"Mike and Randy") knew that they were going to do ninjas. Next, the… person with the long braided black hair, with the gloves. Q: So there aren't any white, red or green ninjas? Next, the guy with the laptop at Starbucks. No, R&D talked it over and decided that a ninja's sneakiness also made sense in blue. But the combat damage triggers vary from ninja to ninja, so how they play has a great deal of variance. Next, the young girl with the silver glasses. So we introduced the samurai and then the next set – enter the ninja! So much so, that they seemed worth saving. During Champions' design we realized how cool ninjas were. This means that the first set in a block has to think about the other sets in the block. To answer this question, I have to pull everyone back a few steps. Q: Why weren't there any ninjas in Champions? You mentioned it above, so I figured someone had to ask. Next, you reading this column in between taking your turn on Magic Online. The lesson was that the audience knows a few things about Japanese mythology but not as much as you might expect. The other important discovery was how quickly the items dropped off. The two number one items (which I believe were checked by everyone who took the survey) were samurai and ninjas. They turned this into a questionnaire that they gave to everyone at Wizards they could think of who played Magic. When the Champions of Kamigawa design team starting designing the block, they made lists of everything from Japanese mythology that they thought a Magic-playing audience might know. Q: Ninjas, huh? What got you to do ninjas? Next, the twentysomething with the red tie. While this isn't the first time it's happened ( Legions, for example had a design team of two – one of which being Mike) it's far from a common occurrence. Randy is very good at giving the team perspective and helping find the strengths and weaknesses in a design.Īnd… that's it. Randy's value to the design team is not really card design (although you'll find a few of his cards in Betrayers). Then one year, he started popping up on design teams again, working on Fifth Dawn, Unhinged and Betrayers of Kamigawa right in a row. And then he started doing a lot of development.
Randy Buehler – Shortly after Randy showed up at Wizards he worked on the design team for Apocalypse. Plus, he's been on over half of the design teams from Mirage forward.) (For those that don't know he was Lead Designer of Stronghold, Exodus, Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Planeshift, Onslaught, Legions, Betrayers of Kamiagawa and probably one or two more sets that I've forgotten. If you don't know Mike's accomplishments then you simply aren't a fan of the game's history. He's been working on Magic for nine years and has had about as much influence on the game as anyone (well, save Richard). Mike has worked on so many design teams that I'm starting to run out of new things to say about him. This means that Mike holds the record for having worked on the most Magic design and development teams (I'm currently two behind him for anyone who cares.) The end result was that Bill slipped down to number 4 and Mike, Henry and I each slipped up a slot. Henry Stern (number 4) was curious to see the list based on official design and development credits. (Current VP of R&D and former Head Magic Designer Bill Rose was number 1.) Now I made the list counting in my head. In it Mike was listed at number 2 with myself listed at number 3. Mike Elliott (Lead) – In my column during Top Ten Week (“ Top Ten of the Morning”) I had a Top Ten List of the R&D members that had worked on the most expansions. I assumed the first question would be about the card, but sure I have no problem talking about the design team. As this is your first Betrayers of Kamigawa column, would you mind telling us a bit about the Betrayers design team? A while back you started a tradition of introducing the design team of each set. Yes, you at your computer eating Diet Coke and Pork Rinds.
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