History Characters / MagicTheGatheringPlaneswalkersPreMending

* MoralityPet: Jace and Gideon. Liliana does things like knock on doors politely (rather than kicking or blasting them down) and [[KickTheSonOfABitch use people that really deserved it]] as zombie minions when around Jace. Mostly because she wants a favour from him, admittedly. "Pet", in this instance, is the operative word. Later on in [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/innistrads-last-hope-2016-06-29 Innistrad's Last Hope]], it's the thought of Jace that drives her to save Innistrad from Emrakul. And while she starts out contemptuous of Gideon she does bond with him during the ''Dominaria'' set, to the point where she hesitates to kill him despite Bolas's orders and is sincerely heartbroken when he dies to save her life (she also unknowingly uses Gideon's true name as inspiration for her new identity).

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* HeelFaceTurn: She starts one in ''Eldritch Moon'' when she joins the Gatewatch, but remained antiheroic and shady up until the end of ''War of the Spark'', where she completes it due to Gideon's influence and sacrifice. Afterwards decides to settle down as a teacher in Strixhaven.

* HeelFaceTurn: Pulls one in ''Eldritch Moon'', culminating in her swearing the Oath of the Gatewatch.

* RetiredMonster: In ''Strixhaven, School of Mages'', she eventually decides to settle down as a teacher in Necromancy at the titular school.

He later resurfaced on the plane of New Capenna, known as "The Adversary" and trying to force his way through the power balance of the plane's five crime families. His initial plans were stopped by Elspeth, but he saw another opportunity when New Phyrexia's invasion began to wait until it was over and seize control during the disarray. Unfortauntely, Ob's ability to planeswalk was lost in the aftrmath of ''March of the Machine'', leaving him stranded on New Capenna and in the sites of every other family there.

Ob's ability to planeswalk was lost in the aftrmath of ''March of the Machine'', leaving him stranded on New Capenna.

* HijackedByGanon: Performs this on the ''New Capenna'' storyline by attempting to take control of the titular plane through launching a mass attack against its ruling gangs. Despite it's still a part of the New Phyrexia arc and the plane had a history of being destroyed by Phyrexians, only Urabrask is involved and he doesn't play an antagonistic role here, and the Phyrexian invasion was launched by Yawgmoth's forces and not Norn's.

Karn's ability to planeswalk was lost in the aftrmath of ''March of the Machine'', leaving him on Zhalfir.

* AntiHero: While she's a selfish person and definitely modelled after a traditional villainess, she more often than not fills this role, since her interests mostly align with the common good as she gets rid of threats to her well being. She was a sympathetic figure in ''Agents of Artifice'' (even though she was TheMole she never fully sided with the actual villains), saved Innistrad ''twice'' and joined the Gatewatch.

* SignificantWardrobeShift: [[https://scryfall.com/card/m21/108/liliana-waker-of-the-dead Waker of the Dead]] was her first card printed after Gideon's death. In it, she wears a noticeably less revealing and somber dress, similarily to something one might wear at a funeral. It is, in fact, the least revealing clothes she's worn since [[https://scryfall.com/card/ori/106/liliana-heretical-healer-liliana-defiant-necromancer before her spark ignited]].

* {{Foil}}: To Nissa. Both are Zendikar natives with a fierce love of their home plane and magic that directly interacts with Mana and the land. Both see themselves as the self-proclaimed guardians of Zendikar. Both fought against the Eldrazi, and both worked with - then had a ''violent'' falling out with - Sorin Markov, and both were HolierThanThou [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]]. However, whereas Nissa has learned from her mistakes with the aid of her friends, Nahiri's guilt and anger leads her to keep repeating the same self-destructive habits, and HolierThanThou attitude.

* HostileTerraforming: Her goal in ''Zendikar Rising''. She wants to use ancient Kor lithomancy to terraform Zendikar back to how it was before the trio messed up its leylines (not to mention a few millenia of Eldrazi corruption). Unfortunately, life on Zendikar has adapted to its new enviroment in the thousands of years that have passed, and most of it would not survive a sudden upheaval.

* PetTheDog: In the aftermath of the battle of Voldaren Manor in ''Crimson Vow'', he insists on bringin the wounded to Markov Manor where they can recover under his care.

* BigGood: The polar opposite of Nicol Bolas in more than just appearance, Ugin does what he can to help the multiverse, such as fighting the Eldrazi Titans with Sorin Markov and Nahiri. He also focuses more on the big picture than he does individuals or societies, which can put him at odds with younger planeswalkers who focus more on the smaller sceme of things.

* AllegoricalCharacter: He's clearly a metaphor for colonialism as a whole, given his desire to perfect cultures minding their own business and ultimately hopelessly ruin them.

* BigGood: Certainly tried to be. Unfortunately, he was also incapable of seeing the consequences of his meddling, so his attempts to impose law and order always degenerated in his absence.

* LawfulStupid: He genuinely can't comprehend the idea that a structured system can be the source of more problems than it solves.
* LightIsNotGood: Yet another example of crazy White. He in particular uses [[WhiteMagic white]] runic magic in his hieromancy.

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