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The Magic Sock #100: Mark Purvis and Mark Rosewater Interview

Posted on 30 January 2008 by Ron Vitale

Total running time: 1 hour 03 minutes and 10 seconds.

Show Notes:

–100th Episode Celebration
–Interview with Mark Purvis (Assistant Brand Manager, Magic: The Gathering) and Mark Rosewater (Head Magic Designer)
–Question of the week: “What do you think of the Morningtide set?” Send me your feedback.
–Lots of great feedback from listeners.
–Band of the week is Brother Love’s “Summertime” available on Podshow.com.

 
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1 Comments For This Post

  1. Travis Says:
    April 13th, 2008 at 3:33 am

    Hey there. I just wanted to point out an obvious use for a card you mentioned in podcast #110. Namely, The 4/3 W/U flier that allows people who damage it to draw cards. If I had that card in play with Pestilence, what would happen? Every time I tapped a black mana I would deal 1 damage to myself, my opponents, all creatures in play except my 4/3 flier, and DRAW A CARD. This is just an example of how the ability which you immediately saw as a drawback could easily be turned to your favor.

    The only other comment I have is that if the people you play against quit when you play a counterspell, they shouldn’t be playing Magic. Period.

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