Magic: The Gathering Foundations/Trivia

==MaRo's Foundations Teaser==
After some internal debate and community consultation, Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.
===First up, here are some things you can expect:===
*The five iconic creatures each show up on multiple cards 
**Angel 14 (e.g. , , )
**Sphinx 3 (, , )
**Demon 5 (e.g. , , )
**Dragon 15 (e.g. , , )
**Hydra 4 (e.g. , , )
*Two monocolor reprints, each of a different color, that together win you the game and <c>Harmless Offering</c>
*Some creature tokens in this set: 1/1 white Rabbit, 2/1 blue Ninja, 3/3 Green Raccoon, 4/4 red Dragon, and a copy that’s a Nightmare See Tokens, emblems and markers
*A character from one of our most popular online Magic stories returns Alesha ()
*An 8/12 creature with ward 
*A creature with seven evergreen keywords (first strike, vigilance, menace, trample, reach, lifelink and ward)
*A Magic Invitational winner’s card gets reprinted (and no, not the most powerful one) 
*Counters in the set: +1/+1, bait, fellowship, incubation, loyalty, revival, soul, stash, and stun.
*A card that’s in the top 10 cards I sign gets reprinted 
*More deciduous mechanics get used in this set than any previous (non-Time Spiral block) premier set See themes and mechanics
===Here are snippets of rules text you’ll see:===
*“This spell costs less to cast for each Cat you control.” 
*“You can’t lose the game and your opponents can’t win the game.” 
*“Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn.” 
*“Creatures you control get +10/+10” 
*“A deck can have any number of cards named” 
*“Then exile all other Nightmare tokens you control.” 
*“Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a token that’s a copy of this creature.” 
*“Double the number of each kind of counter” 
*“You may pay rather than pay this spell’s mana cost if there are thirteen or more creatures on the battlefield.” 
*“Draw a card for each different mana value among nonland permanents you control.” 
===Here are some creature type lines from the set:===
*Creature – Rabbit Noble 
*Creature – Demon Warlock 
*Creature – Shark Pirate 
*Creature – Eldrazi 
*Creature – Hyena Rogue 
*Creature – Spider Spirit 
*Creature – Elemental Hydra 
*Creature – Bear Demon 
*Artifact Creature – Phyrexian Construct 
*Legendary Creature – Zombie Warlock 
===Finally, here are some names in the set: ===
* Sorcery
* Sorcery
* Equipment
* Sorcery
* Rabbit Noble
* Homunculus 
* Enchantment
* Devil
* Instant
* Instant
=="Main character" basic land cycles==
The "main characters" of Magic: The Gathering Foundations, one planeswalker and one legendary creature for each color, are depicted in the two full-art basic land cycles in the set. Each land takes place on a different plane:
Main Character'sCard Type	 	 	 	 	
Planeswalkers 	Ajani Goldmane on Theros(, #282)	Kaito Shizuki on Kamigawa(, #285)	Liliana Vess on Innistrad(, #286)	Chandra Nalaar on Kaladesh(, #288)	Vivien Reid on Ikoria(, #291)
Legendary Creatures 	Giada on New Capenna(, #283) 	Zimone Wola on Arcavios(, #284) 	Tinybones on Dominaria(, #287) 	Kellan on Thunder Junction(, #289)	Loot on Amonkhet(, #290)
==Miscellaneous==
* is a callback to and references it in its flavor text.
*The Illustration and flavor text of the borderless are callbacks to the art mix-up that occurred with , where the card mistakenly depicted a lemur instead of a lemure. This was previously also referenced in the flavor text of .
*<c>Tragic Banshee</c> combines <c>Tragic Slip</c> and <c>Morkrut Banshee</c>.
*<c>Banner of Kinship</c> is partially <c>Patchwork Banner</c> and <c>Coat of Arms</c> without the constantly changing math problem.
*<c>Blasphemous Edict</c> refers to <c>Blasphemous Act</c> in name, cost reduction and board wipe potential.
*The illustration for the Buy-a-Box promo has the golem emerge from an archway adorned with the main story beats of Mirrodin.
**From the bottom to top; Karn creates Argentum, Karn is corrupted by glistening oil, Elesh Norn rises to power, archangel Elspeth defeats Elesh Norn, the Omenpath Era begins.
**Originally, the artist Forrest Imel wanted to depict the as an identical version of its first printing in Mirrodin, which shared a likeness to Jens Thorén as it was his Magic Invitational card. However, Wizards requested to change it, as it was too similar to the first printing's depiction. Although some features were subsequently removed, some features remained as an homage to the artifact creature's first appearance.
* was the last designed card for Foundations. It used "slush art" from the Lorwyn–Shadowmoor block to create a strictly better version of .
*For unknown reasons, 's collector number (#730) is separate from the rest of the cards in the main set and places it after the Starter Collection and promo cards.
**The new cards , , , , and are out of order as #197, #200, #514, #537 and #570 respectively. Each of these are counted as new cards in Foundations Jumpstart, which was edited prior to Foundations.
* shows off Kellan's character growth, as previously seen on his four cards printed in the sets of the Omenpath Arc that gradually changed across colors. The Foundations card notably only contains red, the color he "started" at in .
* had flavor text written for it but the final version of the card did not have room to include it.
**Zul's flavor text was "You pity me? My soul was a small price to pay for this power. I would trade it a thousand times over without a second thought."
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