History
This Ph.D. holder and creator of Magic: the Gathering has been referenced with a few cards, such as Phelddagrif.
Who is Richard Garfield?
This recently-compleated mind-mage was taken in by the Gruul Clan on Ravnica as a child after Planeswalking there when his spark ignited.
Who is Jace Beleren?
The shortened name of this card is the colloquial term for any 2/2 for 2 mana.
What is Grizzly Bears?
This artist, known for their iconic arts in cards such Counterspell, Birds of Paradise, and Ancestral Recall, has done over 150 unique arts for Magic: the Gathering.
Who is Mark Poole?
This former United States president is the great-great-grandfather of the creator of Magic: the Gathering.
Who is James A. Garfield? (20th president)
This late 2003 set was the first set to share its name with the plane it was set on.
What is Mirrodin?
This planeswalker trio was the original group to trap the Eldrazi titans on Zendikar by constructing the hedron network.
Who are Ugin, Sorin, and Nahiri?
This card's textless version currently holds the record for most words excluded on a textless card.
What is Omnath, Locus of Creation?
This often-reprinted card is the only card besides the five basic lands with over 14 unique illustrations.
What is Evolving Wilds?
(It currently has 17.)
This French hall-of-famer who goes by 'YellowHat' has 15 ProTour finals appearances and is often regarded as one of the best constructed players and brewers of all time.
Who is Gabriel Nassif?
This is currently the only set in which every card is multicolored.
What is Alara Reborn?
Once trapping characters such as Griselbrand, Avacyn, and Nahiri, this holy monument on Innistrad was destroyed by Liliana which released all trapped within.
What is the Helvault?
This Human Nomad bears the likeness of the person who designed it -- the 1998 Magic Invitational Champion Darwin Kastle -- and while it is the second card to be designed by a tournament winner, it is the first to actually see print.
What is Avalanche Riders?
Sun Titan was famously depicted in the art for Terminate for the first time in Modern Masters 3. About a year later, Grave Titan was depicted in the art of this card in Ultimate Masters.
What is Reanimate?
This ability, which originally appeared in Mirage and was then turned into a keyword in Onslaught, primarily appears on black creatures. While it has largely been phased out, new creatures are still being printed with this ability as recently as the Brothers' War Commander decks.
What is fear?
This constructed format was created to have a larger card pool than the Type II format, but a smaller card pool than the Type I format, and while it was officially retired in late 2013, its spiritual successor lives on.
What is Extended?
This is the only currently known natural plane in the multiverse on which humans are not native to it.
What is Lorwyn?
(The sapient races of Lorwyn are elves, kithkin, merrows, flamekin, boggarts, treefolk, giants, and faeries. Changelings are considered another semisapient race.)
These three sorceries, all originally printed in Alpha, have only one line of text: "Destroy target land."
What are Sinkhole, Stone Rain, and Ice Storm?
The iconic Dan Scott art that we all think of when we think of the card Ponder is not actually the original art. The original printing of Ponder is from Lorwyn, and has a unique art done by this artist.
Who is Mark Tedin?
Zak Dolan piloted the deck dubbed 'Angel Stasis' to become the very first Magic world champion in 1994. Magic was different then, and the weird splits of nonland cards in the mainboard consist of 29 one-of's, 4 two-of's, and only these 2 four-of's.
What are Serra Angel and Swords to Plowshares?
Magic: the Gathering, the 1997 card-collecting RPG video game for PC is based on the card game of the same name, but is most often referred to by this name instead, which is also the name of the plane it takes place on.
What is Shandalar?
This unifying monarch had decedents of the same name with titles such as "the Bald" and "the Foolish," with the most recent one of their namesakes still ruling the kingdom that this monarch had founded alongside Lovisa Coldeyes and Jodah.
Who is Darien the Great?
These five Elder Dragons from Legends in 1994 are the cards from which Elder Dragon Highlander, now mainly known as Commander, gets its name.
What are Arcades Sabboth, Chromium, Nicol Bolas, Palladia-Mors, and Vaevictis Asmadi?
When we have seen Elspeth in the past, such as in the art of Elspeth, Sun's Champion, she often was depicted brandishing this weapon in her art, which was a gift to her from Heliod.
What is Godsend?
This ability was turned into a keyword from 1996 to 1997 before the keyword was scrapped, but the keyword did make an appearance on 5 creatures, all of which are blue.
What is islandhome?