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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,<ref>{{NewRef|grave-risen-2002-01-02-0|From the Grave Risen|[[Ben Bleiweiss]]|January 2, 2002}}</ref> as in the case of {{card|Ichorid||TOR}}<ref>{{NewRef|ask-wizards-august-2002-2002-08-01|Ask Wizards - August 15, 2002|[[Mike Donais]]|August 15, 2002}}</ref> and the Incarnations of ''Judgment'' (e.g., {{card|Anger||JUD}}).<ref>{{NewRef|ask-wizards-february-2005-2005-02-01|Ask Wizards - February 15, 2005|[[Devin Low]]|February 15, 2005}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{NewRef|grave-risen-2002-01-02-0|From the Grave Risen|[[Ben Bleiweiss]]|January 2, 2002}}</ref> as in the case of {{card|Ichorid||TOR}}<ref>{{NewRef|ask-wizards-august-2002-2002-08-01|Ask Wizards - August 15, 2002|[[Mike Donais]]|August 15, 2002}}</ref> and the Incarnations of ''Judgment'' (e.g., {{card|Anger||JUD}}).<ref>{{NewRef|ask-wizards-february-2005-2005-02-01|Ask Wizards - February 15, 2005|[[Devin Low]]|February 15, 2005}}</ref>


The original plan was to make it a permanent addition, but it couldn’t work with the new [[card frame]] (starting two blocks later in ''[[Mirrodin]]'') so [[R&D]] decided to just make it a block thing.<ref>{{EzTumblr|url=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158276735478/when-flashback-was-introduced-rd-introduced-the|title=Why didn't R&D stick with this?|date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
The original plan was to make it a permanent addition, but it couldn’t work with the new [[card frame]] (starting two blocks later in ''[[Mirrodin]]'') so [[R&D]] decided to just make it a block thing.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158276735478/when-flashback-was-introduced-rd-introduced-the|title=Why didn't R&D stick with this?|March 11, 2017}}</ref>


==Comprehensive Rules==
==Comprehensive Rules==
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===FNM Promos===
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After technology changed it became possible to combine the Tombstone icon on [[card frame|modern bordered]] [[FNM card]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|url=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158359063623/fyi-there-are-several-modern-bordered-fnm-promos|title=FYI, there are several modern bordered FNM Promos with the Tombstone icon|date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>
After technology changed it became possible to combine the Tombstone icon on [[card frame|modern bordered]] [[FNM card]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158359063623/fyi-there-are-several-modern-bordered-fnm-promos|title=FYI, there are several modern bordered FNM Promos with the Tombstone icon|March 13, 2017}}</ref>
*{{card|Cabal Therapy|Friday Night Magic|F05}}
*{{card|Cabal Therapy|Friday Night Magic|F05}}
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*{{card|Chainer's Edict|Friday Night Magic|F06}}

Revision as of 23:59, 31 March 2019

The icon

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

Ichorid
Ichorid (Torment), with its recursion/self-reanimating ability, is one such card that features the tombstone icon.

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]

The original plan was to make it a permanent addition, but it couldn’t work with the new card frame (starting two blocks later in Mirrodin) so R&D decided to just make it a block thing.[5]

Comprehensive Rules

From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

  • 107.9. A tombstone icon appears to the left of the name of many Odyssey™ block cards with abilities that are relevant in a player’s graveyard. The purpose of the icon is to make those cards stand out when they’re in a graveyard. This icon has no effect on game play.

List of cards featuring the tombstone icon

FNM Promos

After technology changed it became possible to combine the Tombstone icon on modern bordered FNM card.[6]

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 11, 2017). "Why didn't R&D stick with this?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  6. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 13, 2017). "FYI, there are several modern bordered FNM Promos with the Tombstone icon". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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