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– Judgment rare. Yesterday’s card, Demonic Appetite was picked to reference the “appetizer.” Today’s card mentions “dinner” (well, a “dinner bell”) in its flavor text. There’s only one more card of the day left before the site breaks for Thanksgiving!
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– Apocalypse uncommon. In the days of yore (around 2001), Dodecapod was a great card to sideboard in against discard decks. It wasn’t clever, but it got the job done.
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– Dissension rare. Lyzolda, the Blood Witch is high priestess of the cult of the demon Rakdos. Most Rakdos gatherings involve a lot of sacrificing, which is why Lyzolda also appears in the art of Rakdos Riteknife.
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– Unglued common. The text box for Prismatic Wardrobe contains sections from the backgrounds normally assigned to each individual color. It also has land and artifact sections in there, even though those aren’t strictly relevant to what the card does.
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– Conflux rare. At the time that Conflux is set, when the five shards of alara begin to merge, the angel Asha has been dead for centuries. But no one replaced her as leader of all the angels of Bant, so her throne remained empty.
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– Unhinged uncommon. Matt Cavotta’s art for Zombie Fanboy contains references to Drew Tucker’s art for all the following cards: Dark Banishing, Decomposition, Dream Fighter, Harmattan Efreet, Hurr Jackal, and Warmth. Here’s a guide if you’re having trouble spotting them.
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– Prophecy common. Trenching Steed is what you get when a farm horse, used for plowing trenches in fields, is put to work fighting the oppressor and jumping trenches of men. This week’s Card of the Day theme is “Oscar-nominated movies” and that seems perfectly fitting for Spielberg’s War Horse.
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– Scars of Mirrodin common. Although vampires on Mirrodin (the plane that’s now New Phyrexia) have slightly pointed teeth, the way they normally drink blood is by stabbing their victims with the elongated metallic spines on their fingers. Bleak Coven Vampires gives a great look at them.
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– Avacyn Restored common. The full meaning of Soulbond, according to the Avacyn Restored FAQ, is: “When this creature enters the battlefield, if you control both this creature and another creature and both are unpaired, you may pair this creature with another unpaired creature you control for as long as both remain creatures on the battlefield under your control.” In order to be paired, both creatures must start out unpaired.
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– Scars of Mirrodin mythic rare. Platinum Angel first appeared in Mirrodin and it said this: “You can’t lose the game and your opponents can’t win the game.” When Magic returned to the plane in Scars of Mirrodin, a new platinum creature was called for. And Platinum Emperion fit the bill!
