Ob Nixilis and his Lore?
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Posted on Aug. 11, 2014, 12:50 p.m. by spacecoyote1313
So I've been trying to find anything on Ob Nixilis, weather it be his fallen or unshackled form. Could only find one little short paragraph which mentions him losing his planes walking spark getting lost and losing his wings. And after regaining his wings there is only one way to regain his spark, destroy Zendikar. Here we see him unshackled and no new information. And along with Perilous Vault and its flavor text mentioning Ugin. Could we maybe see some more information about Ob Nixilis, maybe he becomes a planeswalker. Also with so many things having relation with Zendikar, are fetch lands a good argument for a reprint?
Ob Nixilis used to be a planeswalker, until he became a demon.
August 11, 2014 2:31 p.m.
type ob nixilis wiki into google and it'll bring up what we know abut him so far on MTGSalvation
August 11, 2014 2:33 p.m.
chrishuffman95 says... #5
Wizards actually made a recent Uncharted Realms on him, here's the link.
August 11, 2014 2:34 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #6
Binding powers. The ability to manipulate hedrons. Sensing exactly when and where a walker appears.
Could this Nahiri be the unknown Lithomancer that bound the Eldrazi?
August 11, 2014 2:59 p.m.
chrishuffman95 says... #7
No, it's been stated that she was a Kor Planeswalker.
August 11, 2014 3:42 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #8
By who and where?
And Nahiri is a Kor. "Then there's the kor. They avoid me. I avoid them. Because in each of their smug, chalky faces, I see her.
Zendikar's self-appointed protector. Nahiri."
August 11, 2014 3:48 p.m.
chrishuffman95 says... #9
I should specify that what I read is speculation. But I doubt that Wizards would drop the name of the Lithomancer so easily, as the character is rather important to Zendikar lore, and a return there would be better if who this person is remains a secret.
I could be wrong, though. Any thoughts?
August 11, 2014 3:51 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #10
I'm pretty sure Nahiri was dead before the events of the Zendikar block. Because a) On Nixilis has been on the plane for centuries, and I'm pretty sure Kor don't have that long of lifespans, even a walker, and b) for such an important person in Zendikar's history she didn't show up when the Eldrazi reawakened like was promised.
August 11, 2014 3:56 p.m.
ItchiUchiha117 says... #11
Keep in mind, that all happened before the mending. We all know that dragons have some measure of agelessness and that vampires are basically biologically immortal given they continue to feed. However, the only thing most other planeswalkers had before the mending was just their sparks keeping them alive. So, while this Nahiri wasn't necessarily the unnamed lithomancer planeswalker, given what we do know, it is possible. After all, she may have stayed on Zendikar to keep the hedrons maintained and when the mending happened, she may have died because of it. Thus, the maintenance she'd been performing for centuries stopped and they began to weaken. At some point in this time, whether she was a planeswalker or not, she trapped Ob Nixilis on Zendikar by screwing with his spark with the hedrons pointing toward knowledge of sparks and the hedrons themselves. As the mending appears to be a relatively recent event, given the interweaving storylines of all the planeswalkers, I think this can be a strong case for why she didn't show up.
Of course, this is all just speculation from the mind of a madman. Oh well, take it as you wish. Sorry if I rambled.
August 11, 2014 4:13 p.m.
biggestmtgnerd says... #12
I always thought the lithomancer transformed into Marit Lage.
August 13, 2014 3:32 a.m.
fadelightningmm says... #13
If you played the new duels of the planeswalker you find out that Ob Nixilis, the Fallen encountered a hedron that bound to him and sapped his power. In an effort to prevent the chain veil from consuming Garruk, Jace sends you to defeat ob nixilis and take the hedron before Garruk becomes the demon worldslayer. So when you beat ob nixilis you turn him into Ob Nixilis, Unshackled in order to stop Garruk, Apex Predator . As for the vault mentioned above Ugin arranged the hedrons to trap the Eldrazi. When Chandra, Jace and Sarkahn fought they disturbed the hedrons unleashing the Eldrazi which were last seen devouring Zendikar
August 14, 2014 4:24 p.m.
The key to open the vault was the presence of 3 planeswalkers and the ghost flame. Outside of the storyline, I'm happy that we should be getting an Ugin planeswalker and/or more eldrazi
Nigeltastic says... #2
Are you referring to things that may happen in Khans? The core set has no ties to any other magic set, it's a completely separate entity. Nothing there affects other story lines, and fetches are 100% not until 2015 at earliest, from multiple sources.
August 11, 2014 12:59 p.m.