Any Chromium Lore?
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Posted on Oct. 24, 2016, 5:04 p.m. by maxon
I'm in the process of building a Chromium EDH deck, and I was wondering if anyone knows of any cards that are related to Chromium by way of the lore of Magic?
Chromium Rhuell is Nicol Bolas' brother, and one of the winners of the Dragon War on Dominaria.
After the war, he and his life partner Piru became the servants of a planeswalker named Geyadrone Dihada. She summoned them to fight Dakkon Blackblade, who tried to control him and force him to kill Piru. Chromium was strong enough to overpower Dakkon, draining most of his life away, but with Dakkon's last strength, he teleported Chromium to an unknown location, and slew Piru himself.
The next time Chromium was seen, his was in the guise of Ham, the Tickery Man, And assisted the rest of the High Council of Mors Ridge in keeping his sister, Palladia-Mors, asleep.
After this, Chromium once again served a planeswalker named Faralyn, and befriended his spellsquire, Ravidel. During the same time period, Chromium's brother, Arcades Sabboth, was summoned by Leshrac to fight Kristina, who killed the elder dragon.
That's only relevant because as the Shard of the Twelve Worlds closed, Faralyn called a meeting of planeswalkers trapped within it, at the Summit of the Null Moon. In attendance were Leshrac and Kristina, so tensions were high. To make matters worse, Faralyn had secretly betrayed them. He, Leshrac, and Tevesh Szat planned to start fighting between the people present, hoping that the death of a planeswalker would provide enough energy for them to escape the Shard. No planeswalker died, but Szat killed Chromium, who apparently was powerful enough to allow them to escape. During the battle, Ravidel was killed as well, but Kristina and her lover Taysir joined forces to return him to life. Instead of being grateful, Ravidel was furious that they saved him instead of Chromium. Ravidel plotted vengeance for ages, gradually becoming more and more insane. Eventually this would lead him into starting the Planeswalkers' War.
Ravidel took Chromium's corpse and fashioned it into what he called a Planar Barge, which he used to carry his army in while planeswalking.
October 24, 2016 9:51 p.m.
kanokarob thank you for the response, and tagging all the related cards. Too bad Dakkon Blackblade is an enemy of Chromium, or else that would have been a good card to add for flavor.
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