Being able to access void effects on your end step is an important design tool for this kind of mechanic – it allows players to play the card whenever they want on their turn and in general makes keeping track of effects easier

...that said, while void never changed substantially, there was certainly a lot of debate over the small details. Void's biggest issue was its coexistence with warp, which ostensibly synergized with it but had weird timing issues

My final thread on #MTGEternities is about void! Void has a very lengthy development history, and I hope I have time to capture it all! #wotcstaff

Oh yeah you finally reminded me to show you this video

My most recent Magic design fixation is on "textured mechanics" – mechanics that have a lot of small facets that you can make other cards synergize with. Manifest Dread in DSK is a good example – it enabled graveyard, power-2, and face down decks that all looked pretty different from each other

I'm really happy with how many ways we could figure out to make warp useful without giving the creature haste. Some of my favorites are All-Fates Stalker becoming a flicker effect if you warp it and Bygone Colossus inviting you to find stuff to do with it (its nickname in the pit was "Combo Golem")

The mechanic I submitted was based on...Meandering Towershell.

Today's #mtgeternities design thread is on Warp! You might be surprised to find out which card first inspired this mechanic... #wotcstaff

I'm also a big proponent of "creature sinks" – mechanics that allow you to use creatures that wouldn't normally be relevant on a stalled board. Mechanics that tap creatures, like crew, and mechanics that sacrifice them, like exploit, are both creature sinks

Today's design thread on #MTGEternities is about Station! Station came from our earliest exploration into what "Space Magic" should look like – our big question was, "what differentiates sci-fi from fantasy, and how do we capture that mechanically?" #wotcstaff

Here's the physical cards, I like it when my games are pretty so I tried to get different art for each copy when possible, and used a lot of SLD/booster fun cards. The basics are Jund basics from Shards of Alara

Greetings, terrans! Xu-Ifit has resurrected my social media presence as a baleful space skeleton for one purpose: To yap about #MTGEternities. Look for posts comin' down the posting chute over the next week or so!