Dominaria/Trivia

Many of the cards in Dominaria were inspired by past Magic cards and places from past blocks set on Dominaria.
==Legendary Sorceries==
Each of these six spells depicts a crucial event of Dominarian history involving their namesake. These events were previously depicted in novels telling the stories of sets taking place on Dominaria.
Legendary Sorcery 	Associated Character	Event Depicted 	Original Set 	Novel
<c>Urza’s Ruinous Blast</c> 	Urza 	Urza using the Golgothian Sylex to unleash the Sylex Blast; ending the Brothers' War and creating the Shard of the Twelve Worlds. 	Antiquities and Urza's Saga	The Brothers' War
<c>Karn's Temporal Sundering</c> 	Karn 	Karn using Urza's time machine to go back in time to save the life of Jhoira, Teferi and Barrin; causing time to <c>Sunder</c> on the island of Tolaria. 	Urza's Saga 	Time Streams
<c>Yawgmoth's Vile Offering </c> 	Yawgmoth 	Yawgmoth promising Gerrard Capashen to resurrect his lost love Hanna if he can kill Urza in the <c>Phyrexian Arena</c>. 	Apocalypse 	Apocalypse (novel)
<c>Jaya's Immolating Inferno</c> 	Jaya Ballard 	Jaya ascending as a planeswalker thanks to Jodah and his magical mirror; burning away the evil spirits of Mairsil and Lim-Dûl that were controlling her. 	Alliances 	The Shattered Alliance
<c>Kamahl's Druidic Vow</c> 	Kamahl 	Kamahl killing Laquatus with the Mirari-sword; leaving it planted in the ground of the Krosan Forest to symbolically renounce his barbarian way and becoming a druid. 	Judgment 	Judgment (novel)
<c>Primevals' Glorious Rebirth </c>	Darigaaz 	Darigaaz and the primevals Rith, Treva and Dromar sacrifing themselves to resurrect their final member Crosis; who in turn resurrect them all thereby completing the pantheon and unlocking their god-like powers.	Invasion and Planeshift 	Planeshift (novel)
==Sagas==
Each of these fourteen enchantments depicts a historical event from Dominaria. An excerpt from thirteen of these Sagas is quoted on another card from the set.
Saga 	Color / Rarity	Event Depicted 	Quoted on 	Quote 	Original Set 	Novel 	Chapter Description - Notes
<c>Triumph of Gerrard</c> 	 	Gerrard Capashen activating the Legacy and killing Yawgmoth, ending the Phyrexian Invasion of Dominaria. 	<c>Benalish Honor Guard</c> 	“The true measure of all heroes is not what they achieve, but who they inspire.” 	Apocalypse 	Apocalypse (novel) 	Chapters I & II represent the many adventures of Gerrard that helped strengthen him. 
Chapter III represents him activating the Legacy to deal the final blow to Yawgmoth.
<c>Time of Ice</c> 	 	The Dominarian Ice Age (event). 	<c>Homarid Explorer</c> 	“Homarids spread northward from Sarpadia as the climate cooled, raiding coastal settlements for supplies.” 	Ice Age, Alliances, Coldsnap 	The Eternal Ice, The Shattered Alliance	Chapters I & II represent the Ice Age taking over Terisiare. 
Chapter III symbolizes the Thaw that ended up submerging most of what had been frozen.
<c>The Eldest Reborn</c> 	 	Nicol Bolas being fully reborn in the material world after having been trapped between planes for centuries. 	<c>Lingering Phantom</c> 	“True power never dies, but lies awake, waiting for its name to be spoken.” 	Time Spiral 	Time Spiral (novel) 	Chapter I arguably represent Bolas' power and cruelty. 
Chapter II symbolizes Bolas' debilitating touch. 
Chapter III represents Bolas fetching a copy of his body from a previous point in time to fully come back to life.
<c>Chainer's Torment</c> 	 	Chainer's rise and fall inside the Otarian Cabal. 	<c>Cast Down</c> 	“Your life is finished, your name lost, and your work forgotten. It is as though Mazeura never existed.” 	Torment 	Chainer's Torment 	Chapters I & II represent Chainer's rise through the cabal ranks. 
Chapter III depicts Chainer using the Mirari to enhance his dementia magic, eventually killing him.
<c>The Flame of Keld</c> 	 	Kradak receiving the Kindling Spell from the Mountain of Keld, becoming the first warlord and founding the Keldon nation. 	<c>Keldon Warcaller</c> 	“The Mountain gave the Flame to Kradak to light the furnaces of his people’s hearts. The wanderers became Keldons, and he the first warlord.” 	 	The Myths of Magic (Keldon Fire) 	Chapter I symbolizes Kradak and his people abandoning their original land of Parma. 
Chapter II shows them finding their new land of Keld. 
Chapter III represent Kradak gaining the power of the Flame of Keld through the Kindling Spell.
<c>Song of Freyalise</c> 	 	Freyalise casting the Worldspell that broke The Shard and ended the Ice Age on Dominaria, starting the Thaw. 	<c>Arbor Armament</c> 	“Llanowar’s boughs are ever ready To unleash an autumn of steel leaves.” 	Alliances 	The Shattered Alliance 	Chapters I & II represent Feyalise gathering the druids of the Juniper Order from Fyndhorn and Yavimaya to concentrate mana. 
Chapter III represents the rebirth of the land after the Worldspell was cast.
<c>Fall of the Thran</c> 	 	The destruction of the floating city of Halcyon and the fall of the Thran Empire at the end of the Thran Civil War. The Null Sphere is shown dropping a stone charger, ending the conflict between the Thran Alliance and the first Phyrexians. 	<c>Evra, Halcyon Witness</c> 	“Light from the Null Moon took form—a mirage made real, alone in grandeur, isolated in a world that once had been its own.” 	Antiquities 	The Thran 	Chapter I represents the complete destruction of the Thran. 
Chapters II & III show the land slowly recuperating.
<c>The Antiquities War</c> 	 	Urza and Mishra splitting the Mightstone and Weakstone, starting the The Brothers' War, devastating the continent of Terisiare for decades. 	 	“As Argoth’s last defenders fell to Urza’s juggernauts, Titania said, ‘Nature cannot be destroyed, only changed.’” 	Antiquities 	The Brothers' War 	Chapter I and II represent the study, repair and duplication of ancient artifacts. 
Chapters III shows the activation of the artifact creatures in the war.
<c>The Mirari Conjecture</c> 	 	The lasting effects of the Mirari Saga on the continent of Otaria. 	 	 	Odyssey block Onslaught block	Odyssey Cycle Onslaught Cycle 	All chapters represent the successive uses of the <c>Mirari</c>.
<c>Rite of Belzenlok</c> 	 	The demon Belzenlok taking over the Cabal. 	<c>Blessing of Belzenlok</c> <c>Cabal Paladin</c>	“My heart is not mine, it is Belzenlok’s. All hearts are his, and all blood.” “The Demonlord has ruled every age. Every ruin, myth, and nightmare proves his power.”	Dominaria 	 	All chapters are arguably a reference to <c>Lord of the Pit</c>.
<c>The First Eruption</c> 	 	The creation myth of the land of Shiv, as told by its people, the Ghitu. Shiv itself hatched from an egg—"a shell of stone around a yolk of flame"—and basks in the heat of primordial Dominaria, shedding its "scales" with each new eruption.	<c>Seismic Shift</c> 	“Shiv is a restless land. It heaves ash, bleeds lava, and scabs over in black obsidian.” 	 	 	All chapters symbolise the Eruption itself.
<c>The Mending of Dominaria</c>	 	The Time Spiral crisis and its heroes who gave up their sparks and sometimes their lives in order to save the Multiverse: Freyalise, Windgrace, Karn and Teferi. 	<c>Llanowar Envoy</c> 	“Cherish this world in honor of the martyrs who saved it. We too must be prepared to give our lives.” 	Time Spiral block 	Time Spiral Cycle 	Chapters I & II represent the time rifts draining mana from the plane and bringing back individual from the past to the present. 
Chapter III represents the Mending healing the land and allowing mana to flow freely through Dominaria once again.
<c>History of Benalia</c> 	 	The founding of Benalia 	<c>Benalish Marshal</c> 	“Some aspire to climb the mountain of Honor. The Benalish are born upon its peak, and from there ascend among the stars.” 	 	 	Chapters I & II represent Torsten Von Ursus gathering knights from the ruins of the once-great Sheoltun Empire. 
Chapter III symbolizes the sometime brutal tactics used to conquer and establish the land of Benalia. 
The seven swords, towers and moons symbolizes the seven benalish lunar clans who rule Benalia since Torsten's passing.
<c>Phyrexian Scriptures</c> 	 	The sacred text of Phyrexia used to indoctrinate the new phyrexian into worshipping Yawgmoth as a god. 	 	“From void evolved Phyrexia. Great Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus The Grand Evolution began.” 	 	 	Chapter I represents the compleation process. 
Chapters II & III represent the goal of Phyrexia, eliminating all flesh. 
The phyrexian text on the altar translates to the flavor text of <c>Dark Ritual</c> whose art is being referenced.
==Basic lands==
* The basic lands drawn by Mark Poole reference the lands he drew for Fallen Empires.
* One of the swamps shows the Cabal Stronghold. Another shows the wreckage of the skyship Predator. An island shows Tolaria West. 
==Individual cards==
The names of every expansion that took place on Dominaria can be seen among names and flavor texts throughout the set. (For example, Traxos, Scourge of Kroog.)
Card 	Referenced card 	Art 	Location 	Affiliation 	Character 	Other 	Set shout-out
<c>Academy Drake</c> 	 	 	 	Tolarian Academy 	 	 	
<c>Academy Journeymage</c> 	 	 	 	Tolarian Academy 	 	 	
<c>Adeliz, the Cinder Wind</c> 	 	 	 	The GhituTolarian Academy 	 	 	(Future) Sight
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Odyssey
<c>Aesthir Glider</c> 	 	 	Karplusan Mountains 	 	 	 	
<c>The Antiquities War</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	The Brothers' War 	Antiquities
<c>Arcane Flight</c> 	<c>Flight</c> 	 	 	Tolarian Academy 	 	 	
<c>Arvad the Cursed</c> 	<c>Crovax the Cursed</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	(Urza's) Destiny
<c>Aryel, Knight of Windgrace</c> 	 	 	 	 	Lord Windgrace 	 	
<c>Aven Sentry</c> 	 	 	BenaliaOtaria 	 	 	 	Exodus
<c>Ancient Animus</c> 	 	 	 	 	Multani 	 	
<c>Baird, Steward of Argive</c> 	 	 	New Argive 	 	 	 	
<c>Baloth Gorger</c> 	<c>Obstinate Baloth</c> 	 	 	Baloths 	 	 	
<c>Befuddle</c> 	 	 	 	Keldons 	Radha 	 	
<c>Benalish Honor Guard</c> 	 	 	 	Benalish 	 	 	
<c>Benalish Marshal</c> 	<c>Glorious Anthem</c> 	 	 	Benalish 	 	 	
<c>Blackblade Reforged</c> 	<c>Dakkon Blackblade</c> 	 	 	 	Dakkon Blackblade 	Blackblade 	
<c>Bloodtallow Candle</c> 	 	<c>Profane Memento</c> 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Board the Weatherlight</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	Skyship Weatherlight	(Portal Second) Age
<c>Cabal Evangel</c> 	 	 	StrongholdUrborg 	The CabalThe Order of the Ebon Hand	KuberrTevesh SzatYawgmothVirot Maglan	 	Stronghold
<c>Cabal Paladin</c> 	 	 	 	The Cabal 	 	 	
<c>Cabal Stronghold</c> 	<c>Cabal Coffers</c> 	 	Stronghold 	The Cabal 	 	 	
<c>Chainer's Torment</c> 	<c>Chainer, Dementia Master</c> 	 	 	 	Chainer 	 	Torment
<c>Clifftop Retreat</c> 	 	 	Epityr 	 	 	 	
<c>Cold-Water Snapper</c> 	 	 	Orvada 	 	 	 	Coldsnap
<c>Curator's Ward</c> 	<c>Blue Ward</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Damping Sphere</c> 	 	 	 	The Thran 	 	 	
<c>Danitha Capashen, Paragon</c> 	 	 	 	Clan Capashen 	 	 	
<c>Darigaaz Reincarnated</c> 	 	 	 	 	Rhammidarigaaz 	 	
<c>Dark Bargain</c> 	 	 	 	 	Ratadrabik of UrborgNevinyrral. 	 	
<c>Dauntless Bodyguard</c> 	 	 	 	Benalish 	 	 	
<c>D'Avenant Trapper</c> 	<c>D'Avenant Archer</c><c>Benalish Trapper</c> 	 	 	Order of the D'Avenant 	 	 	
<c>Deep Freeze</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Ice Age
<c>Demonic Vigor</c> 	 	 	 	The Cabal 	 	 	
<c>Divest</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Fallen Empires
<c>Drudge Sentinel</c> 	<c>Drudge Skeletons</c> 	 	 	Seven Houses of Benalia 	 	 	
<c>Dub</c> 	<c>White Knight</c> 	 	New Benalia 	 	 	 	
<c>Elfhame Druid</c> 	<c>Llanowar Elves</c> 	 	Llanowar 	Elhames of Llanowar 	 	 	
<c>Eviscerate</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	The Dark
<c>Evra, Halcyon Witness</c> 	 	 	Halcyon 	The Thran 	 	Null Moon 	Mirage
<c>Fall of the Thran</c> 	<c>Armageddon</c> 	 	 	The Thran 	 	 	
<c>Feral Abomination</c> 	 	 	Urborg 	The CabalThrulls 	 	 	
<c>Fervent Strike</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Legends
<c>Fight with Fire</c> 	 	 	 	 	Jaya Ballard 	 	
<c>Final Parting</c> 	Combines <c>Entomb</c>and <c>Diabolic Tutor</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Fire Elemental</c> 	 	 	 	 	Jaya Ballard 	 	
<c>Firefist Adept</c> 	 	 	 	The Ghitu 	 	 	
<c>Firesong and Sunspeaker</c> 	 	<c>Hurloon Minotaur</c>	Hurloon 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	Gaea 	 	
<c>Gaea's Protector</c> 	 	 	Yavimaya 	Phyrexians 	Gaea 	 	
<c>Ghitu Chronicler</c> 	 	 	 	The Ghitu 	 	 	
<c>Ghitu Journeymage</c> 	 	 	 	The Ghitu 	 	 	
<c>Ghitu Lavarunner</c> 	 	 	 	The Ghitu 	 	 	
 	<c>Mons's Goblin Raiders</c> 	 	Rundvelt 	 	Mons 	 	
<c>Grand Warlord Radha</c> 	<c>Radha, Heir to Keld</c> 	 	Keld 	 	Radha 	 	
<c>Grunn, the Lonely King</c> 	 	 	 	Yavimayan Gorilla tribes 	 	 	
<c>Guardians of Koilos</c> 	 	 	Koilos 	 	 	 	
<c>Healing Grace</c> 	Combines both optionsof <c>Healing Salve</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Helm of the Host</c> 	 	 	Vesuva 	 	 	 	
<c>Hinterland Harbor</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Portal (Second Age)
<c>Homarid Explorer</c> 	 	 	 	Homarids 	 	 	
<c>Howling Golem</c> 	<c>Howling Mine</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Invoke the Divine</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	Song of All 	
 	 	 	Sursi 	 	 	 	
<c>Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain</c> 	 	 	 	 	Jhoira 	 	
<c>Jodah, Archmage Eternal</c> 	 	 	 	 	Jodah 	 	Chronicles
 	 	 	 	 	Urza 	 	Urza's (Saga)
<c>Karn, Scion of Urza</c> (token) 	 	 	 	 	KarnUrza 	 	
<c>Karn's Temporal Sundering</c> 	 	 	 	 	Karn 	Time rifts 	Time Spiral(Planar) Chaos
<c>Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood</c> 	<c>Sengir Vampire</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	Keldons 	 	 	Limited (Edition)
<c>Knight of Grace</c> 	<c>White Knight</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Knight of Malice</c> 	<c>Black Knight</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Krosan Druid</c> 	 	 	Krosa 	Centaurs 	 	 	
<c>Llanowar Envoy</c> 	<c>Nomadic Elf</c> 	 	Llanowar 	 	 	 	
<c>Llanowar Scout</c> 	 	 	Llanowar 	Elhames of Llanowar 	 	 	
<c>Lich's Mastery</c> 	An updated and fixed version. Just like the original, it was designed by Richard Garfield. 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Lyra Dawnbringer</c> 	 	 	 	 	Reya Dawnbringer 	 	
 	<c>Giant Spider</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	Alliances
 	 	<c>Calciform Pools</c> 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Memorial to Folly</c> 	 	<c>Martyrs' Tomb</c> 	 	 	UrzaGerrard Capashen 	 	
<c>Merfolk Trickster</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Mishra’s Self-Replicator</c> 	 	 	 	 	Mishra 	 	
<c>Mox Amber</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	Moxes 	Visions
<c>Multani, Yavimaya’s Avatar</c> 	 	 	 	 	Multani 	 	
<c>Navigator's Compass</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	Skyship Weatherlight	Planeshift
<c>Nature’s Spiral</c> 	 	<c>Strip Mine</c> 	 	 	 	 	
<c>On Serra's Wings</c> 	<c>Serra's Embrace</c> 	 	 	 	Serra 	Song of All 	
<c>Pardic Wanderer</c> 	 	 	Pardia 	 	 	 	BetaRevised
<c>Phyrexian Scriptures</c> 	 	 	 	Phyrexians 	Yawgmoth 	 	(Urza's) Saga
<c>Powerstone Shard</c> 	 	 	 	 	TeferiUrza 	Powerstones 	Urza's (Destiny)Planar (Chaos)
<c>Primevals’ Glorious Rebirth</c> 	 	 	 	Primevals 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	The Carthalion lineage 	 	Ice Age (event) 	
<c>Radiating Lightning</c> 	 	 	Shiv 	The Cabal 	 	 	Legions
<c>Rat Colony</c> 	<c>Relentless Rats</c> Interestingly, this card was first printed in Fifth Dawn and has therefore no connection with Dominaria. However, it was in itself an improved version of <c>Plague Rats</c> from Alpha.	 	 	Phyrexians 	 	Phyrexian Invasion 	Unlimited (Edition)Invasion
<c>Rescue</c> 	 	 	 	 	Hurkyl 	 	(Core Set) Editions(Portal) Second (Age)
<c>Rite of Belzenlok</c> 	 	<c>Dirge of Dread</c> 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Rona, Disciple of Gix</c> 	 	 	 	 	Gix 	Compleation 	
 	 	 	Keld 	Keldons 	 	Keldon Twilight 	ProphecyApocalypse
 	 	 	College of Lat-Nam 	Tolarian Academy 	 	 	Magic Origins
<c>Seal Away</c> 	 	 	 	Phyrexians 	 	 	Nemesis
<c>Sentinel of the Pearl Trident</c>	 	 	 	Pearl Trident of Vodalia 	 	 	
<c>Shalai, Voice of Plenty</c> 	<c>Voice of All</c> 	 	 	Angel Voices 	 	 	
<c>Shanna, Sisay’s Legacy</c> 	 	 	 	 	Sisay 	 	(Urza's) Legacy
<c>Shield of the Realm</c> 	 	 	<c>Saltcrusted Steppe</c> of Benalia	 	 	Time rifts 	
<c>Shivan Fire</c> 	 	<c>Shivan Dragon</c> 	Shiv 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	Sisay 	 	
 	 	 	Shiv 	 	 	 	
<c>Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep</c> 	 	 	Voda SeaVodalia 	 	 	 	
<c>Spore Swarm</c> 	 	 	Yavimaya 	 	Multani 	 	Judgment
<c>Sporecrown Thallid</c> 	 	 	 	Thallids 	 	Sarpadian Empires 	Alpha
<c>Squee, the Immortal</c> 	 	<c>Squee's Toy</c> 	 	 	Squee 	 	
<c>Steel Leaf Champion</c> 	 	 	Llanowar 	Order of the Steel Leaf 	Freyalise 	Kavu 	
<c>Stronghold Confessor</c> 	 	 	Stronghold 	 	 	 	
<c>Tatyova, Benthic Druid</c> 	 	 	Yavimaya 	 	 	 	
<c>Tempest Djinn</c> 	 	 	 	Marid settlers from Rabiah. 	 	 	Tempest
<c>Territorial Allosaurus</c> 	<c>Pygmy Allosaurus</c> 	 	 	 	 	Ice Age (event) 	
<c>Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive</c> 	<c>Choice of Damnations</c> 	 	 	Clan Umezawa 	 	 	
<c>Thallid Omnivore</c> 	 	 	 	Thallids 	Thelon 	 	
<c>Thran Temporal Gateway</c> 	 	 	 	The Thran 	 	 	Future (Sight)Portal
<c>Traxos, Scourge of Kroog</c> 	 	 	Kroog 	 	 	Dragon engines 	Scourge
<c>Untamed Kavu</c> 	<c>Kavu Titan</c> 	 	 	 	 	Kavu 	
<c>Unwind</c> 	<c>Rewind</c> 	 	 	 	Jhoira 	 	
<c>Urgoros, the Empty One</c> 	<c>Hypnotic Specter</c> 	 	Vhelnish 	 	 	 	
<c>Urza’s Tome</c> 	<c>Thran Tome</c> 	 	 	 	Urza 	 	Urza's (Legacy)
<c>Vodalian Arcanist</c> 	 	 	Vodalian Empire 	 	 	 	
<c>Voltaic Servant</c> 	<c>Voltaic Key</c> 	<c>Voltaic Key</c> 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Verix Bladewing</c> 	<c>Rorix Bladewing</c><c>Tarox Bladewing</c> 	 	 	 	Rorix BladewingTarox Bladewing 	 	
<c>Weatherlight</c> 	<c>Skyship Weatherlight</c> 	 	 	 	 	Skyship Weatherlight	Weatherlight
<c>Wild Onslaught</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Onslaught
<c>Windgrace Acolyte</c> 	 	 	Urborg 	The Cabal 	Lord Windgrace 	 	
<c>Yavimaya Sapherd</c> 	 	 	Yavimaya 	Thallids 	 	Sarpadian Empires 	
<c>Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp</c> 	<c>Mahamoti Djinn</c> 	 	 	 	 	 	
<c>Zhalfirin Void</c> 	 	 	Zhalfir 	 	 	 	
==Notes and references==
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