Planar Chaos/Trivia: Difference between revisions

From MTG Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
VisualWikitext
>Neoheart
No edit summary
>Neoheart
No edit summary
Line 376: Line 376:


===On Planeshifted cards===
===On Planeshifted cards===
|<c>Blood Knight</c> is a mirror of <c>Black Knight</c>; it also <c>White Knight</c>. Blood Knight was the placeholder name for the [[Scourge]] set's <c>Silver Knight</c>.
{| class="sortable fandom-table"
|<c>Calciderm</c> is the only timeshifted member of the vanishing cycle (see [[Planar Chaos#Cycles|cycles]] section on the set page); it is a colorshifted <c>Blastoderm</c>.(with Vanishing 4 rather than Fading 3, usually producing about the same lifespan).
!'''Card'''
|<c>Damnation</c> <c>Wrath of God</c> in art, artist, and mechanics.
!'''Inspired by'''
|<c>Essence Warden</c> <c>Soul Warden</c> in art.
!'''Notes'''
|<c>Fa'adiyah Seer</c> <c>Sindbad</c>. Its name [[Fa'adiyah]] the forest on the plane of [[Rabiah]].
|-
|<c>Hedge Troll</c> is a mirror of <c>Sedge Troll</c>.
|<c>Blood Knight</c>
|<c>Keen Sense</c> <c>Curiosity</c>.  Keen Sense represents a moment in the [[Exodus]] storyline that could only have occurred had things transpired between Mirri, Crovax, and the dark [[angel]] [[Selenia]] very differently.
|<c>Black Knight</c>, <c>White Knight</c>.
|<c>Ovinize</c> <c>Humble</c>. The sheep art also <c>Ovinomancer</c>, who has the ability to turn creatures into sheep.
|Mirrors. Blood Knight was the placeholder name for the [[Scourge]] set's <c>Silver Knight</c>.
|<c>Piracy Charm</c> is the only timeshifted member of the Charm cycle (see [[Planar Chaos#Cycles|Cycles]] section on set's page) and <c>Funeral Charm</c>.
|-
|<c>Porphyry Nodes</c> <c>Drop of Honey</c>. Porphyry Nodes is a near-anagram of "<c>Drop of Honey</c>." This hearkens back to a time when Magic names used near-anagrams more often. For example, "<c>Onulet</c>" is a near-anagram of "<c>Soul Net</c>," so named because of its [[life]]-gain ability.
|<c>Calciderm</c>
|<c>Primal Plasma</c> <c>Plasma Elemental</c> in art and <c>Primal Clay</c> in mechanics and is the only card timeshifted from an artifact.
|<c>Blastoderm</c>
|<c>Prodigal Pyromancer</c> <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c> in ability and flavor text.
|The only timeshifted member of the vanishing cycle (see [[Planar Chaos#Cycles|cycles]] section on the set page)(with Vanishing 4 rather than Fading 3, usually producing about the same lifespan).
|<c>Riptide Pilferer</c> <c>Headhunter</c>.  Riptide Pilferer depicts a [[merfolk]] spy lurking under the docks of the [[Riptide Project]], the [[wizard]]s' laboratory off the coast of [[Otaria]] where [[cephalid]] and [[human]] mages traded secrets and replicated slivers.
|-
|<c>Seal of Primordium</c> <c>Seal of Cleansing</c> (mechanic, artist, flavor text) and <c>Gauntlet of Power</c> (art).<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/seal-primordium-2007-03-21|Seal of Primordium|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|March 21, 2007}}</ref>
|<c>Damnation</c>
|<c>Vampiric Link</c> <c>Spirit Link</c> in mechanic, artist, and art.
|<c>Wrath of God</c>
 
|Art, artist, and mechanics.
|-
|<c>Essence Warden</c>
|<c>Soul Warden</c>
|Art
|-
|<c>Fa'adiyah Seer</c>  
|<c>Sindbad</c>
|Its name, [[Fa'adiyah]], refers to the forest on the plane of [[Rabiah]].
|-
|<c>Hedge Troll</c>
|<c>Sedge Troll</c>
|Mirrors
|-
|<c>Keen Sense</c>
|<c>Curiosity</c>
|<c>Keen Sense</c> represents a moment in the [[Exodus]] storyline that could only have occurred had things transpired between Mirri, Crovax, and the dark [[angel]] [[Selenia]] very differently.
|-
|<c>Ovinize</c>
|<c>Humble</c>, <c>Ovinomancer</c>
|The sheep art also refers to <c>Ovinomancer</c>, who has the ability to turn creatures into sheep.
|-
|<c>Piracy Charm</c>  
|<c>Funeral Charm</c>
|The only timeshifted member of the Charm cycle (see [[Planar Chaos#Cycles|Cycles]] section on set's page)
|-
|<c>Porphyry Nodes</c>  
|<c>Drop of Honey</c>.
|Porphyry Nodes is a near-anagram of "<c>Drop of Honey</c>." This hearkens back to a time when Magic names used near-anagrams more often. For example, "<c>Onulet</c>" is a near-anagram of "<c>Soul Net</c>," so named because of its [[life]]-gain ability.
|-
|<c>Primal Plasma</c>
|<c>Plasma Elemental</c>, <c>Primal Clay</c>  
|Mechanics and Art. The only card timeshifted from an artifact.
|-
|<c>Prodigal Pyromancer</c>  
|<c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>  
|Ability and flavor text
|-
|<c>Riptide Pilferer</c>
|<c>Headhunter</c>
|Riptide Pilferer depicts a [[merfolk]] spy lurking under the docks of the [[Riptide Project]], the [[wizard]]s' laboratory off the coast of [[Otaria]] where [[cephalid]] and [[human]] mages traded secrets and replicated slivers.
|-
|<c>Seal of Primordium</c>  
|<c>Seal of Cleansing</c>, <c>Gauntlet of Power</c>  
|Mechanics, artist, flavor text; Art<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/seal-primordium-2007-03-21|Seal of Primordium|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|March 21, 2007}}</ref>
|<c>Vampiric Link</c>  
|<c>Spirit Link</c>
|Mechanics, artist, and art
|}
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Magic set trivia]]
[[Category:Magic set trivia]]

Revision as of 15:00, 9 October 2021

|

Planar Chaos/Trivia
 
Planeshifted
 
Card comparisons
 
Theme decks
 
Trivia
 

Most of the cards in Planar Chaos were inspired by cards from Magic's past.[1][2][3]

Allusions

In General

Card Inspired by Notes
Aeon Chronicler Maro The only Avatar in Planar Chaos.
Aether Membrane Whip Vine, Wall of Tears Abilities. The only Wall in Planar Chaos.
Akroma, Angel of Fury Akroma, Angel of Wrath The only creature in Planar Chaos with protection from blue or that can't be countered. The only rare creature in the set with morph.
Ana Battlemage Anavolver and Thornscape Battlemage
Auramancer's Guise Rabid Wombat
Battering Sliver Horned Sliver
Big Game Hunter Reprisal[4] The only assassin in Planar Chaos
Blightspeaker Cackling Imp, Defiant Falcon
Body Double Clone and Zombify
Braids, Conjurer Adept Braids, Cabal Minion
Boom//Bust Tremble, Armageddon
Cautery Sliver Goblin Legionnaire
Circle of Affliction Story Circle
Cradle to Grave Dark Banishing, Premature Burial
Crovax, Ascendant Hero Ascendant Evincar, Selenia, Dark Angel Previous form; Third Ability
Darkheart Sliver Dark Heart of the Wood
Dash Hopes Counterspell, Molten Influence
Dawn Charm Holy Day, Death Ward, and Gilded Light
Dead//Gone Shock, Unsummon
Deadly Grub Deadly Insect
Deadwood Treefolk Gravedigger The only treefolk in Planar Chaos
Detritivore Terravore, Skyshroud War Beast The only lhurgoyf in Planar Chaos
Dichotomancy Mimeofacture
Dismal Failure Dismiss
Dormant Sliver Jungle Barrier
Dreamscape Artist Harrow
Dust Corona Web
Enslave Control Magic
Erratic Mutation Erratic Explosion, Unstable Mutation
Evolution Charm Lay of the Land, Raise Dead, and Flight
Extirpate Eradicate, Word of Command Art[5]
Fatal Frenzy Berserk
Firefright Mage Shriek of Dread
Frenetic Sliver Frenetic Efreet
Fury Charm Shatter, Vitality Charm
Ghost Tactician Scare Tactics
Hammerheim Deadeye Wing Snare
Heroes Remembered Blessed Wind
Hunting Wilds Skyshroud Claim
Imp's Mischief Deflection, Withering Boon
Intet, the Dreamer Dromar, the Banisher[6]
Jedit Ojanen of Efrava Jedit Ojanen,Cat Warriors It is the only card of the Alternate Legendary Creature cycle (see Cycles section on set's page) to be based on a multicolored creature
Jodah's Avenger Urza's Avenger and Jodah The only creature in Planar Chaos with Protection from Red in its text box. The first card to refer to Jodah.
Kavu Predator Kavu Titan The only Kavu in Planar Chaos
Life and Limb Living Lands[7]
Magus of the Arena Arena
Magus of the Bazaar Bazaar of Baghdad
Magus of the Coffers Cabal Coffers
Magus of the Library Library of Alexandria
Magus of the Tabernacle The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Mantle of Leadership Herd Gnarr
Midnight Charm Feast of Flesh, Hope Charm, and Ivory Charm
Mire Boa River Boa The only Snake in Planar Chaos Mirri the Cursed Mirri, Cat Warrior The only Vampire in Planar Chaos.
Muck Drubb Blood Pet Art[8]
Necrotic Sliver Vindicate
Needlepeak Spider Giant Spider The only Spider in Planar Chaos.
Numot, the Devastator Darigaaz, the Igniter
Oros, the Avenger Treva, the Renewer
Pallid Mycoderm The first white Fungus
Pongify Afterlife Depicts a Torchling-like barbarian as the subject of the spell.[9]
Poultice Sliver Crypt Sliver
Pouncing Wurm Pouncing Kavu
Radha, Heir to Keld The only legendary creature in Planar Chaos to not be part of a cycle.
Rebuff the Wicked Avoid Fate, Shelter
Reflex Sliver Heart Sliver
Retether Replenish
Ridged Kusite Guided Strike Name is an anagram of the spell it shapes, which is appropriate given that it is the creature featured on the original Weatherlight version of that card.[10]
Riftmarked Knight White Knight, Black Knight The only creature in Planar Chaos with Protection from Black or flanking
Roiling Horror Serra Avatar The only black card with Suspend in Planar Chaos Saltblast Desert Twister
Saltfield Recluse Sanctum Custodian.[11]
Serra's Boon Phyrexian Boon[12] Mirrors of each other
Shade of Trokair Hoar Shade The only Shade in Planar Chaos
Sophic Centaur Gerrard's Wisdom Ability is a colorshifted version. The only Centaur in Planar Chaos.
Spellshift Polymorph Whereas Polymorph affects creatures, Spellshift affects instant and sorcery spells. Spitting Sliver Talon Sliver
Stingscourger Man-o'-War.[13] A Man-o'-War is fastened to the end of the Stingscourger's stick.
Synchronous Sliver The only member of the common Sliver cycle (see Cycles section on set's page) to have an ability not appearing on a Sliver from a past expansion. Temporal Extortion Time Walk
Teneb, the Harvester Crosis, the Purger
Timbermare Thundermare Timbermare was made as a tribute to the wife of longtime Magic writer Jamie Wakefield who had sadly passed away from cancer. Jamie always referred to her as his “lovely Mare”.[14][15]
Torchling Morphling
Treacherous Urge Threaten
Truth or Tale Fact or Fiction
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Blanket of Night The only colorless card and only land in Planar Chaos
Utopia Vow Pacifism, Utopia Tree
Venarian Glimmer Distress, Venarian Gold
Voidstone Gargoyle Meddling Mage, Pithing Needle
Vorosh, the Hunter Rith, the Awakener

On Planeshifted cards

Card Inspired by Notes
Blood Knight Black Knight, White Knight. Mirrors. Blood Knight was the placeholder name for the Scourge set's Silver Knight.
Calciderm Blastoderm The only timeshifted member of the vanishing cycle (see cycles section on the set page)(with Vanishing 4 rather than Fading 3, usually producing about the same lifespan).
Damnation Wrath of God Art, artist, and mechanics.
Essence Warden Soul Warden Art
Fa'adiyah Seer Sindbad Its name, Fa'adiyah, refers to the forest on the plane of Rabiah.
Hedge Troll Sedge Troll Mirrors
Keen Sense Curiosity Keen Sense represents a moment in the Exodus storyline that could only have occurred had things transpired between Mirri, Crovax, and the dark angel Selenia very differently.
Ovinize Humble, Ovinomancer The sheep art also refers to Ovinomancer, who has the ability to turn creatures into sheep.
Piracy Charm Funeral Charm The only timeshifted member of the Charm cycle (see Cycles section on set's page)
Porphyry Nodes Drop of Honey. Porphyry Nodes is a near-anagram of "Drop of Honey." This hearkens back to a time when Magic names used near-anagrams more often. For example, "Onulet" is a near-anagram of "Soul Net," so named because of its life-gain ability.
Primal Plasma Plasma Elemental, Primal Clay Mechanics and Art. The only card timeshifted from an artifact.
Prodigal Pyromancer Prodigal Sorcerer Ability and flavor text
Riptide Pilferer Headhunter Riptide Pilferer depicts a merfolk spy lurking under the docks of the Riptide Project, the wizards' laboratory off the coast of Otaria where cephalid and human mages traded secrets and replicated slivers.
Seal of Primordium Seal of Cleansing, Gauntlet of Power Mechanics, artist, flavor text; Art[16] Vampiric Link Spirit Link Mechanics, artist, and art

References

  1. ↑ Matt Cavotta (February 22, 2007). "Time Spiral Magic Museum - Planar Chaos Exhibit". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 22, 2007). "The Great Mix-Up, Part I". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 05, 2007). "The Great Mix-Up, Part II". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 22, 2007). "Reprisal Rebel". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 20, 2007). "Extirpate Sketches". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Aaron Forsythe (January 19, 2007). "The Rebirth of Cool". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 03, 2007). "Limb Art Gets New Life". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 01, 2007). "Art of the Alternate Past". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  9. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 10, 2007). "Pongified Barbarian". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 20, 2008). "What's a Kusite?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  11. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 05, 2007). "Saltfield Time Wizard". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  12. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 28, 2007). "Double Boon". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  13. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 08, 2007). "Stingscourger's Sting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  14. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 03, 2016). "Can i ask for sone trivia on Timbermare?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  15. ↑ Jamie Wakefield (January 8, 2007). "Official Planar Chaos Preview - Timbermare!". StarCityGames.com
  16. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 21, 2007). "Seal of Primordium". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
Retrieved from "https://mtg.wiki/index.php?title=Planar_Chaos/Trivia&oldid=125537"