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The '''tombstone icon''', or '''tombstone symbol''', is a graphic in the upper-left-hand corner of a number of [[Odyssey block]] cards with graveyard-active or -relevant abilities. | The '''tombstone icon''', or '''tombstone symbol''', is a graphic in the upper-left-hand corner of a number of [[Odyssey block]] cards with graveyard-active or -relevant abilities. | ||
==Description== | |||
[[File:TOR Ichorid.jpg|thumb|alt=Ichorid|Ichorid (''Torment''), with its recursion/self-reanimating ability, is one such card that features the tombstone icon.|right|200 px]] | |||
Due to the mechanical and thematic focus on the [[graveyard]] in Odyssey block, the tombstone icon was designed to be featured on cards from the block's sets {{Em}} ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Torment]]'', and ''[[Judgment]]'' {{Em}} so as to "make players' lives easier".<ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/askwizards/1002|Ask Wizards - October 3, 2002|[[Randy Buehler]]|October 3, 2002}}</ref> The practice of placing a tombstone icon was not carried over to future expansions or blocks, but the tombstone icon has since been seen on the ''[[Time Spiral/Timeshifted|Time Spiral]]'' "timeshifted" reprints of <c title="Valor">Valor|Time Spiral</c> and <c title="Call of the Herd">Call of the Herd|Time Spiral</c>. | Due to the mechanical and thematic focus on the [[graveyard]] in Odyssey block, the tombstone icon was designed to be featured on cards from the block's sets {{Em}} ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Torment]]'', and ''[[Judgment]]'' {{Em}} so as to "make players' lives easier".<ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/askwizards/1002|Ask Wizards - October 3, 2002|[[Randy Buehler]]|October 3, 2002}}</ref> The practice of placing a tombstone icon was not carried over to future expansions or blocks, but the tombstone icon has since been seen on the ''[[Time Spiral/Timeshifted|Time Spiral]]'' "timeshifted" reprints of <c title="Valor">Valor|Time Spiral</c> and <c title="Call of the Herd">Call of the Herd|Time Spiral</c>. | ||
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The tombstone icon, or tombstone symbol, is a graphic in the upper-left-hand corner of a number of Odyssey block cards with graveyard-active or -relevant abilities.
Description
Due to the mechanical and thematic focus on the graveyard in Odyssey block, the tombstone icon was designed to be featured on cards from the block's sets — Odyssey, Torment, and Judgment — so as to "make players' lives easier".[1] The practice of placing a tombstone icon was not carried over to future expansions or blocks, but the tombstone icon has since been seen on the Time Spiral "timeshifted" reprints of Valor and Call of the Herd.
History
Introduced in Odyssey, the tombstone icon was featured on cards with the Flashback ability. In Torment and Judgment, the tombstone icon was used indicator of cards with graveyard-active abilities,[2] as in the case of Ichorid[3] and the Incarnations of Judgment (e.g., Anger).[4]
Comprehensive Rules
List of cards featuring the tombstone icon
- Odyssey block cards with flashback
- Ichorid
- Judgment Incarnations
- Riftstone Portal
- Blast from the Past
See also
References
- ↑ Randy Buehler (October 3, 2002). "Ask Wizards - October 3, 2002". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ben Bleiweiss (January 2, 2002). "From the Grave Risen". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mike Donais (August 15, 2002). "Ask Wizards - August 15, 2002". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Devin Low (February 15, 2005). "Ask Wizards - February 15, 2005". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.