Mark Rosewater

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This is the dude that is the head designer of Magic: The Gathering. He has been described as insane. While he does keep stuff classified until the public is supposed to know about it, he finds keeping the secrets unpleasant. The card line Maro is named after him (MaRo is an alias of him). He likes mechanics that double stuff, and guesses that 75% of magic cards that fit this category are designed by him. He considers his biggest contributions to magic are the psychographic profiles and giving lots of things names. The first is a tool to help R&D appeal to a diverse player base and helps the community understand each other. The other gets people to talk about stuff because there are words for it. As for his psychographic profile, he is a Johnny. He claims to be a big believer in "restrictions breed creativity", meaning that people find creative ways to work around restrictions. This is possibly the main reason he likes the color pie.

Cards He Hates

If the card does something outside it's part of the Color Pie, there is a decent chance belongs on this list. He is a Big fan of the Color Pie. Citations appreciated.

• Leeches: Because this makes poison counters just "another life total"
• Hornet sting: This card fills a niche in green MaRo thinks should be left empty or handled differently.
• Path to Exile: This card is removal that white is able to preform without being provoked (here is a good example of what he means by provoked [1]). He feels white locking a creature down unprovoked (e.g. Arrest) is okay though. He holds a special hatred for path to exile because it is a tournament staple. [2]