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 ** [http://magiccards.info/isd/en/125.html Village Cannibals], a Human creature which gets a +1/+1 counter when another Human creature dies, "eating" their corpse.
 ** [http://magiccards.info/ex/en/75.html Spike Cannibal], which eats all the other Spikes when it enters the battlefield.
-* [[In Memoriam]]: The ''Planar Chaos'' card [http://magiccards.info/pc/en/140.html Timbermare] [http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/13483.html was designed in honor of the memory of Marilyn "Mare" Wakefield], wife of pro player Jamie Wakefield (who was well-known for playing green stompy decks that used cards like Timbermare). Marilyn loved horses.
+* [[In Memoriam]]: The ''Planar Chaos'' card [http://magiccards.info/pc/en/140.html Timbermare] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611031214/http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/13483.html was designed in honor of the memory of Marilyn "Mare" Wakefield], wife of pro player Jamie Wakefield (who was well-known for playing green stompy decks that used cards like Timbermare). Marilyn loved horses.
 * [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: One of the unwritten rules of ''Magic'' expansions is that there ''must'' be dragons in every set. Even in ''Ravnica'', where dragons are extinct, there's dragons anyway. Why? Because dragons are awesome.
 * [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: Pretty much as soon it was decided that the ''Kamigawa'' block would be based on medieval Japan, ninjas inevitably snuck in (and went on to be one of the most popular aspects of the set in which they appeared). The longer version of the story is [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr158 here].
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 * [[Portmanteau]]: Seen occasionally in card names like "Blightning" and "Deadapult".
 * [[Power At a Price]]: A major theme for Black. [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=207891 Phyrexian Negator], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201129 Cosmic Horror], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=189885 Xathrid Demon]...one commentator [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Discussion.aspx?multiverseid=207891 here] describes the entire Suicide Black ethos as "tearing off your own arm so you can beat your opponent over the head with it."
-* [[Power Creep]]: Of a sort. Creatures started rather poorly and rose in power and usefulness over time (compare Alpha's [http://magiccards.info/al/en/103.html Force of Nature] to Zendikar's [http://magiccards.info/zen/en/187.html Terra Stomper], both 8/8 green creatures), while some early spells were considered too powerful and weaker versions were released to replace them ([http://magiccards.info/al/en/55.html Counterspell] vs. [http://magiccards.info/m12/en/47.html Cancel]). Cards that experience either are often considered "[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Strictly_better strictly better/worse]".
+* [[Power Creep]]: Of a sort. Creatures started rather poorly and rose in power and usefulness over time (compare Alpha's [http://magiccards.info/al/en/103.html Force of Nature] to Zendikar's [http://magiccards.info/zen/en/187.html Terra Stomper], both 8/8 green creatures), while some early spells were considered too powerful and weaker versions were released to replace them ([http://magiccards.info/al/en/55.html Counterspell] vs. [http://magiccards.info/m12/en/47.html Cancel]). Cards that experience either are often considered "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140216103446/http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Strictly_better strictly better/worse]".
 * [[Powers as Programs]]: Creature enchantments are this. As are equipment; yes, it's possible for a bird to carry three swords, a shield, and armor clearly designed with humans in mind. Could they be [[Morph Weapon|Morph Weapons]]? It sounds like something [[A Wizard Did It|a Planeswalker could do]], but we might never know.
 * [[Power Equals Rarity]]: An interesting case. Although many rares are more powerful than their common or uncommon counterparts, powerful cards are not exclusively rare. Additionally, rarity is used to balance Limited formats (in which players build decks out of a random or semi-random pool of cards). And this is only scratching the surface--whole essays can ([http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr9 and have]) been written on the guidelines the designers use to determine rarity.
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 * [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: [http://steveargyle.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2xtmfi Chandra] manages to be quite lovely when she's not covered in a 3-inch layer of ash.
 * [[Shout-Out]]:
-** The Time Spiral set consisted entirely of cards that referenced other cards printed earlier. For an comprehensive list to [[Reference Overdosed|(most of?) the call-backs]] check: [http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Time_Spiral/Trivia Here], [http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Planar_Chaos/Trivia here] and [http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Future_Sight/Trivia here].
+** The Time Spiral set consisted entirely of cards that referenced other cards printed earlier. For an comprehensive list to [[Reference Overdosed|(most of?) the call-backs]] check: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717024008/http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Time_Spiral/Trivia Here], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509010729/http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Planar_Chaos/Trivia here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716142440/http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Future_Sight/Trivia here].
 ** Nevinyrral's Disk is a direct reference to the "Warlock's Wheel" from [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[The Magic Goes Away (novel)|The Magic Goes Away]]'' series.
 ** The unreleased ''Unglued 2'' set was slated to contain a card called [[Jeopardy!|"Jeopardy"]], with [http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/daily/arcana/658_jeopardy.jpg this art].