I'm not pulling out of the driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for another drive to work.

Coronavirus edition. Okay, guys, so today we're going to talk about the design of Zendika Rising.

So I have a lot of story to tell. We'll see if we can fit it in one podcast. It might be two podcasts, but we'll see.

Okay, so let's go back to the very

beginning. And the very beginning is we're about to return to Zendekar. So basically what happened,

I'll do a quick version of Zendikar prior to our third trip.

I had an idea for a long time of doing a land-focused set.

I think I called it Land-Sapalooza.

And it took me quite a while to convince anybody to let me make it.

And eventually I did, and it proved me very popular,

so much so that we came back in Battle for Zendikar.

But for those that ever listened to my podcast before,

Battle for Zendikar is not my proudest moment.

I was not super happy with it.

In retrospect, I kind of wish...

Not that the Aldrazi couldn't have played a role,

but I think they played too big a role.

That one of the fun things about Zendikar is kind of the adventure world tropes it plays in,

and that kind of got overshadowed by the war with the Aldrazi.

So anyway, it was our third visit, and I really, I felt bad about, I mean, this is

interesting.

I led the design for Zendekar.

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