kelzamgaming asked: I have to say Conspiracy 2 looks amazing. But after From the Vault: Lore, two Modern Masters, Eternal Masters, and now Conspiracy 2, I am beyond baffled how R&D has managed to miss Damnation every time with as vocal as the online community is about it needing reprinted.

It took me fourteen years to bring back poison to Magic. It took me a similar amount of time to get a mechanic you will all see in Kaladesh to print. The reason is that we look to maximize each set.

We don’t start every set going “Can we put Damnation in this set?” just as I didn’t start every set saying “Can poison go here?”

The goal of each set is to be the best version of itself it can be, so we don’t force things in just because “players would like it”. We put something in because it makes the set better by its inclusion.

Due to factors I can’t expand on, Damnation is a tricky card to include in most sets. There will come a time and place though where it be the perfect fit and we will reprint it.

You have to remember that there are many things that “a lot of players” want. From the vantage point of any one of those things, it seems like we’re taking forever to do it because yes, if we prioritized that thing over everything else, we could do it in the very next set.

But there are a lot of different player wants and we can’t prioritize them all. It’s on the list. We’re aware of it. The right spot will eventually come along and we’ll do it.

I’m not just taking Damnation but all sorts of things that I get asked for constantly.