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* ''[[Arkham Horror]]'' features the petrifying solution from ''the King in Yellow'', used as a powerful one-shot magic weapon, one that also negates the endless ability and removes the victim from play. Amusing given the source material. |
* ''[[Arkham Horror]]'' features the petrifying solution from ''the King in Yellow'', used as a powerful one-shot magic weapon, one that also negates the endless ability and removes the victim from play. Amusing given the source material. |
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* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'': |
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'': |
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** The trope name is used as the basis for a pun in the [[Flavor Text]] of [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5648 |
** The trope name is used as the basis for a pun in the [[Flavor Text]] of [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5648 Rock Lobster]. |
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** Mechanically, creatures like basilisks and gorgons usually |
** Mechanically, creatures like basilisks and gorgons usually have deathtouch, which destroys creatures outright and is often flavored as petrification (see the card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=146053 Mass Calcify] for a spell example). |
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** Cards like [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3242 Basalt Golem], on the other hand, turns enemy creatures to stone; such creatures can still be used for blocking (at least, blocking creatures that aren't Basalt Golem). Similarly, [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39900 Aurification] turns them into gold. |
** Cards like [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3242 Basalt Golem], on the other hand, turns enemy creatures to stone; such creatures can still be used for blocking (at least, blocking creatures that aren't Basalt Golem). Similarly, [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39900 Aurification] turns them into gold. |
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** Story-wise, there's also Lord Konda, the villain of the ''Kamigawa'' block. He became immortal when he captured the daughter of the ruler of the Kami, but was eventually defeated when he was turned to stone and shattered (it's implied that he's still alive, just...i n pieces). |
** Story-wise, there's also Lord Konda, the villain of the ''Kamigawa'' block. He became immortal when he captured the daughter of the ruler of the Kami, but was eventually defeated when he was turned to stone and shattered (it's implied that he's still alive, just...i n pieces). |
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