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* A plane set [[AnthropomorphizedAnatomy inside a larger organism]]. While it will still feature fantasy staple races like humans, elves, etc, there will also be non-token Germ creatures, new Cell types, and mites representing parasites.
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[[WMG: A return to Theros will have a more Roman-inspired feel]]
With at least their five most notable gods having been corrupted and summarily destroyed, as well as much of their civilization needing to be rebuilt, one could say this era of Theros has ended and a new one is beginning. Said new beginning could resemble the founding of Rome - a reinvention of culture that still takes mass inspiration from the culture that came before. It could also be a combination of early Roman polytheism and the later mass-Christianization of the empire, especially since ''Magic's'' resident Joan of Arc expy seems to be getting [[https://scryfall.com/card/mat/2/deification quite popular]] over there. Finally, since Rome was an expansionist empire, and the new omenpaths offer travel to various other planes, Theros could become a new threat as they send forces to other worlds in order to increase their resources and spread their influence.
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* A plane based on Slavic/Russian myth and folklore.

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* {{Jossed}} by [[WordOfGod Mark Rosewater]] [[https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/183327541498/theres-a-rule-that-planeswalkers-cant-planeswalk here.]]

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* {{Jossed}} by [[WordOfGod Mark Rosewater]] [[https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/183327541498/theres-a-rule-that-planeswalkers-cant-planeswalk here.]]
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Only ''we'' know what actually happened between Alhammarret and Jace after Jace ignited. All any investigator's would find is dead sphinx, and a missing apprentice. Further investigation would find the exact same thing Jace himself found: soldier's on ''both'' sides of a war who will testify to meeting him and trading information on the other side. Add in the fact that Jace did ''not'' come from a good neighbourhood, and that he was accused of cheating with his powers, they'd come to the most logical conclusion: a highly-respected mind mage discovered his apprentice, who already had a reputation as a delinquent, was using his magic to sell secrets, and said apprentice murdered him via MindRape and fled. Jace will ''not'' be in for a good time when he returns to Vryn.

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Only ''we'' know what actually happened between Alhammarret and Jace after Jace ignited. All any investigator's investigators would find is dead sphinx, and a missing apprentice. Further investigation would find the exact same thing Jace himself found: soldier's on ''both'' sides of a war who will testify to meeting him and trading information on the other side. Add in the fact that Jace did ''not'' come from a good neighbourhood, and that he was accused of cheating with his powers, they'd come to the most logical conclusion: a highly-respected mind mage discovered his apprentice, who already had a reputation as a delinquent, was using his magic to sell secrets, and said apprentice murdered him via MindRape and fled. Jace will ''not'' be in for a good time when he returns to Vryn.



However Phyrexia is defeated, the cleanup effort afterwards will be ''massive'' - to the point that, should upcoming sets be set immediately after it, many would get repetitive while they all go through similar storylines of healing the plane and it's inhabitants. As such, ''Aftermath'' will take viewers through however many years (or even decades) are being passed by while the multiverse pulls itself back together, and the standard sets will resume after many things have changed.

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However Phyrexia is defeated, the cleanup effort afterwards will be ''massive'' - -- to the point that, should upcoming sets be set immediately after it, many would get repetitive while they all go through similar storylines of healing the plane and it's its inhabitants. As such, ''Aftermath'' will take viewers through however many years (or even decades) are being passed by while the multiverse pulls itself back together, and the standard sets will resume after many things have changed.



It's already been leaked that many known planeswalkers will have lost their sparks in March of the Machine: the Aftermath. It's also confirmed that the sacrifice of a Planeswalker spark--along with other factors--can purge the effects of the oil from a compleated individual. Even though the Phyrexian forces are defunct, there's still a great deal of oil left in the invaded planes, which could eventually grow a new-new Phyrexia. Therefore, Karn and company will enact a massed ritual (possibly involving a retooled Elderspell) that will strip the sparks out of all planeswalkers and use the power granted to erase or denature the oil across all the invaded planes.

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It's already been leaked that many known planeswalkers will have lost their sparks in March of the Machine: the Aftermath. It's also confirmed that the sacrifice of a Planeswalker spark--along with other factors--can purge the effects of the oil from a compleated individual. Even though the Phyrexian forces are defunct, there's still a great deal of oil left in the invaded planes, which could eventually grow a new-new Phyrexia. Therefore, Karn and company will enact a massed ritual (possibly involving a retooled Elderspell) that will strip the sparks out of all planeswalkers and use the power granted to erase or denature the oil across all the invaded planes.planes.

[[WMG: Possible future planes:]]
* A prehistoric plane -- Muraganda, most likely -- of cavemen, dinosaurs, and untamted primordial nature.
* An oceanic plane.
* A [[WorldInTheSky plane in the sky]], with floating landforms and massive weather phenomena serving as lands.
* A space fantasy plane similar to ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' or ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', with SpaceSailing, star dragons, robot monsters, WizardsFromOuterSpace, and of course lots of [[SingleBiomePlanet prairie, ocean, swamp, volcanic and forest planets]].
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** [[AWorldwidePunomenon He meant Monslaught.]]

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** [[AWorldwidePunomenon He meant Monslaught.]]
Monslaught.
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[[WMG: [[LightNovel/KinosJourney Kino]] is a Planeswalker.]]

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[[WMG: [[LightNovel/KinosJourney [[Literature/KinosJourney Kino]] is a Planeswalker.]]
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While the story last speaks of him being eaten by his creations, it's in the present tense; there's no actual declaration in there afterwards of his being dead. Whether just in a badly mauled state akin to when he would have first appeared on Kamigawa or using what he learned about minds there to shuttle his mind into one of the creatures devouring him without damage, there's a chance that he's in the drastically slowed New Phyrexia in an at-least-somewhat-live state. Even with the Domini to contend with, he could potentially start work on making a New New Phyrexia, such as with regrowing the other three praetors from their heads (not Elesh Norn on account of her now being nothing more than a red paste, not that Gitaxias would want to regrow ''her'') and getting New Phyrexia's timeflow to speed up relative to the rest of the Multiverse.

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While the story last speaks of him being eaten by his creations, it's in the present tense; there's no actual declaration in there afterwards of his being dead. Whether just in a badly mauled state akin to when he would have first appeared on Kamigawa or using what he learned about minds there to shuttle his mind into one of the creatures devouring him without damage, there's a chance that he's in the drastically slowed New Phyrexia in an at-least-somewhat-live state. Even with the Domini to contend with, he could potentially start work on making a New New Phyrexia, such as with regrowing the other three praetors from their heads (not Elesh Norn on account of her now being nothing more than a red paste, not that Gitaxias would want to regrow ''her'') and getting New Phyrexia's timeflow to speed up relative to the rest of the Multiverse.Multiverse.

[[WMG: Permanently denaturing the Phyrexian oil will require desparking all Planeswalkers.]]
It's already been leaked that many known planeswalkers will have lost their sparks in March of the Machine: the Aftermath. It's also confirmed that the sacrifice of a Planeswalker spark--along with other factors--can purge the effects of the oil from a compleated individual. Even though the Phyrexian forces are defunct, there's still a great deal of oil left in the invaded planes, which could eventually grow a new-new Phyrexia. Therefore, Karn and company will enact a massed ritual (possibly involving a retooled Elderspell) that will strip the sparks out of all planeswalkers and use the power granted to erase or denature the oil across all the invaded planes.
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While the story last speaks of him being eaten by his creations, it's in the present tense; there's no actual declaration in there afterwards of his being dead. Whether just in a badly mauled state akin to when he would have first appeared on Kamigawa or using what he learned about minds there to shuttle his mind into one of the creatures devouring him without damage, there's a chance that he's in the drastically slowed New Phyrexia in an at-least-somewhat-live state. Even with the Domini to contend with, he could potentially start work on making a New New Phyrexia, such as with regrowing the other three praetors from their heads (not Elesh Norn on account of her now being nothing more than a red paste, not that Gitaxias would want to regrow ''her'') and getting New Phyrexia's timeflow to speed up relative to the rest of the universe.

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While the story last speaks of him being eaten by his creations, it's in the present tense; there's no actual declaration in there afterwards of his being dead. Whether just in a badly mauled state akin to when he would have first appeared on Kamigawa or using what he learned about minds there to shuttle his mind into one of the creatures devouring him without damage, there's a chance that he's in the drastically slowed New Phyrexia in an at-least-somewhat-live state. Even with the Domini to contend with, he could potentially start work on making a New New Phyrexia, such as with regrowing the other three praetors from their heads (not Elesh Norn on account of her now being nothing more than a red paste, not that Gitaxias would want to regrow ''her'') and getting New Phyrexia's timeflow to speed up relative to the rest of the universe.Multiverse.
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If the plane is to be revisited, it will need to be after it's healed enough - specifically, its leylines put back in order. We know the gods were essentially personifications of those leylines, and we know that once there were more than just the main five. There's a possibility that there were more gods that Bolas outright killed instead of just twisting into his minions (representing the seven color pairs outside his purview), and a rejuvenation of the plane could see them return.

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If the plane is to be revisited, it will need to be after it's healed enough - specifically, its leylines put back in order. We know the gods were essentially personifications of those leylines, and we know that once there were more than just the main five. There's a possibility that there were more gods that Bolas outright killed instead of just twisting into his minions (representing the seven color pairs outside his purview), and a rejuvenation of the plane could see them return.return.

[[WMG: Jin-Gitaxias isn't dead]]
While the story last speaks of him being eaten by his creations, it's in the present tense; there's no actual declaration in there afterwards of his being dead. Whether just in a badly mauled state akin to when he would have first appeared on Kamigawa or using what he learned about minds there to shuttle his mind into one of the creatures devouring him without damage, there's a chance that he's in the drastically slowed New Phyrexia in an at-least-somewhat-live state. Even with the Domini to contend with, he could potentially start work on making a New New Phyrexia, such as with regrowing the other three praetors from their heads (not Elesh Norn on account of her now being nothing more than a red paste, not that Gitaxias would want to regrow ''her'') and getting New Phyrexia's timeflow to speed up relative to the rest of the universe.
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It is established that the Elderspell can be used to rip a planeswalker's spark out of their body en masse. If there are any Eternals left, a sufficiently powerful necromancer could use an adapted version of the Elderspell to extract the spark from the control device used to keep a planeswalker's spark intact and destroy the body without snuffing the spark.

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It is established that the Elderspell can be used to rip a planeswalker's spark out of their body en masse. If there are any Eternals left, a sufficiently powerful necromancer could use an adapted version of the Elderspell to extract the spark from the control device used to keep a planeswalker's spark intact and destroy the body without snuffing the spark.spark.

[[WMG: Phyrexia will lose its HiveMind, but the survivors will stay Compleated]]
It would be rather underwhelming if there was a massive ResetButton at the end of the Phyrexian Invasion storyline. However, considering how many major and beloved characters have already been confirmed Compleated, it would make sense if there was ''some'' way to free them from their corruption. The solution will be finding a way to stop Phyrexia's hold on everyone they've converted - while it would be horrific to be trapped in a body of their making, at the very least it would give many more people the chance to surive and heal (and coordinating such healing efforts would occupy the next several years of the Gatewatch's time).

[[WMG: There will be a major TimeSkip between ''March of the Machine'' and ''Wilds of Eldraine'']]
However Phyrexia is defeated, the cleanup effort afterwards will be ''massive'' - to the point that, should upcoming sets be set immediately after it, many would get repetitive while they all go through similar storylines of healing the plane and it's inhabitants. As such, ''Aftermath'' will take viewers through however many years (or even decades) are being passed by while the multiverse pulls itself back together, and the standard sets will resume after many things have changed.

[[WMG: Amonkhet will return as an {{Afrofuturism}} plane]]
When last we saw them, the plane was pretty wasted but there was a glimmer of hope thanks to Hazoret and the survivors escaping into the desert. ''March of the Machine'' shows it's one of the targets of the Phyrexian invasion; specifically, [[https://scryfall.com/search?q=%21%22Blossoming+Sands%22+set%3AMOM&utm_source=FuckOff Blossoming Sands]]. While obviously that card is representative of a negative impact, the fact is that such an invasion might supply the plane with much needed mana resources that Bolas destroyed over its history, and a sudden influx of raw technology and fresh mana could help them rebuild (assuming all risks of corruption are negated by the end of ''March''). By the time we return they could demonstrate their ability to use everything the trials once called for and the powers of their would-be destroyers to create something incredibly advanced, and represent a synthesis of tradition and innovation as opposed to Kamigawa's struggle between the two.

[[WMG: Any return to Amonkhet will bring new gods]]
If the plane is to be revisited, it will need to be after it's healed enough - specifically, its leylines put back in order. We know the gods were essentially personifications of those leylines, and we know that once there were more than just the main five. There's a possibility that there were more gods that Bolas outright killed instead of just twisting into his minions (representing the seven color pairs outside his purview), and a rejuvenation of the plane could see them return.
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*Jossed: Canonically, Ashnod survives and founds the Conclave of Mages with Tawnos after the war's end.



Those, plus plenty of other possible directions, will keep Phyrexia alive as a faction. It will remain alien to many, but will offer at least the potential for peaceful coexistence for some, but still leave the potential for the villianous nature we all know and love.

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Those, plus plenty of other possible directions, will keep Phyrexia alive as a faction. It will remain alien to many, but will offer at least the potential for peaceful coexistence for some, but still leave the potential for the villianous nature we all know and love.love.
*Related: Karn will eventually claim the title of Father of Machines in order to keep the other Phyrexian factions in line.

[[WMG: Compleated planeswalkers can be saved by the Elderspell]]
It is established that the Elderspell can be used to rip a planeswalker's spark out of their body en masse. If there are any Eternals left, a sufficiently powerful necromancer could use an adapted version of the Elderspell to extract the spark from the control device used to keep a planeswalker's spark intact and destroy the body without snuffing the spark.

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