• "Donkey" creatures are featured on a number of cards, similar to the way chickens were featured in
Unglued. This allows humorous puns of phrases containing the word
ass ("Bad Ass", "Cheap Ass", "Ass Whuppin'", and so on). • "Monkey" creatures are also featured on some cards, similar to the way clamfolk were featured in
Unglued. Cards with monkeys on them, such as "Tainted Monkey" and "Rod of Spanking", often involve choosing a single word or a player saying a word or sentence. •
Fractions, especially 1/2, can be used where only
natural numbers could be used before: casting costs, damage, life totals, mana, power, and toughness can all be affected. • Gotcha! - Cards which can be returned from graveyard to hand if your opponent takes a certain action; the most frequent trigger was saying a specific word on a card. Designer Mark Rosewater would later comment that "gotcha was one of the worst mechanics I've ever designed and it sucked the fun out of what was supposed to be an extra-fun format," because playing against Gotcha! cards encouraged players to play in silence. • Cards that only have a specific effect if you win a short subgame, such as a staring contest,
arm wrestling,
rock/paper/scissors, or even another game of
Magic within the original game (see
Shahrazad and , which is a parody of Shahrazad). • Several cards have effects that can apply only to cards with a specific artist, name, or collector's number. • Several creatures have effects that forces the controller to sacrifice them if they do something specific, such as speak or not have a finger on that creature. • Several cards are parodies of cards in
Unglued or other Magic sets, such as City of Ass (for City of Brass) and Greater Morphling (for Morphling) • This set includes premium (foil) cards that have hidden pictures or words in it. • Until
Amonkhet's Invocations, this was the only set to include premium (foil) cards that are not black-bordered (although the promotional silver-bordered Holiday Cards are exclusively foil, but not part of any set) • "Avatar of Me" and "Water Gun Balloon Game" have added the colors Pink, Hazel, Brown and Gray (with Avatar of Me it is possible to have multi-color (
Heterochromia iridum) and purple/violet (
Albinism)) to the original five colors of mana when playing with silver-bordered cards. • Full art basic land cards in each pack, similar to those released in
Unglued. They remain highly sought after by players and collectors. ==Unhinged secret message==