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The penultimate chapter of the second Phyrexian invasion arc, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, is theMagic: The Gatheringchapter that has changed the fates of many characters. With a plan to strike Phyrexia before they are ready, the Gatewatch - a group of Planeswalkers who vow to protect to Multiverse; travel directly to New Phyrexia to stop it before they can invade the Multiverse.
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The strike team meets more than they bargained for upon arrival when they find out the Phyrexians are aware of their plan. They are all split up when entering the Plane, scattered across New Phyrexia as they desperately try and salvage things.
The Arrival
When the Planeswalkers arrive on New Phyrexia,a planar disruption sends them all around New Phyrexiaas they are suddenly split into different parties. Kaitois disoriented before the Wanderersnaps him back to reality. Meanwhile,Nahiriis fighting off Phyrexians, protecting them whenshe is injured and infected with phyresis– the infection that turns beings into Phyrexians. She keeps this information hidden for now as the trio tries to regroup with the others.
They run intoTyvar Kell, but it is here that theWanderer’s wayward spark pulls her awayfrom the team once again.
Afterward,Melria – a member of the Mirran Resistancelooking to take down New Phyrexia and turn it back into Mirrodin – finds them and takes them to the resistance camp.
At another part of New Phyerxia, Elspeth and Kaya find themselves together and fending off Phyrexians. They succeed and make their way to the Mirrian camp, whereElspeth is reunited withher ally from the last time she was on New Phyrexia; Koth.
That was not the only reunion, asJace is revealed to have made it to the camp, though he is the last of the strike team to have done so. Jace tells the team that Nissa had been with him when he woke up but was forced to planeswalk away again. The group of Planeswalkers all agree to continue the plan without the others withthe Sylex – a device capable of destroying entire planes –to destroy theRealmbreaker, the artifact New Phyrexia is planning on using to invade the Multiverse.
Before they leave, Melira pulls Nahiri aside,knowing that Nahiri is infected.Melira tells Nahiri she can heal her, but Nahiri insists there is not enough time, and Melira promises that she will heal Nahiri once the plan is carried out.
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The First Compleation
Lukka wakes up after the bumpy planeswalkon the Hunter’s Maze level of New Phyrexia. While trying to get around, he runs into bothNissa Revaneand the Wanderer fighting off Phyrexians. They were almost hit by a surprise attack by one of the Phyrexians beforeLukka bonded with it, taking control of it and saving them.
Nissa warns Lukka that it is a bad idea to be bonded with a Phyrexian and that he could become infected and turn into a Phyrexian. However, Lukka insists that he will be fine, and if he feels even a little sick from it, he will kill the beast.The Wanderer is once again pulled away,leaving Nissa and Lukka by themselves.
Nissa and Lukka continue, as the Phyrexian Lukka bonded with continuously corrupts his mind. Lukka became one with the Phyrexian when he commanded the beast to secure him, which causedwires to sprout out and inject into Lukka.
They eventually come across thePhyrexian Praetor Vorinclexand his championGlissasparring. Nissa and Lukka decide to fight and kill them before they cause more harm. Lukka attacks Glissa, and Nissa goes for Vorinclex. Nissa severely injures Vorinclex during her fight, butLukka fully succumbs to phyresisduring his andbecomes the first of the strike team to become compleated.
Nissa is forced to flee from Lukka when Vorinclex gives the order to attack the elf. The Wanderer briefly returns to see what’s happened to Lukka and is horrified as she’s pulled away once more.
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Compleatly Overwhelmed
The strike team mobilizes as they make their way to the Realmbreaker. On the way,Jacesuddenly hears Vraska’s voice calling out for help. Though the others tell him they need to stay on track with the mission, Jace refuses to listen and runs to her. SinceJace has the Sylex in his possession, the rest are forced to follow.
This brings them toSheoldred’s Coliseum,where theyfind Vraska, who was helplessly defending herself from an onslaught of Phyrexians. She is injured, and Jace rushes towards her and shields them with illusions from the rest of the group. Using mind magic, Jace creates an illusion of life on Ravnica together to share one last moment with her.
However, as they share a kiss, Jace tastes oil on her lips asVraska fully turns and becomes Phyrexianandstabs Jace, infecting him with phyresis. Jace manages to escape Vraska’s clutches and joins the group.
The area is now a warzone, andNahiri channels all her mightinto her powers and slashes through the plane itself,destroying Sheoldred’s Coliseum and sacrificing herselfto allow the others to escape.
Jace manages to hold off the phyresis from taking control of his mind as he rejoins the others and they make their arrival to theFair Basilica,where they would find the Realmbreaker. Inside, the party findsKarn, the Planeswalker who created Mirrodin(the Plane that became New Phyrexia). The golem is severely injured, andKoth and Melira stay behind to help himwhile the rest of the party pushes forward.
When the party reaches the entrance to their destination, they are greeted bya compleated Ajani Goldmane and Tibalt,who are guarding it. Elspeth and Tyvar tell the rest of the group to go and that they’ll handle them. The others agree as Kaito, Jace, and Kaya make it inside. Elspeth engages in combat with her former friend Ajani while Tyvar attacks Tibalt, who had caused chaos onhis home Plane of Kaldheim.
Though Elspeth and Tyvar struggle at first,both of them manage to win their fights. Both compleated Planeswalkers fall to the ground, defeated, as Elspeth runs inside ahead of Tyvar to join the others.
Inside, Jace, Kaito, and Kaya see that the Phyrexians are preparing to invade the Multiverse, with ships ready to mobilize at the Realmbreaker. They saw that it was already reaching into the Multiverse,and if they activated the Sylex, it could destroy any Plane it was attached to, along with anyone in the Blind Eternities – the realm that exists between Planes.
Both Kaya and Kaito begin having second thoughts, butJace deems activating the Sylex the best course of actionand does it before phyresis could corrupt his mind.
Due to Jace’s magic,Kaito and Kaya could not stop himas the Sylex began its work. Jace was interrupted whenElspeth entered the roomand immediately knew what was happening. Shehastily stabs Jace in the heart and grabs hold of the Sylexbefore vanishing away. Tyvar rejoins the group as he, Kaya, and Kaito remain standing.
They are suddenly greeted by the arrival of the leader of New Phyrexia, Elesh Norn, who tells them it is best to join her. Elesh Norn summons other compleated Planeswalkers to stand with her, revealing thatboth Nahiri andNissa have been compleated.
Jace also gets up to his feet and joins them,now fully Phyrexian. The last of the strike team all refuse Elesh Norn’s offer asshe activates the Realmbreakerwith Nissa’s powers, and the invasion of New Phyrexia across the Multiverse begins.
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Aftermath
Teferi wakes up on the beach ofa land long lost, Zhalfir.Zhalfir wasphased out of Dominaria by Teferi,and the region was thought to have been lost forever. He spends a long time there, hiding his true identity, as the citizens know he is the one who cursed Zhalfir to its fate. He meets withQueen Wezna, the Queen of Zhalfir, where she reveals a prisoner to him –the Wanderer.
The Wanderer tells Teferi that they lost Nissa and that the Phyrexian invasion has begun. Before she could go into detail, her spark pulls her away. Teferi resolves that the fight is not over and that the Phyerxians will learn how to feel fear.
Back on New Phyrexia, Tezzeret is on the verge of death. He meets with Elesh Norn, who rewards him for his assistance in New Phyrexia’s plans. This is a body made out ofDarksteel,an indestructible metal that would replace the artificial parts of his current body that were poisoning him. He travels to meet with thePhyrexian Preator Jin-Gitaxias,who completes the surgery for him.
There is a hitch in Tezzeret’s plan as he becomes immobile, with Jin-Gitaxias telling him the last step to the procedure is exposure toGlistening Oil,an oil used for turning beings into Phyrexians. To escape, Tezzeret reaches out and takes control of an artificial beast and has it attack the Surgical Bay so he can planeswalk away.
Tezzeret escapes to hishome Plane of Alara, specifically the Esperregion. He warns a local of the incoming threat and witnesses Phyrexians breaking through into the Plane, seeing the invasion is already underway. He flees Esper and travels toKamigawa.
In Kamigawa, he runs intoTamiyo’s adopted son Nashiwho threatens Tezzeret’s life with a weapon. Tezzeret quickly turns the tables on him and tells Nashi that while his mother was alive, he would wish she was dead due to her compleation.
Tezzeret leaves Kamigawa and arrives on a Plane that he does not know the name of. It was the home of theInfinite Consortium, a group he was once the leader of. He tells himself that he will sit out the Phyrexian war and only get involved after one side wins and the winner is weakened.
