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CaptainCrawdad Since: Aug, 2009

Oct 3rd 2019 at 12:59:13 PM •••

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Magic: The Gathering has, for the last three years, had Nicol Bolas behind practically everything: The reunion of Alara, the rise of the Eldrazi, and he even dispatched his agent Tezzeret to aid the Phyrexians in overtaking Mirrodin.
- And before that, the first ten years of the game (well, once a storyline developed) featured the Phyrexians, the wars they created, and the aftermath of their invasion (to the point that the ultimate Big Bad of the Odyssey/Onslaught story actually traveled to the ruins of Phyrexia and met what remained of Yawgmoth the Machine-God). Then again several years later for the Time Spiral block. Then yet again as villains for the Scars of Mirrodin block. They have about fifteen years' worth of storylines, while their most constant adversaries (the crew of the Weatherlight) lasted only four.

The Magic the Gathering game doesn't seem to be defined by a recurring villain. The "villain" isn't even apparent when you play the game. It's in the backstory developed by the spin-off materials.

Thad Since: Oct, 2016

Dec 27th 2016 at 11:38:58 AM •••

Is Star Wars an example? It is focused on Vader and The Empire,no?

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010

Dec 27th 2016 at 12:11:44 PM •••

No, that describes more The Villain Makes the Plot.

And while you could say that Anakin is the linking element to the series as a whole, the thing is for 2.75 movies Anakin wasn't a villain.

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ACarlssin Since: Jan, 2001

Sep 19th 2012 at 11:18:30 PM •••

Didn't DC give The Joker his own comic book for a while?

lu127 MOD PaperMaster Since: Sep, 2011

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Aug 5th 2012 at 1:16:12 PM •••

Looks like this might not be a valid example, so I pulled it here:

The Legend of Zelda has several Zeldas and Links, but only one Ganon, who will appear despite evidence to the contrary.
- Well, there may have been at least two. Also, there are several games where Ganon isn't even part of the story, and the series is named after the Damsel in Distress. Ganon links some of the games together, but for the most part the series is about Link, not Ganon.

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MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009

Sep 17th 2010 at 7:03:53 PM •••

I think this needs a bit of work. The title is villain based franchise, i.e., a series where the villain is the main focus. The entries are more geared along the lines of, "This series uses the same villain more than twice."

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