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Geist of Regret
Creature — Spirit
Flying
When Geist of Regret enters the battlefield, put a random instant card and a random sorcery card from your library into your graveyard.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
legendofa on How many names does Wizards …
11 months ago
This might just me imposing patterns where there isn't any, but as far as names go, they seem to have less implied meaning. For Drivnod vs. Vorinclex, Vorinclex starts off with the -vor- "eater" root, suggesting a destructive force--voracious, omnivore, etc. Drivnod doesn't have that linguistic connection, instead suggesting something like drip or drivel, with the harsher -nod just kind of there to be harsh.
To go into Ravnica, Rakdos is a harsher variation of the word rictus, Golgari can be seen as Golgotha + Calvary, Azorius is a Latin variant of azure. The names there are inspired by Slavic languages, heavy on Vs and Ks.
Names like Mondrak and Tekuthal are simply collections of harsh syllables. They're appropriately dissonant, but not really evocative. Mondrak could be based off mundus "world", but that doesn't carry through to the others.
As far as non-legendary cards, there are lots of names they haven't used yet. Personally, I was surprised that the name Reprieve hadn't been used in Stronghold or Weatherlight or something. The words "disguise," "lambent," "accident," and "regret" have not appeared on any paper cards (Geist of Regret is an Alchemy card, and Guise of Fire and Auramancer's Guise come close), and I'll bet you can come up with at least a color and basic effect for a card with each of those words. Also, tone is important. Professional Face-Breaker comes from a plane inspired by a slang-heavy culture with a "work hard and play hard" ethos, so the name's going to be a little more casual and direct than a card from a more ceremonial plane where formality is important.