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Our annual Rosewater Thanksgiving tradition. Each member of the family gets to choose a pie made especially for them. I choose the chocolate pecan pie every year.
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Our annual Rosewater Thanksgiving tradition. Each member of the family gets to choose a pie made especially for them. I choose the chocolate pecan pie every year.
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Might of Oak. Previous Giant Growth illustrations didn't always give you the perspective to see something is much bigger than it should be, so I got a chance to take a small creature, a favorite of mine, and show it getting really big.
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Might of Oak. Previous Giant Growth illustrations didn't always give you the perspective to see something is much bigger than it should be, so I got a chance to take a small creature, a favorite of mine, and show it getting really big.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Might of Oak. Previous Giant Growth illustrations didn't always give you the perspective to see something is much bigger than it should be, so I got a chance to take a small creature, a favorite of mine, and show it getting really big.
#WotCStaff
Might of Oak. Previous Giant Growth illustrations didn't always give you the perspective to see something is much bigger than it should be, so I got a chance to take a small creature, a favorite of mine, and show it getting really big.
#WotCStaff
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
No Mercy. It was parodied on the holiday card Snow Mercy.
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No Mercy. It was parodied on the holiday card Snow Mercy.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
No Mercy. It was parodied on the holiday card Snow Mercy.
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No Mercy. It was parodied on the holiday card Snow Mercy.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Avalanche Riders. It was designed for Darwin Kastle for winning the second (then Duelist) Invitational. I did the art descriptions for Urza's Legacy, so I asked if we could use Darwin's likeness, and was told yes.
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Avalanche Riders. It was designed for Darwin Kastle for winning the second (then Duelist) Invitational. I did the art descriptions for Urza's Legacy, so I asked if we could use Darwin's likeness, and was told yes.
#WotCStaff
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Avalanche Riders. It was designed for Darwin Kastle for winning the second (then Duelist) Invitational. I did the art descriptions for Urza's Legacy, so I asked if we could use Darwin's likeness, and was told yes.
#WotCStaff
Avalanche Riders. It was designed for Darwin Kastle for winning the second (then Duelist) Invitational. I did the art descriptions for Urza's Legacy, so I asked if we could use Darwin's likeness, and was told yes.
#WotCStaff
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Yawgmoth's Will. Green was the color of Regrowth (black just got creatures back from the graveyard), so it made more sense to me, at the time, in green.
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Yawgmoth's Will. Green was the color of Regrowth (black just got creatures back from the graveyard), so it made more sense to me, at the time, in green.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Yawgmoth's Will. Green was the color of Regrowth (black just got creatures back from the graveyard), so it made more sense to me, at the time, in green.
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Yawgmoth's Will. Green was the color of Regrowth (black just got creatures back from the graveyard), so it made more sense to me, at the time, in green.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Sleeper Agent is the creature card she appears in. She is also pictured in Healing Salve, Oppression, and Victimize.
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Sleeper Agent is the creature card she appears in. She is also pictured in Healing Salve, Oppression, and Victimize.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Sleeper Agent is the creature card she appears in. She is also pictured in Healing Salve, Oppression, and Victimize.
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Sleeper Agent is the creature card she appears in. She is also pictured in Healing Salve, Oppression, and Victimize.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Morphling. The card was supposed to be Clone, (we stopped printing clones for a while due to rules) but got changed after the art was finished.
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Morphling. The card was supposed to be Clone, (we stopped printing clones for a while due to rules) but got changed after the art was finished.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Morphling. The card was supposed to be Clone, (we stopped printing clones for a while due to rules) but got changed after the art was finished.
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Morphling. The card was supposed to be Clone, (we stopped printing clones for a while due to rules) but got changed after the art was finished.
#WotCStaff
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Zephid. We had a cycle of uncommon Embraces that turned creatures into iconic larger creatures, but we didn't have anything for blue. So we made one in the set. The aura cycle was called "Make Me a ______ " in design.
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Zephid. We had a cycle of uncommon Embraces that turned creatures into iconic larger creatures, but we didn't have anything for blue. So we made one in the set. The aura cycle was called "Make Me a ______ " in design.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Zephid. We had a cycle of uncommon Embraces that turned creatures into iconic larger creatures, but we didn't have anything for blue. So we made one in the set. The aura cycle was called "Make Me a ______ " in design.
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Zephid. We had a cycle of uncommon Embraces that turned creatures into iconic larger creatures, but we didn't have anything for blue. So we made one in the set. The aura cycle was called "Make Me a ______ " in design.
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Karn, Silver Golem. It was influenced by Karn’s Vanguard card.
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Karn, Silver Golem. It was influenced by Karn’s Vanguard card.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Karn, Silver Golem. It was influenced by Karn’s Vanguard card.
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Karn, Silver Golem. It was influenced by Karn’s Vanguard card.
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Today's #mtgtrivia question:
Robe of Mirror's flavor text is the only black bordered flavor text written by someone I talk about often on my podcast. Who wrote it?
Robe of Mirror's flavor text is the only black bordered flavor text written by someone I talk about often on my podcast. Who wrote it?
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today's #mtgtrivia question:
Robe of Mirror's flavor text is the only black bordered flavor text written by someone I talk about often on my podcast. Who wrote it?
Robe of Mirror's flavor text is the only black bordered flavor text written by someone I talk about often on my podcast. Who wrote it?
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Forbid. Jon would use it to make the Forbidian deck he played to become US national Champion.
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Forbid. Jon would use it to make the Forbidian deck he played to become US national Champion.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Forbid. Jon would use it to make the Forbidian deck he played to become US national Champion.
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Forbid. Jon would use it to make the Forbidian deck he played to become US national Champion.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia:
Mirri, Cat Warrior. She was originally designed with protection from black. But then the people running the story decided Crovax was going to kill her, so that didn't make flavor sense, and we had to change it.
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Mirri, Cat Warrior. She was originally designed with protection from black. But then the people running the story decided Crovax was going to kill her, so that didn't make flavor sense, and we had to change it.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia:
Mirri, Cat Warrior. She was originally designed with protection from black. But then the people running the story decided Crovax was going to kill her, so that didn't make flavor sense, and we had to change it.
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Mirri, Cat Warrior. She was originally designed with protection from black. But then the people running the story decided Crovax was going to kill her, so that didn't make flavor sense, and we had to change it.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Skyshaper. It's part of the Legacy, and was used to create artificial wind to help the Weatherlight fly fast enough to make it through the portal.
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Skyshaper. It's part of the Legacy, and was used to create artificial wind to help the Weatherlight fly fast enough to make it through the portal.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Skyshaper. It's part of the Legacy, and was used to create artificial wind to help the Weatherlight fly fast enough to make it through the portal.
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Skyshaper. It's part of the Legacy, and was used to create artificial wind to help the Weatherlight fly fast enough to make it through the portal.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Spellbook. I designed it as a cleaned up Library of Leng.
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Spellbook. I designed it as a cleaned up Library of Leng.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Spellbook. I designed it as a cleaned up Library of Leng.
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Spellbook. I designed it as a cleaned up Library of Leng.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Coat of Arms. Luckily, I convinced the design team to keep it in the set.
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Coat of Arms. Luckily, I convinced the design team to keep it in the set.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Coat of Arms. Luckily, I convinced the design team to keep it in the set.
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Coat of Arms. Luckily, I convinced the design team to keep it in the set.
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Sliver Queen. She too was a prisoner of Volrath. She is guarding the Legacy artifacts. Karn makes her understand that the Legacy is to him what the Slivers are to her, and she lets him take them.
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Sliver Queen. She too was a prisoner of Volrath. She is guarding the Legacy artifacts. Karn makes her understand that the Legacy is to him what the Slivers are to her, and she lets him take them.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Sliver Queen. She too was a prisoner of Volrath. She is guarding the Legacy artifacts. Karn makes her understand that the Legacy is to him what the Slivers are to her, and she lets him take them.
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Sliver Queen. She too was a prisoner of Volrath. She is guarding the Legacy artifacts. Karn makes her understand that the Legacy is to him what the Slivers are to her, and she lets him take them.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Hans (in the flavor text of Revenant). Hans was first referenced in the flavor text of Lhurgoyf. And yes, I wrote this flavor text. I thought it was funny as Revenant had an ability very similar to Lhurgoyf.
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Hans (in the flavor text of Revenant). Hans was first referenced in the flavor text of Lhurgoyf. And yes, I wrote this flavor text. I thought it was funny as Revenant had an ability very similar to Lhurgoyf.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Hans (in the flavor text of Revenant). Hans was first referenced in the flavor text of Lhurgoyf. And yes, I wrote this flavor text. I thought it was funny as Revenant had an ability very similar to Lhurgoyf.
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Hans (in the flavor text of Revenant). Hans was first referenced in the flavor text of Lhurgoyf. And yes, I wrote this flavor text. I thought it was funny as Revenant had an ability very similar to Lhurgoyf.
#WotCStaff
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Flame Wave. There's a surfer riding the wave. There's also a skull in the wave as well.
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Flame Wave. There's a surfer riding the wave. There's also a skull in the wave as well.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Flame Wave. There's a surfer riding the wave. There's also a skull in the wave as well.
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Flame Wave. There's a surfer riding the wave. There's also a skull in the wave as well.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Jixed Idol & Jinxed Ring were supposed to have a third Jinxed item in Exodus. When you played all three, and then gave them to an opponent, it would make them lose the game.
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Jixed Idol & Jinxed Ring were supposed to have a third Jinxed item in Exodus. When you played all three, and then gave them to an opponent, it would make them lose the game.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Jixed Idol & Jinxed Ring were supposed to have a third Jinxed item in Exodus. When you played all three, and then gave them to an opponent, it would make them lose the game.
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Jixed Idol & Jinxed Ring were supposed to have a third Jinxed item in Exodus. When you played all three, and then gave them to an opponent, it would make them lose the game.
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Invasion Plans. That is the first time our heroes learn there's a bigger plot afoot. It also tells you where the third act was going to happen. (In the original pitch, each act was a block.)
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Invasion Plans. That is the first time our heroes learn there's a bigger plot afoot. It also tells you where the third act was going to happen. (In the original pitch, each act was a block.)
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November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Invasion Plans. That is the first time our heroes learn there's a bigger plot afoot. It also tells you where the third act was going to happen. (In the original pitch, each act was a block.)
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Invasion Plans. That is the first time our heroes learn there's a bigger plot afoot. It also tells you where the third act was going to happen. (In the original pitch, each act was a block.)
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Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Dream Halls. I remember when I first read that was their pick for worst card, my response was, "Really? There's a decent chance it's broken."
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Dream Halls. I remember when I first read that was their pick for worst card, my response was, "Really? There's a decent chance it's broken."
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November 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:
Dream Halls. I remember when I first read that was their pick for worst card, my response was, "Really? There's a decent chance it's broken."
#WotCStaff
Dream Halls. I remember when I first read that was their pick for worst card, my response was, "Really? There's a decent chance it's broken."
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Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Awakening & Primal Rage. Eladamri gives an impassioned speech, ending in “Charge!” and the Elves attack the Stronghold.
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Awakening & Primal Rage. Eladamri gives an impassioned speech, ending in “Charge!” and the Elves attack the Stronghold.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Answer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question:
Awakening & Primal Rage. Eladamri gives an impassioned speech, ending in “Charge!” and the Elves attack the Stronghold.
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Awakening & Primal Rage. Eladamri gives an impassioned speech, ending in “Charge!” and the Elves attack the Stronghold.
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