Editing Dwarf (section)

=Magic the Gathering=
Oddly enough, while Human, [[Elf]], and [[Goblin]] are all common, well defined creature types, Dwarfs are quite rare in [[Magic: The Gathering]]. Dwarfs have no solid theme and virtually no tribal effects (4, one of which isn't a Dwarf, compared to 64 Dwarf cards) either. Virtually all dwarfs come from early sets, [[Kaladesh]] or [[Shadowmoor|Eventide]]. They are (with the exception of one wizard and two Black vampires) all Red and/or (more commonly now) White. Why they were ever Red in the first place is unclear, since Dwarfs are traditionally the opposite of every single part of Red: Defensive, emotionally restrained, patient, traditionally minded and disinclined to raw offensive magic.  Possibly because Dwarfs are associated with mountains, which are, of course, the Red mana producing land. Dwarves do show up once in one of the novels, where they help Urza's Coalition fight the Phyrexians, primarily by giant tunneling machines.