Yeah, but they could be worked on - or was word from the mothership a NEVER AGAIN thing?
Reality got reworked with the Mending so you had to have a spark to survive the passage. The Planar Bridge was a big deal even with severe limitations and would have been nothing special prior to Time Spiral.
Pre mending a planeswalker could just grab somebody and planeswalk with them.
Now mind, you had to be pretty sturdy to not die since it essentially was the magicy equivalent of being exposed to space for like a minute, but doable.
Urza brought a phrexian enhanced (pre-oil shenanigans) lady with him around the multiverse for like, 3000 years.
Kaya can still do this (one of the non-problematic revelations in Forsaken) but it's... not fun... for neither her nor her passenger.
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Now I'm imagining Ashiok visiting new phyrexia and doing the nightmare before christmas "whats this?" song while looking at all the nightmare shit
What's this? What's this?
There's machines everywhere
What's this?
There's black things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my cloud
I must be dreaming
Wake up, Ash, this isn't fair
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's something very cute
What's this?
There's praetors birthing newts
What's this?
The streets are lined with
Phyrexian exarchs
Everybody seems so spooky
Have I possibly gone daffy?
What is this? What is this?
There are demons throwing gremlins
Instead of throwing balls
They're busy compleating
And absolutely all are thralls
There's oil on every surface
Oh, I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel the warmth
That's coming from inside
Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging their scriptures, and kill
Why that looks so unique, inspired!
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting humans on a fire
What's this?
What's this?
In here they've got a little sphere, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?
They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?
Oh my, what now?
The demons are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
Secure inside their dreamland
What's this?
The monsters are all hissing
And the nightmares can be found
And along them there seems to be
Compleation all around
Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the air
The smell of spleens and blood
Are absolutely everywhere
The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this?
New Phyrexia? hmm...
Argh! Can't even give Oko away. Opened him up last week and now his trade in value is at a whopping $5.
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I will say “the blind eternities “ is a really good name for the space between planes.
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turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
Oko isn't seeing play in Vintage/Legacy I suppose?
Vintage wouldn't surprise me, but Legacy seems like it'd maybe have a spot for him.
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Oko is pretty dominant in legacy atm. I had a kind of rough time dealing with them playing the current grixis delver configurations in an event this weekend overrun with the bant snow miracles and and snowblade decks all with okos and even from a BUG delver player. There's a lot of oko. It's really changed the fundamental nature of how to handle the format, small example as a delver deck I could no longer cut forces post board in those fair Grindy matchups because oko has dramatically upped the threat density and number of must answer cards from those decks.
Honestly there's just a lot of 2019 in legacy going on right now and it sucks because 2019 magic design was messed up.
It also strikes me that such a planeswalker would be unstoppable. I'm not sure how long it would take to walk to a plane, dump some oil, and then repeat, but I imagine you could effectively infect hundreds or thousands of planes before anyone would notice.
That is exactly why Karn is so grimly determined to immediately end New Phyrexia once and for all, even if doing so means sacrificing the remaining innocent Mirrans as well.
As soon as the Phyrexians discover a way to safely deliver the oil across the Blind Eternities, all hope is lost. The Multiverse is done. Karn will never be able to destroy planes faster than the Pyrexians can infect them. There aren't enough urza-nukes in the whole of Dominaria. And that man built a lot of nukes!
And Karn must be even more desperate now than he was before, because now he knows for certain that it is possible to safely planeshift organic matter. Bolas' Eternal army was the proof.
And Ashiok was there! He knows about lazotep! He's now in a position where could ruin the multiverse with an eyedropper if he wants to! The situation is very bad!
The Eternals are not organic, they're made out of that weird made-up element, not carbon.
Not that that actually matters, since it functions exactly the same as silver, it seems, since that's supposed to be the only nonliving material that can make the transition.
The lazotep let them maintain their skills and abilities in undeath, rather than just becoming dumb zombies.
Its not organic tissue that's the issue, its living tissue. Dead stuff can move along just fine.
Nope. Huatli recently tried planeswalking with a bag full of objects, and everything she brought with her was fine except for the loaf of bread, which had disintegrated into dust. A loaf of bread is every bit as dead as a zombie.
Bolas discovered that lazotep can shield organic material from the Blind Eternities. In fact, I think the abundance of lazotep was the whole reason why he chose to set up his Eternal factory on Amonkhet, when he could have theoretically done it anywhere.
It was the cartouches that allowed the Eternals to keep their skills.
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But everyone's wearing organic material. Is this a huge 'Emperor's New Clothes' thing?
Can you IMAGINE how much Liliana would spend after each Planeswalk?
It also strikes me that such a planeswalker would be unstoppable. I'm not sure how long it would take to walk to a plane, dump some oil, and then repeat, but I imagine you could effectively infect hundreds or thousands of planes before anyone would notice.
That is exactly why Karn is so grimly determined to immediately end New Phyrexia once and for all, even if doing so means sacrificing the remaining innocent Mirrans as well.
As soon as the Phyrexians discover a way to safely deliver the oil across the Blind Eternities, all hope is lost. The Multiverse is done. Karn will never be able to destroy planes faster than the Pyrexians can infect them. There aren't enough urza-nukes in the whole of Dominaria. And that man built a lot of nukes!
And Karn must be even more desperate now than he was before, because now he knows for certain that it is possible to safely planeshift organic matter. Bolas' Eternal army was the proof.
And Ashiok was there! He knows about lazotep! He's now in a position where could ruin the multiverse with an eyedropper if he wants to! The situation is very bad!
Phyrexian oil usually isn't all that big a deal - Dominaria's got a bunch of it in the areas of Urborg, for instance, and it mostly just fouls up the area and leads to some zombies and general evil.
The issue with Mirrodin was that the glistening oil is very good at corrupting metal - and Mirrodin is almost nothing but, with its more organic inhabitants eventually being corrupted via their metal bits as well.
A drop of oil wouldn't have been a massive problem on any other plane, but Mirrodin was the perfect storm. (In fact, that's why WotC made it like that. They were planning New Phyrexia back in the original Mirrodin block, after all.)
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The lazotep let them maintain their skills and abilities in undeath, rather than just becoming dumb zombies.
Its not organic tissue that's the issue, its living tissue. Dead stuff can move along just fine.
Nope. Huatli recently tried planeswalking with a bag full of objects, and everything she brought with her was fine except for the loaf of bread, which had disintegrated into dust. A loaf of bread is every bit as dead as a zombie.
Bolas discovered that lazotep can shield organic material from the Blind Eternities. In fact, I think the abundance of lazotep was the whole reason why he chose to set up his Eternal factory on Amonkhet, when he could have theoretically done it anywhere.
It was the cartouches that allowed the Eternals to keep their skills.
I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
The lazotep let them maintain their skills and abilities in undeath, rather than just becoming dumb zombies.
Its not organic tissue that's the issue, its living tissue. Dead stuff can move along just fine.
Nope. Huatli recently tried planeswalking with a bag full of objects, and everything she brought with her was fine except for the loaf of bread, which had disintegrated into dust. A loaf of bread is every bit as dead as a zombie.
Bolas discovered that lazotep can shield organic material from the Blind Eternities. In fact, I think the abundance of lazotep was the whole reason why he chose to set up his Eternal factory on Amonkhet, when he could have theoretically done it anywhere.
It was the cartouches that allowed the Eternals to keep their skills.
Look we all know you cant teleport bread
thank goodness they don't have a Planeswalker who can do that.
I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
The heroes have to win sometime.
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I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
The heroes have to win sometime.
They just did.
Going by the normal mtg status quo we are due for ten years of fuckmuppetry
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I'm sayin, Phrexia goes to Lorowyn, accidentally restart whatever makes Shadowmoor happen, things go poorly for them
Wouldn't even have to be like, the end of a phrexia arc. They just send like, the green caste to whimsical fantasy plane and then suddenly it got teeth and uh oh!
I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
The heroes have to win sometime.
Yeah, but one, they just did so we got at least twelve sets of everything going the villains' way to go befoore they win again, and two, Phyrexia is never going to get "obliterated". Phyrexia will, at most, be beaten back after much effort and sacrifice and stuff and a minimum of one Deus Ex Machina. They will never just go into a place, get kicked in the dick, and go "oh fuck shit fuck, bad matchup, we're getting smacked here, everyone fall back into the portal and let's go find an easier target".
I wish it would happen, but it's not going to happen.
I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
My guess would have been theros like good job welcome to the plane where everything powerful is made of magic good luck with the borg thing.
Not to derail the conversation but I just need to get this out into the void early. WotC wanted to push sacrifice decks and they got to good enough with Eldraine. Still being pushed in Theros though. So, big call time, sacrifice decks will become dominate in Theros Standard and cards will start getting banned. Heard it here first folks.
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I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
The heroes have to win sometime.
Yeah, but one, they just did so we got at least twelve sets of everything going the villains' way to go befoore they win again, and two, Phyrexia is never going to get "obliterated". Phyrexia will, at most, be beaten back after much effort and sacrifice and stuff and a minimum of one Deus Ex Machina. They will never just go into a place, get kicked in the dick, and go "oh fuck shit fuck, bad matchup, we're getting smacked here, everyone fall back into the portal and let's go find an easier target".
I wish it would happen, but it's not going to happen.
Oh, you just want a college football style one sided blowout. Yeah, that won't happen, but like, where is the tension and story in that? You spend a year building up to "The Phyrexians are coming" and then the heroes mop it up in a couple hours no big deal and then the rest of the story spotlight is about Ajani getting his nails did and his fur trimmed?
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The only time the Phyrexians have lost in canon was because of a millennia old conspiracy by the most powerful planes walker in existence.
....after he refused to fuckin nuke the plane when he had the chance
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I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
The heroes have to win sometime.
Yeah, but one, they just did so we got at least twelve sets of everything going the villains' way to go befoore they win again, and two, Phyrexia is never going to get "obliterated". Phyrexia will, at most, be beaten back after much effort and sacrifice and stuff and a minimum of one Deus Ex Machina. They will never just go into a place, get kicked in the dick, and go "oh fuck shit fuck, bad matchup, we're getting smacked here, everyone fall back into the portal and let's go find an easier target".
I wish it would happen, but it's not going to happen.
Oh, you just want a college football style one sided blowout. Yeah, that won't happen, but like, where is the tension and story in that? You spend a year building up to "The Phyrexians are coming" and then the heroes mop it up in a couple hours no big deal and then the rest of the story spotlight is about Ajani getting his nails did and his fur trimmed?
Return to New Phyrexia is probably going to be BR Mirrans vs. WUG Phyrexians, which would be a pretty interesting take on things. Maybe BRG, if Melira's still relevant. (Elesh Norn supposedly crushed Urabrask and Sheoldred's forces, which definitely isn't a setup for opening up space for a rebel faction no sirree.)
Also, Koth! I guess the lineup would be red Koth, white Elspeth, BU Ashiok and Tezzeret, maybe WG Calix if they stretch that story out far enough? Maybe Tezzeret isn't showing up after all, if Ashiok's going there.
But everyone's wearing organic material. Is this a huge 'Emperor's New Clothes' thing?
Can you IMAGINE how much Liliana would spend after each Planeswalk?
Wizards of the Coast staff like to joke that this is the reason why planeswalkers have slightly different outfits every time they appear.
There actually is a canon explanation for this, but it was so long ago that I can't quite remember it. I think the rule is that planeswalkers can extend their spark's protection to a small amount of organic material if they subconsciously think of it as being an extension of their body.
It also strikes me that such a planeswalker would be unstoppable. I'm not sure how long it would take to walk to a plane, dump some oil, and then repeat, but I imagine you could effectively infect hundreds or thousands of planes before anyone would notice.
That is exactly why Karn is so grimly determined to immediately end New Phyrexia once and for all, even if doing so means sacrificing the remaining innocent Mirrans as well.
As soon as the Phyrexians discover a way to safely deliver the oil across the Blind Eternities, all hope is lost. The Multiverse is done. Karn will never be able to destroy planes faster than the Pyrexians can infect them. There aren't enough urza-nukes in the whole of Dominaria. And that man built a lot of nukes!
And Karn must be even more desperate now than he was before, because now he knows for certain that it is possible to safely planeshift organic matter. Bolas' Eternal army was the proof.
And Ashiok was there! He knows about lazotep! He's now in a position where could ruin the multiverse with an eyedropper if he wants to! The situation is very bad!
Phyrexian oil usually isn't all that big a deal - Dominaria's got a bunch of it in the areas of Urborg, for instance, and it mostly just fouls up the area and leads to some zombies and general evil.
The issue with Mirrodin was that the glistening oil is very good at corrupting metal - and Mirrodin is almost nothing but, with its more organic inhabitants eventually being corrupted via their metal bits as well.
A drop of oil wouldn't have been a massive problem on any other plane, but Mirrodin was the perfect storm. (In fact, that's why WotC made it like that. They were planning New Phyrexia back in the original Mirrodin block, after all.)
I was under the impression that the glistening oil that remains on Dominaria had all been rendered inert by the legacy weapon. It's just harmless black goop now.
You're absolutely right that the infection spreads much faster on technologically advanced worlds than it does on mostly natural ones, though. The oil tries to make everything it touches partly organic and partly artificial, so purely natural worlds are missing half of what it needs to operate at peak efficiency.
I really want the Phyrexians to invade a plane and get fucking ruined. Like oh shit you invaded Kamigawa or whatever and the Kami just fucking obliterated you, awesome
My guess would have been theros like good job welcome to the plane where everything powerful is made of magic good luck with the borg thing.
Muraganda. Literally just unga bunga cavemen throwing rocks at each other. Not much for the oil to work with.
Come to think of it, isn't the next plane we're visiting supposed to be "Kaiju World". Hmmm... :?
I'm still upset Garruk never got his big bad arc, just Jason Voorhees-ing his way through the multiverse.
I wish he had shown up in War of the Spark like Gilgamesh from FF8. Just a portal opens up, he cuts Nicol Bolas in half, and says something completely indecipherably cryptic before opening another portal and fucking off.
The Phyrexians show up ready to wreck everything but the Satyrs are partying so hard they get distracted and then completely wasted and end up 6 planes over with no memory of how they got there.
Next set is flashback to drunken Phyrexians wandering across planes
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Kaya can still do this (one of the non-problematic revelations in Forsaken) but it's... not fun... for neither her nor her passenger.
What's this? What's this?
There's machines everywhere
What's this?
There's black things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my cloud
I must be dreaming
Wake up, Ash, this isn't fair
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's something very cute
What's this?
There's praetors birthing newts
What's this?
The streets are lined with
Phyrexian exarchs
Everybody seems so spooky
Have I possibly gone daffy?
What is this? What is this?
There are demons throwing gremlins
Instead of throwing balls
They're busy compleating
And absolutely all are thralls
There's oil on every surface
Oh, I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel the warmth
That's coming from inside
Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging their scriptures, and kill
Why that looks so unique, inspired!
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting humans on a fire
What's this?
What's this?
In here they've got a little sphere, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?
They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?
Oh my, what now?
The demons are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
Secure inside their dreamland
What's this?
The monsters are all hissing
And the nightmares can be found
And along them there seems to be
Compleation all around
Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the air
The smell of spleens and blood
Are absolutely everywhere
The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this?
New Phyrexia? hmm...
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Vintage wouldn't surprise me, but Legacy seems like it'd maybe have a spot for him.
modern and standard(and now pioneer) tend to be what drive prices on recent cards
Honestly there's just a lot of 2019 in legacy going on right now and it sucks because 2019 magic design was messed up.
That is exactly why Karn is so grimly determined to immediately end New Phyrexia once and for all, even if doing so means sacrificing the remaining innocent Mirrans as well.
As soon as the Phyrexians discover a way to safely deliver the oil across the Blind Eternities, all hope is lost. The Multiverse is done. Karn will never be able to destroy planes faster than the Pyrexians can infect them. There aren't enough urza-nukes in the whole of Dominaria. And that man built a lot of nukes!
And Karn must be even more desperate now than he was before, because now he knows for certain that it is possible to safely planeshift organic matter. Bolas' Eternal army was the proof.
And Ashiok was there! He knows about lazotep! He's now in a position where could ruin the multiverse with an eyedropper if he wants to! The situation is very bad!
Not that that actually matters, since it functions exactly the same as silver, it seems, since that's supposed to be the only nonliving material that can make the transition.
The Eternals were coated in lazotep, not made out of it. They're zombies, not golems.
That's a game changer. Lazotep suits? Lazotep vehicles? Lazotep eyedroppers? As long as you have a bridge, you can send anything across planes now.
Its not organic tissue that's the issue, its living tissue. Dead stuff can move along just fine.
Nope. Huatli recently tried planeswalking with a bag full of objects, and everything she brought with her was fine except for the loaf of bread, which had disintegrated into dust. A loaf of bread is every bit as dead as a zombie.
Bolas discovered that lazotep can shield organic material from the Blind Eternities. In fact, I think the abundance of lazotep was the whole reason why he chose to set up his Eternal factory on Amonkhet, when he could have theoretically done it anywhere.
It was the cartouches that allowed the Eternals to keep their skills.
Can you IMAGINE how much Liliana would spend after each Planeswalk?
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Phyrexian oil usually isn't all that big a deal - Dominaria's got a bunch of it in the areas of Urborg, for instance, and it mostly just fouls up the area and leads to some zombies and general evil.
The issue with Mirrodin was that the glistening oil is very good at corrupting metal - and Mirrodin is almost nothing but, with its more organic inhabitants eventually being corrupted via their metal bits as well.
A drop of oil wouldn't have been a massive problem on any other plane, but Mirrodin was the perfect storm. (In fact, that's why WotC made it like that. They were planning New Phyrexia back in the original Mirrodin block, after all.)
Look we all know you cant teleport bread
Opponents slowly lines up all his 1/1 tokens to wipe us both out, 3 per bear.
And I'm just hoping he forgot my Karns bastion and isn't noticing it or the 4 mana open.
And he didn't. And he let that proliferate time out on the stack
thank goodness they don't have a Planeswalker who can do that.
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Man I wish. But I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen.
The heroes have to win sometime.
They just did.
Going by the normal mtg status quo we are due for ten years of fuckmuppetry
Wouldn't even have to be like, the end of a phrexia arc. They just send like, the green caste to whimsical fantasy plane and then suddenly it got teeth and uh oh!
Yeah, but one, they just did so we got at least twelve sets of everything going the villains' way to go befoore they win again, and two, Phyrexia is never going to get "obliterated". Phyrexia will, at most, be beaten back after much effort and sacrifice and stuff and a minimum of one Deus Ex Machina. They will never just go into a place, get kicked in the dick, and go "oh fuck shit fuck, bad matchup, we're getting smacked here, everyone fall back into the portal and let's go find an easier target".
I wish it would happen, but it's not going to happen.
My guess would have been theros like good job welcome to the plane where everything powerful is made of magic good luck with the borg thing.
Oh, you just want a college football style one sided blowout. Yeah, that won't happen, but like, where is the tension and story in that? You spend a year building up to "The Phyrexians are coming" and then the heroes mop it up in a couple hours no big deal and then the rest of the story spotlight is about Ajani getting his nails did and his fur trimmed?
....after he refused to fuckin nuke the plane when he had the chance
I mean....
Also, Koth! I guess the lineup would be red Koth, white Elspeth, BU Ashiok and Tezzeret, maybe WG Calix if they stretch that story out far enough? Maybe Tezzeret isn't showing up after all, if Ashiok's going there.
Wizards of the Coast staff like to joke that this is the reason why planeswalkers have slightly different outfits every time they appear.
There actually is a canon explanation for this, but it was so long ago that I can't quite remember it. I think the rule is that planeswalkers can extend their spark's protection to a small amount of organic material if they subconsciously think of it as being an extension of their body.
I was under the impression that the glistening oil that remains on Dominaria had all been rendered inert by the legacy weapon. It's just harmless black goop now.
You're absolutely right that the infection spreads much faster on technologically advanced worlds than it does on mostly natural ones, though. The oil tries to make everything it touches partly organic and partly artificial, so purely natural worlds are missing half of what it needs to operate at peak efficiency.
Alara and Kaladesh had better watch out.
Muraganda. Literally just unga bunga cavemen throwing rocks at each other. Not much for the oil to work with.
Come to think of it, isn't the next plane we're visiting supposed to be "Kaiju World". Hmmm... :?
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I wish he had shown up in War of the Spark like Gilgamesh from FF8. Just a portal opens up, he cuts Nicol Bolas in half, and says something completely indecipherably cryptic before opening another portal and fucking off.
Next set is flashback to drunken Phyrexians wandering across planes