Allosaurus Rider

Tribal Support Limits

Isn't it strange that Allosaurus Rider isn't buffed by Dino Tribal, or that Black Knight isn't buffed by Horse Tribal? After all, a knight with an Indestructible Horse would be a force to be reckoned with...

Creature cards tend to focus on one creature (with the major exception being focusing on a group of all of the same type of creature). It’s partly a concentration issue and partly a “it has to fit on the typeline” issue.

Allosaurus Rider Black Black Knight Creatures Horse Indestructible Kindred / Typal Knight

Creature Type Logic

Any idea why Allosaurus Rider isn't a Dinosaur Elf now?

For the same reason Black Knight isn’t a Human Knight Horse. The creature refers to the rider.

Allosaurus Rider Black Black Knight Creatures Dinosaur Elf Horse Human Knight

Dinosaur Card Identification

I'm curious about the methodinogy used to change old cards to dinosaurs. Can you guess which of these is a dinosaur: Allosaurus Rider, Bloodspore Thrinax, Brooding Saurian, Crag Saurian, Gnathosaur, Pteron Ghost, Pygmy Pyrosaur, Scarland Thrinax, and Sprouting Thrinax? (Hint: It is not a rider or a ghost.)

The Allosaurus Rider is the rider and not the Allosaurus much like a Knight is not a horse.

Allosaurus Rider Blood Bloodspore Thrinax Brooding Saurian Crag Saurian Dinosaur Gnathosaur Horse Knight Pteron Ghost Pygmy Pyrosaur Scarland Thrinax Sprouting Thrinax

Dinosaur Deck Desire

Maro, my man I have an issue with Magic. Look, I love this game like the dish loved the spoon, but I have a very serious beef with the glaring lack of Dinosaurs in Magic. I'm being real here, Maro, where are my Dinosaurs? Other than that ballaholic, Allosaurus Rider and the Raptors in Fog Bank art work, I can't make a Jurassic Park theme deck. I want to spare no expense!

Okay, faithful readers (and that one faithless one - you know who you are), would you like to see dinosaurs in Magic, yes or no and why?

Allosaurus Rider Art Dinosaur Fog Bank Mark Rosewater

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