Mirage rare.
This card was designed to be a “bad” Black Lotus. It was recently restricted in Type I.
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Alliances uncommon.
This card was originally called Homarid Drone, but the Creative Team at the time felt homarids were enough disliked by the public that they changed the name to that of an evolved homarid.
Alpha common.
From Alpha through Revised, this creature’s ability was “bands”. It was not until Fourth Edition that the ability became “banding”.
Legends common.
This card’s flavor text is seven words long yet uses only two unique words.
Tempest uncommon.
When designed, this creature had banding and regeneration. But between design and development, the banding mechanic was removed from Magic and the second ability was changed to first strike.
Ice Age common.
This card’s name is an anagram of “Bad Touch”, a popular expression by former R&D member Shawn Carnes. (It means “in poor taste”.)
Tempest rare.
This card is yet another tome to using the initial naming convention. This card is named after Mike S. Elliott (M.S.E. Tome), one of Tempest’s designers and a longtime Magic card designer.
Antiquities uncommon.
This card used the same naming convention as Jayemdae Tome. This card was named after Joel L. Mick (J.L.M. Tome), a former Magic Lead Designer and Magic Brand Manager.
Mercadian Masques rare.
This card was originally designed for Urza’s Destiny but was pushed off to Mercadian Masques as it was too close to Treachery. Treachery remained as it used a mechanic (the “free” mechanic) unique to Urza’s Saga block.
Stronghold uncommon.
This is the first card to ever have a mana cost of 
