Jeremy Geist
@jeremygeist.bsky.social
Designer on Magic: the Gathering. Credits include Bloomburrow, Duskmourn, Foundations, Edge of Eternities, and Lorwyn Eclipsed. I phase in every ~2 months to post a bunch of design stuff and then phase out again
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Jeremy Geist
@jeremygeist.bsky.social
· Sep 26
The 2026 sets getting announced means it's time for me to brag about the sets I worked on! #wotcstaff
🧚 LORWYN ECLIPSED: Vision, Set
🦸 MARVEL SUPER HEROES: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second)
⁉️ REALITY FRACTURE: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second), Set
🖖 STAR TREK: Exploratory, Vision, Set
🧚 LORWYN ECLIPSED: Vision, Set
🦸 MARVEL SUPER HEROES: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second)
⁉️ REALITY FRACTURE: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second), Set
🖖 STAR TREK: Exploratory, Vision, Set
I think if the me from ten years ago knew that I would become a Magic designer, he would be overjoyed to the point of tears that all that work and all that thought meant something. I'm grateful to be here making cards for you all. Happy holidays 💜
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I think if the me from ten years ago knew that I would become a Magic designer, he would be overjoyed to the point of tears that all that work and all that thought meant something. I'm grateful to be here making cards for you all. Happy holidays 💜
I believe that the difference between an average and great game designer is whether you design towards something. Games are emotional experiences packaged in a box – do you know what your game is trying to make people feel, or are you stepping back and letting the mechanics decide?
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I believe that the difference between an average and great game designer is whether you design towards something. Games are emotional experiences packaged in a box – do you know what your game is trying to make people feel, or are you stepping back and letting the mechanics decide?
Then the Great Designer Search happened and I became #wotcstaff, thanks in great part to what I learned as an indie game designer. I continue to crush it to this day 😎
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Then the Great Designer Search happened and I became #wotcstaff, thanks in great part to what I learned as an indie game designer. I continue to crush it to this day 😎
The first game I made after that convention was a marked improvement from my previous two, which were impactful basically on accident. Stand Back, Citizen! was the first indication I had that my new, more thoughtful method of design produced incredible results
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The first game I made after that convention was a marked improvement from my previous two, which were impactful basically on accident. Stand Back, Citizen! was the first indication I had that my new, more thoughtful method of design produced incredible results
(Nothing wrong with dry intellectual puzzles, I own and enjoy many of them, but they aren't what I'm good at designing or what I wanted to design)
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
(Nothing wrong with dry intellectual puzzles, I own and enjoy many of them, but they aren't what I'm good at designing or what I wanted to design)
I learned from that weekend that what I want out of my designs is something that captures your heart. Something that you want to tell all your friends just happened. So I decided that in the future, I would only design games with extremely high emotional impact, rather than dry intellectual puzzles
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I learned from that weekend that what I want out of my designs is something that captures your heart. Something that you want to tell all your friends just happened. So I decided that in the future, I would only design games with extremely high emotional impact, rather than dry intellectual puzzles
Today marks ten years to the day that I first exhibited my games at a convention (GaymerX 3 in San Jose). I went into the convention as someone who basically designed things at random and, after many interactions with congoers and booth neighbors, emerged a great designer
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Today marks ten years to the day that I first exhibited my games at a convention (GaymerX 3 in San Jose). I went into the convention as someone who basically designed things at random and, after many interactions with congoers and booth neighbors, emerged a great designer
Reposted by Jeremy Geist
Thanks to @moxserra.bsky.social, @megansmith13.bsky.social, @melissadetora.bsky.social, and @jeremygeist.bsky.social for Time Walking with me today and to @aryawrites.bsky.social for setting the whole thing up. Follow them and learn more about Trans Lifeline, the cause we were supporting, below.
Support the cause by donating to our direct fundraising page here: tilt.fyi/Jr23vhNVE6
Want to learn more about Trans Lifeline? Visit their official website here: translifeline.org
Want to learn more about Trans Lifeline? Visit their official website here: translifeline.org
October 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thanks to @moxserra.bsky.social, @megansmith13.bsky.social, @melissadetora.bsky.social, and @jeremygeist.bsky.social for Time Walking with me today and to @aryawrites.bsky.social for setting the whole thing up. Follow them and learn more about Trans Lifeline, the cause we were supporting, below.
I'm raising money with some fellow designers to support Trans Lifeline! If you have a burning design question you want answered, check out our stream and make a donation! tiltify.com/@hogpog-98/w...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I'm raising money with some fellow designers to support Trans Lifeline! If you have a burning design question you want answered, check out our stream and make a donation! tiltify.com/@hogpog-98/w...
Check out this article by @coreyjbowen.bsky.social about designing Spider-Man's Pick-2 draft! There's tons of stuff to learn about our design process and SPM's set structure! #wotcstaff magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...
Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel's Spider-Man and Pick-Two Draft
What do you get when you combine a brand-new draft format with a universe of Spider-Heroes? For Corey Bowen, you get an exciting challenge for a draft designer.
magic.wizards.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Check out this article by @coreyjbowen.bsky.social about designing Spider-Man's Pick-2 draft! There's tons of stuff to learn about our design process and SPM's set structure! #wotcstaff magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...
There's some really cool mechanics and individual cards coming next year and I can't wait to see what you think about them!
September 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
There's some really cool mechanics and individual cards coming next year and I can't wait to see what you think about them!
The 2026 sets getting announced means it's time for me to brag about the sets I worked on! #wotcstaff
🧚 LORWYN ECLIPSED: Vision, Set
🦸 MARVEL SUPER HEROES: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second)
⁉️ REALITY FRACTURE: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second), Set
🖖 STAR TREK: Exploratory, Vision, Set
🧚 LORWYN ECLIPSED: Vision, Set
🦸 MARVEL SUPER HEROES: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second)
⁉️ REALITY FRACTURE: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second), Set
🖖 STAR TREK: Exploratory, Vision, Set
September 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The 2026 sets getting announced means it's time for me to brag about the sets I worked on! #wotcstaff
🧚 LORWYN ECLIPSED: Vision, Set
🦸 MARVEL SUPER HEROES: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second)
⁉️ REALITY FRACTURE: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second), Set
🖖 STAR TREK: Exploratory, Vision, Set
🧚 LORWYN ECLIPSED: Vision, Set
🦸 MARVEL SUPER HEROES: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second)
⁉️ REALITY FRACTURE: Exploratory, Vision (Strong Second), Set
🖖 STAR TREK: Exploratory, Vision, Set
We eventually settled for singling out warped cards in the text of the void effect, which is wordy and inelegant but allowed both mechanics to follow whatever timings they want. Void also went from caring about creatures and artifacts to any nonland permanent at some point
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We eventually settled for singling out warped cards in the text of the void effect, which is wordy and inelegant but allowed both mechanics to follow whatever timings they want. Void also went from caring about creatures and artifacts to any nonland permanent at some point
However, warped cards leave the battlefield at the beginning of your end step, which means that end-step void effects won't see them, which is both frustrating and unintuitive. We tried making warp cards exile at the end of your combat, but that made the timing a lot more annoying for that mechanic
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
However, warped cards leave the battlefield at the beginning of your end step, which means that end-step void effects won't see them, which is both frustrating and unintuitive. We tried making warp cards exile at the end of your combat, but that made the timing a lot more annoying for that mechanic
Being able to access void effects on your end step is an important design tool for this kind of mechanic – it allows players to play the card whenever they want on their turn and in general makes keeping track of effects easier
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Being able to access void effects on your end step is an important design tool for this kind of mechanic – it allows players to play the card whenever they want on their turn and in general makes keeping track of effects easier
...that said, while void never changed substantially, there was certainly a lot of debate over the small details. Void's biggest issue was its coexistence with warp, which ostensibly synergized with it but had weird timing issues
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
...that said, while void never changed substantially, there was certainly a lot of debate over the small details. Void's biggest issue was its coexistence with warp, which ostensibly synergized with it but had weird timing issues
1. Andrew Brown, the set lead, recommended we use a morbid variant. It playtested well. THE END
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1. Andrew Brown, the set lead, recommended we use a morbid variant. It playtested well. THE END
My final thread on #MTGEternities is about void! Void has a very lengthy development history, and I hope I have time to capture it all! #wotcstaff
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My final thread on #MTGEternities is about void! Void has a very lengthy development history, and I hope I have time to capture it all! #wotcstaff
Oh yeah you finally reminded me to show you this video
August 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Oh yeah you finally reminded me to show you this video
If there's one thing I like doing it's coming up with names for design concepts 🫡
August 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
If there's one thing I like doing it's coming up with names for design concepts 🫡
I am so happy Kill-Ship deals 10 damage instead of destroying, those little touches are important
August 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am so happy Kill-Ship deals 10 damage instead of destroying, those little touches are important
I was the only big anime fan on the team, and though I have seen part of Outlaw Star, for some reason the only space opera anime I could think of at the time was Legend of the Galactic Heroes
August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I was the only big anime fan on the team, and though I have seen part of Outlaw Star, for some reason the only space opera anime I could think of at the time was Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Can you put *NSYNC on the deck box and sleeves please
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Can you put *NSYNC on the deck box and sleeves please
Unending Whisper, Colossal Plow, Wash Away immediately come to mind as cool stuff you can do in the format
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Unending Whisper, Colossal Plow, Wash Away immediately come to mind as cool stuff you can do in the format
Warp is also a highly textured mechanic – it works with effects that care about things entering or leaving the battlefield, "cast from exile" synergies, station, flicker effects, checking for high power or mana value, and so on. A perfect mechanic to center an entire set around!
August 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Warp is also a highly textured mechanic – it works with effects that care about things entering or leaving the battlefield, "cast from exile" synergies, station, flicker effects, checking for high power or mana value, and so on. A perfect mechanic to center an entire set around!