Planar Chaos/Trivia

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Planar Chaos/Trivia

 

Planeshifted

 

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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	The only Avatar in Planar Chaos.
Aether Membrane	Whip Vine, Wall of Tears	Abilities. The only Wall in Planar Chaos.
Akroma, Angel of Fury	Akroma, Angel of Wrath	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 and Thornscape Battlemage
Auramancer's Guise	Rabid Wombat
Battering Sliver	Horned Sliver
Big Game Hunter	Reprisal	The only assassin in Planar Chaos
Blightspeaker	Cackling Imp, Defiant Falcon
Body Double	Clone and Zombify
Braids, Conjurer Adept	Braids, Cabal Minion
Boom//Bust	Tremble, Armageddon
Cautery Sliver	Goblin Legionnaire
Circle of Affliction	Story Circle
Cradle to Grave	Dark Banishing, Premature Burial
Crovax, Ascendant Hero	Ascendant Evincar, Selenia, Dark Angel	Previous form; Third Ability
Darkheart Sliver	Dark Heart of the Wood
Dash Hopes	Counterspell, Molten Influence
Dawn Charm	Holy Day, Death Ward, and Gilded Light
Dead//Gone	Shock, Unsummon
Deadly Grub	Deadly Insect
Deadwood Treefolk	Gravedigger	The only treefolk in Planar Chaos
Detritivore	Terravore, Skyshroud War Beast	The only lhurgoyf in Planar Chaos
Dichotomancy	Mimeofacture
Dismal Failure	Dismiss
Dormant Sliver	Jungle Barrier
Dreamscape Artist	Harrow
Dust Corona	Web
Enslave	Control Magic
Erratic Mutation	Erratic Explosion, Unstable Mutation
Evolution Charm	Lay of the Land, Raise Dead, and 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	It is 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 and Jodah	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, and 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