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Rabiah
Information
First seen Arabian Nights
Last seen Arabian Nights
Planeswalkers Fatima
Taysir
Rabiah Scale 10by definition, see Rabiah scale
Status Unknown
Scryfall Statistics
An oasis in Rabiah. Art by Brian Snõddy

Rabiah is a collection of one thousand and one originally identical planes, all refracted off of the original Rabiah during the Thousandfold Refraction.[1] It is for this reason that Rabiah is known as "the Infinite". Over the centuries, these planes have since developed independently of each other. However, there are some general features that are consistent across almost all variations of Rabiah.

General features

Rabiah is a desert world. Where Rabiah's touches another plane, the severe environment often begins to "infect" its neighbor. However, that rarely worries Rabiah's inhabitants, since they are hardy desert dwellers. Planar links in Rabiah often appear in the form of giant desert twisters. Such dust storms violently propel any who venture too near them into the particular plane the gates link to. One plane often linked to Rabiah is Wildfire; another one is Dominaria, in particular the continent of Jamuraa.

Although most Rabian cultures are patriarchal and Arabic in feel, the vast range of Rabiahs also includes matriarchy. Furthermore, one plane, known as Dark Rabiah, has been taken over by sinister forces and is as evil a place as even Phyrexia.[2]

Rabiah was the setting for the Arabian Nights expansion, and was based upon the One Thousand and One Nights collection of stories.

Known denizens of Rabiah

A variety of characters are connected to the multitude of planes which compose Rabiah:

Notable locations

Races

Planeswalker

Native

Rabiah scale

Mark Rosewater stated that Rabiah will likely never be revisited in a Standard-legal set, due to the fact that it is not Wizard's own intellectual property.[17] Continued prompting on this subject led him to create the Rabiah Scale, as a planar equivalent of the Storm Scale, on which Rabiah holds the highest (least likely) rank by definition.[18][19] Even with the advent of the Universes Beyond creative treatment, Rosewater maintains that the plane as designed is not revisitable, but a mythology-inspired plane would have better odds.[20]

Trivia

In-game references

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References

  1. Brady Dommermuth (March 19, 2008). "The Known Mutliverse (sic)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Encyclopedia Dominia - Rabiah (archived).
  3. a b Library of Alexandria
  4. a b Bazaar of Baghdad
  5. a b Eater of the Infinite
  6. a b c d e f g Susan Wright and Jeofrey Vita (1995), "Arabian Nights Volume 1: A Time to Gather", Armada
  7. Ali from Cairo
  8. Encyclopedia Dominia - City of Brass
  9. Encyclopedia Dominia - City of Brass Entry
  10. a b c d Susan Wright and Jeofrey Vita (1995), "Arabian Nights Volume 2: And then There Was One", Armada
  11. Trick Jarrett (May 13, 2014). "City in a Bottle!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022.
  12. Matt Cavotta (March 22, 2007). "Speak the Word, the Word is All of Us". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017.
  13. Island of Wak-Wak
  14. Sea of Sand
  15. Doug Beyer (September 02, 2009). "The Planes of Planechase". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016.
  16. Serendib Efreet
  17. Mark Rosewater (November 26, 2016). "What /would/ be a 10 on the hypothetical plane equivalent of the Storm Scale? Ulgrotha? Rabiah?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  18. Mark Rosewater (November 26, 2016). "So, the plane storm scale would be the Rabiah Scale, right?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  19. Mark Rosewater (November 29, 2016). "The Rabiah Scale". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  20. Mark Rosewater (February 28, 2021). "Now that Universes Beyond is a thing, how's Rabiah looking on the Rabiah Scale?". Blogatog. Tumblr.