Feldon's Cane was not always known as Feldon's Cane - in fact, there is a wacky story behind it.
Back in 1994, Magic: The Gathering unveiled it's second expansion: Antiquities. Not a part of any block (those didn't exist yet), the set took a historical look at an ancient war between two brothers and it had, like much early Magic, some fairly bizarre cards.
However, one of these cards isn't in there: Feldon's Ice Cone. The whole card was supposed to be an anagram for "Don Felice Cone", and was named after one of the first playtesters and eventual developer for Magic, Don Felice. But there was one problem: No one told the artist.
In fact, when it was sent out, they saw an entirely different card name.
Somewhere lost in translation, Magic artist Mark Tedin saw the name as "Feldon's Ice Cane." So, the artwork came back not as an ice cone, but that of a cane, there was little Wizards of the Coast could do as they were on a deadline (and it really was an awesome picture of a cane-like thing).
Scrambling, the card was quickly changed to 'Feldon's Cane', as the ice connection had been lost (as had the anagram). Plus, an ice cane was too strange at the time, even for the Magic crew who were thinking up all sorts of crazy things.
And overall the card isn't bad:
A one mana to exile the card then shuffle your graveyard into your library can come in handy. But, again, the anagram was what was really selling it.
As more people got anagrams into cards, they kept looking for places to put him in. It wasn't until the next year with Fallen Empires that Felice would get his anagram card: Delif's Cone.
Besides wondering what exactly their obsession with cones was, Delif's Cone was the more simpler anagram for Don Felice, but with an added S. The tribute had finally made it a year later, and was actually well before other anagram and tribute cards too. But that proves an odd rule about many early Magic cards.
Does it have too wacky a name?
Is there an odd word or phrase or name it the title of the card?
Chances are that there are some hijinks or hidden meanings within if there isn't an obvious real word name already in it.
