March of the Machine - Greater Planes of Invasion | MTG Lore

[@BlizzardofKnives]

What was the invasion like for Innistrad? To quote Dance with Calamity, "It was just another day..."

[@1000Tomatoes]

Ikoria easily became my favorite due to the hyperevolution that caused the behemoths to evolve anti-oil measures so quickly.

[@ognogud9991]

Read the flavour text of the flipped "battle of ikoria", majestic

[@keirbird5900]

Zilortha was unimpressed...

[@brentdye1504]

Monsters in ikoria was activate the anti-phyrexian oil crystal armor.

[@thatguyintherain3168]

I love how the people of Kaldheim are just like "if we cant have the tree, no one can!"

[@anlize3422]

Ikoria, where the behemoths tackled Phyrexia underfoot and even the might of Phyrexis wasn't even worth of note by Zilortha. Zendikar, where the plane itself rose with natural might to fight off the invaders. Ixalan, where the rage and fury of the Dinossaurs, the cunning of vampires and stuborness of humans prevailed. Tarkir, where the fire raged and wings of flame buffeted the cancerous away in searing wrath. And Innistrad... where it was just another Tuesday, As you can see, I have a bit of bias with certain tropes.

[@kyleellis1825]

Zendikar did lose Omnath and Ixalan lost Etali. So they at least got a couple punchs off :P

[@AsuraBoss]

@@kyleellis1825For some reason, your comment has a translation that says Ixalan lost Italy, which I think is hilarious.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@AsuraBoss Lol. The Red Spinosaur Elder Dino. I love translations like that that make totally new strange sentences..

[@askani21]

Meanwhile, Jace is preparing the glorious rebirth of Phyrexia... He will become known as "Jace, the Uncle of Machines of Neo New Phyrexia"!

[@aj1218]

Nah WOTC won't desecrate Jace that way. They will dig up the corpse of Urza and have him do it

[@Hollowbarista]

​@@aj1218 Lol! Nice comment. But I disagree. Rather Jace than Ursa maybe Mishra? Oh Mishra the mad?

[@DeadAccountdotdotdot]

But upon his defeat, Vraska will avenge him as “Vraska, Great Aunt of Machines of Neo New Phyrexia: Electric Boogaloo”

[@knightofsteel2783]

Turns out it's neither. Vraska and Jace are both alive, and cleansed of Oil, in Thunder Junction. Jace was revealed yesterday, and Vraska was a few weeks ago I believe. Apparently we're getting a "Brand New" event in 2026, so maybe New Phyrexia's theoretical successor will be either after that, or the one after that.

[@askani21]

@@knightofsteel2783 Yeah, I'm a bit sad compleation is so easily cured now. I didn't have time to check the new story, but from the art, Jace looks like Ashiok... Is there something going on here? Is this Jace just an Ashiok nightmare? Like an illusion? Or am I paranoid? Loll

[@Lobomaru02]

How fitting that a Phyrexian invasion of Kaldheim, a Norse inspired plane, leads to their version of Ragnarok.

[@jackiemendelsohn]

Also, the first phyrexian invasion was the ragnarok of keld, dominaria’s version of the Norse

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

If only WotC put into their own lore half the passion that channels like this do, we might have had an epic story spanned across multiple sets really seeing how each of the planes and its heroes faced off the Phyrexian hordes, instead of that rushed and half-baked resolution that the official writing team put out. I guess it's better just to write ourselves most of the story based on the pictures and flavour text on the cards.

[@carl2d2]

I missed Lorwyn/Shadowmoor and Alara, the blocks that introduced me to MTG

[@GozMaster]

0:02 Intro 1:13 Dominaria 5:10 Zhalfir 6:01 Arcavios (Strixhaven) 10:44 Amonkhet 14:07 Eldraine 17:40 Ikoria 23:34 Innistrad 25:51 Ixalan 28:33 Kaladesh 31:42 Kaldheim 34:09 Kamigawa 36:19 Lorwyn ( 39:47 New Capenna 43:01 Ravnica 46:00 Tarkir 50:10 Theros 53:37 Zendikar 56:18 Outro

[@tripleh327]

My favorite flavor text was on ikoria invasion Phyrexia largest Goliath stormed ikoria ready to challenge the world great monsters Zilortha was unimpressed

[@kyleellis1825]

Which is why the invaded Bant and Esper but left Naya alone.

[@ElodieCunningham]

I like how much flavour they added to each invasion not just through the battle cards but also the online side stories and commander deck lore. Bright palm being the leader of the defence of towashi really added to that commander feeling like part of the story

[@dwuanbrown9469]

It's criminal how unknown this channel is.

[@tomfrost6049]

This video may be a year old but I just have to say it is so well narrated, and edited. I can enjoy the voice, the cards and even some sly animations. Small wonder I've been binging this channel.

[@Jordan-yb7zp]

I just need a new set to come out with Phyrexia as the idea for the Block. Hands down my favorite bit of mtg lore since I started playing the game 18 years ago

[@TheOfficialMobGoblin]

Your videos are awesome! I run a MTG themed D&D campaign and your videos have been a gold mine for lore and adventure

[@TheLorebrarians]

Thanks so much, glad they can help inspire!

[@arthurchateau7475]

I mean, it's true tho. i'm doing it as well and your videos are... a staple to me @@TheLorebrarians

[@AsuraBoss]

I don’t think I’ve heard the word “boon” as many times in one video as I just did

[@adoo765]

In the end, logic, stakes and the spair planeswalker (lukka) died. War of the spark 2 everybody

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

While underwhelming in terms of consequences (and horrible writing in those novels), at least War of the Spark still felt like a cohesive story. The Phyrexian invation of the multiverse had a pretty good setup up to midway through MoM... then WotC pull off of Game of Thrones season 8 and suddenly the largest existential threat in history became a minor nuisance and the heroes won because of plot armour.

[@cesarfranceschy9576]

Amazing content as usual. Thanks a lot for the trip down memory lane and into compleation. I know you spoke lots about dominaria, and have already made a video about Akroma, but is there any chance you could produce a video on the whole Mirari debacle?

[@thatguyintherain3168]

How about an in depth Ravnica guide on all of the guilds and their leaders?

[@finedecision5639]

Damn, it must be never a good time beinf alive in dominaria

[@learntoplaymagic5202]

Still would like to see Amonkhet before Bolas destroyed it. It could be a stand alone set telling the story of how Bolas destroyed the plane and warped the gods to make them do his bidding

[@CromwellMTG]

Needs to happen for sure

[@kyleellis1825]

I'm so done with the over arching story. Let one set a year tell the ongoing current timeline story and let the other three sets each year all be stand alone sets from all periods of time. - Do alara, the sundering, and the shards now isolated. - Do Amonkhet pre Bolas. - Show us Innistrad before Avacyn. - Go back to Lorwyn/Shadowmoor in the past or show how it turned into Eldraine over time after the Human Planeswalkers introduced humans to the plane. - Do Kaldheim when the elves where the gods. - What about Argentum right when Memnarch started grabbing people. - Go to Ikoria when the mutation crystals first appeared. - What about Zendikar before the Eldrazi + Vampires? - Ravnica pre guilds when the Nephilim ruled.

[@phoenixshadow4631]

​@@kyleellis1825 Loryn/Shadowmoor is its own plane w/ no humans other than planeswalkers who pass through, it even featured on an Invasion card. Eldraine is entirely separate and has its own invasion. The two are only linked in the way of being inspired by European fae mythology.

[@kyleellis1825]

I understand. I just hate how they've handled the planes the last decade. I always thought Eldraine would be Shadowmoor/lorwynn after the walkers brought humans.@@phoenixshadow4631

[@askani21]

Hi Lorebrarian! 48:19 I think this is a small editing mistake, Silumgar appears as you're presenting the Mardu. I love your video btw, it's a masterpiece! :)

[@TheLorebrarians]

Appreciate it!

[@vawnis88]

Yayyyyy you made my morning!!!

[@deathnights-bane3301]

As so phyrexias giant apex predators stormed ikoria and much like a similarly spiny giant nuclear lizard. Zilortha was unimpressed.

[@jautele49]

Love the video 🔥🔥

[@paytonhaney4273]

WOOO waiting for this one

[@dakotadoyle7573]

And with Aftermath on the horizon... MOAR LORE

[@EthanSchaefer-ys7bc]

There was a little lore but not much.

[@kalemas1]

Talkir (dragon plane) looks really cool.

[@EthanSchaefer-ys7bc]

It is actually Tarkir and the Dragon that started it was Ugin the spirit Dragon twin brother to Nicol Bolas.

[@jonseibert1857]

How did Kaladesh get Halo blades? Isn't that substance from New Capenna?

[@tripleh327]

Also I really hoped in phyrexian invading innstrad only to realese the aeon thorn the promised end emrakul from its moon and collectevy shit their pants when the eldrazi titan call again his two buddy for a buffet on the multiverse

[@kingoogie23rd16]

Time stamps?

[@keirbird5900]

No Zilortha?

[@ardras4649]

I'd love to hear more about the end of the invasion. From what I ggathered, it seems that Teferi invaded New Phyrexia, with Karn, they almost got Elesh Norn, but in the end she seems to have vanquished every Zhalfirin, and when she was about to slay Karn, Elspeth, who was supposedly dead, emerged as archangel, and slayed Elesh Norn. I'm sure I'm missing some info, therefore i'd love to hear about that :D

[@TheLorebrarians]

Working on the script for part 2 of Phyrexia's story arc as we speak!

[@ardras4649]

@@TheLorebrarians More perfect than the phyrexians ♥️

[@PierreVB-514]

I enjoy freshening up with Mtg's lore since I'm returning from a ten year break , but this episode didn't provide any context or description of how and why Phyrexia invaded every other realm 😕

[@TheLorebrarians]

See the Phyrexian Arc videos on the channel. New Phyrexian the Quest for Perfection and Fall of New Phyrexia discuss the entire multi-set story

[@rontrezbeaugard8212]

Let’s go

[@IMRICOSWAVY]

no Alara? :(

[@michaeltaylor788]

40:31 that devil girl is kinda hot.

[@CromwellMTG]

Bro...

[@michaeltaylor788]

@@CromwellMTG 😇

[@codysing1223]

Where the #$@! Is jace?!?!

[@EthanSchaefer-ys7bc]

Jace is supposed dead at the time that the invasion is happening but in reality he is trying to get away and stop the oil from completing him.

[@johanandersson8252]

I luv pie 🥧