as a reasonable buildaround that kinda-sorta feels like Amulet of Vigor if you squint a little. It really only costs 2 mana (1 with bouncelands), makes any ramp cards that slap tapped lands onto the...

The first version of Explorer's Bane seems like it's in the right spot — I'm not a fan of 1/turn things and (as you pointed out) exploring on discard is self-fueling.

I might if I have time — Maps are kinda pertinent to my interests.

It feels a bit odd that this doesn't have defender (it's an egg!) and I'm not sure it's good, but EGG.

SKELETON PIRATES.

That's not actually errata, though? That's just the actual rules text for Prowl. The reason it looks weird is that, unlike most cards with Prowl, it can't make any assumptions about what creature types your Prowl-er is. Latchkey Faerie Enigma Thief Auntie's Snitch

Nooks and Crannies - {G} Enchantment If a creature you control would explore, instead scry 1 then that creature explores. When Nooks and Crannies enters the battlefield, target creature explores. When a land enters the battlefield under your control, transform Nooks and Crannies if you control...

Yes, but how likely is it that there's a bunch of Doctor Who fans who aren't already interested in Magic that also happen to be friends with enough people who play Magic that buying a Magic deck is worth their time? Like, I wouldn't doubt that that has happened, but it's far more likely that the...

I question that logic, though. Or, at least, I think it's making a bunch of unwarranted assumptions about conversion rates and the demographic buying these products. To put it differently: imagine that Mattel made a deal with Hasbro and put out a line of Barbies where she was cosplaying various...

Amalia Benavides Aguirre - {W}{B} Legendary Creature - Vampire Scout Ward — Pay 3 life Whenever you gain life, ~ explores. Then, destroy each other creature if its power is exactly 20. 2/2 --- T2 This thing, T3 Wildgrowth Walker + Tamiyo's Safekeeping, swing in for an arbitrarily large amount...

Funnily enough, one of the cards I'm currently the most interested in is I've been fiddling with a Mardu Vampires vs. Humans cube (with some sneaky class tribal stuff in there as well), and I like having three-drop black lords/signposts for the various themes (the other two I'm currently...

Better make two proxies unless you want to play favorites!

OK, so story-wise he's apparently just a really old spirit who doesn't remember his name... but I think it's funnier if you take the name literally and he's just some random grandpa that's legendary for some reason. :p

It's also important to realize that blacksmithy's cube design principles include stuff like "I think Vintage doesn't have good mana" and "if it costs more than two mana it should win you the game" (paraphrased, of course). Any advice he gives should be considered in the context that his idea of...

Am I the only person who has a real hard time telling the Common and Uncommon rarity symbols apart for this set? As much as I'm mostly iffy about DFCs... I kinda like the idea of Crafting. I can definitely see this seeing play, especially since Map tokens are a thing. OK, I kinda love this...

Have we hit the point where we're getting as much UB product as non-UB stuff yet? Or are we still a year or two out?

Honestly, I think avoiding GRBS is more important than a card being "exciting". Like, as a player? Yeah, sure, cool exciting cards are cool. But as a format designer your priority is to have cool exciting play patterns, and cards are just your way of implementing that.

How dead would you have been if Devil's Play had been one card up in the deck?

I think it's pretty crammed... but not for, like, people who play the game casually? Like, if you just play Commander or update your cube occasionally or whatever, the amount of product is a plus (because hey, more cards to mess around with!) It's far more crammed for, say, Legacy players...