Another trophy for Jargle and Jhalta

Nice curve

We really wanted one Way to grant a plus ability, because that is a very clear, exciting dream for your Jace tokens. Putting it on a cheap Way was a bit risky, but the dream curve of Way of the Pyromancer->Chandra->Ajani in Constructed was too tempting.

We knew people would want to draft the all-Way deck (even though they're not that synergistic) so we made them combo when we could. Mind Sculptor used to grant -3: Draw two cards, but we made it synergize better. Paradox picked up lifegain specifically to combo with Mentor

Not every Way could be strong in Limited, some of them just had cool designs. But because they come in pairs, we tried to ensure that every pair has at least one Way that does something generic in Limited. We didn't want some packs to have a bunch of Limited junk uncommons.

Way of the Wildspeaker and Way of the Mind Sculptor were the two most important Ways: They directly supported the UG Empower Jace archetype and were clear rewards for drafting other EJ cards. We spent a lot of attention making sure they were in the upper echelon of uncommons.

Because the Ways were deeply related to the key mechanic of the set, Empower Jace, we thought it would be fun and unique for the set to make them strong. We steadily upped the EJ numbers as we went, though we avoided EJ6 since that's typically just drawing two cards.

Creatures are by far the easiest card type to develop, because they have two extra knobs to turn: power and toughness. Buildaround enchantments are some of the hardest. They often don't impact the board immediately, and so can play out weaker than intended.

The Ways were made just before I first joined the team. We weren't sure if there was enough design space for a full 10 slots, but I remember arguing for their inclusion. Having noncreatures appear in the Paired Legend slot would make packs feel more different and increase variety

10-2-1 and Best-of Vex acquired :). Happy with my play overall (I won some really tight and crazy games), though my losses were preventable. Needed a better Kennen plan, all my non-wins were to the rat. Riftbound fun game.

Yesssssssss

… getting both Chandras is hilarious. No Red Ajani tho :(