https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mmcqog5o2s2rHere's the video of my talk from #MTGVegas telling the story of the lengthy journey getting #MoodSwings made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oudSHvm2yiI #WotCStaff20 May 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcqog5o2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mmcpuc34kk2rToday's #mtgtrivia question: Planar Chaos had a vertical cycle of a mechanic that (almost) every other time it has appeared has been in horizontal cycles. What is the mechanic? #WotCStaff20 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcpuc34kk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mmcpowsrhk2rAnswer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Akorma. Time Spiral had an Akroma, Angel of Wrath reprint on the bonus sheet, Planar Chaos had Akroma, Angel of Fury in monored, and Future Sight had Akroma's Memorial. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcpowsrhk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm7vd6w3nk23Before Time Spiral block came out, we ran a Head-to-Head competition on the website to see what players' favorite character was. The winner got reprinted in Time Spiral and got an alternate version of themselves in Planar Chaos. What character am I talking about? #WotCStaff19 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7vd6w3nk23https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm7v7cnufc23Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: When you came to the site that day, the whole screen got taken up by Wrath of God that then transitioned into Damnation. It was one of my favorite web site reveals. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7v7cnufc23https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm5ilbg74k26As a lover, and creator, of Magic content, this is great! #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5ilbg74k26https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm5hz5clxk26Today's #mtgtrivia question: The first announcement of Planar Chaos happened when you visited the Magic daily site one day. What Planar Chaos card took over the screen? #WotCStaff18 May 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5hz5clxk26https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm5hwijeps26Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Vanishing. I felt like Fading did a good job of capturing the immediacy of the present, but it was a mechanic we wanted to tweak as players kept intuitively playing it wrong. Redoing it captured the alternate reality vibe. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5hwijeps26https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm5ho3rpbc26Today's #MakingMagic article is part 2, of 2, on the design of #MoodSwings: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/the-design-of-mood-swings-part-2 #mtg #WotCStaff18 May 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5ho3rpbc26https://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm2pf3blzs2iToday’s #mtgtrivia question: What mechanic was put in Planar Chaos specifically to reference “alternate reality present”? #WotCStaff17 May 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2pf3blzs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mm2pdbrtxk2iAnswer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: The answer I intended was suspend, but have since realized split second did it as well. The challenge with connected art elements is it makes it very hard to change which cards have the mechanic later in set design, so we don’t do it on larger mechanics. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2pdbrtxk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlympz7xvc2hApparently there’s a new Magic movie coming out this May. : )16 May 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlympz7xvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlyer4cdj22hToday’s #mtgtrivia question: One mechanic in Time Spiral had a visual element in the art. It caused us so many problems (it’s hard to change cards) that we mostly stopped doing it. What was the mechanic? #WotCStaff16 May 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyer4cdj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlye4lkkms2hAnswer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Jaya Ballard. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlye4lkkms2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlw6pzqbnc2vCongratulations to my daughter Sarah for becoming a college graduate from the University of Arizona!15 May 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw6pzqbnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlw2cng77c2vToday’s #mtgtrivia question: There was a character in flavor text where the editor gave them a last name that was the Seattle city she lived in. This character later got a legendary creature card in Time Spiral. Who is the character? #WotCStaff15 May 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw2cng77c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlw222ylic2vAnswer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Assembly-Worker. The creature type first showed up on Mishra’s Factory from Antiquities in 1994. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw222ylic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlttweibns2kToday’s #mtgtrivia question: What Time Spiral creature had a creature type that was first seen on a land many years earlier? #WotCStaff14 May 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlttweibns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlttfx2ois2kAnswer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Split second. It was originally created in Coldsnap as a nod to interrupts. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlttfx2ois2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlqtdim5os2cToday’s #mtgtrivia question: What Time Spiral mechanic was created for Coldsnap, but I saved it for Time Spiral because it matched the block’s time theme? #WotCStaff13 May 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqtdim5os2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlqsguprjk2cAnswer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Flashback. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsguprjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlp4t66zwk2cToday’s trivia question: I saved one returning mechanic for each set in Time Spiral block to hit its theme. What was the mechanic for “the past”? #WotCStaff13 May 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp4t66zwk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlp4py67d22cAnswer to yesterday’s #mtgtrivia question: Purple was introduced as a new color to designate rarity. Purple means “special”. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp4py67d22chttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mllvx5u3ic2eToday's #mtgtrivia question: Time Spiral premiered a new color. What was the color and how was it used? #WotCStaff11 May 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvx5u3ic2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mllvrxos622eAnswer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Flash was introduced in Time Spiral. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvrxos622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mllvohcxr22jHere's the preview panel from #MCVegas where I get to talk excitedly about two different sets. : ) #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvohcxr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mllukwalis2jThis week's #MakingMagic column is part 1, of 2, looking at the twenty-eight year design of Mood Swings, my new TCG: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/the-design-of-mood-swings-part-1 #mtg #WotCStaff11 May 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllukwalis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mljairinbk2mToday's #mtgtrivia question: What now evergreen keyword was introduced in Time Spiral? #WotCStaff10 May 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljairinbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mljadxw4ms2mAnswer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question: Arcum Dagsson. #WotCStaff [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljadxw4ms2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maro254.bsky.social/post/3mlgzl7755k23Today's #mtgtrivia question: What Coldsnap legendary creature appeared in the flavor text of twenty-one Ice Age and Coldsnap cards? #WotCStaff09 May 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:ap4n6nu2psqevj3b5o4rn5uy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgzl7755k23