Planar Chaos/Trivia

Planar Chaos/Trivia

 

Planeshifted

 

Card comparisons

 

Theme decks

 

Trivia

 

Most of the cards in Planar Chaos were inspired by cards from Magic's past.

Allusions

In General

Card	Inspired by	Notes
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	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
Erratic Mutation	Erratic Explosion, Unstable Mutation
Evolution Charm	Lay of the Land, Raise Dead, Flight
Extirpate	Eradicate, Word of Command	Art
Fatal Frenzy	Berserk
Firefright Mage	Shriek of Dread
Frenetic Sliver	Frenetic Efreet
Fury Charm	Shatter, Vitality Charm
Ghost Tactician	Scare Tactics
Hammerheim Deadeye	Wing Snare
Heroes Remembered	Blessed Wind
Hunting Wilds	Skyshroud Claim
Imp's Mischief	Deflection, Withering Boon
Intet, the Dreamer	Dromar, the Banisher
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	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	The only Kavu in Planar Chaos
Life and Limb	Living Lands
Magus of the Arena	Arena
Magus of the Bazaar	Bazaar of Baghdad
Magus of the Coffers	Cabal Coffers
Magus of the Library	Library of Alexandria
Magus of the Tabernacle	The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Mantle of Leadership	Herd Gnarr
Midnight Charm	Feast of Flesh, Hope Charm, Ivory Charm
Mire Boa	River Boa	The only Snake in Planar Chaos
Mirri the Cursed	Mirri, Cat Warrior	The only Vampire in Planar Chaos.
Muck Drubb	Blood Pet	Art
Necrotic Sliver	Vindicate
Needlepeak Spider	Giant Spider	The only Spider in Planar Chaos.
Numot, the Devastator	Darigaaz, the Igniter
Oros, the Avenger	Treva, the Renewer
Pallid Mycoderm		The first white Fungus
Pongify	Afterlife	Depicts a Torchling-like barbarian as the subject of the spell.
Poultice Sliver	Crypt Sliver
Pouncing Wurm	Pouncing Kavu
Radha, Heir to Keld		The only legendary creature in Planar Chaos to not be part of a cycle.
Rebuff the Wicked	Avoid Fate, Shelter
Reflex Sliver	Heart Sliver
Retether	Replenish
Ridged Kusite	Guided Strike	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.
Riftmarked Knight	White Knight, Black Knight	The only creature in Planar Chaos with Protection from Black or flanking
Roiling Horror	Serra Avatar	The only black card with Suspend in Planar Chaos
Saltblast	Desert Twister
Saltfield Recluse	Sanctum Custodian.
Serra's Boon	Phyrexian Boon	Mirrors of each other
Shade of Trokair	Hoar Shade	The only Shade in Planar Chaos
Sophic Centaur	Gerrard's Wisdom	Ability is a colorshifted version. The only Centaur in Planar Chaos.
Spellshift	Polymorph	Whereas Polymorph affects creatures, Spellshift affects instant and sorcery spells.
Spitting Sliver	Talon Sliver
Stingscourger	Man-o'-War.	A Man-o'-War is fastened to the end of the Stingscourger's stick.
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
Teneb, the Harvester	Crosis, the Purger
Timbermare	Thundermare	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”.
Torchling	Morphling
Treacherous Urge	Threaten
Truth or Tale	Fact or Fiction
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Blanket of Night	The only colorless card and only land in Planar Chaos
Utopia Vow	Pacifism, Utopia Tree
Venarian Glimmer	Distress, Venarian Gold
Voidstone Gargoyle	Meddling Mage, Pithing Needle
Vorosh, the Hunter	Rith, the Awakener

On Planeshifted cards

Card	Inspired by	Notes
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
Vampiric Link	Spirit Link	Mechanics, artist, and art