Eldrazi Arc

The Eldrazi Arc is the storyline that dealt with the Eldrazi and the fallout of their awakening on Zendikar. It was the first long-running storyline introduced after the Great Mending using new marquee planeswalker characters.

Description

The Eldrazi arc is the main storyline for the first two blocks set on Zendikar (Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi, Battle for Zendikar, Oath of the Gatewatch) and concluding in Shadows over Innistrad block (Shadows over Innistrad, Eldritch Moon), though realistically it was only revealed in Rise of the Eldrazi after minor clues were scattered through the preceding sets. Minor character arcs in the intermediate blocks were influenced by this storyline, such as Kiora in Theros block and Sorin and Ugin in Khans of Tarkir block. Additionally, it coalesced the new main protagonist group of the Gatewatch and established Nahiri as a minor antagonist going forward.

While the original story took cues from the Cthulhu Mythos of Lovecraft, the design of Battle for Zendikar took away most of their incomprehensibility in favor of an "alien invasion" set. An aesthetic more evocative of eldritch horror was adopted in the Shadows over Innistrad block.

Arc-wide cycle

Cycle name
Oaths of the Gatewatch	Oath of Gideon (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Jace (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Liliana (Eldritch Moon)	Oath of Chandra (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Nissa (Oath of the Gatewatch)
	Each of these rare legendary enchantments has an enter the battlefield effect and second effect with some kind of Planeswalker interaction. They represent the founders and first members of the Gatewatch.