ochlocracy: government by mobs
ichnomancy: divination using footprints

Divination by mobs? (modern "the wisdom of the crowd"?)
Government by footprints... The ministry of silly walks?

Avoiding that second one; ochlomancy. How does mtg do divination? Drawing cards, mainly. Could also reveal things - scry is a biggie. And "Tap target Spirit" because kamigawa kitsune always have to be outliers.

­Collective Unconscious seems like what this wants to be. But let's do something a bit more odd. As previously stated, that makes it a kitsune. Which in turn makes it white? The effect is more blue really.

... there exists Nine-Tail White Fox. Which says it is white, but is actually blue. I might have mentioned Kitsune are outliers? So ok, we have some justification for blue foxes. Clearly, since it involves creatures; it needs to be green. Serendib Efreet is my historical justification for being allowed to do this :)

obsequent: flowing in opposite direction to original slope of land (also, and unlisted: yielding, submissive, obsequious) jersey: plain weft-knitted fabric of wool, cotton, nylon or silk (also unlisted: that island)

Because that definition doesn't make much sense - it's basically a switchback in a stream. Say you have a drainage basin that's sloped to the sea to the east. The big river then runs mostly W->E ish. But at some point there's a tributary that runs E->W ish to join it. That's obsequent. And... well, I'm unsure that geography is a useful thing to put into a magic card :)

Still. "It goes the opposite direction you expect" is a wide enough concept that we could use. But "Jersey"? How'm I gonna get that into a card? Well, sheep maybe? Magic has a couple of sheepie cards already.

So a sheep that goes the wrong way. Ah, a sheep that rounds up dogs. ... huh, I fail to find appropriate art. I admit to not trying too hard.

autology: Scientific study of oneself.
abolla: Roman military cloak.

Well, I'm making a card that starts with the letter a. Other than that - a cloak that studies itself? A cloak that helps you gaze at your naval? Hmm, a boaty cloak. That... someone actually invented that. Nifty.

Lets see, what do boats do in mtg? Buff pirates, gain life, keep things alive; have islandhome. ... Well, that's a puzzle piece.

Prooobably need to give it some kind of upside though. Can't just rely on you finding a way to cram it onto opponents creatures.

Protection from rivers? Protection from Marang River Prowler?

Whelp, that's a crappy card. Oh well.

Awwwww :)

You're thinking Ordinary Pony. This one isn't ordinary; it's lovely.

That sounds like a host card

prairillon: small prairie
jardon: callous or swelling on a horse's leg

Those two words seem to actually go together! So we have a tiny horse that is tired out from its tiny prairie.

Neat

curule: of high authority
parabolanus: layman who tends the sick

So the high authority of lay doctors. The Chief Hag.

I like the first ability on this as a stand-alone; but I thnk we'd better give this some kind of damage prevention itself so that it's not just a dead card if you fail to build around it.

It’s so cute!