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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What Nemesis instant was inspired by an instant from Tempest?
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What Nemesis instant was inspired by an instant from Tempest?
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December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What Nemesis instant was inspired by an instant from Tempest?
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What Nemesis instant was inspired by an instant from Tempest?
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Saproling Burst had the highest fading number in Nemesis with 7.
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Saproling Burst had the highest fading number in Nemesis with 7.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Saproling Burst had the highest fading number in Nemesis with 7.
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Saproling Burst had the highest fading number in Nemesis with 7.
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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Nemesis introduced the fading mechanic. What was the highest number of fading to appear on a card?
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Nemesis introduced the fading mechanic. What was the highest number of fading to appear on a card?
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December 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Nemesis introduced the fading mechanic. What was the highest number of fading to appear on a card?
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Nemesis introduced the fading mechanic. What was the highest number of fading to appear on a card?
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Kor Haven was the fourth card in a “mega mega cycle” of legendary lands associated with a specific color. The lands appeared once per block for five years.
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Kor Haven was the fourth card in a “mega mega cycle” of legendary lands associated with a specific color. The lands appeared once per block for five years.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Kor Haven was the fourth card in a “mega mega cycle” of legendary lands associated with a specific color. The lands appeared once per block for five years.
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Kor Haven was the fourth card in a “mega mega cycle” of legendary lands associated with a specific color. The lands appeared once per block for five years.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Ascendant Evincar was the first time we made a second legendary card for the same character. In this case, Crovax.
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Ascendant Evincar was the first time we made a second legendary card for the same character. In this case, Crovax.
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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it?
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Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it?
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December 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Ascendant Evincar was the first time we made a second legendary card for the same character. In this case, Crovax.
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Ascendant Evincar was the first time we made a second legendary card for the same character. In this case, Crovax.
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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it?
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Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it?
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December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it?
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Nemesis’s Ascendant Evincar was the first time we did something we do often now. What was it?
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Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question:
Rootwater Thief. It’s Michael Long’s prize for winning the Magic Invitational in Barcelona. He really wanted it to be a merfolk, but they didn’t look human, so he’s the one being attacked by the creature.
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Rootwater Thief. It’s Michael Long’s prize for winning the Magic Invitational in Barcelona. He really wanted it to be a merfolk, but they didn’t look human, so he’s the one being attacked by the creature.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Answer to previous #mtgtrivia question:
Rootwater Thief. It’s Michael Long’s prize for winning the Magic Invitational in Barcelona. He really wanted it to be a merfolk, but they didn’t look human, so he’s the one being attacked by the creature.
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Rootwater Thief. It’s Michael Long’s prize for winning the Magic Invitational in Barcelona. He really wanted it to be a merfolk, but they didn’t look human, so he’s the one being attacked by the creature.
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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Which card from Nemesis pictures a former pro player in its artwork?
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Which card from Nemesis pictures a former pro player in its artwork?
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December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
Which card from Nemesis pictures a former pro player in its artwork?
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Which card from Nemesis pictures a former pro player in its artwork?
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December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What Weatherlight crew member fell in love in the Mercadian Masques story?
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What Weatherlight crew member fell in love in the Mercadian Masques story?
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December 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What Weatherlight crew member fell in love in the Mercadian Masques story?
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What Weatherlight crew member fell in love in the Mercadian Masques story?
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My second podcast, and last of 2025 (#1302), is the fourth and final part of my “30 Years” series talking about the 30 biggest design innovations since I got hired: share.transistor.fm/s/1c8ac87d audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff
#1302: 30 Years, Part 4 | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1302
This is my fourth and final episode talking about 30 big design evolutions since I started working at Wizards of the Coast in October 1995. This is based on a three-part series I did in my Making Magi...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My second podcast, and last of 2025 (#1302), is the fourth and final part of my “30 Years” series talking about the 30 biggest design innovations since I got hired: share.transistor.fm/s/1c8ac87d audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw #WotCStaff
Today’s first “Drive to Work” (#1301) is all about the various resources other than mana you can use as a cost: share.transistor.fm/s/842bb763 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw ##WotCStaff
#1301: Resources | Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast | Episode 1301
There are a lot of costs you can pay other than mana. In this episode, I talk about different types of resources in Magic.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today’s first “Drive to Work” (#1301) is all about the various resources other than mana you can use as a cost: share.transistor.fm/s/842bb763 audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/2145... #mtgdtw ##WotCStaff
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
That is an upside down mountain, Mount Mercadia. Mercadia City is on top.
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That is an upside down mountain, Mount Mercadia. Mercadia City is on top.
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Today's #mtgtrivia question:
What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains?
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What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains?
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December 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
That is an upside down mountain, Mount Mercadia. Mercadia City is on top.
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That is an upside down mountain, Mount Mercadia. Mercadia City is on top.
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Today's #mtgtrivia question:
What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains?
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What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains?
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December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today's #mtgtrivia question:
What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains?
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What is pictured in the center of this Mercadian Masques Plains?
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
The big lesson was the importance of naming mechanics. Mercadian Masques didn't name it's two big mechanics (Spellshapers & Rebels/Mercenaries) and players kept asking why the set didn't have any new mechanics.
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The big lesson was the importance of naming mechanics. Mercadian Masques didn't name it's two big mechanics (Spellshapers & Rebels/Mercenaries) and players kept asking why the set didn't have any new mechanics.
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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques?
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What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques?
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December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
The big lesson was the importance of naming mechanics. Mercadian Masques didn't name it's two big mechanics (Spellshapers & Rebels/Mercenaries) and players kept asking why the set didn't have any new mechanics.
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The big lesson was the importance of naming mechanics. Mercadian Masques didn't name it's two big mechanics (Spellshapers & Rebels/Mercenaries) and players kept asking why the set didn't have any new mechanics.
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Today’s #MakingMagic article is first of a two-parter about the making of original Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki...
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Playing to Lorwyn, Part 1
Mark finishes up a year of Making Magic articles with a history lesson on the designs of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today’s #MakingMagic article is first of a two-parter about the making of original Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block: magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki...
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Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques?
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What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques?
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December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques?
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What does R&D consider the biggest design lesson learned from Mercadian Masques?
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Desert Twister. Green isn’t supposed to straight up destroy creatures. Dark Ritual, while a mistake power-levelwise, hadn’t been shifted in the color pie yet.
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Desert Twister. Green isn’t supposed to straight up destroy creatures. Dark Ritual, while a mistake power-levelwise, hadn’t been shifted in the color pie yet.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Desert Twister. Green isn’t supposed to straight up destroy creatures. Dark Ritual, while a mistake power-levelwise, hadn’t been shifted in the color pie yet.
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Desert Twister. Green isn’t supposed to straight up destroy creatures. Dark Ritual, while a mistake power-levelwise, hadn’t been shifted in the color pie yet.
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I had a blast!
I think @maro254.bsky.social may have taken a detour on his drive to work.
Hope he has time to shuffle up & play a game or two of Magic!
Hope he has time to shuffle up & play a game or two of Magic!
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I had a blast!
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What reprint in Mercadian Masques did I desperately try to prevent, as it was a color pie break, but failed?
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What reprint in Mercadian Masques did I desperately try to prevent, as it was a color pie break, but failed?
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December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today’s #mtgtrivia question:
What reprint in Mercadian Masques did I desperately try to prevent, as it was a color pie break, but failed?
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What reprint in Mercadian Masques did I desperately try to prevent, as it was a color pie break, but failed?
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia:
Cycling. Urza’s Destiny has an unnamed “cycling from play” mechanic (which very few players got at the time).
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Cycling. Urza’s Destiny has an unnamed “cycling from play” mechanic (which very few players got at the time).
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December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia:
Cycling. Urza’s Destiny has an unnamed “cycling from play” mechanic (which very few players got at the time).
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Cycling. Urza’s Destiny has an unnamed “cycling from play” mechanic (which very few players got at the time).
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Today's #mtgtrivia question:
What named mechanic did Urza's Destiny tweak without using the name of the mechanic?
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What named mechanic did Urza's Destiny tweak without using the name of the mechanic?
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December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Today's #mtgtrivia question:
What named mechanic did Urza's Destiny tweak without using the name of the mechanic?
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What named mechanic did Urza's Destiny tweak without using the name of the mechanic?
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Yawgmoth's Bargain. It was a tweak of the card Greed. Greed and Intolerance are famous silent films.
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Yawgmoth's Bargain. It was a tweak of the card Greed. Greed and Intolerance are famous silent films.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Yawgmoth's Bargain. It was a tweak of the card Greed. Greed and Intolerance are famous silent films.
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Yawgmoth's Bargain. It was a tweak of the card Greed. Greed and Intolerance are famous silent films.
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