Visions rare. This card’s name (and effect) references the much older card King Suleiman, from Arabian Nights. At the time of Visions this card was unique because it represented the longest gap between a card and a card being this directly referenced.
Urza’s Destiny uncommon. The most direct predecessor of this card was Vampiric Feast, printed in the introductory Portal set. The card Soul Feast first appeared in the Starter 1999 set, but with the printing of Urza’s Destiny it made the leap to tournament legal Magic.
Champions of Kamigawa uncommon. There are nine different cards in Magic with “feast” in the name, and out of all of them only this one doesn’t have black mana in the casting cost.
Judgment common. Did you ever notice that the flavor text for this card is actually the culmination of a three-card series that spanned all three sets of the Odyssey block? Taken in the order they were printed, take a look at the flavor text on Decompose, Carrion Rats, and then Rats’ Feast.
Legions common. In one of the more famous mistakes in top level Magic, Kai Budde lost a match at the 2003 German Nationals by playing this as a morph, thinking it was actually a Daru Sanctifier!
Darksteel common. This was nicknamed “the coffee mechanic” in R&D, because it was directly inspired by the cards that many coffee houses give customers, where a stamp is given each time something is bought. With enough stamps, the customer gets a free coffee.
Invasion uncommon. The design version of this card was originally named “Hit & Run”. (Hit, obviously, was the red side).
Arabian Nights uncommon. During Mirrodin design R&D combed through the artifacts of Magic’s past looking for ideas. The mechanic on Brass Man was the inspiration for Goblin Dirigible and Goblin War Wagon.
Scourge rare. The ???Moat-like??? effect of this card would normally be associated with white, but for flavor reasons the ability was allowed on this red card as a rare exception.
The Dark uncommon. An effect that hasn???t been seen in some time, ???damage with memory??? (and variants) appeared on other early Magic cards as well (such as Naf’s Asp, from Arabian Nights).
