Magic The Gathering

– Unhinged uncommon. Remember, even when you’re playing with Un- cards, it’s unsporting to wait several hours before you attack.

– Shards of Alara common. The Steward of Valeron wears armor that is characteristic of Bant knights. It’s mostly defensive, hampering the wearers offensive attacks. It’s very showy, designed to reflect the sun in its metallic curves to signal honor to the angels above. And it doesn’t protect the back, because on Bant, all attacks come head-on.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.