Unglued uncommon. The phone number in the flavor text of The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service is no longer accurate. But in the United States and Canada, (800) 324-6496 will work. Outside those countries, use (425) 204-8069 or go to wizards.custhelp.com.

2011 16 Dec

The Iron Guardian Stirs

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Archenemy scheme. You know, it’s not really all that evil to have a golem standing by in case you’re attacked. In a way, most Archenemy players are being ganged up on unfairly! That’s “players who are playing the Archenemy,” not “anybody playing Archenemy,” if you see what we mean.

2011 15 Dec

Heroic Defiance

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Planeshift common. This somewhat complicated mechanic appeared on two cards in Invasion (Barrin’s Unmaking and Tsabo’s Assassin) and made a reappearance in Planeshift on Heroic Defiance.

2011 14 Dec

Bronze Calendar

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Unglued uncommon. The art for Bronze Calendar actually shows a bronze colander, which is a reference to the times that artists have misunderstood what they’re supposed to draw. Examples include Hyalopterous Lemure and Alchor’s Tomb, which was supposed to be a tome.

2011 13 Dec

Karn, Silver Golem

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Urza’s Saga rare. Before appearing as the Planeswalker Karn Liberated, Karn was a commonplace creature. The other Planeswalkers that first appeared as creatures are Venser and Nicol Bolas.

2011 12 Dec

Zuberi, Golden Feather

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Mirage rare. There were actually four non-Zuberi Griffins in Mirage, including a mini-combo involving the sacrifice of Unyaro Griffin, which could be brought back with Mtenda Griffin.

2011 09 Dec

Guma

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Urza’s Saga uncommon. You can see from the art and flavor text that the Guma likes to hunt at the edge of the water. This makes sense for a creature with protection from blue, since it has nothing to fear from even the toothiest shark.

2011 08 Dec

Assault Zeppelid

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Dissension common. In their natural form, Zeppelids are blue-aligned creatures. But the Simic mages have grafted green magic into this one to make it more warlike. You can see the pure blue version on Stratozeppelid.

2011 07 Dec

Mesa Chicken

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Unglued common. The art for Mesa Chicken represents Kev Walker’s interpretation of the instruction to create a real, yet majestic, chicken.

2011 06 Dec

Devout Harpist

Author: slookin Categories: Card of Day

Urza’s Legacy common. We can’t improve on this comment by tavaritz: This was the 200th Magic card which name started with D if we count the Urza’s Legacy cards in alphabetical order. If in collector’s number order then it’s Defense Grid.