How did the glissning oil get to mirrodin
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Posted on Oct. 14, 2015, 9:46 p.m. by CuteSnail
I recently read up on Yawgmoth and how he repurposed the nameless dragon planeswalker's plane; Phyrexia to experiment with phthisis. Fast forward a lot, the phyrexian are invading Dominaria and Karn happens.
Karn creates Mirrodin, but how the hell did the phyrexians get to Mirrodin?
karn has a phyrexian heart, which had glistening oil. when it leaked onto mirrodin, phyrexians started appearing. the people of mirrodin thought the oil was nothing (read Steady Progress's flavor text) and so the phyrexian were able to come to mirrodin without the mirrans thinking it was a problem at first.
October 14, 2015 9:50 p.m.
Oh yeah! Powerstone was corrupted by Yawgmoth, wasn't it? And so when Karn put inside himself he had a bit of that corruption.
Thanks guys!
October 14, 2015 10:38 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #6
Fun fact: Karn's new heart belonged to Venser. Such a good story. (Though Koth was kind of a prick throughout that story.)
October 14, 2015 11:19 p.m.
i get quite annoyed that the only planeswalkers that have died are venser and elspeth (might see a return hopefully) and they're both white... why do the good people have to die!?
October 14, 2015 11:37 p.m.
Because they're good people. You never expect elspeth or venser to go. How would you feel if Liliana died? you'd probably think she had it coming.
October 15, 2015 12:05 a.m.
Can I have a link when venser died (like the article)? I did not know that.
October 15, 2015 7:42 a.m.
On that topic, how was Karn liberated from the phyrexians influence and what is he up to now?
Epochalyptik says... #2
Karn's "heart" is a Phyrexian powerstone that contains glistening oil. Because it's magical stuff, it's left in traces wherever Karn goes. When he created Mirrodin, he left the oil there immediately.
October 14, 2015 9:49 p.m.