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Contents 1 Monty Python and the Holy Grail character merge 1.1 List of Monty Python and the Holy Grail characters 1.1.1 "Not Dead" Fred 2 Magic:The Gathering notable cards list + sources 2.1 Time Spiral block 2.1.1 Future Sight 2.1.2 Planar Chaos 2.1.3 Time Spiral 2.2 Ravnica block 2.2.1 Dissension 2.2.2 Guildpact 2.2.3 Ravnica: City of Guilds 2.3 Kamigawa block 2.3.1 Saviors of Kamigawa 2.3.2 Betrayers of Kamigawa 2.3.3 Champions of Kamigawa 2.4 Mirrodin block 2.4.1 Fifth Dawn 2.4.2 Darksteel 2.4.3 Mirrodin 2.5 References

[edit] Monty Python and the Holy Grail character merge

[edit] List of Monty Python and the Holy Grail characters

[edit] "Not Dead" Fred

"Not Dead" Fred is a character named only in the Broadway musical Spamalot, and was credited as "Dead Body That Claims It Isn't" in the original film. In the film, he is played by John Young, and in the musical by Christian Borle.

In the film, Not Dead Fred appears in only one scene, towards the beginning. King Arthur and his entourage are in a typical English village; the Black Death has ravaged the lands, and a civic cleaner is travelling through the town uncharismatically shouting "Bring out yer dead", for the villagers to put any Plague-dead bodies on a wagon with him to be carted out. Another villager comes out dragging an old man, saying "here's one." The old man responds by saying "I'm not dead!". The villager insists that the unnamed old man hasn't long to live, despite the protests of the old fellow and the cart driver.

In the musical, the cart driver shouts "Bring out yer dead" with more enthusiasm and only two times. Not Dead Fred is the man who is being carried out to the cart. He is younger than in the film, and less frail; in fact, he begins singing the rousing "I'm Not Dead Yet".

Not Dead Fred's name is only mentioned once, during the end of the song; he is seen saying "I am coming too... my name will be Sir Fred, I'll be ya' musician 'cos I'm not yet dead!" It is possible, given this lyric, that Not Dead Fred becomes Robin's leading Minstrel, as the parts are usually played by the same actor, but there is no direct evidence that the two characters are one man.

[edit] Magic:The Gathering notable cards list + sources

Relisting the "notable cards" for replacement in articles - sets listed in reverse chronological order by block. Feel free to update this list, but make sure you source your claims of notability - I'm using these guidelines:

• an article which describes them as such, or which discusses the card in depth, can be found
• it was a heavily previewed card (although I'm not suggesting every card previewed is "notable", just stuff like Akroma, Angel of Fury or Damnation - you'll have to use some judgment here, ho ho)
• the card does something which hadn't been seen in the game before e.g. Lightning Storm having an activated ability on an instant (still, a source should be found describing this sort of thing)
• It was created through a process involving the fans, such as the You Make the Card or Invitational Winners - this is my suggestion

[edit] Time Spiral block

[edit] Future Sight

• The Pact cycle (Intervention Pact, Pact of Negation, Slaughter Pact, Pact of the Titan, and Summoner's Pact) - Instants with a mana cost of 0 but a cost that must be paid during the caster's next upkeep to avoid a game loss.^[1]
• Ghostfire - A colorless instant with red mana in its mana cost. ^[2]
• Sarcomite Myr - The first and currently only artifact with colored mana in its mana cost. ^[3]

[edit] Planar Chaos

• Damnation: The first card to be officially previewed on magicthegathering.com (timeshifted from Wrath of God).^[4]
• Enemy multicolor dragon cycle: A cycle of 5 multicolor dragons with damage-trigger abilities. As opposed to the friendly color Invasion dragons, these dragons feature the enemy colors of the activated ability's cost. This cycle was original designed for Time Spiral, but was shifted when the number of dragons was deemed too high.^[5] One card of this cycle, Oros, the Avenger, is the prerelease promotional card. It deals white direct damage, and is the only member of the cycle to feature a timeshift-style color ability.
• Land Magus cycle: A horizontal cycle of wizard creatures with the abilities of nonbasic lands from previous sets: Magus of the Arena (Arena), Magus of the Bazaar (Bazaar of Baghdad), Magus of the Coffers (Cabal Coffers), Magus of the Library (Library of Alexandria) and Magus of the Tabernacle (The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale).^[6]
• Akroma, Angel of Fury: The art for this card was used in much of the promotional material, leaning on the popularity of Akroma, Angel of Wrath. This version is not considered "timeshifted" because it is not a direct copy of the original card. ^[7]
• Timbermare: A green variation of Thundermare, this card was designed as a tribute to Marilyn "The Lovely Mare" Wakefield, late wife of former Pro Tour player Jamie Wakefield, who died of ovarian cancer in May of 2006.^[8]

[edit] Time Spiral

• Magus cycle: a five-card cycle of wizard creatures, each possessing the ability of an artifact from a previous set: Magus of the Candelabra (Candelabra of Tawnos), Magus of the Disk (Nevinyrral's Disk), Magus of the Jar (Memory Jar), Magus of the Mirror (Mirror Universe), Magus of the Scroll (Cursed Scroll).^[9]
• 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).^[10]
• 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)^[11]
  • Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: while Teferi is in play, opponents of Teferi's controller cannot play spells except when they could play a sorcery.^[12]
• Serra Avenger: The first card that restricts the turn on which it can be played.^[13]
• 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.^[14]

[edit] Ravnica block

[edit] Dissension

• Split cards: including Crime//Punishment, the first official preview card which revealed the return of split cards.^[15]
• Rakdos the Defiler: Leader of the Cult of Rakdos. Completes the cycle of Ravnica's guild leaders along with Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (leader of the Azorius Senate) and Momir Vig, Simic Visionary (leader of the Simic Combine).^[16]
• Rakdos Augermage: Based on a design submitted by 2005 Magic Invitational winner Terry Soh.^{[citation needed]}
• Psychic Possession: This is the first Aura outside of an Un-Set to enchant an opponent.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Guildpact

[edit] Ravnica: City of Guilds

[edit] Kamigawa block

[edit] Saviors of Kamigawa

[edit] Betrayers of Kamigawa

[edit] Champions of Kamigawa

[edit] Mirrodin block

[edit] Fifth Dawn

[edit] Darksteel

[edit] Mirrodin

[edit] References