The Eldrazi Titans Explained | Magic the Gathering Lore

[@dathore]

I think one of the reasons why Emrakul basically allowed herself to be locked away is because she realized she came to Innistrad too early, I think what she meant was that, planes welcome her arrival when they're old, and fulfilled their cycle, so the eldrazi arrive and clear out the aging planes, to make room for more, Ugin did compare them to the Multiverse's immune system, essentially the Eldrazi know when a plane is old and decaying, so they clear it out and leave it empty, that's what I feel she meant when she thought the world would welcome her arrival, instead, Innistrad was defiant, angry, hateful against the titan that came to consume it far too early, and that's where the whole thing spun on it's heel, Emrakull can't stop herself from consuming a plane, but she could slow herself down with a little "help" from the tiny creatures so willing to stop her. In short, I think the reason why Emrakull let herself be stopped, is because she realized she was deceived, that Innistrad wasn't dying, so she wasn't ready to consume a yet thriving world, and since she is smarter than the other titans, she was able to use Jace's help to stop what she'd figure was a mistake.

[@AetherHub]

Wow this is a great take. I love it. It plays into Ugins original hypothesis for the Eldrazi’s purpose. Great work

[@shanavalkyria3438]

If they the multiverses immune system then that means their should be a lot more somewhere or new ones will take the fallen eldarazis place assuming they are in fact fully dead

[@AnimeProfilePicture]

​@@shanavalkyria3438 we still haven't seen the full extent of the 3 we have

[@jedstanaland2897]

Honestly I'm of the opinion that if they had actually attempted to understand the eldrazi instead of simply killing them things would have turned out better multiple times. For example phryexia and new phryexia that became old phryexia through some time mumbo-jumbo should have been wiped out many thousands of years ago because it was in absolute decay and the eldrazi were supposed to have gone there and wiped it out but it never got a chance to happen.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

She was like eww healthy world this isn't right your supposed to be old and dying.

[@edwinpoon]

But Eldrazi are not villains, Emrakul will save us all.

[@AetherHub]

Praise our great tentacled space saviors!

[@aceundead4750]

Spaghetti mommy loves all.

[@wandererfromblindeternitie9748]

she will hug us, we will no longer be lost, no longer be alone, the promised end will come.

[@g2poodlehead]

I-rakul... WE-rakul... Em-rakul!

[@randombloodleaf22]

The moon 🌚 will save our eternal souls

[@TetrisPhantom]

I still think it was a missed opportunity to not have the phyrexians try to compleat Emrakul, only to realize that Emrakul is infinitely more powerful than them and effectively turn the phyrexians into colorless biomechanical eldrazi thralls. Even have phyrexian colorless mana in her cost. Would make her line about being "incomplete" feel like a fantastic foreshadowing.

[@jacobbest398]

2028

[@CunningLingu1st]

Hear me out: Spaghetti Mommy Emrakul and Compleation Daddy Yawgmoth multiversal co-parenting.

[@TetrisPhantom]

@@CunningLingu1st Perfect ending to Magic, tbh.

[@onglt27]

Perhaps that could be the "what-if" situation when we come to MH3.

[@ThjyuGaming]

I think this would have been the best wrap up to the Phyrexian story rather than all of the planes separately just... Kind of fighting them off successfully... Idk it felt weak. I think the Phyrexians and Mommy Norn over reaching to attempt to also take over the blind eternities and like you said compleat the titans. Then starting with Norn, to her horror, realizing her grand mistake and being undone at an atomical level(whatever that is in MTG) before the rest of the Praetors are torn asunder. It could flip the idea that the Eldrazi were villains or antagonists as well. Instead they're just ancient beings fulfilling their purpose.

[@tinybones2528]

The eldrazi have always been my favorite piece of lore in the entire magic history. They are different from other "villains" in the lore. Phyrexia wanted to conquer and corrupt, Bolas wanted to enslave and overpower everyone; the eldrazis don't have such superficial goals. They are an impartial force of nature doing what nature built them to do, recycle mana and planes and, while doing so, mortal planebound beings see them as terrible unstoppable all-devouring monsters without any form of rational or logical pattern of action. They are odd and uncomprehensible for normal minds that reason in a cause-effect scheme, going beyond conventional reason. They are not "villains" in the true sense of the term, but just agents of the multiverse's natural composting cycle.

[@BunnyChamberX]

They're just really big bacterium

[@quincyking010]

i honestley think that what they did was a three part step of creating a new plane. i think the reason inistrad ended up getting so twisted was because the magic weave of the plain was still fully healthy and so she couldnt breathe life back into the plane. i think ul was breaking the weave koz was taking that and re weaving to create a healthy weave and em would then breathe life back into the new plane

[@tinybones2528]

@@quincyking010 Yes, i think emrakul came to innistrad and started breathing life into it without being aware that her presence there was a part of nahiri's scheme of revenge on sorin and not the natural "call" planes make when they need the intervention of the eldrazi but, without the prior steps of mana recycling that ulamog and kozilek should have made before emrakul's arrival, her breath of life caused mutations in already existing living beings instead of creating brand new life from the mana her fellow titans should have harvested. She was smart and concious enough to come to the realization that Innistrad wasn't "ready" for her and that her presence there was only causing unnecessary damage to that healthy plane and the creatures living on it. The spirits of the Onakke in the Chain Veil said that themselves to Liliana when she came to confront Emrakul directly; they urged her to "flee from the destroyer of worlds, the creator of worlds". Emrakul's intervention is but a step in the greater process of creating new worlds from the ashes of the old ones. Such an awsome story.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

The conceptualization of the Eldrazi as inscrutable, eldritch Lovecraftian beings was one of the greatest triumphs of MtG worldbuilding. Their subsequent reduction into MCU-style cartoon villains with clear motives and frailties was one of their greatest failures as well.

[@xxhowisuxx]

I adore it when we can't even hope to understand how the enemy species thinks. Species like the Tyranids from 40k are great, so were the flood, though them talking kinda ruined a lot of the mystique, Eldrazi are great too.

[@1krani]

I feel they could've been given motivations if, speaking of The Flood, their motivations and frailties were so horrible and alien that no sane person would reason with them. The Flood are the remnants of the Precursors who mutated into monstrosities after losing a war to the Forerunners. In trying to preserve themselves, the Precursors somehow became parasitic abominations out to consume all sentient life. Ain't no sympathy for that. Ain't no ideology or reasoning with that. Whatever logic drives them, it's not like ours. Eldrazi are the same way, I feel. So far, anyway.

[@sev1120]

And the artbook deus ex machina defeat of them was another massive failure of storytelling

[@nickmahr3354]

Doubt it’ll ever happen, but I’d love to see a blind eternities focused set that really goes into the eldrazi lore

[@escapegrass]

For sure

[@shiro4833]

That'd be so awesome. A set where everything with a color has devoid, maybe some mechanic that taps your opponent's lands to give you mana or some blood moon type enchantment that turns every land into Wastes

[@NeroCM]

Well, there is in theory a space-opera themed set planned for 2025, and while it's most likely it will focus on the Fomori Empire, there is a chance exploration of the Blind Eternities will be either its focus or a part of it.

[@Z4PpEd]

We need this to happen

[@Z4PpEd]

We could see ulamog's true form

[@joserene-t5z]

Don't you think the term "Antagonist" might have been better used instead of "Villain" given the fact that the Eldrazi are not evil and more like a force of nature.

[@AetherHub]

Yes that’s a way better term for them specifically. But I wanted to keep this open to compare them to traditional villains. Plus I like the word villain lol

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

In his defense “antagonist” does terrible for the algorithm. Source: I work in SEO. It’s trash. He’d have half of his views if he went with that instead.

[@carloscrecelius9597]

The MTG version of Galactus

[@OrdemDoGraveto]

​@@MerlinTheCommenterThat excuse only goes for the title. Not to refering to them as villans during the video. And on top of BLUE players as the greatest villans!

[@matthewwasser5621]

@@carloscrecelius9597 I do believe Wizards said they were partly inspired by Galactus.

[@tuongpham7609]

Emrakul devours planes. Me: launches 15 squirrels at it.

[@AliceIzuragi6291]

but what do you have to sacrifice? must sacrifice at least 6 permanents, and if echoes of eternity is on the board. thats 12.

[@NewPhyrexia]

Looks like, 15 Squirrels have the power to devourer planes too

[@AliceIzuragi6291]

@@NewPhyrexia i brought up the annihilation 6 and echoes of eternity and he has yet to respond

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

​@@AliceIzuragi6291because you're too braindead to understand what a joke is

[@Aedi]

I like the idea that each Eldrazi does a different part of the world. Theyre all described as consuming mana, but I like the idea that theres mind, space, and substance. Ulamog recycles the substance, the matter of the plane. It's wake is ready to release its physical matter back into the multiverse. Kozilek recycles the space, the reality, of the plane. Removing the boundaries between the plane and the blond eternities. And Emrakul recycles the life, the minds. The hardest to understand of the Eldrazi, maybe she brings the minds of the dying plane into herself, a collective mass of ancient peoples given a final rest, or maybe she disperses them amongst the planes, to be born anew.

[@pelusoft]

I like the idea that Emrakul will suffer a metamorphosis on the moon. When Emrakul said she was not ready on Innistrad, what I thought is that she was waiting for the other two titans (my idea is that eventually they reborn as they are a natural phenomena of the blind eternities)

[@quincyking010]

i honestly think that without the eldrazi the planes will face true death. i think what they did was destroy unhealthy planes as they were and reshape them into a healthy new plane. ul would go through and break the magic weave of the plane koz would take that now broken weave and create a new healthy weave and em would then breathe life into the new plane

[@ivikivi32vonbaum]

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die. (H.P. Lovecraft) yeah, I highly doubt that chandras little candlelight killed them, I imagine it more as ula and cozi trying to eat a borito but it was still too hot so they're letting it cool down a bit, maybe they'll even get a snack while they wait (innistrad).

[@Set666Abominae]

The important thing to remember about Lovecraft’s mythos, of which the Eldrazi are clearly based, is that there are multiple pantheons and they are not equal. What nearly bought planes to their knees could be but specs of dust to far, far greater horrors. I can’t wait to see the Eldrazi return! They’re easily my favourite “villains”, if you can even call them that, when our mortal follies of morality couldn’t possible apply to them.

[@SaphG1]

A friend of mine had an interesting theory that Eldrazi are something like Galactus meets the borg. Some universes create a race that tries to turn it's entirety into a single hive mind. If they succeed in making everything one, that hunger to continue assimilating everything they eventually break out of the shell of their universe and enter a new place outside of the known planes, where they themselves are assimilated into the waiting Eldrazi hive mind and birth a paragon of their universe in the form of an Eldrazi titan. Their thirst to assimilate is repurposed into a instinct to consume other universes. Each Eldrazi's spawn are just twisted echoes of the entities that were once a part of universe that their hive mind came from. In theory the Phyrexians were the proto-form of a new Eldrazi titan and it's spawn that was stopped before it conquered it's universe and broke free into the space beyond the multiverse , which was why Emrakul doesn't react to their activities and the Eldrazi never attempt to consume them. Don't think it's right but it was a cool concept.

[@darklightmagus1222]

I know this was a quick rundown of the entire history but you got one key part incorrect. Nahiri did not seek the aid of Sorin to deal with the Eldrazi that were on her plane. In fact, the Eldrazi were not on Zendikar at all. Ugin was the one who asked Sorin for help with the Eldrazi. Ugin needed to study the phenomenon and determine what exactly they were and if the Eldrazi were a threat to the multiverse. Sorin and Nahiri aided the attacked planes against the Eldrazi while Ugin studied them from within the plane and from without. Ugin determined that the Eldrazi's trajectory would eventually hit the home planes of the three eventually. So to protect their planes and those of others, he came up with the plan as seen on the video. One thing not mentioned in the video is that the hedrons would not only work as a prison but also beacon to draw the Eldrazi to the plane. However, which of their planes to choose from to be the prison? Sorin's plane of Innistrad was too small. It would not be able to hold all three titans with its mana leylines. Ugin's plane of Tarkir was too far. It would take a few decades perhaps even a century and dozens of planes would be consumed while the Eldrazi were drawn to it. Nahiri's own plane, Zendikar, had the mana capacity and was much closer by comparison. Nahiri did not want Zendikar to be the prison but to choose Tarkir instead meant she would be choosing a large number of other planes and trillions upon trillions of inhabitants to die instead.

[@moreparmesan5261]

TLDR

[@CunningLingu1st]

“Ugin’s plane of Tarkir was too far.” Unless I’m mistaken, the distance between the current plane an entity resides on and another is irrelevant when “planeswalking”. If the corporeal incarnations of Ulamog, Kozilek, and Emrakul are merely avatars they can manifest on a plane, couldn’t they simply dissolve them and recreate them on another, given knowledge of it’s location?

[@darklightmagus1222]

@@CunningLingu1st Every plane of existence has a position on the multiverse. The plane at the center of the multiverse is canonically Dominaria. From the position at which the Eldrazi were relevant to the position of Zendikar and Tarkir, Zendikar was relatively closer by a lot. What I mean is that there were fewer planes between Zendikar and the Eldrazi compared to Tarkir and the Eldrazi. Ugin was not sure if the Eldrazi would ignore other planes or if the Eldrazi would devour every plane on the way to the hedron beacon. Editing to add: the Eldrazi are much stronger in the aether (space between planes) while Planeswalkers are weaker than when they are inside a plane.

[@matthewwasser5621]

If the Eldrazi truly so important in the health of the multiverse, would trapping them also be bad for the multiverse? As bad as killing them? I remember Ugin told the Gatewatch that killing the titans could have dire consequences on the multiverse, maybe someday they can have a major story about the death of two of the titans causing trouble for the multiverse, or at least to Zendikar, where they were killed. It could be a while till we see Emrakul again. I would love to learn more about the Eldrazi in the lore.

[@STS-qi1qy]

On one hand I think the Eldrazi are the biggest *danger* but I'm not sure if I'd go so far as to call them villains. Villainy implies an intent that I feel the Eldrazi don't have.

[@weirdmusicmixmaster]

Im just hoping theres more titans out there, even if they dont show up for the mainline lore, i love eldrazi for giving good high power counters to other strategies in game.

[@stampede122]

I’m going to agree with Ugin here, I don’t think they’re outright villainous akin to Nicol, but more a force of nature in the sense that since there’s creation, there must be destruction to balance it

[@kkpratt]

I wonder if what Emrakul meant was that the multiverse wasn't ready for her yet? But now, with the Omenpaths...

[@DecimatedRanger]

Hopefully we get an update video with all the new Eldrazi stuff, specifically the 5 color identity but devoid Azlask as well as the fusion of Kozilek + Ulamog in Ulalek

[@a.summers9180]

I laughed my butt off when I saw the this video in my subscriptions because last night my kor gunslinger fighter, Leshe, (who's a granddaughter of Nahiri) in my boyfriend's homebrew D&D campaign was mentioning the eldrazi! Talk about perfect timing! 😂💖👍

[@AetherHub]

What can I say I rolled a Nat 20 on Wisdom! I hope the game is going well.

[@a.summers9180]

@@AetherHub Did Jace Beleren use the help action to give you advantage? And it is! There's a lot of eldritch horror elements, eldritch zombie-drone-dryads, some sci-fi high tech in a high fantasy setting, a science-fantasy, and lots of shenanigans.

[@Playmatscards]

My head canon: Emrakul knew she needed to give the illusion of victory to bide her time. If she fights and tries to escape the Moon they will only make a better lock. Maybe she saw the Phyrexian Invasion and soon, most Planes would be fractured and without their Planeswalkers. By letting time pass and the Planes weaken she will be set to breakout and begin devouring and maybe, reproducing new Titians? This would also allow, from a creative standpoint, for WOTC to create new Planes and characters while retiring old ones in an epic fashion. Let old characters be devoroured or fall to the Eldrazi Titans. Anytime they (WOTC) needs a clean slate they can release an Eldrazi set and BOOM, fresh start.

[@pikachufantastic]

Yeah innastrad is on the brink of death with all the apocalypses it has on the regular.

[@carriongaming744]

My full art ugin got here last night to add to my eldrazi deck (Gorgeous card btw). Excellent timing with the great video haha

[@AetherHub]

Perfect! Enjoy the new addition to the deck

[@carriongaming744]

@@AetherHub Hey thanks! Can't wait to be public enemy number one when they see Kozilek (or Zhulodok) in my command zone :D

[@PhyrexianFleshgorger]

Simon! I am here for you buddy. I am a huge fan and I buy a box or two every paycheck. Your Lore has helped me get into MTG without having to play in person so much! Love you man and thanks for what you do! We got your back brother. Ambassador nonsense won't be around forever. Don't sweat it. WotC does NOT know what they are doing.

[@AetherHub]

Appreciate all your support buddy ❤️

[@ollmeister4632]

Finished my 2k Eldrazi high power deck today and having a tournament at my lgs tomorrow. Such a great timing for the algorythm to show me this video. Thank you for the content now I am set up for tomorrow :D

[@AetherHub]

I hope you win your tournament!

[@ZaynTheDon]

Nice, I'm also building a high powered eldrazi deck. Could you send a link to your deck ? I am extremely curious to what cards it contains !

[@raiderdevellian5752]

Imagine a Compleated Nicol Bolas (with a captured and corrupted Ugin) in control of the Phyrexian army vs Emrakul and the Eldrazi. The ultimate showdown

[@voin3186]

Wizards will steal this idea within the next 10 years. Watch

[@raiderdevellian5752]

@@voin3186 I wouldn't complain. A nice check for my idea wouldn't be bad lol

[@michaelcabangbang]

Emrakul evolves into Emrakruel at level 37 Ulamog more like Ulamoggles Kozilek my Kouhai

[@AetherHub]

I loved this way more than I should have. A Pokémon Secret Lair incoming??

[@king0fdragons738]

I think it should be noted that Eldrazi and phyrexians are two different types of hive minds. Eldrazi, all being parts of the same 3 creatures, would have a shared mind, at least within their broods. Phyrexians whould have a hive mind similar to what we see in nature where they all have a single goal and work towards it but are all separate individuals that don’t share the same mind.

[@williamwinder5011]

I want to see a battle between the eldrazi and the phyrexians.

[@josephpatten4595]

Imagine a plane consumed by an all out war between the Eldrazi, Phyrexians, and Slivers.

[@mightyone3737]

I liked the Eldrazi enough to build a Gruul deck around them, it's a lot of fun, and the Commander is low profile enough that people often let you survive long enough to do something.

[@stephanhasenberg7783]

I'm so ready for emrakul to return

[@scottricks1676]

Emmy will Forever be my all time fav mtg foe. Can’t wait till we see her again

[@Case2_0]

Ayy, always great to have an updated video. I usually listen to the old one when mowing the lawn

[@davidlawrence4018]

Emrakul the Aeons Torn doesn't have protection from spells that are more than one colour; she has protection from coloured spells. That means spells of at least one colour.

[@marklastname373]

Ugh I caught that too. What's wrong with us?

[@davidlawrence4018]

@@marklastname373 Ain't nothing wrong with me, bro. I rtfc like nobody's business. Good on you for catching that, too, though.

[@occasj]

I love the eldrazi, they are the manifestation of my depression made into card. They are my play things and with them I will make others feel the hopeless dispare I feel!

[@olivergooch7062]

Can’t wait to see how uzilek fits into this

[@isaiahsmith8379]

I feel like a part is missing,(a few obviously)but a part that is included in the lore of cards from the zendikar through the RotE sets, Kosi, Ula and Emeria are written in as sort of demigod legends of the plane, false gods if im following it correctly. I would like to see cards to represent possibly human illusion horrors or something to that effect. We do have Emeria, the sky ruin, but i feel like there is plenty more to explore

[@matthewwasser5621]

Did the titans on Zendakar truly die? I know the gatewatch tried to pull them onto the plane, but did they succeed? Or did they just cut off a limb? Since the avatars we see on a plan is just a limb, how big is a titan? Can they feed on multiple plans at once?

[@shanehanlan336]

Clearly the best villain for future sets has to be Braids. They brought her back and as leader of the cabal she will be reckoned with. May Braids rule be eternal.

[@jimslim4227]

My guess would be that colorless mana is the "void" state of mana before it forms new planes, either turning into the colors or laying the foundation for colored mana to exist. Stopping the Eldrazi is breaking the mana cycle and halting the multiverse, possibly leading to its death when all current planes decay through the hands of their inhabitants.

[@wannabeslav]

Ugin only saw or noticed 3 titans, but that doesn't mean there aren't more. There could be hundreds of them, or even just a few more that were feasting while ugin was observing. We can't even begin to imagine how big the scope could be. Now that Eldrazi are finally coming back, even if it's not new canon instances, we might finally get to see them again return in the current setting, with new titans. I know this upcoming Legendary Eldrazi in the modern horizons is probably not a new Titan but it makes me excited to think about it. An all color Legendary Eldrazi that supports devoid, it sounds so cool and incredibly unusual for an Eldrazi, let alone a Legendary one, being all colors

[@mmancuso1231]

I have run Eldrazi decks since I started playing in 2014! They are my favorite go to and also VERY MUCH my aesthetic!

[@michaeldream100]

Love your content ! Makes me just want to theory craft all day!

[@AetherHub]

Thank you for the kind words! You should totally theory craft!

[@WusigiDr1]

Biggest villain gotta be urza

[@tychoMX]

Thanks for this comprehensive recount! Hadn't realized that everyone had the distinct arms but Emrakul...maybe something to be further explored.

[@marklastname373]

Emrakul actually does have distinct arms, near the bottom center. Just don't look too closely at the fingers... *shudder*

[@Endingindot]

Love this lore a lot! I have eldrazi tribal with all the flavor text on it.

[@GhostlyGhost333]

Considering the fact that Leisa the archangel came back to Innistrad, I wonder if Brisela would also come back, but as a non eldrazi angel.

[@kiraxbara456blitz6]

I need more eldrazis! My tribal deck demands it!

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

No.... please no

[@ninjaman0003]

when i think villain, i think some kind of evil schemer. i do think the eldrazi are incredibly dangerous but other than emrakul, they seem more like monstrous forces of nature and not really villains in how i would describe them. though they are definitely more dangerous than nicol bolas and potentially phyrexia. i think phyrexia stands a chance because we don't know if an eldrazi can be compleated. if they can, then holy crap. the eldrazi would have the initial upper hand but once some of them started getting compleated, the rest would follow fast.

[@zonko]

Almost 10 years later a renewed version of the eldrazi video is out lol

[@KittyMcPancakes]

Great video man!

[@AetherHub]

Thanks so much :)

[@Boatanga]

Awesome video you guys are some coolest monsters anywhere in fiction to me I would love to see a video similar to this about the slivers

[@isaactelesco2141]

I always looked at it as the eldrazi are the thing that stops planes from becoming what happened to the plane of Arabia when it split into a thousand and one iterations of itself in a mana explosion. The fact that the eldrazi failed to stop that plane from shattering into thousands of tessellated mana refractions of itself began the glitch or the crack in the logic of the multiverse creating planeswalkers. Before the sundering of alara and then the mending of it, planeswalkers before were able to essentially feed off the man of the planes they had been to before, but they weren't completely consuming them. So they weren't able to fully destroy the planets. But this new form of activity seems in some way able to keep the planes in order to keep it from manifesting enough to again destroy itself. And therefore later on the entire mulriverse. But, after the mending, is when this happens Again. The roil on zendikar. Even with a powerful planeswalker like nahiri being on the plane. To me, Emrakul is the right eye, and mind. The right eye is often the one seen as empathetic in symbology. The one that sees the self. I believe she is something akin to a collective data bank of all the minds on the plane when it is consumed.that is why she is "welcomed" and there supposed to be "blooms". When a flower blooms, it means the seed has been cracked, planted, and grown beyond what it was. In order to create Pollen. Or, Fruit. I.e. the spawn. But, there were more minds in emrakul than jace could fathom. I believe Kozilek is the left eye and left hand. Ones associated wirh creativity, experimentation, curiosity. Asking questions. And testing. Kozilek is the thing that warps matter. It observes, tests, and then inverts, translates, rotates, redesigns. Testing the stress limits of the plane at its end of life cycle. To better know how to recycle the matter. So that it can be reused in the next planes to be born from the "tilled soil". Ulamog is the jaw and right arm. The strongest appendages and the most primal. Fighting forces and consumers. They feed to multiply. To swarm. To clear the template. Zhuladok is the gut and loins. He is the piece that consumes the void mana created by all three and births from his shadow the essence of the eldrazi. I believe, what is supposed to happen. Is emrakul arrives. Collects the minds and souls to be re-seeded in the new planes to come. The bodies are corrupted because they are just mana receptive flesh, and with the mind and soul gone, void mana swarms into it. Altering the flesh and the brain. Then kozilek will arrive, learning and testing the reality and its bounds of space time. Setting asside and crystallizing the managable and usable material to be kept at the ready. Ulamog then arrives and consumes all that is dead(in so far as that sense belongs in the motivations of the eldrazi) or useless. Creating excess void mana to bind and mark the new plane with the usable material. Then, zhuladok arrives and uses the mana to consolidate, and reform the eldrazi self and extract from the pocket of space time. Shunting the recycled, nonliving matter into the blind eternities to begin building anew. After all, only nonliving matter can pass through the blind eternities. The reason, Zendikar was such a disaster, is because all three were present at once. And because the people able to affect the eldrazi dont understnad them. Or it. If god appeared tomorrow and said "your planet is ending now. Come with me out of your flesh. And as you left it, it turned into everything evil that god rejects, how would that look from the outside?

[@johnnyhellkite6347]

The Phyrexian plague seemed pretty badass too. Nicol bolas is definitely my favorite baddie though

[@JacksonHostutler-ln8ji]

The eldrazi will return.Most of the people that had formerly battled her are gone. And with new horizons being a sort of summary of the events that took place it only makes sence that they will return soon

[@clarenceschnell5200]

Emrakul is a babe. Kozilek is the truth.

[@coebaltraizure6137]

I've had a theory that Planes walkers eventually become Eldrazi if they become too power hungry. Nicole Bolas would be a prime example of how this could happen. His powers demonstrably grew from the point he became a planes walker, most notably after consuming a larger creature of comparable strength... Absorbing it's mana one could say.

[@raylordofkhalah28]

when a farmer culls a dying bush to make room for new growth, the insects within it might see the farmer as a monster beyond belief and strength. So, too, do the Titans of the Eldrazi act. Clearing the planes for more, younger planes, but only so far as to continue the growth. When tricked into attacking Innistrahd, an ax blow had already been done to the figurative planar bush, but by locking herself away Emrakul could give the bush more time to finish its life, instead of culling it immediately.

[@mike9139]

YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤

[@magharibo]

I love your videos. May you consider to have the name of the card artwork presented on screen shown in a corner ?

[@AetherHub]

I’m currently showing the card the arts from on screen. Does that count?

[@magharibo]

Yeah, that counts, just in the beginning the planet artwork has no card/name

[@aceranger6657]

Great video!! Is there a list of cards used for the video?

[@TheyCallMeDio]

Nissa: Be free, you spaghetti monsters! Emrakul and co. : lol no *(Proceeds to wreck Zendikar)*

[@tsgmatthew2975]

For me the top 3 villains of Magic are the Titans, Nicol Bolas, and the Phyrexians. IMO the Titans are the best villains. and I'll explain why Magic is a setting LOADED with lore and mystery and characters. Nicol Bolas was a great villain, he was once the equivalent of a god, and Urza stole his godhood from him, so he played the long game to regain his power, seeing no moral qualms with wanton slaughter, because in his eyes, he was simply taking back his power from beings who were born with fragments of that stolen power. They were lesser beings, and while he certainly was a megalomaniacal narcissist, you can kind of see at the same time that from a certain point of view, he wasn't KILLING a being, he was allowing their sparks to return to him where they belonged and once more become greater as a whole than they were all separate. He was greedy, as all dragons kinda are, but you can kind of understand why he thinks this way, but at the same time, you cannot condone his methods. even with his powers diminished, he still wields formidable power, and instead of using his vast knowledge and power to guide and mentor planeswalkers on their power, he decided to take their lives and sparks instead. A great villain who's ultimate defeat was ironically one of his own making. The typical trope of your own hubris will be your undoing. The Phyrexians are also great villains. Whereas nicol bolas was a singular character who singlehandedly posed a threat to the multiverse, but a direct threat to all of our named characters we've followed for years, the phyrexians were instead an established threat to every being on every plane of existence. they are one of the oldest threats in magic, being heavily tied to legendary characters like urza and mishra. Their very existence being of the glistening oil and their devotion to it and perfection posed a threat to EVERYTHING, and in recent lore, even planeswalkers themselves. After our last little outing with phyrexians long long ago in the myroddin sets, we at least had some solace in knowing that phyrexians could not move between planes. They've always been a threat even after, but we were safe in knowing that other than jin gitaxis and vorenclex, they were isolated until someone screwed up and accidentally let them into another plane. Until they successfully compleated Tamiyo. and then the world tree seed, and the reality chip. We only feared the phyrexians in case someone opened a portal for them to attack another plane, but they managed to set up an invasion of not just ONE, but EVERY plane at once. Sure Elish Norn is a good antagonist, but in reality, its phyrexia as a whole that poses a threat. elish Norn is simply the one leading them. and so long as a single drop of glistening oil exists, phyrexia will ALWAYS be a threat to the multiverse. The Eldrazi on the other hand, are the best villains, because unlike Nicol Bolas who is a Character, and the Phyrexians who are a Religious Species hostile to all organic life, the Eldrazi are a threat to the very essence of the multiverse, Mana. we know the titans by name, and we know of 3 of them, but we don't know for certain if there are ONLY 3. We know they devour all mana, and they come from the space between Planes, but we know nothing of their origins, their purpose, their motives. The only thing we know is that they devour, corrupt, and taint everything they touch. They may not be the best written characters or villains, nor are they the most detailed. but what makes them fantastic villains is because of how alien and enigmatic they are. We can understand Bolas, We know what the phyrexians are and why they act the way they do. But we do not understand the eldrazi, we cannot comprehend them. They are fantastic villains because they are just like C'thulhu, a terrifying everpresent enigmatic foe that we know nothing about. One of the greatest fears of man is the fear of the unknown, of something beyond our understanding. and thats why the eldrazi work. I honestly believe that the eldrazi would be made WORSE as villains if we knew their origins, purpose, and motives, because they would no longer be alien and enigmatic, because by putting these things into writing for us to know, then they become mundane and boring because they lose their horrifying mystique

[@theforesttroll]

Even if ulamog n kozilek were wholly killed, it feels like there's still titans out there, either there's others that are growing and waiting to be great enough to be classed as titan, or there already are ones yet to be seen

[@Lorxboy98]

And now Emrakul is back 😱

[@devinsmith2480]

total and COMPLEAT history. i dont know if you intended that but great pun

[@alyssazachariahswarat673]

Good overall gist, but some story beats are in the wrong places. As I recall/understand, when the eye was weakened by Ulamog's cult, and vampires made, after Nahiri reinforced the locks again, she then went to Innistrad where she fought with Sorin where she was sealed in the hellvault, like you described, but she was in the vault for a long long time. Way before Avacyn and Griselbrand were sealed within it themselves. When Liliana came to free Griselbrand to get her revenger during Avacyn Restored, she also freed Nahiri. Nahiri then sought Zendikar, not knowing the titans were fully free now. After seeing them loose, she planned her revenge on Sorin and Innistrad. There were other points but much more minor. Also, like others have mentioned, villain isn't completely accurate, but I get why you used the term. Last side note, which I know I would love to learn more about a specific being who does this as well, Marit Lage is strong enough to pass through the Blind Eternities but is not a being from there. There are a few creatures who threw pure power were able to pierce the Blind Eternities like the Ur Dragon, the being I would love to learn more about, and even Kruphix.

[@henryterhune8328]

Thanks Seiben! Cool stuff

[@AetherHub]

Glad you liked it!

[@blankspace178]

*How to deal with Eldrazi, including Emrakul:* Isochron's Scepter + Reprieve Child of Alara + Gift of Immortality Pandimensional Mirror (doesn't work on Emrakul but it's funny for every other Eldrazi) Worldfire (yes, this does permanently remove Emrakul)

[@FaustCrowley]

I'm pretty sure someone has mentioned this, (though I did read many of the comments) but I am still irritated that the lore flip-flopped from the Titans reforming in the Blind Eternities to, "nah, the Gatewatch obliterated them." Considering the power of Phyrexia once it was able to compleat Planeswalkers, it seems they were similarly stopped too easily, and, as some have suggested, it would have been more interesting if Phyrexia and the Eldrazi had a confrontation that ultimately allowed the remaining 'walkers to re-imprison the Titans.

[@chezpizza3869]

My fan theory is the Eldrazi are Planeswalkers Sparks. Planeswalker sparks that eventually transform into these beings of pure cosmic hunger. Who or why is a planeswalker created, who knows? so why not Eldrazi be the inevitable end of a Planeswalker spark's lifecycle before the Eldrazi dies and becomes a new plane themselves. *Notice I said planeswalker spark, not the planeswalker themselves.* The spark itself is a symbiotic entity of energy needing and choosing a host in the multiverse. Also what if the glistening oil is Eldrazi blood (or the blood of one of its manifestations) which was experimented on by Yawgmoth? this could explain why phyrexians look like them and have a hive mentality.

[@phutureval2418]

I personally think Emrakul put herself in the moon because... i hate to say it but... time travel. Think about it. It all starts with the fact the moon on Innistrad is made entirely of silver. Back in early MTG, Urza made Karn out of Silver because it was the only martial to survive the time travel process. Knowning Emrakul's intelligence and time spent in the blind eternities exploring, looking at other planes, she/they might have came across that knowledge. What if when she was talking to jace about it " not being her time" she is literally going to go to her destined time. like a tardis but for a spagetti space monster.

[@chriscampbell5880]

I'm an eldrazi PLAYER and I've never noticed the eyes all over kozilek... and now I can Never UNSEE them!

[@chriscampbell5880]

WTF how did I never realize shrine of the forsaken gods art depicted idealized versions of the TITANS (clearly i never read the flavor text)... I'm not even half way thru this video and you have already blown my mind TWICE! You just earned yourself a subscriber.

[@AetherHub]

Wow this is some of the highest praise I’ve gotten. I make these videos purely to expand players knowledge of the story. So glad I’ve done that for you. Welcome!

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

Sorry, but Urza is the biggest villain in MTG. That probably won't ever change.

[@belorde6966]

They look alot like the great ones from lovecraft, creatures soo strong and incomprehensible that you cant completely understand them or you become insane, soo powerful that they need to send avatars to show a mere portion of their power, i love comsic terror and thebeldrazi are indeed .y favorite creatures of mtg.

[@Davidone-Eldrazi]

i hope they make a comics with that story.. very good material for illustrators

[@Shoyro]

I feel Eldrazi are not evil, but more neutral overall. They seem to have different ages. Emerakul might have been more understanding while the other two who were more focused on feeding, and don't really bother with interacting with the plane's Inhabitants as sentient beings. Emrakul shows she's more willing to interact with the inhabitants without corruption. She might be the eldest of the three, having more understanding of the inhabitants of a Plane than the other two. I feel the corruption on a plane is not fully controlled willingly. The corruption of a plane's Inhabitant is just a result of the Eldrazi's presence that's not sealed. Kozelik looks to be the second eldest as he is able to mind control the inhabitants of a Plane, showing he knows he can interact with them, but simply does it to make it easier to feed with little difficulty. Ulamog might be the youngest. He seems to be the most focused on just eating. Edit: maybe it's the opposite like as suggested in the video. Perhaps Emrakul is part of a collective, but not a hive mind, and her saying she's incomplete is related to losing the missing parts of her, referring to the other titans that are killed before.

[@DeCode343]

Killcannon, for being a relative easy target, then Machinehead, the guys with the big money often tak a while longer to pin down. Then Mauler Twins, but he'd let them live for his next one or two plots, if they help him. Omni Man, like Homelander, would be his main-target, but nothing he can get his fingers on very easily. Also Omni Man would probably only be handled by his change of mind after his... Incident... With Mark.

[@smolknife]

haha totally :-)

[@Tomageddon1999]

It would be crazy/cool if emrakul plan was to use/control the slivers to do its bidding and make a “hive” battle between phyrexian and eldrazi slivers. Maybe the slivers could also mutate/evolve to be immune to being compleated.

[@theShadowBolts20]

Id love to see a villains set that had the different antagonists all go at it on some plane set for destruction.

[@ryanedwards7487]

Who’s the biggest villain in M:tG? Nahiri. Because she knows what she’s doing is wrong and horrific, and does it anyways. Not to feed (like the Eldrazi), or to compleate (because the Phyrexians believe, like the Borg, that assimilation is the greatest good and aid to understanding)-but for cold, petty revenge. She’s an actual monster. She’s knows what she had done or is planning is evil, and does it anyway to hurt everyone else, too. She’s the worst villain in Magic-or at the very least, tied with Yawgmoth.

[@raydelmartinez2905]

Watching this video during Modern Horizon 3 spoiler season with the new iteration of the three titans introduced as well as other Eldrazi legends.

[@boxman7044]

dude reading into the descriptions of what the eldrazi *do* is terrifying, like ulamog smells so bad you want to die. Kozilek kills people over and over again, and then theres emrakul who speaks for herself

[@mack-h-2019]

Great video!!!

[@AetherHub]

Thank you very much!

[@CaptainWwowW]

Always thought it was weird how Mark Rosewater kept saying that Ulamog and Kozilek were confirmed perma-dead when nothing in the lore supported it. Modern Horizons 3 we're getting a new card for each titan so who knows what his thinking was.

[@purpleslushie]

Definitely my favorite creature type.

[@captianbacon]

It's weird living in a time without eldrazi dominance. When I started playing magic the eldrazi were and horrifying. When I got back into magic eldrazi 2 was there and was format warping. Now they seem like a distant dream. And eldrazi 2 with the devoid mechanic made me like them. I really want either a new eldrazi titan or When emrakul hatches for a 5 color devoid titan so then we can run all the kool devoid eldrazi in a deck with the rest cause of color idetlntity for edh.

[@PhantomZ0027]

I’m just here waiting for more Eldrazi, scarecrow, madness, and wish to come out in the next set

[@ivikivi32vonbaum]

Alright, I'll make a theory or hypothesis or whatever, I think there are in total 7 eldrazi Titans, since 7 does seem to be the magic number for them, besides the Titan of Matter Ulamog, the Titan of Reality/Space Kozilek and The Titan of Life Emrakul, I think there are also the Titan of Constructs/Logic or even magic, the Titan of Concepts, the Titan of Time (yes I know that space/time are inherently linked and are kind of the same, but I think there is simply a counterpiece to Kozilek) and lastly and possibly greatest of them, the Titan of Souls or if you want another name, the Titan of Sparks.

[@Pakadrung]

Ive wanted to play Eldrazi for years, and I just bought and upgraded the Zhulodok pre-con, and it so fucking cool loool

[@alfiobonanno5100]

Bad stuff happened, but was rectified, more bad stuff happened, but everything was put under control, then, Nissa arrived, and everything went to shit. Her continued existence really is one of the biggest tragedies of the multiverse...

[@06THEHULK]

Great video.

[@toast9694]

I love how annihilator was seen as overpowered and broken. Yet mono blue is still allowed to exist.😂

[@david598]

Exactly they literally have a counter for everything and they getting cheaper to cast every year

[@WarforgedCanuck]

Edlrazi return - Deadspace secret lair, would work so well with horror and lovecraft

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I like to imagine the eldrazi after consuming as much mana as possible on a plane and it collapses they release it in it’s raw form of pure mana which is then shaped by the blind eternities into a new plane. Basically the eldrazi act as recyclers.

[@emilyburkert7061]

Wait - how could the true form of the eldrazi be dragged onto the plain? Wouldn't that destroy the plain or something? Otherwise the eldrazi could always manifest fully and be way faster.

[@isaacbacon6691]

I’ve been looking through your content, and I was just wondering if there is much lore to Zaxara

[@Enlil2578]

I have that eldrazi deck moved it to Cedh. Oh buddy it is crazy fast and good.

[@bryanboobaby]

What about zulodok commander masters?

[@AetherHub]

He makes an appearance in this video :)

[@bryanboobaby]

@@AetherHub saw that lmao is he a titan?

[@WhizzerdSupreme]

They're only "villains" because of Teferi and Ugin, who are also responsible for the multiversal nerf of Planeswalkers, and consequently the reason for Nicol Bolas' War as well. Teferi is the REAL MtG villain.

[@NocturnalAquarist]

I'm fairly certain that Merit Laige's essence or herself became Emrakul when Bolas dispersed her energies across the time stream and blind eternities. Maybe we're gonna get Laige back 🤔