Example Cards
- Totem cycle: a five-card cycle of artifacts that can temporarily become artifact creature versions of powerful creatures from previous sets: Chronatog Totem (Chronatog), Phyrexian Totem (Phyrexian Negator), Thunder Totem (Thunder Spirit), Weatherseed Totem (Weatherseed Treefolk), Foriysian Totem (Two-Headed Giant of Foriys).
- Legendary characters: a number of characters made famous by flavor text or card names have been created as cards. Most of these characters became far too powerful to be represented within the game, with many of them having a great impact on Dominarian history, and several discovering the power of the planeswalker. To permit them as cards, while fitting the 'broken time' theme of the set, the printed versions of the characters are taken from a point in their life before the character reached the peak of his or her power:
- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage: the first Spellshaper to have three abilities related to cards from previous sets (see: Jaya Ballard)
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: while Teferi is in play, opponents of Teferi's controller cannot play spells except when they could play a sorcery.
- Gemstone Caverns: This card is the finished version of the card designed by Tsuyoshi Fujita, 2005 Invitational finalist who lost to Terry Soh (who gave the design for Rakdos Augermage, which was put into the Dissension set).
- Momentary Blink: During the early days of Time Spiral, this card was unique in that it could remove a creature token from the game and then put that token back into the game due to a rules loophole. This special feature has since been scrapped.
- Serra Avenger: This card is the first that restricts the turn on which it can be played.
- Sudden Shock: The "split second" mechanic means this card has made a significant impact in the Extended tournament format, thanks to its ability to kill creatures which have been notoriously difficult to remove in the past, in particular Psychatog. Another card with the same capability as Sudden Shock is Sudden Death.
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“Oft have I played at cards and dice,
Because they were so enticing;
But this is a sad and sorrowful day
To see my apron rising.”
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“But cards are war, in disguise of a sport.”
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