Elderspell

The Elderspell is a spell that Nicol Bolas uses during the War of the Spark to harvest planeswalker's sparks. It would grant him "ultimate power" and godhood.

Bolas cast the Elderspell to grow his own power by absorbing the sparks, right after the invasion of Ravnica by the Dreadhorde. The spark harvesting, as performed by the Eternals, was lethal. All the moisture in the victim's body was drained. The Eternal would absorb the planeswalker's life force right out of his back, until it glowed from within their lazotep body, glowing brightly enough to create—or at least highlight—cracks in their lazotep shell. It then would burst into flames from the inside out. That fire would rocket into the air, shooting like a comet toward Nicol Bolas leaving the burned-out Eternal behind. Hundreds of planeswalkers were killed by Eternals and had their sparks harvested, fueling Bolas' power.

Davriel Cane was able to fight off an Eternal by stealing the Elderspell from its mind (which may enable him to cast it himself).

The effects of the Elderspell were reversed when the God-Eternal Bontu bit Bolas, claiming all the sparks (including Bolas' own.) After this, Bontu exploded in shards.

Victims

Named:

• Domri Rade
• Khazi
• Dack Fayden
• Nicol Bolas

Unnamed:

• A lime-green Viashino planeswalker
• Two Vedalken planeswalkers
• A female Elf planeswalker
• A four-armed Ogre planeswalker
• A short green-haired male Human planeswalker
• An elderly female Human planeswalker
• A teenage Human planeswalker
• A bald female Human planeswalker with metal-casting powers
• A tall Elf planeswalker wearing a long white hooded cloak
• A dark-haired Human planeswalker wearing a red scarf (shown on The Elderspell)
• A blonde-haired Human planeswalker wearing a padded armor vest (shown on Spark Reaper)
• Hundreds of other planeswalkers

In-game references

Represented in:

• The Elderspell

Associated cards:

• Spark Harvest
• Spark Reaper
• Despark