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'''The Gatewatch''' is a group of [[planeswalker]]s initially allied together to fight the [[Eldrazi]] on [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]]. Their commitment is to protect the people of the [[Multiverse]] from threats that no one else can handle.<ref>{{NewRef|feature/first-time-everything-2015-12-28|A First Time for Everything|[[Ethan Fleischer]]|December 28, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Oath">{{NewRef|magic-story/oath-gatewatch-2016-02-03|Oath of the Gatewatch|[[James Wyatt]]|February 3, 2016}}</ref> The Gatewatch is going to be the center of ''[[Magic]]’s'' [[storyline]] moving forward. <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136973929583/so-the-gatewatch-is-magics-avengers-or-justice|title=So 'The Gatewatch' is magic's Avengers or Justice League?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>
'''The Gatewatch''' is a group of [[planeswalker]]s initially allied together to fight the [[Eldrazi]] on [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]]. Their commitment is to protect the people of the [[Multiverse]] from threats that no one else can handle.<ref>{{NewRef|feature/first-time-everything-2015-12-28|A First Time for Everything|[[Ethan Fleischer]]|December 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Oath">{{NewRef|magic-story/oath-gatewatch-2016-02-03|Oath of the Gatewatch|[[James Wyatt]]|February 3, 2016}}</ref> The Gatewatch is going to be the center of ''[[Magic]]'s'' [[storyline]] moving forward.<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136973929583/so-the-gatewatch-is-magics-avengers-or-justice|title=So 'The Gatewatch' is magic's Avengers or Justice League?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>


==Members==
== Members ==
The four founding members of the Gatewatch are: <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136972311298/ill-preface-that-my-curiosity-is-only-how-it-was|title=Just curious if it was, at any time, designed or whether it started as four?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Gideon Jura]]
*[[Jace Beleren]]
*[[Chandra Nalaar]]
*[[Nissa Revane]]
===No fifth founding member===
The group lacked a [[black]] planeswalker at its founding, as the only such planeswalker present, [[Ob Nixilis]], directly opposed the group.<ref>{{TumblrRef|tumblr-title=Blogatog|title=Mark, why isn't there a Black planeswalker in the Gatewatch?|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|date=December 28 2015|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136134262183/}}</ref> However, that circumstance has led to the humorous observation that Ob Nixilis was previously known as <c>Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath</c>, thus "completing" the [[Oath_of_the_Gatewatch#Four-card_cycle|cycle of Oaths]].<ref>{{TumblrRef|tumblr-title=Blogatog|title=Do you think everyone has forgotten...|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|date=January 6 2016|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136774181463/}}</ref> <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136973410708/why-could-there-not-have-been-a-black-card-in-oath|title=Why could there not have been a black card in Oath that mechanically completes the Oath cycle?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>


===Future members===
The four founding members of the Gatewatch are:<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136972311298/ill-preface-that-my-curiosity-is-only-how-it-was|title=Just curious if it was, at any time, designed or whether it started as four?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>
If anyone joins the Gatewatch in the future, they will get an Oath card. It’s how [[R&D]] signifies someone has joined the Gatewatch. <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136974975473/ifwhen-other-characters-join-the-gatewatch-in|title=If/when other characters join the Gatewatch in future sets, will they get an oath too?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136983742248/would-it-be-possible-for-another-planeswalker-to|title=Is the Gatewatch only going to be those four?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>


==History==
* [[Gideon Jura]]
The Gatewatch was formed after the founding members together defeated the [[demon]] planeswalker [[Ob Nixilis]] on [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]]. <ref>{{NewRef|official-magic-fiction/flames-2016-01-20|Up in Flames|[[Doug Beyer]]|January 20, 2016}}</ref> The four planeswalkers realized that they were helpless against large threats on their own, but that they could stand against just about any force in the [[Multiverse]] by working together. Thus they swore an oath to stand together and the Gatewatch was created. <ref name="Oath"/> Jace devised a plan to bind the Eldrazi Titans [[Kozilek]] and [[Ulamog]] to Zendikar, drawing the bulk of the Titans into the plane so that their energy could be dispersed into Zendikar, killing them in the process. <ref>{{NewRef|official-magic-fiction/brink-extinction-2016-02-10|Brink of Extinction|[[Kelly Digges]]|February 10, 2016}}</ref> Helped by a massive fire spell of Chandra, they succeeded. <ref>{{NewRef|official-magic-fiction/Last-stand-2016-02-17|Zendikar's Last Stand|[[Doug Beyer]]|February 17, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jace Beleren]]
* [[Chandra Nalaar]]
* [[Nissa Revane]]


After the defeat of the Eldrazi titans, Jace and his friends were berated by [[Ugin]] for killing the ancient creatures. Ugin implied there could be consequences for the [[multiverse]] and that [[Sorin Markov]] (one of the other original Eldrazi planeswalker opponents) would be less forgiving. <ref>{{NewRef|magic-story/zendikar-resurgent-2016-02-24|Zendikar Resurgent|[[Ari Levitch]], [[Doug Beyer]], [[Kelly Digges]] and [[Kimberly J. Kreines]]|February 24, 2016}}</ref> After consultation with his friends, Jace decided to investigate Sorin's whereabouts on his homeplane [[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]], and recruit him as an ally against [[Nicol Bolas]] and other interplanar threats.
=== No fifth founding member ===
 
The group lacked a [[black]] planeswalker at its founding, as the only such planeswalker present, [[Ob Nixilis]], directly opposed the group.<ref>{{TumblrRef|tumblr-title=Blogatog|title=Mark, why isn't there a Black planeswalker in the Gatewatch?|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|date=December 28 2015|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136134262183/}}</ref> However, that circumstance has led to the humorous observation that Ob Nixilis was previously known as <c>Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath</c>, thus “completing” the [[Oath_of_the_Gatewatch#Four-card_cycle|cycle of Oaths]].<ref>{{TumblrRef|tumblr-title=Blogatog|title=Do you think everyone has forgotten...|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|date=January 6 2016|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136774181463/}}</ref><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136973410708/why-could-there-not-have-been-a-black-card-in-oath|title=Why could there not have been a black card in Oath that mechanically completes the Oath cycle?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>
 
=== Future members ===
 
If anyone joins the Gatewatch in the future, they will get an Oath card. It’s how [[R&D]] signifies someone has joined the Gatewatch.<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136974975473/ifwhen-other-characters-join-the-gatewatch-in|title=If/when other characters join the Gatewatch in future sets, will they get an oath too?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136983742248/would-it-be-possible-for-another-planeswalker-to|title=Is the Gatewatch only going to be those four?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=January 09, 2016}}</ref>
 
== History ==
 
The Gatewatch was formed after the founding members together defeated the [[demon]] planeswalker [[Ob Nixilis]] on [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]].<ref>{{NewRef|official-magic-fiction/flames-2016-01-20|Up in Flames|[[Doug Beyer]]|January 20, 2016}}</ref> The four planeswalkers realized that they were helpless against large threats on their own, but that they could stand against just about any force in the [[Multiverse]] by working together. Thus they swore an oath to stand together and the Gatewatch was created.<ref name="Oath"/> Jace devised a plan to bind the Eldrazi Titans [[Kozilek]] and [[Ulamog]] to Zendikar, drawing the bulk of the Titans into the plane so that their energy could be dispersed into Zendikar, killing them in the process.<ref>{{NewRef|official-magic-fiction/brink-extinction-2016-02-10|Brink of Extinction|[[Kelly Digges]]|February 10, 2016}}</ref> Helped by a massive fire spell of Chandra, they succeeded.<ref>{{NewRef|official-magic-fiction/Last-stand-2016-02-17|Zendikar's Last Stand|[[Doug Beyer]]|February 17, 2016}}</ref>
 
After the defeat of the Eldrazi titans, Jace and his friends were berated by [[Ugin]] for killing the ancient creatures. Ugin implied there could be consequences for the [[multiverse]] and that [[Sorin Markov]] (one of the other original Eldrazi planeswalker opponents) would be less forgiving.<ref>{{NewRef|magic-story/zendikar-resurgent-2016-02-24|Zendikar Resurgent|[[Ari Levitch]], [[Doug Beyer]], [[Kelly Digges]] and [[Kimberly J. Kreines]]|February 24, 2016}}</ref> After consultation with his friends, Jace decided to investigate Sorin's whereabouts on his homeplane [[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]], and recruit him as an ally against [[Nicol Bolas]] and other interplanar threats.
 
== In-game references ==


==In-game references==
'''Referred to:'''
'''Referred to:'''
* <c>Call the Gatewatch</c>
* <c>Call the Gatewatch</c>
* <c>Joraga Auxiliary</c>
* <c>Joraga Auxiliary</c>
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* <c>Oath of Nissa</c>
* <c>Oath of Nissa</c>


==References==
== References ==
 
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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The Gatewatch is a group of planeswalkers initially allied together to fight the Eldrazi on Zendikar. Their commitment is to protect the people of the Multiverse from threats that no one else can handle.[1][2] The Gatewatch is going to be the center of Magic's storyline moving forward.[3]

Members

The four founding members of the Gatewatch are:[4]

No fifth founding member

The group lacked a black planeswalker at its founding, as the only such planeswalker present, Ob Nixilis, directly opposed the group.[5] However, that circumstance has led to the humorous observation that Ob Nixilis was previously known as Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, thus “completing” the cycle of Oaths.[6][7]

Future members

If anyone joins the Gatewatch in the future, they will get an Oath card. It’s how R&D signifies someone has joined the Gatewatch.[8][9]

History

The Gatewatch was formed after the founding members together defeated the demon planeswalker Ob Nixilis on Zendikar.[10] The four planeswalkers realized that they were helpless against large threats on their own, but that they could stand against just about any force in the Multiverse by working together. Thus they swore an oath to stand together and the Gatewatch was created.[2] Jace devised a plan to bind the Eldrazi Titans Kozilek and Ulamog to Zendikar, drawing the bulk of the Titans into the plane so that their energy could be dispersed into Zendikar, killing them in the process.[11] Helped by a massive fire spell of Chandra, they succeeded.[12]

After the defeat of the Eldrazi titans, Jace and his friends were berated by Ugin for killing the ancient creatures. Ugin implied there could be consequences for the multiverse and that Sorin Markov (one of the other original Eldrazi planeswalker opponents) would be less forgiving.[13] After consultation with his friends, Jace decided to investigate Sorin's whereabouts on his homeplane Innistrad, and recruit him as an ally against Nicol Bolas and other interplanar threats.

In-game references

Referred to:

References

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  5. ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (December 28 2015). "". Tumblr.
  6. ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (January 6 2016). "". Tumblr.
  7. ↑ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedMark Rosewater (January 09, 2016). "". Tumblr.
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