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|name=Kozilek
|name=Kozilek
|birthplace=[[Blind Eternities]]
|birthplace=[[Blind Eternities]]
|lifetime= Unknowable
|lifetime=Unknown
|race=[[Eldrazi]]
|race=[[Eldrazi]]
|sources=see external links}}
|colors={{mana|C}}
'''Kozilek''', the "Butcher of Truth", is one of the three [[Eldrazi]] titans and the inspiration for the [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikari]] [[merfolk]] god [[Cosi]].  
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'''Kozilek''' (/koʊzɪlɛk/; ''KOH-zih-lek''),<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/115141029996/heres-a-pronunciation-guide-for-some-of-the-names|title=Here's a pronunciation guide for some of the names that were requested earlier today.|March 31, 2015}}</ref> the "Butcher of Truth", is one of the three [[Eldrazi]] titans and the inspiration for the [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikari]] [[merfolk]] god [[Cosi]] and the [[Kor]] god [[Talib]].  


==Description==
==Description==
Kozilek is a headless, two-armed monstrosity. A crown of jet-black blades rest upon the nothing that ought to be his head — impossibly flat, impossibly black, like holes in space. A mantle of shining carapace spreads out beneath them. Two swords of obsidian reach back from his forearms. Kozilek has a multitude of eye sprouts across his body.  
[[File:Kozilek the great distortion.jpg|left|thumb|316x316px|Kozilek, the Great Distortion]]
Kozilek's planar avatar is a titan of apparently humanoid anatomy, but with a mass of tentacles in place of legs, and a complex orifice in place of his head. His body is covered in eyes and chitin, and an arrangement of dark plates floats above his shoulders and extends from his elbows. They are often described as being or creating dark "holes" in reality.


Kozilek is the Titan of Distortion, a reality-slicing nightmare of relentless insanity. He changes the perception of the reality, making impossible to discern the truth. He twists loyalties, muddies thoughts, transforms emotions, induces despair and panic. Kozilek represents themes of deception, puzzles, lies, mind domination, transformation, and experimentation. Sages call Kozilek the confusion of panic, the trap of enigmas, and the harrower of thought.
Kozilek is the Titan of Distortion, a reality-slicing nightmare of relentless insanity. He changes the perception of reality, making it impossible to discern the truth. He twists loyalties, muddies thoughts, transforms emotions, and induces despair and panic. Kozilek represents themes of deception, puzzles, lies, mental domination, transformation, and experimentation. Sages call Kozilek the confusion of panic, the trap of enigmas, and the harrower of thought.


Eldrazi of the Kozilek brood lineage have many eyes growing near joints or along body ridges, jagged plates or blades of lustrous black mineral jutting from or floating around their bodies, and animalistic or insectoid anatomies covered in tough carapaces. Kozilek's drones can absorb life just by their presence, but prefer to rend flesh with their onyx-like projections.
===Lineage===
{{Main|Eldrazi/Lineages#Kozilek's Lineage}}
Eldrazi of the Kozilek brood lineage possess many eyes growing near joints or along body ridges, jagged plates or blades of lustrous black mineral jutting from or floating around their bodies, and animalistic or insectoid anatomies covered in tough carapaces.<ref name="Lineages">{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/three-brood-lineages-2010-04-28|The Three Brood Lineages|[[Doug Beyer]]|April 28, 2010}}</ref> Kozilek's drones can absorb life just by their presence but prefer to rend flesh with their onyx-like projections.


{{:Eldrazi|transcludesection=gender}}
==History==
[[File:Kozilek distortion.jpg|thumb|217x217px|Example of Kozilek's spatial distortion power and lineage]]
After the release of the titans [[Emrakul]], [[Ulamog]], and Kozilek by [[Nissa Revane]], Kozilek's brood was said to have retreated to remote corners of the world, and it was generally believed that he left the plane of Zendikar. However, this assumption appears to have been incorrect. Immediately after [[Ob Nixilis]] reignited his spark by draining the hedron network that imprisoned Ulamog, Kozilek emerged from deep underground nearby.<ref>{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/promises-keep-2015-12-02|Promises to Keep|[[Doug Beyer]]|December 2, 2015}}</ref> At that time, he had gained some perfect black shards floating above his head that seem to draw in light itself, sometimes described as holes in space.<ref>{{DailyRef|uncharted-realms/rise-kozilek-2015-12-09|The Rise of Kozilek|[[Kelly Digges]]|December 9, 2015}}</ref>


==History==
After heavy initial losses in the Battle for Zendikar, the [[Gatewatch]] performed an orchestrated attack on Ulamog and Kozilek, binding them again in a web of [[leyline]]s and burning them. This was the end of the material manifestation of Kozilek on Zendikar.<ref>{{DailyRef|official-magic-fiction/Last-stand-2016-02-17|Zendikar's Last Stand|[[Doug Beyer]]|February 17, 2016}}</ref>
After the release of the [[Emrakul]], [[Ulamog]] and Kozilek by [[Nissa Revane]], Kozilek's brood was said to have retreated to remote corners of the world, and it was generally believed that he left the plane of Zendikar. However, this assumption appears to have been incorrect. Immediately after [[Ob Nixilis]] reignited his spark by draining the hedron network imprisoning Ulamog, Kozilek emerged from deep underground nearby.<ref>{{NewRef|uncharted-realms/promises-keep-2015-12-02|Promises to Keep|[[Doug Beyer]]|December 2 2015}}</ref> At that time, he had gained some perfect black shards floating above his head that seem to draw in light itself. They aren't objects, or even shapes — they are holes in space. <ref>{{NewRef|uncharted-realms/rise-kozilek-2015-12-09|The Rise of Kozilek|[[Kelly Digges]]|December 9, 2015}}</ref>
 
==Colorless symbol==
In ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' cards relating to Kozilek feature [[mana cost]]s with the [[colorless]] symbol {{C}}.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136315174008/do-you-all-have-any-fear-that-now-having-to-write|title=Do you all have any fear that now having to write (5) as CCCCC will take up too much space at card top and as such may affect the creation of spells and creatures with large mana costs?|December 31, 2015}}</ref>


==In-game references==
==Gallery==
'''Represented in:'''
<gallery>
* <c>Kozilek, Butcher of Truth</c>
File:KozilekConcept.jpg|Early Kozilek concept using the name "Korgamuzilek." Art by [[Aleksi Briclot]].
* <c>Kozilek, The Great Distortion</c>
File:EldraziConcept4.jpg|Early concepts of the three Eldrazi titans by [[Aleksi Briclot]].
</gallery>


=='''Depicted in:'''
==Story appearances==
* <c>Call the Gatewatch</c>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* <c>Kozilek's Return</c>
|-
! Title !! Author !! Publishing date !! Set !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|ur/lithomancer-2014-10-29|The Lithomancer}} || [[Kelly Digges]] || 2014-10-29 || ''[[Commander 2014]]'' / Prologue to ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]''  || Unknown destroyed plane, [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Nahiri]], [[Sorin Markov]], [[Ugin]], [[Eldrazi]], [[Emrakul]], Kozilek, [[Ulamog]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/promises-keep-2015-12-02|Promises to Keep}} || [[Doug Beyer]] || 2015-12-02 || ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'' || [[Regatha]], [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Chandra Nalaar]], [[Gideon Jura]], [[Seble]], [[Ulamog]], [[Jaya Ballard|Mother Luti]], [[Ob Nixilis]], Kozilek
|-
|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/flames-2016-01-20|Up in Flames}} || [[Doug Beyer]] || 2016-01-20 || ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Chandra Nalaar]], Kozilek, [[Ulamog]], [[Tazri]], [[Gideon Jura]], [[Jace Beleren]], [[Nissa Revane]], [[Ob Nixilis]]
|-
{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/rise-kozilek-2015-12-09|The Rise of Kozilek}} || [[Kelly Digges]] || 2015-12-09 || ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Kiora]], Shen, Yesha, Tola, Inash, Runari, [[Lorthos]], [[Ulamog]], Kozilek
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/retaliation-ob-nixilis-2015-12-30|Retaliation of Ob Nixilis}} || [[Kimberly J. Kreines]] & [[Nik Davidson]] || 2015-12-30 ||''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Gideon Jura]], [[Nissa Revane]], [[Ulamog]], [[Jace Beleren]], [[Ashaya]], [[Ob Nixilis]], Kozilek
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/blight-we-were-born-2016-01-13|The Blight We Were Born For}} || [[Ken Troop]] || 2016-01-13 ||''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Tazri]], [[Gideon Jura]], [[Ulamog]], Kozilek, Mahir, Golamin, Rillem, Romoe, [[Vorik]], [[Munda]], [[Noyan Dar]], [[Drana]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/flames-2016-01-20|Up in Flames}} || [[Doug Beyer]] || 2016-01-20 ||''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Chandra Nalaar]], Kozilek, [[Ulamog]], [[Tazri]], [[Ob Nixilis]], [[Jace Beleren]], [[Gideon Jura]], [[Nissa Revane]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/beneath-surface-2016-01-27|Beneath the Surface}} || [[Ari Levitch]] || 2016-01-27 ||''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[Jori En]], [[Lorthos]], Kozilek, [[Ulamog]], [[Kiora]]
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/oath-gatewatch-2016-02-03|Oath of the Gatewatch}} || [[James Wyatt]] || 2016-02-03 ||''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || Kozilek, [[Ulamog]], [[the Gatewatch]] ([[Gideon Jura]], [[Jace Beleren]], [[Chandra Nalaar]] and [[Nissa Revane]])
|-
| {{ArticleArchive|magic-story/zendikars-last-stand-2016-02-17|Zendikar's Last Stand}} || [[Doug Beyer]] || 2016-02-17 ||''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' || [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]] || [[The Gatewatch]], [[Kiora]], [[Ulamog]], Kozilek, [[Tazri]], [[Noyan Dar]], [[Drana]], [[Jori En]]
|}


'''Referenced in:'''
==In-game references==
* <c>Artisan of Kozilek</c>
{{in-game
* <c>Escaped Null</c>
|cards=
* <c>Herald of Kozilek</c>
*<c>Kozilek, the Broken Reality</c>
* <c>Inquisition of Kozilek</c>
*<c>Kozilek, Butcher of Truth</c>
* <c>Kozilek's Channeler</c>
*<c>Kozilek, The Great Distortion</c>
* <c>Kozilek's Predator</c>
|associated=
* <c>Kozilek's Sentinel</c>
*<c>Artisan of Kozilek</c>
* <c>Shrine of the Forsaken Gods</c>
*<c>Herald of Kozilek</c>
* <c>Turn Against</c>
*<c>Inquisition of Kozilek</c>
* <c>Unknown Shores</c> (''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'')
*<c>Kozilek's Channeler</c>
'''Spawn:'''
*<c>Kozilek's Command</c>
* <c>Broodwarden</c>
*<c>Kozilek's Pathfinder</c>
* <c>Clash of Wills</c> ([[FNM cards|FNM promo]] <ref>{{NewRef|archive/arcana/december-through-february-fnm-promo-update-2015-11-24|December Through February FNM Promo Update|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|November 24, 2015}}</ref>)
*<c>Kozilek's Predator</c>
* <c>Corpsehatch</c>
*<c>Kozilek's Return</c>
* <c>Dread Drone</c>
*<c>Kozilek's Sentinel</c>
* <c>Endbringer</c>
*<c>Kozilek's Shrieker</c>
* <c>Essence Feed</c>
*<c>Kozilek's Translator</c>
* <c>It That Betrays</c>
*<c>Kozilek's Unsealing</c>
* <c>Rapacious One</c>
*<c>Maw of Kozilek</c>
* <c>Skittering Invasion</c>
|art=
* <c>Skitterskin</c>
*<c>Bonds of Mortality</c>
* <c>Spawning Breath</c>
*<c>Call the Gatewatch</c>
*<c>Fall of the Titans</c>
*{{card|Forest|Modern Horizons 3|#=308}}
*<c>Idol of False Gods</c>
*{{card|Inquisition of Kozilek||STA}}
*{{card|Inquisition of Kozilek||STA|#=94}}
*{{card|Inquisition of Kozilek||2X2|#=355}}
*{{card|Island|Modern Horizons 3|#=305}}
*<c>Rise of the Eldrazi</c>
*<c>Ruin in their Wake</c>
*{{card|Ruin in Their Wake|Jumpstart 2022}}
*<c>Shrine of the Forsaken Gods</c>
*<c>Shrivel</c>
*<c>Witness the End</c>
|referred=
*<c>Abstruse Appropriation</c>
*{{card|Amateur Auteur|Unstable|#=3d}}
*<c>Escaped Null</c>
*<c>Essence Depleter</c>
*<c>Reaver Drone</c>
*<c>Tears of Valakut</c>
*<c>Unfathomable Truths</c>
*{{card|Unknown Shores||OGW}}
*<c>Warden of Geometries</c>
|title1=Kozilek's Brood
|custom1=
*<c>Bearer of Silence</c>
*<c>Birthing Hulk</c>
*<c>Blinding Drone</c>
*<c>Broodwarden</c>
*<c>Corrupted Shapeshifter</c>
*<c>Cultivator Drone</c>
*<c>Deceiver of Form</c>
*<c>Deepfathom Skulker</c>
*<c>Dimensional Infiltrator</c>
*<c>Dread Defiler</c>
*<c>Dread Drone</c>
*<c>Eldrazi Aggressor</c>
*<c>Eldrazi Displacer</c>
*<c>Eldrazi Mimic</c>
*<c>Eldrazi Obligator</c>
*{{card|Eldrazi Scion||TOGW|#=1}} (Kozilek)
*{{card|Eldrazi Scion||TOGW|#=2}} (Kozilek)
*{{card|Eldrazi Scion||TOGW|#=3}} (Kozilek)
*{{card|Eldrazi Spawn||TPCA|#=4}} (Kozilek)
*<c>Endbringer</c>
*<c>Essence Depleter</c>
*<c>Gravity Negator</c>
*<c>Havoc Sower</c>
*<c>Immobilizer Eldrazi</c>
*<c>Inverter of Truth</c>
*<c>It That Betrays</c>
*<c>It That Heralds the End</c>
*<c>Matter Reshaper</c>
*<c>Mindmelter</c>
*<c>Prophet of Distortion</c>
*<c>Rapacious One</c>
*<c>Reality Smasher</c>
*<c>Scion Summoner</c>
*<c>Skitterskin</c>
*<c>Slaughter Drone</c>
*<c>Stalking Drone</c>
*<c>Thought-Knot Seer</c>
*<c>Turn Against</c>
*<c>Ulalek, Fused Atrocity</c>
*<c>Vile Redeemer</c>
*<c>Void Grafter</c>
*<c>Walker of the Wastes</c>
*<c>Warden of Geometries</c>
*<c>World Breaker</c>
}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/stf/82|Gods and Monsters|[[Doug Beyer]]|Wednesday, March 17, 2010}}
*{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/gods-and-monsters-2010-03-17|Gods and Monsters|[[Doug Beyer]]|March 17, 2010}}
*{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/feature/84|The Eldrazi Arisen|[[Doug Beyer]]|Monday, March 29, 2010}}
*{{DailyRef|feature/eldrazi-arisen-2010-03-29-0|The Eldrazi Arisen|[[Doug Beyer]]|March 29, 2010}}
* {{DailyRef|mtg/daily/arcana/472|Know Your Spawn!|[[Kelly Digges]]|Know Your Spawn!}}
*{{DailyRef|arcana/know-your-spawn-2015-05-14|Know Your Spawn!|[[Kelly Digges]]|June 15, 2010 / May 14, 2015}}


== References ==
==References==
<references/>
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Zendikar]]
{{Zendikar|characters}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eldrazi]]
[[Category:Eldrazi]]
[[Category:Deceased]]

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Kozilek
[[File:{{#setmainimage:Kozilek, Butcher of Truth.png}}|250px]]
Details
Race Eldrazi
Birthplace Blind Eternities
Lifetime Unknown
Colors
{C}

Kozilek (/koʊzɪlɛk/; KOH-zih-lek),[1] the "Butcher of Truth", is one of the three Eldrazi titans and the inspiration for the Zendikari merfolk god Cosi and the Kor god Talib.

Description

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Kozilek's planar avatar is a titan of apparently humanoid anatomy, but with a mass of tentacles in place of legs, and a complex orifice in place of his head. His body is covered in eyes and chitin, and an arrangement of dark plates floats above his shoulders and extends from his elbows. They are often described as being or creating dark "holes" in reality.

Kozilek is the Titan of Distortion, a reality-slicing nightmare of relentless insanity. He changes the perception of reality, making it impossible to discern the truth. He twists loyalties, muddies thoughts, transforms emotions, and induces despair and panic. Kozilek represents themes of deception, puzzles, lies, mental domination, transformation, and experimentation. Sages call Kozilek the confusion of panic, the trap of enigmas, and the harrower of thought.

Lineage

Main article: Eldrazi/Lineages#Kozilek's Lineage

Eldrazi of the Kozilek brood lineage possess many eyes growing near joints or along body ridges, jagged plates or blades of lustrous black mineral jutting from or floating around their bodies, and animalistic or insectoid anatomies covered in tough carapaces.[2] Kozilek's drones can absorb life just by their presence but prefer to rend flesh with their onyx-like projections.

History

Example of Kozilek's spatial distortion power and lineage

After the release of the titans Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek by Nissa Revane, Kozilek's brood was said to have retreated to remote corners of the world, and it was generally believed that he left the plane of Zendikar. However, this assumption appears to have been incorrect. Immediately after Ob Nixilis reignited his spark by draining the hedron network that imprisoned Ulamog, Kozilek emerged from deep underground nearby.[3] At that time, he had gained some perfect black shards floating above his head that seem to draw in light itself, sometimes described as holes in space.[4]

After heavy initial losses in the Battle for Zendikar, the Gatewatch performed an orchestrated attack on Ulamog and Kozilek, binding them again in a web of leylines and burning them. This was the end of the material manifestation of Kozilek on Zendikar.[5]

Colorless symbol

In Oath of the Gatewatch cards relating to Kozilek feature mana costs with the colorless symbol {C}.[6]

Gallery

Story appearances

The Rise of Kozilek || Kelly Digges || 2015-12-09 || Oath of the Gatewatch || Zendikar || Kiora, Shen, Yesha, Tola, Inash, Runari, Lorthos, Ulamog, Kozilek
Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
The Lithomancer Kelly Digges 2014-10-29 Commander 2014 / Prologue to Battle for Zendikar Unknown destroyed plane, Zendikar Nahiri, Sorin Markov, Ugin, Eldrazi, Emrakul, Kozilek, Ulamog
Promises to Keep Doug Beyer 2015-12-02 Battle for Zendikar Regatha, Zendikar Chandra Nalaar, Gideon Jura, Seble, Ulamog, Mother Luti, Ob Nixilis, Kozilek
Up in Flames Doug Beyer 2016-01-20 Battle for Zendikar Zendikar Chandra Nalaar, Kozilek, Ulamog, Tazri, Gideon Jura, Jace Beleren, Nissa Revane, Ob Nixilis
Retaliation of Ob Nixilis Kimberly J. Kreines & Nik Davidson 2015-12-30 Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar Gideon Jura, Nissa Revane, Ulamog, Jace Beleren, Ashaya, Ob Nixilis, Kozilek
The Blight We Were Born For Ken Troop 2016-01-13 Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar Tazri, Gideon Jura, Ulamog, Kozilek, Mahir, Golamin, Rillem, Romoe, Vorik, Munda, Noyan Dar, Drana
Up in Flames Doug Beyer 2016-01-20 Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar Chandra Nalaar, Kozilek, Ulamog, Tazri, Ob Nixilis, Jace Beleren, Gideon Jura, Nissa Revane
Beneath the Surface Ari Levitch 2016-01-27 Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar Jori En, Lorthos, Kozilek, Ulamog, Kiora
Oath of the Gatewatch James Wyatt 2016-02-03 Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar Kozilek, Ulamog, the Gatewatch (Gideon Jura, Jace Beleren, Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane)
Zendikar's Last Stand Doug Beyer 2016-02-17 Oath of the Gatewatch Zendikar The Gatewatch, Kiora, Ulamog, Kozilek, Tazri, Noyan Dar, Drana, Jori En

In-game references

Represented in:
Associated cards:
Depicted in:
Referred to:
Kozilek's Brood:

External links

References

  1. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 31, 2015). "Here's a pronunciation guide for some of the names that were requested earlier today.". The Official Magic: The Gathering Tumblr. Tumblr.
  2. ↑ Doug Beyer (April 28, 2010). "The Three Brood Lineages". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Doug Beyer (December 2, 2015). "Promises to Keep". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Kelly Digges (December 9, 2015). "The Rise of Kozilek". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Doug Beyer (February 17, 2016). "Zendikar's Last Stand". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 31, 2015). "Do you all have any fear that now having to write (5) as CCCCC will take up too much space at card top and as such may affect the creation of spells and creatures with large mana costs?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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