One the subject of digital randomness, have you guys ever considered doing an digital-exclusive set of cards that taps into design space that can only exist in a digital card game? (Like stuff that the Momir Avatar can do?)

markrosewater:

I think it’s something we could consider in the future when there’s a little less on our digital plate that needs attention.

This right here is something that everyone who’s worked on the MTGO design team anytime in the last handful of years has wanted to do. It comes up every so often as an idea that we dream about for a few minutes before getting back to whatever we were just doing.

I don’t think I’ll ever give up on the idea, in part because I think the design space is huge and it’s inevitable that we tap into it in some way, and in part because of nostalgia for the old Microprose game. But until we take care of our other digital priorities, right now it’s so far off the table that it’s not even in the kitchen waiting to get brought in the next time someone checks the turkey.

(Apparently “the table” is a Thanksgiving dinner table in this metaphor.)

That said, priorities do shift, and this is to me (and a few others) like Un-3 is to Rosewater: if the green light shows up at my desk tomorrow, I’m going to be wicked excited. And then not be able to tell anyone that we’re actually doing it until we officially announce it.