Wrenn Does the IMPOSSIBLE! (But is it enough?) | March Of The Machine Lore

[@AetherHub]

After a break for the weekend, lore is BACK! I would really appreciate if you guys shared this video around. Thanks always Vorthos friends!

[@ArantyrDarkhand]

Theres a video about Teferi Story?

[@henryterhune8328]

It was a surprisingly affecting story section. I can't help but think that the unsung heroes here are the no-nane Mirrans who have fought through all of this and kept going with the final heroic charge with Wrenn as they all die around one another. Real legends. Anyway, thanks Seiben!

[@garrettsmith4034]

Mirran that saved wrenn was robbed of Planeswalker status.

[@christopherb501]

@@garrettsmith4034 Not unlike that unnamed viashino in DMU.

[@gabrielcipriano6895]

​@Garrett Smith Yeah I was hoping that her spark would ignite giving her the ability to instantly heal the other infected PW or those in the area to force an offensive insta counter

[@garrettsmith4034]

@@christopherb501 Missed that one. I love viashino tribal. At least it's gotten some help over the last few years.

[@dominiciancabatit6012]

I wish they collectively have a card. "Unsung Heroes" Creature Soldier

[@Crusina]

"It was so nice to meet you, Teferi. I hope whatever remains of me will remember," she says. Teferi's smile only makes it hurt worse. "Whatever remains of me will always remember my friend, Wrenn," he says. "A hero whose name precedes her."

[@alfredorivera5764]

This story was really moving with such great quotes as this and my personal favorite, "As long as the multiverse is in danger, Wrenn exists"

[@jasonberning3230]

Teferi is all "Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east"

[@AetherHub]

With his Zhalfirian kin at his back… he charged

[@martinprybylski2392]

😂 I understood that reference.

[@maxkuozc]

It's sad that Wren had to die though...

[@jasonberning3230]

@@maxkuozc "die" lol

[@randy5606]

Don't compare teferi to gandalf lol gandalf had a plan from the start but teferi is a putz who screws up at every step lol

[@araelr]

You got it twisted--Wrenn taught Teferi to sense tangles in magic. When they first met, Teferi was curious about instinctual approaches to magic, which Wrenn explained to him. Wrenn revisits their conversation and searches for tangles in time in order to find Teferi.

[@AetherHub]

Totally right my bad. I need to go back and reread Tangles.

[@renegarcia9420]

Yup, Teferi coming in like Dr. Strange, Wrenn going out like Iron man.

[@renegarcia9420]

But i'm loving it

[@opinionofmine3238]

Tree Man

[@AetherHub]

Bark man. I love it too. There feels like weight in this story.

[@vermes9994]

@@opinionofmine3238 now we groot

[@TheyCallMeDio]

Tyvar is either Drax or Thor

[@pelusoft]

Woah. Powerful story. Now that Zhalfir is finally free from the phasing Teferi will be able to redeem himself and move on.

[@AetherHub]

YES! but is Zhalfi back as in… back in time? Or is that region now phased on New Phyrexia?

[@pelusoft]

@@AetherHub good question. This is how I understood it: Zhalfir is like a plane know and somehow is connected to the multiverse. It was almost unreachable we could say "lost in time" and has a slow time flow (I'm assuming it will maintain it)

[@rickygilbert7204]

Love the idea of Wrenn and Eight going throughout different realms like roots traveling. Amazing concept with Realmbreaker!

[@wintersmonologue]

Wrenn is one of my favorite. Sad to see her go but this is a way to do it. Give her the best of trees. The biggest of trees. Elspeth is disappointing but it's cool to see her transformation.

[@AetherHub]

Agreed. I wouldn’t have thought Wrenn as the savior of all. But here she is

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

@@AetherHub I think it's a nice homage to Gaea vs. Yawgmoth as the nature vs. Machine in this story.

[@wintersmonologue]

@@Insane-Howl-Cowl Didn't even think of that tie-in. Makes it even better for our girl. Also, a solid send-off for Realmbreaker. Now hopefully they don't botch the story by bringing Teferi back and he actually does something.

[@TheyCallMeDio]

Wrenn: I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees Realmbreaker: Pls help. Am confused Wrenn: The trees said he's morbin

[@AetherHub]

It’s grafting time

[@Lostwithsix]

This really made me well up, wren and realmbreaker going through so much pain and doing what they need to, knowing it will destroy them. The sacrifices are too much! The story is so good, I need the next installment so bad.

[@ayebee1108]

Wrenn has really become one of my all time favorite characters in MTG. Can’t wait to play with her new card too, it looks really powerful.

[@kevinpaololabuguen574]

And with this, Wrenn unleashed Kaarvek back to the phased-in world. Guess we have our new baddie now eh. Kaarvek and Lim-Dul should shake things up in Dominaria.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I miss the days when MtG stories are told from the perspective of regular folk. It makes every plane, every battle so immense, uncertain and deadly. Emotions are more heightened and genuine when you are faced with the fact of your mortality while these mana-wielding gods play games for the fate of the multiverse.

[@grimtrix]

Agreed. Kill all planeswalkers :)

[@Sky_Sovereign]

Uncharted realms was the best

[@christopherb501]

This is a problem with a lot of franchises, but true. I would love SO MUCH for a Marvels/Astro City approach to a bundle of stories; most settings are good enough to support it.

[@ArantyrDarkhand]

Probably will be back to that after new phirexia its gone and they need to make another big bad evil to rise.

[@grimtrix]

@@ArantyrDarkhand Im thinking all of this time travel stuff is going to create problems the way it did before... Maybe that will be what kills off the rest of the walkers.

[@Ocara115]

This is a real Infinity War portals scene and I'm all for it

[@AetherHub]

100% it feels nice and rewarding though that both Teferi and Wrenn were able to find Zhalfir

[@garrettsmith4034]

"It was a rule she'd break." Wrenn Deux Machina.

[@WhiteApeMaui]

No doubt the best chapter so far

[@AetherHub]

100%. A lot of pain and sacrifice. Felt worth it

[@dominiciancabatit6012]

I'm glad Wrenn and Realmbreaker (Eight) found each other. Saved each other. *manly tears*

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

If Wrenn was looking for a hero, why didn't she find Dominaria's greatest hero? Squee!

[@mikotagayuna8494]

Or the bane of all artifice: Joven and Chandler.

[@chrisjohnson4174]

This was the, "On your left" Moment for sure.

[@kuraidoscope]

The whole hot potato charge to the tree got me tearing up. The little seedling calling out and Wrenn cheering it to grow. I had music playing in my head for that.

[@ninjaman0003]

I just realized after seeing one of the video section titles, this would’ve been a great set for a wren and realmbreaker pair of meld cards.

[@SylviaMoonbeam1127]

I suppose, given the lore context, Wrenn & Realmbreaker makes sense, mechanically. Realmbreaker is a World Tree, hence the passive ability to produce mana of any color, albeit a sapling (child) world tree, hence why Wrenn's +1 is only a 3/3 (relatively small for a Land Elemental). Meanwhile, her -2 can represent purging the Phyrexian Oil and Wrenn burning herself, in order to bond with Realmbreaker; needing to strip the corruption and harm herself to graft on. And lastly, that Ult. That emblem is the portal to bring Teferi and his army to New Phyrexia. That emblem is the End Game "Avengers... Assemble!" moment. Is Wrenn and Realmbreaker overpowered? Kinda. But they are so because they are a MASSIVE flavor win

[@MarcioNomura]

Translating to Elder Scrolls fans: Phyrexians are the daedras and the Zhalfirian are the argonians counter invading Oblivion. Change the big lizards into redguards and that's it

[@lorkain]

i just cant get over the how the art on phyrexian nissa, and now full art wrenn and elspeth , all look like they are rendered 3d models instead of drawn art, especialy nissa , she looks like she is almost t-posing great chapter in the story though

[@TheRealLachlan]

Can't wait for teferi to undo literally everything.

[@AetherHub]

I honestly don’t think they will go that route. His magic isn’t that powerful. They’ve shown his limits

[@karndrogo]

Was hoping for more Karn, Eldrazi and slivers but damn it’s been one hell of a ride

[@AetherHub]

Karn isn’t done yet! If we get a Shandalar side story. We will see phyrexian slivers!

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Karn as the new Sliver King. The Silver King!

[@DragonspineInfiniteZero]

So to summerize the mirin forces gatewatch included played hot potato with wrenn to get her to eight to open a hole to let in an army of what i assume are chronomancers

[@breadguytv]

Guess I don't need to sleep

[@AetherHub]

No sleep. All lore

[@DroopingFig]

I hope this story wraps up with a Planeswalker card called : Nissa, Realmbreaker Purified

[@KuddosKidd]

Didn’t think I was going to cry over a tree today 😭

[@AetherHub]

We cry when the moment demands it. This moment demands it

[@Loremaster1000]

Great content just subscribed, Was just wondering and sorry if you have already answered this before, but did you plan on doing a video on the Ravnica side story as well?

[@AetherHub]

Yes of course. I think that actually comes out tomorrow! Just had a few days of extra work, but videos will wrap up this week!

[@Loremaster1000]

@@AetherHub Thank you so much!

[@nafex3740]

Great work buddy 👍

[@Kishimyu]

Teferi didn't say, "On your left."

[@AetherHub]

Which really devalues his overall appearance honestly lol

[@ay8689]

Reverse Rathi plane shift. I love it.

[@jamesbourgeois1357]

Zalfir is overlaying New Phyrexia. Like how phyrexia used Rathi to overlay Dominaria centuries ago. I live the ironic symmetry.

[@Doxicyclin]

I love Wrenn here.

[@AetherHub]

She’s come into her own since her debut for sure

[@garrettsmith4034]

Wrenn's moment was much more badass than Elspeth's return. She should've had Serra Reincarnated in the card name and went blue white. Wrenn went from who cares to the best part of Phyrexia lore so far.

[@AetherHub]

I know it’s crazy her character became important but not in a forced way. And her drive feels so real

[@VraskaTheScene]

Wrenn taught teferi how to see tangles on Innistrad, And that’s how she found Seven

[@acrolein1870]

Man this feels like endgame...instead of the infinity gauntlet being passed around its wrenn

[@Marocax]

Taferi moving like Black Panther!!

[@Case2_0]

BIG TREE!!!

[@AetherHub]

The biggest birch 🌳

[@auroram8511]

Such an epic moment. But bitter sweet for me. My two fav characters Nissa and Wrenn both find an end here.

[@zetaguardian]

This story is the best one I've heard since the original odyssey block books.

[@AetherHub]

It’s really up there for me too. It’s a redemption for the mtg story honestly

[@liberalistbat6352]

Even with the massive and glaring plot holes and hypocrisies?

[@liberalistbat6352]

Sheoldred did nothing. Urabrask did nothing. Both dead. Wrenn has plot armor to not compleat bonding to Norn's tree. Melira either has the ability to completely negate. Or do nothing without 3-4 business weeks of preparation. Elspeth got rewarded for being a bad guy and helping the villains by denying Jace's plan. Kaya and ninja wannabe didn't die for their idiocy Need i go on

[@sy_0101]

And there, hovering over the multiverse was the Liberalist Bat, a 0/-1 phyrexian shadow, who's presence was both unwavering and unwarranted. Their eyes scan the planes with cynical fervor, hoping to cut down narrative branches as the Mirrans originally hoped they could with Realmbreaker. The bat moves, not in silence, but in echoes of points long past, tainted by ligma and the envy of a greater good. And as the story moves into the next step, the bat evaporates like a fart in the wind, their words echoing into the eternities, only to arise again as another branch of the epic unfurls, like a true clockwork least. This is their quest, their torment, their duty, to burn it all away like the the pain of their piss, to agonizingly flail against the passage of time, shackled to their keys.

[@riccardocalosso5688]

Apparently, wrenn's internal fire is Brandon, since it's what plants crave.

[@rossf8616]

calling it now... the people of Zulpher will migrate to Miridon creating a Wakanda inspired afro-futurism plane

[@AetherHub]

I’m down for that honestly

[@KrisPSouls9258]

This is a great story but I hope they don't kill off all the heroes that it sounds like they are going to kill off. Or that have died already. I hate when they kill off a bunch of characters in comics, movies and books that you really have grown to like. Just because the company wants to throw in some new characters and they think people are tired of the old ones. Just like they did with Optimus Prime and Transformers but parents and everybody fought together to bring him back in the cartoons even if it was only for a few episodes.

[@markwells379]

This will be my oath breaker 😅

[@AetherHub]

Nice glad to see it

[@garrettsmith4034]

Same. Building ny best friend w "Poison Ivy" themed OB deck for this homebrew variant that allows Phyrexia lore characters as your ob. So for example Praetors now have "This card can be your ob". Happy Brewing.

[@raydelmartinez2905]

The cavalry has arrived ✊

[@DurdleMagus]

I think Wren traveled to Ulgrotha (this New Zhalfir) and the Queen is Autumn WIllow!

[@arnelarroyo2032]

its like the author forgot it was Wrenn who taught Teferi about imagining spells as threads and knots during MID, and not vice versa 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷

[@fabulousimcatbulous690]

So... becoming a Wrennch in the gear of Norn's plan eh?

[@Zankyo137]

you so much of a lost cause that phyrexia will avoid your plane

[@fabulousimcatbulous690]

@@Zankyo137 March of the Machine will never step on my plane.... because it's already the end of March.

[@Zankyo137]

@@fabulousimcatbulous690 there are still 4 days left

[@fabulousimcatbulous690]

​@@Zankyo137 not on my watch, because I dont have a watch.

[@jasa_TheRealOne]

Called it!

[@waldllwyn139]

ToT I need Wrenn again

[@AetherHub]

There still may be hope. Maybe

[@robertlane3850]

I am upset as hell with this, but they could still release wren and (1-5) as well as cover her back story more. Let us see her home plane

[@zombinekiller]

It’s easy to assume that phyrexia won’t be completely destroyed. If they could develop their freedom again, could the compleated walkers rule over new new phyrexia?

[@kyleadams4480]

Good story, going to get wakanda army back through a portal to stop Thanos...........wait.

[@ToonLinksDair]

The dreaded words: 'derivative'!

[@AetherHub]

Wrong IP but feels similar in ways haha

[@raydelmartinez2905]

Is Eleshnorn dead? I don't know if I missed it on the last story.

[@7swordquanta459]

She's still alive, currently busy fighting with Elspeth.

[@thomaswalker9277]

I was honestly expecting Wren to reverse the portals of RealmBreaker. Instead of sending troops to these worlds, it would bring armies to New Phyrexia. Very similar to the final battle in Endgame.

[@garrettsmith4034]

I feel like a conclusion to chandra and Nissa could be easily be written as Nissa survived, gets cured and retires to kaladesh with Chandra, Saheeli and Hautli where Saheeli helps to have new limbs grafted for her and mentally heal post Phyrexia.

[@pascalsimioli6777]

How the hell do you get cured from having mechanical limbs grafted on your flesh and your innards being replaced with cables?

[@AetherHub]

That’s the real question. I don’t think there is a cure. Thus a lot of Compleated Planeswalkers are being axed.

[@pauloalexander1358]

Retired soldier with PTSD Nissa would be a hell of a card.

[@ezra1735]

If Jace has a plan, he could free them of the mental control, not so much the metal parts, but its better than nothing.

[@garrettsmith4034]

@@pascalsimioli6777 What is Melira "THE LIVING CURE"? Glistening oil melted away by Chandra's flames? It's not like Kaladesh and/or esper have shown the ability to replace organs or limbs.... Oh wait.... It's not like Wrenn literally just burnt away the oil on the world tree or anything.. Anything else?

[@edgarlim21]

Did i miss something? How is teferi back at zalfir? Wasnt his spirit just floating around

[@jesslavender8852]

The last time we saw him, he had found Zhalfir - in the "Alone" chapter of All Will Be One, he was in the very same throne room with the Queen and, briefly, the Wanderer, informing him of the failed mission.

[@Hamisback]

Me: so when is Bolas going to show up and somehow take advantage of the situation or make it worst

[@mtgdiagnosis9469]

Teferi, Hero of the Multiverse. Next card for him, calling it now

[@jacobmurphy3367]

Coming back to this commant later for reference if you're a psychic lol

[@codyjarvis4557]

So they gonna overlay Zhalfir like the phyrexians did with Rath…… That’s hilarious. 😂

[@martijnvanbaarda3018]

So is Chandra gone?

[@zeropoint2594]

Wait did Wrenn fuse Zhalfir to New Phyrexia ? Wouldn´t that turn all the People of Zhalfir into Phyrexians over Time since all of New Phyrexia is covered in the oil

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

I was thinking they will somehow purge the world of the oil, probably by having Chandra channel her power through Elspeth to cast Halo all over the land.

[@icholi88]

If Phyrexia can bring back Ertai after he was turned to ash and drifted on Dominaria for centuries... they can bring back anyone.

[@Case2_0]

…Yawgmoth was a cloud

[@Brandon-zq3wh]

Where the heck are nahiri and jace at?

[@STS-qi1qy]

Nahiri is in today's story drop. Still no sign of Jace but we have another day to go.

[@Kalenz1234]

Is a human army from a small nation even gonna make a difference when the entire multiverse is struggling? I also wonder if all the portals are closed or still open.

[@pugchi5352]

I mean Phyrexia did spread out alot

[@flamedragon07]

Teferi better be a planeswalker card not a legendary human wizard. I like teferi.

[@thomasdawicki141]

This is the inverse of the Rath overlay

[@AetherHub]

YES exactly

[@thomasdawicki141]

@@AetherHub hey thanks for replying to my comment! Been binging all the lord since I’m kinda new (compared to the people who remember when Mirrodin dropped) and you channel has been a huge help!

[@Evok1dd]

Couldn’t aminatou just fix everything since she can control fate?

[@ToonLinksDair]

She just sat back. As did Emrakul (can't think of a bigger reason for the eldrazi to intervene).

[@AetherHub]

Not sure. Her character is barely fleshed out

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

I like to think she could have but changed Fate so everyone just left her alone. That way she could "nope" out of this problem.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I imagine anyone having control of fate would end up being indifferent and aloof to everyone else.

[@Evok1dd]

@@mikotagayuna8494 I mean yeah I guess you’re right, but idk I feel like maybe teferi could do some convincing, I feel like given the situation a “try” would suffice.

[@distilledfour25]

damn 13 seconds ago this was posted

[@AetherHub]

Early !

[@SapphireDragonGaming]

So wren dies?

[@elogee_yt]

My heart is so heavy for Wrenn. She was up there before already, but safe to say now she's my favorite MTG character 💔 I know my GOAT Teferi won't let her sacrifice be in vain

[@skulltaler47]

Are we just gonna pretend that THIS melding with a phyrexian is any less stupid than the time Lukka did it? That seems unfair, I dunno if I even buy that the seedling that turned into worldbreaker would have a will of its own and cry out in pain, like, why would this thing not be an agent of phyrexia? Seems inconsistent to me?

[@JuanRosales-tk3pq]

Dont know ab you ppl, but i can see the leylines coming back, not on this but the following set IDK

[@lavendershadows4370]

I swear if they kill Wrenn...they're my favorite walker. They cast aside and did awful so many characters, they only give us the broth and not the meat for this overall story. I'm not even getting into the disgusting mess of "Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn", that's the discarded scraps on the butcher's floor.

[@AetherHub]

I totally get where you’re coming from, and as of right now, I can’t tell if Wrenn is still around or not…

[@lavendershadows4370]

@@AetherHub Like don't get me wrong, I do like some of the stories, but I feel they're being held back from their fullest potential which leaves all of us frustrated.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I won't be surprised if they do end up killing her off. She basically reached the pinnacle of her existence by binding with the greatest possible tree in the multiverse. You either raise the stakes to untenable heights or retire the character.

[@Trujones]

...on your left

[@01Decon]

All I heard was the Avenger's endgame music

[@AetherHub]

If it wasn’t copyright material I would have used it haha

[@01Decon]

@@AetherHub I feel ya on that bro lol

[@Lomiauz]

I trully hope Wrenn is not gone, she is BY FAR one of the more interesting planeswalkers out there, much more than Teferi or almost any other human planeswalker.

[@AetherHub]

We don’t get a lot of new non human walkers. Wrenn was great! And at least we got Quint now

[@henryterhune8328]

As for consequences, I definitely feel you about the ambiguity. I wouldn't be surprised if Wizards doesn't know if they want to reverse some things. It seems like Tamiyo and Lukka are well and truly dead. Nissa is one of a few ambiguous ones. *Spoilers for some of the other stories not yet covered on this channel below* Also ambiguous are Vraska and Nahiri, I'd say the latter more than the former. We seem to experience Vraska's death, but her body is then missing. Nahiri's force goes into disarray after she falls, but the story explicitly says she has only "possibly" been destroyed, and that she is "more stubborn than stone." Unclear how many of these deaths will stick.

[@jweezy15able]

Yah, the lore for this story has been all over the place. Like, intentionally vague for no reason. Incredibly frustrating as this is supposed to be the culmination from years of story telling.

[@mega2009man]

This story is where they lost me. Realmbreaker and Wrenn can reach beyond time into "phased space" and breach it? Yeah no that's too big a plothole I can drive a truck through The emotions are nice though, Wrenn did great

[@bluebird21111]

They teased it in one of the innistrad stories way back with Wrenn and Teferi getting trapped in a time loop. Wrenn was able to see/sense the “tangle” of time and taught Teferi how to do the same, fast forward to now, she’s able to do the same thing but on a grander scale due to realmbreaker as power

[@pascalsimioli6777]

Time and space are two faces of the same coin. I don't think that one is superior to the other, being phased in time seems to be simply "in another location".

[@darkgloomie]

​@@bluebird21111 The Wandering Emperor was also able to, somehow and briefly, reach Zhalfir, as seen in Teferi's story in was it last set? So they did seed the possibility to reach there

[@STS-qi1qy]

Remember villains: Never leave your enemies alive to gloat at them. It never ends well.

[@jimisax1]

Caught 'em monologuing

[@Mando0Melkor]

This story is devoid of meaning. There is no deeper meaning or anything that make you connect. it is grandiose but lifeless, a great invasion with no meaning, invasion for villainy's sake and heroes heroing with no deeper meaning. Modern story telling all over again.

[@DACnumber1]

That's just magic the gathering my dude. They take major inspiration from J. R. R. Tolkien, not George R. R. Martin. If it's not your thing that's fair, but if you're expecting biting political commentary and deep introspective moral ethics, a card game targeted at 13+ is probably not it.

[@pascalsimioli6777]

Unfortunately you're right. That's because they hire cheap writers cause they don't care about the story, they just want the money. Imagine what we could have with a real budget and time. Being an Avengers knockoff is fine.. But at least do it right.

[@ToonLinksDair]

@@DACnumber1 Actually, given that many of us spend hundreds or thousands of pounds on this game, it would not hurt to imbue the stories with more thoughtful content.

[@Mando0Melkor]

@@DACnumber1 I didn't expect much, but i at least expected a hero's journey out my hero driven story for 13+ card game. You know, when you write something to make your product better it should not make it worse.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

@@pascalsimioli6777 It's not because they don't care for the story. It's because of corporate greed that removed the block system so they can push out products more rapidly. No matter how talented you are, it is extremely difficult to write a compelling narrative with genuine character growth when you are constantly being shifted into another plane with new characters and places that you now have to care about.

[@jamesquillen7965]

Damn real early

[@Th3Rad10D3m0m]

First

[@AetherHub]

Grats!!!

[@arturcoutinho415]

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