08 July 2008

In Popular Culture

For no reason whatsoever today the phrase “elephant graveyard” popped into my head, which of course meant I had to look up the Magic: The Gathering card of the same name because I couldn’t remember what it did1. Naturally the first place I look is Google, which leads me to Wikipedia, I kid you fucking not:

In popular culture

In the collectible card game Magic: the Gathering, an elephant graveyard is a land card.

Compare to yesterday’s XKCD. Can something be parody when it’s that close to reality?

  1. Tap to add 1 colorless mana to your mana pool or regenerate an Elephant or Mammoth. (source)