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– Mirage rare. When Mirage came out, Phyrexian Dreadnought was the biggest creature that Magic had ever seen. Since then, the 12/12 has been surpassed, bit by bit. Not counting silver-bordered creatures, the current champ is the 15/15 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
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– Rise of the Eldrazi rare. Doesn’t it seem like a bad idea to have something called “It That Betrays” on your team? That’s just asking for some kind of, well, betrayal.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
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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.
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– 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.
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– 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.
