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** Even better, add up the number of cards in the Innistrad block and you get a grand total of 666. Makes perfect sense that there are 666 cards to collect in a set based around demons, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and [[Sealed Evil in a Can]].
* The purpose and potential of a number of cards are easily overlooked at a glance. A good example is 'Goatnapper', which allows you to [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|gain control of an opponent's goat]]. A quick glance through the archives reveals two goats, neither in print, and both useless - until you remember the block it came out with contained the very useful [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|changeling]] race, who [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|count as every creature type]]. Including "Goat". (As well as "Mutant", "Ninja", and "Turtle". [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|The Teenager creature type is]], however, still missing.)
* Many cards contain subtle shout-outs to other cards that fall under this trope. For example, it's easy to notice that [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=126289 Fortune Thief]{{broken link}} is a throwback to the Arabian Nights card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=957 Ali from Cairo]{{broken link}}, but if you look closely at the art, you can see that the Fortune Thief has the same ability because she stole Ali's magical amulet. There are numerous other examples, most of which are pointed out on the official website's "Magic Arcana" feature [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Archive.aspx?tag=arcana&description=arcana here]{{broken link}}.
* In the ''Scars of Mirrodin'' set for [[Magic: The Gathering]], the Phyrexians logo is a circle with a line through it. To put it in other words, its the lower case greek letter Phi. As in Phi-rexians. I facepalmed when I realized the connection.
* Speaking of which, I initially thought the "pay 1 life" thing was bad, but then I realized Yawgmoth's Bargain turns a plain ordinary Healing Salve into an Ancestral Recall. Awesome.
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