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'''Thopter''' is an [[artifact creature]] [[subtype|type]] used for cards depicting small flying devices. | '''Thopter''' is an [[artifact creature]] [[subtype|type]] used for cards depicting small flying devices. | ||
The first creature to bear the type was <c>Ornithopter</c> in ''[[Antiquities]]'' (first printed with the type in ''[[Ninth Edition]]''). Other examples include <c>Roterothopter</c>, <c>Thopter Squadron</c> and <c>Drill-Skimmer</c>. <ref>{{ | The first creature to bear the type was <c>Ornithopter</c> in ''[[Antiquities]]'' (first printed with the type in ''[[Ninth Edition]]''). Other examples include <c>Roterothopter</c>, <c>Thopter Squadron</c> and <c>Drill-Skimmer</c>.<ref>{{NewRef|arcana/ornithopters-2010-05-06|Ornithopters!|[[Monty Ashley]]|May 6, 2010}}</ref> | ||
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Thopters were among the first devices worked upon by the brothers [[Urza]] and [[Mishra]]. They started out as [[Thran]] devices salvaged by [[Tocasia]]'s team, then the brothers worked on them to make them more efficient and deadly. Used as transport, they were used frequently in the earliest stages of the [[Brothers' War]] straight through to the end. | Thopters were among the first devices worked upon by the brothers [[Urza]] and [[Mishra]]. They started out as [[Thran]] devices salvaged by [[Tocasia]]'s team, then the brothers worked on them to make them more efficient and deadly. Used as transport, they were used frequently in the earliest stages of the [[Brothers' War]] straight through to the end. | ||
At the the time of the [[Phyrexian Invasion]], ornithopters were employed on the flagship ''[[Predator]]''. <ref>{{ | At the the time of the [[Phyrexian Invasion]], ornithopters were employed on the flagship ''[[Predator]]''.<ref>{{NewRef|feature/build-your-own-airship-2008-10-28|Build Your Own Airship!|[[Magic Arcana]]|October 28, 2008}}</ref> | ||
===Kaladesh=== | ===Kaladesh=== | ||
[[Aether]]-fueled thopters are fabricated and used in large quantities on [[Kaladesh (plane)|Kaladesh]], the home plane of [[Chandra Nalaar]]. | [[Aether]]-fueled thopters are fabricated and used in large quantities on [[Kaladesh (plane)|Kaladesh]], the home plane of [[Chandra Nalaar]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 4 July 2016
Thopter is an artifact creature type used for cards depicting small flying devices.
The first creature to bear the type was Ornithopter in Antiquities (first printed with the type in Ninth Edition). Other examples include Roterothopter, Thopter Squadron and Drill-Skimmer.[1]
Storyline
Dominaria
Thopters were among the first devices worked upon by the brothers Urza and Mishra. They started out as Thran devices salvaged by Tocasia's team, then the brothers worked on them to make them more efficient and deadly. Used as transport, they were used frequently in the earliest stages of the Brothers' War straight through to the end.
At the the time of the Phyrexian Invasion, ornithopters were employed on the flagship Predator.[2]
Kaladesh
Aether-fueled thopters are fabricated and used in large quantities on Kaladesh, the home plane of Chandra Nalaar.
Thopter tokens
Etimology
The word "ornithopter" has a specific origin from Greek words, related to the word "helicopter". Later authors of "thopter" cards apparently ignored any etymology, and created new words with bizarre results.
| Word | Origin | Etymology | Literal translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helicopter[3] | Greek | Helikos + pteron | Spiral wing |
| Ornithopter | Greek | Ornithos[4] + pteron[5] | Bird wing |
| Roterothopter | Greek & Latin | Rota (lat.[6]) + erotos (gr.[7]) + pteron (gr.) | Wing of the erotic wheel |
| Telethopter | Greek & something | Tele (gr.[8]) + tho (?) + pteron (gr.) | Distance wing of "tho" |
| Thopter | Greek & something | Tho (?) + pteron (gr.) | Wing of "tho" |
References
- ↑ Template:NewRef
- ↑ Template:NewRef
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: helicopter
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: ornithos
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: pteron
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: English "rotary" from Latin "rota"
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: eros, erotos
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: tele