Zendikar's Threat REVEALED | Zendikar Rising Lore

Zendikar Rising Lore Episode 1: Into The Heart Of The Skyclave
Zendikar Rising lore has officially begun with our first chapter in our return to this war torn plane. Nahiri, the ancient protector of Zendikar, has returned to her home looking to restore its former glory. The elemental forces, known as the Roils, are mercilessly attacking Zendikar's denizens. She partners with Nissa Revane to uncover lost Kor text and an artifact with the power to quell the elements. Nissa wants to help heal Zendikar, but has no idea what she has signed up for! With an ancient power teased, Nissa finds that while her goal is similar to Nahiri's... their methods could not be more different.
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[@AetherHub]

ZENDIKAR RISING LORE STARTS TODAY! Remember to hit the notification bell so you can stay up to date with all this juicy lore

[@dsantiago1000]

Vraska: “Jace... I lov-“ Jace: *”Hold on! I might have a scroll on this!”*

[@SylasBeleren1980]

Delano Santiago That’s more Accurate than I care to admit 😅

[@radiant987]

Reason ignores love... which is not good... reasoning needs kindness and heart as well... without it, knowledge and reasoning will only take a toll...

[@FaeFemboi]

Jace would help anyone with anything, like: Nissa: "Jace, I need your smarts to help me save my world, will you help? Jace: "I would literally throw myself into a volcano just for the endorphin rush I get for thinking my way out of it" Nissa: "Sooo.... Is that a-" Jace: "TO THE MINDMOBILE!"

[@dakotapoole4293]

This may be the most truthful comment I've ever seen on an mtg video.

[@thisworldismyshonenanime7603]

What? Cant he just planeswalk away though?

[@zepaduse97]

Challenger of the World thats how he solves the puzzle

[@chingaemos]

I'm dying too funny

[@pb9018]

"to the mindmobile" rofl i pictured a brain like car, thank u sir

[@nicolastracz3793]

Nahiri: "Make Zendikar great again." Nissa: "Leave Zendikar alone!!!" Jace: (looking at Nissa's black mana symbol) "Hey... How you doing? ;)" Edit: 100 likes...neat!

[@zepaduse97]

Oh my god

[@carlosoctaviocamposgarza833]

He is totally into black mana chicks

[@DuskSunDawn]

@@carlosoctaviocamposgarza833 Ohhh for God's sake, not again IoI

[@airistal]

Are we due a blue/black Jace?

[@williammountfield8508]

@@carlosoctaviocamposgarza833 who isn’t

[@BuffaloBarbell]

I’ve missed these stories so much. Im excited the web stories are back.

[@ChillyJack]

"I want to be like Gideon." _Starts using black mana_

[@AetherHub]

It’s what he would have wanted... also Gideon is dead so black mana is kinda like him now LMFAO

[@DestroAzureDx]

@@AetherHub damn

[@ChillyJack]

@@jarjar3042 I _do_ like Sultai...

[@bluedog4248]

Omnath will save the day. Omnath always saves the day.

[@zepaduse97]

Omnath eats nahiri and gets her power and thats how it gets white mana

[@EldritchAngel]

But... how will he get black mana? *looks at nissa nervously*

[@Fenir8]

@@zepaduse97 OmNomNomNomNath

[@bastermaboy]

Ironically, had Nahiri not summoned Emma to Innistrad, the Gatewatch would have been crushed by the combined effort of the 3 Eldrazi titans, especially Emrakul, with whom they stood no chance. So had Nahiri not acted, Zendikar and the Gatewatch would have arguably been dead.

[@zepaduse97]

Well damn youre right but her intentions are still bad though

[@bastermaboy]

@@zepaduse97 Fair enough, but I blame her decision on her mental trauma from the hellvault then seeing her home all but destroyed.

[@bastermaboy]

@@lenore7777 Technically Emrakul was going to condemn an entire people to their horrible deaths anyway or stay on Zendikar and make it worse for the Zendikari. All Nahiri did was choose the plane rather than let Emrakul choose.

[@bastermaboy]

@@lenore7777 My point is that, if you think about it logically, even if Nahiri didn't do anything, Emrakul was going to swallow up some other plane. And then some other plane after that. Etc. etc. At the very least Nahiri got Emrakul away from Zendikar and saved her home from Emrakulization in the process. It's almost like a nuclear missile gets launched and there is nothing you can do to stop it, but you can punch in the coordinates of where the nuke will land rather than let the nuke hit some country randomly. All Nahiri did was punch in the coordinates- it was Nissa, technically, who launched the nuke in the first place when she released the Eldrazi Nahiri sealed. And Emrakul destroying some other random plane is no worse than that of destroying Innistrad. In fact, given Innistrad's very small population, one may even be inclined to send emrakul to innistrad anyway to spare some more populated plane from total destruction. Nahiri chose Sorin's plane, however, because Sorin promised to protect her plane of Zendikar but didn't, instead ignoring Nahiri and trapping her on the cursed plane of Innistrad where she experienced hundreds of years of hellish torment and went mad as a result. Nahiri punched in the code. Sure, you can blame her for that, but the missile was already launched and she spent hundreds of years trying to stop the missile from being launched in the first place only to fail thanks to Sorin and Nissa. Now that it was launched, there was no stopping that.

[@bastermaboy]

@@lenore7777 I think your recollection of the events has some holes. Nahiri asked Sorin to help fix the seal but Sorin, being a jerk said not now, and when Nahiri said "no, now", he just put her away. Sorin only tried to fix the seal at the very last minute. He trapped her in a vault that constantly expressed itself as torture, a place that was meant for demons. She believed that much like how Sorin trapped her, that Sorin released the eldrazi. Yes it wasn't true, but I don't blame her for coming to that conclusion. >So whatever if emrakul was going to attack somewhere or not, u can’t predict that LOL. No, I can predict it. It is what Nahiri predicted too- that the eldrazi's release brings inevitable destruction everywhere. It's precisely why the eldrazi were locked up in the first place. Emrakul was going to attack someplace, at the very least, Zendikar. >she came back to Zendikar to see what had happened emrakul wasn’t on the plan, he left briefly after he was realized, and the plan was already pretty damaged, so it’s purely for vengeance Incorrect. First emrakul is a she. Second Kozilek and Emrakul both still had their broods on Zendikar. Their main bodies were elsewhere, in the blind eternities, waiting for Ulamog to finish up what he was doing before they stepped back into Zendikar. Eldrazi "reset" planes and don't care if the beings on the plane or the plane itself want it reset or not.

[@necromega666]

"As a roil began to fucking rage beneath them" lol sorry i misheard you

[@jacepark4809]

Aetherhub thank you so much for continuing these MTG lore stories! 🖖 please keep up the great content.

[@SylasBeleren1980]

oooh, I can’t wait to hear this!

[@CrimsonHiroX07]

I have long missed your lore videos, and proper non-novel mtg stories. So, Nissa vs Nahiri vs Zendikar... I feel a cliche'd ending coming. Its better than the war of the spark cliche, but a cliche none-the-less

[@TsukasaHackOnline]

I really want this story to end with; Nahiri: so how do you plan to stop me? Jace: I won't. . . He will. Sorin enters Sorin: who wants daddys belt!

[@schattenmund]

Yes yes yes

[@satyropodobny101]

Did it work? Are they married?

[@FenrirEX]

Good old Walter!

[@crusaderofthenile4829]

Emrukl still in the moon forget about me

[@zackogden3178]

Only if Nahiri destroys sorin! Sorins a no good lying creep.

[@fatewalker]

I'm glad the weekly storylines are back

[@narutofreak974]

At this point, I believe Nahriri has officially lost her mind. She’s as foolish as Radiant when she tired to take the power stones from Urza.

[@TheMainManQ]

As soon as i heard wizards say they were doing lore updates and story updates online i was like "AAAAAWWWW YEAH TIME TO HIT UP SEIBEN LORE!!!"

[@mikechua4893]

F for Fern thingy!

[@thehighground7732]

*Nissa Revane would like to know your location*

[@Devilish420]

Nahiri vs Nissa! I'm feeling the hype 😎

[@airistal]

If it comes down to a fight just tell Sorin the stakes and that Nahiri is involved.

[@Devilish420]

@@airistal Jace: Nissa is about to fight for zendikar Sorin: why should I care? Jace: She's fighting Nahiri! Sorin: well, now it's my fight!!

[@kolaholiker]

I love that the online Stories are back. Those always have been good. And it’s new material for my KZbin channel germanmagicstories where i release those stories as german audiobooks

[@erikreinsch1076]

Klingt nach einem guten Konzept, mit 3D Audio ist das das ultimative Erlebnis. Ich bin schon gehyped

[@kolaholiker]

Erik Reinsch ich nutze Audacity. Da ich noch in den anfangsschuhen stecke würde ich mich über jeden Follower, view und like freuen. Bisher habe ich auf dem Kanal GermanMagicStories die origins von Liliana, jace, gideon und Nissa veröffentlicht

[@germanmagicstories]

Erik Reinsch hier ist mein story-kanal

[@erikreinsch1076]

Geil das höre ich mir Abends zum Einschlafen an :D

[@lukebrehm1986]

I'm so glad u do these videos bro, and u do such a great job. Thank u.

[@zepaduse97]

Would’ve been cooler if kiora was in this set as nissa asks for kiora to help her fight nahiri. Kiora would definitely agree to it for the same reason nissa does even if she has some petty rivalry with nissa

[@Damonxv16]

If the roils are a defense mechanism of Zendikar activated because of the Eldrazi and they are elemental, couldnt Nissa just do her Leyline Mending thing (like with the God-Eternals and Elementals of Amonkhet and Dominaria respectively) You know just ask really nicely to the Roil to go back to sleep?

[@TheChill001]

the roil was a side effect of the eldrazi imprisonment, but ended up being something of its own

[@otterfire4712]

Still waiting on a return to Kamigawa. Sure the first block had its problems with some sub par mechanics, however with some polish and refinement to the mechanics I'd imagine it'd be fun. Kind of pissed we're visiting Zendikar and Innistraad a third time. But I guess trying to revisit other planes that have been seen once would be too much to ask. Can't be creative or take any risks, not like you are the biggest TCG in the world.

[@nicolastracz3793]

Since I missed the other blocks on Zendikar and Innistrad, and since I can only play on "Arena"; I'm actually ok with revisiting those planes. However, I think they should have went to Myrrodin/New Pyrexia first.

[@danumd87]

I agree. There’s so many places we can go back to. Why the same planes?

[@purpleslushie]

Part of the reason I got into mtg was for the lore. I'm glad that these stories are coming back. Perhaps they have grander plans on the scale of war of the spark?

[@chasetwizard]

btw its "the roil" singular, one entity (nice vid tho)

[@christopherknorr2895]

Oh, so we're just supposed to be cool with Nahiri trying to genocide Innistrad out of nothing but spite? Yeah no prob, water under the bridge.

[@bluedog4248]

I was so surprised when they gave Nissa black Mana but not Nahiri.

[@thehairyyam3077]

It's alright. Nahiri be a strong wahman.

[@Timmir00]

Do Jace and Nissa even know that Nahiri was the one responsible for Innistrad's Cthulhu problem?

[@thehairyyam3077]

@@Timmir00 I'm pretty sure Jace learned that Nahiri was the one constructing the weird stone structures that were luring Emrakul to Innistrad. Makes sense that Nissa was told. But that could just be conjecture. However, Jace definitely witnessed Sorin and Nahiri going at it like two oblivious morons while Ravnica and basically the entire multiverse was at stake.

[@danielbretado7660]

Ok, just curious. You are in the worldbuilding team and you are asked about Nahiri and how she should be treated, whether by narrative or karma. What would you suggest? Would you have her be a full heel, making it easy to hate her? Should there be some attempt at reparations/redemption? Is it even possible? I hope to get some responses. I write for fun. Any pointers how to make better stories is a plus.

[@jesok3761]

Story off to a great start.

[@Javier-rm6ql]

12:00 Seiben, what are you saying!? This is classic Nissa. Fucking up worlds, making stupid decisions... going from Sorin to Nahiri.

[@TheMainManQ]

Wait....a green planeswalker who's now green black came to jace's home looking for help? I know its nothing like the garruk story, but man its a funny coincidence.

[@DuskSunDawn]

Vaskra? hahaha

[@ericbrown9825]

I'm kinda on Nahiri's side, gonna be honest. If she found a way to calm the roil and not kill everything, I'd be even more on her side

[@Ramperdos]

I love elementals so it's awesome to be back on Zendikar! When did "The Roil" start if Nahiri wants Zendikar back to a state when it wasn't around?

[@Fluffkitscripts]

From what I hear, having the eldrazi stuck to it really pissed off the plane.

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Does the story say anything about how Sorin escaped his imprisonment? Or their battle during War of the Spark that led to a face-heel turn to work together?

[@DragonspineInfiniteZero]

Look aether i thank you for providing the lore but i'm gonna wait to watch this video until i get me preorder fat pack so i can see the dots with the cards and you can connect them

[@AetherHub]

Dude perfectly acceptable

[@DragonspineInfiniteZero]

@@AetherHub plus i wanna see if this is the return to player guides and check lists

[@MysticDojo]

Nahiri brought Emrakul to Innistrad, which killed and deformed it's ppl and wildlife, bruna and gisela became a fused horror, the only protectors of the plane Avacyn and her angels went mad, massacred and died, it took every bit of power the gatewatch had to seal Emrakul away and clean up after Nahiri's deranged actions, and their completely chill and trustworthy of her and she is above all crime and punishment (thought the gatewatch were supposed to stop threats to the multiverse)

[@lenajohnson6179]

Dunno if she's a threat to the MULTIverse. She had VERY SPECIFIC beef with Innistrad and 'recently escaped literal factual HELL' PTSD insanity backing up her behavior.

[@marceledel8619]

I missed the lore of Zendikar Rising last year due to my on/off relationship with MTG, so I'm catching up. With Nissa's story, it looks like Liliana wasn't the only one taking Gideon's death really hard. :(

[@JBXyooj]

Haha what can go wrong when you have the two Planeswalkers that released Eldrazi titans join force lol.

[@DuskSunDawn]

True, absolutely true xD

[@crusaderofthenile4829]

Emrakul so your letting me out of the moon now

[@DestroAzureDx]

I feel like this one video has a more lore than all of ikoria and especially theros e.e

[@emperoroftheeternal]

"Nahiri is an old walker"... Well, she surely doesn't behave like one!

[@ChillyJack]

She basically spent more time asleep than awake. Inexperienced and immature.

[@emperoroftheeternal]

@@ChillyJack a clear sign of sadness

[@johnnyher559]

She should have ask sorin for help

[@airistal]

Agreed, however she may be unaware of their history. As soon as Liliana gets involved I'm certain that information will be on the table. Just a question of how many of the old friends will get an invite.

[@zenmaster8826]

I dont think she knows where sorin is thou

[@DuskSunDawn]

I bet Sorin is too busy dealing with depression (Avacyn death at his hands, Markov mansion full of petrified vampires etc) and trying to fix Innistrad. Before the eldrazis, Innistrad's situation was worse than Zendikar's situation, Innistrad already have a lot of problems: barren, deprivation, the gluttony of vampires, werewolfs killing people and converting people,demons,etc.

[@lenajohnson6179]

I think we're supposed to be of the opinion that Sorin and Nahiri have agreed that fighting each other is causing more problems than its worth? The crime of course being we didn't get to SEE that resolution. I think Sorin would have just said 'No' if asked. Cause if he was still interested in continuing the fued... they'd still be fighting in Ravnica.

[@carlosoctaviocamposgarza833]

They write Jace in a way that make me want to slap him in the face for been an idiot, but still make me empathize with him trying to be a good friend

[@DuskSunDawn]

Jace is beautiful, bookworm, recessive, a little bit clumsy on social interactions.... it's part of his attractiveness hahaha P:D: and he never gets old, is he Jodah Eternal Archmage IoI?

[@SylasBeleren1980]

DuskSunDawn Wait, someone complimenting Jace? That’s rare, it’s usually just me trying to defend/compliment him.

[@cooltiger2439]

Jace is teenage urza with mind powers instead of artifacts.

[@artisticallyexpired3127]

I love Jace here. As other comments have pointed out, he wants to help but only for his reasons, not for those who need it. It’s an interesting take on the, I want to help everyone trope, and one I have not seen before. Might steal it for my own things. Completely irrelevant, but who else wants Yargle to be the next BBEG, I mean come on, it’s the only thing that could fill the shoes (metaphorically) of Nicky B!

[@DuskSunDawn]

What BBEG means?

[@LimitBlade617]

@@DuskSunDawn Big Bad Evil Guy

[@DuskSunDawn]

@@LimitBlade617 Ahhh thank you!

[@radiant987]

Sorin did a number on Nahiri, it's too bad she became so cold to her own heart... she couldn't even be another woman's friend and understand that Zendikar is important to many and that it's not good to chose a fate for a world as she sees fit without even considering the consequences

[@sebasthianne]

Not to throw too much shade at Wizards, but the way you narrated it was way better than how the article was actually written. It's still better than most of the books though, you feel the people who wrote it actually care a little and didn't just do it to get a paycheck.

[@AetherHub]

I agree. I also really appreciate that you believe my narration and retelling of the story makes it better :D thank you!

[@Fluffkitscripts]

PSA- “roil” is singular. The roil. One roil. Thank you. -my sanity

[@catvalentine9633]

5:20 so... Nahiri can kill a kitty boi in front of Nissa but when Nahiri's cool rock kills her planty boi Nissa mad

[@Saltynerd]

Nissa: hey scholarly book worm... i need your help Jace: awsome ill help, let me see if i have a book on this Nissa: reeee you arnt listening.... Jace:but... books are my thing doe

[@gothic22d]

Do Jace and Nissa even know that it was Nahiri who summoned Emrakul to Innastrad? If I remember right the Jacetice League was busy with the eldrazi titan while Sorin and Nahiri had their big clash.

[@yellowtheyellow]

Love having a Boros villain

[@agrape2887]

Omnath: O Omnath when shit goes down: >O

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

OOOOOH, so *that* is why the set is called zendikar *rising*

[@wisdomsoptional]

I don't know that Jace or Nissa knew it was Nahiri who was the cause of the events on Innistrad, only Sorrin. Hm. Maybe I'm wrong?

[@Damonxv16]

Quick question, is it just me or are Jace, Nahiri and Nissa not acting/ talking the way the usually do? Side note: Anyone else feeling disappointed that there is no Jace gone to Vryn mention? Jace left for Vryn after Forsaken, and Nissa just finds Jace on Ravnica, so it must be after his tríp.

[@DuskSunDawn]

Yes, however, if I remember well, Jace asked Vaskra if she wanted to go with him to Vyrn and Vaskra said that she can't do it because she is too busy...maybe, Jace is waiting for her.

[@Damonxv16]

@@DuskSunDawn Problem with that, is that at the end Jace did leave without Vraska for Vryn, because she wanted to stay back and look out for her guild =s

[@vitamind2943]

Why is Nissa Golgari now I thought she was mono green ?

[@DuskSunDawn]

@Darth Mizinth xD

[@ryanjones_rheios]

How the hell is *NISSA* the black mana'd walker here? Nahiri is the one doing the mass-murder "anything for our goal" ambitious black mana stuff. (With some sort of essence destroying artifact that indiscriminately effects beings, including merfolk apparently)

[@tylerkister4628]

I thought they would revealed nahiri as a villain way later in the story

[@OfficerDva444]

ALL HAIL THE FERN THINGY!

[@Methus3lah]

I really hope that Chandra and Nissa get together eventually

[@08MrPancakes]

Oh Nahiri being a toxic friend again......

[@TheSushiandme]

Only come for the stories. :)

[@Cy_in]

Sometimes you linger on to the end of your words, for example "Zendikaarrrr", "souuullll", "todayyy", and "armssuh" just a little too long and i can't not hear the odd inflections you add fairly often. Thansk for sharing the story though!

[@deerkenrith5505]

Any players in Tulsa that would get together and play?

[@jesok3761]

Sorry I'm in Tucson.

[@darthdorkus]

The Roil is singular

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

They can't not shove Jace into everything

[@cuckoophendula8211]

I feel like Nahiri is missing an arc somewhere. Processing one's own wrongs on dooming an entire plane for a personal vendetta requires quite a few more layers to unfold than said.

[@FantusyFailure]

For someone so old Nahiri acts an awful lot like an angsty teenager trying to prove herself. Wait no...nevermind. overreactions, destroying everything in her path to solve a problem, she's a boomer.

[@airistal]

It says that she regrets the destruction she caused on Innistrad, but she never learns and continues to cause mayhem with her direct, thoughtless, bull headed approach. Her whole vendetta with Sorin started when a exhausted Sorin hearing about the small escape of the eldrazi and what she had done afterwards deciding that further investigation was unnecessary and that she had done a good job. When he refused to investigate further in his present condition she threw a tantrum and attacked him, drawing Avacyn into the fight. She outright intended to end Avacyn thereby ruining Sorin's work to protect Innistrad and it's people, forcing Sorin to use the helvault failsafe.

[@kmeanxneth]

is shit writing

[@nigelbellecoste1391]

Sound more like milenials to me

[@rjp3837]

@@airistal white Manas worst qualities are self righteousness and unwillingness to change from the "right path"

[@obliviouslich1722]

And like that, Wizard keep pushing Jace into the story again..

[@SylasBeleren1980]

Pedro Morales What? Going to disagree that he is a reliable first resort nowadays

[@ziikiixtcg9843]

Im confused with the lore.. their intro video showed Akiri not Nissa, and the merfolk died not the elemental.. whats gives wotc

[@DuskSunDawn]

Me too...

[@cooltiger2439]

So it was ether a fake out or Nahri screwed over two people in the exact same way . Ether or really

[@cadewallman4936]

Still haven't fixed your logo animation i see.

[@InfinitusGamer]

Well, I wasn't 100% right about the lore. At least I was right about Nahiri vs Nissa and which side they have taken on Zendikar. And happens that Nahiri was the "bad" guy and not Nissa. Anyway, gj to everyone :3

[@cosirus0]

bro where is Sorin when you need him most?

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Nahiri will have her revenge I promise it!

[@punishedcrow]

So Nissa isn't gonna bone Chandra, but is gonna bone Nahiri? 🤔

[@strangelaw6384]

I hope no one bones nahiri

[@Case2_0]

Fir... dang it. 51 seconds after post and I missed it

[@JamesSamson487]

That's rough, buddy...

[@SylasBeleren1980]

James Samson Well played, well played

[@itachi9kitty]

I would buy this novel in a second if it was a novel instead of a weekly online article. I don't understand how they had great stories to the point people demanding the novels back then they bring back novels just to royally fuck them up and then go back to the online articles. Have one person over see the stories, let different people write and let the novels of this stories quality come.

[@thehairyyam3077]

WotC is too cheap to have legitimate writers write their novels anymore. I'm pretty sure their lore team is a bunch of coked-up, labotomized cockatoos.

[@danielbretado7660]

Allison Lurs wrote the Ixalan story, which I have seen mostly praised.

[@punishedcrow]

Nissa's reasoning of "omg she killed my tree friend" is kinda silly, but im on her side on this one bc, y'know, we're seeing how Nahiri is losing her shit rn

[@SylasBeleren1980]

crow Tree friends can’t call you stupid, so they’re awesome

[@jesok3761]

Don't nissa elementals remind you of liliana zombies?

[@SylasBeleren1980]

Jesok37 Yep

[@xXDerPuppenspielerXx]

Hasn't Nahiri lost her shit long time ago? She summoned a full Eldrazi Titan on Innistrad, just to get revenge on one person. She's a pretty crazy person since she has been trapped for some hundred years in a freaking stone :D

[@kmeanxneth]

@@jesok3761 no

[@zackogden3178]

Hate to rain on the parade but nahira was completely justified in freeing the eldrazi to destroy innistrad and sorin's vampire lineage. I will say rip Avacyn tho....

[@joseesparza6460]

Man I had to play this at 1.75 speed to make the voice be bearable. Good content, but too slow

[@kadarshu5435]

Why exactly dose Chandra not like nissa I feel like I’ve missed something

[@soygenial111]

I want to see Nahiri perish, I hate her character and her convictions.

[@danumd87]

I just want some of these WAY TOO MANY walkers to get got sometimes. Sick of the walker abuse. There are far too many in what’s supposed to be a special card/character type. I remember after Lorwyn they promised that to keep them feeling special they would intentionally not do Walkers every set. Liars

[@manedvidales7259]

Remember is WoTC, they always change their minds , we will remove core sets , we bring back core sets. Dominaria is Coming but we will use the 1 block scheming from now onwards... but let’s have Ravnica again be in three blocks. We get rid of web stories, we bring back web stories. No more Masters editions... we welcome Modern horizons!!

[@TriggaWarning]

Would be so much better if you wouldn't emphasize and "drag" that last syllable and ending every last word with an A. ... wanting to be just like hiiiimA NihiiiriA. ...pushed onwardsA.

[@AetherHub]

Sorry this is just the infliction of my voice. I don’t even know or hear me doing it

[@TriggaWarning]

@@AetherHub oooooh I thought you do it on purpose to sort of build momentum

[@AetherHub]

Nah not on purpose. I’ve gotten this comment a lot from people, and at first I didn’t even believe I was doing it!

[@Folfire]

I'm conflicted. Happy to see story excerpts back but the writing is a bit cringe ... Something is off, like not so much as rushed but rather taking leaps in logic and development. Even if there's a book with much more details, things like turning a blind eye to Nahiri's crimes and this sudden fixation on Gideon as an idol just don't fit properly with previous patterns.

[@quinnenstrom4808]

Comments help more than likes, please comment to support creators

[@4wg368]

Nahiri is literally stupid

[@thehairyyam3077]

The whole "she went crazy in the Hellvault and decided to wipe an entire plain just to spite Sorin" story line was pretty cool, but the fact that all of the sudden she's supposed to be a morally gray character now? Uh, how about no? If she had continued down her crazed spiral and there was some sort of closure for Sorin and her story line it would have been much better IMO. Instead, Wizards be like: "she had her pout, but it was all in good fun! Now she means well, but is going to give Zendikar a boo, boo."

[@DragonspineInfiniteZero]

Just did a dragons of Tarkir fat pack opening and got 1 mythic also discovered the red and black dragon lord was a girl... go figure

[@WibblyWobbly1905]

team roil!!!!

[@GoldenKid24K]

I'm upset we going back to Zendikar and don't get any eldrazi smh it's what makes zendikar a great plane.

[@jesok3761]

No allies, and landfall make it great for gameplay.

[@GoldenKid24K]

@@jesok3761 I like the landfall mechanic and I think the New Nissa is gonna be busted

[@jesok3761]

@@GoldenKid24K put Golgari nissa & any vraska in a deck full of deathtouch.

[@raze956]

"... quit and left the gay watch" subtitles. ^^

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Anybody else really sick and tired of nahiri? Honestly, I'd rather see a story about freaking tibalt at this point. They damn sure should have had someone like Ob Nixilis in the story. All i can hope is nahiri gets dealt with by the end of this. She's MTG's upstuck self-absorbed teenager with absolutely zero forward planning or thoughts of the consequences.

[@MackAttack-vh1vz]

First again!!

[@AetherHub]

what a wonderful wife!

[@JamesSamson487]

This has got to be cheating...

[@MackAttack-vh1vz]

@@JamesSamson487 haha you would think he would tell me when he was posting so i could be first but NOPE. I guess we just have telepathy or something hahah

[@JamesSamson487]

Mackenzie Cabana Clearly you’re on a similar wavelength, then. You have chosen well.

[@ReaperKingMTG]

I will say that I love the fact that she destroyed so much just because she was wrong and all she gets is a "meh silly lithomancer...." all she cares about are her ideals and she's just wrong.

[@ReaperKingMTG]

Like I wish I could be that selfserving and still be a "misunderstood person"

[@danielbretado7660]

Ah darn, we have to take sides. I love Nissa but I have to side with Nahiri. The roils are dangerous. Civilization (outside of Seagate) cannot thrive with the land always trying to kill you. Yes, I know Nahiri deserves punishment for Innistrad but if I was not a planeswalker, I would never know. I dont know. I'm looking foward to the spicy debates. #teamnahiri

[@zepaduse97]

My only argument is that it might destroy the leylines of zendikar and effectively finish off what rhe eldrazis have started. Its a risk not worth taking in my opinion. But idk either

[@airistal]

@Daniel Bretado Nissa also wants to stop the roils but she doesn't think killing the essence of the plane and all life directly connected with it is the answer. While classic Nahiri approach is find an answer and that becomes the only answer regardless of the cost. Nahiri treats the laylines like their only purpose is is to be repurposed, reorganized, and bent to her will. Harnessing the laylines is one thing but changing their course is as drastic as plane wide terraforming, causing the world gradually reshape itself as it tries to stabilize it's mana flow. I wouldn't be surprised if the presence of the eldrazi wasn't the real cause of the roils developing. Rather the roils formed because of the poor rerouting of the laylines path into the hedron network to contain the eldazi.

[@thehairyyam3077]

@@airistal I agree with you, but I thought that the Roil was a natural side effect of Zendikar's over-abundance of Mana? Like, a lot of planeswalkers are drawn to it specifically bc of its Mana stores.

[@Damonxv16]

I think it's kind of neat that we're getting a ton of antagonists for future stories. In three blocks we already got: Lazav trying to fill Bolas' shoes and becoming the new big bad. Tezzeret going from one máster to another. Ashiok making her way to New Phyrexia to make horrors into double horrors. Lukka wanting to use beasts as weapons to take over his home by force. Nahiri wanting to end the roils by any means necessary, including killing Zendikar's World Soul or Leyline system. With all these villain planeswalkers around Im surprised there isnt a Council of Doom yet :v

[@kmeanxneth]

#teamNissa

[@BL00DBALLAD]

To qoute someone on Nahiris sake "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

[@mda9184]

Magic is terrible when it comes to writing / story telling / well thought out lore.

[@airistal]

Nahiri the poster child of the temperamental, headstrong, remorseful, well meaning individual that causes uncaring destruction. Regrets the carnage later but never learns and keeps making the same kind of mistakes time and time again. This is the very reason I dislike Nahiri, it will lead to her death at the hands of a well informed planeswalker. Aware of the of the trouble she brings they would rather see her gone, but know unless they stop her she will just cause trouble elsewhere.

[@DuskSunDawn]

'a well informed planeswalker.'...I wonder who he is xD

[@airistal]

@@DuskSunDawn I doubt it's Jace who has allowed both his responsibilities and the big picture to slip past him for the present intellectual challenge.

[@double0bigby]

yeah wizards really sucks at keeping continuity with their stories. gatewatch had to deal with nahiri's plot to destroy innistrad. but when they meet up again nothing is mentioned....unrealistic and uninteresting. the story is written by simpletons, but they make a card game not a living universe like starwars or star trek, oh wait those guys mess that up too. hmmm have to go back to the stories that were written a hundred years ago, but enjoy those before idiots destroy that too.

[@certaingloom3797]

Nahiri can't face justice for bringing Emrakul to Innistrad because Nissa, Jace, and Chandra bare responsibility for releasing the Eldrazi in the first place. It would not be their place to bring Nahiri to justice for anything related to the Eldrazi. Only someone from Innistrad would be in their place to bring Nahiri to justice.

[@DuskSunDawn]

No, no, no. Jace and Chandra had no clue. Nissa had a little clue (she wanted to help Zendikar, she knew there was something, but she didn't know it was a strong enemy). Nahiri knew everything and she did it on purpose (she knew the eldrazis, she attracted Emrakul to Innistrad and she knew her revenge would cost the lifes of many innocent people and would destroy a plane). And, sure, Sorin would be perfect for the job because he has a personal connection to Nahiri and the eldrazi saga, he is a new character and we don't know a lot about him. Yes, I want more Sorin hahaha.

[@TonyStark-lz6yf]

I'm not gonna lie to you, I read the story and go spelunking for every lore tidbit I can find, and this type if video is super lit. However, no disrespect meant, I couldn't finish the video because of the narrators voice. Again, no disrespect meant but I would much rather read the story than listen to whomevers voice this is. Very annoying.

[@thehairyyam3077]

So, they just gloss over the fact that Nahiri willingly led a world-consuming monster to another plain and killed/endangered hundreds of thousands of lives for some half-cocked, misplaced sense of retribution? WTF? WotC, please hire someone with an IQ above 60 to write your story. It would make far more sense for Nissa to want retribution on Nahiri for what she did to Innistrad AND for what she is currenrly doing to Zendikar. Hell, even Jace should be going after Nahiri. I'm pretty sure if I were responsible for the willing murder (you could argue that Emrakul does worse to her victims) of thousands of people, I'd be a wanted man, and I'd deserve a bullet through my head. I'm just hoping Sorin shows up and puts an end to her.

[@bastermaboy]

Have you considered that that world-consuming monster would have gone to another plane to consume its inhabitants regardless or even worse, stay on Zendikar to defend Ulamog and Kozilek from the Gatewatch.

[@thehairyyam3077]

@@bastermaboy what does that have to do with anything? It's about intent. She specifically led it to Innistrad to spite Sorin, thus she was willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives simply to carry out revenge. Nissa and Sorin committed manslaughter (murder through accident/negligence). Nahiri didn't just commit murder; she committed mass genocide. She planned it, and carried it out without regard for innocent lives. The pact that The Three made to seal the Eldrazi on Zendikar had the intention to be for the good of all, and the failure to carry out their duty was not a fault of any of The Three. Even edge lord Sorin came back and attempted to rectify the problem after he discovered Ugin in his near-death state, but was ultimately betrayed by Nissa who--in her ignorance--thought she was helping Zendikar by freeing the Eldrazi. Nahiri is a murderer. A mass murderer, actually. Hell, in terms of MTG main characters, she's one of the more villainous characters made. And I really like that about her, but what I don't like is the fact that WotC writers couldn't write their way out of a 2nd grade English class.

[@danielbretado7660]

@@thehairyyam3077 I love your logic. I want to hear more people talk about the characters and what might have been/ should have been.

[@bastermaboy]

One must also consider consequences and the bigger picture. One can have good intentions yet go around and bring about terrible consequences. Intentions aren't a great basis for morality- consequences are, however. Nissa knowingly released all three eldrazi just because she didn't want to believe Sorin when he told her that they would eat her world. Nissa thought that by releasing the Eldrazi they'd leave and go destroy and genocide some other plane instead. I consider releasing three titans worse than drawing one away, especially after the fact that Nissa knew of Emrakul's existence on Zendikar (magic origins). Sorin imprisoned one of the few people in a torturous hell abyss pit who could actually keep the seal intact just because she asked him to help and he didn't want to help until the very last minute when things were too late. Nahiri didn't plan for the deaths of every Innistrad person. In fact, she didn't even try to stop the gatewatch from sealing or fighting Emrakul because her goal wasn't to have every Innistradi die- it was just to leave Sorin to deal with the problem on his own plane. Nahiri believed Sorin released the Eldrazi onto her plane, so she just moved the eldrazi to his to spite him for that. Better his yard than hers, right? Nahiri's first thought after emerging from the Hellvault was trying to think of a way to trap the titans. But due to the PTSD and depression of thousands of years of solitude, she gave up on that, and vowed to move the Eldrazi from Zendikar to Innistad, where she was successful in doing so for one of the titans. She isn't as evil as everyone makes her to be.

[@bastermaboy]

@@thehairyyam3077 Nissa is far much more of a villain than Nahiri. Nissa released the Eldrazi believing that by doing so they'd fuck up countless other worlds and murder millions but leave her precious Ashaya and Zendikar alone. And guess what, they didn't. They tried to eat Zendikar and would go on to eat other worlds if the Gatewatch didn't stop them and if Nahiri didn't easen the fight by drawing Emrakul (who flat out crushed the gatewatch in a 1 on 1 and lost only due to a technicality) away from the battlefield.

[@Mwarrior1991]

:( guck, this story sounds... lazy. Wizards still hasn't gotten on top of their writing game huh?

[@loganswaisgood8524]

Gotta be honest, it may not be incredible, but its better than no story at all

[@ryanjones_rheios]

I mean, given some of even the D&D 5e lore (some of which does manage to be very good) I'd say they're always really hit or miss. Given their balancing/design history across several games, I'm far more skeptical.

[@sonicdueler]

From the sounds of it.... the writing is still disappointing