Lorwyn common. Boggart Sprite-Chaser encourages playing with a tribe other than its own???specifically, a tribe that overlaps colors with its own tribe. Devin Low, in his article Like a Bridge Over Tribal Waters, calls them bridges. During Lorwyn design, cards like this (particularly ones with power / toughness and/or keyword bonuses) were called “Outriders,” after Legions‘ Beast-loving Goblin Skirk Outrider.
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Visions common. Keeper of Kookus forms a “combo” with, you guessed it, Kookus. Unusually for such combos, it’s the big, splashy rare care that calls out the common you’ll need to make it work. Usually the cards that call out these combos are of equal rarity (Urza’s Tower, Shield of Kaldra) or lesser rarity (Dark Supplicant, Urborg Panther, Sift Through Sands). Rohgahh of Kher Keep is the other notable exception???a rare that explained the otherwise bewildering Kobolds of Kher Keep. For more on these “designed combos,” see Mark Rosewater’s article Combo Platter.
Onslaught rare. In the Onslaught storyline, the Grand Coliseum was set up by the Cabal after Chainer destroyed their original base of operations during the events of Torment to hold bigger and better pit fights, hosting such legendary fighters as Silvos, Rogue Elemental, Arcanis the Omnipotent, and Phage the Untouchable. Although the Cabal itself was thoroughly, unequivocally black-aligned, the Coliseum’s nature as a gathering place for people of many different lands infused it with all colors of mana.
Unhinged rare. Given the popularity of the original Infernal Spawn of Evil in Unglued, a follow-up in Unhinged was virtually inevitable (and, of course, the name was a freebie). In addition to the obvious links between the cards, there’s also an interesting gag on the type line. Poking fun at the moratorium on demons in Magic, Infernal Spawn of Evil had “Demon” on the type line crossed out and replaced with “Beast.” By the time Unhinged was released, the ban had been lifted, and Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil made the same joke in reverse. For more about why demons left and why they came back, read Mark Rosewater’s Where Have All the Demons Gone?
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Lorwyn rare. Among the boggarts of Lorwyn, the term “auntie” carries no connotations of gender or relation???it’s the word used for any boggart who leads a warren. Like everything Lorwyn boggarts do, becoming an auntie is messy, random, chaotic, and wildly variable from warren to warren and boggart to boggart. The exploits of both Auntie Wort and Auntie Grub feature in beloved tales that are told, retold, and often emulated by lesser boggarts.
Champions of Kamigawa rare. Magic R&D is understandably reluctant to make nonbasic lands that have extra abilities and no drawback compared to basic ones. The cycle of rare legendary lands in Champions each had an ability relating to legendary permanents in addition to a mana-producing ability, balanced by the drawback of being legendary themselves. They soon began to appear in tournament decks as one-ofs because, well, why not? But then a funny thing happened: people started playing the most popular ones as one-ofs even with no other legendary permanents???sometimes when they weren’t even running the appropriate color???using the legendary “drawback” to occasionally get in a pseudo-Wasteland on an unsuspecting opponent.
Fifth Edition rare. It’s interesting to note that while Magic has had its fair share of helms???including Coral Helm, Helm of Awakening, Helm of Kaldra, Helm of Obedience, Helm of Possession, Horned Helm, and, at least by implication, Ghosthelm Courier???as well as other parts of armor, including one pair of greaves and many shields both physical and metaphysical, to date there are zero Magic card titles that include the word “helmet.”
Lorwyn common. Sentinels of Glen Elendra was called “Faerie Defensive Back” in design for its ability to “drop into coverage.” This led Jake Theis (then a developer on loan from Brand, now the creative manager for Magic) to remark in Multiverse, the Wizards card database:
In retrospect, Jake says he wishes he’d gone with Ronnie Lott, but “you can’t change history, man.”
