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* FullBoarAction: Boars, like most wild beasts, tend to be Green (the color of nature), Red (the color of chaos and emotion) or both, a combination that usually results in fierce and powerful, but often simple-minded and easily riled, creatures. As a general rule, Green boars are focused around strength and vitality, while Red boars are themed around aggression and crushing power. They're usually characterized as powerful, short-tempered and fierce, and tend to be quite strong. Also, since they're essentially walking pork, many can also be sacrificed in order to gain a bit of life. ''"Loyal in battle, hearty in stew."''
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/bng/116/archetype-of-endurance Archetype of Endurance]] is a magical boar embodying strength and survival, and is described in its flavor text as an elusive survivor that hunts those who think they are hunting it.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/jou/90/bladetusk-boar Bladetusk Boar]] has massively overgrown tusks and shares a taste for human meat with the minotaurs that live in its territory.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/war/133/ilharg-the-raze-boar Illharg, the Raze-Boar]], is a giant boar god worshipped by the Gruul Clans of Ravnica, who believe that he will come one day to herald the End-Raze a great rampage that will level the world-city and replace it with a global wilderness.
** Innistrad is home to immense and truculent boars in its vast, trackless forests. [[https://scryfall.com/card/avr/186/nettle-swine Some of them]] grow so large that they can eat entire cottages whole.
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* BeanstalkParody: Eldraine, a plane based on fairytales, has this as a recurring motif.
** ''Throne of Eldraine'' has the cards "[[https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/275/beanstalk-giant-fertile-footsteps Beanstalk Giant]]", depicting a giant covered in twining bean vines, and "[[https://scryfall.com/card/eld/178/tall-as-a-beanstalk Tall as a Beanstalk]]", where a character realizes he was supposed to plant the beans, not eat them, once they begin sprouting out of him.
** ''Wilds of Eldraine'' features this more prominently in its main story, where Kellan and Ruby [[https://scryfall.com/card/woe/195/up-the-beanstalk need to climb up a huge beanstalk]] during their quest in order to consult a magic mirror belonging to the giant [[https://scryfall.com/card/woe/220/beluna-grandsquall-seek-thrills Beluna Grandsquall]], who doesn't lightly tolerate "smallfolk" in her home. These sorts of vegetable towers are apparently relatively common in Eldraine, and are home to [[https://scryfall.com/card/woe/161/beanstalk-wurm-plant-beans immense vegetal serpents]] when they aren't [[https://scryfall.com/card/woe/261/restless-vinestalk animated things in their own right]].

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* AfterTheEnd: Several times. There's the downfall of the Thran, the sylex blast that started the Ice Age, the two giant meteor strikes at Madara, the ''Apocalypse'' set, the coming of Karona, and finally, ''Time Spiral'' block, which is the closest to the trope. (Of course, it's ''Time Spiral'', so it's before, after, and three seconds to the left of the end.)

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* AfterTheEnd: Several times. There's the downfall of the Thran, the sylex blast that started the Ice Age, the two giant meteor strikes at Madara, the ''Apocalypse'' set, the coming of Karona, and finally, ''Time Spiral'' block, which is the closest to the trope. (Of course, it's ''Time Spiral'', so it's before, after, and three seconds to the left of the end.)) Dominaria went through so many apocalypses over its history that its thematic focus ended up switching outright from "StandardFantasySetting" to "fantasy post-apocalypse".



* AlienInvasion: The subject of three separate sets/blocks.

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* AlienInvasion: The subject of three several separate sets/blocks.



** In ''March of the Machine'', the Phyrexians work out a way to create inter-planar portals and stage a mass invasion of the multiverse.



** Mirrodin has four (later five) moons -- which shine and thus are also interchangeably called suns. There's no indication that it has any ''normal'' suns, either...
** Also, Dominaria has two moons (although one of them got blown up), and Esper's night sky is covered in a grid, making it appear like a huge star chart.
** Esper gets even screwier when it rejoins the other 4 shards. Many cards from Alara Reborn feature skies with visible boundaries from what was once one plane and what was another.

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** Mirrodin has four (later five) luminous celestial bodies, referred to interchengably as both moons -- which shine and thus are also interchangeably called suns. There's no indication that it has any ''normal'' suns, either...
for four of the five colors of mana -- the White Sun, the Blue Sun, the Black Sun and the Red Sun. The third set in the original Mirrodin block, ''Fifth Dawn'', focuses on the birth of the fifth, Green sun, completing Mirrodin's [[https://scryfall.com/card/5dn/84/channel-the-suns five-orbed sky]].
** Also, Dominaria has two moons (although moons, the Mist Moon and the Glimmer or Null Moon. The latter turns out to be an artificial {{Mana}}-storing construct and is destroyed during the climax of the ''Wheatherlight'' saga.
** Esper,
one of them got blown up), the Shards of Alara and Esper's known for being host to a civilization that keeps everything -- ''everything'' -- under minute control, has a star chart for a night sky is covered in a grid, making it appear like a huge star chart.
** Esper gets even screwier when it rejoins
and [[https://scryfall.com/card/ala/223/esper-panorama clouds sliced into precise segments]]. Once the other 4 shards. Many four shards rejoin in ''Alara Reborn'', many cards from Alara Reborn feature skies with visible boundaries from what was once one plane and what was another. another.
** The realms of Kaldheim have no sun or moon -- they're lit by the light of Arnheim, the World Tree's topmost realm, which is visible as a sundog-like effect in the realms below it -- and the twisting branches of the World Tree are always visible beyond the clouds, rising from the horizon and out of sight.



** Ulgrotha is home to [[https://scryfall.com/card/hml/39/sea-troll sea trolls]], amphibious and finned beings who inhabit the oceans and devour anything they can catch.



** Mirrodin's trolls are green-skinned, entirely noseless and have sheets of copper growing from their bodies (which is admittedly part for the course for living things on Mirrodin). They're native to the bio-metallic forest of the Tangle, and were already near extinct by the rise of New Phyrexia -- [[https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/1358/thrun-the-last-trollonly one troll was left in the whole plane]].

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** Mirrodin's trolls are green-skinned, entirely noseless and have sheets of copper growing from their bodies (which is admittedly part par for the course for living things on Mirrodin). They're native to the bio-metallic forest of the Tangle, and were already near extinct by the rise of New Phyrexia -- [[https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/1358/thrun-the-last-trollonly one troll was left in the whole plane]].



** Kaldheim trolls are hunched, green-skinned humanoids with big hooked noses and curving tusks. They live in Gnottvold, a realm of rugged mountains and thick forests, and are divided into two groups. Hagi trolls are shorter (relatively speaking; even hunched over they're taller than a human), have thick manes of shaggy hair, live a primitive tribal existence, and fight constantly with each other and anyone else they meet. Torga trolls are much larger, with craggy features and grey skin, and when sleeping almost perfectly resemble ruins and giant boulders. Torgas can sleep for decades at a time, but if woken up suddenly (say, by adventurers poking around their territory or Hagi making trouble) they fly into murderous rages and rampage across Gnottvold, mauling anything they can catch, until they exhaust themselves and go back to sleep.



* ArcWords: Each time a Planeswalker joins the Gatewatch, they get a card called "Oath of ..." to commemorate it. The flavor text of each Oath includes the phrase, "I will keep watch."
** "I will keep watch," is also [[spoiler: Gideon Jura's epitaph]].

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* ArcWords: Each time a Planeswalker joins the Gatewatch, they get a card called "Oath of ..." to commemorate it. The flavor text of each Oath includes the phrase, "I will keep watch."
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" "I will keep watch," watch" is also [[spoiler: Gideon Jura's epitaph]].



* TheArtifact: If you can believe it, the ''spells'' in a game called ''Magic.'' In the early days of the game, all Enchantments, Sorceries, Instants and Interrupts represented magical spells that the player as a Planeswalker would unleash in battle against their opponent, even the more esoteric ones like [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2373 Wrath of God]]. However as time went on and in particular as the game became more story-focused (especially around about the time of ''Weatherlight'' and the start of the original Rath arc), spells started to include things that were more like story events or personal actions by the characters, such as [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4573 Debt of Loyalty]] or [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4750 Broken Fall]]. As this became more common, the actual "magical" part of your spells became somewhat of an afterthought.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212635 Mirari]], an artifact of vast power that warps and mutates reality around itself and drives the wielder to insanity.
** Even worse is the Chained Veil, an artifact Liliana Vess picked up on behalf of one of her demon shareholders. The veil elevates her power to incredible levels. Not quite that of an Oldwalker, but certainly enough to mop the floor with her demons. Unfortunately, it takes a large toll on the wielder, and tries to corrupt them.

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* TheArtifact: If you can believe it, the ''spells'' in a game called ''Magic.'' ''Magic''. In the early days of the game, all Enchantments, Sorceries, Instants and Interrupts represented magical spells that the player as a Planeswalker would unleash cast in battle against their opponent, even the more esoteric ones like [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2373 Wrath of God]]. However as time went on and in particular as the game became more story-focused (especially around about the time of ''Weatherlight'' and the start of the original Rath arc), spells started to include things that were more like story events or personal actions by the characters, such as [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4573 Debt of Loyalty]] or [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4750 Broken Fall]]. As this became more common, the actual "magical" part of your spells became somewhat of an afterthought.
* ArtifactOfDoom: ArtifactOfDoom:
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The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212635 Mirari]], an artifact of vast power that warps and mutates reality around itself and drives the wielder to insanity.
** Even worse is the Chained The Chain Veil, an artifact Liliana Vess picked up on behalf of one of her demon shareholders. The veil shareholders, elevates her power to incredible levels. Not quite that of an Oldwalker, but certainly enough to mop the floor with her demons. Unfortunately, it takes a large toll on the wielder, and tries to corrupt them.



* ArtificialLimbs: Commonly seen in both Esper and Phyrexia. Notably, the planeswalker [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=174912 Tezzeret]]'s right arm.

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* ArtificialLimbs: Commonly seen in both Esper and Phyrexia.Phyrexia, both of which view the replacement of fallible flesh with perfected machinery as something like a religious vocation. Notably, the planeswalker [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=174912 Tezzeret]]'s right arm.



* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Rather frequently used. [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97207]]
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Common result of green pump spells, e.g. [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8822 Might of Oaks]]'s giant squirrel.

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* %%* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Rather frequently used. [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97207]]
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Common result of green Green pump spells, e.g. [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8822 [[https://scryfall.com/card/ulg/106/might-of-oaks Might of Oaks]]'s giant squirrel.



* BackFromTheBrink: Humanity in Innistrad was on the verge of extinction after years of Avacyn's absence, with towns being destroyed by undead, werewolf packs, and worse, with humanity desperately struggling against the dark. Once Avacyn was released from the Helvault, she joins them in a war to take back what was lost. [[spoiler:However, with the introduction of ''Shadows over Innistrad'', the humans now have to contend with [[http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/gaze-blank-and-pitiless-2016-03-09 Avacyn]] ''herself'']].
* BackFromTheDead: The Planeswalker Elspeth was betrayed by Theros' sun god, Heliod, and consigned to the plane's underworld. She refused to accept this fate, and fought her way out; the Saga card ''Elspeth Conquers Death'' depicts her struggle. Fittingly, her title changes from ''Elspeth, Sun's Champion,'' to ''Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis,'' as a result of Heliod's betrayal.

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* BackFromTheBrink: Humanity in Innistrad was on the verge of extinction after years of Avacyn's absence, with towns being destroyed by undead, werewolf packs, and worse, with humanity desperately struggling against the dark. Once Avacyn was released from the Helvault, she joins them in a war to take back what was lost. [[spoiler:However, However, with the introduction of ''Shadows over Innistrad'', the [[spoiler:the humans now have to contend with [[http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/gaze-blank-and-pitiless-2016-03-09 Avacyn]] ''herself'']].
* BackFromTheDead: BackFromTheDead:
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The Planeswalker Elspeth was betrayed by Theros' sun god, Heliod, and consigned to the plane's underworld. She refused to accept this fate, and fought her way out; the Saga card ''Elspeth Conquers Death'' depicts her struggle. Fittingly, her title changes from ''Elspeth, Sun's Champion,'' to ''Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis,'' as a result of Heliod's betrayal.



** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bad%20Moon Bad Moon]] gives a +1/+1 boost to black creatures.
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83008 Blood Moon]] and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2615 Chaos Moon]] screw with everyone's mana.
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222933 Moonmist]] and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=241981 Full Moon's Rise]] from Innistrad. The former transforms all Werewolves while the latter makes them more powerful.

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** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bad%20Moon [[https://scryfall.com/card/gvl/48/bad-moon Bad Moon]] gives a +1/+1 boost to black creatures.
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83008 [[https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/118/blood-moon Blood Moon]] and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2615 [[https://scryfall.com/card/ice/179/chaos-moon Chaos Moon]] screw with everyone's mana.
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222933 [[https://scryfall.com/card/isd/195/moonmist Moonmist]] and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=241981 [[https://scryfall.com/card/isd/180/full-moons-rise Full Moon's Rise]] from Innistrad. The former transforms all Werewolves while the latter makes them more powerful.



* BaseOnWheels: The Abzan of Tarkir are [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=386480 fans of this trope]].

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* BaseOnWheels: The Abzan of Tarkir are [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=386480 fans of this trope]].use wheeled forts dragged around by huge beasts.



* BeautyEqualsGoodness: [[ANaziByAnyOtherName If Lorwyn's elves are to be believed...]]

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* BigBeautifulWoman: [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193629 Deathless Angel]] is noticibly chubby, but, being an angel, is still portrayed as quite lovely.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193629 Deathless Angel]] is noticibly noticeably chubby, but, being an angel, is still portrayed as quite lovely.
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* GrapseOfLuxury: In "[[https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-5-broken-oaths Wilds of Eldraine 5: Broken Oaths]]", while sneaking into the castle of the witch Eriette, Ruby speculates that she's probably in the throne room having people feed her grapes. Kellan asks why she would be doing this, and Ruby answers that she's not entirely sure, but it seems like in this situations the villain always default to the grapes.

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* GrapseOfLuxury: GrapesOfLuxury: In "[[https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-5-broken-oaths Wilds of Eldraine 5: Broken Oaths]]", while sneaking into the castle of the witch Eriette, Ruby speculates that she's probably in the throne room having people feed her grapes. Kellan asks why she would be doing this, and Ruby answers that she's not entirely sure, but it seems like in this situations the villain always default to the grapes.

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* GotVolunteered: 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]].

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* GotVolunteered: 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]].Sergeant]], whose flavor text is of the officer in question ordering a subordinate to volunteer.
* GrapseOfLuxury: In "[[https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-5-broken-oaths Wilds of Eldraine 5: Broken Oaths]]", while sneaking into the castle of the witch Eriette, Ruby speculates that she's probably in the throne room having people feed her grapes. Kellan asks why she would be doing this, and Ruby answers that she's not entirely sure, but it seems like in this situations the villain always default to the grapes.
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* CrapsackWorld:
** Shadowmoor. It's the MirrorUniverse of Lorwyn, and where that world represented a fairytale land, Shadowmoor represents the dark side of those tales. The fiery Flamekin have guttered into Cinders, the helpful Merfolk have become cruel pirates, and the tight-knit families of the Kithkin have become insular and xenophobic.
** Grixis, one of the Shards of Alara, is a dark world, filled with undead and demons and slowly falling apart. Most of the magic in the plane is dependent on draining the life, blood, and memories from the living, and there isn't quite enough left... Arguably, ''all'' the Shards are this, as two of the colors of magic are gone from each, but Grixis is the most dystopian.
** Rath, a plane created by Phyrexia to eventually be superimposed on Dominaria. The CrapsackWorld aspect was highlighted in ''Nemesis''.
** There's also an obscure factoid that one of [[ArabianNightsDays the 1001 Rabiahs]] is just as bad as Phyrexia.
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** "The Caves of Koilos" is a land showing the view from the mouth of a craggy desert cave. It drains one life from the player each time it is tapped.
** "Cave of Temptation" shows a cracked, rather yonic rock formation around the entrance to a pitch-black cave.
** "Bloodfell Caves" shows a jagged, unsettling red- and black-toned cave.

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** [[https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/244/caves-of-koilos "The Caves of Koilos" Koilos"]] is a land showing the view from the mouth of a craggy desert cave. It drains one life from the player each time it is tapped.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/237/cave-of-temptation "Cave of Temptation" Temptation"]] shows a cracked, rather yonic rock formation around the entrance to a pitch-black cave.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/mom/267/bloodfell-caves "Bloodfell Caves" Caves"]] shows a jagged, unsettling red- and black-toned cave.



* EunuchsAreEvil: The expansion ''Portal: Three Kingdoms'' has a card called Corrupt Eunuchs.

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* EunuchsAreEvil: The expansion ''Portal: Three Kingdoms'' has a card called [[https://scryfall.com/card/me3/92/corrupt-eunuchs Corrupt Eunuchs.Eunuchs]].
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* {{Atlantis}}: The original Merfolk lord was [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=106642 Lord of Atlantis]]. Later, "Atlantis" was {{Retcon}}ned to be a human corruption of the proper Merfolk name, "[[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Etlan_Shiis Etlan Shiis]]".

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* {{Atlantis}}: The original Merfolk lord was [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=106642 Lord of Atlantis]]. Later, "Atlantis" was {{Retcon}}ned to be a human corruption of the proper Merfolk name, "[[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Etlan_Shiis com/Etlan_Shiis Etlan Shiis]]".



** [[spoiler:One of the main USPs of March of the Machine is characters from all across Magic The Gathering history being forced into this in the face of New Phyrexia's invasion]]

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* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: [[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/File:NewPhyrexiaPreview.jpg This artwork]] for ''New Phyrexia'' shows Mirrodin in the clutches of Phyrexia.

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* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: [[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/File:NewPhyrexiaPreview.com/File:NewPhyrexiaPreview.jpg This artwork]] for ''New Phyrexia'' shows Mirrodin in the clutches of Phyrexia.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: A common trait in Theros, where heroes have to prove how badasses they are. Especially green ones.
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** [[https://scryfall.com/card/c18/29/crash-of-rhino-beetles Crash of Rhino Beetles]] depicts a stampeding herd of beetles over twice as tall as trees.
** The [[https://scryfall.com/card/rtr/122/drudge-beetle Drudge Beetle]] is an insect large enough to be used as a beast of burden.
** The [[https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/293/giant-adephage Giant Adephage]] is a monstrously large beetle shown crawling over the ruins of a city.
--->--"To a creature like that, we must seem like, well, bugs." -- '''Dars Gostok, Firefist captain'''
** The [[https://scryfall.com/card/usg/259/hawkeater-moth Hawkeater Moth]] is not as large as the game's other examples, but still big enough to prey on hunting birds.
** The krotiqs of Tarkir are centipede-like creatures of absurd size. Beasts such as [[https://scryfall.com/card/frf/122/ambush-krotiq Ambush Krotiq]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/202/segmented-krotiq Segmented Krotiq]] dwarfsbeasts that haul full-sized forts around and can prey on dragons.
** The [[https://scryfall.com/card/ddi/57/lithophage Lithophage]] is an insect so huge that it consumes ''mountains''.
** The [[https://scryfall.com/card/sok/20/moonwing-moth Moonwing Moth]] is so big that the birds flying alongside it look like barely more than bugs themselves.
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** Elspeth did this a second time during the initial battle with New Phyrexia. She saved countless planes from certain destruction from the makeshift sylex (as a soon-to-be-compleated Jace had decided to activate it early) by shunting the sylex and herself into the Blind Eternities before it blew, which should have consigned her to certain death. Once again, through the help of a mysterious voice she believes is her mother (and who turns out to be ''Serra''), she defies death and returns as the ''Archangel Elspeth'' and deals a major blow to the Phyrexian defenses.

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** Elspeth did this a second time during the initial battle with New Phyrexia. [[spoiler: She saved countless planes from certain destruction from the makeshift sylex (as a soon-to-be-compleated Jace had decided to activate it early) by shunting the sylex and herself into the Blind Eternities before it blew, which should have consigned her to certain death. Once again, through the help of a mysterious voice she believes is her mother (and who turns out to be ''Serra''), she defies death and returns as the ''Archangel Elspeth'' and deals a major blow to the Phyrexian defenses. ]]
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** Elspeth did this a second time during the initial battle with New Phyrexia. She saved countless planes from certain destruction from the makeshift sylex (as a soon-to-be-compleated Jace had decided to activate it early) by shunting the sylex and herself into the Blind Eternities before it blew, which should have consigned her to certain death. Once again, through the help of a mysterious voice she believes is her mother (and who turns out to be ''Serra''), she defies death and returns as the ''Archangel Elspeth'' and deals a major blow to the Phyrexian defenses.
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* AmericanGothicCouple: [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4558 Orcish Settlers]]

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* AnimalBattleAura: ''Rise of the Eldrazi'''s [[http://magiccards.info/query?q=o%3A%22totem+armor%22+e%3Arise&v=scan&s=cname Totem Armor auras.]]

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* AnimalJingoism: The traditional cats-and-dogs rivalry is referenced in a few cards.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/m21/180/feline-sovereign Feline Sovereign]] gives other Cat cards you control protection from Dogs.
** This isn't limited to regular mutts and mogs. Mirri the Cat Warrior shares her four-legged kin's disgust for canids, and "canine" for her is much more broad than just domestic dogs.
--->"No matter where we cat warriors go in the world, those stupid slobberers find us." -- Mirri, flavor text for [[https://scryfall.com/card/wth/118/arctic-wolves Arctic Wolves]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** The universe represented in ''Theros'' is based on Greek mythology and history, filled with hydras, gorgons, and centaurs. With that in mind, players might be forgiven for thinking that Vulpine Goliath ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an enormous fox]]) was an AssPull, but [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teumessian_fox it's not]].
** ''Amonkhet'' has the [[https://scryfall.com/card/akh/180/prowling-serpopard Prowling Serpopard]], a "Cat Snake" which looks and sounds like something out of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', but is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpopard actual Egyptian mythological animal]].
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*** This was ''finally'' put to rest in 2020's Commander Legends set. The legend who serves Ramirez [=DePietro=] is Tor Wauki ''The Elder'' while the later charater is Tor Wauki ''The Younger''.

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*** This was ''finally'' put to rest in 2020's Commander Legends set. The legend who serves Ramirez [=DePietro=] is Tor Wauki ''The Elder'' while the later charater character is Tor Wauki ''The Younger''.
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*** This was ''finally'' put to rest in 2020's Commander Legends set. The legend who serves Ramirez [=DePietro=] is Tor Wauki ''The Elder'' while the later charater is Tor Wauki ''The Younger''.

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* CoolVersusAwesome: The conflict of the plane of Ixalan can roughly be summed up as "the Conquistadors, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent but they're vampires]], vs the Aztecs, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs but they control and worship giant dinosaurs]]. Oh, and there's also {{Pirate}}s!"

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* CoolVersusAwesome: The conflict of the plane of Ixalan can roughly be summed up as "the Conquistadors, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent but they're vampires]], vs the Aztecs, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs but they control and worship giant dinosaurs]].dinosaurs. Oh, and there's also {{Pirate}}s!"



* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: There are few, including several completely made-up species.
** There are [[http://magiccards.info/cs/en/101.html two]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2581 cards]] featuring Allosaurs, which are sometimes used as mounts.
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74235 Old Fogey]]...
** Mirrodin's native lion people train [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45960 Pterodactyls as mounts]].
** Several fictional dinosaurs exist, including the [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=130634 Imperiosaur]] and the [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5562 Shivan Raptor]]. More fantastic creatures based on dinosaurs include the [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45861 Putrid Raptor]],[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397434 Magmasaur]] and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=279859 Pygmy Pyrosaur]].
** With the release of ''Ixalan,'' dinosaurs are an entire tribe of creatures.
** Interestingly, the dinosaurs of different planes illustrate the popular perception of dinosaurs at the time they were introduced. Dominarian dinosaurs (created in the late 1990s) look straight out of ''Film/JurassicPark.'' Ixalan dinosaurs (from 2016) are feathered jungle dwellers.
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* ElementalFusion: The Weirds of the Izzet League are created by fusing different elements [[OxymoronicBeing in often contradictory ways]]. For instance, Blistercoil weirds are born from fusing molten rock with water, fluxchargers from fusions of lightning and fire, and galvanice weirds have ice elemental bodies with lightning cores.
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* FantasticFirearms: Although ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has historically shown guns, current restrictions mean alternatives to fire arms had to be designed:
** In the GothicHorror setting of Innistrad, crossbows can get pretty small, making them almost pistol-like.
** In the ArtDeco plane of New Capenna guns are alternatively replaced by magical violins (in homage to violin cases holding guns in noir movies).
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* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Creatures with the Barbarian creature type, such as [[https://scryfall.com/card/csp/77/balduvian-warlord Balduvian Warlord]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/tor/92/barbarian-outcast Barbarian Outcast]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/afr/158/plundering-barbarian Plundering Barbarian]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/afr/163/tiger-tribe-hunter Tiger-Tribe Hunter]], are usually depicted wielding large, broad-headed battleaxes.

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Baleful Polymorph is no longer a trope


* BalefulPolymorph: Seen on a variety of cards, typically blue. Examples include [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=157401 Snakeform]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129015 Pongify]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=126212 Ovinize]], and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5822 Fowl Play]], among others. The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=108863 Ovinomancer]] is a wizard that does this to other creatures.



* ForegoneConclusion: The storyline of ''Coldsnap'', released years after ''Ice Age'' and ''Alliances'' to give that block a "proper" block format (and conclusion). The [[LampshadeHanging press release teaser info explicitly said]], "We know the Ice Age ended... but ''how''?"

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* ForcedTransformation: Seen on a variety of cards, typically blue. Examples include [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=157401 Snakeform]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129015 Pongify]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=126212 Ovinize]], and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5822 Fowl Play]], among others. The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=108863 Ovinomancer]] is a wizard that does this to other creatures.* ForegoneConclusion: The storyline of ''Coldsnap'', released years after ''Ice Age'' and ''Alliances'' to give that block a "proper" block format (and conclusion). The [[LampshadeHanging press release teaser info explicitly said]], "We know the Ice Age ended... but ''how''?"
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Bolas is eventually defeated and sealed away until his natural death.


** Nicol Bolas may be driven off, but he may have already completed what he needed to do at the plane. By the time Ajani forced him away from Alara, Bolas had already regained his strength with the Conflux fusing the shards of Alara. Hour of Devastation reveals Bolas as the God-Pharaoh of Amonkhet and has a cycle of cards depicting the defeat of the Gatewatch at his hands.
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** Baron Sengir was last seen marching through a portal to begin conquest, with no way to defeat him and no end in site.

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** Baron Sengir was last seen marching through a portal to begin conquest, with no way to defeat him and no end in site.sight.
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** Baron Sengir was last seen marching through a portal to begin conquest, with no way to defeat him and no end in side.

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** The art and flavor text on [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/54/totally-lost Totally Lost]] depicts a tiny, frightened homunculus named Fblthp. The community took such a shining to him that he got [[http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ur/236 his own short story]] and has appeared in the background of two other cards, [[https://scryfall.com/card/m15/79/statute-of-denial Statute of Denial]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/389/unquestioned-authority Unquestioned Authority]] (he's still lost). Her received his own card in ''War of the Spark'': [[https://scryfall.com/card/war/50/fblthp-the-lost Fblthp, the Lost]].

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** The art and flavor text on [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/54/totally-lost Totally Lost]] depicts a tiny, frightened homunculus named Fblthp. The community took such a shining to him that he got [[http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ur/236 his own short story]] and has appeared in the background of two a handful of other cards, [[https://scryfall.com/card/m15/79/statute-of-denial Statute of Denial]] and Denial]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/389/unquestioned-authority Unquestioned Authority]] Authority]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/rna/160/captive-audience Captive Audience]], and [[https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/346/march-of-the-multitudes March of the Multitudes]] being the most prominent (he's still lost). Her He received his own card in ''War of the Spark'': [[https://scryfall.com/card/war/50/fblthp-the-lost Fblthp, the Lost]].
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


** And taken UpToEleven in ''Zendikar'', where the "Roil" dramatically changes the landscape every few months, weird gravity wells cause floating islands of grassy plain that can drop at any moment, and the creatures that are not killed by the landscape are as hard as your average video game mid-boss. ''Rise of the Eldrazi'' then kicked that eleven up to twelve, because the usually unpleasant wildlife is being supplanted by {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

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** And taken UpToEleven up to eleven in ''Zendikar'', where the "Roil" dramatically changes the landscape every few months, weird gravity wells cause floating islands of grassy plain that can drop at any moment, and the creatures that are not killed by the landscape are as hard as your average video game mid-boss. ''Rise of the Eldrazi'' then kicked that eleven up to twelve, because the usually unpleasant wildlife is being supplanted by {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.



*** And it gets even ''[[UpToEleven worse]]'' in ''Shadows Over Innistrad'' when [[spoiler:Avacyn [[AxeCrazy goes mad]] and turns against humankind.]]

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* AndManGrewProud: In the ''Zendikar'' expansion, the Eldrazi once terrorized the plane, but were [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] long ago. Now, they're remembered only in scraps of legends, and their true nature has been forgotten. Many believe them to be ancient gods who created the plane. Of course, in ''Rise of the Eldrazi'', they get unsealed...

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