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* <c>Diregraf Ghoul</c> follows a long tradition of 2/2 Zombies for {{b}} which includes <c>Sarcomancy</c>, <c>Carnophage</c> and <c>Accursed Centaur</c>. The first two cards saw widespread tournament play in [[Suicide Black]] decks.
* <c>Diregraf Ghoul</c> follows a long tradition of 2/2 Zombies for {{b}} which includes <c>Sarcomancy</c>, <c>Carnophage</c> and <c>Accursed Centaur</c>. The first two cards saw widespread tournament play in [[Suicide Black]] decks.
* The [[Flavor text]] of <c>Devil's Play</c> refers to the old folk saying "Idle hands are the devils plaything", referring to the stupid things people can do when they are bored.
* The [[Flavor text]] of <c>Devil's Play</c> refers to the old folk saying "Idle hands are the devils plaything", referring to the stupid things people can do when they are bored.
* <c>Cellar Door</c> originated from a brainstorming session of the Design team about horror and potential card names that tie into horror. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellar_door Cellar Door] is often seen as a beautiful phrase in the english language, regardless of the actual meaning of the words. It is said that the refrain The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe was written to resemble that phrase.
* <c>Creepy Doll</c> is modeled after a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coulton Jonathan Coulton]
* <c>Creepy Doll</c> is modeled after a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coulton Jonathan Coulton]




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Revision as of 04:53, 12 September 2011

Main article: Innistrad

Innistrad, similar to cards from Time Spiral block or older cards, have a lot of cards with specific functions or meanings. In Innistrad, most cards are references to gothic horror stories and make use of horror tropes in some way.

Horror Tropes

Transformation cards

Other

  • The number 13, often seen in western culture as a bad omen and subject of several horror stories, shows up in several places in the set, including Lucevic's Abomination, Army of the Damned and Into the Maw of Hell.
  • Rooftop Storm: A common occurrence in horror stories about mad scientists. The primary source for this is the 1931 film adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in which Dr. Frankenstein uses the power of lightning, harvested through a lightning rod mounted on the roof of his laboratory, to animate his monster. Frankenstein's Monster is a Zombie in Magic.
  • Stitched Drake and Skaab Ruinator require creatures from the graveyard to be exiled. This is another allusion to Frankenstein lore as Frankenstein's monster required a corpse as a base or the brain of a corpse. Graverobbery for body parts or a brain is often depicted in retellings of Frankenstein.
  • Use of corpses for scientific experimentation is again revisited in the flavor text of Deranged Assistant.
  • Invisible Stalker: Modeled after The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells about a scientists who turned himself invisible and goes mad in the attempt to become visible again. The invisible man is a common horror trope due to him being hard to anticipate or defend against, thus presenting a highly potent threat and inducing paranoia.
  • Village Cannibals portrays the common use of Cannibalism in Horror
  • The art of Endless Ranks of the Dead shows a common horror scenario, in which the shadows of a horde of zombies appear on another side of the barrier, such as a window. The number of zombies steadily increases, threatening to break down the barrier. The people behind the barrier are left in horror of their impending demise.
  • Several Vampires such as Bloodcrazed Neonate and Skirsdag Noble have a mechanic of gaining counters when dealing damage to a player, mirroring the ability of vampires to gain strength from sucking blood.
  • Moonmist is both a reference to the Full Moon that causes Humans to turn into Werewolves, as well as the card Fog.
  • A Wooden Stake is a common weapon in mythology to destroy Vampires by driving it through their heart.
  • Blazing Torches are often used by mobs of people on the hunt of the monsters.

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