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Shawn Carnes is a game designer who worked for Wizards of the Coast from June 1994 to January 2000. Carnes was one of the original Magic: the Gathering rules experts who took calls helping gamers across the world settle rules disputes.[1]

Carnes often used the phrase "bad touch", an expression meaning "in poor taste".[2] This became anagramed in the name of Ice Age's Chub Toad.[3]

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  1. Shawn Carnes Profile. LinkedIn.
  2. Mark Rosewater (January 24, 2005). "A Few Words From R&D". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Mark Rosewater (June 7, 2021). "On the Horizons, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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