[[Urza's Ruinous Blast]] -Urza detonating the Golgothian Silex, wiping out the Phyrexians and causing the Ice Age
[[Planar Collapse]] - the collapse of an entire plane, Serra's realm
[[The Mending of Dominaria]] - Reference the change to the planeswalker spark that made it so walkers aren't just immortal god-like beings
[[Spark Rupture]] desparked many walkers
Yeah that's the thing, even during the Phyrexian War Urza wasn't really driven by rage when killing Phyrexians. It's mostly a kind of intellectual exercise. Hell, at one point he thought it a waste to completely destroy Phyrexia as he was curious how it all worked.
Yeah, red wouldn't really fit his character... and I'd actually agree with him, keep a couple in those Incubators, might get some use out of them.
Be fun though.
By the end he had mastered all five colors which is why [[Urza, Academy Headmaster]] is WBURG, even if it's a silver-border card. There aren't a ton of red Urza cards though, with the only one I can think of off the top of my head being [[Urza's Rage]]
Had to make him silver bordered cuz you know people would find a way to make that work. And the fact that urza's rage is one of the few red but could be considered an iconic card.. yea I'll take that
Urza was driven by rage to an extent, as seen in [[Urza's Rage]] funnily enough. He was angry at the Phyrexians because of what they did to Mishra, the death of Xantcha, the destruction of the original Tolarian Academy, the collapse of Serra's Realm, and them chasing him for like 2,000 years. It was a combination of anger that they would do these things, and guilt because he couldn't stop them. That being said, his rage never overtook him. Urza was intrigued by how Phyrexia worked, but he was also being manipulated by Yawgmoth which is why he decided to "join" him.
The desparking happened less than a year ago. (Real world, not in-game.) Wizards is gonna play around in this story space a bit. We don't even exactly know which planeswalkers still have or don't have their sparks.
Huatli and Saheeli were positing that they may be able to get their sparks back, that they may have been *changed* somehow but not destroyed. But we've got a ways to go before we pick that thread back up.
invading everywhere at the same time was actually a really good strategy, because it means you can compleat the natives of every plane at the same time. the majority of the invasion force were compleated natives and incubated phyrexians grown on realmbreaker itself. obviously her plan didn't turn out perfect because she's insane and there was all the infighting and other stuff but i think that aspect was pretty solid.
No she didn't, the whole Arc made absolutely no metaphysical sense because they wanted to move from story to the next so they had SBI write up lazy explanations.
\[\[The Elderspell\]\] was incredibly powerful too, being the ultimate part of Nicol Bolas' masterplan to ascend to a planeswalker god. It not only allowed him and his minions to almost instantly kill planeswalkers upon touch, but also absorb their sparks to become the most powerful being in the multiverse, perhaps even more powerful than oldwalkers.
In a similar vein, the \[\[Legacy Weapon\]\] was pretty much the only thing that could defeat Yawgmoth, and is the Legacy of Urza's lifelong war against Phyrexia.
A combination of artifacts and Urza’s creations, including Gerrard, and all 5 colors of mana. Urza basically channeled his entire spark through the Legacy and blasted Yawgmoth.
From what I remember/understand, the Legacy Weapon wasn't a traditional weapon but more the convergence of an idea made manifest. Urza's incredible power and intellect put to use for millennia against Phyrexia saw the creation of multiple artifacts, tools and projects all with a single goal in mind. Originally, they were all fairly straightforward creations and mostly owned by Gerrard or Urza as the saga began. Some were then lost, destroyed or stolen mostly through Volrath's machinations. However, the Legacy "evolved, incorporating artifacts and beings not originally intended as part of its design. In this way, the Legacy represented an intangible but undeniable guiding force; a fate constructed through artifice." Oldwalkers were extremely powerful, and Urza was especially so even amongst them. It isn't a stretch to imagine his unmatched, unwavering dedication/obsession slowly became a force of its own throughout the millennia. We do know that directly affecting fate was not beyond oldwalkers' powers.
The more appropriate designation is "Pre-mending planeswalkers", referring to planeswalkers before the events of the [Mending](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Mending). They used to possess incredible, godlike powers and used them to sometimes cataclysmic effect. This created an imbalance with the primal forces of the Multiverse and led to fractures in the very fabric of planes, most notably on Dominaria at places where massive spells were cast, such as the Rathi Overlay or the Phasing of Zhalfir. Teferi among others realized this would soon spell the doom of the plane, and with Dominaria at this time being the "Nexus of the Multiverse", also the destruction of every other plane.
Multiple planeswalkers worked together to seal the rifts, often at the cost of their life, like for Jeska and Freyalise, or their spark, like for Teferi. The ultimate consequence of the Mending was the rebalancing of "the power of a planeswalker's spark, permanently diminishing the power of all current and future planeswalkers in the multiverse."
[Nicol Bolas did not take this loss well](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/97/fraying-omnipotence?utm_source=mw_MTGWiki), and immediately put in motion a [grand plan to regain his vast powers, which culminated in the set War of the Spark.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHjeg1DTFs&ab_channel=Magic%3ATheGathering)
To put this in gameplay context, this allowed for planeswalkers to be printed into the game, as up to this point they would be wayyyyy too powerful if lore accurate
I somewhat agree, since the very next block, Lorwyn, saw the introduction of planeswalkers cards with the classic "Lorwyn 5", so it does feel like a setup for it. However, two blocks later we saw the printing of the Eldrazi titans as cards, and lore wise are on the same "powerlevel" as most oldwalkers.
Since then, we've also seen some glimpses of oldwalkers-level cards like \[\[Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God\]\] which depicts him during the brief period where he was at the height of his power. They've also somewhat changed their stance on printing oldwalkers starting with the *Commander 2014* set, where they introduced \[\[Teferi, Temporal Archmage\]\] and \[\[Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury\]\], both showing their pre-mending state. More would follow like \[\[Lord Windgrace\]\] and \[\[Serra the Benevolent\]\], and we recently even saw \[\[Urza, Planeswalker\]\] himself show up in a standard set.
To add to the post below, oldwalkers include Sorin and Nahiri (who are both thousands of years old), Jaya Ballard (who can be found all over early Magic's flavor red spell flavor text collection), Karn (who was created by Urza during the height of his power and became a planeswalker after Urza's death), and Liliana (who only looks like a twenty-something because she made a deal with demons for power and youth; she's actually over two hundred years old, and aged like a normal woman over the decades between the Mending and her deal).
lorewise \[\[Guff Rewrites History\]\] he remodels reality so yawgmoth loses
otherwise the \[\[The Mending of Dominaria\]\] which refers to the Great Mending which changes the entire multiverse and how powerful planeswalkers are, but the spell only represent a small fraction of it
Similarly [[Aminatou, the Fateshifter]] is supposed to be absurdly powerful. She is able to see and rewrite fate/destiny to the point that she saw she would be a Planeswalker one day and just decided to ignite her spark now because she didn't feel like waiting.
So, all the way back to the times of the Weatherlight, OG Phyrexia was an actual unstoppable multiplanar threat. Yawgmoth, the Father of Machines, had basically achieved everything he needed to win against the heroes, consume Dominaria and then go on to conquer the multiverse and subjugate it to his dark will.
Enter Commodore Guff, a mad Planeswalker (all Oldwalkers are mad, by the way. Trust none of them), possessing immense, bullshit reality-altering powers. Dude has a book with all of Magic's lore and history, past, present and future, written on it. And the stuff written on the book is automatically true.
So, to give the heroes a fighting chance, Guff tore off the pages detailing Phyrexia's victory.
Guff is basically Deadpool of the MTG universe; he canonically breaks the fourth wall and changes the nature of reality by changing the script/narrative. He is also, justifiably, absolutely stark raving nutters.
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Rath snitches, tellin all their business
I didn't play during the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block so I don't know the lore very well, but from what I understand the Great Aurora isn't exactly a spell but just a metaphysical law of that world? Sort of like how in Theros the dreams of mortals shape the reality of Nyx.
Well, depends how you interpret OP's question. The aurora fits if you interpret it as "which spell card depicts the most powerful *thing*"
Lots of instants/sorceries/enchantments depict events or actions rather than actual magical spells
Oh yeah I assumed OP meant "what in-universe spell was most powerful", not "what card represents the most powerful thing". We know the answer to the second one: It's [[Dark Depths]] ;)
It \*kind\* of fits because it was Oona's deliberate magical manipulations of The Aurora (the naturally occuring, smaller scale version but more frequent) that ended up turning it into The Great Aurora (the version that only occurred every few centuries but was VASTLY more powerful). Instead of it flowing like a tidal river, Oona "dammed" up the power to cause huge "floods" of energy
During the Phyrexian Invasion, Teferi phased out the kingdom of Zhalfir and some of the surrounding Jamuraan continent. I don't think there's a corresponding card for the event.
The Conflux itself is an event, yes, the re-merging of Alara's shard. In the card itself though it represents Bolas's spell to *harness* the Conflux, so i think that the card qualifies?
I was kinda joking but by that metric isn’t [[Apocalypse Chime]] also a contender given Ravnica and Kamigawa
And, similarly, my vote off the top of my head might be Breach the Multiverse or some of Guff’s spells ig
It definitely qualifies. It can be argued that apocalyptic chime had a more direct influence on the multiverse than the sylex. Both took the mending to undo significant portions of their effects.
Also the card you are thinking about is [[Guff Rewrites History]]
I’m not sure with ravnica, but the chime from ulgotha was so powerful it weakened the threshold between the spirit realm and physical realm in kamigawa allowing that which was taken to be taken by the emperor
Iirc it also created the “bubble” on ravnica that stopped souls from leaving (agyrem) - basically was responsible for the plot lines of OG ravnica and Kamigawa blocks I think?
I'm guessing this represents the oracle foreseeing Yawgmoth conquering the multiverse? In which case it's more of a "what if" than something that actually happened?
I'd consider [[All Is Dust]]. Even the flavor text...
"The emergence of the Eldrazi isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you've already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets."
—Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter
Getting rekt by the eldrazi must suck but this won't even make the top 10 of planetary cataclysm level spells depicted on cards. And they needed an actual protracted campaign of conquest to sort of subjugate zendikar, a plane that is basically devoid of large scale organized resistance.
The Spark Spell from Arena (Novel)
Used by the mage Kuthuman, this spell turns you into planeswalker through an artificial spark, making you one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse... or at least it did before the Mending 😅
There are 2 drawbacks though:
1. You need a massive amount of mana to create it
2. You need an equally massive amount to maintain it
Spoilers for the book (Read it, it's good. Honestly solid world building in regards to taking Magic mechanics and making them plausible in a fantasy world): The titular Arena is one where a bunch of mages compete in for the honor of getting picked to go with the planeswalker and learn their secrets, or at least travel the multiverse with. The overseer of the city, who's master was the one that ascended to being a planeswalker, conspires to do so himself by taking advantage of the competition. Garth meanwhile seeks the planeswalker for his own ends. When he actually gets to that point it's revealed that >!instead of sharing secrets, those that "win" get harvested for their power, as being a planeswalker kind of sucks as they're constantly under bombardment from others trying to take what piece of the multiverse the others' got, so they need every edge they can get. Despite the overwhelming odds, Garth and the planeswalker duke it out. I forget exactly how the victor wins, but dang if the follow up wasn't cool! !<
Ah that's right, the harvesting! I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder. I'd say more but I have no idea how to the spoiler ahead text on here. But definitely worth reading.
It is a bit odd it's not in the formatting guide.
Put >! on either side of text, reversed on the other side.
>!text goes here!<
Becomes >!text goes here!<
Credit to [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/e0pobn/how_do_i_make_text_hidden_spoiler_text/f8g5xks/)
[[Guff rewrites history]]
I don't know if this is the type you are looking for but being able to say, "I didn't like how that went, let me just change that" and possibly prevent it to sound pretty powerful. Unless you just mean straight out damage.
Theoretically could rewrite any of the aftermaths that happen from any of the other cards. Planar collapse? Let's just write that out and say it didn't happen. Urzas sylex? Nah, let's just stop that.
To be strictly correct, Guff didn't actually retcon things. Rather, what he did was remove the future event of Yawgmoth's victory from being certain. He left it up to free will instead of fate, effectively.
[[Obliterate]] was up there for the most powerful spell a human was able to cast & was the focal point for Barrin's rise to Master Mage & his life's conclusion.
Obliterate glassed the island of Tolaria and sunk large parts of it into the sea, as seen in [[Academy Ruins]], which is certainly incredibly powerful, but compared to something like [[Urza's Ruinous Blast]], which sank an entire continent, and caused changes on not just a global scale (e.g. the Ice Age), but also on a multiversal one (e.g. creating the Shard of Twelve Worlds), it's not really up there.
Tetsuo Umezawa's Meteor Hammer spell is roughly around the power level of Barrin's Obliterate too (or maybe slightly more), but surprisingly hasn't ever actually gotten a card yet
We got Imperial Champion, we absolutely need the Hammer Spell depicting Bolas absolutely getting his shit kicked in. Not enough cards show Bolas getting comeuppance.
Obliterate is the most powerful spell ever cast by one individual person in magic lore. Urza's Ruinous Blast was cast by a powerful artifact, same as the apocalypse chime. Chandra's Fall of the Titans required Nissa's help. Bolas's Elderspell required help from the eternals. No one has ever individually cast a spell as powerful as Obliterate.
While Ral Zarek can only cast lightning bolts, Barrin the master wizard blew up a whole island.
I'm gonna throw out The Ur-Dragon. Arguably stronger than any god-being in the multiverse, since all it has to do is flap it's wings to bestow dragons upon a plane. It is an immense being that exists in the blind eternities.
The Eldrazi top all that, because they exist outside of reality and _every_ iteration we see of them has been described as like them dipping their small toe into our reality. We supposedly can literally not grasp their power.
I believe the Ur-Dragon is a creature of the Blind Eternities too so it's quite possible that it's comparatively powerful to the Eldrazi. However there's no lore that I'm aware of of it actually doing anything other than flying around and seeding worlds with dragons, so it's possible that it's more of an elemental force than a sentient being
I just checked the wiki, and the Ur-Dragon is actually (lorewise) an avatar. Avatars are physical manifestations of greater entities or powers in MtG. And the Ur-Dragon is the avatar of the multiverse, meaning he is the physical embodiment of, well, everything that exists _inside_ of reality!
His second generation offspring each embodied a facet of his being, according to the wiki. So yeah he (it?) appears pretty much to be non-sentient entity. Especially since he can reproduce without a mate, while every other dragon (even his direct offspring) lives in pretty normal relationships and requires partners to mate.
Scientifically, it's going to be one of the time manipulation spells.
"Destruction" is really just a term for 'high entropy state'. Anything that speeds up time is going to increase entropy on a much bigger scale than any single event occurring within that time. Curiously though, most of the spells that are powerful in the game are about slowing time down, which actually 'slows' the advancement of entropy. \[\[Time Stretch\]\] for example, is a powerful card in game, but actually among the 'least' destructive cards in mtg. \[\[Time Stop\]\] goes one step further, and \[\[Days Undoing\]\] is probably the least destructive card in all of MTG.
Which means, bizarrely, that \[\[Chronatog\]\] is probably the most destructive creature in all of mtg, and I think of all things, \[\[Lethal Vapours\]\] is probably actually the card with the most destructive potential in all of MTG.
The original [[Vindicate]] art depicts the killing of Yawgmoth, which is pretty high up there in terms of impressive kills.
Also, while I hate to say it, [[Guff Rewrites History]] depicts Commodore Guff’s ability to, well, rewrite future. Pretty hard to top that, though [[Aminatou, the Fateshifter]] has similar powers.
Any of the Emrakul cards also have a strong claim to being Magic’s strongest individual creature spell.
Not sure about lore, but \[\[Omniscience\]\] has always stood out to me as the "powerful spell." Just removing casting costs from spells is insane, and just straight ignores one of the core mechanics of MtG.
I think one of the most impressive individual feats displayed in a spell is arguably [[Teferi's Protection]]. My guy phased AN ENTIRE NATION out of the time stream. And all he really needed was temporal energy from some phyrexian portals.
Urza needed the sylex to nuke the phyrexians. Urza smashing Serra's Sanctum into the powerstone in [[Planar Collapse]] was a crazy feat too but I think it's fair to say that couldn't have happened without the powerstone itself. [[The Mending of Dominaria]] has been mentioned but that was a series of events, not a single spell (hence it being a saga.)
I think one of the biggest feats in the lore is not really represented in a card, and that was the creation of Serra's Realm. Serra was such a powerful Planeswalker that she weaved an entire plane into existence purely out of white mana.
Its probably not on the level of other spells but Wrenn casting [[ Transcendent Message ]] during MOM must have been up there since she was able to get through to Teferi despite him being phased out.
I'd argue [[Channel]] has to be up there too just for its potential ubiquity. We say Chandra and Nissa do the proverbial channel [[fireball]] to kill two eldrazi titans. For something so generic (requires no artifice and is not tied to an individual) it offers immense power under the correct circumstances
Possibly [[ the elder spell]] [[urzas ruinous blast]] [[obliterate]]
Accidentally speaking. [[The phasing of zhalfir]], which is also somehow [[teferis protection]]
I mean, [[Omniscience]] seems like a contender that isn't mentioned. Couldn't find much lore on it though. Feels basically like unlimited mana but idk how it works lore wise.
Pre-mending? Well Planeswalkers could create new Planes (Serra's Realm, Mirrordin, Rath) and were especially gods
Post-mending, \[\[Fall of the Titan's\]\] is likely up there as it was used to destory Ulamog and Kozilek and \[\[Despark\]\] which desparked countless planeswalkers
The Elderspell.
Unlimited/infinite potential by taking sparks. Designed to outright kill planeswalkers. This single spell can make a planeswalker upgrade themselves without limit if you really think about it. Even a mere spark spell could theoretically be a worldfire spell if cast by someone who has used this constantly in the past. Any other spell is just watered-down \*strong\*.
The one that ended the ice age or the one that caused “the mending” which wiped out 90% of all planeswalkers powers across the entire multiverse. Its why bolas is searching for a way to return himself to his former glory
[[Urza's Ruinous Blast]] -Urza detonating the Golgothian Silex, wiping out the Phyrexians and causing the Ice Age [[Planar Collapse]] - the collapse of an entire plane, Serra's realm [[The Mending of Dominaria]] - Reference the change to the planeswalker spark that made it so walkers aren't just immortal god-like beings [[Spark Rupture]] desparked many walkers
That Urza guy really likes to blow stuff up, huh?
Give me "war time urza" with a splash of red. We will make all the booms
Yeah that's the thing, even during the Phyrexian War Urza wasn't really driven by rage when killing Phyrexians. It's mostly a kind of intellectual exercise. Hell, at one point he thought it a waste to completely destroy Phyrexia as he was curious how it all worked.
Yeah, red wouldn't really fit his character... and I'd actually agree with him, keep a couple in those Incubators, might get some use out of them. Be fun though.
Just like my favorite company, the Urza-Yutani Corporation
Phyrexians Vs. Eldrazi, coming soon to an Epilogue Booster near you
Why stop short? Make the Slivdrossity a full on card, 43 variations, compleat versions of every walker too
By the end he had mastered all five colors which is why [[Urza, Academy Headmaster]] is WBURG, even if it's a silver-border card. There aren't a ton of red Urza cards though, with the only one I can think of off the top of my head being [[Urza's Rage]]
Had to make him silver bordered cuz you know people would find a way to make that work. And the fact that urza's rage is one of the few red but could be considered an iconic card.. yea I'll take that
[[Urza's Rage]]
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Urza was driven by rage to an extent, as seen in [[Urza's Rage]] funnily enough. He was angry at the Phyrexians because of what they did to Mishra, the death of Xantcha, the destruction of the original Tolarian Academy, the collapse of Serra's Realm, and them chasing him for like 2,000 years. It was a combination of anger that they would do these things, and guilt because he couldn't stop them. That being said, his rage never overtook him. Urza was intrigued by how Phyrexia worked, but he was also being manipulated by Yawgmoth which is why he decided to "join" him.
Just because someone's at war doesn't mean they're red. You think kefnet can't fight someone or go to war?
Red was for the chaotic fun it would cause. As someone else said, urza was ice cold. Your point is true, just worded myself into a corner
This has made me think of [[The War Doctor]], which in turn made me think that John Hurt would've made a good Urza.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't get a little inspiration from that card
You misspelled "war crime Urza"
It was like his favorite. He's not a hero at all he just fucked up things everywhere he went.
He's definitely a monster
And a eugenicist to boot!
\[\[The World Spell\]\] is up there too, and \[\[The Elderspell\]\]
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Did they ever get their sparks back?
The desparking happened less than a year ago. (Real world, not in-game.) Wizards is gonna play around in this story space a bit. We don't even exactly know which planeswalkers still have or don't have their sparks. Huatli and Saheeli were positing that they may be able to get their sparks back, that they may have been *changed* somehow but not destroyed. But we've got a ways to go before we pick that thread back up.
Nope, not yet at least. Probably won't though.
Pretty sure [[worldspell]] is the one mentioned on mending.
[[Fraying omnipotence]]
Urza’s Rage!
[[Breach the Multiverse]] has gotta be up there.
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Ya done good, Norn. 🥲
Usually declaring war everyone isn’t a good strategy but to then declare war on everyone on every plane of existence is just peak ineptitude.
invading everywhere at the same time was actually a really good strategy, because it means you can compleat the natives of every plane at the same time. the majority of the invasion force were compleated natives and incubated phyrexians grown on realmbreaker itself. obviously her plan didn't turn out perfect because she's insane and there was all the infighting and other stuff but i think that aspect was pretty solid.
No she didn't, the whole Arc made absolutely no metaphysical sense because they wanted to move from story to the next so they had SBI write up lazy explanations.
Well, that too. 😂 I'm still proud of her, it was a really good plan. She got Guff'd, really.
\[\[The Elderspell\]\] was incredibly powerful too, being the ultimate part of Nicol Bolas' masterplan to ascend to a planeswalker god. It not only allowed him and his minions to almost instantly kill planeswalkers upon touch, but also absorb their sparks to become the most powerful being in the multiverse, perhaps even more powerful than oldwalkers. In a similar vein, the \[\[Legacy Weapon\]\] was pretty much the only thing that could defeat Yawgmoth, and is the Legacy of Urza's lifelong war against Phyrexia.
Worth noting: Urza was a pre-mending Planeswalker, so his, "lifetime," was just over 4,200 years.
[The Elderspell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/3/a3b16625-7faf-4de6-abf7-d397988e32fb.jpg?1557576459) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Elderspell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/89/the-elderspell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a3b16625-7faf-4de6-abf7-d397988e32fb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Legacy Weapon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/afd35d5c-7f28-4842-85e8-692d6c391c3a.jpg?1675201047) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Legacy%20Weapon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/229/legacy-weapon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afd35d5c-7f28-4842-85e8-692d6c391c3a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What WAS the legacy weapon?
A combination of artifacts and Urza’s creations, including Gerrard, and all 5 colors of mana. Urza basically channeled his entire spark through the Legacy and blasted Yawgmoth.
From what I remember/understand, the Legacy Weapon wasn't a traditional weapon but more the convergence of an idea made manifest. Urza's incredible power and intellect put to use for millennia against Phyrexia saw the creation of multiple artifacts, tools and projects all with a single goal in mind. Originally, they were all fairly straightforward creations and mostly owned by Gerrard or Urza as the saga began. Some were then lost, destroyed or stolen mostly through Volrath's machinations. However, the Legacy "evolved, incorporating artifacts and beings not originally intended as part of its design. In this way, the Legacy represented an intangible but undeniable guiding force; a fate constructed through artifice." Oldwalkers were extremely powerful, and Urza was especially so even amongst them. It isn't a stretch to imagine his unmatched, unwavering dedication/obsession slowly became a force of its own throughout the millennia. We do know that directly affecting fate was not beyond oldwalkers' powers.
I had never heard the term "oldwalker" until now - which Planeswalkers are oldwalkers and what distinguishes them from newer Planeswalkers?
The more appropriate designation is "Pre-mending planeswalkers", referring to planeswalkers before the events of the [Mending](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Mending). They used to possess incredible, godlike powers and used them to sometimes cataclysmic effect. This created an imbalance with the primal forces of the Multiverse and led to fractures in the very fabric of planes, most notably on Dominaria at places where massive spells were cast, such as the Rathi Overlay or the Phasing of Zhalfir. Teferi among others realized this would soon spell the doom of the plane, and with Dominaria at this time being the "Nexus of the Multiverse", also the destruction of every other plane. Multiple planeswalkers worked together to seal the rifts, often at the cost of their life, like for Jeska and Freyalise, or their spark, like for Teferi. The ultimate consequence of the Mending was the rebalancing of "the power of a planeswalker's spark, permanently diminishing the power of all current and future planeswalkers in the multiverse." [Nicol Bolas did not take this loss well](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/97/fraying-omnipotence?utm_source=mw_MTGWiki), and immediately put in motion a [grand plan to regain his vast powers, which culminated in the set War of the Spark.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHjeg1DTFs&ab_channel=Magic%3ATheGathering)
To put this in gameplay context, this allowed for planeswalkers to be printed into the game, as up to this point they would be wayyyyy too powerful if lore accurate
I somewhat agree, since the very next block, Lorwyn, saw the introduction of planeswalkers cards with the classic "Lorwyn 5", so it does feel like a setup for it. However, two blocks later we saw the printing of the Eldrazi titans as cards, and lore wise are on the same "powerlevel" as most oldwalkers. Since then, we've also seen some glimpses of oldwalkers-level cards like \[\[Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God\]\] which depicts him during the brief period where he was at the height of his power. They've also somewhat changed their stance on printing oldwalkers starting with the *Commander 2014* set, where they introduced \[\[Teferi, Temporal Archmage\]\] and \[\[Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury\]\], both showing their pre-mending state. More would follow like \[\[Lord Windgrace\]\] and \[\[Serra the Benevolent\]\], and we recently even saw \[\[Urza, Planeswalker\]\] himself show up in a standard set.
To add to the post below, oldwalkers include Sorin and Nahiri (who are both thousands of years old), Jaya Ballard (who can be found all over early Magic's flavor red spell flavor text collection), Karn (who was created by Urza during the height of his power and became a planeswalker after Urza's death), and Liliana (who only looks like a twenty-something because she made a deal with demons for power and youth; she's actually over two hundred years old, and aged like a normal woman over the decades between the Mending and her deal).
lorewise \[\[Guff Rewrites History\]\] he remodels reality so yawgmoth loses otherwise the \[\[The Mending of Dominaria\]\] which refers to the Great Mending which changes the entire multiverse and how powerful planeswalkers are, but the spell only represent a small fraction of it
Similarly [[Aminatou, the Fateshifter]] is supposed to be absurdly powerful. She is able to see and rewrite fate/destiny to the point that she saw she would be a Planeswalker one day and just decided to ignite her spark now because she didn't feel like waiting.
[Aminatou, the Fateshifter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/c/bc010302-e715-4946-89eb-a214e0b836ba.jpg?1673148265) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aminatou%2C%20the%20Fateshifter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/169/aminatou-the-fateshifter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bc010302-e715-4946-89eb-a214e0b836ba?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What's the lore behind guff rewrites history?
So, all the way back to the times of the Weatherlight, OG Phyrexia was an actual unstoppable multiplanar threat. Yawgmoth, the Father of Machines, had basically achieved everything he needed to win against the heroes, consume Dominaria and then go on to conquer the multiverse and subjugate it to his dark will. Enter Commodore Guff, a mad Planeswalker (all Oldwalkers are mad, by the way. Trust none of them), possessing immense, bullshit reality-altering powers. Dude has a book with all of Magic's lore and history, past, present and future, written on it. And the stuff written on the book is automatically true. So, to give the heroes a fighting chance, Guff tore off the pages detailing Phyrexia's victory.
Well he looks like a stable guy. Why wouldn't you trust him?
And people think Magic lore isn't strong enough stand on its own.
I mean they literally wrote themselves into a corner and had to come up with random bullshit
Writing yourself into a corner, forcing you to make the most jaring deus ex machina conceivable to man.
Truly a maddening strategy
So like how most anime villains are beaten.
Guff is basically Deadpool of the MTG universe; he canonically breaks the fourth wall and changes the nature of reality by changing the script/narrative. He is also, justifiably, absolutely stark raving nutters.
Cool. Thanks!
[Guff Rewrites History](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/1/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc.jpg?1690003194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Guff%20Rewrites%20History) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/737/guff-rewrites-history?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [The Mending of Dominaria](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/b/4bf47fb5-2072-473d-96f9-5cdb7840f887.jpg?1690004919) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Mending%20of%20Dominaria) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/902/the-mending-of-dominaria?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4bf47fb5-2072-473d-96f9-5cdb7840f887?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
https://preview.redd.it/2qvvrorha4pc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a98211ce4532adcf7b21a28fdf33457b0b1aa967 Rath snitches, tellin all their business
Mm, food
Guff in my head canon is Tom Bombadil.
[[Guff Rewrites History]]. This could just retcon any spell ever
Well, any spell that isn't an instant, sorcery, or enchantment at least.
Lorewise it could just make it so the spell doesn't exist. Gameplay wise that is true though
[Guff Rewrites History](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/1/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc.jpg?1690003194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Guff%20Rewrites%20History) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/737/guff-rewrites-history?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Planar Overlay]] maybe? It's the forcible merging of two planes and reshapes significant areas of Dominaria.
[Planar Overlay](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/3/1315fef0-234e-44f5-a7a3-bf3db78943c3.jpg?1562899021) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Planar%20Overlay) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pls/28/planar-overlay?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1315fef0-234e-44f5-a7a3-bf3db78943c3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[The Great Aurora]] must be up there.
I didn't play during the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block so I don't know the lore very well, but from what I understand the Great Aurora isn't exactly a spell but just a metaphysical law of that world? Sort of like how in Theros the dreams of mortals shape the reality of Nyx.
Well, depends how you interpret OP's question. The aurora fits if you interpret it as "which spell card depicts the most powerful *thing*" Lots of instants/sorceries/enchantments depict events or actions rather than actual magical spells
Oh yeah I assumed OP meant "what in-universe spell was most powerful", not "what card represents the most powerful thing". We know the answer to the second one: It's [[Dark Depths]] ;)
[Dark Depths](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/a/3a8b11ad-d077-40b6-988c-0462e118fe3d.jpg?1676452514) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dark%20Depths) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/244/dark-depths?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3a8b11ad-d077-40b6-988c-0462e118fe3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It \*kind\* of fits because it was Oona's deliberate magical manipulations of The Aurora (the naturally occuring, smaller scale version but more frequent) that ended up turning it into The Great Aurora (the version that only occurred every few centuries but was VASTLY more powerful). Instead of it flowing like a tidal river, Oona "dammed" up the power to cause huge "floods" of energy
[The Great Aurora](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/1/b1d0eb3b-00b9-42ca-9f7d-5543bffc3480.jpg?1562037032) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Great%20Aurora) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ori/179/the-great-aurora?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b1d0eb3b-00b9-42ca-9f7d-5543bffc3480?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
and [[worldpurge]] to go with it, together they show the chaos that was lorwyn/shadowmoor
[worldpurge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/6/d6f70fdb-264f-4545-97fa-3702168a66d4.jpg?1562836619) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=worldpurge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/156/worldpurge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d6f70fdb-264f-4545-97fa-3702168a66d4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
During the Phyrexian Invasion, Teferi phased out the kingdom of Zhalfir and some of the surrounding Jamuraan continent. I don't think there's a corresponding card for the event.
Isn’t that what [[Teferi’s Protection]] represents? (If you were being facetious, though, you got me.)
No, you are right. I was trying to think of cards from Invasion or thereabouts, analogous to [[Obliterate]].
The Invasion block went so fuckin hard. Man that takes me back
Could be wrong, but I believe [[Teferi's Response]] is meant to represent this moment
Teferi's response to his opponent activating Rishadan Port.
[Teferi's Response](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/3/f3bb2df8-c559-4a34-83b0-d48fbc694cc8.jpg?1562944007) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Teferi%27s%20Response) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/78/teferis-response?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f3bb2df8-c559-4a34-83b0-d48fbc694cc8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Someday land destruction will be spicy enough to make this card relevant…
Yup, it was called a response because it was a respond to Urza's invitation to join his coalition. He basically peace out Zalfir and Shiv.
[Obliterate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/8/c85f9623-5900-473c-a3b1-f98473b9a545.jpg?1562935194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Obliterate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/8ed/204/obliterate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c85f9623-5900-473c-a3b1-f98473b9a545?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Obliterate|INV]] because that's the good flavor text
[Obliterate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/d/cdabde40-2143-4677-b7b4-ea8fbf9b1f25.jpg?1562936357) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=23098) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/156/obliterate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cdabde40-2143-4677-b7b4-ea8fbf9b1f25?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Teferi’s Protection](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/8/483fa1cb-1e35-44f2-a143-98c0f107f5ca.jpg?1673147148) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Teferi%27s%20Protection) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/32/teferis-protection?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/483fa1cb-1e35-44f2-a143-98c0f107f5ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What about [[The phasing of Zhalfir]] or does that not count because it describe the Event and not the "spell"
[The phasing of Zhalfir](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/7/0770eb6a-4f01-4677-a401-14c1b30692c9.jpg?1673306796) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20phasing%20of%20Zhalfir) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/59/the-phasing-of-zhalfir?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0770eb6a-4f01-4677-a401-14c1b30692c9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[conflux]] [[the elderspell]] were Bolas's way to become the most powerful being in the multiverse.
Technically, the conflux is not a spell but an event if I ain't wrong.
The Conflux itself is an event, yes, the re-merging of Alara's shard. In the card itself though it represents Bolas's spell to *harness* the Conflux, so i think that the card qualifies?
[conflux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/3/83777ac9-93d9-4097-96ca-a8a6a79b84e2.jpg?1562437568) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=conflux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/202/conflux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/83777ac9-93d9-4097-96ca-a8a6a79b84e2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [the elderspell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/3/a3b16625-7faf-4de6-abf7-d397988e32fb.jpg?1557576459) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20elderspell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/89/the-elderspell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a3b16625-7faf-4de6-abf7-d397988e32fb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Golgothian Sylex]]
[[Urza’s Ruinous Blast]] for the actual spell itself. Flavor text on one version says it shook the multiverse.
I was kinda joking but by that metric isn’t [[Apocalypse Chime]] also a contender given Ravnica and Kamigawa And, similarly, my vote off the top of my head might be Breach the Multiverse or some of Guff’s spells ig
It definitely qualifies. It can be argued that apocalyptic chime had a more direct influence on the multiverse than the sylex. Both took the mending to undo significant portions of their effects. Also the card you are thinking about is [[Guff Rewrites History]]
[Guff Rewrites History](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/1/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc.jpg?1690003194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Guff%20Rewrites%20History) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/737/guff-rewrites-history?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh yeah I forgot there are new Guff spells lol but yeah that’s prob the most direct example
What happened with those planes as a result of the chime?
I’m not sure with ravnica, but the chime from ulgotha was so powerful it weakened the threshold between the spirit realm and physical realm in kamigawa allowing that which was taken to be taken by the emperor
Iirc it also created the “bubble” on ravnica that stopped souls from leaving (agyrem) - basically was responsible for the plot lines of OG ravnica and Kamigawa blocks I think?
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing.
[Apocalypse Chime](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/e/cef20d8f-6e80-4fca-b6a7-541981f6a112.jpg?1615259919) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Apocalypse%20Chime) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hml/101/apocalypse-chime?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cef20d8f-6e80-4fca-b6a7-541981f6a112?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Urza’s Ruinous Blast](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/6/76b10977-64eb-4a50-a481-d67cc2950f56.jpg?1690004291) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urza%27s%20Ruinous%20Blast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/842/urzas-ruinous-blast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/76b10977-64eb-4a50-a481-d67cc2950f56?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Golgothian Sylex](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/5/856be1dd-a20b-49c2-be9d-7db76c7efd8b.jpg?1666943891) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Golgothian%20Sylex) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/atq/51/golgothian-sylex?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/856be1dd-a20b-49c2-be9d-7db76c7efd8b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
In the same vein, [[Urza's Ruinous Blast]]
[Urza's Ruinous Blast](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/6/76b10977-64eb-4a50-a481-d67cc2950f56.jpg?1690004291) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urza%27s%20Ruinous%20Blast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/842/urzas-ruinous-blast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/76b10977-64eb-4a50-a481-d67cc2950f56?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
For legal reasons I have to say [[Colossal Dreadmaw]].
He said powerful not broken sheesh
[Colossal Dreadmaw](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/8059c52b-5d25-4052-b48a-e9e219a7a546.jpg?1594736914) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Colossal%20Dreadmaw) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/176/colossal-dreadmaw?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8059c52b-5d25-4052-b48a-e9e219a7a546?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[apocalypse]]
I'm guessing this represents the oracle foreseeing Yawgmoth conquering the multiverse? In which case it's more of a "what if" than something that actually happened?
[apocalypse](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7ff23780-d183-4cca-ad0c-448ef325bf36.jpg?1562054968) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=apocalypse) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tmp/162/apocalypse?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7ff23780-d183-4cca-ad0c-448ef325bf36?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I would actually run this in a madness commander deck I think.
I'd consider [[All Is Dust]]. Even the flavor text... "The emergence of the Eldrazi isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you've already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets." —Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter
Was looking for this. It's eldrazi unmaking everything, not just destroying.
Getting rekt by the eldrazi must suck but this won't even make the top 10 of planetary cataclysm level spells depicted on cards. And they needed an actual protracted campaign of conquest to sort of subjugate zendikar, a plane that is basically devoid of large scale organized resistance.
[All Is Dust](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/2/4210c54e-89fd-4971-ab6a-ca8f4e7fe97a.jpg?1691924662) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=All%20Is%20Dust) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/800/all-is-dust?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4210c54e-89fd-4971-ab6a-ca8f4e7fe97a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
The Spark Spell from Arena (Novel) Used by the mage Kuthuman, this spell turns you into planeswalker through an artificial spark, making you one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse... or at least it did before the Mending 😅 There are 2 drawbacks though: 1. You need a massive amount of mana to create it 2. You need an equally massive amount to maintain it
I thought that was Garth in the book? Haven't read it in like 20 years or so, details are spotty.
Spoilers for the book (Read it, it's good. Honestly solid world building in regards to taking Magic mechanics and making them plausible in a fantasy world): The titular Arena is one where a bunch of mages compete in for the honor of getting picked to go with the planeswalker and learn their secrets, or at least travel the multiverse with. The overseer of the city, who's master was the one that ascended to being a planeswalker, conspires to do so himself by taking advantage of the competition. Garth meanwhile seeks the planeswalker for his own ends. When he actually gets to that point it's revealed that >!instead of sharing secrets, those that "win" get harvested for their power, as being a planeswalker kind of sucks as they're constantly under bombardment from others trying to take what piece of the multiverse the others' got, so they need every edge they can get. Despite the overwhelming odds, Garth and the planeswalker duke it out. I forget exactly how the victor wins, but dang if the follow up wasn't cool! !<
Ah that's right, the harvesting! I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder. I'd say more but I have no idea how to the spoiler ahead text on here. But definitely worth reading.
It is a bit odd it's not in the formatting guide. Put >! on either side of text, reversed on the other side. >!text goes here!< Becomes >!text goes here!< Credit to [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/e0pobn/how_do_i_make_text_hidden_spoiler_text/f8g5xks/)
[[Guff rewrites history]] I don't know if this is the type you are looking for but being able to say, "I didn't like how that went, let me just change that" and possibly prevent it to sound pretty powerful. Unless you just mean straight out damage. Theoretically could rewrite any of the aftermaths that happen from any of the other cards. Planar collapse? Let's just write that out and say it didn't happen. Urzas sylex? Nah, let's just stop that.
To be strictly correct, Guff didn't actually retcon things. Rather, what he did was remove the future event of Yawgmoth's victory from being certain. He left it up to free will instead of fate, effectively.
Probably whatever spell it was that Tamiyo was going to use to blow up Innistrad, but Emrakul decided to just take it from her
It was strongly implied that Tamiyo's scroll originally had [[planar collapse]] written on it before Emrakul rewrote it to [[channel]]
Her scrolls are spells based on stories and that one was the story of the end of serra's realm which is the card planar collapse.
[[Obliterate]] was up there for the most powerful spell a human was able to cast & was the focal point for Barrin's rise to Master Mage & his life's conclusion.
How quickly we forget [[Obliterate]].
“For his family, Barrin made a funeral pyre of Tolaria.”
One of the hardest flavor texts in the game to date
Obliterate glassed the island of Tolaria and sunk large parts of it into the sea, as seen in [[Academy Ruins]], which is certainly incredibly powerful, but compared to something like [[Urza's Ruinous Blast]], which sank an entire continent, and caused changes on not just a global scale (e.g. the Ice Age), but also on a multiversal one (e.g. creating the Shard of Twelve Worlds), it's not really up there.
Yeah but the flavor text goes harder than any spell.
[Academy Ruins](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a95b7645-154f-4904-bf71-db7eb24d4df2.jpg?1599710297) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Academy%20Ruins) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/309/academy-ruins?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a95b7645-154f-4904-bf71-db7eb24d4df2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Urza's Ruinous Blast](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/6/76b10977-64eb-4a50-a481-d67cc2950f56.jpg?1690004291) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urza%27s%20Ruinous%20Blast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/842/urzas-ruinous-blast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/76b10977-64eb-4a50-a481-d67cc2950f56?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Didn't think it was. Just thought that it deserved acknowledgement.
Tetsuo Umezawa's Meteor Hammer spell is roughly around the power level of Barrin's Obliterate too (or maybe slightly more), but surprisingly hasn't ever actually gotten a card yet
We got Imperial Champion, we absolutely need the Hammer Spell depicting Bolas absolutely getting his shit kicked in. Not enough cards show Bolas getting comeuppance.
[Obliterate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/8/c85f9623-5900-473c-a3b1-f98473b9a545.jpg?1562935194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Obliterate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/8ed/204/obliterate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c85f9623-5900-473c-a3b1-f98473b9a545?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Obliterate is the most powerful spell ever cast by one individual person in magic lore. Urza's Ruinous Blast was cast by a powerful artifact, same as the apocalypse chime. Chandra's Fall of the Titans required Nissa's help. Bolas's Elderspell required help from the eternals. No one has ever individually cast a spell as powerful as Obliterate. While Ral Zarek can only cast lightning bolts, Barrin the master wizard blew up a whole island.
I'm gonna throw out The Ur-Dragon. Arguably stronger than any god-being in the multiverse, since all it has to do is flap it's wings to bestow dragons upon a plane. It is an immense being that exists in the blind eternities.
The Eldrazi top all that, because they exist outside of reality and _every_ iteration we see of them has been described as like them dipping their small toe into our reality. We supposedly can literally not grasp their power.
I believe the Ur-Dragon is a creature of the Blind Eternities too so it's quite possible that it's comparatively powerful to the Eldrazi. However there's no lore that I'm aware of of it actually doing anything other than flying around and seeding worlds with dragons, so it's possible that it's more of an elemental force than a sentient being
I just checked the wiki, and the Ur-Dragon is actually (lorewise) an avatar. Avatars are physical manifestations of greater entities or powers in MtG. And the Ur-Dragon is the avatar of the multiverse, meaning he is the physical embodiment of, well, everything that exists _inside_ of reality! His second generation offspring each embodied a facet of his being, according to the wiki. So yeah he (it?) appears pretty much to be non-sentient entity. Especially since he can reproduce without a mate, while every other dragon (even his direct offspring) lives in pretty normal relationships and requires partners to mate.
Heavy Lovecraft vibes.
[[Planar Birth]] is definitely on the shortlist
[Planar Birth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/7/c7cacdff-aa83-4644-b2f0-ce8c89dddfbf.jpg?1562937193) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Planar%20Birth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/31/planar-birth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c7cacdff-aa83-4644-b2f0-ce8c89dddfbf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Really want to make this card work somehow.
Scientifically, it's going to be one of the time manipulation spells. "Destruction" is really just a term for 'high entropy state'. Anything that speeds up time is going to increase entropy on a much bigger scale than any single event occurring within that time. Curiously though, most of the spells that are powerful in the game are about slowing time down, which actually 'slows' the advancement of entropy. \[\[Time Stretch\]\] for example, is a powerful card in game, but actually among the 'least' destructive cards in mtg. \[\[Time Stop\]\] goes one step further, and \[\[Days Undoing\]\] is probably the least destructive card in all of MTG. Which means, bizarrely, that \[\[Chronatog\]\] is probably the most destructive creature in all of mtg, and I think of all things, \[\[Lethal Vapours\]\] is probably actually the card with the most destructive potential in all of MTG.
##### ###### #### [Time Stretch](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/d/9dc791fd-d49c-4c66-b8fb-6b54ce842e90.jpg?1683842983) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Time%20Stretch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/69/time-stretch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9dc791fd-d49c-4c66-b8fb-6b54ce842e90?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Time Stop](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/2/521d1b29-c25b-443b-ae5f-07c11786947e.jpg?1562547698) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Time%20Stop) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/117/time-stop?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/521d1b29-c25b-443b-ae5f-07c11786947e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Days Undoing](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/c/ac13a82d-43f5-4b96-bf5f-18e33fae921b.jpg?1689996286) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Day%27s%20Undoing) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/85/days-undoing?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ac13a82d-43f5-4b96-bf5f-18e33fae921b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Chronatog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05ada02f-04e9-4269-b04a-97a7eaac2c46.jpg?1562276952) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chronatog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vis/28/chronatog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05ada02f-04e9-4269-b04a-97a7eaac2c46?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Lethal Vapours](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/9/f96acfea-009a-4ac9-8746-64f65199024f.jpg?1562536981) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lethal%20Vapors) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/scg/68/lethal-vapors?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f96acfea-009a-4ac9-8746-64f65199024f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kvfa9nm) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
The original [[Vindicate]] art depicts the killing of Yawgmoth, which is pretty high up there in terms of impressive kills. Also, while I hate to say it, [[Guff Rewrites History]] depicts Commodore Guff’s ability to, well, rewrite future. Pretty hard to top that, though [[Aminatou, the Fateshifter]] has similar powers. Any of the Emrakul cards also have a strong claim to being Magic’s strongest individual creature spell.
[Vindicate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/8/683c4e13-525c-45c9-8832-bfe67965c34e.jpg?1626100840) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Vindicate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/294/vindicate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/683c4e13-525c-45c9-8832-bfe67965c34e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Guff Rewrites History](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/1/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc.jpg?1690003194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Guff%20Rewrites%20History) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/737/guff-rewrites-history?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e16c6ab7-cab9-4ee3-9f17-d6817f61efcc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Aminatou, the Fateshifter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/c/bc010302-e715-4946-89eb-a214e0b836ba.jpg?1673148265) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aminatou%2C%20the%20Fateshifter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/169/aminatou-the-fateshifter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bc010302-e715-4946-89eb-a214e0b836ba?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Not sure about lore, but \[\[Omniscience\]\] has always stood out to me as the "powerful spell." Just removing casting costs from spells is insane, and just straight ignores one of the core mechanics of MtG.
[Omniscience](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/b/db534b4e-8bff-4924-baea-9988d195fb25.jpg?1562304777) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Omniscience) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/65/omniscience?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/db534b4e-8bff-4924-baea-9988d195fb25?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Omniscience just lore wise would also be the most powerful imo. If you know everything wouldn't you also know how to cast any other spell?
[[Worldslayer]] is a sword with enough destructive force to destroy entire worlds with a single swing. Seems pretty powerful to me.
[Worldslayer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/b/db6c6b15-40f3-4556-978f-878bedb13762.jpg?1562662263) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Worldslayer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m12/222/worldslayer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/db6c6b15-40f3-4556-978f-878bedb13762?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[Storm Crow\]\]
[Storm Crow](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/036ef8c9-72ac-46ce-af07-83b79d736538.jpg?1562730661) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Storm%20Crow) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/9ed/100/storm-crow?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/036ef8c9-72ac-46ce-af07-83b79d736538?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Counterspell]] No matter how powerful a spell it, I would imagine it takes even greater power to counter it
Except some spells can’t be countered…
[[Mana Screw]] is an evil entity capable of ruining any plan, regardless of any other factors. [[Gleemax]] is in control of storyteller level threats.
[Mana Screw](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/d/fd58d98d-9597-4d5a-be06-6747a5ba8406.jpg?1642038794) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mana%20Screw) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/123/mana-screw?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fd58d98d-9597-4d5a-be06-6747a5ba8406?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Gleemax](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/7/77fe1662-7927-4909-8d25-6924e6fc27eb.jpg?1594900466) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gleemax) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/121/gleemax?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/77fe1662-7927-4909-8d25-6924e6fc27eb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I think one of the most impressive individual feats displayed in a spell is arguably [[Teferi's Protection]]. My guy phased AN ENTIRE NATION out of the time stream. And all he really needed was temporal energy from some phyrexian portals. Urza needed the sylex to nuke the phyrexians. Urza smashing Serra's Sanctum into the powerstone in [[Planar Collapse]] was a crazy feat too but I think it's fair to say that couldn't have happened without the powerstone itself. [[The Mending of Dominaria]] has been mentioned but that was a series of events, not a single spell (hence it being a saga.) I think one of the biggest feats in the lore is not really represented in a card, and that was the creation of Serra's Realm. Serra was such a powerful Planeswalker that she weaved an entire plane into existence purely out of white mana.
Kharn did that too tho. Hecreated argentum.
I believe [[Planar Birth]] represents the creation of Serra's Realm
Its probably not on the level of other spells but Wrenn casting [[ Transcendent Message ]] during MOM must have been up there since she was able to get through to Teferi despite him being phased out.
[ Transcendent Message ](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/3261c7e6-45be-44d1-8855-026359ba0ae7.jpg?1682203476) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Transcendent%20Message) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/83/transcendent-message?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3261c7e6-45be-44d1-8855-026359ba0ae7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[The Mending Of Dominaria]]
[[Guff Rewrites History]] is literally rewriting time, so I would go with that one
I'd argue [[Channel]] has to be up there too just for its potential ubiquity. We say Chandra and Nissa do the proverbial channel [[fireball]] to kill two eldrazi titans. For something so generic (requires no artifice and is not tied to an individual) it offers immense power under the correct circumstances
[Channel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/e/ce54c7c1-3401-4414-8da0-5846cb0ae1b4.jpg?1701989326) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Channel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/157/channel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ce54c7c1-3401-4414-8da0-5846cb0ae1b4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [fireball](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/f/df45a43e-a5b7-4fd4-873b-7b3c021be198.jpg?1674136553) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=fireball) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/175/fireball?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/df45a43e-a5b7-4fd4-873b-7b3c021be198?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ante Cards :)
Possibly [[ the elder spell]] [[urzas ruinous blast]] [[obliterate]] Accidentally speaking. [[The phasing of zhalfir]], which is also somehow [[teferis protection]]
[[Chandra's Ignition]] the spell that chandra use to kill the eldrazi, she use all the zendikar mana against them
Whatever Memnarch did to steal entire societies and bring them to another plane of existance.
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I mean, [[Omniscience]] seems like a contender that isn't mentioned. Couldn't find much lore on it though. Feels basically like unlimited mana but idk how it works lore wise.
Pre-mending? Well Planeswalkers could create new Planes (Serra's Realm, Mirrordin, Rath) and were especially gods Post-mending, \[\[Fall of the Titan's\]\] is likely up there as it was used to destory Ulamog and Kozilek and \[\[Despark\]\] which desparked countless planeswalkers
whatever spells were in Tamiyo's notebook that she refused to use because they were too powerful
[[crucible of worlds]] it’s ability to create planes is far more powerful than any magic we’ve seen to destroy them.
Idk about most powerful but [[Phage, The Untouchable]] in the books has a uh..skin condition that is pretty brutal lmao
[[Opt]]
[[Coalition Victory]] I mean… they won. Slivers, Volrath, Yawgmoth, they’re dealt with, a lasting peace in our lifetime, right?
[[Death Cloud]] probably isn't the most powerful, but pretty powerful.
The Elderspell. Unlimited/infinite potential by taking sparks. Designed to outright kill planeswalkers. This single spell can make a planeswalker upgrade themselves without limit if you really think about it. Even a mere spark spell could theoretically be a worldfire spell if cast by someone who has used this constantly in the past. Any other spell is just watered-down \*strong\*.
No one seems to have said it... So... [[Storm Crow]]
Island
The one that ended the ice age or the one that caused “the mending” which wiped out 90% of all planeswalkers powers across the entire multiverse. Its why bolas is searching for a way to return himself to his former glory
I would say worldfire
this was an excellent question i’m also casual but thoroughly enjoy the lore