Jason’s Archives: MARO IAMA, Fanmade Planeswalkers, Laser Deckboxes & Phoenix Top 16

[metamet]

Another installment of Jason's Archives. Enjoyed the Mark Rosewater IAMA. :)

Jason’s Archives: MARO IAMA, Fanmade Planeswalkers, Laser Deckboxes & Phoenix Top 16 (http://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/04/jason%E2%80%99s-archives-maro-iama-fanmade-planeswalkers-laser-deckboxes-phoenix-top-16/)

[metamet]

Favorite question/answer in the MARO AMA:

Q: "What basic rule of Magic do you wish you could eliminate or reinvent? What is stopping you?"

A: (http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/s6iw9/ama_with_mark_rosewater_head_designer_of_magic/c4bxbem)"My biggest regrets are things that are worked into the core of the game so even though we know how we could do them better, interia keeps us from ever making the change.

As an example, if I could start the game over, there wouldn't be instants. Rather I would make instant a super type and put it on any card that can be cast at any time. Creatures with flash, for instance, would be Instant Creature. Instants as we know them would be Instant Sorceries.

This change has all sorts of ramifications that would allow design to do some neat things but we're passed the point where we can make that change.

So why can't we change it? If the game is going to live as long as I keep saying, why not bite the bullet and just change it? The same reasons cities don't tear up all their streets and redo them better. The upheaval is too much. It would drive players from the game and would create this sense that the game they used to play is not the same game now. This sense of continuity is crucial as our player patterns have players leaving and coming back all the time."

[Zinch]

Men, I LOVE that Sarga the Recycler! It's totaly awesome without being overpowered...

[Vacrix]

I also love the Sarga. The Liliana is also really fucking nice.

[Zinch]

Yeah, but the Liliana is completely OP and not as original as Sarga...

[bruizar]

I love the Sarga and the Delza, but would like to play with Noctus the most. Temporal Spring + coiling oracle, sign me up.