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|<c>Enslave</c> | |<c>Enslave</c> | ||
|<c>Control Magic</c> | |<c>Control Magic</c> | ||
| | |A black Control Magic that damages its owner. | ||
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|<c>Erratic Mutation</c> | |<c>Erratic Mutation</c> | ||
|<c>Erratic Explosion</c>, <c>Unstable Mutation</c> | |<c>Erratic Explosion</c>, <c>Unstable Mutation</c> | ||
| | |Unstable Mutation's take on Erratic Explosion. | ||
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|<c>Evolution Charm</c> | |<c>Evolution Charm</c> | ||
|<c>Lay of the Land</c>, <c>Raise Dead</c>, <c>Flight</c> | |<c>Lay of the Land</c>, <c>Raise Dead</c>, <c>Flight</c> | ||
| | |Lay of the Land, Raise Dead, and Flight mixed into a single green charm. | ||
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|<c>Extirpate</c> | |<c>Extirpate</c> | ||
|<c>Eradicate</c> | |<c>Eradicate</c> | ||
|Black spells that exile a permanent alongside every other card that shares its name from its owner's deck. Art and original design refer to <c>Word of Command</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/extirpate-sketches-2007-02-20|Extirpate Sketches|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 20, 2007}}</ref> | |||
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|<c>Fatal Frenzy</c> | |<c>Fatal Frenzy</c> | ||
|<c>Berserk</c> | |<c>Berserk</c> | ||
| | |Red's version of Berserk. | ||
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|<c>Firefright Mage</c> | |<c>Firefright Mage</c> | ||
|<c>Shriek of Dread</c> | |<c>Shriek of Dread</c> | ||
| | |A red spellshaper that casts Shriek of Dread that's colorshifted to red. | ||
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|<c>Frenetic Sliver</c> | |<c>Frenetic Sliver</c> | ||
|<c>Frenetic Efreet</c> | |<c>Frenetic Efreet</c> | ||
| | |Frenetic Sliver turns slivers into Frenetic Efreets that flicker instead of phasing out. | ||
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|<c>Fury Charm</c> | |<c>Fury Charm</c> | ||
|<c>Shatter</c>, <c>Vitality Charm</c> | |<c>Shatter</c>, <c>Vitality Charm</c> | ||
| | |Shatter and the second option of Vitality Charm mixed into a red charm that has an ability that interacts with suspend. | ||
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|<c>Ghost Tactician</c> | |<c>Ghost Tactician</c> | ||
|<c>Scare Tactics</c> | |<c>Scare Tactics</c> | ||
| | |A white spellshaper that casts Scare Tactics. | ||
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|<c>Hammerheim Deadeye</c> | |<c>Hammerheim Deadeye</c> | ||
|<c>Wing Snare</c> | |<c>Wing Snare</c> | ||
| | |Hammerheim Deadeye casts Wing Snare upon entry. | ||
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|<c>Heroes Remembered</c> | |<c>Heroes Remembered</c> | ||
|<c>Blessed Wind</c> | |<c>Blessed Wind</c> | ||
| | |Spells connected with life that have the number 20 on them. | ||
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|<c>Hunting Wilds</c> | |<c>Hunting Wilds</c> | ||
|<c>Skyshroud Claim</c> | |<c>Skyshroud Claim</c> | ||
| | |A Skyshroud Claim that can untap and animate Forests in exchange for them entering the battlefield tapped. | ||
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|<c>Imp's Mischief</c> | |<c>Imp's Mischief</c> | ||
|<c>Deflection</c>, <c>Withering Boon</c> | |<c>Deflection</c>, <c>Withering Boon</c> | ||
| | |Blue Deflection with Withering Boon's penalty. | ||
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|<c>Intet, the Dreamer</c> | |<c>Intet, the Dreamer</c> | ||
|<c>Dromar, the Banisher</c><ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/rebirth-cool-2007-01-19|The Rebirth of Cool|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|January 19, 2007}}</ref> | |<c>Dromar, the Banisher</c><ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/rebirth-cool-2007-01-19|The Rebirth of Cool|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|January 19, 2007}}</ref> | ||
| | |Legendary dragons with blue as their primary color. | ||
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|<c>Jedit Ojanen of Efrava</c> | |<c>Jedit Ojanen of Efrava</c> | ||
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|<c>Jodah's Avenger</c> | |<c>Jodah's Avenger</c> | ||
|<c>Urza's Avenger</c> | |<c>Urza's Avenger</c> | ||
|The only creature in ''Planar Chaos'' with Protection from [[Red]] in its [[text box]]. The first card to refer to [[Jodah]]. | |Blue's version of Urza's Avenger. The only creature in ''Planar Chaos'' with Protection from [[Red]] in its [[text box]]. The first card to refer to [[Jodah]]. | ||
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|<c>Kavu Predator</c> | |<c>Kavu Predator</c> | ||
|<c>Kavu Titan</c> | |<c>Kavu Titan</c> | ||
|The only [[Kavu]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | |Kavus with trample that can pump themselves. The only [[Kavu]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | ||
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|<c>Life and Limb</c> | |<c>Life and Limb</c> | ||
|<c>Living Lands</c><ref>{{DailyRef|limb-art-gets-new-life-2007-04-03|Limb Art Gets New Life|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 03, 2007}}</ref> | |<c>Living Lands</c><ref>{{DailyRef|limb-art-gets-new-life-2007-04-03|Limb Art Gets New Life|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 03, 2007}}</ref> | ||
| | |Living Lands that do the opposite for Saprolings. | ||
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|<c>Magus of the Arena</c> | |<c>Magus of the Arena</c> | ||
|<c>Arena</c> | |<c>Arena</c> | ||
| | |Arena [[List of Magic slang|on legs]]. | ||
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|<c>Magus of the Bazaar</c> | |<c>Magus of the Bazaar</c> | ||
|<c>Bazaar of Baghdad</c> | |<c>Bazaar of Baghdad</c> | ||
| | |Bazaar of Baghdad [[List of Magic slang|on legs]]. | ||
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|<c>Magus of the Coffers</c> | |<c>Magus of the Coffers</c> | ||
|<c>Cabal Coffers</c> | |<c>Cabal Coffers</c> | ||
| | |Cabal Coffers [[List of Magic slang|on legs]]. | ||
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|<c>Magus of the Library</c> | |<c>Magus of the Library</c> | ||
|<c>Library of Alexandria</c> | |<c>Library of Alexandria</c> | ||
| | |Library of Alexandria [[List of Magic slang|on legs]]. | ||
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|<c>Magus of the Tabernacle</c> | |<c>Magus of the Tabernacle</c> | ||
|<c>The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale</c> | |<c>The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale</c> | ||
| | |The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale [[List of Magic slang|on legs]]. | ||
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|<c>Mantle of Leadership</c> | |<c>Mantle of Leadership</c> | ||
|<c>Herd Gnarr</c> | |<c>Herd Gnarr</c> | ||
| | |Herd Gnarr as a white aura. | ||
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|<c>Midnight Charm</c> | |<c>Midnight Charm</c> | ||
|<c>Feast of Flesh</c>, <c>Hope Charm</c>, <c>Ivory Charm</c> | |<c>Feast of Flesh</c>, <c>Hope Charm</c>, <c>Ivory Charm</c> | ||
| | |An unscaling Feast of Flesh, the first option of Hope Charm, and the second option of Ivory Charm mixed into a black charm. | ||
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|<c>Mire Boa</c> | |<c>Mire Boa</c> | ||
|<c>River Boa</c> | |<c>River Boa</c> | ||
|The only [[Snake]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | |A River Boa that hates on black instead of blue. The only [[Snake]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | ||
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|<c>Mirri the Cursed</c> | |<c>Mirri the Cursed</c> | ||
|<c>Mirri, Cat Warrior</c> | |<c>Mirri, Cat Warrior</c> | ||
|The only [[Vampire]] in ''Planar Chaos''. | |Black Mirri, Cat Warrior with changed abilities and an additional ability. The only [[Vampire]] in ''Planar Chaos''. Being a black vampire creature with flying, she is similar to {{Card|Ascendant Evincar}}. | ||
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|<c>Muck Drubb</c> | |<c>Muck Drubb</c> | ||
|<c>Blood Pet</c> | |<c>Blood Pet</c> | ||
| | |Both art show similar creatures.<ref>{{DailyRef|art-alternate-past-2007-02-01|Art of the Alternate Past|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 01, 2007}}</ref> | ||
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|<c>Necrotic Sliver</c> | |<c>Necrotic Sliver</c> | ||
|<c>Vindicate</c> | |<c>Vindicate</c> | ||
| | |Necrotic Sliver gives slivers Vindicate as an activated ability. | ||
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|<c>Needlepeak Spider</c> | |<c>Needlepeak Spider</c> | ||
|<c>Giant Spider</c> | |<c>Giant Spider</c> | ||
|The only [[Spider]] in ''Planar Chaos''. | |A Giant Spider with reversed stats. The only [[Spider]] in ''Planar Chaos''. | ||
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|<c>Numot, the Devastator</c> | |<c>Numot, the Devastator</c> | ||
|<c>Darigaaz, the Igniter</c> | |<c>Darigaaz, the Igniter</c> | ||
| | |Legendary dragons with red as their primary color. | ||
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|<c>Oros, the Avenger</c> | |<c>Oros, the Avenger</c> | ||
|<c>Treva, the Renewer</c> | |<c>Treva, the Renewer</c> | ||
| | |Legendary dragons with white as their primary color. | ||
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|<c>Pallid Mycoderm</c> | |<c>Pallid Mycoderm</c> | ||
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|<c>Pongify</c> | |<c>Pongify</c> | ||
|<c>Afterlife</c> | |<c>Afterlife</c> | ||
|Depicts a <c>Torchling</c>-like barbarian as the subject of the spell.<ref>{{DailyRef|pongified-barbarian-2007-04-10|Pongified Barbarian|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 10, 2007}}</ref> | |Creature destruction spells that replace target creature with a different creature. Depicts a <c>Torchling</c>-like barbarian as the subject of the spell.<ref>{{DailyRef|pongified-barbarian-2007-04-10|Pongified Barbarian|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 10, 2007}}</ref> | ||
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|<c>Poultice Sliver</c> | |<c>Poultice Sliver</c> | ||
|<c>Crypt Sliver</c> | |<c>Crypt Sliver</c> | ||
| | |White Crypt Sliver with bigger stats. | ||
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|<c>Pouncing Wurm</c> | |<c>Pouncing Wurm</c> | ||
|<c>Pouncing Kavu</c> | |<c>Pouncing Kavu</c> | ||
| | |Green Pouncing Kavu that trades first strike with bigger stats and an extra +1/+1 counter upon being kicked. | ||
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|<c>Radha, Heir to Keld</c> | |<c>Radha, Heir to Keld</c> | ||
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|<c>Rebuff the Wicked</c> | |<c>Rebuff the Wicked</c> | ||
|<c>Avoid Fate</c>, <c>Shelter</c> | |<c>Avoid Fate</c>, <c>Shelter</c> | ||
| | |A stronger white Avoid Fate with flavor similar to Shelter. | ||
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|<c>Reflex Sliver</c> | |<c>Reflex Sliver</c> | ||
|<c>Heart Sliver</c> | |<c>Heart Sliver</c> | ||
| | |Green Heart Sliver with bigger stats. | ||
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|<c>Retether</c> | |<c>Retether</c> | ||
|<c>Replenish</c> | |<c>Replenish</c> | ||
| | |Replenish that focuses only on auras. | ||
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|<c>Ridged Kusite</c> | |<c>Ridged Kusite</c> | ||
|<c>Guided Strike</c> | |<c>Guided Strike</c> | ||
|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.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/whats-kusite-2008-11-20|What's a Kusite?|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|November 20, 2008}}</ref> | |A black spellshaper that casts Guided Strike minus the card drawing ability. 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.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/whats-kusite-2008-11-20|What's a Kusite?|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|November 20, 2008}}</ref> | ||
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|<c>Riftmarked Knight</c> | |<c>Riftmarked Knight</c> | ||
|<c>White Knight</c>, <c>Black Knight</c> | |<c>White Knight</c>, <c>Black Knight</c> | ||
|The only creature in ''Planar Chaos'' with Protection from [[Black]] or [[flanking]] | |A White Knight with flanking that can create a Black Knight with flanking via its suspend ability. The only creature in ''Planar Chaos'' with Protection from [[Black]] or [[flanking]] | ||
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|<c>Roiling Horror</c> | |<c>Roiling Horror</c> | ||
|<c>Serra Avatar</c> | |<c>Serra Avatar</c> | ||
|The only black card with [[Suspend]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | |A weaker black Serra Avatar with an ability to help itself. The only black card with [[Suspend]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | ||
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|<c>Saltblast</c> | |<c>Saltblast</c> | ||
|<c>Desert Twister</c> | |<c>Desert Twister</c> | ||
| | |A white Desert Twister that can't destroy white permanents. | ||
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|<c>Saltfield Recluse</c> | |<c>Saltfield Recluse</c> | ||
|<c>Sanctum Custodian</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|saltfield-time-wizard-2007-04-05|Saltfield Time Wizard|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 05, 2007}}</ref> | |<c>Sanctum Custodian</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|saltfield-time-wizard-2007-04-05|Saltfield Time Wizard|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|April 05, 2007}}</ref> | ||
| | |A Sanctum Custodian that reduces power rather than preventing damage. | ||
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|<c>Serra's Boon</c> | |<c>Serra's Boon</c> | ||
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|<c>Shade of Trokair</c> | |<c>Shade of Trokair</c> | ||
|<c>Hoar Shade</c> | |<c>Hoar Shade</c> | ||
|The only [[Shade]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | |A white Hoard Shade with suspend. The only [[Shade]] in ''Planar Chaos'' | ||
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|<c>Sophic Centaur</c> | |<c>Sophic Centaur</c> | ||
|<c>Gerrard's Wisdom</c> | |<c>Gerrard's Wisdom</c> | ||
| | |A green spellshaper that casts Gerrard's Wisdom. The only [[Centaur]] in ''Planar Chaos''. | ||
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|<c>Spellshift</c> | |<c>Spellshift</c> | ||
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|<c>Spitting Sliver</c> | |<c>Spitting Sliver</c> | ||
|<c>Talon Sliver</c> | |<c>Talon Sliver</c> | ||
| | |A bigger black Talon Sliver. | ||
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|<c>Stingscourger</c> | |<c>Stingscourger</c> | ||
|<c>Man-o'-War</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/stingscourgers-sting-2007-02-08|Stingscourger's Sting|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 08, 2007}}</ref> | |<c>Man-o'-War</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/stingscourgers-sting-2007-02-08|Stingscourger's Sting|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 08, 2007}}</ref> | ||
|A <c>Man-o'-War</c> is fastened to the end of the <c>Stingscourger</c>'s stick. | |A <c>Man-o'-War</c> is fastened to the end of the <c>Stingscourger</c>'s stick, thus explaining Stingscourger being a red Man-o'-War. | ||
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|<c>Synchronous Sliver</c> | |<c>Synchronous Sliver</c> | ||
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|<c>Temporal Extortion</c> | |<c>Temporal Extortion</c> | ||
|<c>Time Walk</c> | |<c>Time Walk</c> | ||
| | |Black's version of Time Walk. | ||
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|<c>Teneb, the Harvester</c> | |<c>Teneb, the Harvester</c> | ||
|<c>Crosis, the Purger</c> | |<c>Crosis, the Purger</c> | ||
| | |Legendary dragons with black as their primary color. | ||
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|<c>Timbermare</c> | |<c>Timbermare</c> | ||
|<c>Thundermare</c> | |<c>Thundermare</c> | ||
|<c>Timbermare</c> 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”.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/140379306728/hi-maro-its-my-birthday-can-i-ask-for-sone|title=Can i ask for sone trivia on Timbermare? |March 03, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/13483_Official_Planar_Chaos_Preview_Timbermare.html?mobile_site_continue=1 Jamie Wakefield (January 8, 2007). "Official Planar Chaos Preview - Timbermare!". StarCityGames.com]</ref> | |A cheaper green Thundermare with echo. <c>Timbermare</c> 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”.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/140379306728/hi-maro-its-my-birthday-can-i-ask-for-sone|title=Can i ask for sone trivia on Timbermare? |March 03, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/13483_Official_Planar_Chaos_Preview_Timbermare.html?mobile_site_continue=1 Jamie Wakefield (January 8, 2007). "Official Planar Chaos Preview - Timbermare!". StarCityGames.com]</ref> | ||
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|<c>Torchling</c> | |<c>Torchling</c> | ||
|<c>Morphling</c> | |<c>Morphling</c> | ||
| | |Red's version of Morphling. | ||
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|<c>Treacherous Urge</c> | |<c>Treacherous Urge</c> | ||
|<c>Threaten</c> | |<c>Threaten</c> | ||
| | |Black's version of Threaten that takes creatures right from the hand. | ||
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|<c>Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth</c> | |<c>Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth</c> | ||
|<c>Blanket of Night</c> | |<c>Blanket of Night</c> | ||
|The only colorless card and only land in ''Planar Chaos'' | |Blanket of Night as a legendary land. The only colorless card and only land in ''Planar Chaos'' | ||
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|<c>Utopia Vow</c> | |<c>Utopia Vow</c> | ||
|<c>Pacifism</c>, <c>Utopia Tree</c> | |<c>Pacifism</c>, <c>Utopia Tree</c> | ||
| | |A green Pacifism that turns enchanted creature into a Utopia Tree. | ||
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|<c>Venarian Glimmer</c> | |<c>Venarian Glimmer</c> | ||
|<c>Distress</c>, <c>Venarian Gold</c> | |<c>Distress</c>, <c>Venarian Gold</c> | ||
| | |A blue Distress with an X mana cost just like Venarian Gold. | ||
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|<c>Voidstone Gargoyle</c> | |<c>Voidstone Gargoyle</c> | ||
|<c>Meddling Mage</c>, <c>Pithing Needle</c> | |<c>Meddling Mage</c>, <c>Pithing Needle</c> | ||
| | |Voidstone Gargoyle has both Meddling Mage and Pithing Needle's abilities. | ||
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|<c>Vorosh, the Hunter</c> | |<c>Vorosh, the Hunter</c> | ||
|<c>Rith, the Awakener</c> | |<c>Rith, the Awakener</c> | ||
| | |Legendary dragons with green as their primary color. | ||
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|<c>Fa'adiyah Seer</c> | |<c>Fa'adiyah Seer</c> | ||
|<c>Sindbad</c> | |<c>Sindbad</c> | ||
|Its | |Its name, [[Fa'adiyah]], refers to the forest on the plane of [[Rabiah]]. | ||
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|<c>Hedge Troll</c> | |<c>Hedge Troll</c> |
Revision as of 10:40, 12 October 2021
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 |
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Aeon Chronicler | Maro | Blue Maro with suspend that draws cards. The only Avatar in Planar Chaos. |
Aether Membrane | Whip Vine, Wall of Tears | Red mix of Whip Vine and Wall of Tears. The only Wall in Planar Chaos. |
Akroma, Angel of Fury | Akroma, Angel of Wrath | Red Akroma, Angel of Wrath with her abilities except flying and trample replaced with something else. 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, Thornscape Battlemage | Thornscape Battlemage under the influence of Anavolver instead. |
Auramancer's Guise | Rabid Wombat | Rabid Wombat as a blue aura. |
Battering Sliver | Horned Sliver | Red Horned Sliver. |
Big Game Hunter | Reprisal[4] | Reprisal on a black stick. The only assassin in Planar Chaos |
Blightspeaker | Cackling Imp, Defiant Falcon | Black Defiant Falcon that trades flying for Cackling Imp's activated ability. |
Body Double | Clone, Zombify | Zombify as a blue Clone-like creature. |
Braids, Conjurer Adept | Braids, Cabal Minion | Blue Braids, Cabal Minion that does the opposite of what the original did. |
Boom//Bust | Tremble, Armageddon | A modified Tremble and a red Armageddon mixed into one. |
Cautery Sliver | Goblin Legionnaire | Cautery Sliver turns slivers into Goblin Legionnaires. |
Circle of Affliction | Story Circle | Black Story Circle that causes life drain rather than damage prevention. |
Cradle to Grave | Dark Banishing, Premature Burial | A Premature Burial for the current turn rather than the last turn. |
Crovax, Ascendant Hero | Ascendant Evincar, Selenia, Dark Angel | White Ascendant Evincar that can return himself similar to Selenia, Dark Angel. |
Darkheart Sliver | Dark Heart of the Wood | Darkheart Sliver is Dark Heart of the Wood for slivers. |
Dash Hopes | Counterspell, Molten Influence | Black Counterspell with the black version of Molten Influence's condition. |
Dawn Charm | Holy Day, Death Ward, Gilded Light | Holy Day, Death Ward, and a single instance of Gilded Light mixed into a charm. |
Dead//Gone | Shock, Unsummon | A creature-focused Shock and red Unsummon mixed into one. |
Deadly Grub | Deadly Insect | Deadly Grub creates Deadly Insect upon dying by vanishing. |
Deadwood Treefolk | Gravedigger | A green Gravedigger that triggers its ability upon leaving as well. The only treefolk in Planar Chaos |
Detritivore | Terravore, Skyshroud War Beast | Red Terravore with Skyshroud War Beast's condition and suspend that guarantees higher stats for Dertritivore. The only lhurgoyf in Planar Chaos |
Dichotomancy | Mimeofacture | A Mimeofacture that affects each creature an opponent controls than just one. Because of that, it trades replicate for suspend. |
Dismal Failure | Dismiss | A reversed Dismiss. |
Dormant Sliver | Jungle Barrier | Dormant Sliver turns slivers into Jungle Barriers. |
Dreamscape Artist | Harrow | A blue spellshaper that casts Harrow. |
Dust Corona | Web | A red Web on reverse. |
Enslave | Control Magic | A black Control Magic that damages its owner. |
Erratic Mutation | Erratic Explosion, Unstable Mutation | Unstable Mutation's take on Erratic Explosion. |
Evolution Charm | Lay of the Land, Raise Dead, Flight | Lay of the Land, Raise Dead, and Flight mixed into a single green charm. |
Extirpate | Eradicate | Black spells that exile a permanent alongside every other card that shares its name from its owner's deck. Art and original design refer to Word of Command.[5] |
Fatal Frenzy | Berserk | Red's version of Berserk. |
Firefright Mage | Shriek of Dread | A red spellshaper that casts Shriek of Dread that's colorshifted to red. |
Frenetic Sliver | Frenetic Efreet | Frenetic Sliver turns slivers into Frenetic Efreets that flicker instead of phasing out. |
Fury Charm | Shatter, Vitality Charm | Shatter and the second option of Vitality Charm mixed into a red charm that has an ability that interacts with suspend. |
Ghost Tactician | Scare Tactics | A white spellshaper that casts Scare Tactics. |
Hammerheim Deadeye | Wing Snare | Hammerheim Deadeye casts Wing Snare upon entry. |
Heroes Remembered | Blessed Wind | Spells connected with life that have the number 20 on them. |
Hunting Wilds | Skyshroud Claim | A Skyshroud Claim that can untap and animate Forests in exchange for them entering the battlefield tapped. |
Imp's Mischief | Deflection, Withering Boon | Blue Deflection with Withering Boon's penalty. |
Intet, the Dreamer | Dromar, the Banisher[6] | Legendary dragons with blue as their primary color. |
Jedit Ojanen of Efrava | Jedit Ojanen, Cat Warriors | 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 | Blue's version of Urza's Avenger. 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 | Kavus with trample that can pump themselves. The only Kavu in Planar Chaos |
Life and Limb | Living Lands[7] | Living Lands that do the opposite for Saprolings. |
Magus of the Arena | Arena | Arena on legs. |
Magus of the Bazaar | Bazaar of Baghdad | Bazaar of Baghdad on legs. |
Magus of the Coffers | Cabal Coffers | Cabal Coffers on legs. |
Magus of the Library | Library of Alexandria | Library of Alexandria on legs. |
Magus of the Tabernacle | The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale | The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale on legs. |
Mantle of Leadership | Herd Gnarr | Herd Gnarr as a white aura. |
Midnight Charm | Feast of Flesh, Hope Charm, Ivory Charm | An unscaling Feast of Flesh, the first option of Hope Charm, and the second option of Ivory Charm mixed into a black charm. |
Mire Boa | River Boa | A River Boa that hates on black instead of blue. The only Snake in Planar Chaos |
Mirri the Cursed | Mirri, Cat Warrior | Black Mirri, Cat Warrior with changed abilities and an additional ability. The only Vampire in Planar Chaos. Being a black vampire creature with flying, she is similar to Ascendant Evincar. |
Muck Drubb | Blood Pet | Both art show similar creatures.[8] |
Necrotic Sliver | Vindicate | Necrotic Sliver gives slivers Vindicate as an activated ability. |
Needlepeak Spider | Giant Spider | A Giant Spider with reversed stats. The only Spider in Planar Chaos. |
Numot, the Devastator | Darigaaz, the Igniter | Legendary dragons with red as their primary color. |
Oros, the Avenger | Treva, the Renewer | Legendary dragons with white as their primary color. |
Pallid Mycoderm | The first white Fungus | |
Pongify | Afterlife | Creature destruction spells that replace target creature with a different creature. Depicts a Torchling-like barbarian as the subject of the spell.[9] |
Poultice Sliver | Crypt Sliver | White Crypt Sliver with bigger stats. |
Pouncing Wurm | Pouncing Kavu | Green Pouncing Kavu that trades first strike with bigger stats and an extra +1/+1 counter upon being kicked. |
Radha, Heir to Keld | The only legendary creature in Planar Chaos to not be part of a cycle. | |
Rebuff the Wicked | Avoid Fate, Shelter | A stronger white Avoid Fate with flavor similar to Shelter. |
Reflex Sliver | Heart Sliver | Green Heart Sliver with bigger stats. |
Retether | Replenish | Replenish that focuses only on auras. |
Ridged Kusite | Guided Strike | A black spellshaper that casts Guided Strike minus the card drawing ability. 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 | A White Knight with flanking that can create a Black Knight with flanking via its suspend ability. The only creature in Planar Chaos with Protection from Black or flanking |
Roiling Horror | Serra Avatar | A weaker black Serra Avatar with an ability to help itself. The only black card with Suspend in Planar Chaos |
Saltblast | Desert Twister | A white Desert Twister that can't destroy white permanents. |
Saltfield Recluse | Sanctum Custodian.[11] | A Sanctum Custodian that reduces power rather than preventing damage. |
Serra's Boon | Phyrexian Boon[12] | Mirrors of each other |
Shade of Trokair | Hoar Shade | A white Hoard Shade with suspend. The only Shade in Planar Chaos |
Sophic Centaur | Gerrard's Wisdom | A green spellshaper that casts Gerrard's Wisdom. The only Centaur in Planar Chaos. |
Spellshift | Polymorph | Whereas Polymorph affects creatures, Spellshift affects instant and sorcery spells. |
Spitting Sliver | Talon Sliver | A bigger black Talon Sliver. |
Stingscourger | Man-o'-War.[13] | A Man-o'-War is fastened to the end of the Stingscourger's stick, thus explaining Stingscourger being a red Man-o'-War. |
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 | Black's version of Time Walk. |
Teneb, the Harvester | Crosis, the Purger | Legendary dragons with black as their primary color. |
Timbermare | Thundermare | A cheaper green Thundermare with echo. 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 | Red's version of Morphling. |
Treacherous Urge | Threaten | Black's version of Threaten that takes creatures right from the hand. |
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Blanket of Night | Blanket of Night as a legendary land. The only colorless card and only land in Planar Chaos |
Utopia Vow | Pacifism, Utopia Tree | A green Pacifism that turns enchanted creature into a Utopia Tree. |
Venarian Glimmer | Distress, Venarian Gold | A blue Distress with an X mana cost just like Venarian Gold. |
Voidstone Gargoyle | Meddling Mage, Pithing Needle | Voidstone Gargoyle has both Meddling Mage and Pithing Needle's abilities. |
Vorosh, the Hunter | Rith, the Awakener | Legendary dragons with green as their primary color. |
On Planeshifted cards
Card | Inspired by | Notes |
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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
- ↑ Matt Cavotta (February 22, 2007). "Time Spiral Magic Museum - Planar Chaos Exhibit". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 22, 2007). "The Great Mix-Up, Part I". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 05, 2007). "The Great Mix-Up, Part II". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 22, 2007). "Reprisal Rebel". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 20, 2007). "Extirpate Sketches". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Aaron Forsythe (January 19, 2007). "The Rebirth of Cool". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 03, 2007). "Limb Art Gets New Life". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 01, 2007). "Art of the Alternate Past". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 10, 2007). "Pongified Barbarian". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 20, 2008). "What's a Kusite?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 05, 2007). "Saltfield Time Wizard". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 28, 2007). "Double Boon". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 08, 2007). "Stingscourger's Sting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 03, 2016). "Can i ask for sone trivia on Timbermare?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jamie Wakefield (January 8, 2007). "Official Planar Chaos Preview - Timbermare!". StarCityGames.com
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 21, 2007). "Seal of Primordium". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.