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** Another evil White kami is Kataki, who according to [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/sok/kataki this side story]], is pretty much insane.

** If a cult/religion/organisation in Magic is primarily White or part White, chances are it is going to be composed of [[KnightTemplar extremists]]. Even if they are the good guys, as in Ravnica's Selesnya and Boros (White/Green and White/Red), things are usually BlackAndGreyMorality style, as they have a tendency to be very morally ambiguous (Selesnya is a free will hating cult, while Boros is the text book example of violent extremists).

* HolyHandGrenade: White sometimes seems more like [[TheBible the Old Testament]] than anything else. Loads of priests, religions, angels, miracles and so on that all focus on cutting a swath of destruction. Half the time, even the "nice" life-gain and protection spells are there to enable that planeswalker to do something terrible to you with the next card.

* HumongousMecha: [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=191312 Darksteel Colossus]]

** Belbe, despite being a good guy, was killed by Eladamri for being made of parts of his daughter.

** [[PluckyComicRelief Squee]] was killed by the fallen Ertai. A lot. However, [[IGotBetter he kept getting better]] because [[NightmareFuel Ertai had made Squee immortal so he could torture and kill him repeatedly]].

** Another evil White kami is Kataki, who according to [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/sok/kataki this side story]] is pretty much batshit insane.

** If a cult/religion/organisation in Magic is primarily White or part White, chances are it is going to be composed of [[KnightTemplar extremists]]. Even if they are the good guys, as in Ravnica's Selesnya and Boros (White/Green and White/Red), things are usually BlackAndGreyMorality style, as they have a tendency to be very morally ambiguous (Selesnya is a free will hating cult, Boros is the text book example of violent extremists).

** Glissa Sunseeker discovered (As far as the surface races are concerned) not only Mirrodin's fifth sun, which she also named, but also the mana core at the heart of the plane, meaning she's essentially found two suns.

* {{Mordor}}: [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=198071 Grixis]]

This page is for tropes that are represented in the [[FlavorText flavor]], art, and backstory of ''MagicTheGathering'' (as opposed to [[MagicTheGathering/GameplayTropes tropes that appear in its gameplay]]).

* FlavorText : well know for it, and a major appeal of the game

This page is for tropes that are represented in the flavor, art, and backstory of ''MagicTheGathering'' (as opposed to [[MagicTheGathering/GameplayTropes tropes that appear in its gameplay]]).

* LetsGetMikey: PlayedForLaughs when groups of goblins need a volunteer, as seen in the flavor text of [[http://magiccards.info/st/en/103.html Goblin Hero]] and [[http://magiccards.info/evg/en/49.html Skirk Drill Sergeant]].

-->"Their forces are unknown to us. The Moriok or the nim that emerge from the necrogen bogs—those we understand. These horrors which pour out of the canyons use weapons, tactics and magic that are alien to even our most capable generals and seasoned warriors. Our armies are scattered. We have no choice but to hide and survive."
-->--Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/141 "A Planeswalker's Guide to New Phyrexia"]]

* BullyingADragon / MuggingTheMonster: [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222186 Tormented Pariah]].

--->--Doug Beyer, creative team member, in his [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/129 weekly column]].

* OlderThanTheyLook / ReallySevenHundredYearsOld / TimeAbyss: Old generation planeswalkers are generally immortal; Urza, as an example, lived for at least 5000 years, while Nicol Bolas is even older. That's before counting some people who live long despite being otherwise mortal: Jodah aged slowly because he fell into a fountain of youth in his [[IncrediblyLamePun youth]]; Jhoira, unlike her planeswalker boyfriend Teferi, used slow-aging potions; Liliana Vess made a contract with demons (in her case, despite being a planeswalker, she is not normally immortal due to the Mending) and so on.

** The werewolves of Innistrad are red or green. They are so different that their cards have two faces, and they can flip over to transform. See the [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/163 Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad]] for details and concept art.

* BigBadassWolf: Most Wolves in ''Magic'' fall under this category. [[http://magiccards.info/rav/en/239.html This one]] is 50% more badass than the most.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: So different that their cards have two faces, and they can flip over to transform. See the [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/163 Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad]] for details and concept art.

--->"Their forces are unknown to us. The Moriok or the nim that emerge from the necrogen bogs—those we understand. These horrors which pour out of the canyons use weapons, tactics and magic that are alien to even our most capable generals and seasoned warriors. Our armies are scattered. We have no choice but to hide and survive."
---->--Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/141 "A Planeswalker's Guide to New Phyrexia"]]

* SinisterSCythe: [[Several http://magiccards.info/query?q=scythe&v=card&s=cname]].
* SinisterScythe: [[Several http://magiccards.info/query?q=scythe&v=card&s=cname]],

* HotbloodedSideburns: Venser, since he's a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of the Tenth Doctor.

* GoNagaiSideburns: Venser, since he's a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of the Tenth Doctor.

* PrettyInMink: A number of art shows characters wearing fur, but a notable one is [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2559 Folk of the Pines]], who are dryads in the ice age, who wear coats trimmed with white fur, that actually seems to meld in with the snow on their trees.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: So different that their cards have two faces, and they can flip over to transform.
** They're not really that different from pop cultural werewolves. Their main deviance is that lycanthropy is a curse that splits the soul, the wolf part being actually the soul of the wild itself, which is why they kill humans.