ALL IS ONE!!! (Heroes Fall) | Phyrexia: All Will Be One Lore 

“You have no idea how much time and energy I spend not destroying the minds around me just because I can, or how hard I've worked to find a way to move in a Multiverse of such simplicity without doing endless damage. I will be an incredible weapon for Phyrexian dominance.” Well that’s fucking ominous

Random thing. I want Garruk to hunt the compleated planeswalker. Be an interesting story thing

There are no fallen heroes, but new acolytes. Hope is not lost, but stronger than ever. Perfection is at hand, achievable only through metal. All will be perfect.

Haven't felt consequences like this since Amonkhet and the Hour of Revelation. Bolas making easy work of the Gatewatch was refreshing to read. The mini stories of the citizens of Amonkhet trying to survive the chaos and flee Bolas' new eternal army was something out of a horror movie.

Looking back on it…. 1. the hero’s brought only a handful of halo. The stuff that this plane hates 2. Only about half of the known planeswalkers Allies they could call on were used for this strike 3. The ones they did bring had almost nothing explained to them about the this plane or the enemy they faced. 4. I’m all about Phyrexia getting more wins in, but it’s like they nerfed the main cast.

"THIS looks like a job for the greatest Elder Dragon of them all...NICOL BOLAS!!! Ugin!!!" Turns to point at Ugin, who's sitting on a floating hedron, with his glasses on, reading a book, "FREE ME from this ridiculous prison, and I will avenge the multiverse on the Phyrexians!" Ugin, looks up at Bolas while closing the book, and sighs, "I suppose...it IS, after all, my modus operandi to save the day, at the last moment, with some convoluted nonsense. But if that's the plan, let's pick up an Eldrazi friend of mine that's locked away on a moon. She'll be able to help..."

You didn't miss anything. One of the epilogue stories shows us how Jin Gitaxias made the Oil itself adapt so quickly.

A real problem with their storyline is that it is always rushed. With such a large team, you'd think they'd take their time writing more rounded stories. But this one was better than the recent ones. Maybe that's the esthetic infecting me though.

Elspeth didn't immediately know what was happening. It stated on the story that Jace looked into her eyes with his blue mind magic active. Jace most likely gave elspeth one last plan and had her take it somewhere it would be most impactful without endangering everyone

I think the reason why the oil is speeding up is explained in “a garden of flesh” I think, because they explain that the Phyrexians were developing more potent and effective oil and in the story it only took a few seconds to “complete” a regular human

This is just a theory of mine, but what if Teferi went to the future after the events of the Brothers' War? He saw what happened that the Phyrexians won the battle. He then mastered his Time magic and went back to the past. He encountered Lilliana and told her about the event that will happen in the future. Lilliana went to Strixhaven to teach the next wave of heroes. That's why she was teaching Will and Rowan.

I honestly think this set up Elspeth to become a premending planes walker

I feel like this story has the reverse problem of War of the Spark. While that that a lot of build for kinda low consequences, Phyrexia has very what feels like very shallow buildup but just insanely high consequences.

Emrakul is the Multiverse's only hope, in Emeria's own words "The Soil was not receptive" on Innistrad, but since everyone wants New Phyrexia gone they will welcome her! Eldrazi for life!

Basicly the strike force goes all the way to the depths of hell to blow it all up, to just back chicken out and let Phhyrexia march freely on the multiverse. Sure we all know that they would lose, but not because they would start fighting amongst themselfs, that's my only gripe with the story of this set. As for how Tibalt became was completed, i guess that Vorinclex infection started to realy mess with him or compel him to go to new Phyrexia so he can be "fixed/completed".

Personal theory for why these planeswalkers so easily turned is that the glistening oil used on them was "modified" by the phyrexians. From the story, Jin-Gitaxias is clearly capable of making massive leaps in understanding glistening oil and how it infects. Perhaps his study of Tamiyo's completion allowed him to refine the process to a point where certain concentrations of glistening oil can complete a planeswalker without assistance. Also, its been stated numerous times throughout this story that Mirrodin's landscape was particularly susceptible to corruption. So much so that it has resulted in transforming phyrexians from black/colorless zombies into multicolored beings. Mirrodin has influenced the phyrexians equally as much as the phyrexians have corrupted Mirrodin. It wouldn't be so hard to believe then that over time the glistening oil would "evolve" in this environment. So yeah, the fact that they turn easily without much reason given is a bit annoying, but the phyrexians have been planning for an all consuming invasion of every reality in the multiverse. Wouldn't it therefore be sensible to think that they'd be pretty well prepared to deal with planeswalkers quickly considering they are Phyrexia's only threat to total domination?

My best guess is that after fully realizing what it takes to turn a planeswalker, Jin Gitaxis was able to engineer a new version of the oil that avoided the part that needed to be left alone. The Oil 2.0 overrides the old infection, sure the old version still exists but now its got new "instructions" for the completion process.

100k hype! Bravo Seiben. Question if you end up doing a Q&A thing: have you considered doing lore breakdowns of the old MTG stories and novels?

I saw a similar post somewhere and the more I thought about it does make some sense. Elspith is actually Serra.

You are by far my favourite content creator and I cannot explain how much I appreciate your work

Well, the situation with Urza was he did die, he just sparked in that moment, and even though his physical body was destroyed, Oldwalkers in the pre-mending days were not bound to any physical form, so while Urza was able to survive thanks to his spark being an overpowered pre-mending spark. As much as I WANT Elspeth to survive, there's a good chance she's dead. She didn't just "jump on the grenade" she jumped on the nuke. Also, of course Tamiyo took more effort to compleat than the others, she was the "proof of concept" it likely took Jin all that because no one had ever compleated a planeswalker while keeping their soul and spark intact before. I theorize that after figuring out how to do so, Jin was likely able to use the data he gathered to modify the virus strain carried in the oil. Tibalt likely isn't dead, or at the very least he'll be undead in March of the Machine, after all, Venser returned as a compleat zombie.

Emrakul has been shown to communicate with planeswalkers before, maybe emrakul could be broken out of the moon to destroy new phyrexia. She cares about her “children”, she might be able to help if it meant saving her eldrazi babies

Congratulations on 100k, Questions for q/a or in general do you think tybal is dead? Do you have a theory on what “battle” is ? (See new attraxa) Who do you think is next to become phexian planes walker from a story standpoint? Is this invasion as intimidating as the war of the spark? Are you thinking of adding any new types content to the channel ?

At this point I don't see how they could undo the damage realm breaker has caused, I'd like to see Phyrexians become a staple race and be freed from the corruption of the oil, Phyrexians with a free will, and I feel like the way they've played jace and vraska that they would be the power couple to rule that new, new phyrexia. As for Elspeth she's gonna come back and I agree I'd like to see her as an angel (maybe she finds the real serra angel where ever she goes with the cylex) but maybe the cylex could have a different effect if she channeled all that hope instead into the cylex?

My assumption for the faster _compleation_ is that the Reality Chip was hardwired into the very fabric of New Phyrexia itself, amplifying the efficiency of a given effect. Wouldn't be surprised if that's similarly how Realmbreaker is growing so fast. Other than that, I dunno. All I do know is, say what you will about Urza, at least he had the good sense to have his own team wear protective gear.

Congrats on the upcoming milestone!

Congrats on the amazing milestone! I only just found you recently but I absolutely love the content. My question is, back when we got to chose who would win between the phyrexians or mirrodins, what do you think would have happened story wise throughout mtg history if the phyrexians lost there?

hey you're finally gonna get that 100k. Congrats on all your hard work!

I've heard the point that "Urza survived the blast" come up a couple times but I think the biggest issue with that is that the blast is what SPARKED him. He became an Old-Walker in the instant, which was akin to a god and was a being literally made of pure energy assuming whatever shape the consciousness was most comfortable with (as far as my memory and understanding goes). It's less likely that he actually would have survived if not for the fact that at the same time he also became a god-like reality-warping being with two supped up powerstones for eyes.

On your thoughts on the oil now changing planeswalkers so easily, here is my opinion. Phyrexians share memories, consume, adapt, and evolve. Glistening oil (aka Phyrexian oil, Ichor) adapts its phyresis process over time making it more potent from species to species and metal to metal. But it takes a lot of time and a lot of failed attempts as it only makes changes ever so slightly in its attempts. Jin-Gitaxias does research, develops tools and creates devices to aid the oil in its phyresis attempts. He does this to increase the success rate and proficiency of the oil Once the oil succeeds, it no longer needs the device or tool to aid it in the same manner. It learns how to do the changes the device or tool made itself. This theory explains everything. Tibalt becomes a Phyrexian with the current oil in him because of the shared memory and how now planeswalkers can be changed unaided by tools and devices.

Thank you for the amazing content and continues videos covering the lore

i think tibalt was the second test the reason why i say second text is because of tezzeret, i think tezzeret was gin-gitaxis basically theory, tibalt became the beta test to his theory, than tamiyo became his alpha test leading into the finished product of ajani, i think after tamiyo he figured out the perfect way to do complete planeswalkers

you deserve every sub you have and wish you a lot more

One thing though, Anyone hear anything about Ashiok? Last I heard she was terrorizing Elesh Norn using her nightmare magic or something in an interim side story months ago. Where is she now?

19:19 Ok so idk if someone has already said this and it’s definitely not in the story but to answer how the oil is now so effective ok planswalkers basically it works like this: phyrexia is a sort of hive mind and the oil is a self propagating element of it. Anything that makes phyrexia stronger will be present in the oil to make all of phyrexia stronger it possesses a kind of genetic memory so once they figured out how to complete planswalkers the oil began to gain that ability

Glad your numbers are going up my dude

Less than 500 🎉🎉 100k let’s goooo . Love that story and the twists

Here's an idea, Realm Breaker connects New Phyrexia to Innistrad, home of the indisputably toughest SOBs in the multiverse. Knowing their fate if they don't work together, the humans, angels, werewolves, vampires and even the stitchers and ghoulcallers join forces to hold back the waves of completed horrors. Their frontline holds far longer than the Phyrexians and even our heroes expect it to, but eventually they do begin to falter, which is when Liesa, along with her small but devoted flock, go to the Ashmouth to gather the most unlikely of allies, the demons. She convinces them to join the fight on Innistrad's behalf, they agree and with Liesa's power, they are able to temporarily take physical form. When they arrive, the battle actually swings in Innistrad's favor as the demons and devils begin to shred the Phyrexian's frontline, and Sigarda and Liesa get a moment of reconciliation , however, this doesn't last long. The demons are fighting on borrowed time and they do eventually fade back to the Ashmouth. The Phyrexians once again start gaining ground, and to ensure their victory, Elesh Norn sends a completed planeswalker into the heart of the fight... she sends Tamiyo. While on the front, Tamiyo receives a message that actually breaks her connection to Phyrexia, and, in an ironic moment of sanity, Tamiyo casts a spell shared with her by none other than Emrakul. The eldrazi titan erupts from the moon, which is now a silvery rift that hangs over the battlefield. Having had time to recover after her last incursion on the plane, she's actually accompanied by a substantial brood. The hearts of all of Innistrad stop in that moment, seeing the greatest threat they've ever faced suddenly reappear, but something else has firmly grasped Emrakul's attention... Realm Breaker. Drawn in by the abundance of mana pouring out from New Phyrexia, she flies over the frontline. Tamiyo's last thought is of total defiance of Elesh Norn, right before she gives in to Emrakul's influence, tentacles bursting out from the metal shell covering her body, spawning from the last shreds of flesh within her, she is now apart of Emrakul. Other Phyrexian's suffer a similar fate as the titan moves through the rift and begins to tear through the Phyrexian forces that can't be converted. Her presence eventually warps reality enough to cut off Realm Breaker's connections to the other planes, trapping the Phyrexians in with her as their whole world begins to crumble, Elesh Norn gets torn apart by her former "child" Tamiyo as Emrakul share's with her the promised end she brings, breaking Norn both mentally and physically. Our heroes are left on Innistrad, the rift to New Phyrexia having closed and the moon returning to normal. The angels, Elspeth, who is now also an angel, and Melira, who's now stuck in Innistrad, start purifying the glistening oil that remains and the people celebrate their hard won victory, unconventional as it was. Elspeth and the other remaining planeswalkers know however that their work isn't done, as Innistrad wasn't the only plane attacked, and even being cut off from the collective, those surviving Phyrexians are still a threat. That said, they've won, and this story ends with a tremendous sense of hope. Just a quick idea of a scenario I'd like to see in the future.

The way I see it, the process of completion works probably the same way as how vaccines were created. In the beginning, the process was slow as the method of how to do it was first discovered. But once the method was proven effective, Jin-Gitaxious most likely found a way to streamline the process, and incorporate it into the oil, which means it also worked retroactively on Tibalt somehow. That's my guess, thanks so much for sharing the stories!

I don't know where this video's release is to what stories you've read yet but according to the Tezzeret story the damage Realmbreaker has done already can really only be undone by some time wimey, deus ex machina. In the story Tezzeret remarks of traveling dozens of planes and seeing each instantaneously subsumed by the world tree of Phyrexia. It's not just a few branches and minor infection this realmbreaker has done what Yawgmoth only dreamed of. Even Kamigawa has the initial crack of infection. The only plane that seems to be unaffected was Tezzeret's old lair which is one of the coolest call backs of all time right down to the glass sand.

Thanks a lot for the story Seiben, I agree its far better than war of the spark, but it feels rushed and I also agree that compleation is far too quick compared to Tamiyo's compleation. I was hoping this arch would last longer and that we could go to other planes, where a compleated planeswalker revealed itself for us to feel a sense of urgency and maybe 1 o 2 years later having this inevitable event of the realbreaker to feel really epic. But i guess having consequences in this arch is something to be greatfull for. Thanks again for your content ✌🏻

I just thought of something and that is this is a way for them to bring back Nicol Bolas. Because Bolas would be the only one that would know how to stop the phyrexians for good in my opinion. Remember that Bolas is very smart and clever and has alot of knowledge about the phyrexians and alot of other things as well. So i think they would go to Bolas seeking his knowledge on how to put an end to the phyrexians and Bolas would agree to help them for his freedom. It would be a good plot twist by exchanging one danger for another.

I want to see in the next arc Liliana reacting to compleated Jace and maybe helping him recover. In the side story in Dominaria United, Lim-Dun tells her to be the weapon of Dominaria. Maybe (although I cannot say how) she’ll be one of the keys to save the planeswalkers

Late to the party but my personal theory as to why Planeswalkers were compleated so quickly is because they werein Mirrordin. Think about it, the inhabitants of a plane are not bother by planes natural hazards, Vedalken of Mirrordin do not suffer mercury poisoning despite living right in the middle of the quicksilver sea. The natives tolerance for those things that are normal to the plane but hazardous elsewhere are granted to planeswalker when they travel into a plane(so Tezzeret was also immune to mercury poisoning) so it makes sense that they also get the weaknesses of the natives and Mirrians are extra vunerable to Oil.

Imagine Emrakul returns after Realmbreaker demage Planes, blinde eternities with phyrexian oil

Where is Chandra in all this? Anyways, thanks for these videos. Back in 1998, the only access I had of the stories (besides the flavor texts of the cards) are from those little story books complete with artworks which they include in special booster boxes. I wish they'd return to making those again...

With everything connected currently I wonder where fibblethip’s gonna end up

The music was perfect for the strange, and unsettling possibility of loss to Phyrexia.

You called every Walker turned, excellent job! You're the king of MTG lore as far as I'm concerned! Keep up the amazing work, if I could I'd support you more than I currently do! I home my kind words are enough for now tho!

Tyvar was an MVP here - held his own!

Elspeth planeswalks into the blind eternities and becomes an Angel Eldrazi Planeswalker, then the Eldrazi come back and the MTG multiverse is basically an apocolyptic warzone with pockets of planes resisting the phyrexian take over and the eldrazi becoming a threat to match the Phyrexians. Idk, probably not going to happen, but if the Eldrazi are the inhabitants of the blind eternities and there are still many in the blind eternities I wonder if they will come out after Elspeth possibly planeswalks into them, I assume Emrakul might escape knowing that this is the time. Man so many ways this can go, it'll be cool to see what direction the next sets take.

Congrats on 100k subs. I suppose Elesh Norn wished to reward you for you continued faith and loyalty

Yea I pointed out that tibalt should have died unless he somehow resisted until after tamiyo's compleation (idiots on Reddit down voted me for that, funny that). The phyrexians are like a hive mind, the oil seems to have the memories and techniques so likely it now has some part of the reality chip to assimilate walkers... phyrexians are basically the Borg from star trek. Also tibalt will likely get a card in alchemy if there isn't one planned for MOM

Tamiyos compleation is a "flash" which could imply the speed at which it happens considering in Neon she was take 4/5 in and compleated by the end.

My question is this. What is it like being the goat of mtg lore?

These are based off the stories that Wizards has on the website right? I like that they are not worried about killing off their main characters. I think they made Jace weak AF though. The Phyrexian stories have been my favorite and I am glad we are here again.

This is how they were compleated so fast. When a living being come in contact with the oil, they begin being influenced by it. The oil also begin converting flesh into metal (and vice-versa). It is a relatively slow process called Phyresis. Phyresis alone results in the more normal-looking Phyrexians. Ideally, the Phyrexians will force a being to go through a more invasive, surgical procedure to replace biological parts with artifice. This can be done to either a still "pure" being or someone already under Phyresis. Such procedure allows for more radical modifications. When either process is finished, the new Phyrexian being is considered Compleat. --- Post-mending Planeswalkers are not immune to Phyresis. Is just that the final, Compleat result of it causes the being to lose their soul, and the spark is housed in the soul. That is, until Gitaxias developed a way around it (apparently, by having the Reality Chip tether the victim's soul during the surgery). Phyresis through the oil alone must still cause loss of spark, but again it is the slower process and the Praetors presumably got to all of them in time. Old walkers were immune because they didn't really have a body. Their body was projected by their spark, and so it couldn't be altered by oil or surgery. Modern walkers have actual physical bodies that are just as organical as anyone else's. During the original Scars of Mirrodin block, the main walkers *became* immune in some way (Elspeth, Koth and Venser through Melira's magic, Tezzeret through an inoculation Bolas gave him). Because Karn got both Venser's spark and the immunity at the same time, people thought the spark was what saved him from Phyresis/Compleation, but it was Melira's magic again. During the current story, the Planeswalker strike team was in a rush, and got divided when they arrived. So many where captured while alone, and others got tainted by the oil and couldn't be saved in time.

If we are to reverse the compleation on planeswalkers, it will have to require Halo, as you mentioned they have become more if not entirely machine. Maybe the only way to return to flesh would be to give up their spark or maybe they have to go on a quest to get the wish spell to help I don't know. It doesn't help that we have only exceptions to compleation being reversed.

I'm starting to think Tamiyo being compleated has a purpose, maybe to release Emrakul from the moon and make that Eldrazi compleated 🥶 after possible defeat of Phyrexians. Hey maybe this will be the plot of the MoM: Aftermath🤓

they absolutely massacred Nissa with that haircut

i genuinely hate the writing for this but i have nothing but respect for you guys and have loved you guys for years. i guess if i had questions what are some of your favorite cards and sets.

What would be really interesting would be if Elspeth came back from the blast of the Sylex and came back stronger. Exploring more of that potential angel history, maybe even with a more powerful version of halo or another similar plot device that could reverse the compleation altogether, putting her on the map for Phyrexia's forces and creating a reverse of a last stand situation. Sure, they are on their last legs, but if Elpseth can bring back planeswalkers, they would slowly regain some kind of fighting chance. Could be really cool

Old school eldrazi vs. phyrexians and maybe an elder dragon villain tossed in could be enemy of my enemy is my friend. Also lore question, Bolas army from amnokhet how would they be impacted by the oil?

I do have to say - this set makes Phyrexians way too like classic zombies. Dead walkers become compleated (Nahiri and Jace), getting any Phyrexian oil in you automatically compleats you, even if you are a Planeswalker, etc. I think they were just kinda playing fast and loose with the lore, especially given that just a couple sets ago we saw the compleation of Tamiyo as a whole process. I take the point that maybe they improved the oil (though that wouldn't be so machine orthodox), but I kinda think they just wanted Zombie style infection.

RIP Tibalt. They gave him the same treatment as Dack Fayden in WAR. No card, just dead. And mostly just to make Tyvar look cool as the new elf Planeswalker.

I agree that this is at least some cosequences and not the weird War of the Spark tease we got with everyone dying and it was only Gideon, Domri and Dack. Yeah a lot of Walkers died or got chased in the aftermath but only Dovin got killed as a result and Ugin and Bolas are still alive but chilling in the Meditation Realm. I just hope they don't rewind that decision and we got stuck with consequences and a change in the story! Because the only thing that really happend since War that was notworthy was maybe Jaya dying and that's it? My oppinion on the story is that WotC story department needs more time to flesh out stuff at the moment, we are rushing stuff and got the opposite which we had with the block format of worlds having too little time to breath and develope. This leaves us with a lot of open questions and story threats dangeling around. Oh! And my biggest pet peeve is to hate on that we need a new Walker on every darn plane! Was I happy to see Streets NOT introducing another new Walker we need to keep up with! :D

So this was their way to wrap up the Phyrexian story and wipe the slate clean for new Planeswalkers

Super awesome videos kings

if shandalar is a dead plane why didnt she just take the sylex there. also, if the phyrexians have access to the blind eternities is it possible for them to encounter the eldrazi, and if the chalice on eldraine can cure garruk from the chainveil curse then can it cure phyresis/completion?

The oil has had the ability to corrupt since Miridin. It just does so slowly. I believe a side story mentioned how its ability to adapt had intensified.

Okay hear me out...but I do think that the theory that the oil is now more potent works, even with acknowledging Tibalt. Let's look at Kaldheim, where Vorinclex planted the seed within him. Tibalt was infected before the events of Kaldheim's story took place and yet he wasn't compleated in the slightest. He showed no signs of any consequences...because the oil within him was not strong enough. His planeswalker spark was still enough to keep it at bay...keeping it as just a seed, just as Vorinclex had said. Now jump to Kamigawa, where Jin-Gitaxias managed to compleat the first planeswalker using the reality chip, special surgery, and likely some phyrexian oil in the process. This breakthrough is HUGE and one that Jin-Gitaxias would want to put all resources on deck to improve upon it. He's also got a new vessel from which to draw samples from, that being Tamiyo herself. With her compleation, the oil inside her was likely different, altered, and perhaps even enhanced because she is a planeswalker. If this is the case, and with Jin-Gitaxias himself at the forefront of this research, it makes sense that he could make such vast improvements to the glistening oil thanks to Tamiyo's corrupted blood. It is sad that this all happened off screen, but I theorize that Tibalt eventually sought out Vorinclex to make good on his promise. However, poor Tibalt didn't realize that Jin-Gitaxias had succeeded in improving the oil...and so Vorinclex shows the half-devil why he is not a Praetor to be trifled with. I can envision a hunt and a battle ensuing, only for Vorinclex to repeat what he did on Kaldheim, only this time with Jin-Gitaxias's improvements. Now instead of a dormant seed, Phyresis spreads rapidly throughout Tibalt's body. Perhaps he was even patient zero for Jin-Gitaxias's tests of the new oil. With Tibalt's compleation, his theories would have been proven correct and "the great work" would continue as they began churning out more and more of this stronger oil. Long-winded, but I couldn't stop myself from adding a little dramatic flare. So yeah, I think it still lines up for the oil being improved and Tibalt just got another dose later.

Honestly, I haven't been to impressed by the story of all will be one so far. Its been mediocre for me and really not that exciting but I'm hoping as the story goes on it gets better and more interesting and exciting. I was expecting so much more then what we got so far. Maybe I'm the only one that feels this way but if you happen to read this comment let me know what you think of the story so far ?

Why the fuck did Elsbeth teleport the blast away? That was the whole fucking point of the mission

So in regards to Tibbies being completed out of order, was the story told in order? How long did it take for Realmbreaker to grow?

I find it interesting that Elesh Norn & Co. took out more planeswalkers than Nicol Bolas managed through the entire War of the Spark arc. An even more powerful, planeswalking Norn would be even more dangerous 😳

Fun fact: Bolas and Tezzeret are both immune to Glistening Oil. So maybe our bad boys can help out for once. Edit: ok I was wrong. The serum made him immune for a short time in a comic book. So never mind lol

So we don't know of the effects of the Cylex yet, but we can assume it didn't do much right? It would be interesting to see how the completed walkers end up. Time manipulation is a possibility or simply letting them all die in battle.

I'm sure the compleated planeswalkers will be cured. If this wasn't the case, I see no reason why Ajani did not die to Elspeth in that scene. There was also heavy foreshadowing that she would save him in her BRO side story. Their bodies are just machine now? Kaya and Saheeli literally invented a device that can pull the soul of a planeswalker out of their body in the form of the temporal anchor. Now they would still need to restore or recreate their original bodies, but that doesn't seem impossible in mtg. I would bet Strixhaven has such knowledge. There is also Teferi who is back.

How you can become "perfect" when "perfect you" is not you anymore.

It feels like the completetion needed death (except with how lukka turned). Nahiri could have had that artery slashed in her neck which gave a slow death and she may not have turned till she basically killed herself. So maybe death is the key trigger.

Imagine how cool this would have felt reading this from a comic or animated short and not a wall of web text…

what are your mtg decks and what formats do you play ?

Obviously they are gonna save the compleated PW! They have Melira, the kami of the spark, halo, the oil vaccine that Bolas injected into Tezzeret... trust me, Wizards is NOT gonna let their posterboi Jace go like that. I just want my golgari gurls back... and Nahiri too... As for surviving the blast of the Sylex, Elspeth is gonna survive for plot purpoises, but keep in mind that Urza survived by igniting his spark in the pre-mending era, aka, becoming a multidimensional over-god.

Thinking about it elesh norn wouldn’t have to invade but play the part of a Masai offering the sick and dying a chance to not only recover but evolve

My theory is that when Tibalt temporarily became a god he lost his spark. So when he opened the portal, it caused his DNA to slowly shift between each world and since he connected to New Phyrexia, it allowed the oil to course through his body since it resides in everything infected. 🤔

most pre-mending planeswalkers r quite immortal, that explains urza somewhat survived

Idk why they even let jace keep holding the sylex

Nicol Bolas. If the blind eternities are indeed connected, it means Bolas's prison is also amongst them, either they will compleat him to be the ultimate weapon or Bolas will end up being struck a deal with to aid in the war against New Phyrexia

Phyresis is like Borg nanoprobes. I believe the glistening oil adapts as perfection is pretty much the same thing for Phyrexians and the Borg from Star Trek.

While it doesn't explain Tibalt, yes it was actually put out there that Jin-Gitaxias made the oil more potent, which is why the new Melira can't prevent poison all together, just diminish its effects.

I think Tibalt got infected on Kaldheim, and the oil quickly installed in his mind, he became slowly attracted to Phyrexia, got there to get phyrexianised the ''classic'' way, and got compleated by the attraction of the glistening oil

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I feel like I am missing something. Take artifact to Realmbreaker, Jace activates the artifact, then it just gets yoinked and planeswalked away before it blows?

Theros Gods.. magic/enchantment creatures that in "essence" can be resistant to Phyrexian oil/Phyresis.. This can be in future the part where tides of War turn. Cleansing by the Gods.

March of machines will be interesting

On the one hand, I am excited for potential consequences. On the other hand, we have enough macguffins that I suspect our losses will be minimal. Karn, Elspeth, Tezzeret, and Teferi could likely undo this whole thing, unfortunately.

Anyone know where i can get a moving screen saver of elesh norn like at the opening sequence?

Jace once tried to save cursed garruk, now maybe garruk will try to save infected jace

All through this story I've been wondering the same thing about the oil, why is it now able to convert planes walkers? That should have been kept as a difficult and deeper process, now its simple for anyone to just turn. Unless they explain that the oil has now been altered it seems like a story short cut.

I am truly curious to know what's going to happen next. Will the complete planeswalkers stay completed? will they have to be killed? will there be some way to save them? NGL I would love to see something where they can't like. "Save" them, meaning that they are totally de-phyrexianized. But I WOULD love to see a way to free them from the influence of the praetors and have them continue on... Maybe needing to live with and wrestle with the weight of what they did while under the control of the Mother of Machines.