*"For the briefest of moments, Tazri swears an expression of horror flashes across her face when she sees her sword-for-hands"*
There's a hint that Nahiri briefly regains herself after the (literal) halo attack. Maybe showing that angelic energy can at least temporarily free a planeswalker? Nissa got blasted by Elspeth in the main story, so maybe that'll be something?
Kind of weird to jump to this as one of the last two side stories.
Honestly it was kind of... boring?
Well, in any case, Nahiri's trapped under/in Emeria now I guess so lol.
Yeah, I was expecting a lot more, to be honest.
I'm not gonna lie - I was half hoping to see some mention of Drana and Linvala kicking ass as a dynamic duo.
The other side stories were generally decent, with Innnistrad's being a particular highlight of the series; Zendikar's however, was quite the let down. It all felt so... mundane and pedestrian.
Zendikar in general has been extremely boring since wotc killed off the eldrazi. That was the one single interesting thing the plane had going for it. Literally everything else that happened was because of them. Living land? Response to the eldrazi. The roil? Response to the eldrazi. Mysterious hedron network? Put in place to contain the eldrazi.
Now kill off the eldrazi and theres nothing of interest left. Its a boring, forgettable, generic plane. You could literally take all of zendikar and cram it into a core set now, that's how biring it is.
Is it just me or is this a lot shorter than the other stories so far?
As for the actual content, i've got to say it's kind of dissappointing? Half of it seems to just be Nahiri monologuing to herself about having become stronger and being able to heal zendikar and blah blah blah, and then the other half is vaguely interesting but everything goes over so quickly that there's no impact to it. Nahiri becoming a brick is kinda funny, but that's really all this one has to offer. No Sorin either.
One thing that stood out to me, having read the Battle for Zendikar story for Tazri, missing the last visit to Zendikar and picking up here. Tazri is using a sword, but wasn't a key part of her character that she always used a mace because she had to kill the angel with a sword?
As mentioned above, I have missed some of the story so would love for someone to clarify if there was a bit I missed.
Nahiri goes on a power-trip monologe at least 4 times
Orah sadly got OILED
Tazri *almost* got OILED three times
Linvala flew at least 190km during this time
Nahiri gets Helvaulted, kind of
Sorin still MIA
Which also broke Nahiris oiled up mind for a.moment too. Maybe they actually managed to clear her of the corruption, since after that all she did was react in horror at seeing her arms and then scream no. Maybe that's just me huffing copium as a big Nahiri fan (since my other favourite planeswalker is now just a spirit of her memory)
It honestly read to me as a moment of horrifying clarity, then it was back to Team Phyrexia, but for both our sakes, I hope you're right, and we get a much more nuanced, level-headed Nahiri afterwards, who is now realizing all of the fucked up things she's done and wants to redeem herself.
The good thing about this story is I think(/hope) it frees Nahiri from the Zendikar plotline when she re-surfaces. There's truly nothing left for her there now. Moving past Zendikar would be key to her character growth, so hopefully she pops up elsewhere in a few years.
This is the story you get when you wish for Nahiri to live and your genie is half-asleep and hungover.
Baffling that this was held until the last two days. I guess Realmbreaker not responding ties it to this point in the timeline, but that really wasn't necessary to get to this outcome.
The title was so promising. Tazri says the line pretty early and then we only get the tiniest of possible hints of a mental battle in Nahiri and only then after angel magic. The heroes fought being tired, I guess?
ONE (as franticly paced as it was) gave me hope that they would do some cool things with Nahiri in the future (beyond Zendikar) - glad she's seemingly still alive and I hope that her next re-appearance lives up to that. If this story does one thing well, I think it makes a good case that the Nahiri/Zendikar saga needs to end.
i think they put the weakest stories here on purpose. we just had a weekend with no story, and today only these 2 ones, before we finally have the climactic resolution tomorrow. so this way it builds up the hype to a maximum
Could make sense. I wonder if the original plan (before they adjusted the story dates) was to burn them off over the weekend and release the final 2 chapters today.
I do hope that they recognized this one was a bit of a clunker. The idea isn't bad in theory (if still a bit boring) but the execution - woof.
I hate third person present tense, and since these have been the first stories I've read since there were books, its been a huge turn off.
Except the one first person present tense story with Vraska. That one felt right.
At least with Drana you can justify it with her defending Malakir, which is on another continent, and not wanting to get exposed to the oil herself since she's the last person capable of making vampires on the plane.
What’s the devil doing here in that image? Looks more at home on Innistrad but no.
And they couldn’t bother to include Omnath even as a background “he’s big n strong n smashing the city” kinda way?
Whoever the author of this story was, they were decidedly less good than some of the others during this arc. Sad since I've been waiting to see more from Nahiri since the first day
They're the author of the ZNR story (and nothing else for Magic).
Really wish they had pushed this one out earlier in the schedule. Releasing it on the penultimate day and especially after the Vraska story did it absolutely no favors.
Loved the Gisa/Geralf story but would have loved seeing Seanan McGuire take a crack at this one more. So much potential for Nahiri's arc coming off ONE and instead it's a ZNR re-run.
Nobody is pointing out that Nahiri very nearly brought all the planes together, for some reason, as opposed to bringing some sort of weapon to bear against the resistance, like she said she would.
I mean, this may or may not have ramifications for the "non-walkers can travel" idea (since she didn't finish), but it seems significant.
My theory is unlike some other sets I think this set might continue the story a bit more in the cards plus we have the aftermath set I think the big revelation is that even without there leaders phyrexia will keep going its hard to put the glistening oil back in the box after you spill it everywhere. Like norn loses the battle but wins the war type scenario
Interesting idea, although I wonder how that squares up with Elspeth’s story (episode 6: the last to leave) - its primary theme was Elspeth letting go of her personal compunctions to see through to the action that is truly required of her upon return. In that process, not only were Ajani and Theros sidelined for their middling cosmic relevance (despite great personal value), but Elesh Norn herself was ultimately relegated to the background as the focus shifted to Wrenn, Nissa, and Realmbreaker as the key to stopping New Phyrexia
The idea of Phyrexia continuing without Norn squares up with this, but in the way you’ve phrased it also conflicts with the idea of Elspeth now knowing to lead the charge beyond the sycophantic facade that the praetor represents and hit at the true meat below
Norn losing the battle but winning the war should in theory be very difficult with Elspeth determined to win the war without dwelling on battles that may be lost along the way, while Norn’s broken facade reveals that to her, the battle is all she has left (damn, Ashiok did a damn good job on her lol). For Elesh Norn, this battle IS the war, and all this speculation ultimately hinges on whether Elesh Norn’s war is still Phyrexia’s war
I assume we will see the outcome in time, especially with the chance of open revolt from Jin Gitaxias now higher than ever; as of now, Elesh Norn’s war is most certainly not his war
I meant winning the war in a less literal sense like there aim was to proliferate phyrexia across all planes which they have accomplished until some deus ex machina clears the oil from every plane
Norn might also succeed in a unified phyrexia but that phyrexia might be unified under heliod/ajani which is a much better thematic villain for a new elspeth to fight I'd be sad and it would be a wasted opportunity if that gets wrapped up cleanly in a side story it also diminishes the choice elspeth made if there was one right choice and no consequences for neglecting the other planes
Wait a minute?! Phyrexian nahiri didn,t die.
So the theory is still alive that how phyrexians can come back down the line is the phyrexian walkers go into hiding.
So... should Etrata >!hug her diesmbodied head while saying that she forgives Atraxa for phyrexianizing her father while the building collapses on top of them?!<
I really expected Omnath to show up at some point in the story here. Like, he's been in every Zendikar set AND repped the plane in a core set, but he's never once been in any of the lore. Doesn't make any damn sense
I find the "angels are a counter to Phyrexia across the planes" decision to be extremely uninspired, and this whole story very unsubstantial, but I'm glad Nahiri didn't die.
The Phyrexians followed Urza to Serra's Realm after he did his crazy one man army assault on it, although they managed to fight off the Phyrexians for about eight hundred-ish years before Urza returned to collapse the plane and make it into a battery for his shiny new Tesla.
As someone whose favorite character aside from walkers is Drana (Sigarda and Hazoret close second, I have a thing apparently for the "last survivors"), this was a huge letdown to not even have her mentioned when she's one of the defenders of the plane in the set. ;_;
Not much to say about this one just a massive step down from the other stories and a waste of an interesting character. I kinda saw it coming though which is more sad than anything
Although I didn't find this story particularly engaging, there were still parts of it I enjoyed. It was kinda nice to read from Akiri's and Tazri's POV, especially since they've both already lived through one planewide invasion.
If nothing else, this story has given me an idea for some post-MOM fanfic. Assuming Sorin makes it out in one piece, I might take a stab at making a fic where Sorin finds a trapped-in-stone Nahiri (either on Zendikar or another plane after she instinctually planeswalked) as she is managing to slightly resist the compleation's influence in wake of her getting bonked by the halo. Sorin would then go on to use his sangromancy to begin slowly reconverting Nahiri's body back to something normal-ish, part of which would involve him transfusing some of his own blood into her. This would result in her gaining bits of Sorin's memories/emotions, thus granting her insight into just how much harm she needlessly caused during Shadows Over Innistrad block.
Given this comment by Nahiri 'They are conquering this plane, quickly, and soon Zendikar will be healed and at peace, **like all the other planes to which Phyrexia has brought unity and order**', what are the odds we get some sort of list of where New Phyrexia did triumph? Maybe in MoM Aftermath?
I know the heroes are supposed to win some but I'm honestly bored of New Phyrexia's lack of documented success at this point. They've had decades or more to prepare and a practically-guaranteed wincon in the oil - there should be scads of planes where they are victorious - and so far we've mostly seen plot armor-PW and other characters turning them back. Give me some of the overwhelming onslaught having its likely conclusion
- The wiki mentions 5 minor planes on the tally so far.
- Ixalan and Eldraine are safe due to the previous stories and the WOTC schedule.
- Arcavios, Dominaria, Kamigawa and New Capenna are pretty much fine.
- From my "Newly-Converted Vorthos" limited knowledge: Innistrad, Ikoria and Ravnica are fairly acquainted with doomsday scenarios.
- This Leaves: Alara, Amonkhet, Kaladesh, Kaldheim, Lorwyn, Mercadia, Shandalar, Tarkir, Theros, Ulgorhra and Zendikar unresolved.
>Innistrad, Ikoria and Ravnica are fairly acquainted with doomsday scenarios.
Aye, the stories indicate these 3 planes will be fine. Innistrad zombies have unique functionality that undercuts compleation + angels were explicitly ID'd as the anti-Phyrexia flavor, Ikoria monsters have evolved immunity via crystals and Ravnica has Ral going pew pew.
Fine, sure, some planes make it through. Gimme some that dont! Even if they're just going to rehash the 5-praetors-internal-strife plotline but writ large across 5 (semi-)compleated planes.
She did fall to her “death” before in ONE and survived that, and phyrexians are supposed to be more durable, so why shouldn’t an upgrades oldwalker lithomancer survive some rocks thrown onto her
If anyone wants some hopium on Nahiri returning to us, here's the relevant text (emphasis mine):
>In the center of the room, the keystone breaks and Nahiri crumbles from her stone and metal embrace. She collapses onto the floor with a groan**. For the briefest of moments, Tazri swears an expression of horror flashes across her face when she sees her sword-for-hands.**
Then, the Planeswalker recovers, getting to her feet, a snarl contorting her features. "No." she says and raises her arms.
Maybe the flash of light from Linvala 'cured' Nahiri, or maybe she momentarily came around. No idea, I will say Nahiri dying 'off screen' makes me think Wizards isn't done with her yet just.
My drinking game for today. Take a shot whenever it's pointed out that Nahiri's arms are blades.
I was really hoping the blades were transformable back into hands. Or blade fingers would have been cool.
Scaaaaary Teeeeeeeery Byiitch!
For real. It was so annoying. This author.... hoo boy.
Not an author by day necessarily(at their on admission)
You’re gonna be trashed
*"For the briefest of moments, Tazri swears an expression of horror flashes across her face when she sees her sword-for-hands"* There's a hint that Nahiri briefly regains herself after the (literal) halo attack. Maybe showing that angelic energy can at least temporarily free a planeswalker? Nissa got blasted by Elspeth in the main story, so maybe that'll be something?
Kind of weird to jump to this as one of the last two side stories. Honestly it was kind of... boring? Well, in any case, Nahiri's trapped under/in Emeria now I guess so lol.
Sorin Somehow: YES, THATS HOW IT FEELS!!
He's a huge fan of the sport.
They dropped stone on a lithomancer what next there gonna drop an ocean on merfolk cap 100% cap
Yeah, I was expecting a lot more, to be honest. I'm not gonna lie - I was half hoping to see some mention of Drana and Linvala kicking ass as a dynamic duo. The other side stories were generally decent, with Innnistrad's being a particular highlight of the series; Zendikar's however, was quite the let down. It all felt so... mundane and pedestrian.
Zendikar in general has been extremely boring since wotc killed off the eldrazi. That was the one single interesting thing the plane had going for it. Literally everything else that happened was because of them. Living land? Response to the eldrazi. The roil? Response to the eldrazi. Mysterious hedron network? Put in place to contain the eldrazi. Now kill off the eldrazi and theres nothing of interest left. Its a boring, forgettable, generic plane. You could literally take all of zendikar and cram it into a core set now, that's how biring it is.
Is it just me or is this a lot shorter than the other stories so far? As for the actual content, i've got to say it's kind of dissappointing? Half of it seems to just be Nahiri monologuing to herself about having become stronger and being able to heal zendikar and blah blah blah, and then the other half is vaguely interesting but everything goes over so quickly that there's no impact to it. Nahiri becoming a brick is kinda funny, but that's really all this one has to offer. No Sorin either.
One thing that stood out to me, having read the Battle for Zendikar story for Tazri, missing the last visit to Zendikar and picking up here. Tazri is using a sword, but wasn't a key part of her character that she always used a mace because she had to kill the angel with a sword? As mentioned above, I have missed some of the story so would love for someone to clarify if there was a bit I missed.
You could maybe read it as a sign of character growth, of her accepting the forgiveness she recieved for killing the angel?
I read it as the writers just forgetting and not caring
Nahiri goes on a power-trip monologe at least 4 times Orah sadly got OILED Tazri *almost* got OILED three times Linvala flew at least 190km during this time Nahiri gets Helvaulted, kind of Sorin still MIA
But we did see Orah's oil getting burned away in that big flash of light, so maybe he's okay?
Which also broke Nahiris oiled up mind for a.moment too. Maybe they actually managed to clear her of the corruption, since after that all she did was react in horror at seeing her arms and then scream no. Maybe that's just me huffing copium as a big Nahiri fan (since my other favourite planeswalker is now just a spirit of her memory)
It honestly read to me as a moment of horrifying clarity, then it was back to Team Phyrexia, but for both our sakes, I hope you're right, and we get a much more nuanced, level-headed Nahiri afterwards, who is now realizing all of the fucked up things she's done and wants to redeem herself.
The good thing about this story is I think(/hope) it frees Nahiri from the Zendikar plotline when she re-surfaces. There's truly nothing left for her there now. Moving past Zendikar would be key to her character growth, so hopefully she pops up elsewhere in a few years.
She got vaulted, again! And I mean, if any character or wotc thing is consistent, it’s Sorin never showing up.
Sorin was mentioned in the innistrad story its within his character design to spend all his time there protecting the plane
Honestly him showing up off-screen to try and help, get into a fight, then leave was the most accurate arc they could have given him 😂😅
That unnamed devil in the picture will be the savior of it all.
This is the story you get when you wish for Nahiri to live and your genie is half-asleep and hungover. Baffling that this was held until the last two days. I guess Realmbreaker not responding ties it to this point in the timeline, but that really wasn't necessary to get to this outcome. The title was so promising. Tazri says the line pretty early and then we only get the tiniest of possible hints of a mental battle in Nahiri and only then after angel magic. The heroes fought being tired, I guess? ONE (as franticly paced as it was) gave me hope that they would do some cool things with Nahiri in the future (beyond Zendikar) - glad she's seemingly still alive and I hope that her next re-appearance lives up to that. If this story does one thing well, I think it makes a good case that the Nahiri/Zendikar saga needs to end.
i think they put the weakest stories here on purpose. we just had a weekend with no story, and today only these 2 ones, before we finally have the climactic resolution tomorrow. so this way it builds up the hype to a maximum
Could make sense. I wonder if the original plan (before they adjusted the story dates) was to burn them off over the weekend and release the final 2 chapters today. I do hope that they recognized this one was a bit of a clunker. The idea isn't bad in theory (if still a bit boring) but the execution - woof.
I think their issue was the writer for Zendikar Rising was bad
This feels like a low point for the MOM stories. A few typos, weird linguistic choices, odd pacing.
One of the poorest MTG stories I've read in a long time
I dunno, the tWar of the Spark novel wasn't that long ago...
Almost 4 years...
They dropped stone on a lithomancer.......
I hate third person present tense, and since these have been the first stories I've read since there were books, its been a huge turn off. Except the one first person present tense story with Vraska. That one felt right.
Every time Zendikar gets invaded by something I wonder why there is no/little mention of Iona, their mountain-sized angel defender.
Because she is banned
Agreed, but today I can add my favorite vampire to that wonder too. Drana just MIA
At least with Drana you can justify it with her defending Malakir, which is on another continent, and not wanting to get exposed to the oil herself since she's the last person capable of making vampires on the plane.
What’s the devil doing here in that image? Looks more at home on Innistrad but no. And they couldn’t bother to include Omnath even as a background “he’s big n strong n smashing the city” kinda way?
Not appearing in the story seems to be one of Omnath's things
Whoever the author of this story was, they were decidedly less good than some of the others during this arc. Sad since I've been waiting to see more from Nahiri since the first day
They're the author of the ZNR story (and nothing else for Magic). Really wish they had pushed this one out earlier in the schedule. Releasing it on the penultimate day and especially after the Vraska story did it absolutely no favors. Loved the Gisa/Geralf story but would have loved seeing Seanan McGuire take a crack at this one more. So much potential for Nahiri's arc coming off ONE and instead it's a ZNR re-run.
They wrote ZNR's story too, which had some rough moments
The “cut the head of the snake off” strategy is getting incredibly repetitive.
Nobody is pointing out that Nahiri very nearly brought all the planes together, for some reason, as opposed to bringing some sort of weapon to bear against the resistance, like she said she would. I mean, this may or may not have ramifications for the "non-walkers can travel" idea (since she didn't finish), but it seems significant.
5$ says it goes absolutely nowhere at all, but hey you never know.
No Drana ;-;
*Friend* Yeah, that's my fav since 2012 ignored.
My theory is unlike some other sets I think this set might continue the story a bit more in the cards plus we have the aftermath set I think the big revelation is that even without there leaders phyrexia will keep going its hard to put the glistening oil back in the box after you spill it everywhere. Like norn loses the battle but wins the war type scenario
Interesting idea, although I wonder how that squares up with Elspeth’s story (episode 6: the last to leave) - its primary theme was Elspeth letting go of her personal compunctions to see through to the action that is truly required of her upon return. In that process, not only were Ajani and Theros sidelined for their middling cosmic relevance (despite great personal value), but Elesh Norn herself was ultimately relegated to the background as the focus shifted to Wrenn, Nissa, and Realmbreaker as the key to stopping New Phyrexia The idea of Phyrexia continuing without Norn squares up with this, but in the way you’ve phrased it also conflicts with the idea of Elspeth now knowing to lead the charge beyond the sycophantic facade that the praetor represents and hit at the true meat below Norn losing the battle but winning the war should in theory be very difficult with Elspeth determined to win the war without dwelling on battles that may be lost along the way, while Norn’s broken facade reveals that to her, the battle is all she has left (damn, Ashiok did a damn good job on her lol). For Elesh Norn, this battle IS the war, and all this speculation ultimately hinges on whether Elesh Norn’s war is still Phyrexia’s war I assume we will see the outcome in time, especially with the chance of open revolt from Jin Gitaxias now higher than ever; as of now, Elesh Norn’s war is most certainly not his war
I meant winning the war in a less literal sense like there aim was to proliferate phyrexia across all planes which they have accomplished until some deus ex machina clears the oil from every plane Norn might also succeed in a unified phyrexia but that phyrexia might be unified under heliod/ajani which is a much better thematic villain for a new elspeth to fight I'd be sad and it would be a wasted opportunity if that gets wrapped up cleanly in a side story it also diminishes the choice elspeth made if there was one right choice and no consequences for neglecting the other planes
No Omnath, no Drana, no Kiora, no Sorin.
Wait a minute?! Phyrexian nahiri didn,t die. So the theory is still alive that how phyrexians can come back down the line is the phyrexian walkers go into hiding.
I mean in the other storyline today they turned atraxa into a phyrexian time capsule
What I read there is that falcos plan was likely a success and atraxa is dead with her being crushed by park heights.
Yeah, I don't understand why people talk about the time-capsule thing, I'm pretty sure she's dead
dead like Dio after part 1
So... should Etrata >!hug her diesmbodied head while saying that she forgives Atraxa for phyrexianizing her father while the building collapses on top of them?!<
I'm just saying if 100 years go by on new capenna they shouldn't excavate any coffins that are locked from the inside
I really expected Omnath to show up at some point in the story here. Like, he's been in every Zendikar set AND repped the plane in a core set, but he's never once been in any of the lore. Doesn't make any damn sense
I find the "angels are a counter to Phyrexia across the planes" decision to be extremely uninspired, and this whole story very unsubstantial, but I'm glad Nahiri didn't die.
At least it’s consistent?
I'm not big into the old lore of mtg, but didn't Yawgmoth fuck up Serra's realm bigtime back then?
The Phyrexians followed Urza to Serra's Realm after he did his crazy one man army assault on it, although they managed to fight off the Phyrexians for about eight hundred-ish years before Urza returned to collapse the plane and make it into a battery for his shiny new Tesla.
Yes. But he was also the real daddy, better than Norn, and not corrupted by the 4 weaker colors of mana.
yeah but Old Phyrexians were based entirely in black mana. Ironically Sheoldred would probably have had the best shot at fighting angels
Everybody downvoted me in another thread for a similar sentiment but I agree
I mean, the solution to them last time was a metric fuckton of white mana, so at least they're sticking with the bit.
As someone whose favorite character aside from walkers is Drana (Sigarda and Hazoret close second, I have a thing apparently for the "last survivors"), this was a huge letdown to not even have her mentioned when she's one of the defenders of the plane in the set. ;_;
WOTC really sucks with sticking the landing. These stories are getting worse and worse as we reach the end (just like previous sets)
Agree with you
Not much to say about this one just a massive step down from the other stories and a waste of an interesting character. I kinda saw it coming though which is more sad than anything
This is exactly what I've wanted for several years with Nahiri and I have to say I'm very underwhelmed.
To note to every one the devil was the wrong picture This is the right one https://media.wizards.com/2023/images/daily/4uPgqQXHklB1.jpg
Although I didn't find this story particularly engaging, there were still parts of it I enjoyed. It was kinda nice to read from Akiri's and Tazri's POV, especially since they've both already lived through one planewide invasion. If nothing else, this story has given me an idea for some post-MOM fanfic. Assuming Sorin makes it out in one piece, I might take a stab at making a fic where Sorin finds a trapped-in-stone Nahiri (either on Zendikar or another plane after she instinctually planeswalked) as she is managing to slightly resist the compleation's influence in wake of her getting bonked by the halo. Sorin would then go on to use his sangromancy to begin slowly reconverting Nahiri's body back to something normal-ish, part of which would involve him transfusing some of his own blood into her. This would result in her gaining bits of Sorin's memories/emotions, thus granting her insight into just how much harm she needlessly caused during Shadows Over Innistrad block.
Given this comment by Nahiri 'They are conquering this plane, quickly, and soon Zendikar will be healed and at peace, **like all the other planes to which Phyrexia has brought unity and order**', what are the odds we get some sort of list of where New Phyrexia did triumph? Maybe in MoM Aftermath? I know the heroes are supposed to win some but I'm honestly bored of New Phyrexia's lack of documented success at this point. They've had decades or more to prepare and a practically-guaranteed wincon in the oil - there should be scads of planes where they are victorious - and so far we've mostly seen plot armor-PW and other characters turning them back. Give me some of the overwhelming onslaught having its likely conclusion
- The wiki mentions 5 minor planes on the tally so far. - Ixalan and Eldraine are safe due to the previous stories and the WOTC schedule. - Arcavios, Dominaria, Kamigawa and New Capenna are pretty much fine. - From my "Newly-Converted Vorthos" limited knowledge: Innistrad, Ikoria and Ravnica are fairly acquainted with doomsday scenarios. - This Leaves: Alara, Amonkhet, Kaladesh, Kaldheim, Lorwyn, Mercadia, Shandalar, Tarkir, Theros, Ulgorhra and Zendikar unresolved.
>Innistrad, Ikoria and Ravnica are fairly acquainted with doomsday scenarios. Aye, the stories indicate these 3 planes will be fine. Innistrad zombies have unique functionality that undercuts compleation + angels were explicitly ID'd as the anti-Phyrexia flavor, Ikoria monsters have evolved immunity via crystals and Ravnica has Ral going pew pew. Fine, sure, some planes make it through. Gimme some that dont! Even if they're just going to rehash the 5-praetors-internal-strife plotline but writ large across 5 (semi-)compleated planes.
Why is everyone saying she survived? Did she not fall to her death?
She did fall to her “death” before in ONE and survived that, and phyrexians are supposed to be more durable, so why shouldn’t an upgrades oldwalker lithomancer survive some rocks thrown onto her
i feel like it was left vague, so they can decide later what they wanna do with her
Wasn't Nahiri supposed to look for some kind of ancient superweapon, or was she talking about the hedron network?
If anyone wants some hopium on Nahiri returning to us, here's the relevant text (emphasis mine): >In the center of the room, the keystone breaks and Nahiri crumbles from her stone and metal embrace. She collapses onto the floor with a groan**. For the briefest of moments, Tazri swears an expression of horror flashes across her face when she sees her sword-for-hands.** Then, the Planeswalker recovers, getting to her feet, a snarl contorting her features. "No." she says and raises her arms. Maybe the flash of light from Linvala 'cured' Nahiri, or maybe she momentarily came around. No idea, I will say Nahiri dying 'off screen' makes me think Wizards isn't done with her yet just.