Time Spiral uncommon. This aura gives creatures the Fallen Angel’s sacrifice ability. A visual cue to that ability is the crown of horns being placed upon the subject, the same crown of thorns worn by the original Fallen Angel, also painted by Anson Maddocks.
Time Spiral rare. This card references one of the most powerful counterspells in the history of the game: Mana Drain from Legends. Thanks to the art on Draining Whelk, we get to see that the creatures depicted on Mana Drain were just the babies! You can see those smaller versions on the shore in the background of Draining Whelk, crawling up the shore from where they used to be underwater on the original card, and that even the color of the water is the same on both cards!
Time Spiral uncommon. Astute readers that saw this art on the Time Spiral minisite at the end of Heroes of History figured out from the pose that the card would be somehow related to Spirit Link given its similarity to at least two of that card’s illustrations. This card is part of a cycle of auras that also reference the cycle Rancor belonged to which could also return to hand if sent to the graveyard from play.
Time Spiral uncommon. The illustration for this card is a reference to the original Giant Growth from Alpha, which also featured a suddenly super-sized rat.
Time Spiral rare. This oft-quoted character appears in the flavor text of an impressive twenty different cards. Her spellshaper abilities were designed so that the three “spells” she can cast are all cards that have been printed with flavor text attributed to her. (The first ability is the destruction half of Pyroblast, the second is Incinerate, and the third spell is Inferno.)
Time Spiral rare. Does Sedge Sliver herald an entire cycle of slivers with off-color abilities? Nope. Just like Sedge Troll from Alpha, he???s the only one!
Time Spiral rare. Teferi???s abilities were designed to tie into the set???s theme of temporal manipulation. By speeding up your own spells while slowing down those of the opponent at the same time, Teferi fits right into a set where time doesn???t function normally. This card has generated a lot of email from readers asking why we ???printed a planeswalker??? on a card, but we aren???t answering anything publicly until after the set comes out to give people that want to read the book time to finish. (Though the answer is certainly around if you look hard enough.)
Time Spiral rare. When first previewed, many readers thought Mishra might be part of a five-card Time Spiral cycle of three-color legendary creatures. At this point, we???ll let you know that Mishra is the only three-color legend in the set. So it???s not Time Spiral that has a cycle of three-color legends.
Legends rare. Magic’s creative teams through the years have generally done whatever they could to avoid depicting characters in stereotypical pointy wizard’s caps. Eureka is a very rare exception that managed to slip through.
