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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Equilor, the most ancient and most distant of all the known planes.

RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

But it's not the token with the most printings of a single art (even if it has other art versions). I'm pretty sure that honour goes to the 3/3 green Elephant from Worldwake with 24 printings.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Or does the defining trait include being an expression of color pie philosophy? Whether that's an overlap of mechanics in both colors, moving a mechanic from one color to another, or defining a mechanic in color for the first time?

The Magic: The Gathering card Sorceress Queen from the Arabian Nights set. It is a black 1/1 Human Wizard Sorcerer creature for 1BB with "Tap: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn."

The Magic: The Gathering card Serendib Sorcerer from the Planar Chaos set. It is a blue 1/1 Human Wizard Sorcerer creature for 1UU with "Tap: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn."

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@coreyjbowen.bsky.social, @megansmith13.bsky.social, @chriskmooney.bsky.social, @bsweitz123.bsky.social The MTG Wiki is having a big debate about what defines a "color-shifted" card. I'm hoping you can help settle it. Is a card color-shifted if it's "card design A in color A now printed in color B"?

The Magic: The Gathering card Savannah Lions from Alpha. It is a white 2/1 Cat creature for W.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Trying to be the change I want to see. Thanks @cascadecascade.com for an awesome issue #1!

A decorative medlaion in a clear plastic envelope. The medalion is a solid black disc with a silver border and a thin inner border in silver. In the center of the disc is a raised silver beer mug with the handle facing the right side of the medalion. Atop the mug is a white head of foam with a single drip running down the mug, close to the handle. In the center of the mug is the raised image of a small imp, coloured red. Above the mug, in raised silver are the words "Cascade Cascade" stocked on top of each other.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Thanks Ron for inspiring the young Timmy in this Magic nerd.

The green Magic: The Gathering card Krosan Cloudscraper from Legions.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

@raginglevine.com, both pointers in the CR for Anchor Word are currently pointing at the wrong rule. The anchor word glossary entry and rule 607.2m both have "See rule 614.12b." but the anchor word rule is 614.12c. I wasn't sure where else to point this, sorry.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Everybody's favourite brother.

The Magic: The Gathering melded card "Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia". A black-red 9-9 artifact creature that represents Mishra's ultimate fall to the evil faction of Phyrexia.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Odyssey Moment's Peace by Rebecca Guay? It's not fully on theme with what you're looking for but it's the first thing that popped into mind.

The Magic: The Gathering card Moment's Peace. A green instant from Odyssey that costs 1G. It has flashback for 2G and "Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn." The illustration, by Rebecca Guay, is of a large tree in front of a quiet river. Mountains and light forest fill the far background, all bathed in the pink and yellow news of a sunrise or sunset. The main tree's branches spread out across the top of the image. In the center of the image, small in scale compared to the tree, is a lithe female figure with dark black hair and light, floowing robes. She sits on a rock with her feet supporting her on the rock and her hands holding her knees. Shee gazes upward towards the tree's canopy.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

For those not familiar, this is similar map included with the 12-month Magic: The Gathering calendar from 1997. It doesn't have the regions outlined nor the WUBRG color shading.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

In need of help finding the original source of this map of Aerona and the islands to the east. The base geography is the 1997 calendar version by Tom Wänerstrand but it's had the regions outlined and relabeled and extra labels added. @ethanfleischer.bsky.social, you don't happen to know, do you?

A detailed map of the continent Aerona. Each region is outlined and shaded with a colour corresponding to the colour of mana found in that region. The image has a solid black header with "Map of Aerona "The Domains" and "Phyrexia.com Copyright 1993-2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc."

The image has a fold line just below the half-way point of the map.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Early Christmas presents from @maro254.bsky.social. The Blogatog pop culture color analysis tracker continues! mtg.wiki/page/User:Ri...

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Another major achievement for the Wiki, we now have over 9000 articles and we're still growing! If you have a passion for any aspect of Magic and have the time to write and cite, we'd love to have you contribute. No matter how big or small, all edits are welcome!

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Had just started playing Magic and saw "You control target player's next turn." in Mirrodin spoilers, it goes real hard.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

WotC_Jay confirmed in Discord the Arena version of the set doesn't have flavor text. I'm not sure if that means the Magic Online version also lacks flavor text though.

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

From the test card pile, I submit Rankle, Master of Pranksters

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RivalRowan @rivalrowan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

What's your all-time favorite flavor text? "Altered by Phyrexian science, corrupted by black mana, and twisted by rage, Ertai still looked in the mirror and saw only glory."

The Magic: The Gathering card Ertai, the Corrupted. From the Planeshift expansion released in . A white, blue, black Legendary Phyrexian Human Wizard with power and toughness 3-4. Illustrated by Mark Tedin, the artwork depicts a bald Ertai in oversized Phyrexian armor. He has several black metal spikes piercing his scalp, giving the impression of a few hairs. His arms are outstretched and in his hands is a mogg's head. The mogg has a contorted expression on its face and its mouth is open. From Eartai's arms, just above his elbows, two smaller, three-fingered arms stick out. They are weaving a spell that takes the appearance of a light blue mist.

The card's flavor text reads "Altered by Phyrexian science, corrupted by black mana, and twisted by rage, Ertai still looked in the mirror and saw only glory."

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